Tony Isabella (born December 22, 1951) is an
American
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comic book
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writer, editor, actor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of
Marvel Comics
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'
Black Goliath;
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
' first major
African-American
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superhero
A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that typically possesses ''superpowers'', abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and fits the role of the hero, typically using his or her powers to help the world become a better place, ...
,
Black Lightning
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), during ...
; and as a columnist and critic for the ''
Comics Buyer's Guide
''Comics Buyer's Guide'' (''CBG''; ), established in 1971, was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry. It awarded its annual Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards from 1983 to circa 2010. The public ...
''.
Biography
Early life and influences
Tony Isabella was born in
Cleveland
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, Ohio.
He discovered comics at the age of four, when his mother began bringing him
I. W. Publications titles she bought at
Woolworth.
Early influences from the comic book world included
Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which ...
,
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He gr ...
,
Roy Thomas
Roy William Thomas Jr."Roy Thomas Checklist" ''Alter Ego'' vol. 3, #50 (July 2005) p. 16 (born November 22, 1940) is an American comic book writer and editor, who was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibl ...
,
Robert Kanigher
Robert "Bob" Kanigher (; June 18, 1915 – May 7, 2002)Social Security Death Index, social security #116-07-5117. was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for ...
, and
Len Wein
Leonard Norman Wein (; June 12, 1948 – September 10, 2017) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men ( ...
; Isabella was also influenced by writers such as
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
,
Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...
,
Ed McBain
Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Albert Lombino,(October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author and screenwriter best known for his 87th Precinct novels, written under his Ed McBain pen name, and the novel upon which the film ''Blackbo ...
,
Neil Simon
Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received mo ...
,
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began h ...
,
Lester Dent
Lester Dent (October 12, 1904 – March 11, 1959) was an American pulp-fiction writer, best known as the creator and main writer of the series of novels about the scientist and adventurer Doc Savage. The 159 Doc Savage novels that Dent wrote over ...
,
Dave Barry
David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the ''Miami Herald'' from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic ...
,
Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic novels. His work has been published in several formats and his ''Road to Perdition'' series was the basis for a film of the same name. He wrote the '' Di ...
,
Don Pendleton
Donald Eugene Pendleton (December 12, 1927 – October 23, 1995) was an American author of fiction and non-fiction books, best known for his creation of the fictional character Mack Bolan, which have sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide ...
, and
Studs Terkel.
As a teenager, Isabella had many letters published in
comic book letter column
A comic book letter column is a section of an American comic book where readers' letters to the publisher appear. Comic book letter columns are also commonly referred to as letter columns (or lettercols), letter pages, letters of comment (LOCs), o ...
s, primarily in the pages of Marvel titles. He was active in comics
fandom
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as well, a member of
CAPA-alpha CAPA-alpha (sometimes abbreviated to K-a) was the first amateur press association (APA) devoted to comic books, started by Jerry Bails (the "father of comics fandom") in the United States in 1964.
History
In October 1964 Bails released the first ...
, and a regular contributor to comics
fanzines
A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''-zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fan (person), enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) ...
.
Marvel Comics
Isabella's work in comics fandom attracted the attention of Marvel editor
Roy Thomas
Roy William Thomas Jr."Roy Thomas Checklist" ''Alter Ego'' vol. 3, #50 (July 2005) p. 16 (born November 22, 1940) is an American comic book writer and editor, who was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibl ...
(whose professional career began in similar fashion), and in 1972 Thomas hired Isabella as an editorial assistant at Marvel. With Marvel's establishment of
Marvel UK
Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US-produced stories for the British weekly comic market. Marvel UK later produced original material by British creators such as Alan Moore, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Steve Di ...
that year, Isabella was assigned the task of overseeing the reprints used in Marvel UK's nascent comics line. He also served for a time as an editor for
Marvel's black-and-white magazine line.
As a writer, Isabella scripted ''
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider is the name of multiple antiheroes and superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider.
The first s ...
''; the characters
It, the Living Colossus
It! The Living Colossus is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Initially a statue animated by a hostile extraterrestrial, he first appeared in the science-fiction anthology series ''Tales of Suspens ...
, in ''
Astonishing Tales
''Astonishing Tales'' is an American anthology comic book series originally published by Marvel Comics from 1970 to 1976. Its sister publication was ''Amazing Adventures'' (vol. 2).
In 2008 and 2009, Marvel produced 11 webcomics starring differ ...
'';
Luke Cage
Lucas "Luke" Cage, born Carl Lucas and also known as Power Man, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in ''Luke Cage, Hero for Hire'' #1 (June 1972) and was created by Archie Go ...
in ''Hero for Hire'' and ''Power Man''; and
Tigra
Tigra (Greer Grant Nelson) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Introduced as the superpowered and gadget-wielding crime fighter the Cat in ''The Claws of the Cat'' #1 (November 1972). The ...
in ''Marvel Chillers''; ''
Daredevil''; and ''
Captain America
Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...
''. While writing the "
Iron Fist" feature in ''
Marvel Premiere
''Marvel Premiere'' is an American comic book anthology series that was published by Marvel Comics. In concept it was a tryout book, intended to determine if a character or concept could attract enough readers to justify launching their own seri ...
'', he co-created the supporting character
Misty Knight
Mercedes "Misty" Knight is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Tony Isabella and Arvell Jones, Knight was first mentioned (by name) in ''Marvel Premiere'' #20 (Jan. 1975) and appeared in ...
with artist
Arvell Jones
Arvell Jones (whose earliest work is billed Arvell Malcolm Jones) is an American comics artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for DC Comics and its imprint Milestone Media.
Biography
Jones and his brother, Desmond, were raised ...
. Isabella developed the concept of ''The
Champions
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'' series and wrote the first several issues.
Controversy
During his mid-1970s run on ''
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider is the name of multiple antiheroes and superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider.
The first s ...
'', Isabella wrote a two-year story arc in which
Johnny Blaze occasionally encountered an unnamed character referred to as "the Friend" who helped Blaze stay protected from
Satan
Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as Devil in Christianity, the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an non-physical entity, entity in the Abrahamic religions ...
, who had granted Blaze supernatural power and created the Ghost Rider. Isabella said in 2007,
Isabella later said the assistant editor referenced was
Jim Shooter
James Shooter (born September 27, 1951) is an American writer, editor and publisher for various comic books. He started professionally in the medium at the age of 14, and he is most notable for his successful and controversial run as Marvel Comic ...
.
In 2020, Shooter said he had been concerned that this "basically established the Marvel universe is a Christian universe" and could alienate some portion of the readership by suggesting "that all other religions are false." He said after consulting with editor
Marv Wolfman
Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer. He worked on Marvel Comics's ''The Tomb of Dracula'', for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade, and DC Comics's '' The New Te ...
, he made the changes.
DC Comics
For
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
, Isabella worked as a writer and story editor
but is mainly known for his creation of ''
Black Lightning
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), during ...
'', writing both the character's short-lived 1970s and 1990s series. After reaching an agreement with DC, Isabella returned to the character in 2017 with the publication of the ''Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands'' limited series.
Isabella and artist
Richard Howell
Richard Howell (October 25, 1754April 28, 1802) was the third governor of New Jersey from 1794 to 1801.
Early life and military career
Howell was born in Newark in the Colony of Delaware. He was a lawyer and soldier of the early United States ...
produced the ''Shadow War of Hawkman'' mini-series in 1985, involving the characters of Hawkman and Hawkwoman. An ongoing series was launched the following year.
Justice Machine
In 1987, Isabella began writing the ''
Justice Machine
The Justice Machine is a fictional team of superheroes originally created by Michael Gustovich and appearing in comic books from many small publishers in the 1980s and 1990s.
Publication history
Justice Machine debuted in Noble Comics' ''Justice ...
'' series for
Comico, co-plotting with series creator and penciller
Mike Gustovich
Michael Gustovich (born November 15, 1953 in Warren, Ohio) is an American artist, known for his comic book art and inking in the 1980s and early 1990s for such publishers as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics, Comico, and Eclipse Comics. He i ...
. The new series picked up from the end of the
Bill Willingham
William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series ''Elementals (Comico Comics), Elementals'' and ''Fables (comics), Fables''.
Career
William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. ...
/Gustovich written
limited series Limited series may refer to:
*Limited series, individual storylines within an anthology series
*Limited series, a particular run of collectables, usually individually numbered
*Limited series (comics), a comics series with a predetermined number of ...
''Justice Machine featuring the
Elementals'', which re-booted the series' continuity from the older
Noble Comics
Michael Gustovich (born November 15, 1953 in Warren, Ohio) is an American artist, known for his comic book art and inking in the 1980s and early 1990s for such publishers as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics, Comico, and Eclipse Comics. He i ...
/
Texas Comics-published original series. The ongoing book became one of Comico's best-selling series, selling upwards of 70,000 copies of each issue at its peak. Isabella wrote the first 11 issues of the Comico series before moving on to other projects.
In 1990, Isabella returned to the characters and wrote the series for
Innovation Comics
Innovation Publishing (also known as Innovation Books and the Innovative Corporation) was an American comic book company based in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was co-founded by David Campiti in 1988 after writing a business proposal and raising U ...
, with Gustovich pencilling once more.
"Tony's Tips"
Isabella wrote the ''
Comics Buyer's Guide
''Comics Buyer's Guide'' (''CBG''; ), established in 1971, was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry. It awarded its annual Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards from 1983 to circa 2010. The public ...
'' column "Tony's Tips" for over a decade. The last column was June 22, 2010. Starting in 2013, he continued "Tony's Tips" online at ''Tales of Wonder''. He also regularly writes about comics and his work on his personal blog.
Books
Isabella is the co-author with his fellow ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' columnist
Bob Ingersoll of the
short story
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"If Wishes Were Horses..." which was published in ''The Ultimate Super-Villains: New Stories Featuring Marvel's Deadliest Villains'' (1996), and the
novel
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s ''
Captain America
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: Liberty's Torch'' (1998) and ''
Star Trek: The Case Of The Colonist's Corpse ''(2003)''. ''In 2009, his non-fiction book ''1000 Comics You Must Read'' was published by
Krause Publications
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The company was started by Chester L. Krause (19232 ...
.'
Other work
During the 1980s, Isabella operated Cosmic Comics, a comic book shop in the Colonial Arcade in
Downtown Cleveland
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.
He has also worked on translating foreign-language
Disney
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comics and revising the wording for the U.S. market.
Personal life
Isabella's wife is named Barbara; they have two children, son Eddie (born c. 1989) and daughter Kelly (born c. 1992).
Awards
* 1972
Goethe Award for "Favorite Fan Writer"
* 2013
Inkpot Award
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Bibliography
Atlas/Seaboard Comics
* ''
Grim Ghost
The Grim Ghost is a fictional character, a superhero created by writer Michael Fleisher and artist Ernie Colón that debuted in ''The Grim Ghost'' #1 (cover-dated Jan. 1975) from Atlas/Seaboard Comics. The series lasted three issues before the c ...
'' #3 (1975)
* ''Tales of Evil'' #3 (1975)
Atlas Comics (Ardden Entertainment)
* ''Grim Ghost'' vol. 2 #1–6 (with Stephen Susco) (2010–2011)
Caliber Comics
* ''
Negative Burn
''Negative Burn'' is a black-and-white anthology comic book published beginning in 1993 by Caliber Press, and subsequently by Image Comics and Desperado Publishing. Edited by Joe Pruett, ''Negative Burn'' is noted for its eclectic range of genres, ...
'' #46 (1997)
Comico
* ''
Justice Machine
The Justice Machine is a fictional team of superheroes originally created by Michael Gustovich and appearing in comic books from many small publishers in the 1980s and 1990s.
Publication history
Justice Machine debuted in Noble Comics' ''Justice ...
'' #1–6, 8–11 (1987)
Dark Horse
* ''
Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...
's Dream Corridor Quarterly'' #1 (with Harlan Ellison) (1996)
DC Comics
* ''
Black Lightning
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), during ...
'' #1–10 (1977–1978)
* ''Black Lightning'' vol. 2 #1–8 (1995)
*''Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands'' #1–6 (2018)
* ''
DC Comics Presents
''DC Comics Presents'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four ''Annual''s. It featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters in the DC Universe. A recurring back ...
'' #95 (1986)
* ''DCU Holiday Bash'' #2 (Black Lightning) (1998)
* ''
Hawkman
Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1, published by All-American ...
'' vol. 2 #1–9, ''Special'' #1 (1986–1987)
* ''
Heroes Against Hunger
''Heroes Against Hunger'' is a 1986 all-star benefit comic book for African famine relief and recovery. Published by DC Comics in the form of a "comic jam" or exquisite corpse, the book starred Superman and Batman. Spearheaded by Jim Starlin and B ...
'' #1 (1986)
* ''
Mystery in Space
''Mystery in Space'' is the name of two science fiction American comic book series published by DC Comics, and of a standalone Vertigo anthology released in 2012. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 to 1966, with a further seven issues ...
'' #111 (1980)
* ''
Secret Origins
''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters.
Publication history
''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...
'' vol. 2 #26 (Black Lightning) (1988)
* ''Shadow War of Hawkman'' #1–4 (1985)
* ''
Star Trek
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...
'' #22–23, 29, 31 (1986)
* ''Star Trek: All of Me'' #1 (with Bob Ingersoll) (2000)
* ''
Star Trek: The Next Generation Special'' #1 (with Bob Ingersoll) (1993)
* ''
Tarzan Family
Korak, a fictional character, is the ape name of John "Jack" Clayton III, the son of Tarzan and Jane Porter.
History
Jack first appeared in the original ''Tarzan'' novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was introduced as an infant in the non-Tarzan ...
'' #66 (1976)
* ''
Teen Titans
The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...
Spotlight'' #16 (
Thunder and Lightning), #17 (
Magenta
Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as pinkish- purplish-red, reddish-purplish-pink or mauvish-crimson. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blue. I ...
) (1987)
* ''
Welcome Back, Kotter
''Welcome Back, Kotter'' is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high-school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial education class called the "Sweathogs." Recorded in front of a live studio audience, the series ...
'' #3 (1977)
* ''
World's Finest Comics
''World's Finest Comics'' was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael ...
'' #244 (
Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #73 in November 1941. His secret identity, real name is Olive ...
) (1977)
Image Comics
* ''Geeksville'' #3 (2000)
Innovation Publishing
* ''Justice Machine'' vol. 3 #5–7 (1990–1991)
*''Sentry Special'' #1 (with Bob Ingersoll) (1991)
Marvel Comics
* ''
The Amazing Spider-Man
''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bim ...
Annual'' #24 (1990)
* ''
Astonishing Tales
''Astonishing Tales'' is an American anthology comic book series originally published by Marvel Comics from 1970 to 1976. Its sister publication was ''Amazing Adventures'' (vol. 2).
In 2008 and 2009, Marvel produced 11 webcomics starring differ ...
'' #21–24 (
It! The Living Colossus
It! The Living Colossus is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Initially a statue animated by a hostile extraterrestrial, he First appearance, first appeared in the science-fiction anthology series '' ...
) (1973–1974)
* ''
The Avengers'' #145–146 (1976)
* ''
Black Goliath'' #1 (1976)
* ''
Captain America
Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...
'' #168, 189–191 (1973–1975)
* ''
Chamber of Chills
''Chamber of Chills'' is the name of two anthology horror comic books, one published by Harvey Publications in the early 1950s, the other by Marvel Comics in the 1970s.
Harvey Publications
The first ''Chamber of Chills'' was a 10-cent horror anth ...
'' #5 (1973)
* ''
Champions
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'' #1–3, 5–7 (1975–1976)
* ''
Creatures on the Loose
''Tower of Shadows'' is a horror fiction, horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by the American company Marvel Comics under this and a subsequent name from 1969 to 1975. It featured work by writer-artists Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Johnny ...
'' #25, 32 (1973–1974)
* ''
Daredevil'' #119–123 (1975)
* ''
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu
Deadly may refer to:
* Deadliness, the ability to cause death
Arts and entertainment
* ''Deadly'', a 2011 novel by Julie Chibbaro
* ''Deadly'', a children's book series by Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings
* ''Deadly'' (Australian TV series), a ...
'' #10, ''Special'' #1 (1974–1975)
* ''
Doc Savage
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'' #7–8 (1973–1974)
* ''
Dracula Lives
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'' #6, 9, 13 (1974–1975)
* ''
Fantastic Four
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'' #153 (1974)
* ''
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider is the name of multiple antiheroes and superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider.
The first s ...
'' #7–9, 11–15, 17–19 (1974–1976)
* ''
Giant-Size Creatures'' #1 (1974)
* ''
Giant-Size Defenders'' #1 (1974)
* ''
Giant-Size Dracula'' #5 (1975)
* ''Haunt of Horror'' #4 (1974)
* ''
Hero for Hire'' #15 (1973)
* ''
Legion of Monsters
Legion of Monsters is the name of different fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The Legion of Monsters first appeared in Marvel Comics chronology in ''Marvel Premiere'' #28 ( ...
'' #1 (1975)
* ''Marvel Chillers'' #3, 5–6 (
Tigra
Tigra (Greer Grant Nelson) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Introduced as the superpowered and gadget-wielding crime fighter the Cat in ''The Claws of the Cat'' #1 (November 1972). The ...
) (1976)
* ''
Marvel Premiere
''Marvel Premiere'' is an American comic book anthology series that was published by Marvel Comics. In concept it was a tryout book, intended to determine if a character or concept could attract enough readers to justify launching their own seri ...
'' #20–22 (
Iron Fist) (1975)
* ''
Marvel Tales'' #242, 250 (
Rocket Racer
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backup stories) (1990–1991)
* ''
Marvel Team-Up
''Marvel Team-Up'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as ...
'' #145 (1984)
* ''Marvels Comics: Daredevil'' #1 (2000)
* ''
Monsters Unleashed'' #3–5, 10 (1973–1975)
* ''
Moon Knight
Moon Knight is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in ''Werewolf by Night'' #32 (August 1975).
The son of a rabb ...
'' #34–35 (1983–1984)
* ''Power Man'' #20, 22–25 (1974–1975)
* ''
Power Man and Iron Fist
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''He ...
'' #110 (1984)
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The Spectacular Spider-Man
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'' #35, ''Annual'' #10 (1979, 1990)
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Super-Villain Team-Up
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The first series started in 1975 with two giant-size issues before ...
'' #1–2 (1975)
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Supernatural Thrillers
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'' #8–13 (1974–1975)
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Tales of the Zombie
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'' #2–3, 5, 9 (1973–1975)
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Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction
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'' #1–4 (1975)
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Vampire Tales
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'' #4 (1974)
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War Is Hell'' #9–10 (1974)
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Web of Spider-Man
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'' #74–76, ''Annual'' #6–7 (1990–1991)
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Spider-Man
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) (1980)
Topps Comics
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''Jack Kirby's'' S''ecret City Saga'' #0 (1993)
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Satan's Six'' #1–4 (1993)
Warren Publishing
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Vampirella
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'' #26 (ghostwriter for Len Wein) (1973)
Filmography
References
External links
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Tony Isabellaat Mike's Amazing World of Comics
at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
Tony's Online Tipsat World Famous Comics
Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing(Personal Blog)
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1951 births
American bloggers
American columnists
American comics writers
Comic book editors
Inkpot Award winners
Journalists from Ohio
Living people
Marvel Comics writers
Writers from Cleveland
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American people of Italian descent
American writers of Italian descent