William Murray (born 1953) is an American novelist, journalist, short story, and comic book writer. Much of his fiction has been published under pseudonyms. With artist

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, he co-created the

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Squirrel Girl Squirrel Girl (Doreen Allene Green) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Will Murray and writer/artist Steve Ditko, she first appeared in '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' vol. 2 #8, a.k.a. ''Mar ...

Biography

Early life and career

Will Murray grew up in

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, Massachusetts and graduated North Quincy High school in June 1971, subsequently graduating summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. After becoming a fan of the

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hero

Doc Savage Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name Clark Savage Jr., he is a doctor, scientist, adventurer, detective, and polymath who "rights w ...

, he began collecting pulp magazines and wrote two psychological profiles of the character in ''The Doc Savage Reader''. He went on to write for

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) ...

and edit the fanzines ''Duende'' and ''Skullduggery'' before joining the pulp-reprint publisher Odyssey Publications. He also co-authored the study, ''The Duende History of The Shadow Magazine.'' Circa 1978, "I discovered the outline to oc Savage creatorLester Dent's unwritten ''Python Isle'' and decided to take a shot at writing it. Bantam ooks/nowiki> passed on it initially, and by the time they came back and asked for it and two more Docs, I was busily ghosting he adventure paperback series'' The Destroyer'' for eries co-creator

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Novels and magazines

''The Destroyer'' assignment had come about when Murray, editing ''Skullduggery'', sought out Murphy and '' The Destroyer'' co-creator

Richard Sapir Richard Ben Sapir (; 1936–1987) is best known for '' The Destroyer'' series of novels that he co-created with Warren Murphy. The first ''Destroyer'' was written in 1963, while Sapir worked as a city hall reporter in Jersey City and Murphy se ...

for an interview, and later doing freelance research for Sapir. This led to his editing a Destroyer sourcebook, ''The Assassin's Handbook'' (1982) and eventually

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the series, beginning with the 56th book, ''Encounter Group'' (1984). He began writing the series regularly with the 69th book, '' Blood Ties'', altogether ghosting book #69 through book #107, ''Feast or Famine''. Murray has also written

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stories, including a pair of stories about

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, the Twin Blasphemies, and contributed single novels in '' The Executioner'' and ''

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'' series. He wrote the retro-pulp collection ''Spicy Zeppelin Stories'' under various pen names. Murray, also an author of nonfiction articles about

pulp magazine Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term "pulp" derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazine ...

writers such as

creator

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 ...

, and the

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creator

Walter B. Gibson Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897 – December 6, 1985) was an Americans, American writer and professional magic (illusion), magician, best known for his work on the pulp magazine, pulp fiction character ''The Shadow''. Gibson, under the ...

; since 1979, he has been the literary executor for the estate of Dent, and has published twenty-one Doc Savage novels from Dent's outlines under Dent's pseudonym,

Kenneth Robeson Kenneth Robeson was the house name used by Street & Smith publications as the writer of their popular characters Doc Savage and later Avenger. Lester Dent wrote most of the Doc Savage stories; others credited under the Robeson name included: * W ...

. His 2013 ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage'' novel, ''Doc Savage: Skull Island'', teams him up with

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. In June 2015, Altus Press inaugurated the series ''The Wild Adventures of Tarzan'' in the novel '' Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don'', an authorized sequel to Edger Rice Burroughs' 1921 novel, ''

Tarzan the Terrible ''Tarzan the Terrible'' is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the eighth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published as a serial in the pulp magazine '' Argosy All-Story Weekly'' in ...

''. Late in 2016, Altus released a follow-up novel, ''King Kong Vs. Tarzan''. Early in 2020, " Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars" was released, in which John Carter oF Mars was revived. In October 2016, Altus Press released ''Six Scarlet Scorpions'', the first entry in a new spinoff series centering around Doc Savage's adventuress cousin, called ''The Wild Adventures of Pat Savage''. Murray wrote the novel from an outline written by the character's creator, Lester Dent. In August, 2018, Altus Press released ''The Spider: The Doom Legion'', reviving the pulp hero known as The Spider, as well as James Christopher, Operator 5, and G-8 of ''G-8 and His Battles Aces'' fame. A sequel, ''The Spider: Fury in Steel'', was published in January, 2021. In June, 2020, Altus Press released ''The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', collecting ten of Murray's Sherlock Holmes short stories. For

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, he edited ''Tales of Zothique'' and ''The Book of Hyperborea'', two collections of stories by

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. His essays have appeared in books ranging from S. T. Joshi's compedium on H. P. Lovecraft, ''An Epicure in the Terrible'', to Jim Beard's survey of the 1960s ''

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'' TV show, ''Gotham City 14 Miles.'' He also contributed to the encyclopedias ''St. James Crime and Mystery Writers'', ''St. James Science Fiction Writers'', ''

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'' and ''The Dictionary of Literary Biography.'' A collection of his Doc Savage articles was published by Altus Press under the title, Writings in Bronze, in 2011. As a contributing editor of ''

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'' magazine, Murray wrote for that publication and for Starlog Press movie tie-in publications. Murray stories have appeared in '' The UFO Files, Future Crime,

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, 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories, 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, The Cthulhu Cycle, Disciples of Cthulhu II,

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, Worlds of Cthulhu, The Yig Cycle, Dead But Dreaming II, Horror for the Holidays,

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, Nightbeat: Night Stories'' and other collections. For

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, he adapted Lester Dent's 1934 novel ''The Thousand-Headed Man'' as a six-part serial for ''The Adventures of Doc Savage'', which aired in 1985, and was released on CD by Radioarchives.com in October 2010. For Radio Archives, Murray produced the Will Murray Pulp Classics line of audio and ebooks, starring such pulp heroes as

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and G-8 and His Battle Aces. With S. T. Joshi and Jon L. Cooke, Murray organized The Friends of H. P. Lovecraft, which raised funds to place a memorial plaque dedicated to the Providence fantasy writer on the grounds of

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's John Hay Library on the centennial of Lovecraft's birth in August 1990. In 2000 Murray wrote the novel '' Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Empyre'' for Marvel comics. The story, which predicted the operational details of the Year 2001 terror attacks on New York and Washington a year before they transpired, identified the author as a trained remote viewer and professional psychic. Beginning in 2006, Murray has been a consulting editor for Sanctum Books' ''

'', ''

'', ''Avenger'' and ''Whisperer'' reprints. He has also written dozens of introductions to the reprints being published by

Altus Press Altus Press is a publisher of works primarily related to the pulp magazines from the 1910s to the 1950s. History Founded in 2006 by Matthew Moring, Altus Press publishes collections primarily focussed on series characters, although they also publ ...

, covering characters such as Lester Dent's Lee Nace and Frederick Nebel's Black Mask detective, Ben Donohue. With Off-Trail Publications' John Locke, he has co-edited the three-volume ''The Gangland Sagas of Big Nose Serrano'', which collects all 12 of Anatole Feldman's Big Nose Serrano stories. For Black Dog Books, he penned introductions to their ongoing Lester Dent Library series of pulp-magazine reprints. Murray's exhaustive survey, ''Wordslingers: An Epitaph for the Western'', delved into the American Western story as it evolved in the pages of the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century. Stepping into the metaphysical and spiritual genre, Murray explored the nature and origin of God in his 2016 ebook, ''Forever After'', which he wrote under his full name of William Patrick Murray. The work is told in the form of a fable, with the narrative unfolding from God's point of view.

Comic books

A contributor to numerous prose anthologies, Murray has written short stories of the characters

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Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...

Ant-Man Ant-Man is the name of several superheroes appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, Ant-Man's first appearance was in ''Tales to Astonish'' #27 (January 1962) but first appeared in costum ...

, the

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, the

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, The Avenger, the

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, the

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, The Secret 6,

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

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Honey West Honey West is a fictional character created by the husband and wife writing team Gloria and Forest Fickling under the pseudonym "G.G. Fickling", and appearing in eleven mystery novels by the duo. The character is notable as being one of the firs ...

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and

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's the

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. For

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

, Murray co-created the

with artist

. He scripted ''The Destroyer'' black-and-white magazine, as well as single stories starring

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...

and the

Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

. Murray wrote the introduction to the ''Marvel Comics Omnibus'' volume, which celebrates the 70th anniversary of Marvel Comics, as well as introductions to Volume 2 of ''Daring Mystery Comics'', ''Mighty Thor Masterworks'' Volume 9, ''Mystic Comics'' Volume 1, ''Young Allies'' Volume 2 and ''Golden Age Captain America'' Volume 6.

Awards

In 1979, he received the Lamont Award for his contributions to the furtherance of pulp fiction research. In 1999, he earned the ''Comic Book Marketplace'' award for research excellence in the area of comics history. Murray received the 2011 Pulp Ark Award for Best Series Revival for his work on ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage''. His Doc Savage novel, ''Doc Savage: Skull Island'', won the 2014 Pulp Factory Award for Best Novel.

Selected works

Fiction

Novels

* ''Python Isle'', as by

, (1991) oc Savage #184* ''White Eyes'', as by

, (1992) oc Savage #185* ''The Frightened Fish'', as by

, (1992) oc Savage #186* ''The Jade Ogre'', as by

, (1992) oc Savage #187* ''Flight Into Fear'', as by

, (1993) oc Savage #188* ''The Whistling Wraith'', as by

, (1993) oc Savage #189* ''The Forgotten Realm'', as by

, (1993) oc Savage #190* ''

Mars Attacks! ''Mars Attacks!'' is a 1996 American science fiction comedy film directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay by Jonathan Gems was based on the Topps trading card series of the same name. The film featu ...

War Dogs of the Golden Horde'', as by Ray W. Murill,

Del Rey Books Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House and, in turn, by Penguin Random House. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It ...

(1996) * ''Nick Fury, Agent of Shield: Empyre'', Berkley Boulevard Books (2000) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: The Desert Demons'', as by

, Altus Press (2011) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: Horror in Gold'', as by

, Altus Press (2011) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: The Infernal Buddha'', as by

, Altus Press (2012) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: Death's Dark Domain'', as by

, Altus Press (2012) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: The Miracle Menace'', as by

, Altus Press (2013) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: Phantom Lagoon'', as by

, Altus Press (2013) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: Skull Island'',

(2013) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: The War Makers'', as by

, Altus Press (2014) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: The Ice Genius'', as by

, Altus Press (2014) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: The Sinister Shadow'', as by

, Altus Press (2015) * ''The Wild Adventures of

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...

(Vol 1): Return to Pal-ul-don'', Altus Press (2015) * ''The Wild Adventures of Pat Savage (Vol 1): Six Scarlet Scorpions'', Altus Press (2016) * ''

vs. Tarzan'', Altus Press (2016) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: Glare of the Gorgon'', as by

, Altus Press (2016) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: Empire of Doom'', as by

, Altus Press (2017) * ''The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage: Mr. Calamity & The Valley of Eternity'', as by

, Altus Press (2018) * ''The Wild Adventures of

(Book 1): The Doom Legion'', Altus Press (2018) * ''The Wild Adventures of

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...

: Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars'', Altus Press (2020) * ''The Wild Adventures of The Spider (Book 2): Fury in Steel'', Altus Press (2021) * ''The Wild Adventures of The Spider (Book 3): Scourge of the Scorpion'', Altus Press (2022)

Collections

* ''The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', (2020) * ''The Wild Adventures of Cthulhu: Volume One'', Odyssey Publications (2022)

Short stories

* "Snail Ghost," ''Eldritch Tales'' #11, 1985 * "A Trillion Young," in ''Tales from the Miskatonic University Library'' (PS Publishing, 2017)

Comic book stories

* "The Coming of ... Squirrel Girl" (

origin story In entertainment, an origin story is an account or backstory revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist, and it adds to the overall interest and complexity of a narrative, often giving reasons for their intent ...

), '' Marvel Super-Heroes'', Winter 1991

Nonfiction

Books

* ''The Duende History of

the Shadow The Shadow is a fictional character created by magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by writer Walter ...

Magazine'', Odyssey Publications (1980) * ''Writings in Bronze'', Altus Press (2011) * ''Wordslingers: An Epitaph for the Western'', Altus Press (2013) * ''Master of Mystery: The Rise of The Shadow'', Odyssey Publications (2021)

Articles

* "Narrathoth, the Forgotten," ''

Crypt of Cthulhu ''Crypt of Cthulhu'' is an American fanzine devoted to the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. It was published as part of the Esoteric Order of Dagon amateur press association for a short time, and was formally established in 19 ...

'' #35, Hallowmas 1985

Introductions

* ''The Gangland Sagas of Big Nose Serrano: Vol 1: Dames, Dice and the Devil'', by Anatole Feldman, Off-Trail Publications (2008) * ''The Gangland Sagas of Big Nose Serrano: Vol 2: Horses, Hoboes and Heroes'', by Anatole Feldman, Off-Trail Publications (2008) * ''Thunder Jim Wade: The Complete Series'', by

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

, Altus Press (2008) * ''The Bat Strikes Again And Again!'', by

Johnston McCulley John William Johnston McCulley (February 2, 1883 – November 23, 1958) was an American writer of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro. Biography Born in O ...

, Altus Press (2009) * ''The Gangland Sagas of Big Nose Serrano: Vol 3: Hell's Gangster'', by Anatole Feldman, Off-Trail Publications (2009) * ''Super-Detective Jim Anthony: The Complete Series, Vol 1'', by

Victor Rousseau Victor Rousseau ( Feluy, 16 December 1865 – Forest, 17 March 1954) also known as M. Victor Rousseau, was a Belgian sculptor and medalist. Biography Rousseau was of Walloon heritage and descended from a line of stonemasons. He began carv ...

, Altus Press (2009) * ''When the Death-Bat Flies: The Detective Stories of

Norvell Page Norvell Wordsworth Page (1904 July 06; Richmond, Virginia-–1961 August 14) was an American pulp fiction writer, journalist and editor who later became a government intelligence worker. He is best known as the prolific writer of ''The Spider'' p ...

'', Altus Press (2010) * ''G Stands for Glory: The G-Man Stories of Norvell Page'', Altus Press (2010) * ''The Crimes of The Scarlet Ace: The Complete Stories of Major Lacy & Amusement, Inc.'', by Theodore A. Tinsley, Altus Press (2011) * ''The Cobra: The King of Detectives'', by Richard B. Sale, Altus Press (2011) * ''King of Fang and Claw: The Complete Pulp Magazine Adventures'', by Bob Byrd, Altus Press (2011) * ''The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Vol 1: 1931-32'', by

Frederick Nebel Frederick Lewis Nebel (November 3, 1903 - May 3, 1967), was an American writer. He wrote over 300 works that were published. He is best known for his hardboiled detective fiction. Nebel was a prolific writer, penning up to five thousand words a d ...

, Altus Press (2013) * ''Operator #5: The Complete Purple Wars'', by Emile C. Tepperman, Altus Press (2019)

Obituaries

* "

," ''

Locus Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to: Entertainment * Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front * ''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine ** ''Locus Award' ...

'', January 1986 * "

Walter M. Baumhofer Walter Martin Baumhofer (November 1, 1904September 23, 1987) was an American illustrator notable for his cover paintings seen on the pulp magazines of Street & Smith and other publishers. Baumhofer's parents immigrated from Germany. His father ...

," ''Locus'', November 1987 * "

Norman Saunders Norman Blaine Saunders (January 1, 1907 – March 7, 1989) was a prolific 20th-century American commercial artist. He is best known for paintings in pulp magazines, paperbacks, men's adventure magazines, comic books and trading cards. On occasi ...

," ''Locus'', May 1989

References

External links

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