Roger McKenzie (comics)

Roger McKenzie (born November 8) is an American comic book writer best known for his work on ''Daredevil'' with Frank Miller.

Biography

Roger McKenzie's first comics work was a seven-page short story titled "Ground Round" in ''Vampirella'' #50 (April 1976) published by Warren Publishing. He wrote stories for Warren's black and white magazine titles '' Creepy'', '' Eerie'', and ''Vampirella'' from 1976–1982. He worked for DC Comics as well, creating the western character Cinnamon and several stories for the company's horror titles.

McKenzie and Frank Miller's first collaboration was on a two-page story entitled "Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..." published in DC Comics' ''Weird War Tales'' #68 (Oct. 1978). McKenzie became the writer on Marvel Comics' ''Daredevil'' with issue #151 (March 1978), and gave the series a dark tone reminiscent of his horror writings. Miller joined McKenzie on the series starting with #158 (May 1979).

In 1979, he collaborated with artist Ernie Colón on an adaptation of ''Battlestar Galactica'' for Marvel. McKenzie wrote ''Captain America'' (1978–1980) as well. McKenzie and artist Don Perlin developed the idea of Captain America running for the office of President of the United States. Marvel originally rejected the idea but it would be used later by Roger Stern and John Byrne in ''Captain America'' #250 (October 1980). McKenzie and Perlin received credit for the idea on the letters page at Stern's insistence. McKenzie and Perlin would also receive credit in the follow-up story in '' What If?'' #26 (April 1981). McKenzie wrote several stories for the ''Marvel Fanfare'' anthology series including a two-part Iron Man vs. Doctor Octopus tale drawn by Ken Steacy.

McKenzie has written for a variety of independent publishers such as Pacific Comics, Comico Comics, Pied Piper Comics, and Eclipse Comics. He wrote the '' Star Hawks'' newspaper comic strip for United Feature Syndicate in 1981.

McKenzie serves as Executive Editor of the Charlton Neo line of comics, where he writes for '' The Charlton Arrow'' and '' Charlton Wild Frontier''. Since February 2015, he has been writing the Spookman weekly comic strip with Sandy Carruthers for Pix-C, a webcomic site.

Bibliography

Charlton Neo

* '' The Charlton Arrow'' #1–5 (2014–2016)
* '' Charlton Wild Frontier'' #1 (2015)

Checkmate Comics

* ''Bud Colbert Time-Travelin' Janitor'' (editor)
* ''Big Busty Broads of WWII'' (editor)

Comico: The Comic Company

* ''Next Man'' #1–5 (1985)

DC Comics

* ''Batman'' #325 (1980)
* ''Black Lightning'' #11 ( The Ray backup story) (1978)
* '' Cancelled Comic Cavalcade'' #1 (1978)
* ''Doorway to Nightmare'' #3 (1978)
* ''House of Mystery'' #259, 299 (1978–1981)
* '' House of Secrets'' #151 (1978)
* ''Men of War'' #5–11 (Gravedigger) (1978)
* '' The Unexpected'' #187, 191 (1978–1979)
* ''Weird War Tales'' #61–64, 68 (1978)
* ''Weird Western Tales'' #48–49 (Cinnamon) (1978)
* ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' #9 (1978)

Deluxe Comics

* ''Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'' #5 (1986)

Eclipse Comics

* ''Sun Runners'' #4–7 (1984–1985)

Gold Key Comics

* ''Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom'' #29–31 (1981–1982)
* ''Gremlins'' #11365 (1984)
* ''Grimm's Ghost Stories'' #59–60 (1982)

Image Comics

* ''Savage Dragon'' #195, 200, 204 (Knight Watchman backup stories) (2014–2015)

Marvel Comics

* ''Battlestar Galactica'' #1–7, 11–16 (1979–1980)
* ''Captain America'' #226–237, 243–245, 250 (1978–1980)
* '' Captain Marvel'' #57 (1978)
* ''Daredevil'' #151–161, 163–166, 183 (1978–1980, 1982)
* ''Epic Illustrated'' #6, 10 (1981–1982)
* '' Ghost Rider'' #28–34 (1978–1979)
* ''Iron Man'' #159 (1982)
* ''Marvel Fanfare'' #1–2, 5, 14–15, 18, 22–23, 32 (1982–1987)
* '' Marvel Super Special'' #8 (Battlestar Galactica) (1978)
* ''Marvel Team-Up'' #98, 104 (1980–1981)
* ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #124 (1987)
* '' The Tomb of Dracula'' (black and white magazine) #4–5 (1980)
* '' What If?'' #26 (1981)

Collections

* ''Daredevil/Punisher: Child's Play'' includes ''Daredevil'' #183, 70 pages, February 1988,
* ''Daredevil: Marked for Death'' collects ''Daredevil'' #159–161, 163–164, 96 pages, March 1991,
* ''Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Omnibus'' collects ''Daredevil'' #158–161, 163–166, and 183, 840 pages, March 2007,

New Comics Group

* ''Young Master'' #6 (1988)

Pacific Comics

* ''Sun Runners'' #1–3 (1984)

Pied Piper Comics

* ''Kamikaze Cat'' #1 (1987)
* '' Lawrence & Lim's Ex-Mutants'' #8 (1987)

Sirius Comics

* ''Tales of the Sun Runners'' #1–2 (1986)

Warren Publishing

* '' Creepy'' #81, 84–87, 89–90, 92–95, 99, 104–105, 114–115, 120, 122, 124–125, 127, 129, 132, 134, 140 (1976–1982)
* '' Eerie'' #81, 83, 85, 87, 90, 92, 96, 102 (1977–1979)
* ''U.F.O. and Alien Comix'' #1 (1977)
* ''Vampirella'' #50, 53, 57–59, 63, 65–67, 82, 91, 94 (1976–1981)
* ''Warren Presents'' #1, 6 (1979)

References

External links

*

"DC Profiles #34: Roger McKenzie"
at the Grand Comics Database

Roger McKenzie
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics


at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

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