James Michael Reaves (born September 14, 1950) is an

American writer American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry ...

, known for his contributions as scriptwriter and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including '' Disney's Gargoyles'' and '' Batman: The Animated Series''. He has also written media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction. He often collaborates with

Steve Perry Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. He also wrote/co ...

and won a 1993

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program in his work on ''Batman: The Animated Series''. Reaves has

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

, and for a time maintained a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects.http://michaelreaveswriter.blogspot.com/ Typing is now difficult for him, and by his own account, he has lost the ability to speak coherently. Reaves worked extensively with co-authors between 2004 and 2015, including his daughter

Mallory Reaves Mallory Reaves (born 1984 to parents Michael Reaves and Brynne Chandler) is a writer from Southern California. She was initially known for her adaptations of the popular manga series ''After School Nightmare'' (nominated for a 2007 Will Eisner Awa ...

Books

Novels

Anthologies and collections

*'' Darkworld Detective'' (1981) *''The Night People'' (2005)

Co-Editor

*''

Shadows Over Baker Street ''Shadows Over Baker Street'' is an anthology of stories, each by a different author and each concerning an exploit of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes set against the backdrop of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The collection is edited ...

'' (2003) (co-editor and contributor)

Short stories

*The Breath of Dragons (1973) *Passion Play (1974) *The Century Feeling (November 1974) *The Sound of Something Dying (1976) *Amber Day (1977) *Love Among the Symbionts (1977) *The Big Spell and The Maltese Vulcan (1977) *Shadetree (1978) *Werewind (1981) *The Tearing Of Graymare House (1983) *The Night People (1985) *The Way Home (with Steve Perry) (1991) *Catspaw (1992) *Elvis Meets Godzilla (1994) *Red Clay (2001) (in '' The Children of Cthulhu'') * House Of The Vampire (2003) *The Adventure Of The Arab's Manuscript (2003) (in ''

'') *Keep Coming Back (2003) *The Legend Of The Midnight Cruiser (2003) * Undeadsville (2004) *Spider Dream (2005) (in ''Lost on the Darkside'')

Screenwriting

Animated television

''Series head writer credits are denoted in bold'' *''

The New Archie and Sabrina Hour ''The New Archie and Sabrina Hour'' (advertised as ''The Archie-Sabrina Show'') is the seventh and final animated series featuring Archie Comics characters under the Filmation banner. The series premiered on NBC in September 1977, rebroadcasting ...

'' (1977) *''Space Sentinels'' (1977) *''Web Woman'' (1978) *''The New Shmoo'' (1979) *''Blackstar (TV series), Blackstar'' (1981) *''The Smurfs (1981 TV series), The Smurfs'' (1981) *''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' (1983) *''The Biskitts'' (1983) *''Pole Position (TV series), Pole Position'' (1984) *''Mighty Orbots'' (1984) *''Dungeons and Dragons (TV series), Dungeons and Dragons'' (1984-1985) *''Challenge of the GoBots'' (1985) *''Star Wars: Droids'' (1985) *''Ewoks (TV series), Ewoks'' (1986) *''Potato Head Kids'' (1986) *''Teen Wolf (1986 TV series), Teen Wolf'' (1986) *''The Centurions (TV series), The Centurions'' (1986) *''The Transformers (TV series), The Transformers'' (1986) *''My Little Pony (TV series), My Little Pony'' (1986-1987) *''The Real Ghostbusters'' (1986-1987, 1990) *''Bionic Six'' (1987) *''Jem (TV series), Jem'' (1987) *''Spiral Zone'' (1987) *''Starcom: The U.S. Space Force'' (1987) *''Superman (TV series), Superman'' (1988) *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1988-1990) *''The New Adventures of He-Man'' (1990) *''Tiny Toon Adventures'' (1990) *''Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates, Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates'' (1990-1991) *'' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992-1995) *''Bobby's World'' (1992) *''Conan and the Young Warriors'' (1994) *''Phantom 2040'' (1994-1995) *''Gargoyles (TV series), Gargoyles'' (1994-1996) *''Beast Machines: Transformers'' (1999-2000) *''Spider-Man Unlimited'' (1999-2001) *''Godzilla: The Series'' (2000) *''Max Steel (2000 TV series), Max Steel'' (2000) *''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' (2002-2003)

Live-action television

*''The Secrets of Isis'' - one episode (1975) *''Shazam! (TV series), Shazam!'' - one episode (1976) *''Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince'' - one episode (1983) *''The Twilight Zone'' - two episodes produced, and two stories (1986–89) *''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' - one episode (1987) *''Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'' - two episodes produced, three episodes, and one story (1987–1988) *''Monsters (American TV series), Monsters'' - four episodes (1988–1990) *''Swamp Thing (1990 TV series), Swamp Thing'' - one episode (1990) *''The Flash (1990 TV series), The Flash'' - one episode (1990) *''Father Dowling Mysteries'' - three episodes (1990–1991) *''Young Hercules'' - one episode (1999) *''Sliders (TV series), Sliders'' - one episode (1999) *''Star Trek: New Voyages'' - one episode (2007)

Film

*''Batman: Mask of the Phantasm'' (1993) *''Full Eclipse'' (1993) *''Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman'' (2003)

References

External links

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