Gerry Conway wrote Daredevil, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and others.
He was instrumental in Marvel's 1970s horror boom with work on
Man-Thing, Tomb of Dracula and Werewolf by Night. His years on
Amazing Spider-Man yielded such historic highlights as the
groundbreaking death of Gwen Stacy and the debut of the Punisher.
He also wrote DC's Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Legion of
Super-Heroes. For TV, he has written and produced episodes of
Diagnosis- Murder, Hercules- The Legendary Journeys, Huntress and
Matlock.
Roy Thomas joined the Marvel Bullpen as a writer and editor under
Stan Lee, scripting key runs of nearly every title of the time-
Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Daredevil, Doctor Strange,
Sub-Mariner, Thor, X-Men and more. He wrote the first 10 years of
Marvel's Conan the Barbarian and Savage Sword of Conan; and
launched such series as Defenders, Iron Fist, Invaders and Warlock.
At DC, he developed All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc. and related
titles, proving instrumental in reviving the Golden Age Justice
Society of America. Thomas later became editor of Alter Ego, a
magazine devoted to comic-book history, and co-scripted the
sword-and-sorcery films Fire and Ice and Conan the Destroyer.
After co-creating DC's Swamp Thing in 1972, Len Wein moved to
Marvel for lengthy runs on some of the company's biggest titles -
Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk and Thor - and
helped bring the landmark Giant-Size X-Men #1 into the world,
changing Marvel forever. Returning to DC as an editor, Wein oversaw
an influx of British writing talent, highlighted by Alan Moore's
historic Watchmen miniseries. Wein also has worked in television
and animation, returning to his roots to develop a Swamp Thing
screenplay. He has written comic-book adaptations of The Simpsons
and Futurama.
His place in Marvel history assured when he helped introduce
Deathlok in the pages of Astonishing Tales, Rich Buckler also
penciled several storylines in Peter Parker, the Spectacular
Spider-Man - along with runs on Jungle Action's Black Panther,
Fantastic Four, Thor and other monthly titles, as well as Roy
Thomas's miniseries Saga of the Sub-Mariner and Saga of the
Original Human Torch. Buckler's 1970s DC work includes Lois Lane,
Secret Society of Super-Villains and World's Finest, as well as the
groundbreaking Superman vs. Shazam. During the 1980s, he and Thomas
collaborated on All-Star Squadron. He worked in the barbarian and
horror genres for both Marvel and DC, illustrated Archie's Mighty
Crusaders, and contributed to black-and-white magazines for both
Marvel and Warren Publishing. He was editor of the short-lived
Solson Publications and wrote two books on comic-book art.
John Buscema (1927-2002) literally wrote the book on being a Marvel
artist - namely, How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way - and few were
better qualified. His career dated back to the Timely/Atlas era of
the late '40s and early '50s. Soon after beginning the Marvel Age
of Comics, Stan Lee recruited Buscema from the advertising field to
the Marvel Bullpen. Buscema followed a long run on Avengers with
the long-anticipated first Silver Surfer series. He subsequently
succeeded Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four, Thor and other titles. By
the time of his retirement in 1996, Buscema had penciled nearly
every Marvel title - including his personal favorite, Conan the
Barbarian.
Artist George Perez made team titles his specialty with runs on
Marvel's Avengers and Fantastic Four, along with DC's Justice
League of America and New Teen Titans, the latter co-created with
Marv Wolfman. The pair redefined the DC Universe in Crisis on
Infinite Earths. In collaboration with writer Kurt Busiek, he
returned to Avengers following the "Heroes Reborn" event. The pair
surpassed expectations with JLA/Avengers, a 2003 crossover that
featured nearly every member of both long-running teams.
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