24/06/2021
We’re all familiar with Marvel, DC, Image, The Walking Dead, The Boys and a bunch of other well known comic book properties, but every week here at Books X Brews X Bros we want to throw a little love at the individual creators of the characters we know and love.
The first recipient of our “Writers Block Wednesday”, born on May 13, 1946, is the "Marvelous" Marvin Wolfman!
Marv Wolfman was an active comic fan long before he arrived in the industry. In the early 1960's, he created a horror fanzine "Stories of Suspense", which is famous for being one of the first to publish work by Stephen King. Marv (as he was known) made his professional comics debut for DC Comics in 1968, penning Blackhawks No. 242. He and long time friend Len Wein then went on to write the original Teen Titans, introducing DC's first African American hero, Mal Duncan and creating the first origin for Donna Troy.
In 1972, Wolfman moved to Marvel Comics as protege fir then editor, Roy Thomas. He crafted "The Tomb of Dracula" with artist Gene Colan, which is known as the most critically acclaimed horror themed comic ever published. He also wrote many Marvel favorites such as Daredevil (introducing Bullseye), Spider-Man (giving us the Black Cat), Fantastic Four (where he created Terrax the Tamer), Marvel 2-in-1, and Werewolf by Night. Wolfman was also responsible for creating such characters as Blade, Nova and Spider-Woman.
In 1980, Marv returned to DC and, with artist George Perez, relaunched the Teen Titans (introducing Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, Trigon and Deathstroke). He also wrote Superman in Action Comics, Green Lantern and Batman (where he would introduce Tim Drake). In 1985, Wolfman & Perez launched "Crisis on Infinite Earths" to celebrate DC's 50th Anniversary, which relaunched the entire DC Universe.
Since the 1990's, Marv has worked mostly for TV, novels and video games. He still returns to write from time to time for both Marvel & DC.
