Doug Moench
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Douglas Moench better known as Doug Moench, is an American
United States
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 comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 writer notable for his Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

work and as the creator of Black Mask
Black Mask (comics)
Black Mask is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. An enemy of Batman, he first appeared in Batman #386 . Black Mask was created by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake.-Dark beginning:...

, Moon Knight
Moon Knight
Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

 and Deathlok
Deathlok
Deathlok is a fictional cyborg published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Astonishing Tales #25 , and was created by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench...

.

Biography

Born in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois
Illinois
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, Moench has also written novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

s, short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

, newspaper
Newspaper
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 feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film
Film
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 screenplay
Screenplay
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s and teleplays. His first published work was My Dog Sandy, a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper. He began his professional writing career in the early 1970s with scripts for Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella and articles for the Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city...

. In 1973, he moved to New York City
New York City
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.

Moench has worked for DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

, Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

, Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

 and many other smaller companies; he has written hundreds of issues of many different comics, and created dozens of characters, such as Moon Knight
Moon Knight
Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

. In 1973, Moench became the de facto lead writer for the Marvel black-and-white magazine imprint Curtis Magazines
Curtis Magazines
Curtis Magazines was an imprint of Marvel Comics that existed from 1971 to 1980. The imprint published black-and-white magazines that did not carry the Comics Code Authority seal. Initially, page counts varied between 68,76, and 84 pages....

. He contributed to the entire runs of Planet of the Apes, Rampaging Hulk (continuing on the title when it changed its name to The Hulk!) and Doc Savage, while also serving as a regular scribe for virtually every other Curtis title during the course of the imprint's existence. Moench is perhaps best known for his work on Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

, whose title he wrote from 1983–1986 and then again from 1992–1998. (He also wrote the companion title Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

from 1983–1986.)

Moench is a frequent and longtime collaborator with comics artist Paul Gulacy
Paul Gulacy
Paul Gulacy is an American comic book illustrator best known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, Eclipse Enterprises' 1978 Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species, with writer Don McGregor.-Early life and career:Paul Gulacy began...

. The pair are probably best known for their work on Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu, which they worked on together from 1974–1977. They also co-created Six from Sirius
Six from Sirius
Six from Sirius is a comic book mini-series created by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy and published by Epic Comics in 1984. It was followed by a sequel series in 1985 titled Six from Sirius II....

, Slash Maraud, and S.C.I. Spy, and have worked together on comics projects featuring Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

, Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero that originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films , television programs, video games, roleplaying games and other media...

 and James Bond
James Bond comic books
James Bonds success after the start of the film franchise in 1962 spawned a number of comic books around the world. Initially, these were adaptations of various movies...

.

Moench has frequently been paired with the artist and inker team of Kelley Jones
Kelley Jones
Kelley Jones is an American comic book artist best known for his runs on Batman with writer Doug Moench and on Sandman with writer Neil Gaiman.-Biography:...

 and John Beatty
John Beatty (illustrator)
John Beatty is an American illustrator born in Whitesburg, Kentucky who has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics,-Biography:...

 on several Elseworlds
Elseworlds
Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

 Graphic Novels
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

 and a long run of the monthly Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

comic.

Married to Debra with a son (Derek), Moench currently lives in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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.

DC Comics
DC Comics
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  • Arion, Lord of Atlantis
    Arion (comics)
    Arion is a fictional sword and sorcery hero published by DC Comics. He debuted in Warlord #55 , and was created by Paul Kupperberg and Jan Duursema.-Publication history:...

    #4-11
  • Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

    #0
    Zero Hour (comics)
    Zero Hour: Crisis in Time is a five-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by DC Comics in 1994. In it, the former hero Hal Jordan, who had until then been a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, mad with grief after the destruction of...

    , 360-400, 481-559, 1,000,000
    DC One Million
    "DC One Million" was a crossover storyline that ran through a self titled, weekly limited series and through special issues of almost all "DCU" titles published by DC Comics in November 1998...

     and Annual
    Annual publication
    An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication....

     #10, 12, 13, 17-21
  • Batman: Blackgate: Isle of Men
  • Batman: Bloodstorm (the second in the three-part Batman Vampire Elseworlds
    Elseworlds
    Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

     saga)
  • Batman: Book of the Dead #1-2 (Elseworlds
    Elseworlds
    Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

    )
  • Batman: Brotherhood of the Bat (Elseworlds
    Elseworlds
    Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

    )
  • Batman: Cataclysm
    Batman: Cataclysm
    "Cataclysm" is an 18 chapter DC Comics crossover story arc that ran through the various Batman family comics from March to May, 1998. The plot of the storyline centers around Gotham City being hit by a massive earthquake, the epicenter of the which is less than a mile from Wayne Manor...

    #1
  • Batman Chronicles
    Batman Chronicles
    The Batman Chronicles is a series of comics published by DC Comics from 1995 to 2001, which lasted 23 quarterly issues and a series of collections.-Publication history:...

    #1-3
  • Batman: Crimson Mist (the third and final Batman Vampire Elseworlds
    Elseworlds
    Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

     saga)
  • Batman: Dark Joker: The Wild (Elseworlds
    Elseworlds
    Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

    )
  • Batman & Dracula: Red Rain
    Batman and Dracula
    Batman & Dracula: Red Rain is a 1991 graphic novel by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones, in DC Comics' Elseworlds line of alternate reality stories...

    (the first of three Batman Vampire Elseworlds
    Elseworlds
    Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

     graphic novels)
  • Batman: Haunted Gotham #1-4 (Elseworlds
    Elseworlds
    Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

     - Bruce Wayne's parents killed by a Werewolf
    Werewolf
    A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...

    )
  • Batman: Hong Kong (Manhua
    Manhua
    Manhua are Chinese comics originally produced in China. Possibly due to their greater degree of artistic freedom of expression and closer international ties with Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been the places of publication of most manhua thus far, often including Chinese translations of...

    -style art)
  • Batman: Knight Gallery
    Batman: Knight Gallery
    Batman: Knight Gallery is a DC Comics Elseworlds special published in 1995. Written by Doug Moench, and features the art of Thomas Grummet, Michael Manley, Vincent Giarrano, James Balent, Bret Blevins, Graham Nolan, Norm Breyfogle, Neal Adams, George Pérez, Stephen De Stefano, Tom Lyle, Gary Frank,...

  • Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #11-15 (Batman: Prey
    Batman: Prey
    "Prey" is a Batman comic book story arc written by Doug Moench, with art by Paul Gulacy and Terry Austin. It was originally published in five parts by DC Comics from September 1990 through February 1991 for Legends of the Dark Knight, issues 11 through 15, and later compiled as a trade...

    ), 46-49, 86-88, 137-141, 146-148
  • Batman: Outlaws #1-3
  • Batman vs. Predator
    Batman vs. Predator
    Batman versus Predator is a comic book crossover featuring a duel between Batman and the creature from the Predator film. It was written by Dave Gibbons, with art by Andy Kubert and published by DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics in 1991....

     II: Bloodmatch
    #1-4
  • Batman/Spawn
    Spawn (comics)
    Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...

    : War Devil
    (co-written with Chuck Dixon
    Chuck Dixon
    Charles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, best known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.-Biography:Dixon grew up in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area, reading comics of all genres...

     and Alan Grant)
  • The Big Book of Conspiracies
  • The Big Book of The Unexplained
  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

    volume 2 #12-16
  • Catwoman
    Catwoman
    Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...

    #0
    Zero Hour (comics)
    Zero Hour: Crisis in Time is a five-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by DC Comics in 1994. In it, the former hero Hal Jordan, who had until then been a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, mad with grief after the destruction of...

    , 25, 41-55
  • Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham #1-2 (Elseworlds
    Elseworlds
    Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places — some that have existed, and others...

    : Batman and Catwoman's roles are reversed)
  • Celebrate the Century Super Heroes Stamp Album #1 (accompanied the "Celebrate the Century
    Celebrate the Century
    Celebrate the Century is the name of a series of postage stamps made by the United States Postal Service featuring images recalling various important events in the 20th century in the United States....

    " stamp
    Postage stamp
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    s issued by the US Postal Service
    United States Postal Service
    The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...

    . The stamps fit into the comic. There was one album for each decade and were written by Moench and others.)
  • C.O.P.S.
    C.O.P.S. (Comics)
    C.O.P.S. was a fifteen-issue comic book series created based on a Hasbro toy line. The series was written by Doug Moench and published by DC Comics.-Issue 1:...

    #1-15
  • DC Challenge
    DC Challenge
    DC Challenge was a 12-issue comic book series produced by DC Comics from November 1985 to October 1986, as a round robin experiment in narrative...

    #3
  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

    #526-566
  • Electric Warrior
    Electric Warrior (comics)
    Electric Warrior is an American comic book series, published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. Set outside the continuity of the DC Universe, the series was written by Doug Moench with artwork provided by Jim Baikie...

    #1-18
  • Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion
    Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion
    Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion was a horror-suspense-romance anthology comic book series published by DC Comics from 1971–1974, a companion to Secrets of Sinister House.-Publication history:...

    #11
  • G.I. Combat
    G.I. Combat
    G.I. Combat is a long-running comic book series published first by Quality Comics and later by National Periodical Publications, which was the primary company of those that evolved to become DC Comics.-Publication history:...

    #163
  • Green Arrow
    Green Arrow
    Green Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...

    volume 2 #86 (Catwoman crossover)
  • Green Lantern Corps
    Green Lantern Corps
    The Green Lantern Corps is the name of a fictional intergalactic military/police force appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residing on the planet Oa...

     Quarterly
    #2
  • Green Lantern: Dragon Lord #1-3 (a Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    The Green Lantern is the shared primary alias of several fictional characters, superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The first Green Lantern was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in All-American Comics #16 .Each Green Lantern possesses a power ring and...

     mini-series set in ancient China
    China
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    )
  • Heroes against Hunger
  • House of Mystery
    House of Mystery
    The House of Mystery is the name of several horror-mystery-suspense anthology comic book series. It had a companion series, House of Secrets.-Genesis:...

    #216, 228, 244, 253
  • House of Secrets #113
  • JLA: Act of God
    JLA: Act of God
    JLA: Act of God is a three issue limited series published by DC Comics under the Elseworlds banner in 2000. It is written by Doug Moench and illustrated by Dave Ross....

  • Lords of the Ultra-Realm
    Lords of the Ultra-Realm
    Lords of the Ultra-Realm is a six-issue comic book limited series that was created by Doug Moench, illustrated by Pat Broderick, and published in 1986 by DC Comics, followed by a 1987 special issue....

    #1-6, Special #1 (co-created by Moench and Pat Broderick
    Pat Broderick
    Pat Broderick is an American comic book artist known for his work on the Micronauts. Broderick also pencilled the four-part Batman: Year Three storyline, written by Marv Wolfman, which detailed the first meeting of Batman and Tim Drake.-Early career :Fresh from high school in Tampa, Florida,...

    )
  • Mister Miracle
    Mister Miracle
    Mister Miracle is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Mister Miracle #1 and was created by Jack Kirby.-Publication history:...

    Volume 2 #14-28
  • The Omega Men
    Omega Men
    The Omega Men are a fictional team of extraterrestrial superheroes who have appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. They first appeared in Green Lantern #141 , and were created by Marv Wolfman and Joe Staton....

    #17-20, 22, 23, 25 and Annual #1
  • Our Army at War
    Our Army at War
    Our Army at War was the title for a comic book published by DC Comics that featured war themed stories and was the first appearance for popular heroes such like Sgt. Rock and Enemy Ace. The series started in August 1952 and ended in February 1977....

     Featuring Sgt. Rock
    Sgt. Rock (comics)
    Sgt. Frank Rock is a fictional infantry non-commissioned officer during World War II in the . He first appeared in Our Army at War #83 , and was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert.-Publication history:...

    #271
  • The Sandkings
    Sandkings
    Sandkings is a collection of science fiction short stories by George R. R. Martin, published in 1981. The multiple-award-winning title story concerns a race of insectoid, militaristic alien 'pets' who worship their master until he badly mistreats them...

    (adaptation by Moench, Pat Broderick, and Neal McPheeters of the novel by George R. R. Martin
    George R. R. Martin
    George Raymond Richard Martin , sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for A Song of Ice and Fire, his bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO adapted for their dramatic pay-cable series Game of...

    )
  • Showcase '93 #1-12
  • Slash Maraud #1-6
  • The Spectre
    Spectre (comics)
    The Spectre is a fictional character and superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in a next issue ad in More Fun Comics #51 and received his first story the following month, #52...

    volume 2 #1-31, Annual #1
  • S.C.I. Spy #1-6
  • Teen Titans Spotlight #12
  • The Wanderers
    Wanderers (comics)
    The Wanderers are a fictional group of superheroes appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They first appeared as allies of the Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure Comics #375 written by Jim Shooter, illustrated by Win Mortimer with a cover by Neal Adams...

    #1-13
  • World's Finest Comics
    World's Finest Comics
    World's Finest Comics was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled World's Best Comics for its first issue; issue #2 switched to the more familiar name...

    #289-292
  • Xenobrood
    Xenobrood
    Xenobrood is a fictional comic book superhero team in the DC Comics universe. They first appeared in Xenobrood #0 . The series was created by Doug Moench and Tomm Coker.-Publication history:...

    #0
    Zero Hour (comics)
    Zero Hour: Crisis in Time is a five-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by DC Comics in 1994. In it, the former hero Hal Jordan, who had until then been a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, mad with grief after the destruction of...

    , 1-6

Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Adventure into Fear
    Adventure into Fear
    Adventure into Fear is an American horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from cover dates November 1970 through December 1975, for 31 issues...

    #25-28 (starring Morbius)
  • Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #1-11
  • Astonishing Tales
    Astonishing Tales
    Astonishing Tales is an American anthology comic book series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1970-1976. Its sister publication was Amazing Adventures vol. 2...

    #25-27, 30-31 (starring Deathlok
    Deathlok
    Deathlok is a fictional cyborg published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Astonishing Tales #25 , and was created by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench...

     the Demolisher, who was co-created by Moench)
  • Bizarre Adventures #26, 28, 33
  • Captain Marvel
    Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
    Captain Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Most of these versions exist in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe.- Publication history :...

    #56, 58-62
  • Chamber of Chills
    Chamber of Chills
    Chamber of Chills is the name of two anthology horror comic books, one published by Harvey Publications in the early 1950s, the other by Marvel Comics in the 1970s.-Harvey Publications:...

    #7
  • Conan the Barbarian: The Skull of Set graphic novel
    Graphic novel
    A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

  • Conan Saga #17, 33, 36 (basically reprints of The Savage Sword of Conan)
  • Creatures on the Loose featuring Man-Wolf #30-31
  • The Deep
    The Deep (John Crowley)
    The Deep is an early short novel by John Crowley.A visitor arrives from elsewhere on a strange mediaeval world where the two factions, the "Reds" and the "Blacks", struggle for supremacy through battle, murder and treachery....

    (comic book adaptation of the Columbia Pictures
    Columbia Pictures
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...

     movie)
  • Epic Illustrated
    Epic Illustrated
    Epic Illustrated was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics. The series lasted for 34 issues, from Spring 1980 to February 1986....

    #3, 5, 9, 11-13, 33 (numerous short fantasy stories and a Weirdworld
    Weirdworld
    "Weirdworld" was a fantasy series created by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog for Marvel Comics, set in a dimension of magic.-Publication history:...

     serial, in a color anthology magazine)
  • Fantastic Four
    Fantastic Four
    The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...

    #219, 222-231, Annual #15
  • The Frankenstein Monster
    Frankenstein's Monster (Marvel Comics)
    Frankenstein's Monster is a fictional character based on the character in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The character has been adapted often in the comic book medium...

    #12-17
  • Ghost Rider
    Ghost Rider (comics)
    Ghost Rider is the name of several fictional supernatural antiheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Night Rider and subsequently to Phantom Rider.The first supernatural Ghost Rider is...

    volume 2 #5
  • Giant-Size Chillers #1
  • Giant-Size Master of Kung-Fu #1-4
  • Giant Size Werewolf
    Werewolf by Night
    Werewolf by Night is a fictional character, an antiheroic werewolf in the Marvel Comics universe. The Werewolf by Night first appeared in Marvel Spotlight vol...

    #2-5
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters
    Godzilla comics
    Godzilla has appeared in a range of comic books that have been published in Japan and the United States.-Japanese Godzilla comics:In his native Japan, Godzilla has been featured in various comic books since his inception in 1954. These comics for the most part were black and white publications...

    #1-24
  • The Incredible Hulk Annual #9
  • Inhumans
    Inhumans
    The Inhumans are a fictional race of superhumans, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. This race appears in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics and exists in that company's shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe....

    volume 1 #1-8, 10-12
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau (comic book adaptation of the American International
    American International Pictures
    American International Pictures was a film production company formed in April 1956 from American Releasing Corporation by James H. Nicholson, former Sales Manager of Realart Pictures, and Samuel Z. Arkoff, an entertainment lawyer...

     film)
  • Ka-Zar
    Ka-Zar
    Ka-Zar is the name of two jungle-dwelling comics fictional characters published in the United States. The first appeared in pulp magazines of the 1930s, and was adapted for his second iteration, as a comic book character for Timely Comics, the 1930s and 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics...

    : Lord of the Hidden Jungle
    (1974 series) #10-20
  • King Conan
    King Conan
    King Conan is a collection of five fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard featuring his seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, first published in hardcover by Gnome Press in 1953. The stories originally appeared in the 1930s in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales...

    #9-15
  • Kull the Conqueror (volume 1) 16-20, (1982 mini-series) #2
  • Legion of Monsters #1
  • Marvel Classics Comics #13, 16, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 29-30, 32-36 (adaptations of classic novels)
  • Marvel Comics Presents
    Marvel Comics Presents
    Marvel Comics Presents was an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics originally from 1988 to 1995; it returned for a second volume in 2007-2008.-Volume 1:The first volume was released on a biweekly basis and lasted for 175 issues...

    #1-8, 26-35 (featuring Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu in the first run and Coldblood in the second)
  • Marvel Fanfare
    Marvel Fanfare
    Marvel Fanfare is the title of two comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Both versions of Marvel Fanfare were anthology, showcase titles featuring a variety of characters from the Marvel universe.-Volume One:...

    #24-26 (featuring Weirdworld
    Weirdworld
    "Weirdworld" was a fantasy series created by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog for Marvel Comics, set in a dimension of magic.-Publication history:...

    )
  • Marvel Premiere
    Marvel Premiere
    Marvel Premiere is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It ran for 61 issues from April 1972 to August 1981....

    #17-19, 38, 41, 61 (#38 features Weirdworld, #41 Seeker 3000, #61 Star-Lord
    Star-Lord
    Star-Lord is the name of three fictional characters that appear in publications from by Marvel Comics.The first Star-Lord was Peter Quill, who first appeared in Marvel Preview #4 , and was created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan...

    )
  • Marvel Special Collector's Edition #1: Savage Fists of Kung Fu
  • Marvel Spotlight
    Marvel Spotlight
    Marvel Spotlight is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book for new characters. The first series ran for 33 issues from November 1971 to April 1977...

    (1971 series) #28-29 (featuring Moon Knight
    Moon Knight
    Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

    )
  • Marvel Spotlight
    Marvel Spotlight
    Marvel Spotlight is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book for new characters. The first series ran for 33 issues from November 1971 to April 1977...

    (1979 series) #1-3,6,7 (#1-3 feature Captain Marvel, #6-7 feature Star Lord)
  • Marvel Super Special #10-13 (#10 features Star-Lord, #11-13 feature Weirdworld)
  • Marvel Two-in-One
    Marvel Two-in-One
    Marvel Two-In-One was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics that featured the Fantastic Four member, the Thing, in a different team-up each issue with a different character. The series continued from the team-up stories starring the Thing in the final two issues of Marvel...

     Annual
    #6
  • (The Hands of) Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu #20-63, 65-120, 122, Annual #1
  • Master of Kung Fu: Hellfire Apocalypse #1-6 (Marvel MAX)
  • Moon Knight
    Moon Knight
    Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

    volume 1 #1-15, 17-26, 28-33 (Moon Knight was co-created by Moench)
  • Moon Knight: High Strangers
    Moon Knight
    Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

    (1999 series) #1-4
  • Moon Knight: The Resurrection
    Moon Knight
    Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

    (1997 series) #1-4
  • Moon Knight
    Moon Knight
    Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

     Special Featuring Master of Kung Fu
    #1 (Moon Knight and the Master of Kung Fu team up to battle evil on Mordillo's Island)
  • Morbius Revisited #2 (Michael Morbius, an award-winning biologist, has turned himself into a vampire. He has been searching for a cure ever since the accidental experiment that transformed him.)
  • The Return of Shang-Chi Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black #1
  • Savage Sword of Conan
    Savage Sword of Conan
    The Savage Sword of Conan was a black-and-white magazine-format comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel Comics, and then later by Marvel itself. Savage Sword of Conan starred Robert E...

    #180
  • Seeker 3000 #1
  • Shogun Warriors
    Shogun Warriors
    The Shogun Warriors were the central characters of a line of toys licensed by Mattel Inc. during the late 1970s that consisted of a series of imported Japanese robots based on the then popular anime shows featuring giant robots...

    #1-14, 16-20
  • The Mighty Thor
    Thor (Marvel Comics)
    Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby....

    #303, 308, 310-322, 324-328
  • The Toxic Avenger
    The Toxic Avenger
    The Toxic Avenger is a 1984 comedy horror film released by Troma Entertainment, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts. Virtually ignored upon its first release, The Toxic Avenger caught on with filmgoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed...

    #1-11 (based on Troma Films' character)
  • What If?
    What If (comics)
    What If, sometimes rendered as What If...?, is the title of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics, exploring "the road not traveled" by its various characters...

    volume 1 #16 (featuring "What If Shang Chi Master of Kung Fu Fought on the Side of Fu Manchu?")
  • Werewolf by Night
    Werewolf by Night
    Werewolf by Night is a fictional character, an antiheroic werewolf in the Marvel Comics universe. The Werewolf by Night first appeared in Marvel Spotlight vol...

    volume 1 #20-43
  • Wolverine
    Wolverine (comics)
    Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing...

    : Doombringer
    #1
  • X-Men Unlimited
    X-Men Unlimited
    -Volume 1:The purpose of this title was to run stories that fit between the main X-Men comics. The stories included all characters from the X-titles, and the issues were collections of short stories...

    volume 1 #25

Curtis Magazines
Curtis Magazines
Curtis Magazines was an imprint of Marvel Comics that existed from 1971 to 1980. The imprint published black-and-white magazines that did not carry the Comics Code Authority seal. Initially, page counts varied between 68,76, and 84 pages....

 

Marvel's black-and-white magazine-sized imprint
  • Deadly Hands of Kung Fu
    Deadly Hands of Kung Fu
    Deadly Hands of Kung Fu is a martial arts comic book magazine published by Curtis Magazines, a short-lived imprint of Marvel Comics. There were a total of 33 issues published, plus one "Special Album Edition," before the series was cancelled.-Overview:...

    #3-14, 16-18, 29, 33, Special #1 (featuring Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu)
  • Doc Savage
    Doc Savage
    Doc Savage is a fictional character originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. He was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L...

    #1-8 (1976)
  • Dracula Lives! #2-3, 5-6, 8-12
  • Haunt of Horror #2-5, 12
  • The Hulk!
    Rampaging Hulk
    The Rampaging Hulk is a black-and-white magazine published by Curtis Magazines from 1977–1978. With issue #10, it changed its format to color, and title to The Hulk!, and ran another 17 issues before it folded in 1981...

    #10-22 (continuation of Rampaging Hulk, printed in magazine format in "Super Marvel Color")
  • Kull and the Barbarians #3
  • Marvel Preview
    Marvel Preview
    Marvel Preview was a magazine-sized black-and-white showcase comic book published by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel....

    #1, 5-6, 8, 12-13, 18, 21-22, 26, 28, 33 (#5-6 adapt the Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

     story The Hound of the Baskervilles
    The Hound of the Baskervilles
    The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an...

    ; #8 features the Legion of Monsters; #12 is The Haunt of Horror, a collection of short horror stories)
  • Marvel Super Action #1 (first Weirdworld
    Weirdworld
    "Weirdworld" was a fantasy series created by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog for Marvel Comics, set in a dimension of magic.-Publication history:...

     story)
  • Monsters of the Movies #1, 8
  • Monsters Unleashed
    Monsters Unleashed
    Monsters Unleashed was a black-and-white magazine published by Curtis Magazines from 1973-1975. The focus of Monsters Unleashed was on Marvel's own monsters: Man-Thing, Werewolf by Night, and Frankenstein's monster...

    #5-11
  • Planet of the Apes
    Planet of the Apes (comic book)
    Planet of the Apes comics are tie-ins to the Planet of the Apes universe. They have been released by several publishers over the years and include tie-ins and spin-offs.-Japanese comics :...

    #1-29 (adaptations of the Apes films, plus a handful of original spinoff tales, most notably the ongoing "Terror on the Planet of the Apes" saga)
  • Rampaging Hulk
    Rampaging Hulk
    The Rampaging Hulk is a black-and-white magazine published by Curtis Magazines from 1977–1978. With issue #10, it changed its format to color, and title to The Hulk!, and ran another 17 issues before it folded in 1981...

    #1-9
  • Savage Sword of Conan
    Savage Sword of Conan
    The Savage Sword of Conan was a black-and-white magazine-format comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel Comics, and then later by Marvel itself. Savage Sword of Conan starred Robert E...

    #5, 9, 13, 14, 180
  • Savage Tales
    Savage Tales
    Savage Tales is the title of three American comics series. Two were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics , and the other a color comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment.-Marvel/Curtis:The first of the two volumes of Savage Tales ran 11 issues, with...

    (featuring Conan and Ka-Zar
    Ka-Zar
    Ka-Zar is the name of two jungle-dwelling comics fictional characters published in the United States. The first appeared in pulp magazines of the 1930s, and was adapted for his second iteration, as a comic book character for Timely Comics, the 1930s and 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics...

    ) #5, 7, 8, 11
  • Tales of the Zombie #2-7, 9, 10, Annual #1
  • Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction
    Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction
    Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction was a 1970s black-and-white, science fiction comics magazine published by Marvel Comics' parent company, Magazine Management, under the imprint Curtis Magazines....

    #3, 6
  • Vampire Tales
    Vampire Tales
    Vampire Tales was a black-and-white horror-comics magazine series published by Curtis Magazines in the 1970s, featuring vampires as both protagonists and antagonists....

    #2, 4-7, 9-11, Annual #1

Epic Comics
Epic Comics
Epic Comics was a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982, lasting through the mid-1990s, and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s.- Origins :...

Marvel's creator-owned imprint started in 1982
  • Six from Sirius
    Six from Sirius
    Six from Sirius is a comic book mini-series created by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy and published by Epic Comics in 1984. It was followed by a sequel series in 1985 titled Six from Sirius II....

    #1-4
  • Six from Sirius II #1-4

Malibu Comics
Malibu Comics
Malibu Comics was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu imprints included Aircel Comics and Eternity Comics...

Acquired by Marvel in 1996
  • Rune: Hearts of Darkness #1-3
  • Terror on the Planet of the Apes #1-4 (reprints from Marvel's Planet of the Apes
    Planet of the Apes (comic book)
    Planet of the Apes comics are tie-ins to the Planet of the Apes universe. They have been released by several publishers over the years and include tie-ins and spin-offs.-Japanese comics :...

    magazine)

Eclipse Comics
Eclipse Comics
Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market...

  • Aztec Ace
    Aztec Ace
    Aztec Ace was a comic title from the defunct independent publisher Eclipse Comics. Originally written by Doug Moench and pencilled by Dan Day, 15 issues appeared from 1984 to 1985...

    #1-15
  • Nightmares #1-2 (reprints "Blood on Black Satin", originally published in Eerie
    Eerie
    Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host...

     #109-111)
  • Miracleman
    Miracleman
    Marvelman, also known as Miracleman for trademark reasons in his American reprints and story continuation, is a fictional comic book superhero created in 1954 by writer-artist Mick Anglo for publisher L. Miller & Son. Originally intended as a United Kingdom home-grown substitute for the American...

    #14 (backup story: "Nuclear Spring")
  • Total Eclipse
    Total Eclipse (comic)
    Total Eclipse was a comic book mini-series in five parts published by Eclipse Comics in 1988. The title was a cross-company crossover in the style of Crisis on Infinite Earths, and intended to bring all of Eclipse's characters together, no matter how obscure or bizarre.The title consisted of a main...

    #2 ("Aztec Ace
    Aztec Ace
    Aztec Ace was a comic title from the defunct independent publisher Eclipse Comics. Originally written by Doug Moench and pencilled by Dan Day, 15 issues appeared from 1984 to 1985...

    " backup story)

Skywald Comics

  • Psycho #5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16
  • Nightmare #9-12, 14, Annual #1, Yearbook 1974

Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

  • Dark Horse Comics #25 (James Bond
    James Bond
    James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

     story)
  • James Bond: Serpent's Tooth #1-3
  • Ghost
    Ghost (Dark Horse comics)
    Ghost is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by Dark Horse Comics. The character appeared in specials and monthly titles detailing the "afterlife" of Elisa Cameron and her search for the truth surrounding her apparent death....

     & The Shadow
    The Shadow
    The Shadow is a collection of serialized dramas, originally in pulp magazines, then on 1930s radio and then in a wide variety of media, that follow the exploits of the title character, a crime-fighting vigilante in the pulps, which carried over to the airwaves as a "wealthy, young man about town"...

    .(one-shot special, 1995)

Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades...

  • Eerie
    Eerie
    Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host...

    #29-30, 35-45, 47, 50, 53-55, 57-58, 72, 78, 109-112
  • Creepy
    Creepy
    Creepy was an American horror-comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. The anthology magazine was initially published quarterly but...

    #37, 46-47, 49-54 56-59 64-66 68, 71-72, 76, 80, 82, 88
  • Vampirella
    Vampirella
    Vampirella is a fictional character, a comic book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and costume designer Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine Vampirella #1 . Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostess, in...

    volume 1 #7, 9, 14-15, 17-20, 24-29, 31, 34, 39

Smashout Comics

Smashout Comics is currently distributing, via the internet, several creator-owned comics that were previously released in comic book format. These comics can be downloaded through Wowio.com
  • Six from Sirius
    Six from Sirius
    Six from Sirius is a comic book mini-series created by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy and published by Epic Comics in 1984. It was followed by a sequel series in 1985 titled Six from Sirius II....

    #1-4
  • Six from Sirius II #1-4

Non-comics bibliography (selected)

Moench did book, movie and music reviews for Fling, and he wrote for several other men's magazines, including Adam, Cavalier, Knight, Man to Man and Swingle. He wrote several articles for Midwest, the Sunday magazine
Sunday magazine
A Sunday magazine is a publication inserted into a Sunday newspaper. It also has been known as a Sunday supplement, Sunday newspaper magazine or Sunday magazine section...

 of the Chicago Sun-Times. For the never-published WLS Generation, he interviewed The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...

, The Monkees
The Monkees
The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...

 and The Seeds. Moench also wrote an article called "23 on the 23rd" (a true story about Moench's 23rd birthday).
  • Batman Masters Collection — Set of 120 trading card
    Trading card
    A trading card is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing and a short description of the picture, along with other text...

    s, with front art by artists Scott Hampton
    Scott Hampton
    Scott Hampton is an American comic book artist well known for his painted artwork. He is the brother of fellow-comics-creator Bo Hampton.-Biography:Scott Hampton was born in 1959 in High Point, North Carolina....

    , Carl Critchlow
    Carl Critchlow
    Carl Critchlow is a British fantasy and science fiction comic illustrator. He is perhaps best known for his character Thrud the Barbarian, which originally appeared in White Dwarf magazine, and for his work for the Lobster Random comics....

    , Duncan Fegredo
    Duncan Fegredo
    Duncan Fegredo is a British comic book artist born in Leicester in 1964.-Career:Fegredo first managed to get into comics after showing his portfolio around UKCAC in 1987 and meeting Dave Thorpe. Together they worked on a strip for a short lived British magazine called Heartbreak Hotel...

    , and Dermot Power
    Dermot Power
    Dermot Power, originally from County Waterford, Ireland, is a movie concept artist who started his career as a comic book artist working for British anthology comic 2000 AD.-Biography:...

    . The flip sides of the first 90 cards, when read in order, form a cohesive storyline in which Batman fakes his own death. The set also provides a look at the posthumous feelings of the residents of Gotham City
    Gotham City
    Gotham City is a fictional U.S. city appearing in DC Comics, best known as the home of Batman. Batman's place of residence was first identified as Gotham City in Batman #4 . Gotham City is strongly inspired by Trenton, Ontario's history, location, atmosphere, and various architectural styles...

     and Arkham Asylum
    Arkham Asylum
    The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, commonly referred to simply as Arkham Asylum, is a fictional psychiatric hospital in the DC Comics Universe, usually appearing in stories featuring Batman...

     towards the Dark Knight. A special collector's binder was also released for the card set. This card set was reprinted as a 208-page coffeetable book entitled Batman Masterpieces. It contains full-page reproductions of the card art opposite the card's text (so one can still follow the story), art concepts (instructions to the artists) and comments by the artist. Additionally, early sketches have been printed for most of the cards.

  • Batgirl
    Batgirl
    Batgirl is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, frequently depicted as female counterparts to the superhero Batman...

    : To Dare The Darkness
    — A young-reader novel that was released with the marketing blitz for the Batman & Robin movie.

  • Bucky O'Hare — Teleplay for one episode.

  • Double Dragon
    Double Dragon (TV series)
    Double Dragon is an animated series based on the video game franchise of the same name. The television series was produced by DiC Entertainment and ran for 26 half-hour episodes in 1993 and 1994.-Overview:...

    — Series bible for the cartoon released by DiC Entertainment
    DiC Entertainment
    DIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...

    .

  • The Forensic Files of Batman
    The Forensic Files of Batman
    The Forensic Files of Batman is a collection of short stories based on the Batman comic books, written by author Doug Moench and published in 2004 by ibooks...

    — A short story collection about how Batman uses clues found at crime scenes to foil the plans of his most famous villains. Each chapter is a different case presented from the notes, journals, and case files of the Batman, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth
    Alfred Pennyworth
    Alfred Pennyworth is a fictional character that appears throughout the DC Comics franchise. The character first appears in Batman #16 , and was created by writer Bob Kane and artist Jerry Robinson. Alfred serves as Batman’s tireless butler, assistant, confidant, and surrogate father figure...

    , and Jim Gordon
    James Gordon (comics)
    James Worthington Gordon, Sr. is a fictional character, an ally of Batman that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane...

    .

  • The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse
    Mighty Mouse
    Mighty Mouse is an animated superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox.-History:The character was created by story man Izzy Klein as a super-powered housefly named Superfly. Studio head Paul Terry changed the character into a cartoon mouse instead...

    — Story editor and head writer for the 1980s cartoon.

  • Red Sonja
    Red Sonja (1985 film)
    Red Sonja is a 1985 sword and sorcery/action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in a supporting role and introducing Brigitte Nielsen as the title character...

    — Original screenplay for the Red Sonja
    Red Sonja
    Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a fictional character, a high fantasy sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith, and loosely based on Red Sonya of Rogatino in Robert E. Howard's 1934 short story "The Shadow of the Vulture"...

     movie. The movie was later rewritten and changed quite a bit from Moench's version.

Awards

  • 1972: Nominated for Chicago Newspaper Guild Award
  • 1977: Eagle Award for Favorite Continued Comic Story for Master of Kung Fu
    Shang-Chi
    Shang-Chi is a Marvel Comics character, often called the "Master of Kung Fu". He was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin....

    #48-51 with Paul Gulacy
    Paul Gulacy
    Paul Gulacy is an American comic book illustrator best known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, Eclipse Enterprises' 1978 Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species, with writer Don McGregor.-Early life and career:Paul Gulacy began...

  • 1978: Nominated at the Eagle Awards for Favourite Single Story for Marvel Premiere
    Marvel Premiere
    Marvel Premiere is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It ran for 61 issues from April 1972 to August 1981....

    #38: The Lord of Tyndall's Quest with Mike Ploog
    Mike Ploog
    Michael G. Ploog is an American storyboard and comic book artist, and a visual designer for movies....

  • 1979: Nominated at the Eagle Awards for Best Comic Book Writer (US), and for Best Continued Story for Captain Marvel #58-62 with Pat Broderick
    Pat Broderick
    Pat Broderick is an American comic book artist known for his work on the Micronauts. Broderick also pencilled the four-part Batman: Year Three storyline, written by Marv Wolfman, which detailed the first meeting of Batman and Tim Drake.-Early career :Fresh from high school in Tampa, Florida,...

  • 1980: Nominated at the Eagle Awards for Favourite Comicbook Writer
  • 1981: Inkpot Award
    Inkpot Award
    The Inkpot Award, bestowed annually since 1974 by Comic-Con International, is given to some of the professionals in comic book, comic strip, animation, science fiction, and related pop-culture fields, who are guests of that organization's yearly multigenre fan convention, commonly known as...

  • 1990: Nominated at the Haxtur Award
    Haxtur Award
    The Haxtur Award is a Spanish award for comics published in Spain. It is awarded annually at the Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias ....

    s for Best Long Comic Strip for Slash Maraud with Paul Gulacy
    Paul Gulacy
    Paul Gulacy is an American comic book illustrator best known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, Eclipse Enterprises' 1978 Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species, with writer Don McGregor.-Early life and career:Paul Gulacy began...

  • 1997: Nominated at the Haxtur Awards for Best Long Comic Strip for Batman versus Predator II

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