David Michelinie (born May 6, 1948) is an American comic book writer best known for his run scripting Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and Iron Man and the DC Comics feature "Superman" in Action Comics.
Early career
Some of Michelinie's earliest work appears in DC Comics' House of Secrets and a run on Swamp Thing (#14-18 and #21-22), the latter illustrated by Nestor Redondo. Michelinie and artist Ernie Chan created Claw the Unconquered in 1975. Michelinie did a run on Aquaman in Adventure Comics which led to the revival of the Sea King's own title in 1977. In the Aquaman story in Adventure Comics #452, Black Manta killed Aquaman's son, Arthur Curry Jr. by suffocation. The infant's death has affected the character ever since. While writing the Karate Kid series, Michelinie used the name "Barry Jameson" as a pseudonym. With artist Ed Davis, he created Gravedigger in Men of War #1 (Aug. 1977). The Star Hunters were created by Michelinie with editor Joe Orlando and artist Don Newton, debuted in DC Super Stars #16 (Sept.-Oct. 1977), and featured in their own short-lived series. The original storyline for Madame Xanadu in Doorway to Nightmare #1 (Feb. 1978) was developed by Michelinie and Val Mayerik.
Marvel Comics
Among Michelinie's best-known work are his two runs on Iron Man with co-plotter (and inker) Bob Layton, in the late 1970s and early 1980s which introduced the character's serious problem with alcoholism and his specialized power armor variants. He introduced two of Stark's closest comrades, Bethany Cabe and Jim Rhodes as well as new enmities with Justin Hammer and Doctor Doom. His most noted cliffhanger was when Tony Stark was thrown out of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s helicarrier and had to don his armor completely to use its flight function before he hit the ground. After leaving the title in 1981, Michelinie reunited with Layton on the book late in 1986, and along with penciller M. D. Bright, closed out preceding writer Dennis O'Neil's Advanced Idea Mechanics arc and launched the Armor Wars,during this time he and Layton introduced the Ghost. Michelinie left Iron Man again after issue #250, closing his second collaboration with Layton with a sequel to their Iron Man-Doctor Doom time travel episode from issues #149-150.
Michelinie was one of writers of The Avengers from 1978 to 1982 and worked with artists John Byrne and George Pérez. Michelinie and Pérez created the Taskmaster in The Avengers #195 (May 1980).
From 1987 to 1994, Michelinie wrote the The Amazing Spider-Man series which featured the art of Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, and Mark Bagley, while introducing the supervillains Venom in issue #298 (March 1988) and Carnage in #361 (April 1992). Michelinie had planned to introduce Venom earlier and included a "teaser" scene in Web of Spider-Man #18, in which Peter Parker is pushed by an offscreen Venom into the path of an oncoming train, the symbiote being immune to Spider-Man's "spider sense" that would have normally warned him of the attack. This was the first of what was to be several clues leading to the reveal of Venom. Michelinie left Web of Spider-Man shortly after and was not able to continue the introduction of Venom until his time of writing The Amazing Spider-Man.
Later career
He began working for DC again with the launch of the Justice League Task Force series in 1993 with artist Sal Velluto. In 1994, Michelinie became the writer of Action Comics. He also worked at Valiant Comics on the titles Rai, H.A.R.D. Corps and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.
Michelinie and artist Paul Ryan are the only comic book creators to have contributed to the wedding issues of both Spider-Man (Peter Parker marrying Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, 1987), and Superman (Clark Kent) marrying Lois Lane in Superman: The Wedding Album (Dec. 1996)
Michelinie returned to comics by teaming-up with Bob Layton and Dick Giordano to form Future Comics. The company closed in 2004. In 2008, he and Layton collaborated again for a four-issue Iron Man: Legacy of Doom miniseries and Iron Man: The End #1 one-shot for Marvel Comics.
Bibliography
DC Comics
- Action Comics #702-722, 724-736, #0, Annual #7-9 (1994â€"1997)
- Adventure Comics #441, 443, 445, 450-452 (Aquaman), #456-458 (Superboy) (1975â€"1978)
- Aquaman #57-61 (1977â€"1978)
- Army at War #1 (1978)
- Claw the Unconquered #1-12 (1975â€"1978)
- DC Comics Presents #3 (Superman and Adam Strange) (1978)
- DC Super Stars #16 (Star Hunters) (1977)
- DC Universe Holiday Bash #1 (1997)
- Doorway to Nightmare #1 (1978)
- Hercules Unbound #7-9 (1976â€"1977)
- House of Mystery #224, 232, 235, 238, 248, 252, 257-259, 263, 286-287 (1974â€"1980)
- House of Secrets #116, 122, 126-127, 130, 147 (1974â€"1977)
- Jonah Hex #13-15 (1978)
- Justice League Task Force #1-3 (1993)
- Karate Kid #2-10 (1976â€"1977)
- Legion: Science Police #1-4 (1998)
- Men of War #1-4 (1977â€"1978)
- Phantom Stranger #35-36 (1975)
- Plop! #7-8, 19 (1974â€"1976)
- Secrets of Haunted House #5 (1975)
- Sgt. Rock #311, 315 (1977â€"1978)
- Shadowdragon Annual #1 (1995)
- Starfire #1-2 (1976)
- Star Hunters #1-7 (1977â€"1978)
- Star Spangled War Stories #183-192, 194-203 (Unknown Soldier)(1974â€"1977)
- Steel #17-19 (1995)
- Superman Annual #8 (1996)
- Superman Adventures #32, 44, Special #1 (1998â€"2000)
- Superman's Nemesis: Lex Luthor #1-4 (1999)
- Superman: The Wedding Album #1 (1996)
- Swamp Thing #14-18, 21-22 (1975â€"1976)
- Tales of Ghost Castle #1 (1975)
- Unknown Soldier #254-256 (1981)
- Weird Mystery Tales #15-16 (1974â€"1975)
- Weird War Tales #30, 72 (1974â€"1979)
- Wonder Woman #218 (1975)
Marvel Comics
- Amazing Spider-Man #205, 290-292, 296-352, 359-388, 545, Annual #21-26, 28, Annual '95 (1980, 1987â€"1994, 2008)
- Avengers #173, 175-176, 181-187, 189, 191-205, 221, 223, 340 (1978â€"1982, 1991)
- Bozz Chronicles #1-6 (1985â€"1986)
- Captain America #258-259, Annual #5 (1981)
- Daredevil #167 (1980)
- Doctor Strange #46 (1981)
- Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #4-18, 20-22, 26-27 (1983â€"1985)
- Hero #1-6 (1990)
- Incredible Hulk #232 (1979)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade #1-4 (1989)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom #1-3 (1984)
- Iron Man #116-157, 216-250, Annual #9-10 (1978â€"1982, 1987â€"1989)
- Iron Man: Bad Blood #1-4 (2000)
- Iron Man: Legacy of Doctor Doom #1-4 (2008)
- Iron Man: The End #1 (2009)
- Krull #1-2 (1983)
- Marvel Fanfare #4 (1982)
- Marvel Graphic Novel #16-17, 27 (1985â€"1987)
- Marvel Holiday Special 2004
- Marvel Premiere #47-48, 55-56 (1979â€"1980)
- Marvel Super-Heroes #5, 14 (1991â€"1993)
- Marvel Super Special #28, 30 (1983â€"1984)
- Marvel Team-Up #103, 108, 110, 136, 142-143 (1981â€"1984)
- Marvel Two-In-One #76, 78, 97-98, Annual #4 (1979â€"1983)
- Psi-Force #7 (1987)
- Questprobe #3 (1985)
- Spectacular Spider-Man #173-175, 220, Annual #11-12, Super Special #1 (1991â€"1995)
- Spider-Man #35, Super Special #1 (1993â€"1995)
- Spider-Man Family #2, 7-9 (2007â€"2008)
- Star Wars #51-52, 55-69, 78, Annual #2 (1981â€"1983)
- Thundercats #1-6 (1985â€"1986)
- Venom: Lethal Protector #1-6 (1993)
- Web of Spider-Man #8-9, 14-20, 23-24, 70, Annual #7-8, Super Special #1 (1985â€"1995)
- What If #38 (1983)
- What If vol. 2 #85 (1996)
- What If? Iron Man: Demon In An Armor (2010)
- Wonder Man #1 (1986)
Valiant Comics
- H.A.R.D. Corps #1-14, 16 (1992â€"1994)
- Magnus, Robot Fighter #11, 18-19 (1992)
- Rai #1-8 (1992)
- Secrets of the Valiant Universe #1 (1994)
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #1-3 (1993)
References
External links
- "DC Profiles #16: David Michelinie" at the Grand Comics Database
- "DC Profiles #27: Barry Jameson" (a pseudonym used by Michelinie) at the Grand Comics Database
- David Michelinie at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- David Michelinie at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- "Casey Interviews David Michelinie: Hero Worship". (Michelinie interviewed by comics writer Joe Casey), Newsarama.com. 2004. Archived from the original on November 6, 2004.Â