| Mike W. Barr | |
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| Born | May 30, 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Pseudonym(s) | Mike Barr |
| Notable works | Batman and the Outsiders Camelot 3000 Maze Agency |
Mike W. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barr, is an American writer of comic books, and mystery, and science fiction novels. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative
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Biography
Mike W. Barr was born on May 30, 1952. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His introduction into comics writing came in DC Comics' Detective Comics #444, for which he wrote an 8-page back-up mystery feature starring the Elongated Man in late 1974/early 1975. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Detective Comics is an American comic book published monthly by DC Comics since 1937 best-known for introducing the iconic Superhero Batman The Elongated Man ( Ralph Dibny) is a fictional Comic book Superhero in the DC universe. His credits then skip ahead four years, when he wrote a further couple of back-up features for Detective Comics and House of Mystery as well as an issue of Captain America (#241) for Marvel in January 1980. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc By mid-1980 he was writing regularly for both DC and Marvel, and in 1981 penned stories for Marvel Team-Up and Mystery in Space as well as various Batman and Green Lantern titles, among others. Marvel Team-Up is the name of several American Comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Mystery in Space is the name of two Science fiction Comic book series published by DC Comics. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created
Legion of Super-Heroes #277 (July 1981) saw him take on editorial duties at DC, while writing issues of Marvel's Star Trek comic, for whom he created the native American character Ensign Bearclaw and a pacifist Klingon named Konom. This is about the DC Comics superhero team For the animated television series based on this see Legion of Super Heroes (TV series. Klingons ( Klingon: tlhIngan; Pronunciation /ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn/ are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe [1] In December 1982, he debuted the first issue of one of the earliest maxi-series, Camelot 3000, with art by Brian Bolland, one of few titles Bolland provided full artwork on. A limited series is a term originated by Marvel Comics referring to a Comic book series with a set number of issues Camelot 3000 is an American twelve-issue Comic book Limited series written by Mike W Brian Bolland (born 1951 is a British Comics Artist, known for his meticulous detailed linework and eye-catching compositions
In August 1983, he created what may well be his most enduring work, the monthly title Batman and the Outsiders (with art by Jim Aparo), which he also wrote for every issue of the first series, and its Baxter paper spinoff, The Outsiders. The Outsiders are fictional characters a DC Comics Superhero team James N "Jim" Aparo ( 1932 - July 19, 2005) was an American Comic book artist best known for his 1960's and 1970's work on various
His other comics work includes Mantra and Maze Agency as well as the 1987 OGN hardcover book Batman: Son of the Demon (with art by Jerry Bingham), proceeds from which reputedly "restored DC Comics to first place in sales after fifteen years. The Maze Agency is an American mystery comic book series created by Mike W A Batman: Son of the Demon was a Graphic novel by Jerry Bingham and Mike W "[2] This title, and Barr's work on Batman with artist Alan Davis have been cited by Grant Morrison as key inspirations for his recent (2006) run on the Batman title. Alan Davis (born 1956 is a British writer and artist of Comic books Biography UK work Alan Davis was born on June 18, 1956 Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Batman is an ongoing Comic book series featuring the DC Comics Hero of the same name. [3]
Most recently he wrote a two-part story for the pages of DC's JLA: Classified (#47-48, Jan-Feb 2008), contributed to Tokyopop's Star Trek: The Manga, and relaunched Maze Agency at IDW Publishing. For the music movie see Tokyo Pop. Tokyopop, stylized TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor licensor The Maze Agency is an American mystery comic book series created by Mike W IDW Publishing (a division of Idea and Design Works is an American Comic book company.
Non-comics
FantasticFiction notes that:
- "Mike W. Barr has written [for] every one of the first four incarnations of Star Trek: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager -- in either comic book or other formats. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry "
It is also pointed out that Barr's Batman stories and scripts have been adapted into several mediums, including for episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. Batman The Animated Series (often shortened Batman TAS or BTAS) is an American, two time Emmy Award winning [4]
References
- ^ Dave's Long Box: Star Trek, comments by "Tom Bondurant" and "Bully". Acccessed March 20, 2008
- ^ Mike W. Barr at FantasticFiction. Accessed March 20, 2008
- ^ Morrison in the Cave: Grant Morrison talks Batman, 23 August 2006. Accessed March 20, 2008
- ^ Mike W. Barr at FantasticFiction. Accessed March 20, 2008
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