Roger Stern

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birthname = Roger Stern
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notable works = Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Superman
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Roger Stern (born September 17 1950) is an American comic book author and novelist.

In the early 1970s, Stern and Bob Layton published the fanzine "CPL" ("Contemporary Pictorial Literature"), one of the first platforms for the work of John Byrne. Stern broke into the industry in 1975 as part of the Marvel Comics "third wave" of creators, which included artists Byrne and Frank Miller, and writers Jo Duffy, Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio.

Stern worked briefly as an editor (notably on "The Uncanny X-Men"), but is better known for a brief run with John Byrne on "Captain America" and for his lengthy stints on "The Amazing Spider-Man," "Doctor Strange," and "The Avengers". In 1982, he co-created Marvel's second Captain Marvel and the Hobgoblin, both with artist John Romita Jr.. In 1984, Stern co-created the Avengers spin-off "West Coast Avengers", with artist Bob Hall.

In 1987, after a dispute with editor Mark Gruenwald over upcoming storylines, Stern was fired from "The Avengers". He began freelancing for DC Comics, where he was one of the core Superman writers for almost a decade (working on "Superman (vol. 2)" and "Action Comics"), during which he helped to devise the "Death of Superman" storyline that revived interest in the character in the mid-1990s. Stern also wrote a relaunched "Atom" series and co-created the 1980s "Starman" series starring the Will Payton version of the character, with artist Tom Lyle for DC.

In 1996, Stern returned to Marvel to write the miniseries "Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives", and contributed to three issues of "Amazing Spider-Man" in 1998 which featured the first confrontation between Norman Osborn and Roderick Kingsley. Over the next four years, he wrote the short-lived "Marvel Universe" series, as well as such miniseries as "Avengers Two", "Avengers Infinity", and "Spider-Man: Revenge of the Green Goblin". Stern also collaborated with "Avengers" writer Kurt Busiek on "Iron Man" and the miniseries "Avengers Forever", and with Byrne on "".

Stern has also written a number of graphic novels, including "Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment"; "Superman for Earth"; "The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman"; and "Superman: A Nation Divided".

Since 2001, most of his comics work has been for European publishers Egmont (writing "The Phantom") and Panini UK. However, 2006-2007 saw a new Darkman mini-series he had written, "Darkman vs. Army of Darkness", for Dynamite Entertainment, with co-writer Kurt Busiek.

In addition to his comics work, Stern has written three novels: "The Death and Life of Superman" (Bantam Books, 1993), "Smallville: Strange Visitors" (Warner Books, 2002), and "Superman: The Never-Ending Battle" (Pocket Books, 2005). "The Death and Life of Superman" was a "New York Times" bestseller in hardcover and was released as a mass market paperback in 1994; a new trade paperback edition was released by Barnes & Noble Books in 2004.

elected bibliography

DC

*"Action Comics" #600-642, 644-657, 659-665, 667-693, 696-700, 737
*"Action Comics Annual" #2-3
*"Adventures of Superman" #453-454, 457, 462, 500
*"Doomsday Annual" #1
*"Green Lantern Corps Quarterly" #1-4
*"Legion of Super-Heroes" #91, 100, 105
*"Legionnaires" #35-53, 55-74, 76-77
*"Legionnaires Annual" #3
*"Power of the Atom" #1-11, 14-15
*"Secret Origins" #29
*"Showcase ’95" #4-5
*"Starman" #1-28
*"Supergirl" (1994) #1-4
*"Supergirl and Team Luthor" #1
*"Superman (vol. 2)" #23-28, 30-34
*"Superman Annual" #2, 7
*""
*""
*""
*"Superman Secret Files" #1
*"" #1
*"" #1, 57
*"" #1-10
*""
*"" #1
*"Superman Villains Secret Files" #1
*"" #1
*"Who's Who in the DC Universe" #3-7, 10-14, 16
*"Who’s Who in the DC Universe Update 1993" #1-2

Marvel

*"Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1)" #206, 224-227, 229-252
*"Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #15-17, 22
*"Amazing Spider-Man Annual '97"
*"Avengers 1½"
*"Avengers (Vol. 1)" #189-191, 201, 227-279, 281-288
*"Avengers Annual" #13-14
*"Avengers Forever" #3-12
*"Avengers Infinity" #1-4
*""
*"" #1-3
*"Captain America (Vol. 1)" #230, 247-255
*"" #6-7
*"Dr. Strange (Vol. 2)" #27-30, 32-33, 35-37, 46-62, 65-73, 75
*"Dr. Strange/Dr. Doom: Triumph and Torment"
*"Epic Illustrated" #20
*"Fantastic Four (Vol. 1)" #183, 294-295, 297-302
*"FOOM" #7, 14, 21-22
*"Ghost Rider (Vol. 1)" #68-70, 72-73
*"Heroes for Hire" #1
*"The Incredible Hulk (Vol. 2)" #218-221, 223-229, 231-243
*"The Incredible Hulk Annual" #7-8
*"Iron Man (Vol. 1)" #129
*"Iron Man (Vol. 3)" #14-25
*"Iron Man Annual" #4
*"Iron Man/Captain America Annual '98"
*"Marvel Age" #3, 33
*"Marvel Age Annual" #3-4
*"Marvel Fanfare (Vol. 1)" #6, 12, 18, 57
*"The Marvel No-Prize Book" #1 (Research)
*"Marvel Premiere" #50
*"Marvel Presents" #8, 10-12
*"Marvel Preview" #20-21, 23
*"Marvel Super-Heroes" #103-104
*"Marvel Team-Up Annual" #3
*"" #1-12 (12-1)
*"Marvel Treasury Edition" #13
*"Marvel Universe" #1-7
*"The Mighty Thor (Vol. 1)" #394-397
*"The Mighty Thor Annual" #6
*"Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe" #5
*"Omega the Unknown" #8
*"" #11
*"Power Pachyderms" #1
*"Rampaging Hulk" #23
*"Shadows and Light (Vol. 2)" #3
*"Solo Avengers" #2-4
*"Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1)" #43, 45-52, 54-61, 85, 259-261
*"Spectacular Spider-Man Annual" #3
*"Speedball" #1-8
*""
*"" #1-3
*"" #1-3
*"Spider-Man Team-Up" #2
*"Thunderbolts" #7-9
*"Untold Tales of Spider-Man" # –1
*"Untold Tales of Spider-Man" #25
*""
*"Web of Spider-Man Annual" #3
*"West Coast Avengers (Vol. 1)" #1-4
*"What If? (Vol. 1)" #26, 31, 34-35
*"X-Men vs. The Avengers" #1-4

DC/Marvel

*"Incredible Hulk vs. Superman"
*"Spider-Boy Team-Up (Amalgam)" #1

Other

*"9/11" #1
*"Charlton Bullseye" #1-2, 4-5
*"The Complete Rog 2000"
*"Contemporary Pictorial Literature" #9/10 (Double), 11-12
*"Crazy" #63, 65 (incorrectly marked as] " #66 on cover)
*"Don Rosa's Comics and Stories" #1
*"Fantaco Chronicles" #5
*"Images of Omaha" #2
*"Magnus Robot Fighter" #15-17
*"The Phantom" (Egmont) #13/2004 (#1334) – published as “Fantomen” in Sweden, “Fantomet” in Norway, and “Mustanaamio” in Finland
*"Stray Bullets" #2A
*"The Spirit" #30
*"Writer's Block 2003" #1