David Michelinie
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| David Michelinie | |
| Born | May 6, 1948 (age 58) |
| Nationality |
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| Area(s) | Writer |
David Michelinie (born May 6, 1948) is an American comic book writer.
Some of his earliest work is for DC Comics's House of Secrets and a run on Swamp Thing (Vol. 1, #14-18, 21 and 22), following Len Wein and preceding Gerry Conway, illustrated by Nestor Redondo.
His most famous works include two noted runs on the Iron Man series, with co-writer (and inker) Bob Layton, in the late 1970s and early 1980s which introduced the character's serious problem with alcoholism, his specialized power armor variants and his new enmities with Justin Hammer and Victor Von 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.
In the late 1980s, he also wrote a popular run on The Amazing Spider-Man series which featured the art of Todd McFarlane and introduced the popular supervillain Venom. Michelinie had planned to introduce Venom earlier and did include a 'teaser' scene in Web of Spider-Man #18, where Peter Parker is pushed into the path of an oncoming train. Spider-Man's 'spider sense' should have warned him, but the alien costume that is part of Venom nullified this power of Spider-Man's. This was the first of what was to be several clues leading to the reveal of Venom. Michelinie stopped writing Web of Spider-Man shortly after and was not able to continue the introduction of Venom until his time of writing on The Amazing Spider-Man, which started with issue #290.
He also has the record of having the second longest run on The Amazing Spider-Man comic (behind only Stan Lee).[citation needed]
[edit] Selected bibliography
[edit] Marvel Comics
- Amazing Spider-Man #205, 290-292, 296-352, 359-388 (Volume One)
- Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21-26, 28, 1995
- Spectacular Spider-Man #173-175
- Spider-Man #35
- Venom: Lethal Protector #1-6
- Web of Spider-Man #8-9, 14-19, 23-24, 70
- Iron Man #116 to 153 (select)
- Iron Man #215 to 232 (more select)
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| Preceded by Bill Mantlo |
Iron Man writer 1978–1982 (with Bob Layton in 1978–1981) |
Succeeded by Dennis O'Neil |
| Preceded by Danny Fingeroth |
Iron Man writer 1987–1989 (with Bob Layton) |
Succeeded by Dwayne McDuffie |
| Preceded by Tom DeFalco |
Avengers writer 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by Bob Budiansky & Danny Fingeroth |
| Preceded by Roger McKenzie & Frank Miller |
Daredevil writer 1980 |
Succeeded by Frank Miller |
| Preceded by Jim Owsley |
Amazing Spider-Man writer 1987–1994 |
Succeeded by J. M. DeMatteis |
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