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]] MARVEL COMICS After breaking in at Warren Publishing in 1971 with anthological Science-fiction / Horror stories for that company's black-and-white comics Magazines , McGregor became a writer- Editor at Marvel Comics . He was among the 1970s wave of writers such as Steve Englehart , Steve Gerber and Doug Moench who took often minor characters and helped create a writerly Renaissance. McGregor established himself with two series that remain among comics' most acclaimed: Killraven , in '' Amazing Adventures '' #21-39 (Nov. 1973 - Nov. 1976, except for fill-in issues #33 and 38); and Black Panther , in '' Jungle Action '' #6-24 (Sept. 1973 - Nov. 1976, except for #23, a reprint). Unusually, the Panther stories were set mostly in Africa , in the Panther's fictional homeland Wakanda , rather than in Marvel's usual urban settings. As with the futuristic stories of Killraven, McGregor's settings were enough outside the Marvel mainstream that he was able to explore mature themes and adult relationships in a way rare for comics at the time. Like Jim Steranko , a direct influence who had pushed similar boundaries in the late 1960s, McGregor often found himself at the limits of acceptability with both Marvel and the Comics Code Authority . Notably, he and Artist P. Craig Russell engineered color comic-books' first known Interracial Kiss , between the "Killraven" characters M'Shulla and Carmilla Frost. (McGregor and artist Luis Garcia had crafted the first known interracial kiss in mainstream comics, as opposed to Underground Comix , in the story "The Men Who Called Him Monster" in Warren Publishing 's black-and-white Horror -comics Magazine , Creepy #43 (Jan. 1972).) McGregor also wrote stories for the Marvel characters Luke Cage , Morbius The Living Vampire , and Spider-Man , and created the Detective feature "Hodiah Twist", seen in the black-and-white magazines ''Marvel Preview #16: Masters of Terror'' (1973) and ''Vampire Tales'' #2 (1975). GRAPHIC-NOVEL PIONEER . Cover art by Paul Gulacy .]] With artist ''. Published in August 1978 — two months before Will Eisner 's more famous, graphic short-story collection '' A Contract With God '' — it led to a 14-issue spin-off series for Eclipse. McGregor went on to write two additional early graphic novels for Eclipse, each set in contemporary , who would become a frequent collaborator. He has also written two prose books: ''Dragonflame and Other Bedtime Nightmares'' (Fictioneer, 1978) and ''The Variable Syndrome'' (Fictioneer, 1981). LATER COMICS Other notable work includes the DC Comics ' Miniseries ''Nathaniel Dusk'' (1984) and ''Nathaniel Dusk II'' (1985-1986), both with Colan; and for New Media Publishing's ''Fantasy Illustrated'' (1982), "The Hounds of Hell Theory", starring husband-and-wife detective team Alexander and Penelope Risk, with artist Tom Sutton . McGregor revisited the Black Panther with Colan in "Panther's Quest", published as 25 eight-page installments within the bi-weekly Omnibus series '' Marvel Comics Presents '' (issues #13-37, Feb.-Dec. 1989); and later with artist Dwayne Turner in the squarebound miniseries ''Panther's Prey'' (Sept. 1990 - March 1991). Later in the decade, McGregor became one of the primary writers of the Zorro canon, with Topps Comics ' ''Zorro'' and '' Lady Rawhide '' comic books; Image Comics ' adaptation of the movie '' The Mask Of Zorro ''; two years of the ''Zorro'' newspaper Comic Strip (with artists Todd Smith and Thomas Yeates, premiering April 12, 1999); and Papercutz's 2005 American Manga -style ''Zorro'' series, which was collected as a graphic novel the same year. QUOTES {Link without Title} "As for Don McGregor, what can be said? At his worst, he could be overwritten and almost incoherent in his pretensions. At his best, he brought to comics like '' Amazing Adventures '' and '' Jungle Action '' a literary style and philosophical ambition, and a maturity even in Comics Code-approved stuff, that's rarely been matched. He makes Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore look like...well, like comic book writers." Artist ''' and Don McGregor, two of my absolutely favourite writers. They had the same drive and enthusiasm, and just huge amounts of talent and energy." Arist ''' collection, Marvel?), sit down and read the whole thing. It's damn-near flawless, every issue, every scene, a functional, necessary part of the whole. Okay, now go back and read any individual issue. You'll find seamlessly integrated words and pictures; clearly introduced characters and situations; a concise (sometimes even transparent) recap; beautifully developed character relationships; at least one cool new villain; a stunning action set piece to test our hero's skills and resolve; and a story that is always moving forward towards a definite and satisfying conclusion. That's what we should all be delivering, every single month. Don {Link without Title} and company did it in only 17 story pages per issue." REFERENCES
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