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Marvin A. "Marv" Wolfman (born May 13 , 1946 ) is an American Comic Book Writer . He is best known for lengthy runs on '' Tomb Of Dracula '' for Marvel Comics , and '' The New Teen Titans '' for DC Comics . Wolfman was born in Brooklyn , New York City , New York . Active in Fandom before he broke into professional comics at DC in 1968, he often collaborated (particularly in his early years) with friend Len Wein . When asked what a book about the both of them would be like, Wein and Wolfman replied it would resemble the Three Stooges minus one. In 1974 Wein and Wolfman moved to Marvel Comics as Protegé s of then-editor Roy Thomas . When Thomas stepped down, Wein and Wolfman took over as editors, the former initially in charge of the color comics and the for latter black and white titles. After about a year, Wolfman succeeded Wein as editor-in-chief of the color line. During his time at Marvel Wolfman wrote lengthy runs of '' Amazing Spider-Man '' (where he co-created The Black Cat ), '' Fantastic Four '' and '' Doctor Strange '', and co-created the "teen hero" title '' Nova '', which tried to recapture the sense of fun and wonder of the early Stan Lee / Jack Kirby years of Marvel. His best-received writing, however, was done for '' Tomb Of Dracula '', a fledgling horror comic which Wolfman turned into a rich, complex piece of high Gothic , well matched with the moody shade-and-light pencilling of Gene Colan . Taking Bram Stoker 's basic story, Wolfman created his own Vampire mythology and introduced a set of new characters, including Blade . This title might have influenced Joss Whedon , a comics fan and creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer . In 1980, Wolfman moved back to DC after a dispute with new Marvel editor-in-chief . ''The New Teen Titans'', which added Wolfman/Pérez creations Raven , Starfire and Cyborg to the old team's Robin , Wonder Girl , Kid Flash and Beast Boy (renamed Changeling), became DC's first '' Bona Fide '' hit in years, and its first serious competitor to Marvel since the late 1960s . It was DC's most successful title in the early 1980s, and helped spark the DC revolution throughout the decade which led to the company challenging Marvel for primacy in the industry. During the early 1980s Wolfman also collaborated with artist Gil Kane on a run on Superman , and rejoined Colan (who had also moved to DC) on the short-lived Night Force . In 1985 Wolfman and Pérez launched '' Crisis On Infinite Earths '', a 12-issue Limited Series celebrating DC's 50th anniversary. Featuring a cast of thousands and a timeline that ranged from the beginning of the universe to the end of time, it killed scores of characters, integrated a number of heroes from other companies to DC Continuity , and re-wrote 50 years of history to start over again. Wolfman was also involved in the DC Comics relaunch of the Superman line, reinventing nemesis Lex Luthor and initially scripting the Adventures Of Superman title. After Pérez left the Titans in 1986, Wolfman continued with other collaborators - including pencillers Jose Luis Garcia Lopez , Eduardo Barreto and Tom Grummett - but never enjoyed the same level of commercial or critical success. Wolfman reportedly suffered an extended bout of Writer's Block later in his run), and finally, after several years, asked to be taken off the title and to be put onto another book. After reviving the Night Force for Wolfman to write, DC decided rather than to continue the Titans title as is, to cancel the book and restart it with another team of creators and characters. Since then Wolfman's writing for comics has decreased as he has turned to other areas, particularly Animation and Television . His mid-1990s series '' The Man Called A-X '' was an interesting take on the idea of Cyborg s and what it means to be human. Wolfman's major publicity in recent years has come from a lawsuit against Marvel Comics seeking ownership of Blade, by then the subject of two highly successful Film s. The judge eventually ruled in favor of Marvel. Recently, he began writing in comics again, as the scribe for Defex , the flagship title of Devil's Due Productions 's Aftermath line. He has also written a special Infinite Crisis issue of DC Comics "Secret Files" as well as working with regular writer Geoff Johns on several issues of The Teen Titans. Wolfman also wrote a novel based on his comic, "Crisis on Infinite Earths," but instead of following the original graphic novel plot, he created a brand-new novel starring the Barry Allen Flash that takes place during the original Crisis story. The first two printings of the hardcover sold out within two months, and a trade paperback version is set to be printed in April, 2006. He has also written the novelization of "Superman Returns," which will be available in June of 2006. He appears in a documentary film called Adventures Into Digital Comics soon to be released. AWARDS He has been recognized in the industry with several awards and award nominations. His work on the finite series '' Crisis On Infinite Earths '' (with artist George Perez ) won the series the 1985 Jack Kirby Award for Best Finite Series. His work on '' 436-439 won him a nomination for the Comics' Buyer's Guide Favorite Writer Award in 1990. He was nominated for the Shazam Award for Best Writer (Humor Division) in 1973. He has also been nominated for the Comics' Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 1986. EXTERNAL LINKS
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