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Roger Stern (born September 17 1950 ) is an American Comic Book Author and Novelist . In the early 1970s , he 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, 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 ''. Stern has also written a number of vs. Superman''; and ''Superman: A Nation Divided''. Since 2001 , most of his comics work has been for European publishers Egmont Books (writing '' The Phantom '') and Panini UK . In addition to his comics work, Stern has written three , 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 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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