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Writers

The character of Spider-Man has had many writers over the years pen his adventures as one would expect from such a long running character & related series...There is a vastly growing list of writers which include some of the greatest comic authors of all time...Of course this all starts the "The Man" himself, Mr. Stan Lee, Co-Founder of the Silver-Age Marvel Universe...Of course there are many others so lets take a look at them:


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Writers By Detail


(In Alphabetical order)

WRITER

ASM

SPEC

MTU

WEB

SPID

SEN

UNLIM

OTHER

TOTAL
Anderson, Craig 1 1
Barr, Mike 2 2
Bernardo, Mark 3 3
Blaustein, Adam 1 1
Burkett, Cary 2 5 7
Busiek, Kurt 2 1 3 3 9
Byrne, John 2 1 1 4
Carlin, Michael 1 1
Cavalieri, Joey 2 2
Chaykin, Howard 1 1

WRITER

ASM

SPEC

MTU

WEB

SPID

SEN

UNLIM

OTHER

TOTAL
Claremont, Chris 1 29 30
Conway, Gerry 44 41 20 26 131
David, Peter 3 24 9 36
DeFalco, Tom 69 16 5 1 8 99
Dematteis, JM 21 48 22 2 4 1 98
Dezago, Todd 11 6 28 45
Duffy, Jo 1 1
Felder, James 1 1
Fingeroth, Danny 2 7 9
Fleisher, Michael 1 1
Friedrich, Gary 1 1
Gerber, Steve 1 1

WRITER

ASM

SPEC

MTU

WEB

SPID

SEN

UNLIM

OTHER

TOTAL
Golden, Christopher 2 2
Goodwin, Archie 4 4
Grant, Steven 7 8 3 18
Greenberg, Glenn 1 1 2
Gruenwald, Marc 3 3
Hama, Larry 1 1
Harris, Jack 1 1
Herdling, Glenn 4 1 1 6
Howell, Richard 1 1
Isabella, Tony 1 1 3 5
Jurgens, Dan 1 7 8
Kaminski, Len 2 4 6
Kavanagh, Terry 31 4 35

WRITER

ASM

SPEC

MTU

WEB

SPID

SEN

UNLIM

OTHER

TOTAL
Kraft, David 1 1 2
Kunkel, Bill 2 2
Kupperberg, Alan 1 1
Lackey, Mike 2 1 3
Layton, Bob 1 1 1 3
Larsen, Erik 7 7
Lieber (Lee), Larry 2 2
Lee, Stan 112 1 1 114
Lyle, Tom 3 3
Macchio, Ralph 1 1
Mackie, Howard 1 1 13 57 72

WRITER

ASM

SPEC

MTU

WEB

SPID

SEN

UNLIM

OTHER

TOTAL
Maggin, Elliot 1 1
Mantlo, Bill 5 64 23 1 93
McFarlane Todd 15 15
McGregor, Don 2 2
McKenzie, Roger 1 2 3
Michelinie, David 97 6 6 12 3 124
Milgrom, Al 6 11 17
Miller, Frank 1 1
Nicieza, Fabian 2 1 3
Nocenti, Ann 1 3 3 4 11
O'Neil, Denny 16 16

WRITER

ASM

SPEC

MTU

WEB

SPID

SEN

UNLIM

OTHER

TOTAL
Owsley, Jim 3 2 1 3 9
Perez, George 2 2
Peyer, Tom 6 6
Robertson, Darick 1 1
Schiller, Fred 1 1
Shooter, Jim 1 1 1 3
Simonson, Louise 1 3 3 7
Skolnick, Evan 1 1
Stern, Roger 29 19 1 49
Strnad, Jan 1 1
Thomas, Roy 4 1 5
Waid, Mark 1 1
Wein, Len 32 17 49
Wolfman, Marv 24 1 1 26
Zimmerman, Dwight 1 1

*REPRINTS*

6 1 1 8

TOTALS

481 279 175 140 101 36 22 4   1,238

See:
Writers By Detail

For a portfolio of work by each!


 


 

Busiek, Kurt - Presently very hot writer who has done a great job on Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Amazing Fantasy & a few others...Now the writer of Avengers & Astro City. Wrote of Peter's 1st notice of his "Spider-Sense" in Amazing Fantasy #16-18.

Chris Claremont - Along with John Byrne, wrote the greatest Marvel Team-Ups's ever...Especially #74, 79, & 100...Long time Uncanny X-Men writer & also presently doing a better on the Fantastic Four. Along with John Byrne, wrote the greatest Marvel Team-Up's ever...Especially #74, 79, & 100.

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Conway, Gerry - Very versatile writer & veteran of the 4 biggest titles...Wrote more Spider-Man comics than anyone...Contributions include the controversial Amazing Spider-Man #121 & 122 in which Gwen Stacy  & the Green Goblin died, as well as writing the 1st Punisher story, starting the original clone story, & introducing Harry Osborn as the 2nd Green Goblin. Also kicked of Spectacular Spider-Man with its first 2 issues.

 

David, Peter - Ex Great Incredible Hulk writer of many years, has left his mark on the Spider-Man lore with his storyline: "The Death of Jean DeWolff" in Spectacular Spider-Man #107-111...Has done many projects for both Marvel & DC comics...Soon to write the new Captain Marvel series for Marvel.

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DeFalco, Tom - Writer of many Marvel titles including a long run on Fantastic Four...Wrote many Amazing Spider-Man including the New Black Costume in #252 & many "Gang-War" storylines...Presently writing Spider-Girl.

Dematteis, JM - Underrated writer of almost 100 Spider-Man comics, his greatest being the Kraven's Last Stand storyline...Also wrote Amazing Spider-Man #400, which should have left Aunt May dead. Also wrote the issues up to & including Spectacular Spider-Man #200 which had the death of Harry Osborn/Green Goblin II...Wrote 6 Titles in the Spider-Man "family" of titles.

Dezago, Todd - Writer of Sensational Spider-Man, having wrote more issues in that run than anyone.

Kavanagh, Terry -Wrote more issues of Web Of Spider-Man than anyone including issue #100 which presented us with the infamous "Spider-Armor".

Lee, Stan - "The Man"...Co-Created most of the Major Marvel characters in the Marvel universe...The Greatest Marvel Writer ever...Without him, there would be no Marvel Universe...Co-Creator of Spider-Man, as I believe Steve Ditko & Jack Kirby had A LOT to do with his creation also...Wrote 1st 100 issues of Amazing Spider-Man ...At least partially responsible for all creations included in those issues.

Mackie, Howard -Current writer of both Amazing Spider-Man & Spider-Man, great run on 1st volume of Spider-Man along with John Romita Jr...Also writes Mutant X for Marvel.

Mantlo, Bill - Veteran writer of many titles in the Marvel Universe, almost 100 Spider-Man stories to his credit, most noticeably his work on Spectacular Spider-Man. Highlights include his work with Frank Miller & his writing of the 1st Cloak & Dagger stories.

Michelinie, David - Another underrated writer of over 120 Spider-Man stories, including almost 100 on Amazing Spider-Man alone. He Co-created Venom & his great work includes the McFarlane drawn issues & many others throughout the 300's of this great run.

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Stern, Roger - Faithful Marvel writer who is very true & loyal to Marvel history...His greatest contribution has been his creation of the Hobgoblin & his recent Hobgoblin-Green Goblin War in Spectacular Spider-Man & Hobgoblin Lives. Wrote the excellent short-lived Marvel Universe.

 

Wein, Len -Wrote over 30 issues of Amazing Spider-Man including the Green Goblin III storyline...Also contributed a number of early Marvel Team-Up's.

Wolfman, Marv -Another veteran writer of many Marvel titles...His greatest claim to fame is his great "Burglar Returns" storyline that culminated in Amazing Spider-Man #200.

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Part 4: Top 10 Spider-Man Witers of All Time

 

  1. Stan Lee- 'Nuff said!

  2. Gerry Conway - Wrote many important Spider-Man stories.

  3. David Michelinie - His vast work has made a huge impression including his Venom  stories.

  4. JM Dematteis - Kraven's Last Stand alone puts him in top 10.

  5. Roger Stern - Hobgoblin does it for me!

  6. Marv Wolfman - Amazing Spider-Man #200...My favorite Spider-Man story ever!

  7. Bill Mantlo - Great work on Spectacular.

  8. Len Wein - Not many issues, but a very good job.

  9. Peter David - Not much work on Spidey, but quality overcomes quantity here.

  10. Tom DeFalco - Not as bad as some think...A very competent writer under pressure to sell comics.

Honorable mention goes to the current writer of both Spider-Man titles Howard Mackie whose work is not yet done!


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