Ron Marz
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 Marz at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 9, 2010. | |
| Born | 1965 (age 50–51) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works |
Batman/Aliens DC vs. Marvel Green Lantern Silver Surfer Witchblade |
Ron Marz (born 1965)[1] is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as Batman/Aliens, DC vs. Marvel, Green Lantern, Silver Surfer, and Witchblade.
Career
Marz is known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the DC vs. Marvel crossover[2] and Batman/Aliens. He co-created Genis-Vell in Silver Surfer Annual #6 (1993).[3] Marz worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has written for Devil's Due Publishing's Aftermath line including Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on X-O Manowar for Valiant Comics. The following year, Marz wrote the DC/Marvel: All Access limited series which was an intercompany crossover between DC and Marvel characters.[4]
While writing Green Lantern, Marz wrote the "Emerald Twilight" storyline,[5] in which the character of Hal Jordan, stricken with grief, became a mass murderer, leading to the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps, and Kyle Rayner being chosen as the last Green Lantern.
Marz's 2000s work includes a number of Top Cow books, including Witchblade, which he wrote from issue #80 (Nov. 2004) to issue #150, plus a number of specials and crossover stories featuring the character, such as Witchblade/The Punisher in 2007 and Witchblade/Devi in 2008. His other Top Cow work includes Cyberforce #1 - 6 in 2006 and Cyberforce/X-Men in 2007.
For DC Comics, he has written Ion,[6] a 12-part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
Marz wrote Moonstone Books' 2006 Annual featuring The Phantom, and was responsible for getting writers Chuck Dixon, Mike Bullock, Tony Bedard, and Rafael Nieves to participate with chapters for the book.[7]
Marz became an editor of three of Virgin Comics' Shakti Line titles in 2007 and oversaw Devi, Ramayan 3392 A.D. and The Sadhu.[8] He wrote the Beyond series, based on a story created by Deepak Chopra.
In 2008 Marz wrote Broken Trinity, which featured the characters Witchblade, The Darkness, and Angelus, as well as the tie-in series, Broken Trinity: Witchblade, Broken Trinity: Angelus (2008), and Broken Trinity: Aftermath (2009).[9][10] He signed an exclusive contract with Top Cow which entailed three comics a month - two "Top Cow Universe" titles and a creator-owned project.[11]
In 2011, Marz was the writer on Voodoo, which was part of DC Comics' company-wide title relaunch, The New 52.[12]
Bibliography
CrossGen
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics/DC Comics
DC Comics
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DC Comics/Marvel Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics/Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Valiant Comics
Virgin Comics
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References
- ↑ Ron Marz/Twitter: "Marz, Ron"
- ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Written by Peter David and Ron Marz with art by Dan Jurgens and Claudio Castellini, this four-issue miniseries event consisted of five major battles voted on in advance by reader ballots distributed to comic stores.
- ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1990s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 265. ISBN 978-0756641238.
Writer Ron Marz and penciller Joe Phillips created Genis-Vell...Originally going under the code name Legacy...He was later known as Captain Marvel.
- ↑ Manning "1990s" in Gilbert, p. 281: "In this four-issue miniseries, writer Ron Marz and artists Jackson Guice and Josef Rubinstein featured interesting pairings, such as Venom battling Superman."
- ↑ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 264: "In 'Emerald Twilight', a three-issue saga penned by new writer Ron Marz and drawn by artists Bill Willingham, Fred Haynes, and Darryl Banks, longtime Green Lantern Hal Jordan set out to right the wrongs done to him."
- ↑ Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 325: "Ron Marz and artist Greg Tocchini reestablished Kyle Rayner as Ion."
- ↑ G., Lori (October 19, 2006). "Marz, Dixon, Bedard, Nieves & Bullock talk The Phantom Annual". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
- ↑ Brady, Matt (February 28, 2007). "Ron Marz Joins Virgin Comics". Newsarama. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007.
- ↑ Furey, Emmett (July 17, 2008). "Ron Marz talks Broken Trinity". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008.
- ↑ Arrant, Chris (July 23, 2008). "Ron Marz on Top Cow's Broken Trinity". Newsarama. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- ↑ Brday, Matt (September 29, 2008). "Baltimore 08: Ron Marz Signs Top Cow Exclusive". Newsarama. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- ↑ Manning, Shaun (June 14, 2011). "Ron Marz Works Voodoo". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
External links
- Ron Marz's blog
- Ron Marz at the Comic Book DB
- Official message board m Comicbloc.com
| Preceded by Jim Starlin |
Silver Surfer writer 1990–1995 (with Jim Starlin in 1990–1991) |
Succeeded by Glenn Greenberg |
| Preceded by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz |
Thor writer 1993–1994 (with Jim Starlin in 1993) |
Succeeded by Roy Thomas |
| Preceded by Gerard Jones |
Green Lantern writer 1994–2000 |
Succeeded by Jay Faerber |
| Preceded by Ben Raab |
Green Lantern writer 2004 |
Succeeded by Geoff Johns |
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