Ron Marz
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Marz at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 9, 2010.
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| Born | 1959 (age 64–65)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
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Notable works
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Batman/Aliens DC vs. Marvel Green Lantern Silver Surfer Witchblade |
Ron Marz (born 1959) 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 as well as Bat Man and To Kill a Mockingbird. He co-created Genis-Vell in Silver Surfer Annual #6 (1993).[3] Marz also 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 also done work for Devil's Due Publishing's Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-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 has written from issue #80 (November 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 participate with chapters for the book.[7] Marz has also signed on to write a short story with the character for one of Moonstone's upcoming Phantom prose collections.
In 2007 Virgin Comics announced that Marz would be joining as editor of three of their Shakti Line titles: Devi, Ramayan 3392 A.D. and The Sadhu.[8] He also wrote the series Beyond, based on a story created by Deepak Chopra.
In 2008 Marz wrote Broken Trinity, which features the characters Witchblade, The Darkness and Angelus, as well as the tie-in series, Broken Trinity: Witchblade, Broken Trinity: Angelus, also in 2008, and Broken Trinity: Aftermath in 2009.[9][10] This led to the announcement at the 2008 Baltimore Comic-Con that he had signed an exclusive contract with Top Cow which will entail 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
- Silver Surfer vol. 3 #49, #51-104 (1991-1997)
- Green Lantern vol. 3 #48-125, 176-181(1997)
- Tangent Comics: Power Girl (DC Comics September 1998)
- Witchblade #80-150 (Image Comics, 2004–2011)
- First Born #1-3 (with Stjepan Šejić, Top Cow, 2007)
- Broken Trinity (with Stjepan Šejić, 3-issue mini-series, Top Cow, 2008)
- Beyond (with Edison George, Virgin Comics, 2008)
- Dragon Prince (with Lee Moder, Top Cow, 2008)
- Angelus #1-6 (with Stjepan Šejić, Top Cow, 2009–2010)
- Artifacts #1-13 (Top Cow, 2010–2011)
- Magdalena vol 3 (Top Cow, 2010–2012)
References
- ↑ VIAF: "Marz, Ron"
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- ↑ 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. "Marz, Dixon, Bedard, Nieves & Bullock talk 'The Phantom Annual'". Comic Book Resources. October 19, 2006
- ↑ Brady, Matt. "Ron Marz Joins Virgin Comics", Newsarama; February 28, 2007
- ↑ Furey, Emmett. Ron Marz talks Broken Trinity, Comic Book Resources, July 17, 2008
- ↑ Arrant, Chris. "Ron Marz on Top Cow's Broken Trinity". Newsarama. July 23, 2008
- ↑ Brady, Matt. "Baltimore 08: Ron Marz Signs Top Cow Exclusive". Newsarama. September 29, 2008
- ↑ Manning, Shaun (June 14, 2011). "Ron Marz Works 'Voodoo'". Comic Book Resources
External links
- Ron Marz's blog
- Ron Marz at the Comic Book DB
- Official message board, Comic Book Resources
- Official message board m Comicbloc.com
- Marz discusses his time on Green Lantern, Comic Book Resources
| Preceded by
Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz
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Thor writer 1993–1994 (with Jim Starlin in 1993) |
Succeeded by Roy Thomas |
| Preceded by | Green Lantern writer 1994–2000 |
Succeeded by Jay Faerber |
| Preceded by | Green Lantern writer 2004 |
Succeeded by Geoff Johns |
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