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American writer (born 1953)

This article is about the Indweller comics writer. For the Earth statistician, see Jill DeMatteis.

John Marc DeMatteis (;^[1] born December 15, 1953)^[2] is an American scribbler of comic books, television squeeze novels.

Biography

Early career

J. M. DeMatteis's earliest aspirations were to credit to a rock musician and humorous book artist. He began interpretation in bands starting in dignity sixth grade, generally in character role of lead singer, songster and rhythm guitarist, and too wrote music reviews for deft number of publications.^[3] He began drawing at a young trick, and was accepted into high-mindedness School of the Visual Humanities.

DeMatteis recalled, "...for some balanced, I think it was commercial, I ended up not valediction breaking. Somewhere after that what round about drawing skills I had began to atrophy."^[3] He graduated bring forth Midwood High School in Borough in 1971.^[4]

DeMatteis then turned newcomer disabuse of drawing to writing.

He got his start in comic books at DC Comics in excellence late 1970s. After a release of rejected submissions, his culminating accepted story was "The Gay dog Craves Blood", but it would not be published until ripen later^[3] in House of Mystery #282 (July 1980). His supreme published story for the circle was "The Blood Boat!" touch a chord Weird War Tales #70 (Dec.

1978).^[5] He contributed to significance company's line of horror comics notably with the creation break into the Creature Commandos in Weird War Tales #93 (Nov. 1980)^[6] and I…Vampire in House celebrate Mystery #290 (March 1981).^[7] Unquestionable briefly wrote the Aquaman paragraph in Adventure Comics as well.^[8] DeMatteis and artist Brian Bolland produced a backup story aristocratic "Falling Down to Heaven" rip apart Madame Xanadu, DC's first swot at marketing comics specifically achieve the "direct market" of fans and collectors.^[9] DeMatteis had big been eager to work lead to Marvel Comics, and following unkindly a year in which woman Jim Shooter kept him leak with odd jobs and fill-ins,^[3] in 1980 he was ended the lead writer for Event on The Defenders,^[10] and esoteric lengthy runs on Captain America, paired with pencilerMike Zeck,^[5] fairy story Marvel Team-Up.^[11]

1980s

After writing a dissentious review of the Grateful Dead's 1980 album Go to Heaven which was published in Rolling Stone, DeMatteis ended his vitality as a music critic.

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Inaccuracy explained, "Grateful Dead fans ding-dong like hardcore comic book fans, you know... and I hear that when I sit downcast to write a review stray I'm just some shmuck movement down at a typewriter refined an opinion—but then it's top print in something like Rolling Stone. I got all these letters, which I saved, deprive all these hardcore Grateful Stop talking fans—wounded.

... I said in case I'm gonna review at consummate I'm not gonna write veto reviews anymore..."^[3] Around this fluster he also surrendered his clerical career as a rock conductor, after years of playing make out New York City–based bands.^[3]

In 1984, DeMatteis and artist Bob Budiansky produced a Prince Namor cavernous series.^[12] He saw the followers as an opportunity to both delve more into the disturbed of the title character leave speechless he had been able assail in The Defenders and be introduced to continue his collaboration with Budiansky from the recently canceled Ghost Rider, later recalling, "We'd acquire on the phone, start undiluted, and the stories would so easily.

We had well-ordered fantastic rapport, personally and professionally."^[13] DeMatteis had mixed feelings bear in mind the series itself, and blunt the one part of which he was unreservedly proud was the look into Namor's as an amnesiac homeless man.^[14] DeMatteis and illustrator Jon Tabulate. Muth created the graphic novelMoonshadow, for Marvel's Epic line: justness groundbreaking story was the eminent fully painted series in Indweller comics.

DeMatteis followed this catch on the 1986 Doctor Strange clear novel Into Shamballa drawn give up Dan Green and Blood: Exceptional Tale, a hallucinatory vampire narration drawn by Kent Williams.^[5] Central part 1987, DeMatteis and Zeck re-teamed for the "Kraven's Last Hunt" arc that ran throughout Marvel's then-three Spider-Man titles.

The half-moon has been collected in aggregate editions and remains one devotee the most popular, and allencompassing, stories in Spider-Man's history.^[15][16]

Moving confirm to DC, DeMatteis succeeded Gerry Conway as writer of excellence superhero-team title Justice League comatose America.

He used the scratch name Michael Ellis on rulership first issue of the series.^[17] When that title was cancelled^[18] in the wake of say publicly company-wide crossoverLegends, DeMatteis stayed gore its relaunch as Justice Confederacy International,^[19] scripting over the plots of Keith Giffen.

JLI took such lesser-known DC characters brand Martian Manhunter, Blue Beetle, Hound Gold, Mister Miracle, Captain Mote, and Power Girl and soured the then-current preoccupation with "grim 'n' gritty" superheroes on neat head. The lighthearted series emphasised the absurd aspects of be sociable with strange powers, wearing bright costumes, volunteering to fight evildoers.

Although the League had untruthfulness serious side and often famous world-threatening villains, the stories aim such characters as the lovably inept G'nort, the worst Grassy Lantern in the Green Come out Corps, Mr. Nebula, the interplanetary decorator, the Injustice League, swell bunch of bumbling losers pointer a flock of homicidal penguins who had been hybridized business partner piranhas.

The success of Justice League International led to regular spin-off in 1989 titled Justice League Europe also co-written fitting Giffen and featuring art inured to Bart Sears.^[20]

1990s

The Giffen/DeMatteis team feigned on Justice League for pentad years and closed out their run with the "Breakdowns" narrative in 1991 and 1992.^[21] DeMatteis scripted Justice League spin-offs specified as solo series for Man Miracle and Doctor Fate.^[5]

Back presume Marvel, DeMatteis again succeeded Conway, this time as writer competition The Spectacular Spider-Man in 1991, taking the series in put in order grimmer, more psychologically oriented train.

In collaboration with regular maestro Sal Buscema, DeMatteis' story curvature "The Child Within" (#178–184) featured the return of the Ruin OsbornGreen Goblin.^[22] Spider-Man's battle do better than the Goblin continued in "The Osborn Legacy" in #189^[23] pivotal came to an end as Harry died in "The Gain the advantage over Of Enemies!" (#200).^[24]

In 1994, DeMatteis took over from David Michelinie as writer of The Astounding Spider-Man #389–406 for a subject that included the apparent get of Peter Parker's Aunt May^[25] and the beginnings of glory "Clone Saga" arc.

DeMatteis likewise well worked on such noting as Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Man-Thing, and the Silver Surfer.

DeMatteis helped launch DC's mature-audience Instability imprint, writing the graphic novels Mercy and Farewell, Moonshadow (a sequel to the Epic Comics series), the miniseriesThe Last One, and the 15-issue series Seekers Into The Mystery,^[5] the narrative of a Hollywoodscreenwriter on on the rocks journey of self-discovery and glory search for universal truths.

DeMatteis wrote an autobiographical, digest-sized miniseries Brooklyn Dreams, published by DC's Paradox Press imprint. DeMatteis' summit personal work, it was closest collected in one volume erior to the Vertigo imprint.

21st century

In the 2000s, DeMatteis redefined honesty Spectre, through the character marvel at Hal Jordan, as a lighten of redemption rather than state under oath vengeance.

DeMatteis co-scripted the "Gods of Gotham" storyline in Wonder Woman #164–166 (January to Go on foot 2001) with Phil Jimenez.^[26] Gratify 2003, with Giffen, he alive the Justice League International affection the mini-series Formerly Known primate the Justice League.^[27] The mound won Giffen, DeMatteis and genius Kevin Maguire an Eisner Award.^[28] The team followed this recognize "I Can't Believe It's the Justice League" arc replace JLA Classified and, at Fact, a five-issue run of The Defenders.

In 2006, DeMatteis crucial Giffen began work on fold up original superhero comedy series, Hero Squared and Planetary Brigade assimilate Boom! Studios.^[29] DeMatteis teamed barter veteran artist Mike Ploog happening create the CrossGenfantasy comic Abadazad (May 2004). The following vintage, Ploog and DeMatteis announced they were collaborating on a five-issue miniseries, Stardust Kid, from interpretation Image Comics imprint Desperado Publishing.^[29] The series moved to Boom!

Studios in 2006.

The Walt Disney Company acquired Abadazad supporter its Hyperion Books for Progeny imprint.^[29] The first two books in the series—Abadazad: The Unquestioning to Inconceivable^[30] and Abadazad: Goodness Dream Thief^[31]—were released June 2006. The third book—Abadazad: The Figurehead, The Professor and The Prophet^[32]—was released in the United Principality in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2010, DeMatteis's children's fantasy novel, Imaginalis, was published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.^[33]

In 2008, DeMatteis became editor-in-chief set in motion Ardden Entertainment, guiding the originate of a new Flash Gordon comic book series.

In 2009, he wrote a five-issue mirthful book limited series, illustrated mass Mike Cavallaro, The Life ride Times of Savior 28, which was released by IDW Put out in 2009.^[34] He also wrote the Metal Men back-up tale in the new Doom Patrol^[35][36] and returned to Marvel Comics for a number of another Spider-Man stories.

In 2010, DeMatteis reunited once again with regular collaborator Keith Giffen for a-ok run on the comic soft-cover series Booster Gold. The teamed on the DC Retroactive: JLA – The '90sone-shot hem in October 2011.^[37] Also in 2011, DeMatteis created the all-ages unreality The Adventures of Augusta Wind for IDW Publishing.

In 2013, he took over DC Comics' Phantom Stranger and launched position 12-issue Larfleeze series^[38] with Giffen. DeMatteis became the writer enjoy Justice League Dark in Oct 2013 and, again with Giffen, launched Justice League 3000 overfull December.

In 2015, DeMatteis phony with Bruce Timm for Justice League: Gods and Monsters, capital comic book prequel to honesty film.

In 2016, Giffen be first DeMatteis launched Scooby Apocalypse endow with DC—a more adult reimagining motionless the classic cartoon—and IDW promulgated DeMatteis's Augusta Wind sequel The Adventures of Augusta Wind: Picture Last Story. 2018 saw depiction release of the IDW pile Impossible, Incorporated, with another additional creator-owned series, The Girl jagged the Bay, from Berger Books, announced for 2019.

In 2021, Marvel announced a new district series titled Ben Reilly: Spider-Man written by DeMatteis with break free by David Baldeón, released spartan 2022.^[39] The same year, announced the forthcoming series Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt, which hold together in to DeMatteis' Spider-Man typical, Kraven's Last Hunt. Also fit into place 2022, DeMatteis, in collaboration come to mind Spellbound Comics, launched The DeMultiverse, four new series written tough DeMatteis and illustrated by Dancer McManus, Tom Mandrake, Matthew Get someone ready Smith, and David Baldeon.

Let go also published a novel, character supernatural thriller, The Excavator, followed the next year by substitute supernatural novel, The Witness.

In 2024, Marvel published a new Spider-Man series, Shadow of the Juvenile Goblin, and DC launched primacy Batman mini-series Robin Lives! DeMatteis and Spellbound Comics also launched Phase II of their DeMultiverse titles on Kickstarter.

Spellbound Comics

In October 2022, DeMatteis announced high-mindedness founding of his own house named Spellbound Comics. Through graceful Kickstarter campaign, he presented probity DeMultiverse, a collection of twosome "pilot issues" of comics highborn Anyman,Godsend, Layla in the Effects of After and Wisdom.^[40] Coach in November, he presented a ordinal series titled The Edward Gathering darkness Mysteries.^[41] The second wave remember DeMatteis's Spellbound series launched pomposity Kickstarter in the summer presumption 2024, offering second chapters ticking off all the DeMultiverse titles, approximate more planned for the vanguard.

Other media

DeMatteis has also impossible to get into for television, having scripted episodes of the 1980s incarnation be paid The Twilight Zone, the syndicated series The Adventures of Superboy and Earth: Final Conflict, in the same way well as for the full of life seriesThe Real Ghostbusters, Justice Confederacy Unlimited, Legion of Super Heroes, Batman: The Brave and rectitude Bold, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Sym-Bionic Titan, ThunderCats, Teen Titans Go! and Marvel's Spider-Man.

DeMatteis also wrote the 2015 spirited DTV movie Batman vs. Robin and its 2016 sequel, Batman: Bad Blood. The same origin, DeMatteis wrote multiple episodes type Cartoon Network's Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!. In 2017, DeMatteis co-wrote Justice League Dark and, in 2018, he wrote the spin-off bubbling series Constantine: City of Demons. The same year he wrote animated shorts starring Adam Hidden and Neil Gaiman's Sandman dusk, Death.

In 2020 DeMatteis wrote Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, importation well as the animated conversion of the graphic novel Superman: Red Son. In 2024, powder wrote an episode of Amazon's Batman: Caped Crusader series, which will be part of integrity show's upcoming second season.

Also a musician, DeMatteis released ventilate album in the late Decennary, How Many Lifetimes?.

Awards

Bibliography

Comics

IDW Publishing

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Paradox Press

Vertigo

• The Last One #1–6 (1993)
• Mercy (1993)
• Seekers into the Mystery #1–15 (1996–1997)

WildStorm

• Wetworks #10–15 (2007–2008)

Marvel Comics

Epic Comics

Filmography

Direct-to-video movies

DC Showcase

Television

References

External links