'Dwayne McDuffie' is a
comic book animation writer and a creator of the
Emmy Award winning show
Static Shock. He has worked for many comic book companies, including
Marvel Comics,
Milestone Media,
DC Comics,
Harvey Comics, and
Archie Comics.
Biography and major works
His first major work was ''
Damage Control'', a Marvel series about the company that shows up between issues and tidies up the mess left by the latest round of
superhero/
supervillain battles. He followed that with dozens of various Marvel comics titles before writing ''
Monster in My Pocket'' for
Harvey Comics editor
Sid Jacobson, whom he cites on his
website as having taught him everything he knows.
He was co-founder and editor-in-chief of
Milestone Media, for which he created or co-created many characters, including
Static, the basis of the animated series Static Shock.
McDuffie's television credits, in addition to ''
Static Shock'', include ''
Justice League'', ''
Teen Titans'', and ''
What's New, Scooby-Doo?''. He was a writer/producer for ''
Justice League Unlimited''.
McDuffie wrote the story for
Justice League Heroes.
In
2003, McDuffie and co-writer
Alan Burnett were awarded the
Humanitas Prize in Children's Animation for the "Jimmy" episode of ''
Static Shock''. In both 2003 and
2004 he was nominated, with other ''
Static Shock'' creators, for daytime Emmy awards. In
2005, he was nominated for the
Writers Guild of America award in animation, with
Rich Fogel and
John Ridley for the "Starcrossed" episode of ''
Justice League''. Recently, he started writing the Marvel mini-series called ''
Beyond!''. The mini-series is about mismatched superheroes and super-villains trying not to kill each other in space.
McDuffie will be writing three issues of DC Comics'
Firestorm starting in January 2007, and starting a regular writing duty on Fantastic Four with issue 542.
[1] [2] He will start on
Justice League following
Brad Meltzer's run.
Selected bibliography
Regular writer
★ "Overture." ''
Marvel Comics Presents'' #19 (Marvel Comics, May 1989) - (1st
Damage Control appearance)
★ ''
Damage Control'' #1-4 (Marvel Comics, May 1989-August 1989) - (limited series)
★ ''
The Sensational She-Hulk in Ceremony'' #1-2 (Marvel Comics, 1989) - (limited series)
★ ''
Captain Marvel (vol. 3)'' #1 (Marvel Comics, November 1989) - (one-shot)
★ ''
Avengers Spotlight'' #26-29 (Marvel Comics, December 1989-February 1990) - (
Acts of Vengeance story)
★ ''
Damage Control (vol. 2)'' #1-4 (Marvel Comics, December 1989-February 1990) - (limited series)
★ ''
The Amazing Spider-Man: Children Special'' #1-3 (Marvel Comics [Canada], 1990)
★ ''
Deathlok'' #1-4 (Marvel Comics, July 1990-October 1990) - (limited series)
★ ''
Monster in My Pocket'' #1-4 (Harvey Comics, May 1991-September 1991) - (script)
★ ''
Damage Control (vol. 3)'' #1-4 (Marvel Comics, June 1991-September 1991) - (limited series)
★ ''
Prince: Alter Ego'' (DC Comics [Piranha Music, 1991) - (one-shot)
★ ''
Deathlok (vol. 2)'' #1-5 (Marvel Comics, July 1991-November 1991)
★ ''
Double Dragon'' #1-4 (Marvel Comics, July 1991-October 1991)
★ ''
Deathlok (vol. 2)'' #11-16 (Marvel Comics, May 1992-October 1992)
★ ''
Deathlok Annual'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 1992)
★ "Rest and Sweet Glory." ''
Marvel Comics Presents'' #113-118 (Marvel Comics, 1992) - (
Giant-Man II story)
★ ''
The Demon'' #26-29 (DC Comics, August 1992-November 1992)
★ ''
Back to the Future: Forward to the Future'' #1-3 (Harvey Comics, October 1992-January 1993)
★ ''
Blood Syndicate'' #1-4 (Milestone Comics, April 1993-July 1993)
★ ''
Hardware'' #1-8 (DC Comics [Milestone], April 1993-October 1993)
★ ''
Hardware'' #10-19 (DC Comics [Milestone], December 1993-September 1994)
★ ''
Icon'' #1-10 (DC Comics [Milestone], May 1993-February 1994)
★ ''
Icon'' #13 (DC Comics [Milestone], May 1994)
★ ''
Icon'' #15-17 (DC Comics [Milestone], July 1994-September 1994)
★ ''
Icon'' #19-31 (DC Comics [Milestone], November 1994-November 1995)
★ ''
Icon'' #34-36 (DC Comics [Milestone], February 1994-April 1996)
★ ''
Icon'' #38-42 (DC Comics [Milestone], October 1996-February 1997)
★ ''
Static'' #1-4 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1993-September 1993)
★ ''
Shadow Cabinet'' #0 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 1994) - (co-writer)
★ ''
Captain Marvel (vol. 2)'' #2 (Marvel Comics, February 1994) - (one-shot)
★ ''Worlds Collide'' #1 (DC Comics [Milestone], July 1994) - (one-shot)
★ ''
Hardware'' #29-32 (DC Comics [Milestone], July 1995-October 1995)
★ ''
X-O Manowar'' #17 (Acclaim Comics, February 1998)
★ ''
X-O Manowar'' #19-21 (Acclaim Comics, April 1998-June 1998)
★ ''
Sins of Youth: Kid Flash/Impulse'' #1 (DC Comics, May 2000) - (one-shot)
★ ''
Static Shock! Rebirth of the Cool'' #1-4 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 2001-September 2001)
★ '' #156-158 (DC Comics, August 2002-October 2002)
★ '' #164-167 (DC Comics, April 2003-July 2003)
★ ''
Fantastic Four Special'' #1 (Marvel Comics, February 2006) - (one-shot)
★ ''
Beyond!'' #1-6 (Marvel Comics, July 2006-December 2006) - (limited series)
★ ''
Fantastic Four'' #542- (Marvel Comics, 2007-?)
★ ''
Justice League of America'' #13- (DC Comics, 2007-Current)
Fill-in writer
★ "Fall Guy." ''
Solo Avengers'' #13 (Marvel Comics, December 1988) - (
Wonder Man story; co-writer)
★ ''
Clive Barker's Hellraiser'' #2 (Marvel Comics [Epic], 1989)
★ ''
St. George'' #8 (Marvel Comics [Epic], August 1989)
★ ''
Iron Man'' #251-252 (Marvel Comics, December 1989-January 1990)
★ ''
Power Pack'' #55 (Marvel Comics, April 1990)
★ ''
Avengers Annual'' #19 (Marvel Comics, 1990)
★ ''
Avengers West Coast Annual'' #5 (Marvel Comics, 1990)
★ ''
Iron Man Annual'' #11 (Marvel Comics, 1990)
★ "Test Run." ''
Marvel Comics Presents'' #62 (Marvel Comics, November 1990) - (
Deathlok story; co-writer)
★ "Shadow of a Doubt." ''
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3)'' #4 (Marvel Comics, December 1990) - (
Black Knight story; co-writer)
★ ''
Clive Barker's Hellraiser'' #7-10 (Marvel Comics [Epic], 1991)
★ "Cupid's Arrow." ''
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3)'' #9 (Marvel Comics, April 1992) - (
Avengers West Coast/
Hercules story)
★ ''
Clive Barker's Hellraiser'' #15 (Marvel Comics [Epic], 1992)
★ "Not to Touch the Earth." ''
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3)'' #11 (Marvel Comics, October 1992) - (
Giant-Man II story; co-writer)
★ "Cupid's Error." ''
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3)'' #12 (Marvel Comics, January 1993) - (
Falcon story; co-writer)
★ ''
Hardware'' #25 (DC Comics [Milestone], March 1995)
★ "Communications Error." ''
JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant'' #1 (DC Comics, February 1993)
★ ''
Static'' #14 (DC Comics [Milestone], August 1994)
★ ''
Blood Syndicate'' #35 (DC Comics [Milestone], February 1996)
★ ''
Impulse'' #60 (DC Comics, May 2000)
★ "Never Say Die." '' #27 (DC Comics, May 2002)
Editor
★ ''
Freddy Kreuger's A Nightmare on Elm Street'' #1-2 (Marvel Comics, October 1989-November 1989)
★ ''
Blood Syndicate'' #1-30 (DC Comics [Milestone], April 1993-September 1995)
★ ''
Hardware'' #1-10 (DC Comics [Milestone], April 1993-December 1993)
★ ''
Icon'' #1-8 (DC Comics [Milestone], May 1993-December 1993)
★ ''
Static'' #1-28 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1993-October 1995)
★ ''
Static'' #30 (DC Comics [Milestone], December 1995)
★ ''
Shadow Cabinet'' #0 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 1994)
★ ''
Xombi'' #0 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 1994)
★ ''Frank'' #1-2 (Harvey Comics, March 1994-May 1994) - (limited series)
★ "The Call." '' #34 (DC Comics, June 1994) - (
Kobalt preview)
★ ''
Kobalt'' #1-10 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1994-March 1995)
★ ''
Shadow Cabinet'' #1-17 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1994-October 1995)
★ ''
Xombi'' #1-16 (DC Comics [Milestone], June 1994-September 1995)
★ ''Worlds Collide'' #1 (DC Comics [Milestone], July 1994) - (one-shot)
★ ''Deathwish'' #1-4 (DC Comics [Milestone], December 1994-March 1995) - (mini-series)
★ ''My Name is Holocaust'' #1 (DC Comics [Milestone], May 1995) - (mini-series)
★ ''
Kobalt'' #14 (DC Comics [Milestone], August 1995)
★ ''
Static Shock! Rebirth of the Cool'' #1-4 (DC Comics [Milestone], January 2001-September 2001)
References
★
official web site
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Dwayne McDuffie @ The World's Finest
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