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Jim Shooter - Conversations (Hardcover)
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Jim Shooter - Conversations (Hardcover)
Series: Conversations with Comic Artists Series
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As an American comic book writer, editor, and businessman, Jim
Shooter (b. 1952) remains among the most important figures in the
history of the medium. Starting in 1966 at the age of fourteen,
Shooter, as the young protege of verbally abusive DC editor Mort
Weisinger, helped introduce themes and character development more
commonly associated with DC competitor Marvel Comics. Shooter
created several characters for the Legion of Super-Heroes,
introduced Superman's villain the Parasite, and jointly devised the
first race between the Flash and Superman. When he later ascended
to editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, the company, indeed the medium
as a whole, was moribund. Yet by the time Shooter left the company
a mere decade later, the industry had again achieved considerable
commercial viability, with Marveldominating the market. Shooter
enjoyed many successes during his tenure, such as Chris Claremont
and John Byrne's run on the Uncanny X-Men, Byrne's work on the
Fantastic Four, Frank Miller's Daredevil stories, Walt Simonson's
crafting of Norse mythology in Thor, and Roger Stern's runs on
Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man, as well as his own successes
writing Secret Wars and Secret Wars II. After a rift at Marvel,
Shooter then helped lead Valiant Comics into one of the most iconic
comic book companies of the 1990s, before moving to start-up
companies Defiant andBroadway Comics. Interviews collected in this
book span Shooter's career. Included here is a 1969 interview that
shows a restless teenager; the 1973 interview that returned Shooter
to comics; a discussion from 1980 during his pinnacle at Marvel;
and two conversations from his time at Valiant and Defiant Comics.
At the close, anextensive, original interview encompasses Shooter's
full career.
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