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'''Torshiz''' is the formaer name of [[Kashmar]] and is the [[birthplace]] of [[Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami]]. |
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| caption = Englehart (right) and [[Jim Shooter]] at [[Comic-Con]] |
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| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1947|04|22}} |
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| location = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] |
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| nationality = American |
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| alias = John Harkness<br>Cliff Garnett |
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'''Steve Englehart''' (born [[April 22]], [[1947]], [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[comic book]] writer best known for his work for [[Marvel Comics]] and [[DC Comics]], particularly in the 1970s. His [[pseudonyms]] have included '''John Harkness''' and '''Cliff Garnett'''. |
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*[[Kashmar]] |
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===Early career=== |
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*[[Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami]] |
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Englehart's first work in comics was as an art assistant to [[Neal Adams]] on a story in [[Warren Publishing]]'s black-and-white [[horror fiction|horror comics]] magazine ''[[Vampirella]]'' #10 (March 1971). However, Englehart found his true calling as a writer. Influenced by writer [[Roy Thomas]], who edited his first stories for Marvel, Englehart brought a complex, freewheeling style to Marvel's comics, often dealing with philosophical or political issues in a superhero story, such as a celebrated run on ''[[Captain America]]'' (with artists [[Sal Buscema]] and [[Frank Robbins]]) that reflected the then-ongoing [[Watergate scandal]]. |
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Thomas said in a 2007 interview that Englehart |
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{{cquote|was a summer replacement or some such for [[Gary Friedrich]]. When Gary wanted to go away for a while, he got Steve, who was sort of a young aspiring artist when he came up to [[Neal Adams|Neal [Adams<nowiki>]</nowiki>]]'s studio, and he ended up at Marvel as a [[proofreader]]. Then he wanted to write, and I believe he wrote a few pages of a sample script. Anyway, I gave him "[[Beast (comics)|The Beast]]" [in ''[[Amazing Adventures]]''] to try out on, and that worked out pretty well.<ref>''[[Alter Ego (magazine)|Alter Ego]]'' #70 (July 2007): Roy Thomas interview, p. 27</ref>}} |
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===Marvel Comics=== |
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Englehart also wrote ''[[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]]'' from 1972 to 1976, and had a brief but potent run on ''[[Doctor Strange]]'' (originally with artist [[Frank Brunner]], later with [[Gene Colan]]), in which Strange's mentor, the [[Ancient One]], died, and Strange became the new Sorcerer Supreme. Englehart and Brunner, audaciously, also created a multi-issue storyline in which a sorcerer named [[Sise-Neg]] ("Genesis" spelled backward) goes back through history, collecting all magical energies, until he reaches the beginning of the universe, becomes all-powerful and creates it anew, leaving Strange to wonder whether this was, paradoxically, the original creation (''Marvel Premiere'' #14). Editor-in-chief [[Stan Lee]], seeing the issue after publication, wrote Englehart and Brunner to print a retraction saying this was not God but ''a'' god, so as to avoid offending religious readers. The writer and artist concocted a fake fan letter from a fictitious minister praising the story, and mailed it to Marvel from Texas; Marvel unwittingly printed the letter, and dropped the retraction order.<ref>Frank Brunner, interview in ''Comic Book Artist'' #6, quoted in ''Comic Book Resources'' (Dec. 22, 2005), "[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2005/12/22/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-30/ Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #30"]</ref> |
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Englehart reconciled the existence of [[Grand Director|Captain America]] and sidekick [[Nomad (comics)|Bucky]] in Marvel's 1950s precursor, [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]], an anomaly that had been ignored since [[Captain America|Cap]]'s 1964 reintroduction to Marvel, in which his newly-[[retconned]] history stated that he had been in suspended animation since the end of [[World War II]], when [[Bucky]] had been killed.<ref>''Captain America'' #155-156 (Jan.-Feb. 1972)</ref> |
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===DC Comics=== |
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In 1976, after a dispute with incoming Marvel editor-in-chief [[Gerry Conway]], Englehart moved to DC Comics. There he wrote ''[[Justice League of America]]'', with artist [[Dick Dillin]] ''(Justice League of America #139-146,149,150)'', and a critically lauded eight-issue arc of [[Batman]] stories in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #469-476, (with [[penciler]]s [[Walt Simonson]] and [[Marshall Rogers]] and [[inker]] [[Terry Austin (comic book artist)|Terry Austin]]). He also created the comic book version of the [[Spear of Destiny]], which has since been used by several other DC writers as an important plot device, most notably [[Roy Thomas]] in ''[[All-Star Squadron]]''. Englehart temporarily left comics at this juncture, moving to Europe before his first issue of ''Detective'' was published. During this time he wrote a [[fantasy]]/[[occult]] novel, ''The Point Man'' ([[Dell Publishing]], Aug. 1981, ISBN 0-440-12378-X). |
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His run on ''Detective Comics'' was reprinted into trade paperback in 1999 as ''Batman: Strange Apparitions'' (ISBN 1-56389-500-5). In 2006, Englehart reunited with Rogers and Austin on the [[miniseries]] ''Batman: Dark Detective'' (reprinted as a trade paperback, ISBN 1-4012-0898-3). |
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===Return to Marvel=== |
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In 1983, Marvel's [[creator ownership|creator-owned]] imprint [[Epic Comics]] published ''[[Coyote (comics)|Coyote]]'', a series he had earlier created at [[Eclipse Comics]] with Rogers, in collaboration with artist [[Steve Leialoha]] (and later Chas Truog and [[Todd McFarlane]]). |
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Englehart returned to mainstream comics later that decade with stints on ''[[West Coast Avengers]]'', the second ''Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' miniseries (with artist Richard Howell), and ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' (during which editorial disputes led to his using the pseudonym '''John Harkness''', a name he had first used on his last issue of Mr. Miracle; the name evokes Jonathan Harker, of the Dracula novel, and Agatha Harkness, a supporting character in the Fantastic Four).<ref>[http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Fantastic%20Four%20326-332.html Steve Englehart official site: "''Fantastic Four'' III: #304-332 (This page: 326-332)"]</ref> |
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===Other work=== |
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Around this time, Englehart also wrote DC Comics' ''[[Green Lantern]]'', and in 1987 wrote the DC crossover series ''Millennium''. In 1992, he co-created the [[Ultraverse]] comics universe for [[Malibu Comics]] and wrote ''[[Night Man]]'' and the superhero-team series ''[[The Strangers (Malibu Comics)|The Strangers]]''. ''[[Night Man]]'' was later adapted for a [[television syndication|syndicated]] [[television series]]. |
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For [[Claypool Comics]], he wrote the supernatural series ''[[Phantom of Fear City]]'' #1-12 (May 1993 - May 1995). |
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Englehart wrote a screenplay for an unproduced film, ''Majorca''. The screenplay was published as a book by Black Coat Press.<ref>[http://www.blackcoatpress.com/scriptmajorca.htm Black Coat Press - book cover]</ref> He has admitted to writing the novel ''Hellstorm'' in the TALON Force series under the house pseudonym '''Cliff Garnett'''.<ref name="hell">[http://www.steveenglehart.com/Prose/Hellstorm.html Steve Englehart official site: Prose - ''Hellstorm'']</ref> |
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In the 2000s, Englehart has combined occasional comics writing with scripting for TV and [[computer games]] and writing books. He has also written a number of series novels under house pseudonyms.<ref name="hell" /> |
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==Quotes== |
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'''Steve Englehart''': "We'd rampage around New York City. There was one night when a bunch of us, including Jim Starlin, went out on the town. We partied all day, then did some more [[LSD|acid]], then roamed around town until dawn and saw all sorts of amazing things (most of which ended up in ''[[Shang-Chi|Master of Kung Fu]]'', which Jim and I were doing at the time)".<ref>''Comics: Between The Panels'' (Dark Horse Comics, 1998)</ref> |
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==Awards== |
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* 1977: nominated for Favourite Comicbook Writer at the [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Awards]] |
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* 1978: Favourite Writer at the Eagle Awards |
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* 1978: Roll of Honour at the Eagle Awards |
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* 1978: nominated for Favourite Single Story at the Eagle Awards for ''Detective Comics'' #472: ''I am the Batman'' with [[Marshall Rogers]] |
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* 1978: nominated for Favourite Continued Story at the Eagle Awards for ''Detective Comics'' #471-472 with Marshall Rogers |
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* 1979: [[Inkpot Award]] |
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* 1979: nominated for Best Comic Book Writer (US) at the Eagle Awards |
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* 1979: nominated for Best Continued Story at the Eagle Awards for ''Detective Comics'' #475-476 with Marshall Rogers |
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== Footnotes == |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.steveenglehart.com/ Steve Englehart official site] |
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*[http://www.comics.org The Grand Comics Database] |
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*[http://www.batman-on-film.com/interview_steveenglehart_jett_2006.html Batman-On-Film.com] Batman on Film (Nov. 27, 2006): Steve Englehart interview] |
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*[http://www.fantasticfourheadquarters.com Steve Englehart Fantasic Four interview] |
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{{succession box | title=[[Avengers (comics)|''Avengers'']] writer| before=[[Roy Thomas]]| after=[[Gerry Conway]]| years=1972–1976}} |
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{{succession box | title=''[[Captain America]]'' writer| before=[[Gerry Conway]]| after=[[John Warner (comics)|John Warner]]| years=1972–1975}} |
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{{succession box | title=''[[Incredible Hulk]]'' writer| before=[[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]]| after=[[Gerry Conway]] & [[Roy Thomas]]| years=1973–1974}} |
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{{succession box | title=''[[Fantastic Four]]'' writer| before=[[Roger Stern]]| after=[[Walt Simonson]]| years=1987–1989<br/>(as John Harkness in late 1989)}} |
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{{succession box | title=''[[Detective Comics]]'' writer| before=[[Bob Rozakis]]| after=[[Len Wein]]| years=1977–1978}} |
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{{succession box | title=''[[Justice League of America]]'' writer| before=[[Gerry Conway]]| after=[[Gerry Conway]]| years=1976–1978}} |
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