Paul Kupperberg

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Paul Kupperberg (born June 14, 1955 in Brooklyn , NY) is an American comic book writer and publisher.

Life and work

Paul Kupperberg

Kupperberg began working as a full-time comic book author in the mid-1970s, after having worked as an editor for various fan magazines such as The Comic Reader (1971-1973) and Etcetera (1972-1973) between 1971 and 1973 .

Together with his friend and colleague Paul Levitz , Kupperberg began working as an editor and author for the comic book publisher DC-Comics in the mid-1970s . In the almost twelve years in which Kupperberg worked for DC between 1974 and 1986, he wrote mainly for the series edited by editor-in-chief Julius Schwartz about the superhero Superman ( Action Comics , Superman , Supergirl and Superboy ). In addition, he called the series Arion Lord of Atlantis (1981–1985) and Checkmate! (1988–1992), for which he not only devised the plot premises and main characters, but which he also oversaw as the main author over long periods. His best-known work in the 1980s was the comic adaptation of the He-Man toy series and the "Masters of the Universe".

Other DC series for which Kupperberg contributed stories in the 70s and 80s were Doom Patrol , Vigilante , Green Lantern , The Brave and the Bold , Showcase) , Superman Family , House of Mystery , Weird War Tales , Justice League of America , Ghosts , Aquaman , Adventure Comics . Mini-series penned by Kupperberg include The World of Krypton (1979), Phantom Stranger (1987), Power Girl , Peacemaker and Super Powers . For American daily newspapers he wrote the Superman newspaper comic strips from 1981 to 1985 and the Tom and Jerry comic strips from 1990 to 1991 .

For Marvel, he wrote several issues of the Star Trek and Savage Sword of Conan series and some film parodies for Marvel's Crazy Magazine .

In the 1990s, Kupperberg created the science fiction series Takion, which is set in the Fourth World scenario created by Jack Kirby .

As a book author, Kupperberg wrote comic-based reference works such as The Atlas to the DC Universe (1992) and The Doom Patrol Sourcebook (1993), the Spider-Man novels Crome Campaign (1979) and Murdermoon (1979) and the novel JSA: Ragnarok . For the short story collection More Adventures of Batman ( Further Adventures of Batman ), Kupperberg contributed stories as well as for Fear Itself (1995) and Superheroes .

Since 2003, Kupperberg has published various non-fiction books for young readers, such as: Spy Satellites , The Tragedy Of The Titanic , Astronaut Biographies: John Glenn , Critical Perspectives On The Great Depression , The Nature Of Disease , Edwin Hubble And The Big Bang , The History Of The New York Colony , Rodeo Clowns , Origins Of The Action Heroes: Spider-Man , Cutting Edge Careers In Robotics and In The News: Hurricanes .

Between 1991 and 2006, Kupperberg oversaw series such as The Flash , Wonder Woman , Darkstars , Jack Kirby's Fourth World , Impulse and Peter Cannon Thunderbolt as a senior editor . In addition, he worked as the chief editor of DC's book department, for which he worked on such works as the novel version of Marv Wolfman's Crisis on Infinite Earths as well as various book works for the humor magazine Mad and three Green Lantern novels by Christopher Priest , Mike Baron and Mike Ahn, as well as countless coloring books, handicraft books and books with fair illustrated short stories.

In 2006, Kupperberg left DC-Comics to work as managing editor for the satirical magazine Weekly World News .