Mike Carlin
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Mike Carlin at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2007
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| Born | Michael Carlin October 6, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Editor |
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Notable works
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Superman |
| Awards | "Best Editor" Eisner Award (1994) |
Michael Carlin (born October 6, 1958)[1] is a comic book writer and editor. He has worked principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics since the 1970s.
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Early life
Carlin attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan.[2]
Career
Mike Carlin started out in the business at DC Comics as a summer intern in 1974.[3] He was hired by Marvel Comics as a writer and artist on Crazy Magazine, the company's black-and-white humor title. He later became an assistant editor under Mark Gruenwald[4] and wrote a short run of stories in Captain America as well as the Assistant Editors' Month issue of Marvel Team-Up (Aunt May and Franklin Richards vs. Galactus).[5] Carlin moved to DC in 1986, where he became Superman group editor. From 1996-2002, he served as an executive editor at DC Comics.
Awards
- 1994 Eisner Award for Best Editor, for the Superman titles[6]
Nominations
- 1992 Eisner Award for Best Editor, for Superman titles and The Psycho[7]
Appearances within comics
The Batman Adventures #13, the first DC Comics spinoff of Batman: The Animated Series—features a screwball trio of incompetent super-villains: the Mastermind (a caricature of Mike Carlin), The Perfessor (a caricature of Dennis O'Neil), and Mr. Nice (a caricature of Archie Goodwin), a super-strong but childishly-innocent super-villain.[8]
Superman: The Man of Steel #75, a pastiche of Superman's death in Superman vol. 2|Superman]] volume 2 #75, where Mister Mxyzptlk creates a duplicate of Doomsday. The confrontation culminates with Mxyzptlk meeting the Supreme Being who turns out to be Mike Carlin, the then-editor of the Superman titles, who promptly brings him back to life.
Bibliography
DC Comics
- Batman: Gotham Knights #21 (Batman Black and White) (2001)
- Cartoon Network Presents #8 (1998)
- Flashpoint: The Canterbury Cricket #1 (2011)
- Flintstones and the Jetsons #1-2 (1997)
- Green Lantern Annual #3 (1987)
- Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #8 (1994)
- Metal Men vol. 2 #1-4 (1993-1994)
- Secret Origins #33 (Mister Miracle) (1988)
- Showcase '95 #2, 6 (1995)
- Star Trek #41-47 (1987-1988)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation #1-6 (1988)
Marvel Comics
- Amazing High Adventure #1 (1984)
- Bizarre Adventures #34 (1983)
- Captain America #301-306 (1985)
- Daredevil #202 (1984)
- Dazzler #32-34 (1984)
- Ka-Zar the Savage #28-34 (1983-1984)
- Marvel Fanfare #39 (Moon Knight) (1988)
- Marvel Team-Up #137 (1984)
- Masters of the Universe #1-8 (1986-1987)
- Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #4, 11, 13-14, 17 (1985-1987)
- The Thing #14-17, 23-36 (1984-1986)
References
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- ↑ Superman vol. 2, #4 (April 1987) letters column
- ↑ "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated February 1984.
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- ↑ Batman: Gotham Adventures #13 at the Grand Comics Database
External links
- Mike Carlin at the Grand Comics Database
- Mike Carlin at the Comic Book DB
- Mike Carlin at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Mike Carlin at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
| Preceded by | Captain America writer 1984–1985 |
Succeeded by Mark Gruenwald |
| Preceded by | Action Comics editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by
Andy Helfer
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Adventures of Superman editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by
Andy Helfer
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Superman (vol. 2) editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by
n/a
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Superman: The Man of Steel editor 1991–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by | DC Universe Executive Editor 1996-2002 |
Succeeded by Dan DiDio |
