Michael Carlin (born October 6, 1958)[1] is an American comic book writer, editor, and executive. He has worked principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics since the 1970s.
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![]() Mike Carlin at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2007 | |
Born | Michael Carlin October 6, 1958 |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Editor |
Notable works | Superman |
Awards | Eisner Award for Best Editor Inkpot Award (1994) |
Early life
Carlin attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, graduating in 1976.[2] He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1980.[3]
Career
Mike Carlin started out in the business at DC Comics as a high school intern in 1974.[4] He was hired by Marvel Comics as a writer and artist on Crazy Magazine, the company's black-and-white humor title at the end of 1980.[3] His first work appeared in print in 1981. He later became an assistant editor under Mark Gruenwald[5] in 1982 and wrote a short run of stories in Captain America and Ka-Zar as well as the Assistant Editors' Month issue of Marvel Team-Up (Aunt May and Franklin Richards vs. Galactus).[6] Carlin moved to DC Comics as of October 6, 1986, his 28th birthday,[7] and became group editor of the Superman titles. He oversaw "The Death of Superman" storyline and the subsequent introduction of such characters as the Kon-El version of Superboy and John Henry Irons.[8] From 1996 to 2002, he served as an executive editor at DC Comics. As of 2011, he was DC Entertainment's Creative Director of Animation.[7]
Appearances within comics
The backup story "Bernie America, Sentinel of Liberty" in Captain America #289 (Jan. 1984) features Mike Carlin dressed as The Watcher, introducing the story.
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.[9]
Superman: The Man of Steel #75 (Jan. 1998) is a pastiche of Superman's death in Superman vol. 2 #75 (Jan. 1993), 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.
Awards
- 1994 Eisner Award for Best Editor, for the Superman titles[10]
- 1994 Inkpot Award[11]
Nominations
- 1992 Eisner Award for Best Editor, for the Superman titles and The Psycho[12]
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 vol. 2 #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)
- Crazy Magazine #72, 74, 80, 83–92 (1981–1982)
- 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
External links
- Mike Carlin at the Grand Comics Database
- Mike Carlin at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Mike Carlin at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Mike Carlin at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators