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    Jim Shooter
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Also Credited As:
Creddick, Paul

Bio:
Jim Shooter (born September 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an United States writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic books.

Shooter began selling stories to DC Comics for their Legion of Super-Heroes title when he was only 13. He eventually succeeded Archie Goodwin to become the controversial ninth editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1978 to 1987. Shooter was made editor-in-chief over more established personnel at Marvel and during his tenure some longtime key staff defected to DC. During his tenure the company enjoyed some of its best successes, especially with titles headed by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. He believed that every title, no matter how unpopular it was, deserved a chance to succeed. He abandoned the long-time Marvel Comics policy that allocated the best writers to the best-selling titles. This allowed some of the second-string titles, such as The Uncanny X-Men and Daredevil, to reach then-unprecedented heights of popularity.

However, Shooter believed in strong editorial control and strict adherence to deadlines. This resulted in a number of clashes with some of Marvel Comics' best talent, which ultimately resulted in mass defections to DC. Shooter also failed to act in attracting new talent from the United Kingdom (as DC managed to do, resulting in considerable success and critical acclaim). Shooter's opposition to dropping the Comics Code cast Marvel as a conservative force in the industry. Shooter himself scripted the 12-part Secret Wars which set modern records for comic book sales but was criticised by some as launching a series of over-hyped maxi-series that brought together all the company's major characters.

Shooter was often blamed, sometimes demonized, by the comics fan press for corporate decisions his position required him to defend, most notably in Marvel's long-running disputes with Jack Kirby over creator's rights and the return of his original artwork from 1960s comics. Shooter did pioneer a series of innovations in the American comics industry with toy tie-ins such as Shogun Warriors, Rom the Spaceknight and Transformers and the mini-series and graphic novel formats. But his relationships with company executives as well as the freelance writers and artists on whom the company depended deteriorated, and the reaction within the comics community at his termination was, at least initially, overwhelmingly positive. He was replaced by Tom DeFalco.

After leaving Marvel, he fronted an effort to purchase the floundering publisher from its corporate ownership, losing out at the last minute to Ronald Perelman's slightly higher bid. He then founded a new company, Voyager Communications, which published comics under the Valiant Comics banner. After an unsuccessful attempt to establish Nintendo-based properties in the comics market, Valiant successfully launched a new line of comics titles mixing older characters (licensed from Gold Key) and original creations, mixing them in a tightly integrated universe based on Jim Shooter's design. With the new company enjoying great success in the direct sales comics market, Shooter was ousted in a corporate dispute sparked by his venture capitalist partners' desire to sell off the company and realize their profits.

Shooter, together with several of his loyalist coworkers, went on to found Defiant Comics. However the new company failed to secure an audience in the increasingly crowded direct sales market and quickly folded thirteen months after its first title appeared, its resources drained in part by a prolonged court battle with Marvel Comics over Defiant's use of a title resembling one used on a failed title from Marvel's British imprint.

Shooter went on to found Broadway Comics, which was related to Broadway Video, the production company that made Saturday Night Live; but this line also quickly folded after its parent drastically scaled back its publishing efforts. He then announced his intention to form yet another comic book publisher, Daring Comics, but nothing came of it. Since August 2000, he is part-owner and creative consultant for the sci-fi firm Phobos Entertainment.

Date of Birth: September 27, 1951
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA



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Comicbookresources.com interview Part 2 -
http://www.comicbookresources.com/features/shooter2/index4.shtml




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Writer:
Action Comics (1938)
Adventure Comics (1938)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)
Archer & Armstrong (1992)
The Avengers United (2001)
Avengers Visionaries: George Pérez (1999)
The Avengers (1963)
The Avengers (1998)
The Avengers: The Korvac Saga (1991)
The Avengers: Ultron Unleashed (1999)
Black Panther (1977)
Captain Action (1968)
Captain America (1968)
Champions Classic (2006)
Charlemagne (1994)
Crossover Classics (1991)
Daredevil (1964)
Daredevil vs Bullseye (2004)
Dark Dominion (1993)
Dazzler (1981)
DC Super-Stars (1976)
The Defenders (1972)
Defiant Genesis (1993)
Detective Comics (1937)
Dogs of War (1994)
Essential Dazzler (2007)
Essential Defenders (2005)
Essential Marvel Two-In-One (2005)
Essential Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (2005)
Essential Spider-Man (2001)
Essential Super-Villain Team-Up (2004)
Essential The Tomb of Dracula (2005)
Eternal Warrior (1992)
Fantastic Four (1961)
Fantastic Four Roast (1982)
Fatale (1996)
Ghost Rider (1973)
Ghost Rider Team-Up (2007)
Good Guys (1993)
Grimmax (1994)
Harbinger (1992)
Heroes (2001)
Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men (1985)
The Invincible Iron Man DVD-ROM (2007)
The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
Iron Man (1968)
Legion of Super-Heroes (2005)
Magnus Robot Fighter (1991)
Marvel Chillers (1975)
Marvel Comic Exklusiv (1987)
The Marvel Fumetti Book (1984)
Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
Marvel Milestones: Star Brand & Quasar (2006)
Marvel Milestones: Venom & Hercules (2005)
Marvel Premiere Classics (2006)
Marvel Super-Heroes (1979)
Marvel Super-Heroes (1990)
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (1984)
Marvel Team-Up (1972)
Marvel Treasury Edition (1974)
Marvel Two-In-One (1974)
Marvel Visionaries: Gil Kane (2002)
Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Jr. (2005)
Ms. Marvel (1977)
Origin of the Defiant Universe (1994)
Powers That Be (1995)
Predator Versus Magnus Robot Fighter (1992)
Rai (1992)
Secret Wars II (1985)
Shadow State (1995)
Shadowman (1992)
Solar, Man of the Atom (1991)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976)
Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (2007)
Star Brand (1986)
Star Seed (1996)
Super-Villain Team-Up (1975)
Superboy (1949)
Superman (1939)
Superman and Spider-Man (1995)
Superman Superband (1973)
Team America (1982)
Thor (1966)
The Tomb of Dracula Magazine (1979)
Unity (1992)
Unity 2000 (1999)
War Dancer (1994)
Warriors of Plasm (1993)
Web of Spider-Man (1985)
What If? (1977)
Women of Marvel (2006)
World's Finest Comics (1941)
Writers Block (2001)
X-Men vs. the Avengers (1987)
X-O Manowar (1992)
X-O Manowar: Birth (2008)

Penciller:
Action Comics (1938)
Adventure Comics (1938)
Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (2006)
Essential Super-Villain Team-Up (2004)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976)
Super-Villain Team-Up (1975)

Inker:
Ghost Rider (1973)

Colorist:
Avengers Visionaries: George Pérez (1999)
The Avengers (1963)
Doctor Strange (1974)
Ghost Rider (1973)
Power Man (1974)

Editor:
Alpha Flight (1983)
The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)
The Avengers (1963)
Backpack Marvels: Spider-Man (2000)
Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk (1995)
Battlestar Galactica (1979)
The Best of the Fantastic Four (2005)
The Best of Wolverine (2006)
Bizarre Adventures (1981)
The Black Dragon (1985)
Black Panther (1977)
Black Panther by Jack Kirby (2005)
Captain America (1968)
Captain Marvel (1968)
Charlemagne (1994)
The Chronicles of Conan (2003)
Classic X-Men (1986)
Conan the Barbarian (1970)
Conan the Barbarian: Movie Special (1982)
Coyote (1983)
Dakota North (1986)
Daredevil (1964)
Daredevil/Elektra: Love and War (1990)
The Dark Crystal (1983)
Dazzler (1981)
Defenders of the Earth (1987)
The Defenders (1972)
Doctor Strange (1974)
Doctor Strange Classics (1984)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Dreadstar Definitive Collection (2004)
The Elektra Saga (1984)
Elfquest (1985)
Epic Graphic Novel: Moebius (1987)
Essential Dazzler (2007)
Essential Marvel Team-Up (2002)
Essential Moon Knight (2006)
Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (2006)
Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - Deluxe Edition (2006)
Essential Power Man And Iron Fist (2007)
Essential X-Men (1995)
Essential X-Men (1999)
Ewoks (1985)
Falcon (1983)
Fallen Angels (1987)
Fantastic Four (1961)
Fantastic Four Roast (1982)
Firestar (1986)
Fraggle Rock (1988)
Francis, Brother of the Universe (1982)
G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982)
Ghost Rider (1973)
Giant-Sized Spider-Man (1998)
Godzilla (1977)
Hämähäkkimies / Spider-Man (1980)
Howard the Duck (1976)
The Human Fly (1977)
Ihmesarja (2002)
Incredible Hulk (2000)
The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine (1986)
The Incredible Hulk (1968)
The Invincible Iron Man DVD-ROM (2007)
Iron Man (1968)
King Conan (1980)
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984)
Kostajat Erikoisjulkaisu (1989)
Kull The Conqueror (1982)
Kull The Conqueror (1983)
L'Uomo Ragno (1987)
Les Mystérieux X-Men (1981)
The Life Of Pope John Paul II (1982)
Machine Man (1978)
Madballs (1986)
Man from Atlantis (1978)
Man-Thing (1979)
Marvel Age (1983)
Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men (1998)
Marvel Comics Illustrated/Marvel Illustrated Books (1970)
Marvel Comics Presents Spider-Man (1987)
Marvel Fanfare (1982)
The Marvel Fumetti Book (1984)
Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
Marvel Guide to Collecting Comics (1982)
Marvel Illustrated Books (1981)
Marvel Masterworks (1987)
Marvel Milestones: Dragon Lord, Speedball & The Man in the Sky (2006)
Marvel Movie Spotlight Featuring Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)
Marvel Premiere (1972)
The Marvel Saga (1985)
Marvel Special Edition- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Marvel Spotlight (1979)
Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions (1982)
Marvel Super Hero Team-Up (2009)
Marvel Super Special (1977)
Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine (1994)
Marvel Tales (1964)
Marvel Team-Up (1972)
Marvel Treasury Edition (1974)
Marvel Two-In-One (1974)
Master of Kung Fu (1974)
Micronauts (1979)
The Micronauts: Special Edition (1983)
Micronauts: The New Voyages (1984)
Moon Knight (1980)
Moon Knight (1985)
Moon Knight Special Edition (1983)
Ms. Marvel (1977)
New Mutants Classic (2006)
The New Mutants (1983)
Nightcrawler (1985)
Nova (1976)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2 (1985)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983)
The Official Marvel Index To The Amazing Spider-Man (1985)
The Official Marvel Index To The X-Men (1987)
The One (1985)
The Original Ghost Rider Rides Again (1991)
Power Man and Iron Fist (1978)
Power Pack (1984)
The Punisher (1987)
Red Sonja: The Movie (1985)
The Savage She-Hulk (1980)
Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008)
Sectaurs: Warriors of Symbion (1985)
The Sensational Spider-Man (1989)
Shogun Warriors (1979)
Silver Surfer (1982)
Sisterhood of Steel (1984)
Six From Sirius 2 (1985)
Solomon Kane (1985)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976)
Spider-Man and Daredevil Special Edition (1984)
Spider-Man and Power Pack (1986)
Spider-Man and the Dallas Cowboys (1983)
Spider-Man Family (2005)
Spider-Man Family Featuring Spider-Clan (2007)
Spider-Man/Red Sonja (2007)
Spider-Woman (1978)
Squadron Supreme (1985)
Star Trek (1980)
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars: Droids (Marvel) (1986)
Starstruck (1985)
Strange Tales (1987)
Strikeforce: Morituri (1986)
Super-Villain Team-Up (1975)
Swords of the Swashbucklers (1985)
Tähtien sota (1977)
Tales of G.I. Joe (1988)
Team America (1982)
The Thing (1983)
Thor (1966)
Thor (1998)
Thor: Balder The Brave (2009)
The Tomb of Dracula Magazine (1979)
The Tomb of Dracula (1972)
The Transformers Comics Magazine (1987)
Transformers Universe (1986)
The Transformers (1984)
The Transformers: Generations (2006)
Uncanny X-Men (1963)
Unity (1992)
US 1 (1983)
The Very Best of Marvel Comics (1992)
Warriors of Plasm: Home for the Holidays (1993)
Web of Spider-Man (1985)
What If? (1977)
Women of Marvel (2006)
Wonder Man (1986)
X-Factor (1986)
X-Mannen (1982)
X-Men and the Micronauts (1984)
X-Men Classic (1990)
X-Men: Road Trippin'! (1999)
X-Men: Worlds Apart (2008)
X-O Manowar (1992)

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