Dan Mishkin
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| Born | March 3, 1953 |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Notable works | Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld Blue Devil |
Dan Mishkin (born March 3, 1953)[1] is a comic book writer, and co-creator (with Gary Cohn) of the DC Comics characters Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Blue Devil.
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[edit] Biography
Dan Mishkin and longtime friend Gary Cohn entered the comics industry together following a correspondence with Jack C. Harris, an editor at DC Comics.[2] Their first work for the company was the three-page short story "On the Day of His Return" published in Time Warp #3 (February–March 1980) and drawn by Steve Ditko.[3] They wrote several stories for various mystery titles as well as the "OMAC" backup in Warlord.[3] In 1983, Mishkin, Cohn and artist Ernie Colón created Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld. The following year, the writing team and Paris Cullins introduced Blue Devil. DC gave both series a promotional push by featuring them in free, 16-page insert previews.[4][5] Among other work, Mishkin had a run on Wonder Woman from 1982 through 1985 with artists Gene Colan and Don Heck.[6] Mishkin and Colan reintroduced the character Circe to the rogues gallery of Wonder Woman's adversaries.[7] In 2001, he worked with artist Tom Mandrake on the short lived series Creeps and in 2006 on the children's book The Forest King: Woodlark's Shadow.[8] Mishkin organized the "Kids Read Comics" convention in Chelsea, Michigan in June 2009.[9]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] DC Comics
- Advanced Dungeons and Dragons #5-8, 13-36, Annual #1 (1989–1991)
- Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1-12, Annual #1 (1983–1984)
- Amethyst vol. 2 #1-8 (1985)
- Aquaman Special #1 (1988)
- The Best of DC #35, 52, 61, 71 (1983–1986)
- Blue Devil #1-10, 12-28, 30-31, Annual #1 (1984–1986)
- The Brave and the Bold #186, 191 (1982)
- DC Challenge #10, 12 (1986)
- DC Comics Presents #48, 50-51, 53, 57, 62-63, 74, 76, 96 (1982–1986)
- DC Sampler #1 (1983)
- Dragonlance #1-20, 22-25, 28 (1988–1991)
- The Flash #306 (1982)
- The Fury of Firestorm #24 (Blue Devil preview) (1984)
- Ghosts #109, 111 (1982)
- Green Lantern #152-153 (1982)
- Hawkman vol. 2 #8-17 (1987)
- Heroes Against Hunger #1 (1986)
- House of Mystery #295-296, 299-303, 310-319, 321 (1981–1983)
- Jonah Hex #53-56 (1981–1982)
- Justice League America Annual #6 (1992)
- Justice League of America Annual #3 (1985)
- Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #298 (Amethyst preview) (1983)
- Mystery in Space #114, 116 (1980–1981)
- The New Adventures of Superboy #31 (1982)
- The Saga of the Swamp Thing #14-15 (1983)
- Secret Origins #10, 13, 24, 41 (1987–1989)
- Secrets of Haunted House #42, 44 (1981–1982)
- Showcase '93 #1-6 (Blue Devil) (1993)
- Star Trek #51 (1993)
- Teen Titans Spotlight #18 (1988)
- Time Warp #3 (1980)
- TSR Worlds Annual #1 (1990)
- The Unexpected #214, 216-217 (1981)
- Warlord #42-47 (OMAC backup stories) (1981)
- Weird War Tales #95, 101-102, 107, 122-123 (1981–1983)
- Wonder Woman #295-317, 319-325 (1982–1985)
- World's Finest Comics #301 (1984)
[edit] Marvel Comics
- Marvel Comics Presents #44, 74 (1990–1991)
- Marvel Fanfare #53 (1990)
- Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 #5 (1991)
- Solo Avengers #6 (1988)
[edit] References
- ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trAbNQWw. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ "Amethyst Special Feature: Interview with Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin". TangognaT Who loves palindromes?. March 15, 2009. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/63letzSpn. Retrieved December 7, 2011. "Gary Cohn: Dan and I have been friends since our mid-teens...We were seriously trying to break into comics and had started a correspondence with an editor at DC, Jack Harris, that eventually led to our first sales."
- ^ a b Dan Mishkin at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "The other-dimensional Gemworld found a new princess in the form of Amy Winston, an ordinary young girl from a distant reality, in the pages of a sixteen-page insert comic by writers Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, and artist Ernie Colón." "Standing strong against the forces of the nefarious Dark Opal, Amethyst was gearing up for her own self-titled maxiseries in May."
- ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 208: "[A] sixteen-page preview story marked the debut of fledgling stuntman-turned-hero Blue Devil. An attempt to put the fun back into comics, writers Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin and penciller Paris Cullins had Blue Devil face the machinations of Flash villain the Trickster in this lead-in to his own ongoing series."
- ^ Simone, Gail. "Five Questions With...Dan Mishkin". Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/63lg5vaQS. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 202: "The sorceress Circe stepped out of the pages of Homer's Odyssey and into the modern mythology of the DC Universe in Wonder Woman #305, courtesy of Dan Mishkin's script and Gene Colan's pencils."
- ^ Actionopolis/Komikwerks September 2006 ISBN 978-0974280356
- ^ Offenberger, Rik (June 5, 2009). "Dan Mishkin on the Kids Read Comics Convention". Newsarama. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/63lggh3TC. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Dan Mishkin on Myspace
- Dan Mishkin at the Comic Book DB
