Mike Carlin
| Mike Carlin | |
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 Mike Carlin at San Diego ComicCon 2007 |
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| Born | Michael Carlin October 6, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Editor |
| Notable works | Superman |
| Awards | "Best Editor" Eisner Award (1994) |
Michael Carlin (b. 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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[edit] Career
Mike Carlin started out in the business at DC Comics as a summer intern in 1974.[2] He was hired by Marvel Comics as a writer and artist on Crazy magazine. He later became an assistant editor under Mark Gruenwald,[3] and also 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). Carlin moved to DC in 1986, where he became Superman group editor. From 1996-2002, he served as an executive editor at DC Comics.
[edit] Awards
- 1992: Nominated for "Best Editor" Eisner Award, for Superman titles and The Psycho[citation needed]
- 1994: Won "Best Editor" Eisner Award, for Superman titles
[edit] Appearances within comics
The Batman Adventures -- 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.
Superman: The Man of Steel #75, a pastiche of Superman's death in Superman volume 2 #75, where 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.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comic Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trAbNQWw. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ Superman vol. 2, #4 (April 1987) letters column
- ^ Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated February 1984.
[edit] References
- Mike Carlin at the Grand Comics Database
- Mike Carlin at the Comic Book DB
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Andy Helfer |
Action Comics editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by Andy Helfer |
Adventures of Superman editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by J.M. DeMatteis |
Captain America writer 1984–1985 |
Succeeded by Mark Gruenwald |
| Preceded by Dick Giordano |
DC Universe Executive Editor 1996-2002 |
Succeeded by Dan DiDio |
| Preceded by Andy Helfer |
Superman (vol. 2) editor 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
| Preceded by Andy Helfer |
Superman: The Man of Steel editor 1991–1996 |
Succeeded by K.C. Carlson |
