Roger Slifer
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| Roger Slifer | |
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| Born | November 11 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor, Letterer, Colorist |
| Notable works | Omega Men |
Roger Slifer (born November 11)[1] is a writer of comic books, animation, and video games, well known for a run on Omega Men in the 1980s.
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[edit] Biography
Slifer started out in comics as an editor at Marvel Comics[2] where he also wrote a number of comic books.
He moved over to DC Comics in February 1981[3] and while working on Omega Men, Slifer co-created the alien mercenary anti-hero Lobo with artist Keith Giffen.[4] Slifer served as an editor at DC from 1984-1985 and oversaw the Green Lantern / Green Arrow reprint series, New Talent Showcase, and World's Finest Comics.[2]
In the mid-eighties, he was Sunbow's supervising producer, story editor and writer for the animated television program Jem and the Holograms. He also produced and story edited many other animated series including G.I. Joe Extreme, Transformers, Street Fighter, Conan the Adventurer, and Bucky O'Hare. He also co-produced the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh in the United States. The God card in the series, Osiris the God Dragon was renamed Slifer the Sky Dragon as an inside joke after him.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] DC Comics
- Batman #347 (1982)
- Green Lantern / Green Arrow #1 (introduction only) (1983)
- Omega Men #1-13 (1983–1984)
[edit] Marvel Comics
- Avengers Annual #8 (1978)
- Defenders #44-47 (1977)
- Fantastic Four #183 (1977)
- Giant-Size Defenders #4-5 (1975)
- Iron Man #84-85 (1976)
- Marvel Two-in-One #13, 38-40 (1976–1978)
- Power Man #46 (1977)
[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.
- ^ a b Roger Slifer (editor) at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ "Slifer Named to Promo Post" Amazing Heroes #1 (June 1981) p. 27
- ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "When space-bike-riding renegade Lobo made his debut during the "Citadel War" storyline in The Omega Men by Roger Slifer and artist Keith Giffen, he was hardly recognizable as the rebellious anti-hero who would become one of the best-selling DC characters of the 1990s."
[edit] External links
- Roger Slifer at the Grand Comics Database
- Roger Slifer at the Comic Book DB
- Roger Slifer at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by Gerry Conway |
Defenders writer 1977 (with Gerry Conway and David Anthony Kraft) |
Succeeded by David Anthony Kraft |
| Preceded by Len Wein |
Iron Man writer 1976 (with Len Wein) |
Succeeded by Bill Mantlo |
| Preceded by N/A |
Omega Men writer 1983–1984 |
Succeeded by Todd Klein |
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