Roger Stern
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'''Roger Stern''' (born [[September 17]] [[1950]]) is an American [[comic book]] [[author]] and [[novelist]].
In the early 1970s, Stern and [[Bob Layton]] published the [[fanzine]] ''CPL'' (''Contemporary Pictorial Literature''), one of the first platforms for the work of [[John Byrne]]. Stern broke into the industry in [[1975]] as part of the [[Marvel Comics]] "third wave" of creators, which included artists Byrne and [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]], and writers [[Jo Duffy]], [[Mark Gruenwald]] and [[Ralph Macchio (comics)|Ralph Macchio]].
[[Image:Hobghoblin2.png|thumb|left|The [[Hobgoblin (comics)| Hobgoblin]] character co-created by Stern. [[John Romita Jr.]] art.]]
Stern worked briefly as an [[editing|editor]] (notably on ''[[The Uncanny X-Men]]''), but is better known for a brief run with John Byrne on ''[[Captain America]]'' and for his lengthy stints on ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]],'' ''[[Doctor Strange]],'' and ''[[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]]''. In 1982, he co-created Marvel's second [[Monica Rambeau|Captain Marvel]] and the [[Hobgoblin (comics)|Hobgoblin]], both with artist [[John Romita Jr.]]. In 1984, Stern co-created the Avengers spin-off ''[[West Coast Avengers]]'', with artist [[Bob Hall (artist)|Bob Hall]].
<!--Also that year, and with Ron Frenz penciling, Stern wrote "The Kid who Collects Spider-Man" in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #248. The story is often cited as one of the best featuring the character. SOURCE? (Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee has identified the story as one of his own favorites) SOURCE?)-->
In 1987, after a dispute with editor Mark Gruenwald over upcoming storylines, Stern was fired from ''The Avengers''. He began freelancing for [[DC Comics]], where he was one of the core [[Superman]] writers for almost a decade (working on ''[[Superman (vol. 2)]]'' and ''[[Action Comics]]''), during which he helped to devise the "[[Death of Superman]]" storyline that revived interest in the character in the mid-1990s. Stern also wrote a relaunched ''[[Ray Palmer (comics)|Atom]]'' series and co-created the 1980s ''[[Starman (comics)|Starman]]'' series starring the Will Payton version of the character, with artist [[Tom Lyle]] for DC.
In 1996, Stern returned to Marvel to write the miniseries ''Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives'', and contributed to three issues of ''Amazing Spider-Man'' in 1998 which featured the first confrontation between Norman Osborn and Roderic Kingsley. Over the next four years, he wrote the short-lived ''Marvel Universe'' series, as well as such miniseries as ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers Two]]'', ''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers Infinity]]'', and ''Spider-Man: Revenge of the [[Green Goblin]]''. Stern also collaborated with ''Avengers'' writer [[Kurt Busiek]] on ''[[Iron Man]]'' and the miniseries ''[[Avengers Forever]]'', and with Byrne on ''[[Marvel: The Lost Generation]]''.
Stern has also written a number of [[graphic novel]]s, including ''[[Doctor Strange]] & [[Doctor Doom]]: Triumph and Torment''; ''Superman for Earth''; ''[[The Incredible Hulk]] vs. Superman''; and ''Superman: A Nation Divided''.
Since 2001, most of his comics work has been for [[Europe]]an publishers [[Egmont]] (writing ''[[The Phantom]]'') and [[Panini UK]]. However, 2006-2007 saw a new [[Darkman]] mini-series he had written, ''[[Army of Darkness (comics)#Darkman vs. Army of Darkness|Darkman vs. Army of Darkness]]'', for [[Dynamite Entertainment]], with co-writer Kurt Busiek.
In addition to his comics work, Stern has written three [[novel]]s: ''The Death and Life of Superman'' ([[Bantam Books]], [[1993]]), ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]: Strange Visitors'' ([[Warner Books]], [[2002]]), and ''Superman: The Never-Ending Battle'' ([[Pocket Books]], [[2005]]). ''The Death and Life of Superman'' was a ''[[New York Times]]'' [[bestseller]] in [[hardcover]] and was released as a [[mass market paperback]] in 1994; a new [[trade paperback]] edition was released by [[Barnes & Noble|Barnes & Noble Books]] in 2004.
==Selected bibliography==
===DC===
*''[[Action Comics]]'' #600-642, 644-657, 659-665, 667-693, 696-700, 737
*''[[Action Comics|Action Comics Annual]]'' #2-3
*''[[Adventures of Superman (comic book)|Adventures of Superman]]'' #453-454, 457, 462, 500
*''[[Doomsday (comics)|Doomsday Annual]]'' #1
*''[[Green Lantern Corps Quarterly]]'' #1-4
*''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' #91, 100, 105
*''[[Legionnaires]]'' #35-53, 55-74, 76-77
*''[[Legionnaires|Legionnaires Annual]]'' #3
*''[[Atom (comics)|Power of the Atom]]'' #1-11, 14-15
*''[[Secret Origins]]'' #29
*''[[Showcase|Showcase ’95]]'' #4-5
*''[[Starman (comics)|Starman]]'' #1-28
*''[[Supergirl]]'' (1994) #1-4
*''[[Supergirl|Supergirl and Team Luthor]]'' #1
*''[[Superman (vol. 2)]]'' #23-28, 30-34
*''[[Superman|Superman Annual]]'' #2, 7
*''[[List of Superman comics#Other Published Titles|Superman: A Nation Divided]]''
*''[[List of Superman comics#Other Published Titles|Superman: For Earth]]''
*''[[List of Superman comics#Other Published Titles|Superman: Newstime Magazine]]''
*''[[Secret Files and Origins|Superman Secret Files]]'' #1
*''[[List of Superman comics#Other Published Titles|Superman: The Legacy of Superman]]'' #1
*''[[Superman: The Man of Steel]]'' #1, 57
*''[[Superman: The Man of Tomorrow]]'' #1-10
*''[[Superman (comic strip)|Superman: The Sunday Classics 1939-1943]]''
*''[[Superman: The Wedding Album]]'' #1
*''[[Secret Files and Origins|Superman Villains Secret Files]]'' #1
*''[[Underworld Unleashed|Underworld Unleashed: Patterns of Fear]]'' #1
*''[[Who's Who in the DC Universe]]'' #3-7, 10-14, 16
*''[[Who's Who in the DC Universe|Who’s Who in the DC Universe Update 1993]]'' #1-2
===Marvel===
*''[[The Amazing Spider-Man|Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1)]]'' #206, 224-227, 229-252
*''[[The Amazing Spider-Man|Amazing Spider-Man Annual]]'' #15-17, 22
*''[[The Amazing Spider-Man|Amazing Spider-Man Annual '97]]''
*''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers 1½]]''
*''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers (Vol. 1)]]'' #189-191, 201, 227-279, 281-288
*''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers Annual]]'' #13-14
*''[[Avengers Forever]]'' #3-12
*''[[Avengers Infinity]]'' #1-4
*''[[Bibliography of Avengers titles|Avengers: The Ultron Imperative]]''
*''[[Bibliography of Avengers titles|Avengers Two: Wonder Man and Beast]]'' #1-3
*''[[Captain America|Captain America (Vol. 1)]]'' #230, 247-255
*''[[Captain America#Bibliography|Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty]]'' #6-7
*''[[Doctor Strange|Dr. Strange (Vol. 2)]]'' #27-30, 32-33, 35-37, 46-62, 65-73, 75
*''[[Doctor Strange|Dr. Strange]]/[[Doctor Doom|Dr. Doom]]: Triumph and Torment''
*''[[Epic Illustrated]]'' #20
*''[[Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four (Vol. 1)]]'' #183, 294-295, 297-302
*''[[FOOM]]'' #7, 14, 21-22
*''[[Ghost Rider (comics)|Ghost Rider (Vol. 1)]]'' #68-70, 72-73
*''[[Heroes for Hire]]'' #1
*''[[Hulk (comics)|The Incredible Hulk (Vol. 2)]]'' #218-221, 223-229, 231-243
*''[[Hulk (comics)|The Incredible Hulk Annual]]'' #7-8
*''[[Iron Man|Iron Man (Vol. 1)]]'' #129
*''[[Iron Man|Iron Man (Vol. 3)]]'' #14-25
*''[[Iron Man|Iron Man Annual]]'' #4
*''[[Iron Man]]/[[Captain America]] Annual '98''
*''[[Marvel Age]]'' #3, 33
*''[[Marvel Age|Marvel Age Annual]]'' #3-4
*''[[Marvel Fanfare|Marvel Fanfare (Vol. 1)]]'' #6, 12, 18, 57
*''[[The Marvel No-Prize Book]]'' #1 (Research)
*''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #50
*''[[Marvel Presents]]'' #8, 10-12
*''[[Marvel Preview]]'' #20-21, 23
*''[[Marvel Super-Heroes]]'' #103-104
*''[[Marvel Team-Up|Marvel Team-Up Annual]]'' #3
*''[[Marvel: The Lost Generation]]'' #1-12 (12-1)
*''[[Marvel Treasury Edition]]'' #13
*''[[Marvel Universe (comic book)|Marvel Universe]]'' #1-7
*''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|The Mighty Thor (Vol. 1)]]'' #394-397
*''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|The Mighty Thor Annual]]'' #6
*''[[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe]]'' #5
*''[[Omega the Unknown]]'' #8
*''[[Peter Parker: Spider-Man|Peter Parker: Spider-Man (Vol. 2)]]'' #11
*''[[Power Pachyderms]]'' #1
*''[[Hulk (comics)|Rampaging Hulk]]'' #23
*''[[Shadows and Light|Shadows and Light (Vol. 2)]]'' #3
*''[[Solo Avengers]]'' #2-4
*''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man|Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1)]]'' #43, 45-52, 54-61, 85, 259-261
*''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man|Spectacular Spider-Man Annual]]'' #3
*''[[Speedball (comics)|Speedball]]'' #1-8
*''[[Bibliography of Spider-Man titles#Limited series|Spider-Man: Dead Man’s Hand]]''
*''[[Bibliography of Spider-Man titles#Limited series|Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives]]'' #1-3
*''[[Bibliography of Spider-Man titles#Limited series|Spider-Man: Revenge of the Green Goblin]]'' #1-3
*''[[Bibliography of Spider-Man titles#Limited series|Spider-Man Team-Up]]'' #2
*''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]'' #7-9
*''[[Untold Tales of Spider-Man]]'' # –1
*''[[Untold Tales of Spider-Man]]'' #25
*''[[Untold Tales of Spider-Man|Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter]]''
*''[[Web of Spider-Man|Web of Spider-Man Annual]]'' #3
*''[[West Coast Avengers|West Coast Avengers (Vol. 1)]]'' #1-4
*''[[What If (comics)|What If? (Vol. 1)]]'' #26, 31, 34-35
*''[[Bibliography of Avengers titles|X-Men vs. The Avengers]]'' #1-4
===DC/Marvel===
*''[[Incredible Hulk]] vs. [[Superman]]''
*''[[Amalgam Comics|Spider-Boy Team-Up (Amalgam)]]'' #1
===Other===
*''[[9/11 (comic book)|9/11]]'' #1
*''[[Charlton Bullseye]]'' #1-2, 4-5
*''[[Rog 2000|The Complete Rog 2000]]''
*''[[Contemporary Pictorial Literature]]'' #9/10 (Double), 11-12
*''[[Crazy (comics)|Crazy]]'' #63, 65 (incorrectly marked as]]'' #66 on cover)
*''[[Don Rosa|Don Rosa's Comics and Stories]]'' #1
*''[[Fantaco|Fantaco Chronicles]]'' #5
*''[[Images of Omaha]]'' #2
*''[[Magnus Robot Fighter]]'' #15-17
*''[[The Phantom]]'' ([[Egmont]]) #13/2004 (#1334) – published as “Fantomen” in Sweden, “Fantomet” in Norway, and “Mustanaamio” in Finland
*''[[Stray Bullets]]'' #2A
*''[[The Spirit]]'' #30
*''[[Writer's Block 2003]]'' #1
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{{succession box | title=''[[Incredible Hulk]]'' writer| before=[[Len Wein]]| after=[[Steven Grant (comics)|Steven Grant]]| years=1978–1980}}
{{succession box | title=''[[Captain America]]'' writer| before=[[Roger McKenzie (comics)|Roger McKenzie]]| after=[[J. M. DeMatteis|J.M. DeMatteis]]| years=1980–1981<br />(with [[John Byrne]] in early 1980)}}
{{succession box | title=''[[Amazing Spider-Man]]'' writer| before=[[Dennis O'Neil]]| after=[[Tom DeFalco]]| years=1982–1984}}
{{succession box | title=[[Avengers (comics)|''Avengers'']] writer| before=[[Steven Grant]]| after=[[Ralph Macchio (comics)|Ralph Macchio]]| years=1983–1987}}
{{succession box | title=''[[Fantastic Four]]'' writer| before=[[John Byrne]]| after=[[Steve Englehart]]| years=1986–1987}}
{{succession box | title=''[[Iron Man]]'' writer| before=[[Kurt Busiek]] | after=[[Joe Quesada]] | years=1998–2000<br/>(with [[Kurt Busiek]])}}
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