Roger McKenzie (comics)

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Roger McKenzie
Born (1950-11-08) November 8, 1950 (age 73)
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, Publisher
Notable works
Daredevil

Roger McKenzie (born November 8, [1] 1950) [2] is an American comic book writer best known for his work on Daredevil with Frank Miller. McKenzie has also written for a variety of independent comics publishers, such as Pacific Comics, Comico Comics, Sirius Comics, Pied Piper Comics, and Eclipse Comics. [3]

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Biography

Roger McKenzie's first comics work was a seven-page short story titled "Ground Round" in Vampirella #50 (April 1976) published by Warren Publishing. [3] He wrote stories for Warren's black and white magazine titles Creepy , Eerie , and Vampirella from 1976–1982. He worked for DC Comics as well, creating the western character Cinnamon and several stories for the company's horror titles. [3]

McKenzie and Frank Miller's first collaboration was on a two-page story entitled "Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..." published in DC Comics' Weird War Tales #68 (Oct. 1978). [3] McKenzie became the writer on Marvel Comics' Daredevil with issue #151 (March 1978), and gave the series a dark tone reminiscent of his horror writings. Miller joined McKenzie on the series starting with #158 (May 1979). [4]

In 1979, he collaborated with artist Ernie Colón on an adaptation of Battlestar Galactica for Marvel. [5] McKenzie wrote Captain America (1978–1980) as well. [3] McKenzie and artist Don Perlin developed the idea of Captain America running for the office of President of the United States. [6] Marvel originally rejected the idea but it would be used later by Roger Stern and John Byrne [7] in Captain America #250 (October 1980). [8] McKenzie and Perlin received credit for the idea on the letters page at Stern's insistence. [9] McKenzie and Perlin would also receive credit in the follow-up story in What If? #26 (April 1981). [3] McKenzie wrote several stories for the Marvel Fanfare anthology series [10] including a two-part Iron Man vs. Doctor Octopus tale drawn by Ken Steacy. [11]

He wrote the Star Hawks newspaper comic strip for United Feature Syndicate in 1981. [12]

From 1984 to 1987, McKenzie wrote Sun Runners (working with artist Pat Broderick and then Glen Johnson) comics for publishers Pacific Comics, Eclipse Comics, Sirius Comics, and Amazing Comics. [13]

From 1986 to 1988, McKenzie was involved with the independent publisher Pied Piper Comics. [14] Along with Mark L. Hamlin, McKenzie was co-founder and co-publisher of Pied Piper, while also acting as the company's managing editor. [15]

After a long hiatus from comics, McKenzie returned in 2015 to serve as Executive Editor of the Charlton Neo line of comics, where he wrote for The Charlton Arrow [16] and Charlton Wild Frontier. [17]

Since February 2015, he has been writing the Spookman weekly comic strip with Sandy Carruthers for the webcomic site Pix-C. [18]

Bibliography

Amazing Comics

Charlton Neo

Comico: The Comic Company

DC Comics

Deluxe Comics

Eclipse Comics

Gold Key Comics

Image Comics

Marvel Comics

Collections

  • Daredevil/Punisher: Child's Play includes Daredevil #183, 70 pages, February 1988, ISBN   978-0871353511
  • Daredevil: Marked for Death collects Daredevil #159–161, 163–164, 96 pages, March 1991, ISBN   978-0871356345
  • Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Omnibus collects Daredevil #158–161, 163–166, and 183, 840 pages, March 2007, ISBN   978-0785123439

New Comics Group

Pacific Comics

Pied Piper Comics

Sirius Comics

Warren Publishing

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Preceded by Captain America writer
19781980
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Preceded by Ghost Rider writer
19781979
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Battlestar Galactica writer
19791980
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Preceded byCaptain America writer
1980
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Jim Shooter
Daredevil writer
19781980
(with Frank Miller in late 1980)
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