Happy Birthday Jim Shooter!!!

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JIM SHOOTER is a visionary that shaped modern era of both comics and pop culture. He served as the Editor In Chief of Marvel Comics from 1978 through 1987.
During his tenure, Marvel soared with classics such as;


Uncanny X-Men with Claremont & Byrne,
Frank Miller’s Daredevil,
Fantastic Four by Byrne,
Wolverine’s first solo series,
Walt Simonson’s Thor, and
Roger Stern/George Perez pairing on Avengers and more.


This era has been the centerpiece for the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Other highlights of Shooter’s time as E-I-C is that he wrote the Marvel DC Inter-company crossover SUPERMAN & SPIDER-MAN, and created the Blockbuster mega crossover event with books such as MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS.

In this time frame, the industry changed radically under Jim Shooter’s watch- he implemented groundbreaking creator owned publishing deals with Epic imprint, and furthered creator rights with art returns, creator royalties, and benchmark for ancillary products such as toys.

Jim Shooter was integral to pop culture in not just securing the licenses but creating the characters and stories of such properties such as GI JOE, TRANSFORMERS, and more.

But more than just an administrator, Shooter was a top line creator with credits starting from the age of 14 years old where he wrote DC Comics’ Legion of Superheroes, and creating a number of characters such as Karate Kid, the Parasite and more.
At Marvel, he won the Eagle Award for Best Continuing story on the AVENGERS, with George Perez.
Shooter wrote SECRET WARS, introducing the Black Costume of Spider-Man, the Alien Symbiote, which would become VENOM!

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http://comicsalliance.com/tribute-jim-shooter/

[Bl00dwerK]

Can we have him back, please?

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http://www.comicsreporter.com/index....y_jim_shooter/

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Can we have him back, please?

It might lead to fans exclaiming: "Make Mine Marvel!"

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JIM SHOOTER - Comic Book Storytelling

http://www.comicsreporter.com/index....y_jim_shooter/

[Anthony W]

Top Three Editor in Chiefs Marvel Comics has ever had, IMO.

1. Shooter. Duh, it's Shooter

2. Quesada

3. Harras: Time has been very kind to Harras. I would have never thought that he would hit number three, yet here he is. The funny thing is...he still has room to climb. Never forget that his career as EIC started while Marvel was teetering on bankruptcy. Give him some more time and a nice run at DC and don't be shocked if he climbs to number 2.

[U.N. Owen]

I did like his choice to have Jean Grey die, back when death meant something, rather than have her depowered. It made the story memorable. So sad the Dark Phoenix Saga feels like a cliche because Superman and Jean killed the concept of permanent death.

[Anthony W]

It's interesting how time can affect how we view an EIC's tenure. Sometimes it feels it has no affect at all. In Harras' case it helps. In Alonso's case I think the reverse is true.

[Anthony Shaw]

Happy belated B-Day, Jim.

Thanks for the Bronze Age memories.

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An uncut interview with Jim Shooter from FrankfortCon 2019

https://www.cbr.com/slow-city-blues-...but-interview/

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Former Marvel Editor Received Odd New Deal For Secret Wars Plus Spider-Man Black Suit Confirmed?

[Hypestyle]

will he be consulted for any special projects at Marvel? Why not?
possibly an "evergreen" story not tied into any particular canon.

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They'd be wise to do so IMO.

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Top Three Editor in Chiefs Marvel Comics has ever had, IMO.

1. Shooter. Duh, it's Shooter

I think Stan "The Man" Lee is to be number 1 instead or tied with Shooter.