Dan Mishkin

Dan Mishkin
Born	March 3, 1953
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld Blue Devil

Dan Mishkin (born March 3, 1953)^[1] is a comic book writer, and co-creator (with Gary Cohn) of the DC Comics characters Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Blue Devil. Both series used fantasy elements in ironic and often thought-provoking ways. DC gave these series a promotional push by featuring them in free, 16-page insert previews.^[2][3] Among other work, he had a run on Wonder Woman from 1982 through 1985.^[4] In 2001, he worked with artist Tom Mandrake on the short lived series Creeps and in 2006 on the children's book The Forest King: Woodlark's Shadow.^[5] Mishkin organized the "Kids Read Comics" convention in Chelsea, Michigan in June 2009.^[6]

Bibliography

DC Comics

• Advanced Dungeons and Dragons #5-8, 13-36, Annual #1 (1989-1991)
• Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1-12, Annual #1 (1983-1984)
• Amethyst vol. 2 #1-8 (1985)
• Aquaman Special #1 (1988)
• The Best of DC #35, 52, 61, 71 (1983-1986)
• Blue Devil #1-10, 12-28, 30-31, Annual #1 (1984-1986)
• The Brave and the Bold #186, 191 (1982)
• DC Challenge #10, 12 (1986)
• DC Comics Presents #48, 50-51, 53, 57, 62-63, 74, 76, 96 (1982-1986)
• DC Sampler #1 (1983)
• Dragonlance #1-20, 22-25, 28 (1988-1991)
• The Flash #306 (1982)
• The Fury of Firestorm #24 (Blue Devil preview) (1984)
• Ghosts #109, 111 (1982)
• Green Lantern #152-153 (1982)
• Hawkman vol. 2 #8-17 (1987)
• Heroes Against Hunger #1 (1986)
• House of Mystery #295-296, 299-303, 310-319, 321 (1981-1983)
• Jonah Hex #53-56 (1981-1982)
• Justice League America Annual #6 (1992)
• Justice League of America Annual #3 (1985)
• Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 2 #298 (Amethyst preview) (1983)
• Mystery in Space #114, 116 (1980-1981)
• The New Adventures of Superboy #31 (1982)
• The Saga of the Swamp Thing #14-15 (1983)
• Secret Origins #10, 13, 24, 41 (1987-1989)
• Secrets of Haunted House #42, 44 (1981-1982)
• Showcase '93 #1-6 (1993)
• Star Trek #51 (1993)
• Teen Titans Spotlight #18 (1988)
• Time Warp #3 (1980)
• TSR Worlds Annual #1 (1990)
• The Unexpected #214, 216-217 (1981)
• Warlord #42-47 (OMAC backup stories) (1981)
• Weird War Tales #95, 101-102, 107, 122-123 (1981-1983)
• Wonder Woman #295-317, 319-325 (1982-1985)
• World's Finest Comics #301 (1984)

Marvel Comics

• Marvel Comics Presents #44, 74 (1990-1991)
• Marvel Fanfare #53 (1990)
• Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 2 #5 (1991)
• Solo Avengers #6 (1988)

Notes

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "The other-dimensional Gemworld found a new princess in the form of Amy Winston, an ordinary young girl from a distant reality, in the pages of a sixteen-page insert comic by writers Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, and artist Ernie Colón." "Standing strong against the forces of the nefarious Dark Opal, Amethyst was gearing up for her own self-titled maxiseries in May." 
3. ^ "[A] sixteen-page preview story marked the debut of fledgling stuntman-turned-hero Blue Devil. An attempt to put the fun back into comics, writers Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin and penciller Paris Cullins had Blue Devil face the machinations of Flash villain the Trickster in this lead-in to his own ongoing series." Manning p. 208
4. ^ Simone, Gail Interview with Dan Mishkin at "Five Questions With..."
5. ^ Actionopolis/Komikwerks September 2006 ISBN 978-0974280356
6. ^ Offenberger, Rik "Dan Mishkin on the Kids Read Comics Convention" Newsarama June 5, 2009 Retrieved August 30, 2011

References

• Dan Mishkin at the Grand Comics Database
• Dan Mishkin at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Dan Mishkin on Myspace

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