Steve Englehart
Writer for DC and Marvel who worked on several major characters and teams in both universes and later launched several Malibu Ultraverse and Valiant titles.
Name:
Steve Englehart
Aliases:
- John Harkness
- Chad Archer
Birth date:
April 22nd, 1947
Home town:
Indianapolis, Indiana
Country:
United States
Best known for his work at Marvel writing the Avengers, Defenders, Captain America, Doctor Strange, and West Coast Avengers. He and Starlin came-up with characters such as Shang Chi and then Mantis on his own. He is the writer that gave the Beast his blue-fur, introduced the dark god known as Shuma-Gorath, and helped make Captain Mar-Vell a cult classic after his friend Jim Starlin's legendary run.
While at DC he worked on the Justice League of America and Green Lantern he wrote a definitive run on Detective Comics that has influenced many future interpretations of Batman.
At Valiant he helped create Shadowman and wrote X-O Man-of-War.
Characters Created by Steve Englehart
- Agamotto
- Amphibian (co-created by George Perez)
- Apollo
- Bi-Beast
- Abe Brown
- Chemisto
- Betty Clawman
- Bob Diamond
- Doctor Phosphorus
- Gaea
- Gloss
- Grand Director
- Guy Gardner (Responsible for significantly changing this character)
- Halflife
- Infra-Worlders
- Jet
- Kilowog
- Mantis
- Mister Fear
- Nefarius
- Nightshade
- Ram
- Reptyl
- Scorpio
- Scorpio Rose
- Shadowman
- Shang Chi
- Shroud
- Shuma-Gorath (created his incarnation in the Marvel Universe, as the character was originally created by Robert E. Howard)
- Silver Dagger
- Silver St. Cloud
- Sise-Neg
- Solarr
- Star-Lord
- Stygryro
- Lin Sun
- Rupert Thorne
- Titanic Three
- Valkyrie
- Viper (Dixon) (co-created with Steve Gerber)
- Wendigo
- Zzzax
Englehart has also written non-comic related material. This includes his 1981 conemporary fantasy novel, The Point Man, published by Dell books. He also had a story in the pulp anthology, Weird Heroes Vol.2, edited by Byron Preiss.
