David Michelinie is an American comic book writer best known for scripting Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and Iron Man and the DC Comics feature Superman in Action Comics.
11 Facts About David Michelinie
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David Michelinie did a run on Aquaman in Adventure Comics which led to the revival of the Sea King's own title in 1977.
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David Michelinie introduced two of Stark's closest comrades, Bethany Cabe and Jim Rhodes as well as new enmities with Justin Hammer and Doctor Doom.
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David Michelinie said that he had thought he would never return to Iron Man, feeling that by the end of his run he and Bob Layton had done everything they set out to do with the series, but when the editor offered him the assignment, he agreed to do it after thinking about it overnight.
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David Michelinie was one of the writers of The Avengers from 1978 to 1982 and worked with artists John Byrne and George Perez.
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David Michelinie left Web of Spider-Man shortly after and was not able to continue the introduction of Venom until his time writing The Amazing Spider-Man.
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Behind Stan Lee, David Michelinie had the second longest run on The Amazing Spider-Man as a writer.
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David Michelinie wrote the limited series Venom: Lethal Protector in 1993, where Venom was the main character and acted as an antihero instead of villain for the first time.
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David Michelinie began working for DC again with the launch of the Justice League Task Force series in 1993 with artist Sal Velluto.
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In 1994, David Michelinie became the writer of Action Comics which he stayed on for three years.
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David Michelinie wrote issues of Superman Adventures and Steel as well as the miniseries Legion: Science Police, Superman's Nemesis: Lex Luthor and Superman vs Predator, his last credited work for DC Comics in 2000.