11 Facts About Howard Mackie

Howard Mackie was born on January 22,1958 and is an American comic book editor and writer.

Howard Mackie has worked almost exclusively for Marvel Comics and is best known as the co-creator of the Danny Ketch version of the Ghost Rider character.

Howard Mackie started his career in comics in 1984 as an assistant editor for Mark Gruenwald.

Early in Howard Mackie's career, a running gag in Gruenwald's columns was that Howard Mackie was a mysterious figure whose face no one at Marvel had ever seen.

Howard Mackie first gained attention as a writer in 1990, when he and artist Javier Saltares launched a new Ghost Rider series for Marvel, revamping the character and introducing a new host, Danny Ketch.

Howard Mackie would remain on various Spider-Man titles through the Clone Saga.

In January 1999, Howard Mackie became the writer of both The Amazing Spider-Man and the Peter Parker: Spider-Man series when those two titles were relaunched with new first issues.

Howard Mackie left the Spider-Man franchise with The Amazing Spider-Man vol.

Howard Mackie wrote several mini-series featuring Gambit, Wolverine, and Rogue.

In late 2009, Howard Mackie teamed with Tom DeFalco to write the six issue miniseries Spider-Man: Clone Saga, whose story was based on Howard Mackie's original notes for the 1990s crossover.

Howard Mackie wrote The Ravagers series for DC Comics in 2012 as part of the "Second Wave" of The New 52.