Tom DeFalco briefly wrote for DC Comics in the late 1970s.
11 Facts About Tom DeFalco
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Tom DeFalco then moved to Marvel, where he would spend the next twenty years of his career.
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Tom DeFalco later wrote a Machine Man limited series in 1984, with art by Herb Trimpe and Barry Windsor-Smith.
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Tom DeFalco was the chief designer and author for Dazzler, and later became one of the writers for the Spider-Man comic book series while at the same time rising through the editorial ranks.
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Tom DeFalco was "part of the creative team that introduced the Transformers to the American public" in 1984.
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Concurrent with editing Jim Shooter's Secret Wars, Tom DeFalco introduced Spider-Man's "black costume" in the pages of Amazing.
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Tom DeFalco co-created the Rose, Black Fox, and Silver Sable during his tenure on the series.
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Tom DeFalco served from 1987 to 1994, making him one of the longest serving individuals to hold that post.
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In early 2009, as the Spider-Girl series was drawing to a close, Tom DeFalco said it might be some of his last work for Marvel as he was in danger of being typecast because of his long run with the characters.
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In 2009, Tom DeFalco revisited the "Clone Saga" with the six-part mini series Spider-Man: The Clone Saga, based on the original outline of this controversial storyline.
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Tom DeFalco is the author of over a dozen graphic novels, several hundred comic book stories, several dozen cyber-comics, three novels and six children's books, including the best-selling Dorling Kindersley guides to Marvel comics characters.