Tony Isabella was born on December 22,1951 and is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of Marvel Comics' Black Goliath; DC Comics' first major African-American superhero, Black Lightning; and as a columnist and critic for the Comics Buyer's Guide.
14 Facts About Tony Isabella
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Early influences from the comic book world included Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, Robert Kanigher, and Len Wein; Isabella was influenced by writers such as William Shakespeare, Harlan Ellison, Ed McBain, Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Lester Dent, Dave Barry, Max Allan Collins, Don Pendleton, and Studs Terkel.
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Tony Isabella was active in comics fandom as well, a member of CAPA-alpha, and a regular contributor to comics fanzines.
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Tony Isabella served for a time as an editor for Marvel's black-and-white magazine line.
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Tony Isabella developed the concept of The Champions series and wrote the first several issues.
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Tony Isabella looked sort of like a hippie Jesus Christ and that's exactly who Tony Isabella was, though I never actually called Him that.
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Tony Isabella had some of the art redrawn and a lot of the copy rewritten to change the ending of a story two years in the making.
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Tony Isabella later said the assistant editor referenced was Jim Shooter.
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For DC Comics, Tony Isabella worked as a writer and story editor but is mainly known for his creation of Black Lightning, writing both the character's short-lived 1970s and 1990s series.
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In 1987, Tony Isabella began writing the Justice Machine series for Comico, co-plotting with series creator and penciller Mike Gustovich.
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Tony Isabella wrote the first 11 issues of the Comico series before moving on to other projects.
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In 1990, Tony Isabella returned to the characters and wrote the series for Innovation Comics, with Gustovich pencilling once more.
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Tony Isabella regularly writes about comics and his work on his personal blog.
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Tony Isabella has worked on translating foreign-language Disney comics and revising the wording for the US market.