Steve Gerber (1947–2008)
Autore di Guardians of the Galaxy [2014 film]
Sull'Autore
Comic book writer and creator Steve Gerber was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 20, 1947. After receiving a bachelor's degree in communication from Saint Louis University in 1969, he worked as an advertising copywriter before joining Marvel Comics as an associate editor and writer in 1972. mostra altro He began by writing stories for Daredevil, Sub-Mariner, and other superhero titles. He created Howard the Duck, Omega the Unknown, and the animated series Thundarr the Barbarian. Howard the Duck No. 1 was published in 1976 and Gerber wrote the first 27 issues. After he was fired from Marvel in the late 1970s, he sued the company for ownership of the Howard the Duck character. The case was settled out of court with Marvel retaining the rights to the character and Gerber receiving an undisclosed sum. This suit was one of the first cases to bring the issue of creators' rights to the attention of the public. In 1986, Howard the Duck was released as a live-action film produced by George Lucas. Gerber also wrote for animated television series like G.I. Joe and Dungeons and Dragons. He died due to complications of pulmonary fibrosis on February 10, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Portrait by Val Mayerik
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Marvel Masterworks, Volume 200: Marvel Two-in-One Volume 1 [Marvel Feature #11-12 + Marvel Two-in-One #1-10] (2013) 15 copie
Marvel Masterworks, Volume 203: The Defenders Volume 4 [#22-30 + Giant-Size Defenders #5] (2014) 13 copie
Marvel Masterworks, Volume 255: The Sub-Mariner Volume 8 [#61-72 + Marvel Spotlight #27] (2018) 11 copie
Marvel Masterworks, Volume 242: Daredevil Volume 11 [#108-119 + Marvel Two-in-One #3] (2017) 10 copie
Marvel Masterworks, Volume 298: Captain America Volume 12 [#215-230 + Incredible Hulk #232] (2020) 10 copie
Marvel Masterworks, Volume 300: Howard the Duck Volume 1 [#1-14 + Marvel Treasury Edition #12] (2021) 10 copie
Countdown to Mystery (2007) #6 4 copie
Man-Thing # 22 4 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #17 4 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #13 3 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #14 3 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #21 3 copie
Marvel Spotlight [1971] #14 - The Son of Satan — Autore — 3 copie
Marvel Spotlight [1971] #19 - The Son of Satan — Autore — 3 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #7 3 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #15 3 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #25 3 copie
The Sensational She-Hulk #19 3 copie
The Defenders, Vol. 1, No. 39 3 copie
The Sensational She-Hulk #23 3 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #22 3 copie
Transformers: Season 3, Part 2 & Season 4 [1986 & 1987 animation TV series] (1986) — Developer — 3 copie
Tales of the Zombie #6 2 copie
Marvel Spotlight [1971] #16 - The Son of Satan — Autore — 2 copie
Marvel Spotlight [1971] #17 - The Son of Satan — Autore — 2 copie
Marvel Spotlight [1971] #21 - The Son of Satan — Autore — 2 copie
The Sensational She-Hulk #24 2 copie
The Avengers, Vol. 1 #178 2 copie
Daredevil, Vol. 1 #103 2 copie
Marvel Comics Presents #10 : Wolverine, Man-Thing, Colossus, & Machine Man (Marvel Comic Book 1989) (1989) — Autore — 2 copie
Tales of the Zombie #3 2 copie
Kiss 2 copie
Avengers Spotlight #32 2 copie
Tales of the Zombie #2 2 copie
The Defenders, Vol. 1, No. 26 2 copie
The Defenders, Vol. 1, No. 24 2 copie
Transformers: Season 3, Part 1 — Developer — 2 copie
The Defenders, Vol. 1, No. 28 2 copie
The Sensational She-Hulk #15 2 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #9 2 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #10 2 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #12 2 copie
The Sensational She-Hulk #20 2 copie
The Defenders, Vol. 1, No. 27 2 copie
The Sensational She-Hulk #22 2 copie
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The Sensational She-Hulk #18 2 copie
Howard the Duck (1976) #20 2 copie
The Sensational She-Hulk #21 2 copie
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Howard the Duck (1976) #29 1 copia
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MAX: Howard el pato, nº. 1 1 copia
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Howard the Duck (1976) #23 1 copia
Howard the Duck (1976) #28 1 copia
Howard the Duck (1976) #27 1 copia
Howard the Duck (1976) #11 1 copia
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VOID INDIGO #1-2 1 copia
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The Defenders, Vol. 1, No. 40 1 copia
Tales Of The Zombie Prologue 1 copia
Simon Garth: Voodoo Island! 1 copia
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In The Shadows Of The City 1 copia
Lilith: Profits Are Plunging! 1 copia
Iron Man Vol. 1 #56 1 copia
Iron Man Vol. 1 #58 1 copia
A Monster Reborn 1 copia
Foolkiller #3 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Gerber, Stephen Ross "Steve"
- Data di nascita
- 1947-09-20
- Data di morte
- 2008-02-10
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (death)
Brooklyn, New York, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA (birth) - Istruzione
- University of Missouri–St. Louis
- Attività lavorative
- editor
- Relazioni
- Macleod, Margo (Wife Seperated)
One Daughter - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Eagle Award, 1977
Inkpot Award, 1978
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 293
- Opere correlate
- 11
- Utenti
- 2,707
- Popolarità
- #9,492
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 42
- ISBN
- 97
- Lingue
- 2
- Preferito da
- 2
Bloodstone & the Legion of Monsters collects all of the original 1970s appearances of the monster hunter Ulysses Bloodstone, plus a few one-shots featuring his daughter Elsa, and a four-part miniseries, Legion of Monsters. It does not collect, despite what the solicitation indicated, the 2001-02 miniseries that introduced Elsa and indeed, remains inexplicably uncollected. The stories are put in a somewhat weird order here (though I can see the logic), but I will go through them in publication order.
The earliest issues are nine featuring Ulysses Bloodstone. Ulysses made his debut in Marvel Presents #1, appeared again in the second issue of that title, and then transferred over to the black-and-white series Rampaging Hulk, appearing in seven of its first eight issues. Ulysses an immortal; ten thousand years ago, he was present when the magical bloodstone was shattered, and a bit of it was embedded in his chest, granting him immortal life. He's spent his time tracking down other fragments, stopping those who misuse them—especially rampaging kaijuesque giant monsters. There's a core of a good idea here, but I didn't find it to be terribly well executed. The first two issues, in particular, a very choppy; writer John Warner clearly thought he was setting up a long epic when he wrote Marvel Presents #1, and then issue #2 has to hastily wrap up and explain everything, and completely ignores some key aspects of issue #1 in the process!
His six issues of Rampaging Hulk are fine; mostly the high point is the beautiful black-and-white artwork. I did like Bloodstone's supporting cast, a lackadaisical actor turned assistant monster hunter and a crusading journalist, but the actual stories focused too much on the tedious machinations of a globe-spanning conspiracy, and never seemed to really go anywhere. Bloodstone was always on the backfoot, bizarre twists were being piled on top of bizarre twists, new complications being introduced at random. And again, it all gets abruptly cut short, this time in a one-issue conclusion by writer Stever Gerber that somewhat tastelessly discards the characters you've spent six issues getting to know. So what was the point?
That was (spoiler) the end of Ulysses Bloodstone, and as far as I know, he's stayed dead. I did pause reading the collection at this point to read the 2001-02 miniseries, but that's outside the scope of this review. The short version, though, is that Ulysses's somewhat overcomplicated backstory was played down; no more mention of the bloodstone fragments or the conspiracy, he just became a flamboyant hunter of monsters of all sorts and his mantle passed on to his daughter, Elsa. The omission of this miniseries from this collection is, frankly, obnoxious and inexplicable. Elsa was then reinvented with a somewhat different backstory in the miniseries Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., which I haven't read yet but will next. I can see why this isn't here (it's twelve issues long and not all about Elsa) but the retooling of a retooling is a jarring thing to happen between stories.
It's this retooled Elsa who is the focal character of three short comics from 2009-10, reprinted from Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular #2, Astonishing Tales: Boom-Boom and Elsa #1, and Girl Comics #2. The first is kind of meh, but the other two are fun stories about her overdramatic, overviolent life and her friendship with Tabitha "Boom-Boom" Sparks. You can never go wrong with some Faith Erin Hicks.
Lastly, there's Legion of Monsters (2011-12), a miniseries where Elsa has to work with some monsters, helping defend an enclave of ostensibly peaceful monsters from an attack via plague. The art is nice to look at, dark and moody, and I certainly appreciate any superhero comic that attempts to do something different, but I found both art and writing difficult to follow and ultimately got a bit lost in the contortions of it all; I think the story assumes a deeper familiarity with Marvel's bench of monster characters than I actually possess.
So overall, it's not the best Bloodstone collection that could have been published. If I hadn't read the 2001-02 miniseries in the middle, I don't think it would have been coherent at all; as it is, it seems to be about two characters related in nothing other than their name and the vague concept of monster hunting.
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