Film & TV

My film career has all come from my work in other fields - primarily comics - being translated to the silver screen. (Are screens silver anymore? Were they ever?)

It began with my making Captain America popular enough to warrant two bad TV movies being made about somebody with that name, and Dr Strange magical enough to warrant a mediocre TV movie that made him a doctor of psychiatry.

It hit its stride with my making The Batman and his world something movie audiences would pay to see, and being brought into the scripting process to make that happen as a movie (though that did not end well).

It got running with my creating The Night Man, having him adapted quite faithfully to the television screen, and becoming a regular writer for that series.

It hit a wall when my latest Batman runs were adapted for The Dark Knight trilogy and I was deliberately ripped off for it. I'd thought, by that time, that I'd become a real Hollywood guy, with two near-misses on TV series to my credit, but a complete rip-off on a film obviously moved me into "REAL Hollywood guy" territory.

On the series, my agent did a deal with Greenblatt/Janolari for a concept called Ghost Harbor. G/J hooked me up with a writer from Chicago Hope to do the pilot, but she had a death in the family and we missed the selling deadline. Before the next selling season opened, the exec who'd bought the idea left for MTV and the project never revived.

Next, I was given the nod to become a staff writer on Charmed - but first they had to sign the bigger-ticket writers. And once they had, they'd used up their budget and could no longer afford me.

But then Captain America showed people superhero stories about the people in the costumes could be real movies, and not simply fan service.

Then the Avengers created the biggest film of 2012, and later the biggest of 2019.

Then Guardians of the Galaxy came completely out of left field to become the biggest film of 2014, leading to two sequels (adding Mantis!) — and an animated series.

Then Silver St. Cloud, or at least a teen version of Bruce Wayne's perfect adult woman (?), joined Gotham.

Then WandaVision established Disney+.

Then Shang-Chi was the biggest film of 2021.

Then — it kept happening.

I lead a crazy life. I really do. Because I had a good time writing a whole bunch of socially-unacceptable stories with lots of heroes and plots.

So now there are so many things going on that I'm just going to list the ones using stuff I created or wrote, and I'll try to keep it current, but writing stories is still my main occupation. If I'm missing anything, let me know! (And as soon I said that, I found seven more entries on IMDb!!)


Dr Strange (1978) Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)
Captain America (1979) Wandavision (2021)
Batman (1989) [original story; script doctor] Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992) Loki S1 (2021)
Ultraforce E7 : "Night and the Nightman" (1995) What If… S1 E2 "T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" (2021)
Captain America animated series (1997) [script] What If… S1 E9 "The Watcher Broke His Oath?" (2021)
NightMan S1 E13 :
"You Are Too Beautiful" (1997) [script]
Shang-Chi #1 : And the Rings of Power (2021)
NightMan S2 E15 :
"Dust" (1998) [script]
The Batman (2022)
NightMan S2 E17 :
"Double, Double" (1998) [script]
Young Justice S4 E19 "Encounter Upon the Razor's Edge" (2022)
Batman Beyond S1 E5 "Meltdown" (1999) — later in "The Movie" Young Justice S4 E20 "Forbidden Secrets of Civilizations Past" (2022)
Justice League (2001) Young Justice S4 E21 "Odyssey of Death!" (2022)
Team Atlantis S1 E1 : "Ragnarök" (2003) [script] — later in Atlantis : Milo's Return Dr Strange #2 : In the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Duck Dodgers S1 E9 "The Green Loontern" (2003) Thor #4 : Love and Thunder (2022)
Batman Begins (2005) Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
The Dark Knight (2008) Ant-Man and the Wasp #3 : Quantumania (2023)
Batman: The Brave & The Bold S1 E5 "Day of the Dark Knight!" (2009) Guardians of the Galaxy #3 (2023)
Batman: The Brave & The Bold S1 E10 "The Eyes of Despero!" (2009) Loki S2 (2023)
Green Lantern (2011) What If… S2 E2 "Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?" (2023)
Captain America #1 :
The First Avenger (2011)
My Adventures with Superman S2 E5 "Most Eligible Superman" (2024)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011) Batman: Caped Crusader (2024)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Agatha All Along (2024)
Avengers #1 (2012) Creature Commandos (2024)
Captain America #2 :
The Winter Soldier (2013)
Captain America #4 : Brave New World (2025)
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (2014) Thunderbolts (2025)
Avengers #2 : The Age of Ultron (2015) Superman (2025)
Guardians of the Galaxy animated series (2015) Lanterns (2025)
Jessica Jones S1 (2015)
Captain America #3 : Civil War (2016)
Luke Cage S1 (2016)
Dr Strange #1 (2016)
Guardians of the Galaxy #2 (2017)
The Defenders (2017)
Jessica Jones S2 (2018)
Avengers #3 : Infinity War (2018)
Luke Cage S2 (2018)
DC Super Hero Girls S1 E6 "#Hate Triangle" (2019)
Avengers #4 : Endgame (2019)
Jessica Jones S3 (2019)

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