Paul Levitz
Paul Levitz has been a comic fan (THE COMIC READER, winner of two Best Fanzine Comic Art Fan Awards, and numerous New York Comic Art Convention program books), editor (BATMAN), writer (LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES including “The Great Darkness Saga,” selected by readers of The Comic Buyers’ Guide as one of the 20 best comic stories of the last century), and DC Comics staffer (including serving as the company's youngest editor ever, two decades as Publisher, and ending as President & Publisher). He has received the Inkpot, Clampett Humanitarian and ComicsPro Industry Appreciation Awards, and serves on the board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
His Eisner-award-winning book, 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS: THE ART OF MODERN MYTHMAKING, was published by Taschen, and is now being issued in 5 separate volumes, starting with THE GOLDEN AGE OF DC COMICS and his 40 year association with DC Comics continues as his writing currently appears in LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES and WORLDS' FINEST.
In addition to his work as a writer, Levitz also spends time teaching, having taught courses in writing at Manhattanville College, publishing at Pace University and the American Graphic Novel at Columbia University.
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DC’S TERRORS THROUGH TIME #1October is here, and that means it’s time for fables of fear, time for stories of suspense, and time for tales of…time? Join us for a terrifying tour across the ages from some of comics’ top talent! Witness zombies menace the JSA in the 1940s. Experience the haunting of the Gotham City Sirens in the 1990s. Watch as Swamp Thing goes up against an irradiated monstrosity in the far future. These are just a taste of the time-hopping terrors we have in store for you in our fright-filled Halloween anthology! -
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: BEFORE THE DARKNESS VOL. 2Experience the Legionnaires’ far-flung adventures leading up to the Great Darkness Saga in this follow-up collection of action-packed episodes from acclaimed talents Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, Paul Levitz, Jim Janes, Steve Ditko, and more! This second and final volume collects The Legion of Super-Heroes #272-283, DC Special Series #21, and The Best of DC: Blue Ribbon Digest #24. -
SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL VOL. 4The fourth collection featuring Superman tales from the 1980s, featuring SUPERMAN #7-8, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #430-431, ACTION COMICS #590, 591, and LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #37-38! Superman encounters Rampage for the first time, has a rematch with Mammoth, contends with a mysterious Superboy, and more!
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SUPERMAN VS. MONGULSuperman battles the intergalactic conqueror known as Mongul in these tales from the late 1970s and early 1980s from DC COMICS PRESENTS #27-28, 36 and 43...
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NEW TEEN TITANS VOL. 14New Teen Titans Vol. 14 is the incredible continuation of the late 80's action-packed tales from Marv Wolfman of the Teen Titans! The Titans must battle some of the most powerful adversaries—Gizmo, Disruptor...and Tritan?! But is there a mastermind organizing this terrible attack? In The New Teen Titans Annual #4 learn what terrors await our Titans when a mysterious stranger invades...and influences...their dreams? And don't miss the origins of Nightwing as Dick Grayson reflects on his life and how he became the hero known as Nightwing! Collecting incredible tales from the late 80's, this volume contains Secret Origins #13, Tales of the Teen Titans #91, The New Teen Titans #41-49, The New Teen Titans Annual #4, and Secret Origins Annual #3. -
SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL VOL. 2Superman Reborn! Once upon a time, a crisis that raged across infinite Earths rocked the Superman mythos to its core. Out of its ashes rose a bold new reimagining of the life and times of the Man of Steel, crafted by legendary comics writer and artist John Byrne—and the history of the Last Son of Krypton would never be the same! In this incredible volume of classic tales from Byrne and acclaimed collaborators Marv Wolfman, Jerry Ordway, Karl Kesel, and more, Superman battles to stop a gang war on the streets of Metropolis, encounters the time-traveling Legion of Super-Heroes and the extradimensional imp Mr. Mxyzptlk for the "first" time, and matches the Joker and Lex Luthor—and that's just for starters! Collecting Superman #5-11, Action Comics #588-593, Adventures in Superman #439-435, Legion of Super-Heroes #37-38, and profiles from Who's Who: Update '87, Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 2 includes more than 500 pages of groundbreaking stories from the birth of a new era for the Man of Tomorrow! -
BATMAN/SUPERMAN VOL. 2: GAME OVERIssues #5-9 of the hit series are collected, along with BATMAN/SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1 and WORLDS’ FINEST #20-21 – the “First Contact” crossover epic! The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel uncover the Toymaster’s plot to create a secret, potentially deadly element in his new video game that brings to life characters created by players. And these new beings have only one goal: To kill Batman. Guest-starring the Worlds’ Finest duo of Power Girl and Huntress. -
THE KAMANDI CHALLENGEPrepare to join the industry’s top creative teams in a round-robin, no-holds-barred story-telling extravaganza titled THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE! Born from the mind of Jack Kirby, the...