marv-wolfman posts

If you are familiar at all with super hero comic books of the last few decades, you know the name Marv Wolfman. He has written a ton of comic books, mostly at Marvel and DC Comics, and created or co-created a number of well known characters such as Marvel's vampire hunter Blade (the star of three feature films and a short lived TV series) and the DC Comics team The New Teen Titans (later adapted into a long running Cartoon Network animated series). His biggest achievement is perhaps DC Comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths 12 issue mini-series in 1985 that redefined the comic book publisher's entire line up of titles and still affects the DC Universe even today.

Along with Geoff Johns, Wolfman worked on the recently launched MMO DC Universe Online as a writer. He's also the co-writer of the upcoming bi-weekly series DC Universe Online Legends which is based on the MMO's version of the DC Universe. Big Download was able to ask Wolfman some questions about his work on the game and other topics.

Whoops. Apparently someone forgot to tell Wizard magazine that they were supposed to keep the secret of the third major comic book creator that's joining DC Universe Online. However, the comic-pop culture mag's latest issue (currently on sale in comic book stores) has indeed jumped the gun and revealed that long time comic book writer Marv Wolfman will be helping out with Sony Online's upcoming MMO.

Wolfman's job will be to expand and add onto the storylines and plots that have been created for the game by fellow comic book writer Geoff Jones. Wolfman has written comics for DC, Marvel and other publishers for over 30 years. He's best known for his work on The New Teen Titans in the early 1980s, creating the vampire slayer Blade in Marvel's Tomb of Dracula (Blade would be the subject of three feature films and a short lived TV series) and scripting perhaps the best ever "cross-over" comic book mini-series ever made, Crisis on Infinite Earths, in 1985 (both with artist George Perez). He is currently writing a new DC Comics series, Vigilante.