Archie Goodwin (comic book writer)

Archie Goodwin (September 9, 1937 – February 28, 1998) was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

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September 9 - 1937 - February 28 - 1998 - American - Comic book - Kansas City - Missouri

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Goodwin started his career as an artist, working as an assistant in comic strips and drawing cartoons for magazines. His first editorial work was for Redbook magazine. In the early 1960s, he worked for Warren Publishing where his career oriented towards writing. Goodwin wrote scripts for King Features Syndicate, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics (where he briefly replaced Julius Schwartz as editor of Detective Comics).

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Redbook - 1960s - Warren Publishing - King Features Syndicate - Marvel Comics - DC Comics - Julius Schwartz - Detective Comics

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From 1967 to 1980, Goodwin wrote the daily stripSecret Agent X-9, drawn by Al Williamson.

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Daily strip - Secret Agent X-9 - Al Williamson

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In 1976, Goodwin replaced Gerry Conway named as the eighth chief editor for Marvel Comics. He resigned in 1978 and was replaced by Jim Shooter. While Goodwin worked on numerous series throughout his career, his best remembered work was probably his adaptations of the Star Wars movie franchise to the comics. Goodwin wrote a comic book series and a daily comic strip based on the characters from the movies. As Editor in Chief he secured the rights for Marvel to publish the adaptation and tie-in series, which then sold phenomenally well (helped by a dearth of other Star Wars merchandise at the time) at a point when the comics industry was in severe decline and many executives at Marvel were contemplating winding things up and leaving comics altogether. Some, including Jim Shooter, have attributed the very survival of Marvel to Goodwin's securing the rights. http://www.comicbookresources.com/features/shooter1/

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1976 - Gerry Conway - 1978 - Jim Shooter - Star Wars

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Goodwin set up the Marvel Graphic Novel series, Epic Illustrated magazine and the Epic Comics imprint at Marvel that gave a number of artists and writers their first break as well as allowing established Marvel staff to work with material too difficult for the monthly titles.

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Marvel Graphic Novel - Epic Illustrated - Epic Comics

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Goodwin died unexpectedly in 1998.

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