Jim Shooter

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Jim Shooter is an American comic book writer, editor, and former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief known for revitalizing the company in the late 1970s and 1980s and later founding Valiant Comics.

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instanceOf American person
comic book editor
comic book writer
editor-in-chief
human
activeInPeriod 1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer DC Comics NERFINISHED
Marvel Comics NERFINISHED
Valiant Comics NERFINISHED
familyName Shooter NERFINISHED
founded Broadway Comics NERFINISHED
Defiant Comics NERFINISHED
Valiant Comics NERFINISHED
genre superhero comics
givenName Jim NERFINISHED
industry comics industry
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Jim Shooter NERFINISHED
notableAchievement co-created the original Secret Wars limited series
developed the Valiant Comics shared universe
helped establish the direct market focus at Marvel Comics
oversaw major Marvel storylines and crossovers
revitalized Marvel Comics in the late 1970s and 1980s
served as a very young professional writer for DC Comics
wrote Legion of Super-Heroes stories as a teenager
notableRole key architect of Marvel Comics continuity in the 1980s
notableWork Eternal Warrior NERFINISHED
Harbinger NERFINISHED
Legion of Super-Heroes NERFINISHED
Magnus, Robot Fighter NERFINISHED
New Universe (Marvel Comics imprint) NERFINISHED
Rai NERFINISHED
Secret Wars NERFINISHED
Secret Wars II NERFINISHED
Shadowman NERFINISHED
Solar, Man of the Atom NERFINISHED
Star Brand NERFINISHED
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes NERFINISHED
The Avengers (Marvel Comics) NERFINISHED
The Defenders (Marvel Comics) NERFINISHED
The Unity crossover (Valiant Comics) NERFINISHED
Warriors of Plasm NERFINISHED
X-O Manowar NERFINISHED
occupation comic book editor
comic book writer
publisher
positionHeld editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics
workLocation New York City

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