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Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American ComicBook writer who was one of the major creative forces in the medium, especially during the MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks.

Starting in the fandom in the 1960s, Wolfman was hired in 1968 for Creator/DCComics and worked on various series, including the original version of the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''.

Along the way, Wolfman indirectly enabled writers to be properly credited in the company's publications. In the horror comic ''ComicBook/HouseOfSecrets'', there was a pun where the series' host, Abel, introduced Wolfman's story as something he heard from a wandering Wolfman. The MediaNotes/ComicsCode Authority flagged it as mentioning a werewolf, which was specifically forbidden. The editor explained that the writer's actual surname was Wolfman and the CCA relented as long as Wolfman's name was clearly credited as the writer. DC complied, and when the editorship was inundated with complaints by other writers about Wolfman getting a credit, it became standard policy.

Wolfman moved to Creator/MarvelComics where he worked on various series such as the highly acclaimed ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'' which introduced the character, ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'', and also created the classic ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' villain, Bullseye.

Eventually, Wolfman felt Editor-in-Chief Creator/JimShooter's heavy-handed management style was becoming so annoying that he accepted the offer of publisher of Creator/JenetteKahn to come back to DC. There he created some of his greatest work like ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' with artist Creator/GeorgePerez, which proved a revitalising success so great that DC had the team do the same to the entire [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]] in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' which gave the company's superhero line a modernization.

After that career high point, Wolfman has worked between DC, Creator/{{Disney}} and Marvel's publishing lines and in other medium such as in WesternAnimation such as ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. ("Feat of Clay").

Like many of the major comic book creators, Wolfman has challenged Marvel in court for the rights over ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'' and other characters he created which proved unsuccessful. Because of this he would not work for Marvel again until 2017. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510153705/http://tcj.com/239/n_wolfman.html Here's]] a link to an interview on the lawsuit and Wolfman's thoughts on the matter. He notably has no grudge against Marvel, feeling that they were honest about how they saw the situation even if he disagreed with them.
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!!Works by Marv Wolfman with their own trope pages include:
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* ''Literature/BatmanArkhamKnight''
* ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}''
* ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''
* ''ComicBook/DCRetroactiveSuperman'' (wrote "The '80s" issue)
* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'' (co-writer of the game; also co-wrote the tie-in comic book)
* ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans''
** ''ComicBook/TitansHunt''
** ''ComicBook/TotalChaos''
** ''ComicBook/TeamTitans''
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''
** ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn''
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/BrainiacRebirth''
** ''ComicBook/ThePlanetEaterTrilogy''
** ''ComicBook/TwoForTheDeathOfOne''
* ''ComicBook/TeamTitans''
* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula''
[[/index]]

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