History Creator / DougMoench

Moench was born in Chicago, Illinois, and worked on both writing comics (his first stories were in ''Eerie'' #29 and ''Vampirella'' #7) and articles for the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1973, he moved to New York City, where he began working for Franchise/MarvelComics. His first work for Marvel was ''Chamber of Chills'' #7 in November 1973 and, in the following year, he became the lead writer for Marvel's black-and-white imprint Curtis Magazines. In addition, he began writing ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight'', where he introduced the character ComicBook/MoonKnight alongside artist Don Perlin. He also followed up Steve Englehart on ''Master of Kung Fu'', a book he would continue to write for eight years alongside artist Paul Gulacy. In ''Astonishing Tales'', he and artist Rich Buckler created the cyborg-from-the-future Deathlok the Demolisher.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}: Cataclysm'' #1

* ''ComicBook/{{Creepy}}'' #37, 46-47, 49-54 56-59 64-66 68, 71-72, 76, 80, 82, 88

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* ''Franchise/DocSavage'' #1-8 (1976)

* ''Shogun Warriors'' #1-14, 16-20

* ''Master of Kung Fu: Hellfire Apocalypse'' #1-6

Doug Moench (born February 23, 1948) is a prolific American comic book writer and author well known for his work on ComicBook/{{Batman}}, as well as co-creating ComicBook/MoonKnight and ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}. He also had an extensive run on ''[[ComicBook/ShangChi Master of Kung Fu]]''.

* ''ComicBook/ShangChi: Master of Kung Fu'' #20-63, 65-120, 122, Annual #1

Doug Moench (born February 23, 1948) is a prolific American comic book writer and author well known for his work on ComicBook/{{Batman}}, as well as co-creating ComicBook/MoonKnight and Deathlok. He also had an extensive run on ''[[ComicBook/ShangChi Master of Kung Fu]]''.

* ''[[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]]'' #56, 58-62

* Deathlock (co-created with artist Rich Buckler)
* ComicBook/ColleenWing (co-created with writer-artist Larry Hama)

* ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' #1-24

* Colleen Wing (co-created with writer-artist Larry Hama)

At DC Comics, Moench also wrote ''Omega Men'' and ''ComicBook/TheSpectre'' and co-created ''Electric Warriors'' with artist Jim Baikie. He is most commonly associated with the artist and inker team of Kelley Jones and John Beatty, whom he was paired with during his Batman run and for the ComicBook/BatmanVampire Elseworld trilogy ''Batman & Dracula: Red Rain'', ''Batman: Bloodstorm'', and ''Batman: Crimson Mist''.

Moench was born in Chicago, Illinois, and worked on both writing comics (his first stories were in ''Eerie'' #29 and ''Vampirella'' #7) and articles for the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1973, he moved to New York City, where he began working for Franchise/MarvelComics. His first work for Marvel was ''Chamber of Chills'' #7 in November 1973 and, in the following year, became the lead writer for Marvel's black-and-white magazine imprint Curtis Magazines. In addition, he began writing ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight'', where he introduced the character ComicBook/MoonKnight alongside artist Don Perlin. He also followed up Steve Englehart on ''Master of Kung Fu'', a book he would continue to write for eight years alongside artist Paul Gulacy. In ''Astonishing Tales'', he and artist Rich Buckler created the cyborg-from-the-future Deathlok the Demolisher.