Maggin served as an editor for DC from 1989 to 1991 and oversaw the licensed TSR titles Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Avatar, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Gammarauders, and Spelljammer.

On May 21, 2007, Maggin announced that he would be running for the 2008 Democratic party nomination for California's 24th congressional district seat.

Other fledgling work at DC included the six-page " The Greatest Story Never Told ", by writer Paul Kupperberg, in that same issue, and the five-page " The Edge of History ", written by Elliot S. Maggin, in Unknown Soldier No. 219 ( Sept. 1978 ).

In addition to the hundreds of stories Maggin wrote for the DC comics universe, he has also written television scripts, stories for film, animation and journalistic pieces.

Superman: Last Son of Krypton is a novel written by Elliot S. Maggin and based on the DC Comics character Superman.

In September 2004 DC Comics released ' DC Comics Presents: Mystery in Space ' Vol 2, # 1, featuring the stories ' Crisis on 2 Worlds ' written by Elliot S. Maggin with art by J. H.

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Maggin contains descriptions of Krypton, mainly referencing the Silver Age version ; it describes the planet as a " failed star " with massive surface gravity and extremely hostile, glaciated conditions, which forced extreme adaptation and rapid evolution in the descendants of humanoid space travelers ( and their dogs ) who became stranded on its surface in prehistory.

Maggin describes the rise of a civilization which uses geothermal heat as its primary power source, developing science and technology, but finding it difficult to escape the massive world's gravity.

Elliot S. Maggin, also spelled Elliot S!

Maggin ( born 1950 ), is an American writer of comic books, film, television and novels.

Maggin started working as a professional writer in his teens, selling historical stories about the Boer War to a boys ' magazine.

When it received a grade of B +, Maggin disagreed with the assessment, remade it as a comic book script, and sent his script to DC Comics.

Though the initial grade was not amended, Maggin became a writer for DC.

Maggin used the idea, which became his initial foray into the Superman comic book, and it was published in Superman # 247 ( Jan. 1972 ).

He was the initial writer of the Batman Family title and paired Batgirl and Robin together as a team in the first issue ( Sept .- Oct. 1975 ) Maggin wrote a licensed Welcome Back, Kotter comic book series which was based on the popular ABC sitcom.

The first issue of DC Graphic Novel featured an adaptation of the Star Raiders video game by Maggin and artist José Luis García-López.

Maggin wrote Superman # 400 ( Oct. 1984 ) which featured work by several popular comics artists including the only major DC work by Jim Steranko as well as an introduction by noted science-fiction author Ray Bradbury.

Because comic book scripts tend to favor the exclamation mark as the punctuation of choice, Maggin routinely used it instead of a full stop.

In 1984, Maggin first ran for political office as a candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district but was defeated in the Democratic primary.

Maggin was the Democratic nominee for a seat in the New York State Assembly in 1990.

In the mid-1950s, editorial director Irwin Donenfeld and publisher Liebowitz directed editor Julius Schwartz ( whose roots lay in the science-fiction book market ) to produce a one-shot Flash story in the try-out title Showcase.

In 1882, one of Steiner's teachers, Karl Julius Schröer, suggested Steiner's name to Joseph Kürschner, chief editor of an important new edition of Goethe's works, who asked Steiner to become the edition's natural science editor, a truly astonishing opportunity for a young student without any form of academic credentials or previous publications.

In January 1932, the New York City circle, which by then included future comic book editors Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger, brought out the first issue of their own publication, The Time Traveller, with Forrest J Ackerman of the embryonic Los Angeles group as a contributing editor.

In partial response to this shift, DC editor Julius Schwartz began a widespread reinvention / revival of many Golden Age heroes, and " Fox was one of the first writers ... Schwartz called in to help.

In the mid-1950s and 1960s Silver Age of Comic Books, DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz had the Spectre revived and returned to the role of an avenging undead spirit, beginning in Showcase # 60 ( Feb. 1966 ).

The Apes of God ( 1930 ) has been interpreted similarly, because many of the characters satirised are Jewish, including the modernist author and editor Julius Ratner, a portrait which blends anti-semitic stereotype with historical literary figures ( John Rodker and James Joyce ; though the Joyce element consists solely in the use of the word " epiphany " in the parody of Rodker included in the novel ).

He did a smattering of additional horror and war stories, respectively, for the two publishers, and then, after being turned down by DC's Batman editor Julius Schwartz, approached fellow DC editor Murray Boltinoff in the hopes of drawing for Boltinoff's Batman team-up title The Brave and the Bold.

In 1870, wealthy businessman Julius Beer bought the paper and appointed Edward Dicey as editor, whose efforts succeeded in reviving circulation.

His essays and expedition reports from the animal world were well received by the educated bourgeoisie ; because of this, he was commissioned by the editor of the Bibliographisches Institut, Herrmann Julius Meyer, to write a large multivolume work on the animal world.

Julius Klaproth was the editor, completing the task which was left incomplete by the death of the book's initial editor, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat.

* Julius Florus, a poet and the author or editor of satires, perhaps the same Julius Florus called by Quintilian one of the foremost orators of Gaul.

The name Googie remained as a rubric for the architectural style when editor Douglas Haskell of " House and Home " magazine and architectural photographer Julius Shulman were driving through Los Angeles one day.

Siegel was invited in 1986 by DC Comics ' editor Julius Schwartz to write an " imaginary " final story for Superman, following Marv Wolfman's Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series and before John Byrne's The Man of Steel miniseries, which reintroduced Superman.

Later in the decade, DC Comics under editor Julius Schwartz decided to revive a number of heroes in new incarnations, but with the same names and powers.

* Murdock, G. P .. ( book ) The Evolution of Culture by Julius Lippert ( New York: Macmillan, 1931 ) ( translator and editor )

Julius " Julie " Schwartz ( June 19, 1915 – February 8, 2004 ) was a comic book and pulp magazine editor, and a science fiction agent and prominent fan.

* Journalists, writers, publishers: Mathilde Franziska Anneke ; Gustav Bloede ( see Marie Bloede ); Rudolf Doehn ; Carl Adolph Douai ; Carl Daenzer ; Bernard Domschke ; Christian Esselen ( editor of Atlantis ); Julius Fröbel ; Karl Peter Heinzen ; Rudolf Lexow ( founder of Belletristisches Journal ); Niclas Müller ; Reinhold Solger ; Emil Praetorius ; Oswald Ottendorfer ; Friedrich Hassaurek ; Theodor Olshausen ; Hermann Raster ; Wilhelm Rapp ; Carl Heinrich Schnauffer ; Kaspar Beetz ; Carl Dilthey ; F. Raine ; Heinrich Börnstein ; Charles L. Bernays ; Emil Rothe ; Eduard Leyh ; George Schneider ( who was also a banker ); Albert Sigel ; Franz Umbscheiden ; Edward Morwitz ( who was also a physician )

He was partially created by editor Julius Schwartz, who wanted a new supporting character for the Flash.

For editor Julius Schwartz, Bolland drew covers around which writers would craft stories, which included " a couple of Starro covers and the Superman Beastman cover # 422 ( Aug, 1986 ).

In 1889, Julius Chambers became the managing editor of the New York World on the invitation of Joseph Pulitzer, where he remained until 1891.