Bob Harras

Robert Harras (born January 11, 1959''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1650; February 2009; page 107) is an American comics writer and editor, who was editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1995 to 2000 and editor-in-chief of DC Comics from 2010 to 2020.

Career

Harras started his career at Marvel as assistant editor for Ralph Macchio, where he worked on such titles as '' The Saga of Crystar'', '' Dazzler'', ''ROM'', '' U.S. 1'', and ''Micronauts''. Later, Harras was chief editor of Marvel's X-Men and Midnight Sons lines. Harras also worked as writer on a number of comics, including a run on '' The Avengers'' lasting from 1992 to 1995, and the best-selling 1988 limited series '' Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' His brief run on '' Namor, the Sub-Mariner'' in 1992–93 took the form of a standalone epic.

Harras's tenure as editor-in-chief occurred during the time which Marvel teetered on bankruptcy around 1996 and 1997 (financial trouble became significantly worse during his time at Marvel). During his tenure, Harras oversaw titles such as ''Captain America'', '' Daredevil'', '' Ka-Zar'' and ''Deadpool''. Following the '' Heroes Reborn'' experiment, where oversight of four titles was outsourced to Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld, one of the more successful relaunches during Harras’ tenure was of those titles under the "Heroes Return” banner, including '' The Avengers'' by Kurt Busiek and George Perez.

However, the Spider-Man " Clone Saga", in which Norman Osborn was brought back as the Green Goblin despite the opposition of many of the writers, received enough negative reception that it overshadowed his critical successes.

After leaving Marvel, Harras joined WildStorm as contributing editor on November 15, 2001. Harras worked from his New Jersey home office, and reported to Jim Lee, WildStorm's editorial director. Until late September 2010, he was the group editor for DC Comics collected editions and editor of DC's new ''Who's Who'' series.

On September 27, 2010, DC Comics named Bob Harras as the company's new editor-in-chief and Vice President. Harras oversaw editorial for all ''DC Comics'', ''DC Universe'', '' MAD Magazine'' and ''Vertigo'' publications. He became DC's first Editor-in-Chief after Jenette Kahn, who had held the position from 1989 to 2002. He was laid off from DC on August 10, 2020.McMillan, Graeme, Borys Kit
"DC Comics, DC Universe Hit By Major Layoffs,"
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (AUGUST 10, 2020).

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

*'' The Avengers'' #280, #334-339, #343-351, #355-369, #372-375, #378-382, #384-395 (1987-1996)
*''Avengers: The Crossing'' #1 (1995); one-shot
*''Avengers: Strikefile'' #1 (1994); one-shot
*''Avengers: Timeslide'' #1 (1996); one-shot, co-written with Terry Kavanagh
*''Defenders of the Earth'' #1 (1987); co-written with Stan Lee
*''Fantastic Four'' ''Annual'' #23 (1990); co-written with Walt Simonson
*'' The Incredible Hulk'' #360 (1989)
*''Iron Man'' #178, ''Annual'' #7-8 (1984-1986)
*''Marvel Comics Presents'' #17-24 (1989)
*''Namor, the Sub-Mariner'' #33-40 (1992-1993)
*'' Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #1-6 (1988)
*'' Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (vol. 3) #1-6, #12-14 (1989-1990)
*''RoboCop'' #1 (1987); film adaptation one-shot issue
*''Rom: Spaceknight'' #50 (1984); second story
*''The Thing'' #18 (1984)
*'' The Mighty Thor'' #356 (1985)
*''Vision'' #1-4 (1994-1995)

DC Comics

*''Breach'' #1-11 (2005-2006)
*''JLA'' #120-125 (2005-2006)

References

Sources

"Bob Harras: An Oral History in Collage"
– WWAC

External links

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