Louise Simonson (

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Mary Louise Alexander; born September 26, 1946) is an

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writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as ''

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'', '' Power Pack'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Superman: The Man of Steel'', and ''

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''. She is often referred to by the nickname "Weezie". Among the comic characters she co-created are Cable,

, Power Pack, Rictor, Doomsday and the X-Men villain

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. In recognition of her contributions to comics, Comics Alliance listed Simonson as one of twelve female comics creators deserving of lifetime achievement recognition.

Early life and career

In 1964 while attending Georgia State College, Louise met fellow student

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. The two began dating and were married in 1966. Their daughter Julianna was born the following year. After graduation, the couple moved to New York City. Louise modeled for artist

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's cover of

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' '' House of Secrets'' #92 (June–July 1971), the first appearance of

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, and was hired by McFadden-Bartell, a magazine publisher and distributor and worked there for three years. She and Jones split up during this time but she continued to use the name Louise Jones for several years afterward. Louise met the comic book writer and artist

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in 1973, began dating in August 1974, and married in 1980.Shooter, Jim. " Bullpen Bulletins", Marvel Comics cover-dated July 1981. They collaborated on ''X-Factor'' from 1988 to 1989, and made a cameo appearance in the 2011 ''

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'' feature film together.

Career

Comic Editor

In 1974, Jones started her professional comic book career at

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. She went from assistant to senior editor of the comics line ('' Creepy'', '' Eerie'', and ''

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'') before leaving the company at the end of 1979. In January 1980, Jones joined

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, where she initially worked again as an editor, most notably on ''

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'', which she edited for almost four years (#137–182) and ''

'' (#114–148 ). Simonson (as "Louise Jones") edited another X-Men spin-off, ''The

'', at its debut in 1983. After leaving the series, she had a "cameo" in ''New Mutants'' #21, drawn in as a slumber party guest by artist Bill Sienkiewicz. During this period, she also edited Marvel's ''

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'' and ''

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'' comics. In 2017, she edited the graphic novel ''Son of Shaolin'' for Image Comics.

Comics writer

At the end of 1983, Jones quit her editing job at Marvel to try her hand at full-time writing as Louise Simonson. She created the Eagle Award-winning '' Power Pack''. The title, which debuted in August 1984, featured the adventures of four pre-teen superheroes. Simonson wrote the majority of the title's first forty issues, even coloring one issue (#18). Her other Marvel writing work included ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Louise helped her husband

color his "

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" story in '' Marvel Graphic Novel'' #6 (1983). In 1986 Bob Layton, writer of the X-Men spin-off ''

'', was running late on a deadline, and Simonson was called in to write a fill-in issue of ''X-Factor''. This story was never published, since Layton ultimately turned his story in on time, but while writing it Simonson found herself inspired by the characters, to the point where she brought a list of her ideas to editor Bob Harras in the hopes that Layton might use them for the series. Instead, Layton ended up dropping ''X-Factor'' shortly after, and at

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and Ann Nocenti's suggestion, Harras chose Simonson as his replacement. In #6, her first issue, she and artist Jackson Guice introduced

, a character who would go on to make repeated appearances in the X-Men franchise. From #10 of the title, she was joined by her husband, Walt Simonson, on pencils. In #25, the creators gave the character,

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, blue skin and metal wings in a process which led to his being renamed as "Archangel". It was at Simonson's suggestion that X-Men writer Chris Claremont's " Mutant Massacre" story idea was turned into a crossover through all the "X-books", the first of its kind. Her run on ''X-Factor'' included the relevant installments of "Mutant Massacre", and the subsequent crossovers "

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," " Inferno", and " X-Tinction Agenda". She ended her run on the title with #64 in 1991. In 1987, beginning with issue #55, she became the ''New Mutants'' scripter. Similarly to ''X-Factor'', she was originally brought in as a fill-in writer so that Chris Claremont could launch two other titles, but ended up writing the series for three and a half years, ending with #97 in 1991. It was during this run that she and artist

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introduced Cable, another important character in the X-Men franchise. In 1988–89, she and her husband co-wrote the '' Havok and

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: Meltdown'' limited series painted by Jon J Muth and Kent Williams. In 1991, Simonson began writing for

. She, artist

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, and editor Mike Carlin launched a new Superman title, '' Superman: The Man of Steel'' — a title she wrote for eight years until #86 in 1999. She contributed to such storylines as "Panic in the Sky" in 1992. Later that year, Simonson (along with Carlin, Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern and others) was one of the chief architects of " The Death of Superman" storyline, in which Superman died and was resurrected. It was during that storyline, in ''The Adventures of Superman'' #500 (June 1993), that Simonson and Bogdanove introduced their character

, who graduated to his own title in February 1994, with Simonson as writer until #31. The character went on to feature in an eponymous feature film starring

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in 1997. Simonson was one of the many creators who worked on the '' Superman: The Wedding Album'' one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character married

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. In 1999, Simonson returned to Marvel to write a ''

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'' series, which featured a character from her previous ''New Mutants'' run. That same year, she wrote a miniseries, ''

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the Devourer'', in which Galactus died temporarily. In 2005, she wrote stories featuring Magnus, Robot Fighter for the publisher Ibooks, Inc. In 2007, Simonson wrote a one-shot starring Magik of the New Mutants as part of a four-issue event known as ''

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''. In 2009, she wrote two issues of '' Marvel Adventures'' featuring

. The next year, she scripted the five-part limited series ''X-Factor Forever'' and reunited with

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for a new ''Power Pack'' story in ''

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'' #3. Simonson also co-wrote the comic ''

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'', based on the multi-million player internet game, for Wildstorm, and a manga story, based in the ''Warcraft'' universe, for

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. In 2011, DC hired Louise Simonson to write ''

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:'' ''Superman - The '90s'', pencilled by her ''Man of Steel''-collaborator Jon Bogdanove. Simonson wrote the "Five Minutes" chapter in ''Action Comics'' #1000 (June 2018) and a twelve-part webcomic tie-in to '' The Death of Superman'' animated movie. In 2019, she contributed two stories to ''DC Primal Age'' #1 and teamed up with June Brigman again for the one-shot ''Power Pack: Grow Up''. In 2020 she scripted the comic adaptation of Leigh Bardugo's novel ''Wonder Woman: Warbringer'' as well as a comic tie-in to the movie '' Wonder Woman 1984.'' Simonson revisited her runs on ''X-Factor'' and ''New Mutants'' with new stories for ''X-Men Legends'', pencilled by her husband Walt and published in 2021 and 2022. In April 2022, Simonson and her husband were reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to

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's benefit anthology book, ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds'', a project spearheaded by

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Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February

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. Simonson teamed up with artist

to produce an original story with new characters created specifically for the anthology.

Novelist

From 1993 through 2009, she wrote five picture books and eleven novels for middle-readers, many of which featured characters from DC Comics. Two YA novels, ''

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: The Gauntlet'' and ''Justice League: Wild at Heart'', published by

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, were based on the Justice League cartoon. She wrote an adult ''Batman'' novel and the non-fiction ''DC Comics Covergirls''.

Awards

* Eagle Award for '' Power Pack'' (1985) * ''

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'' Award for '' The Death of Superman'' (1992) * Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts (1992)

Bibliography

Capstone Publishers

* ''Far Out Fairy Tales: Snow White and the Seven Robots'' OGN (2015)

Dark Horse Comics

*'' Star Wars: River of Chaos'' #1–4 (1995)

DC Comics

*''

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'' #701,

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, ''Annual'' #6 (1994, 2018) *'' Adventures of Superman'' #500, 568–569, 571, ''Annual'' #3 (1993–1999) *'' Convergence Superman: Man of Steel'' #1–2 (2015) *''DC Primal Age'' #1 (2019) *''

: Superman - The '90s'' #1 (2011) *'' The Death of Superman'' #1–12 (webcomic) (2018) *''

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'' #635–637, ''Annual'' #4 (1991) *'' Doomsday Annual'' #1 (1995) *'' New Titans'' #87, 94–96, ''Annual'' #10 (1992–1994) *'' Showcase '96'' #2 (1996) *''

'' #1–3 5–16, 21–27, 29–31, #0, ''Annual'' #2 (1994–1996) *''

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Special'' #1 (1993) *''Superman 3-D'' #1 (1998) *''Superman Forever'' #1 (1998) *''

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'' #1 (1998) *''Superman: Save the Planet'' #1 (1998) *'' Superman: The Man of Steel'' #1–56, 59–83, 86, #0, ''Annual'' #2, 4, 6 (1991–1999) *'' Superman: The Man of Tomorrow'' #11–14 (1998–1999) *'' Superman: The Wedding Album'' #1 (1996) *''

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'' #600 (2010) *''Wonder Woman 1984'' #1 (with Anna Obropta) (2020) *''Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace'' #8 (digital) (2020) *''Wonder Woman: Warbinger'' GN (2020) *''Wonderful Women of the World'' GN (among others) (2021) *''

'' #15–25 (2009–2010)

Ibooks

* '' Magnus, Robot Fighter'' #1 (2005)

IDW

* '' Rocketeer Adventures'' #4 (2012) * ''Super Secret Crisis War'' #1–6 (2014) * ''Super Secret Crisis War! Codename: Kids Next Door'' one-shot (2014) * ''Super Secret Crisis War!

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'' one-shot (2014) * ''Super Secret Crisis War!

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'' one-shot (2014) * ''Super Secret Crisis War! The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'' one-shot (2014) * ''Super Secret Crisis War!

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'' one-shot (2014)

Image

* '' Gen13 Bootleg'' #4 (1997) *''Wildstorm!'' #1 (with

) (1995)

Marvel Comics

*''Adventures in Reading Starring the Amazing Spider-Man'' #1 (promo) (1990) *''Amazing High Adventure'' #1 (1984) *''

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Annual'' #19 (1985) *'' Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' #9 (2013) *'' Avengers Origins'' #1 (promo) (2015) *''

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Meets the Asthma Monster'' #1 (promo) (1988) *'' Chaos War: X-Men'' #1 (2011) *''

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'' #645, ''Annual 2000'' (2015, 2000) *''

: The Devourer'' #1–6 (1999–2000) *''

'' #3 (2010) *'' Havok and

Meltdown'' #1–4 (1989) *'' Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men'' #1 (1985) *''Iron Age'' #3 (2011) *''Life of Christ: The Christmas Story'' #1–2 (1993–1994) *'' Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes'' #7, 11 (2009) *'' Marvel Super Special'' #38 (1985) *''

'' #149–150, ''Annual'' #7 (1984–1985) *'' Mystic Arcana: Magik'' #1 (2007) *''

'' #55–80, 82–91, 93–97, ''Annual'' #4–6 (1987–1991) *'' Power Pack'' #1–20, 22–33, 35, 37, 39–41, ''Holiday Special'' #1 (1984–1988, 1992) *''Power Pack: Grow Up'' #1 (2019) *''

'' #8–13 (1985–1986) *'' Sensational She-Hulk'' #29–30 (1991) *''Spellbound'' #1–6 (1988) *''Spider-Man and Power Pack'' #1 (promo) (1984) *''

'' #1–4 (1984–1985) *''

'' #1–9 (1999–2000) *''

'' #1–3 (1985) *''

'' #6–64, ''Annual'' #3, 5 (1986–1991) *''X-Factor Forever'' #1–5 (2010) *''X-Men: Black Sun'' #4 (2000) *''X-Men: Gold'' #1 (2014) *''X-Men: Legends'' (X-Factor) #3–4; (New Mutants) #11 (2021–2022) *'' X-Terminators'' #1–4 (1988–1989)

Tokyopop

* '' Warcraft Legends'' #5 (2009)

Valiant

* ''

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'' #5–6 (2016)

Virtual Comics

* ''The 6'' #2–3 (1996)

Warren Publishing

* '' Creepy'' #101 (1978) *'' Eerie'' #81 (with David Michelinie), #99 (1977–1979)

Welsh Publishing Group

* ''Superman & Batman Magazine'' #5 (1994)

References

External links

*
Louise Simonson
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Simonson, Louise 1946 births American comics writers Comic book editors Female comics writers Inkpot Award winners Living people Marvel Comics writers Writers from Atlanta American female comics artists DC Comics people