James Michael Reaves (born September 14, 1950) is an

American writer American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry ...

, known for his contributions as scriptwriter and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including '' Disney's Gargoyles'' and '' Batman: The Animated Series''. He has also written media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction. He often collaborates with

Steve Perry Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. He also wrote/co ...

and won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program in his work on ''Batman: The Animated Series''. Reaves has

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

, and for a time maintained a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects.http://michaelreaveswriter.blogspot.com/ Typing is now difficult for him, and by his own account, he has lost the ability to speak coherently. Reaves worked extensively with co-authors between 2004 and 2015, including his daughter Mallory Reaves.

Books

Novels

Anthologies and collections

*'' Darkworld Detective'' (1981) *''The Night People'' (2005)

Co-Editor

*'' Shadows Over Baker Street'' (2003) (co-editor and contributor)

Short stories

*The Breath of Dragons (1973) *Passion Play (1974) *The Century Feeling (November 1974) *The Sound of Something Dying (1976) *Amber Day (1977) *Love Among the Symbionts (1977) *The Big Spell and The Maltese Vulcan (1977) *Shadetree (1978) *Werewind (1981) *The Tearing Of Graymare House (1983) *The Night People (1985) *The Way Home (with Steve Perry) (1991) *Catspaw (1992) *Elvis Meets Godzilla (1994) *Red Clay (2001) (in '' The Children of Cthulhu'') * House Of The Vampire (2003) *The Adventure Of The Arab's Manuscript (2003) (in '' Shadows Over Baker Street'') *Keep Coming Back (2003) *The Legend Of The Midnight Cruiser (2003) * Undeadsville (2004) *Spider Dream (2005) (in ''Lost on the Darkside'')

Screenwriting

Animated television

''Series head writer credits are denoted in bold'' *''

The New Archie and Sabrina Hour ''The New Archie and Sabrina Hour'' (advertised as ''The Archie-Sabrina Show'') is the seventh and final animated series featuring Archie Comics characters under the Filmation banner. The series premiered on NBC in September 1977, rebroadcasting ...

'' (1977) *'' Space Sentinels'' (1977) *'' Web Woman'' (1978) *'' The New Shmoo'' (1979) *''

Blackstar ''Blackstar'' is an American animated science fantasy television series, produced in 1981 by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott for Filmation. The series was Filmation's second fantasy epic, the first being '' The Freedom Force'', a segment of '' ...

'' (1981) *''

The Smurfs ''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and int ...

'' (1981) *''

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line ''Masters of the Universe''. The show, often referred to as simply ''He-Man'', was one of the most popular anim ...

'' (1983) *''

The Biskitts ''The Biskitts'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1983 to 1984 and aired on CBS. The series lasted for only one season; only 13 episodes were produced. '' Shirt Tales'' replaced the show in its ...

'' (1983) *'' Pole Position'' (1984) *'' Mighty Orbots'' (1984) *''

Dungeons and Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...

'' (1984-1985) *'' Challenge of the GoBots'' (1985) *'' Star Wars: Droids'' (1985) *'' Ewoks'' (1986) *''

Potato Head Kids ''Potato Head Kids'' is an American animated television series that aired in 1986. It was made to pair with '' My Little Pony 'n Friends''. An episode of ''My Little Pony'' was played for 15 minutes, and then an episode of ''Potato Head Kids'', '' ...

'' (1986) *'' Teen Wolf'' (1986) *'' The Centurions'' (1986) *'' The Transformers'' (1986) *'' My Little Pony'' (1986-1987) *''

The Real Ghostbusters ''The Real Ghostbusters'' is an American animated television series, a spin-off/sequel of the 1984 comedy film ''Ghostbusters''. The series ran from September 13, 1986, to October 5, 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and DI ...

'' (1986-1987, 1990) *''

Bionic Six is a 1987 animated television series. It was produced by Universal Television and animated by TMS Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsha (now TMS Entertainment) and distributed, through first-run syndication, by MCA Inc., MCA TV, years before the la ...

'' (1987) *'' Jem'' (1987) *'' Spiral Zone'' (1987) *'' Starcom: The U.S. Space Force'' (1987) *'' Superman'' (1988) *''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers (named after It ...

'' (1988-1990) *''

The New Adventures of He-Man ''The New Adventures of He-Man'' is an animated series which ran in syndication in the fall of 1990 while Mattel released the toy line He-Man, an update of their Masters of the Universe line. The cartoon series was intended to be a continuation of ...

'' (1990) *''

Tiny Toon Adventures ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first collaborative effort of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation ...

'' (1990) *''

Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates ''Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates'' (known in international markets as ''20th Century Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates'') is an American animated television series based on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan that aired on Fox Kids from September 8, 1990, to Se ...

'' (1990-1991) *'' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992-1995) *'' Bobby's World'' (1992) *''

Conan and the Young Warriors ''Conan and the Young Warriors'' is a 1994 American television animated series produced by Sunbow Entertainment and aired by CBS as a sequel to the animated series ''Conan the Adventurer'', but featuring a different set of characters (besides Con ...

'' (1994) *'' Phantom 2040'' (1994-1995) *'' Gargoyles'' (1994-1996) *'' Beast Machines: Transformers'' (1999-2000) *''

Spider-Man Unlimited ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an American animated series by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, intended as a loose sequel series to the previous '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', which ran from 19 ...

'' (1999-2001) *'' Godzilla: The Series'' (2000) *''

Max Steel Max Steel is a line of action figures produced and owned by the toy company Mattel since 1999. The original figures based on the first TV series were similar to the original 12-inch G.I. Joe toys, consisting almost entirely of different versi ...

'' (2000) *''

'' (2002-2003)

Live-action television

*''

The Secrets of Isis ''The Secrets of Isis'', originally broadcast as ''Isis'', is an American live-action superhero television series produced by Filmation from 1975 to 1976 for CBS's Saturday morning lineup. The series was renamed ''The Secrets of Isis'' in syndic ...

'' - one episode (1975) *'' Shazam!'' - one episode (1976) *''

Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince ''Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince'' is a live-action children's science fiction television series created by Joe Camp, the creator of the ''Benji'' film series. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera and Mulberry Square, and it aired Saturday morn ...

'' - one episode (1983) *''

The Twilight Zone ''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, sup ...

'' - two episodes produced, and two stories (1986–89) *'' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' - one episode (1987) *''

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future ''Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'' is a science fiction-action television series, merging live action with animation based on computer-generated images, that ran for 22 episodes in Canadian and American syndication. A toy line was ...

'' - two episodes produced, three episodes, and one story (1987–1988) *''

Monsters A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...

'' - four episodes (1988–1990) *''

Swamp Thing The Swamp Thing is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. A humanoid/plant elemental creature, created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, the Swamp Thing has had several humanoid or monster incarnations in v ...

'' - one episode (1990) *'' The Flash'' - one episode (1990) *'' Father Dowling Mysteries'' - three episodes (1990–1991) *''

Young Hercules ''Young Hercules'' is a prequel series to the television series ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' the originally aired on Fox Kids Network. It premiered on September 12, 1998 and ended on May 14, 1999, with a total of 50 episodes over the co ...

'' - one episode (1999) *''

Sliders Slider or Sliders may refer to: Arts * K.K. Slider, a fictional character within the ''Animal Crossing'' franchise * '' The Slider'', a 1972 album by T. Rex * ''Sliders'' (TV series), an American science fiction and fantasy television series * ...

'' - one episode (1999) *'' Star Trek: New Voyages'' - one episode (2007)

Film

*'' Batman: Mask of the Phantasm'' (1993) *''

Full Eclipse ''Full Eclipse'' is a 1993 science fiction crime film directed by Anthony Hickox. Starring Mario Van Peebles and Bruce Payne, the story is set in Los Angeles where the police department has assembled a unique squad of officers who possess the abi ...

'' (1993) *'' Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman'' (2003)

References

External links

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