Matt S. Wayne is an
American writer of
comic books
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
and
television. Wayne is probably best known for his work on the animated series ''
Niko and the Sword of Light'', ''
Cannon Busters'' and ''
Ben 10: Omniverse'', and writing and editing
comic books
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
for
Milestone Media
Milestone Media is a company best known for creating Milestone Comics, which were published and distributed by DC Comics and the '' Static Shock'' animated series. It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers, ...
.
Biography
Wayne was born in
Cleveland, Ohio
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, grew up in
Milford, Michigan, and attended the
University of Michigan. He was childhood friends with writer
Richard Pursel and was high school and college friends with writer
Dwayne McDuffie.
Comic books
Wayne's first comic book credit was for material in ''Marvel Year-In-Review'' #1 for
Marvel Comics. He then wrote several stories for Hamilton Comics.
When
McDuffie
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ancest ...
co-founded the comic book company
Milestone Media
Milestone Media is a company best known for creating Milestone Comics, which were published and distributed by DC Comics and the '' Static Shock'' animated series. It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers, ...
, Wayne was hired as an editor on titles such as ''
Icon'' and ''
Hardware''. Wayne also wrote several titles, including the series ''
Shadow Cabinet'' and ''
Heroes''.
After Milestone ceased publishing monthly comics in 1997, Wayne wrote for
DC Comics.
Television
Wayne credits his friend
Richard Pursel for helping him get his first job writing in television for the animated series ''
Poochini''.
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His friendship and past work with Dwayne McDuffie led to other television writing work, including '' Static Shock'', '' What's New, Scooby-Doo?'', ''Danny Phantom
''Danny Phantom'' is an American animated superhero action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows Danny Fenton, a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human ...
'', '' Tom and Jerry Tales'', '' Krypto the Superdog'', and '' Storm Hawks''.
Wayne was hired to write several episodes of the animated series '' Justice League Unlimited'' and was eventually promoted to story editor. Continuing his work on animated projects based on popular comic books, he also wrote several episodes of ''Legion of Super Heroes
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st cent ...
'' and '' The Spectacular Spider-Man''.
Wayne also wrote the screenplay for the animated film, '' Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms''.
Screenwriting credits
* series head writer denoted in bold
Television
*'' Poochini%27s Yard'' (2002-2003)
*'' Static Shock'' (2004)
*'' What%27s New, Scooby-Doo%3F'' (2005)
*'' Krypto the Superdog'' (2005)
*'' Justice League Unlimited'' (2005-2006): season 3 head writer
*''Danny Phantom
''Danny Phantom'' is an American animated superhero action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows Danny Fenton, a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human ...
'' (2006)
*'' Biker Mice from Mars'' (2006)
*'' Tom and Jerry Tales'' (2006)
*''Legion of Super Heroes
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st cent ...
'' (2007)
*'' Storm Hawks'' (2007)
*'' Growing Up Creepie'' (2008)
*'' Ben 10: Alien Force'' (2008)
*'' The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (2008-2009)
*'' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' (2009)
*'' My Friends Tigger %26 Pooh'' (2009)
*'' The Super Hero Squad Show'' (2009-2011)
*'' Ben 10: Ultimate Alien'' (2010-2012)
*'' Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' (2012)
*'' Transformers: Prime'' (2012)
*'' Hero: 108'' (2012)
*'' Ben 10: Omniverse'' (2012-2014)
* '' Ultimate Spider-Man'' (2013, 2015-2016)
*'' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (2015)
* '' Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2015)
* '' Slugterra'' (2015-2016)
* '' Avengers Assemble'' (2016)
* '' Justice League Action'' (2017)
* '' Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2017)
* '' Wacky Races'' (2017-2018)
* '' Niko and the Sword of Light'' (2017-2019)
* '' Cannon Busters'' (2019)
* '' Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures'' (2020-present)
* '' Action Pack'' (2022-present)
* '' Stillwater'' (2022)
* '' Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles'' (2022-present)
Films
* '' Hellboy: Sword of Storms'' (2006)
* '' Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload'' (2013)
* '' Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon'' (2016)
Bibliography
Writer
* ''Marvel Year-In-Review'' #1 (Marvel Comics, 1990) – (one-shot)
* ''Betty and Me'' #198–199 (Archie Comics, May–June 1991)
* ''Toxic!'' #30–31, (Apocalypse .K.October 17–24, 1991)
*''Maggots'' #1 (Hamilton Comics, November 1991)
*'' Shadow Cabinet'' #4–11 (DC Comics ilestone September 1994 – April 1995)
*'' Shadow Cabinet'' #13–17 (DC Comics ilestone June 1995 – October 1995)
* ''Hardware'' #23–24 (DC Comics ilestone January–February 1995) (credited as Denton Fixx, Jr.)
* ''Hardware'' #40–41 (DC Comics ilestone June–July 1996)
* ''Static'' #36 (DC Comics ilestone June 1996)
* ''Madraven Summer Solstice Special'' #1 (Hamilton Comics, Summer 1996)
* '' Heroes'' #1–6 (DC Comics ilestone May 1996 – November 1996)
* '' Cartoon Network Presents'' #2 (DC Comics, September 1997)
* '' Cartoon Network Presents'' #8 (DC Comics, March 1997)
* '' Cartoon Network Presents'' #9 (DC Comics, April 1997)
* '' Cartoon Network Presents'' #11 (DC Comics, June 1997)
* '' Cartoon Network Presents'' #15 (DC Comics, November 1997)
* ''Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #5 (DC Comics, December 1997)
* ''Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #9 (DC Comics, April 1998)
* ''Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #14 (DC Comics, October 1998)
* ''Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #17–18 (DC Comics, January–February 1999)
* ''Gross Point'' #3–14 (DC Comics, October 1997 – August 1998)
* ''Animaniacs'' #41–43 (DC Comics, October 1998 – December 1998)
* ''Animaniacs'' #47 (DC Comics, April 1999)
* ''Animaniacs'' #54 (DC Comics, November 1999)
* ''Animaniacs'' #57 (DC Comics, February 2000)
* '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #213 (DC Comics, February 2007)
* '' Justice League Unlimited'' #37–38 (DC Comics, November 2007 – December 2007)
* '' Justice League Unlimited'' #46 (DC Comics, August 2008)
* ''Cartoon Network Action Pack'' #27 (DC Comics, September 2008)
* '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' #1–4 (DC Comics, January 2009 – April 2009)
* '' The Brave and the Bold'' #24 (DC Comics, August 2009)
Editor
*'' Hardware'' #11–41 (DC Comics ilestone January 1994 – July 1996)
*'' Icon'' #9–38 (DC Comics ilestone January 1994 – October 1996)
*'' Worlds Collide'' #1 (DC Comics ilestone July 1994) – (one-shot)
*'' Blood Syndicate'' #31–35 (DC Comics ilestone October 1995 – February 1996)
*'' Static'' #44–45 (DC Comics ilestone February 1997 – March 1997)
Notes
References
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American male screenwriters
American comics writers
Comic book editors
Living people
Writers from Cleveland
University of Michigan alumni
People from Milford, Michigan
Screenwriters from Ohio
Screenwriters from Michigan
Year of birth missing (living people)