Mike W. Barr (born May 30, 1952) is an American writer of

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mystery novel Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a re ...

s, and

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

novels. Barr has written for every one of the first four incarnations of ''Star Trek:

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, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and '' Star Trek: Voyager'', in either comic book or other media.

Career

Comics

Barr's debut as a comics professional came in

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' ''

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'' #444 (Dec. 1974–Jan. 1975), for which he wrote an eight-page back-up mystery feature starring the

Elongated Man Elongated Man (Randolph William "Ralph" Dibny) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''The Flash'' #112 (February 25, 1960). The character made his live-action debut on The CW's live-actio ...

. Another Elongated Man story followed in ''Detective Comics'' #453 (Nov. 1975). and He wrote text articles and editorial replies in letter columns for the next few years. By mid-1980 he was writing regularly for both DC and Marvel, including stories for ''

Mystery in Space ''Mystery in Space'' is the name of two science fiction American comic book series published by DC Comics, and of a standalone Vertigo anthology released in 2012. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 to 1966, with a further seven issues ...

'', ''

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Marvel Team-Up ''Marvel Team-Up'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as ...

'', and a

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Scarlet Witch The Scarlet Witch is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #4 in March 1964, in the Silver Age of Comic Boo ...

team-up in ''

Marvel Fanfare ''Marvel Fanfare'' was an anthology comic book series published by American company Marvel Comics. It was a showcase title featuring a variety of characters from the Marvel universe. Volume one ''Marvel Fanfare'' featured characters and setting ...

'' #6. ''

Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a 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 centuries of t ...

'' #277 (July 1981) saw him take on editorial duties at DC, a position he would hold until 1987. In December 1982, he and artist

Brian Bolland Brian Bolland (; born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, ''Artists on Comic Art'' (Titan Books, 2000) , p. 11 is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology ''2000 AD (comi ...

began ''

Camelot 3000 ''Camelot 3000'' is an American twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Mike W. Barr and penciled by Brian Bolland. It was published by DC Comics from 1982 to 1985 as one of its first direct market projects, and as its first maxi-s ...

'', a 12 issue limited series that was one of DC Comics' first

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projects. Barr and artist

Trevor Von Eeden Trevor Von Eeden (born July 24, 1959) is a Guyanese-American comics artist, actor and writer known for his work on such titles as ''Black Lightning'', ''Batman'', ''Green Arrow'', ''Power Man and Iron Fist'', and the biographical series ''The Orig ...

produced the first ''

Green Arrow Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' No. 73 on September 19, 1941 (cover dated November 1941), th ...

'' limited series in 1983. When the long running ''

'' series came to its conclusion with issue #200 (July 1983), it featured a preview of a new Batman series, ''

Batman and the Outsiders The Outsiders are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. As their name suggests, the team consists of superheroes who do not fit the norms of the "mainstream" superhero community, i.e. the Justice League. The ...

'' by Barr and artist

Jim Aparo James N. Aparo (; August 24, 1932 – July 19, 2005) was an American comic book artist, best known for his DC Comics work from the late 1960s through the 1990s, including on the characters Batman, Aquaman, and the Spectre (DC Comics character), Sp ...

, which would be described by DC Comics writer and executive

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as being "a team series more fashionable to 1980s audiences." The Masters of Disaster were among the supervillains created by Barr and Aparo for the series. Barr wrote every issue of the original series, and its Baxter paper spinoff, ''The Outsiders'' that did not include Batman and introduced

Looker ''Looker'' is a 1981 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by Michael Crichton, starring Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, and Leigh Taylor-Young. It follows a series of mysterious deaths plaguing female models wh ...

. After the series' cancellation in February 1988, it was revived in November 1993 by Barr and artist

Paul Pelletier Paul Pelletier is an American comic book penciller. Career Pelletier began working as a professional comic artist in the late 1980s. His first work appeared in Cosmic Steller Rebellers (hammac publications) and Wayward Warrior (Hammac Public ...

. He was one of the contributors to the ''

DC Challenge ''DC Challenge'' was a 12-issue comic book limited series produced by DC Comics from November 1985 to October 1986, as a round robin experiment in narrative. The series' tagline was "Can You Solve It Before We Do?" Publication history The ''DC C ...

'' limited series in 1986 and wrote the " Batman: Year Two" storyline in ''Detective Comics'' #575–578 (June–Sept. 1987) which followed up on

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" Batman: Year One". Barr introduced the

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in ''Detective Comics'' #575 (June 1987) and returned to the character in the ''Batman: Full Circle'' one-shot in 1991. Another project from 1987 was the '' Batman: Son of the Demon''

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which was drawn by Jerry Bingham. “In an over-sized hardcover graphic novel one-shot, writer Mike W. Barr and artist Jerry Bingham introduced a monumental new character into the life of the Dark Knight - Damian Wayne.” This title, and Barr's work on Batman with artist

Alan Davis Alan Davis (born 18 June 1956) is an English comic book writer and artist, known for his work on ''Captain Britain'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''The ClanDestine, ClanDestine'', ''Detective Comics'', ''Excalibur (comic book), Excalibur'', ''JLA: ...

have been cited by

Grant Morrison Grant Morrison (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, Humanism, humanist philosophy and counterculture, countercultural leanings. Morrison has writt ...

as key inspirations for their own run on the ''

Batman Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...

'' title. Barr's sequel, ''Batman: Bride of The Demon'', was published in 1991. Barr's Batman stories and scripts have been adapted into several mediums, including episodes of '' Batman: The Animated Series''. From 1989 to 1990, he took over DC's ''

Doc Savage Doc Savage is a fictional character of the competent man hero type, who first appeared in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. Real name Clark Savage Jr., he is a polymathic scientist, explorer, detective, and warrior who "right ...

'' series from

Dennis O'Neil Dennis "Denny" Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until h ...

, which saw the 1930s super-scientist taken to the present day. It was also notable as featuring Doc Savage's first-ever team-up with

The Shadow The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson. Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibs ...

, another popular hero of the pulp magazine era and inspiration for Batman. The two characters appeared together in a four-issue story, ''The Conflagration Man'', that crossed back and forth between each character's DC comic book series. In 2007, he wrote a two-part story for the pages of DC's '' JLA: Classified'' (#47–48, Jan–Feb 2008), returned to the Outsiders with ''Outsiders: Five of a Kind —

Katana A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Developed later than the ''tachi'', it was used by samurai in feudal Japan and worn with the edge fa ...

/ Shazam'' #1 (Oct. 2007), contributed to

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's ''Star Trek: The Manga'', and relaunched ''Maze Agency'' at

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

. He has scripted many of

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' ''

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'' titles, including a Christmas story for 2010. His other comics work includes ''

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'' for

Malibu Comics Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. (launched as Malibu Graphics) was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. Notable titles published by Malibu included ''Th ...

and ''

Maze Agency ''The Maze Agency'' is an American mystery comic book series created by Mike W. Barr and first professionally published in 1988. It revolves around a pair of detectives (Jennifer Mays and Gabriel Webb) and their adventures solving puzzling murder ...

'' for Comico Comics and

Innovation Publishing Innovation Publishing (also known as Innovation Books and the Innovative Corporation) was an American comic book company based in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was co-founded by David Campiti in 1988 after writing a business proposal and raising ...

Prose

In May 2010, the Invisible College Press published Barr's science fiction/fantasy novel, '' Majician/51'', about the discoveries of a scientist working at

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. Barr contributed to the '' Silver Age Sentinels'' short story anthologies from

Guardians of Order Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired '' Big Eyes, Small Mouth''. In 2006 Gu ...

Bibliography

Comics

Comico Comics

* ''

'' #1–7 (1988–1989)

Dark Horse Comics

* ''Dark Horse Comics'' #14–15 (1993) * ''

Dark Horse Presents ''Dark Horse Presents'' was a comic book published by Dark Horse Comics from 1986 in comics, 1986. Their first published series, it was their flagship title until its September 2000 in comics, 2000 cancellation. The second incarnation was publishe ...

'' #117, 119, 135 (1997–1998)

DC Comics

* ''

Action Comics ''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National ...

'' #537–538 (1982) * '' The Adventures of Superman Annual'' #9 (1997) * ''The Adventures of the Outsiders'' #33–38 (1986) * '' Arak, Son of Thunder'' #7–8 (1982) * ''

'' #327, 329, 331, 334, 353, ''Annual'' #8–9, ''Special'' #1 (1980–1985) * ''

'' #1–32, ''Annual'' #1–2 (1983–1986) * ''Batman: Bride of the Demon'' HC (1991) * '' Batman: Dark Knight Dynasty'' HC (1998) * ''Batman: Full Circle'' #1 (1991) * '' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #25 (

Batman Black and White ''Batman Black and White'' refers to the comic book limited series published by DC Comics featuring 8-page black and white Batman stories. Volumes 1, 4 and 5 of the series feature all-new stories (published in 1996, 2013–14, and 2020–21, respe ...

) (2002) * '' Batman: In Darkest Knight'' #1 (1994) * '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #21–23 (1991) * ''Batman: Reign of Terror'' #1 (1999) * '' Batman: Son of the Demon'' HC (1987) * ''Batman:

Two-Face Two-Face is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bob Kane, and first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #66 (August 1942). He has become one of the superhero Batman's most enduring e ...

Strikes Twice'' #1–2 (1993) * ''Beware the Batman'' #5 (2014) * ''

'' #169, 177, 184, 190, 192, 194–195, 198–200 (1980–1983) * '' Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Outsiders'' #1 (2010) * ''

'' #1–12 (1982–1985) * ''

'' #5 (1986) * ''

DC Comics Presents ''DC Comics Presents'' is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four ''Annual''s. It featured team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters in the DC Universe. A recurring bac ...

'' #22, 39, 42, 47, 58, 83 (1980–1985) * '' DC Retroactive: Batman – The '80s'' #1 (2011) * ''DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest'' #23 (1982) * ''

'' #444, 453, 488, 490–491, 500, 507, 569–581 (1974–1987) * ''Detective Comics'' vol. 2 #27 (2014) * ''

'' #7–24, ''Annual'' #1 (1989–1990) * '' Elvira's House of Mystery'' #7 (1986) * ''

The Flash The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date, cover-dated Jan ...

'' #313 (1982) * ''

'' #1–4 (1983) * ''

'' #131, 154–165 (1980–1983) * ''

Heroes Against Hunger ''Heroes Against Hunger'' is a 1986 all-star benefit comic book for African famine relief and recovery. Published by DC Comics in the form of a "comic jam" or exquisite corpse, the book starred Superman and Batman. Spearheaded by Jim Starlin and ...

'' #1 (1986) * ''

House of Mystery ''The House of Mystery'' is the name of several horror comics, horror, fantasy comics, fantasy, and mystery fiction, mystery comics anthology, comics anthologies published by DC Comics. It had a companion series, ''The House of Secrets (DC Comi ...

'' #269, 279, 285, 288, 291, 320 (1979–1983) * '' JLA: Classified'' #47–48 (2008) * '' JSA: Classified'' #38–39 (2008) * ''Justice League Adventures'' #8 (2002) * ''

'' #111–112, 115–117 (1980–1981) * ''

The New Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

'' #37 (1983) * ''The Outsiders'' #1–28, ''Annual'' #1, ''Special'' #1 (1985–1988) * ''The Outsiders'' vol. 2 #1–24, #0 (1993–1995) * ''The Outsiders: Five of a Kind –

/ Shazam'' #1 * '' Saga of the Swamp Thing'' #2–8 (

Phantom Stranger The Phantom Stranger is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, of unspecified paranormal origins, who battles mysterious and occult forces, sometimes under their Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo imprint. The character ...

backup stories) (1982) * ''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...

'' vol. 2 #6, 10, 44, 47 (1986–1990) * ''

Secrets of Haunted House ''Secrets of Haunted House'' was a horror-suspense comics anthology series published by American company DC Comics from 1975 to 1978 and 1979 to 1982. Publication history The series began in April–May 1975. Like its predecessor ''Secrets of S ...

'' #15, 28 (1979–1980) * ''

Strikes'' #5–6 (1990) * '' Showcase '93'' #4–5 (1993) * ''

'' #1–16, ''Annual'' #1–2, ''Movie Special'' #1–2 (1984–1987) * ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/Star Trek: The Next Generation'' #1–2 (1994) * ''Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual'' #4 (1993) * ''Superman 80–Page Giant'' #1 (1999) * ''Tales of the

Green Lantern Corps The Green Lantern Corps is a intergalactic Peacekeeping, peace keeping agency appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residing on the plan ...

'' #1–3 (1981) * ''

Time Warp Time travel is a common theme in fiction, mainly since the late 19th century, and has been depicted in a variety of media, such as literature, television, and film. The concept of time travel by mechanical means was popularized in H. G. Wells' ...

'' #1, 3 (1980) * '' The Unexpected'' #192, 196, 200, 205–213 (1979–1981) * ''

Weird War Tales ''Weird War Tales'' is a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September - October 1971 to June 1983. Publication history The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was an an ...

'' #70, 84, 93, 99–100, 106–108 (1978–1982) * ''

World's Finest Comics ''World's Finest Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael ...

'' #274–278, 282–284, 288, 300 (1981–1984)

Egmont

* '' Agent X9'' #9/2007, 9/2009

First Comics

* ''

E-Man E-Man is a comic-book character, a superhero created by writer Nicola Cuti and artist Joe Staton for the American company Charlton Comics in 1973. Although the character's original series was short-lived, the lightly humorous hero has become a cul ...

'' vol. 2 #4 (1983)

IDW Publishing

* ''Maze Agency'' #1–2 (2005)

Innovation Publishing

* ''Maze Agency'' #8–23, ''Special'' #1 (1989–1991)

Malibu Comics

* ''Break-Thru'' #1–2 (1993–1994) * ''Godwheel'' #3 (1995) * ''

Lord Pumpkin The Ultraverse is a defunct comic book imprint published by the American company Malibu Comics which is currently owned by Marvel Comics. The Ultraverse is a shared universe in which a variety of characters – known within the comics as Ultras � ...

/Necromantra'' #1–4 (1995) * ''

'' #1–24, ''Giant-Size'' #1 (1993–1995) * ''Mantra: Spear of Destiny'' #1–2 (1995) * ''

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'' #4, 12 (1994) * ''Ultraverse Zero: The Death of the Squad'' #1 (1995) * ''Wrath'' #1–6, 8–9, ''Giant-Size'' #1 (1994)

Marvel Comics

* ''

The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American superhero American comic book, comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of t ...

'' #220 (1981) * ''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in '' Captain America Comics'' #1, published on December 20, 1940, by Timely C ...

'' #241, 257 (1980–1981) * ''

Mandrake the Magician ''Mandrake the Magician'' is a Comic strip syndication, syndicated newspaper comic strip, created by Lee Falk before he created ''The Phantom''.Ron Goulart, ''The Encyclopedia of American Comics''. New York: Facts on File, 1990. . pp. 91, 249 ...

'' #1–2 (1995) * ''Mantra'' vol. 2 #∞, 1, 3 (1995) * ''

'' #6 (

); #46 (

Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four, often abbreviated as FF, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover-dated November 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism i ...

); #49 (

Two-Gun Kid The Two-Gun Kid is the name of two Western fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first, Clay Harder, was introduced in a 1948 comic from Marvel predecessor Timely Comics. The second, Matt Hawk a.k ...

) (1983–1990) * ''

Marvel Preview ''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group. Publica ...

'' #23 (1980) * ''

Marvel Spotlight ''Marvel Spotlight'' is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book. It stood out from Marvel's other try-out books in that most of the featured characters made their first appearance in the series. The series or ...

'' vol. 2 #8 ( Captain Marvel) (1980) * ''

'' #102, 105 (1981) * ''

Power Man and Iron Fist ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' (originally ''Luke Cage, Hero for Hire'' then ''Luke Cage, Power Man'') was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist. Publication history ''Hero ...

'' #76 (1981) * ''

Shroud Shroud usually refers to an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to ''burial sheets'', mound shroud, grave clothes, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the Jewish '' ...

'' #1–4 (1994) * ''

Solo Avengers ''Solo Avengers'' was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and was a spin-off from the company's superhero team title ''The Avengers (comic book), The Avengers''. It was published for 20 issues (December 1987–July 1989) unt ...

'' #8 (

Henry Pym Dr. Henry Jonathan Pym is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by penciller Jack Kirby, editor-plotter Stan Lee and writer Larry Lieber, Pym debuted in ''Tales to Astonish'' #27 (January 1962). He r ...

) (1988) * ''

Spider-Man Unlimited ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is an animated television series produced by Saban Entertainment which features the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man and serves as a follow-up to '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series''. ''Unlimited'' premiered in 1 ...

'' #1 (1993) * ''

'' #5–6, 17 (1980–1981) * ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

'' #49 (1981) * '' What If...?'' #26 (Captain America); #28 ( Daredevil) (1981)

Television

*'' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1993) **"Paging the Crime Doctor" (ep. 53 story with Laren Bright, teleplay by Randy Rogel and

Martin Pasko Martin Joseph "Marty" Pasko (born Jean-Claude Rochefort; August 4, 1954– May 10, 2020) was a Canadian comic book writer and television screenwriter. Pasko worked for many comics publishers, but is best known for his superhero stories for DC Com ...

)

References

External links

*
"DC Profiles #33: Mike W. Barr"
at the Grand Comics Database
Mike W. Barr
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Barr, Mike W. 1952 births 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American novelists American comics writers American male novelists American male short story writers American science fiction writers American comic book editors Inkpot Award winners Living people 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Writers from Akron, Ohio