Paul Levitz (; born October 21, 1956) is an American comic book writer,

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and executive. The president of

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from 2002–2009, he worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. Along with publisher Jenette Kahn and managing editor Dick Giordano, Levitz was responsible for hiring such writers as

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and

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, artists such as

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, Keith Giffen, and John Byrne, and editor Karen Berger, who contributed to the 1980s revitalization of the company's line of comic book heroes.

Early life

Levitz was raised in

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, New York. during which time he revived the defunct comic news

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, '' The Comic Reader'', which according to Levitz, was the first regularly published comics industry news fanzine. Under Levitz's editorship ''The Comic Reader'' won two Best Fanzine Comic Art Fan Awards. One of Levitz's teachers,

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, was impressed enough with Levitz's work that he arranged for Levitz to appear on McCourt's brother Malachy's radio show.Interview with Paul Levitz
at

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Times Square; YouTube; May 22, 2010

Career

During the course of his research for '' The Comic Reader'', Levitz became well known at the offices of

, where in December 1972, editor

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gave him his first freelance work, initially writing text pages and letter pages, and later working as a

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assistant editor before writing stories. Levitz later studied business at

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but had taken no formal education in writing, other than a journalism course. He dropped out after three years in order to concentrate on his writing career. After serving as Joe Orlando's assistant editor, in 1976 Levitz "fulfilled a lifelong dream" by becoming the editor of ''

Adventure Comics ''Adventure Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), m ...

'' on the eve of his 20th birthday. In 1978, he succeeded

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as the editor of the

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line of comics. As a writer, Levitz is best known for his work on the title ''

The 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 ...

'', which he wrote from 1977–1979 and 1981–1989. Levitz wrote '' All-New Collectors' Edition'' #C-55 (1978), a treasury-sized special drawn by Mike Grell, in which longtime Legion members

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and

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were married. Levitz and artists James Sherman and

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crafted " Earthwar" a five-issue storyline in ''Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #241–245 (July–Nov. 1978). He and Keith Giffen produced " The Great Darkness Saga", one of the best known Legion stories, in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 2, #290–294. Comics historian

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observed that "Working with artist Keith Giffen, Levitz completed the transformation of ''Legion'' into a science-fiction saga of considerable scope and depth." In August 1984, a new ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' series was launched by Levitz and Giffen. With artist

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, Levitz co-created the characters Stalker and the Prince Gavyn version of Starman. He wrote the

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series in ''

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'' during the late 1970s and co-created the Earth-2 Huntress with artist Joe Staton. He and Staton provided the JSA with an origin story in ''

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'' #29. Lucien the Librarian, a character later used in

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's '' The Sandman'' series, was created by Levitz and artist

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. Levitz was one of the contributors to the ''

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'' limited series in 1986. Levitz eventually became an editor, and served as vice president and executive vice president, before assuming the role of president and publisher in 2002. Levitz consciously chose the combined title instead of "editor-in-chief", citing the negative results of the title he'd seen during

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's tenure at

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and his desire to stay connected to the publishing arm of DC which he had help create. In 2006, Levitz returned to writing the Justice Society with issue #82 of ''JSA'', completing that volume before writer

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' relaunch. On September 9, 2009, it was announced that Levitz would step down as president and publisher of DC Comics to serve as the Contributing Editor and Overall Consultant for the newly formed DC Entertainment, and become the writer of both ''Adventure Comics'' vol. 2 and ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 6. Levitz mentioned in an August 2010 interview that he was working on "my first genuine book."''

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'' #1668, August 2010, page 80 His ''75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking'' () was published by Taschen America, LLC, in November 2010. In addition to ''Legion of Super-Heroes'', Levitz wrote the '' Worlds' Finest'' series, which was initially drawn by

and Kevin Maguire. Levitz and Keith Giffen collaborated on the ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' issues #17 and 18 in 2013. In 2015, Levitz wrote ''Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel'', an oversized, illustrated biography/art book on Eisner’s work for Abrams ComicArts. The book would garner Levitz a nomination in the 2016 Eisner Awards for “Best Comics-Related Book.” He joined the board of directors of

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in February 2014. He wrote a new five-page story titled "The Game", which was drawn by

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, for the ''Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman'' hardcover collection. In 2004, Levitz joined the board of the

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, a non-profit organization founded in 1986 chartered to protect the

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rights of the comics community. He retired from the board in 2020. Library of Congress celebration of Action Comics and Superman

On December 31, 2020, Levitz announced his retirement from DC via a posting on

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, saying it's “the end of an era for me personally, as I go off the payroll of Warner/DC after so many decades: over 47 years on 'staff', 36 of them on employment contracts.”

Awards

Levitz received an

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at the

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in 2002, the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award at the

in 2008, and the "Dick Giordano Hero Initiative Humanitarian of the Year Award" in September 2013 at the Baltimore Comic-Con. He was inducted into

The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame The following is a list of winners of the Eisner Award, sorted by category. The Eisner Awards have been presented since 1988, but there were no Eisner Awards in 1990 due to balloting mix-ups."Eisners Cancelled," ''The Comics Journal'' #137 (Sept. ...

in 2019 at the

Personal life

Levitz has three children: Nicole, a public health executive; Philip, a lawyer; and Garret, who works in the entertainment industry. Levitz has named the run of ''

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'' featuring the

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as his favorite. He names

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as his favorite science fiction writer, J. R. R. Tolkien as his favorite fantasy writer,

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as his favorite history writer and

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as his favorite mystery writer.

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* ''Unfinished Business'' OGN (2021)

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'' #350 (1982) *'' Batman Black and White'' #2 (1996) *''

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'' ( Huntress) #18–20 (1978) *'' Batman: Gotham Knights'' ( Batman Black and White) #5 (2000) *'' Convergence: Aquaman'' #2 (Doctor Fate) (2015) *''Convergence: Worlds' Finest'' #1–2 (2015) *''

Cosmic Boy Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Comics Universe. He is a founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and was the original leader in all incarnations of the Legio ...

'' #1–4 (1986–1987) *''

Darkseid Darkseid () is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby to serve as the primary antagonist of his "Fourth World (comics), Fourth World" metaseries, and was firs ...

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'' #4 (1986) *''

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'' #5–7, 13–14, 25, 36, 42–43, 59 (1979–1983) *''DC Comics Presents: Superman'' #1 (2004) *''

'' #28–29 (1977) *'' DC Special Series'' #1, 8, 10, 12, 21 (1977–1980) *'' DC Super Stars'' #17 *''

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the superhero Batman ...

'' #517–518 (1982) *''

Doctor Fate Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is the name of multiple superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original version of the character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in ''More F ...

'' #1–18 (2015–2016) *'' Earth 2'' #15.1 (2013) *'' Ghosts'' #103, 110 (1981–1982) *''

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 (two pages) (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 Comic ...

'' #251 (1977) *'' Huntress'' vol. 3 #1–6 (2011–2012) *''Joe Kubert Presents'' #5 (2013) *'' JSA'' #82–87 (2006) *''

Justice League of America The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in '' The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). The team was conceive ...

'' #147–148 (1977) *''

Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth Kamandi () is a fictional comic book character created by artist Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics. The bulk of Kamandi's appearances occurred in the comic series ''Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth'', which ran from 1972 to 1978. Kamandi is ...

'' #40, 44 (1976) *''Kamandi Challenge'' #12 (2018) *''

Karate Kid ''The Karate Kid'' is a 1984 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the first installment in the '' Karate Kid'' franchise, and stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shu ...

'' #1 (1976) *''Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant'' #2 (2000) *''

Legion of Substitute Heroes Legion of Substitute Heroes is a group of fictional characters in the future of the DC Comics universe. The "Subs", as they are often called, are a group of rejected applicants to the Legion of Super-Heroes who band together, hoping to prove to t ...

Special'' #1 (1985) *''

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'' vol. 2 #281–282, 284–313, ''Annual'' #1–3 (1981–1984) *''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 3 #1–63, ''Annual'' #1–4 (1984–1989) *''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 4 #100 (back-up story) (1998) *''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 6 #1–16 (2010–2011) *''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 7 #1–23, #0 (2011–2013) *''Legion: Secret Origin'' #1–6 (2011–2012) *'' Mystery in Space'' #114 (1980) *''The

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'' #28–33 (1987) *''

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'' #37–41 (1975–1976) *''

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'' (Phantom Stranger) #11 (1983) *''

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'' vol. 2 (

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) #8, (Phantom Stranger) #10, (Legion of Super-Heroes) #25 (1986–1988) *''Secret Origins'' vol. 3 #7 (Huntress), #9 (Supergirl) (2015) *'' Showcase'' (

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) #97–99, (anniversary "jam" issue) #100 (1977–1978) *'' Stalker'' #1–4 (1975–1976) *''

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'' #225–226, 228–231, 233–237, 239–247, 250–251 (1977–1979) *'' Superman'' #344 (1980) *''

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'' #26, 72–75, ''Annual'' #4 (2006, 2010) *''

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'' (

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) #212–214 (1981–1982) *'' Tales of Ghost Castle'' #1 (1975) *''Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #314–325 (1984–1985, 1987) *''

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 ...

'' #44 (1976) *'' Time Warp'' #1–2 (1979–1980) *''

Weird Mystery Tales ''Weird Mystery Tales'' was a mystery horror comics anthology published by DC Comics from July–August 1972 to November 1975. Publication history 100 Page Super Spectacular The title ''Weird Mystery Tales'' was first used for '' DC 100 Page Su ...

'' #15–18 (1974–1975) *''Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #1–7 (1988) *'' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #3, 14–26 (1985–1987) *''Who's Who: Update '87'' #1–5 (1987) *''

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'' #255–258, 291–293, (Huntress) #271–287, 289–290, 294–296 (1979–1982) *'' Worlds' Finest'' #1–31, #0, ''Annual'' #1 (2012–2015) *''Worlds' Finest: Futures End'' #1 (2014)

Titan Books

* ''Icons: The DC Comics and WildStorm Art of Jim Lee'' (exclusive Legion of Superheroes story) (2010)

Valiant

* ''Visitor'' #1–6 (2019–2021)

References

External links

"DC Profiles #13: Paul Levitz"
at the Grand Comics Database * * *
Paul Levitz
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics * {{DEFAULTSORT:Levitz, Paul 1956 births 20th-century American writers 21st-century American writers American comics writers American publishers (people) Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award winners Comic book editors Comic book publishers (people) Comics scholars DC Comics people Inkpot Award winners Jewish American writers Living people Stuyvesant High School alumni Writers from Brooklyn 21st-century American Jews