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

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and

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. The president of

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from 2002 to 2009, he worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. Along with publisher

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and managing editor

Dick Giordano Richard Joseph Giordano (; July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. Ear ...

, Levitz was responsible for hiring such writers as

Marv Wolfman Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer. He worked on Marvel Comics's ''The Tomb of Dracula'', for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade (character), Blade, and DC Comi ...

and

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

, artists such as

George Pérez George Pérez (; June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' and ''The Avengers (c ...

Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023) was an American comics artist and writer. He was known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of ...

, 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 born and raised in East Flatbush,

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, New York. His father was a clerk for an industrial hardware store, and his mother was a bookkeeper. He was an avid reader as a child, and read the works of writers including

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, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ed McBain. He also read comics, citing the first he could remember buying off of a newsstand being the first team-up between the

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and the Justice Society. He was notably a fan of

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and the

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. Most of what he read was from

, but cited

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' Avengers as a strong influence on his writing. He attended

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

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 ''

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

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, 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

produced " The Great Darkness Saga", one of the best known Legion stories, in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 2, #290–294. Comics historian Les Daniels 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 Justice Society 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 '' DC Special'' #29. Lucien the Librarian, a character later used in

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's '' The Sandman'' series, was created by Levitz and artist Nestor Redondo. Levitz was one of the contributors to the '' DC Challenge'' 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.” From January to May 2023, the 5-issue miniseries '' Avengers: War Across Time'', which Levitz wrote, was published. It his first work for Marvel Comics, and received positive reviews.

Awards

Levitz received an

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in 2002, the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award at San Diego Comic-Con in 2008, and the "Dick Giordano Hero Initiative Humanitarian of the Year Award" in September 2013 at the

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. He was inducted into The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2019 at San Diego Comic-Con.

Personal life

Levitz is

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. 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 '' All-Star Comics'' featuring the

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as his favorite. He names Roger Zelazny as his favorite science fiction writer,

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as his favorite fantasy writer,

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as his favorite history writer and

as his favorite mystery writer.

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* ''Unfinished Business'' OGN (2021)

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*''Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman'' (2018) *''

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) #437, 441–448, ( Elongated Man) #459, (

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Cosmic Boy Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn) is a superhero appearing in comics published by DC Comics. He is from the 31st century, and is a founding member and original leader of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Cosmic Boy has appeared in various media outside comics, p ...

'' #1–4 (1986–1987) *''

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Special'' #1 (OMAC) (2017) *'' DC Challenge'' #4 (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 ...

'' #5–7, 13–14, 25, 36, 42–43, 59 (1979–1983) *''DC Comics Presents: Superman'' #1 (2004) *'' DC Special'' #28–29 (1977) *'' DC Special Series'' #1, 8, 10, 12, 21 (1977–1980) *''

DC Super Stars ''DC Super Stars'' was a comics anthology series published by DC Comics from March 1976 to February 1978. Starting off as a reprint title, it finished its run with original stories. Publication history The tagline "The Line of DC Super-Stars" wa ...

'' #17 *''

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' (later retitled as ''Batman 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 ...

'' #517–518 (1982) *''

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'' #1–18 (2015–2016) *'' Earth 2'' #15.1 (2013) *''

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'' #103, 110 (1981–1982) *'' Heroes Against Hunger'' #1 (two pages) (1986) *'' House of Mystery'' #251 (1977) *'' Huntress'' vol. 3 #1–6 (2011–2012) *''Joe Kubert Presents'' #5 (2013) *'' JSA'' #82–87 (2006) *''

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'' #147–148 (1977) *'' Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth'' #40, 44 (1976) *''Kamandi Challenge'' #12 (2018) *'' Karate Kid'' #1 (1976) *''Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant'' #2 (2000) *'' Legion of Substitute Heroes Special'' #1 (1985) *''

'' 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) *''

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'' #114 (1980) *''The New Teen Titans'' #28–33 (1987) *''

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'' #37–41 (1975–1976) *'' The Saga of the Swamp Thing'' (Phantom Stranger) #11 (1983) *''

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 ( Shadow Lass) #8, (Phantom Stranger) #10, (Legion of Super-Heroes) #25 (1986–1988) *''Secret Origins'' vol. 3 #7 (Huntress), #9 (Supergirl) (2015) *'' Showcase'' ( Power Girl) #97–99, (anniversary "jam" issue) #100 (1977–1978) *'' Stalker'' #1–4 (1975–1976) *'' Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #225–226, 228–231, 233–237, 239–247, 250–251 (1977–1979) *''

'' #344 (1980) *''

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

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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) *''

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

Marvel Comics

*'' Avengers: War Across Time'' #1–5 (2023)

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
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