Beginning his career writing for DC Comics at the age of 14, he had a successful but controversial run as editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, and launched comics publishers Valiant, Defiant, and Broadway.

Jul 1, 2025 · Jim Shooter, the comics industry titan who went from teenage writing prodigy to seminal but divisive editor-in-chief for Marvel Comics in the 1980s, has died after a battle with esophageal...

Jul 3, 2025 · Jim Shooter, a hard-driving giant of a comic-book editor who took the helm at Marvel at the tender age of 27, then spent nearly a decade revolutionizing the way superhero stories are written ...

Jul 1, 2025 · Jim Shooter, who began his career writing comics at age 14 and guided Marvel Comics through one of its most creatively and commercially successful eras as editor-in-chief in the 1980s, …

I did my first professional comics work at the age of thirteen, selling a Legion of Super-Heroes story to DC Comics and going on to write Superboy, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman and other titles.

Jul 1, 2025 · Jim Shooter, the longtime comic book writer and editor who ran Marvel Comics during the 1980s, overseeing the creation of some of the best-loved stories in superhero storytelling, died June …

Jul 24, 2025 · James Charles “Jim” Shooter, who died after battling esophageal cancer on June 30th, 2025 at his home in Nyack, New York, is one of the most controversial and divisive figures in comics …

Jul 1, 2025 · Jim Shooter, the visionary editor who led Marvel through a creative boom and oversaw iconic storylines like "Secret Wars," has died after battling cancer. He was 73.

Jul 1, 2025 · A 1969 graduate of Bethel Park High School, Shooter plotted stories for DC Comics as a teenager, created dozens of characters for several companies and served as editor-in-chief at …

Jun 30, 2025 · Jim Shoot er — the controversial former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics who conceived and wrote 1984’s Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, the first company-wide crossover in the history …