From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ron Marz
Ron Marz
Ron Marz the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps, and Kyle
Rayner being chosen as the last Green Lantern.
Marz’s 2000s work includes a number of Top Cow
books, including Witchblade, which he has written from
issue #80 (November 2004) to the present, plus a number
of specials and crossover stories featuring the character,
such as Witchblade/The Punisher in 2007 and Witchblade/
Devi in 2008. His other Top Cow work includes Cyberforce
#1 - 6 in 2006 and Cyberforce/X-Men in 2007.
For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic
book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character
after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinestro
Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Pre-
sents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern
crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
Marz wrote Moonstone Books’ 2006 Annual featuring
The Phantom, and was responsible for getting writers
Chuck Dixon, Mike Bullock, Tony Bedard, and Rafael
Nieves participate with chapters for the book.[1] Marz
has also signed on to write a short story with the charac-
ter for one of Moonstone’s upcoming Phantom prose col-
lections.
Marz at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 9, 2010. In 2007 Virgin Comics announced that Marz would be
Nationality American joining as editor of three of their Shakti Line titles: Devi,
Ramayan 3392 A.D. and The Sadhu.[2] He also wrote the se-
Area(s) Writer
ries Beyond, based on a story created by Deepak Chopra.
Notable works Silver Surfer In 2008 Marz wrote Broken Trinity, which features the
Green Lantern characters Witchblade, The Darkness and Angelus, as
Marvel vs DC well as the tie-in series, Broken Trinity: Witchblade, Broken
Batman/Aliens
Trinity: Angelus, also in 2008, and Broken Trinity: Aftermath
Witchblade
in 2009.[3][4] This led to the announcement at the 2008
Ron Marz is an American comic book writer, known for Baltimore Comic-Con that he had signed an exclusive
his work on titles such as Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, contract with Top Cow which will entail three comics a
Marvel vs DC, Batman/Aliens and Witchblade. month - two "Top Cow Universe" titles and a creator-
owned project.[5]
Career Bibliography
Marz is known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lan-
tern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/ Comics work includes:
Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series • Tangent Comics: Power Girl (DC Comics September
Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics 1998)
he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars • Witchblade #80-150 (Image Comics, 2004-2011)
comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publish- • First Born #1-3 (with Stjepan Šejić, Top Cow, 2007)
ing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he • Broken Trinity (with Stjepan Šejić, 3-issue mini-series,
had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics. Top Cow, 2008)
While writing Green Lantern, Marz wrote the "Emerald • Beyond (with Edison George, Virgin Comics, 2008)
Twilight" storyline, in which the character of Hal Jordan, • Dragon Prince (with Lee Moder, Top Cow, 2008)
stricken with grief, became a mass murderer, leading to • Angelus #1-6 (with Stjepan Šejić, Top Cow, 2009-2010)
• Artifacts #1-13 (Top Cow, 2010-2011)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ron Marz
Preceded by Thor writer Succeeded by
Tom DeFalco & Ron Frenz 1993–1994 Roy Thomas
(with Jim Starlin in 1993)
Preceded by Green Lantern writer Succeeded by
Gerard Jones 1994–2000 Jay Faerber
Preceded by Green Lantern writer Succeeded by
Ben Raab 2004 Geoff Johns
References •
•
Ron Marz at the Comic Book DB
Official message board, Comic Book Resources
[1] G., Lori. "Marz, Dixon, Bedard, Nieves & Bullock • Official message board m Comicbloc.com
talk ’The Phantom Annual’", Comic Book • Marz discusses his time on Green Lantern, Comic Book
Resources, October 19, 2006 Resources
[2] Brady, Matt. "Ron Marz Joins Virgin Comics", Persondata
Newsarama; February 28, 2007
Name Marz, Ron
[3] Furey, Emmett. Ron Marz talks Broken Trinity,
Comic Book Resources, July 17, 2008 Alternative names
[4] Arrant, Chris. "Ron Marz on Top Cow’s Broken Short description
Trinity", Newsarama, July 23, 2008 Date of birth
[5] Brady, Matt. "Baltimore 08: Ron Marz Signs Top
Place of birth
Cow Exclusive", Newsarama, September 29, 2008
Date of death
External links Place of death
• Ron Marz’s blog
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Marz"
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