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JIM SHOOTER

Active: 1966–2025

125

AS WRITER

1

AS ARTIST

400

KEY ISSUES

193

SERIES

James Charles Shooter was an American writer, editor and publisher in the comics industry. 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.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The X-Men #129 cover

The X-Men

#129

First appearance of Emma Frost. The series was still titled X-Men at #129; it became Uncanny X-Men later. Earliest catalogued appearances of Kitty Pryde and Sebastian Shaw.

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The Avengers Annual

#10

First appearance of Rogue, then a member of the Brotherhood. Earliest catalogued appearance of Madelyne Pryor.

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The New Mutants Annual

#2

Earliest catalogued appearances of Betsy Braddock and Meggan.

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Marvel Graphic Novel

#4

Earliest catalogued appearances of Cannonball, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, and 2 more.

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Iron Man

#118

Earliest catalogued appearance of War Machine.

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The X-Men

#141

Earliest catalogued appearances of Rachel Grey, Pyro, Destiny (Mutant), and 1 more.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 193 BY ISSUES CREDITED

The Avengers

1963

128 credited issues

Iron Man

1968

114 credited issues

Captain America

1968

114 credited issues

Thor

1966

112 credited issues

The Incredible Hulk

1968

112 credited issues

Fantastic Four

1961

111 credited issues

Conan the Barbarian

1970

111 credited issues

The Amazing Spider-Man

1963

108 credited issues

Daredevil

1964

103 credited issues

Star Wars

1977

96 credited issues

The Defenders

1972

91 credited issues

Marvel Team-Up

1972

80 credited issues

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Pablo Marcos 15 issues together Mike Grell 13 issues together Dan Green 12 issues together John Beatty 12 issues together Al Milgrom 11 issues together Curt Swan 10 issues together Mike Zeck 10 issues together George Pérez 9 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Captain America Spider-Man Thing Iron Man Thor (Marvel)Hulk Mister Fantastic Human Torch Invisible Woman Wasp

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COLLECTED EDITIONS

Marvel Masterworks: the Black Panther Vol. 3

The Champions Classic, Vol. 2 (Avengers)

Daredevil Omnibus Vol. 4 Gil Kane Cover

Marvel Masterworks: Dazzler Vol. 3

Marvel Masterworks: Dazzler Vol. 4

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Vol. 12

Marvel Masterworks: the Invincible Iron Man Vol. 14

The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1

The Avengers Omnibus Vol. 6

What If? Classic Vol. 1

What If? Classic, Vol. 2

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