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Joseph Michael Straczynski was born on July 17, 1954 in N.J. He is a writer and producer who has worked on films, novels, television series and comic books. He was the creator for the science fiction television series Babylon 5, its spin-off Crusade, as well as Jeremiah, a series loosely based on Hermann Huppen's comics. Straczynski wrote 92 out of the 110 Babylon 5 episodes. From 2001 to 2007, he was the writer for the long-running Marvel comic book series The Amazing Spider-Man. Straczynski began his career writing plays first for colege theater then professionally for Performance Publshing for an adaptation of "Snow White". During the late 1970s, Straczynski also became the on-air entertainment reviewer for KSDO-FM and wrote several radio plays before being hired as a scriptwriter for the radio drama Alien Worlds. Straczynski has also been an on-air personality. He began by doing a weekly entertainment segment on KSDO News Radio in San Diego from 1978-1980. In Los Angeles, he put in five years as on-air host of the science fiction talk show Hour 25. Straczynski was a fan of the cartoon, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. He wrote a spec script in 1984 and sent it directly to Filmation. They purchased his script, bought several others, and hired him on staff. He also worked on other T.V. shows such as: The New Twilight Zone, Jake and the Fatman, Murder, She Wrote, and Walker Texas Ranger. In 2015 his title Superman - Earth One made the New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Superman: Earth One… (more)
Superman: Earth One 502 copies, 27 reviews
Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps (Author) 495 copies, 2 reviews
Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant (Author) 445 copies, 1 review
World War Z [2013 film] (Writer) 330 copies, 4 reviews
Midnight Nation 313 copies, 13 reviews
Supreme Power, Vol. 1: Contact 293 copies, 4 reviews
Thor, Vol. 1 293 copies, 11 reviews
Rising Stars Volume 2: Power 246 copies, 6 reviews
The Amazing Spider-Man: Civil War 244 copies, 8 reviews
Superman: Earth One, Volume Two 237 copies, 15 reviews
Changeling [2008 film] (Screenwriter) 199 copies, 3 reviews
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan (Author) 178 copies, 14 reviews
Civil War: Fantastic Four 172 copies, 5 reviews
Delicate Creatures (Author) 168 copies, 3 reviews
Babylon 5: The Complete Second Season, The Coming of Shadows (Executive Producer) 149 copies, 2 reviews
Superman: Earth One, Volume Three 144 copies, 7 reviews
Spider-Man: The Other 142 copies, 5 reviews
Demon Night 131 copies, 1 review
Wonder Woman: Odyssey Vol. 1 130 copies, 5 reviews
Together We Will Go 122 copies, 10 reviews
Thor, Vol. 3 119 copies, 3 reviews
Silver Surfer: Requiem 116 copies, 8 reviews
Spider-Man: One More Day 110 copies, 9 reviews
Spider-Man: Back in Black 82 copies, 3 reviews
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales 74 copies, 2 reviews
Strange: Beginnings and Endings 73 copies, 8 reviews
Wonder Woman: Odyssey Vol. 2 68 copies, 10 reviews
Supreme Power: Hyperion 67 copies, 2 reviews
Ninja Assassin [2009 film] (Screenwriter) 67 copies
Rising Stars Compendium 62 copies, 1 review
Thor Omnibus 62 copies, 3 reviews
Superman: Grounded Vol. 1 (Author) 59 copies, 4 reviews
The Twelve, Volume 1 56 copies, 7 reviews
Ten Grand Volume 1 (Author) 54 copies, 3 reviews
Othersyde 53 copies, 3 reviews
Tribulations 43 copies
Superman: Grounded Vol. 2 41 copies, 5 reviews
The Twelve, Volume 2 32 copies, 2 reviews
Bullet Points 31 copies, 2 reviews
Rising Stars Omnibus 31 copies, 2 reviews
Babylon 5 (Graphic Novel) (Author) 27 copies, 12 reviews
Before Watchmen Omnibus (Author) 24 copies
The Resistance 21 copies, 2 reviews
Loki: Mistress of Mischief 20 copies, 2 reviews
Ten Grand Volume 2 19 copies, 5 reviews
Babylon 5: The Complete Television Series (Director) 16 copies, 2 reviews
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1 15 copies, 3 reviews
The Return of the Worthy (Author) 13 copies, 1 review
The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #36 (Writer) 12 copies, 1 review
Before Watchmen: Moloch #1 (Author) 12 copies, 1 review
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #2 10 copies, 1 review
Before Watchmen: Moloch #2 (Author) 9 copies, 1 review
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #3 9 copies, 1 review
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #4 9 copies, 1 review
Protectors, Inc. Volume 1 8 copies, 1 review
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl (Author) 7 copies
Fantastic Four [1998] #536 7 copies, 1 review
Telepaths (1) 6 copies
The Twilight Zone #1 6 copies, 1 review
Superman Sampler 2013 6 copies, 1 review
Moths (1) 6 copies
The Resistance #1 (of 6) 5 copies, 1 review
Ten Grand #01 5 copies
Strange #1 (Author) 3 copies
Civil War T06 3 copies
Genius Loci 3 copies
Strange #5 (Author) 3 copies
Strange #2 (Author) 3 copies
L'Uomo Ragno 3 copies
The Twelve # 1 3 copies, 1 review
Strange #6 (Author) 3 copies
Strange #3 (Author) 3 copies
Babylon 5: Signs and Portents (Scriptwriter) 2 copies
Midnight on the Firing Line (Author) 2 copies
Ten Grand #12 2 copies
Ten Grand #04 2 copies
Ten Grand #03 2 copies
Ten Grand #02 2 copies
Ten Grand #05 2 copies
Ten Grand #06 2 copies
Ten Grand #09 2 copies
Strange #4 2 copies
Ten Grand #07 2 copies
Ten Grand #08 2 copies
Before Watchmen: Companion (Author) 2 copies
Ten Grand #11 2 copies
Ten Grand #10 2 copies
Sidekick #5 2 copies
Snow White 2 copies
Moths #1 1 copy, 1 review
De vuelta al negro 1 copy, 1 review
Nite owl 1 copy
Babylon 5: Messages from Earth (Scriptwriter) 1 copy
Thor 1 copy
Babylon 5: Mind War (Writer) 1 copy
Babylon 5: Soul Hunter (Writer) 1 copy
Babylon 5: Infection (Writer) 1 copy
Babylon 5: The Parliament of Dreams (Writer; Writer) 1 copy
Strange #4 (Author) 1 copy
Thor [2011 film] (Author) 773 copies, 5 reviews
To Dream in the City of Sorrows (Introduction; Author) 488 copies, 6 reviews
Final Reckoning: The Fate of Bester (Author) 446 copies, 2 reviews
Voices 423 copies, 1 review
The Long Night of Centauri Prime 423 copies, 4 reviews
The Shadow Within 400 copies, 2 reviews
Armies of Light and Dark 383 copies, 3 reviews
Casting Shadows (Author) 358 copies, 2 reviews
Out of the Darkness 353 copies, 1 review
Accusations 342 copies
Invoking Darkness (Author) 330 copies, 2 reviews
Summoning Light (Author) 320 copies, 1 review
Blood Oath 305 copies, 2 reviews
Clark's Law (Creator) 301 copies
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (Author) 261 copies, 1 review
Betrayals (Creator) 246 copies
Personal Agendas 210 copies
Midnight Graffiti (Contributor) 206 copies, 1 review
Thirdspace (Based on the screenplay by) 180 copies, 2 reviews
Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers (Contributor) 68 copies, 6 reviews
Shadows 6 (Contributor) 52 copies
Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game and Fact Book (Foreword, some editions) 37 copies
Babylon 5: Other Voices, Volume 3 (Introduction) 18 copies
Crusade: Behind the Scenes (Author) 12 copies
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