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Daniel Way J Michael Straczynski Biography & Facts

This is a bibliography of the American screenwriter Joseph Michael Straczynski who has written comics, plays, novels and non-fiction books for several different publishers. Plays Snow White: an assembly length children's play dramatized by J. Michael Straczynski. c. 1979. Non-fiction The Complete Book of Scriptwriting from Writer's Digest Books (265 pages, 1982, ISBN 0-8987-9078-6; Second edition, 432 pages, 1996, ISBN 0-8987-9512-5; Revised edition, 448 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-5829-7158-7) Gardners Books has also released The Complete Book of Scriptwriting: Third edition (432 pages, 1997, ISBN 1-8528-6882-1) Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood from Harper Voyager (hc, 480 pages, 2019, ISBN 0-0628-5784-3; sc, 2020, ISBN 0-0628-5786-X) Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer: The Artistry, Joy, and Career of Storytelling from BenBella Books (230 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-9506-6588-7) Comics Early work at DC and Joe's Comics Early in his career, Straczynski penned a few single-issue stories for series based on established franchises: DC Comics: Teen Titans Spotlight #13: "Cyborg" (with Chuck Patton, 1987) Star Trek vol. 3 #16: "Worldsinger" (with Gordon Purcell, 1991) The Twilight Zone vol. 2 #2: "Blind Alley" (with Todd Foxx, NOW, 1991) During the original series run of Babylon 5, Straczynski contributed opening issues to two tie-in series (also published by DC Comics): Babylon 5 #1: "In Darkness Find Me" (with Michael Netzer, 1995) collected in Babylon 5: The Price of Peace (tpb, 128 pages, 1998, ISBN 1-56389-467-X) Babylon 5: In Valen's Name #1 (of 3) (with Mike Collins, 1998) collected in Babylon 5: In Valen's Name (tpb, 80 pages, Titan, 1998, ISBN 1-85286-981-X) Between 1999 and 2006, Straczynski created, wrote and supervised original series under his own imprint Joe's Comics (published by Top Cow): Rising Stars (with Keu Cha, Christian Zanier, Ken Lashley, Stuart Immonen (#14) and Brent Anderson, 1999–2005) collected as: Born in Fire (collects #1–8, tpb, 192 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-58240-172-1) Power (collects #9–16, tpb, 192 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-58240-226-4) Fire and Ash (collects #17–24, tpb, 208 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-491-7) Voices of the Dead and Bright (collects Rising Stars: Bright #1–3 and Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead #1–6, tpb, 226 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-613-8) Visitations and Untouchable (collects #0, ½, Prelude one-shot and Rising Stars: Untouchable #1–5, tpb, 208 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-58240-268-X) Rising Stars: The Complete Slipcased Edition (collects #0–24, ½ and the Prelude one-shot, hc, 624 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-58240-488-7) Rising Stars Compendium (collects #0–24, ½, Prelude one-shot and the three spin-off series, hc, 1,008 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-032-9; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-58240-802-5) Midnight Nation #1–12, ½ (with Gary Frank, 2000–2002) collected as Midnight Nation (tpb, 288 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-58240-272-8; hc, 304 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-040-X) Delicate Creatures (prose novel with illustrations by Michael Zulli, 56 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-58240-225-6) Exclusive contract with Marvel Comics Between 2001 and 2008, Straczynski was under an exclusive contract with Marvel (which nonetheless allowed him to continue writing for Joe's Comics until the launch of Icon): The Amazing Spider-Man (with John Romita, Jr., Mike Deodato, Jr., Mark Brooks (#515–518) and Ron Garney, 2001–2007) collected as: Issues #55–56 of the second volume and #503–505 are co-written by Straczynski and Fiona Avery. Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 1 (collects vol. 2 #30–45, tpb, 392 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3893-5) Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 2 (collects vol. 2 #46–58 and vol. 1 #500–502, tpb, 416 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3894-3) Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 3 (collects vol. 1 #503–518, tpb, 408 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3895-1) Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 4 (collects vol. 1 #519–528, tpb, 480 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3896-X) Includes Marvel Knights Spider-Man #21 (written by Straczynski, art by Pat Lee, 2006) as part of "The Other" inter-title crossover. Includes Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3 (written by Straczynski, art by Mike Wieringo, 2006) as part of "The Other" inter-title crossover. Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 5 (collects vol. 1 #529–545, tpb, 536 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3897-8) Includes Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24 (written by Straczynski, art by Joe Quesada, 2007) as part of the "One More Day" inter-title crossover. Includes The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2 #41 (written by Straczynski, art by Joe Quesada, 2007) as part of the "One More Day" inter-title crossover. The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus Volume 1 (collects vol. 2 #30–58 and vol. 1 #500–514, hc, 1,120 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-3029-1706-4) The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus Volume 2 (collects vol. 1 #515–545 and the crossover issues, hc, 1,136 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-3029-2313-7) Squadron Supreme: Supreme Power (with Gary Frank, Marvel MAX, 2003–2005) collected as: Contact (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1224-3; hc, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3765-3) Powers and Principalities (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1456-4; hc, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3772-6) High Command (collects #13–18, tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1474-2; hc, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3773-4) Supreme Power: Hyperion #1–5 (with Dan Jurgens, Marvel MAX, 2005–2006) collected as Supreme Power: Hyperion (tpb, 120 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1895-0; hc, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3774-2) Squadron Supreme vol. 2 #1–7 (with Gary Frank, Marvel Knights, 2006) Issues #1–5 are collected as Squadron Supreme: The Pre-War Years (hc, 168 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2282-6; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-1898-5) Ultimate Power #4–6 (co-written by Straczynski, Jeph Loeb and Brian Michael Bendis, art by Greg Land, 2007) collected in Ultimate Power (hc, 232 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2366-0; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2367-9) Strange #1–6 (co-written by Straczynski and Samm Barnes, art by Brandon Peterson, Marvel Knights, 2004–2005) collected as Strange: Beginnings and Endings (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1577-3) Fantastic Four (with Mike McKone, 2005–2007) collected as: Fantastic Four by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 1 (collects #527–532, hc, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2029-7; tpb, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1716-4) The Life Fantastic (includes #533–535, tpb, 152 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1896-9) The Road to Civil War (includes #536–537, tpb, 160 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-1974-4) Civil War: Fantastic Four (includes #538–541, tpb, 176 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2227-3) Dream Police (with Mike Deodato, Jr., one-shot, Icon, 2005) The Book of Lost Souls #1–6 (with Colleen Doran, Icon, 2005–2006) Collected as The Book of Lost Souls: Introductions All Around (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-785.... Discover the Daniel Way J Michael Straczynski popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Daniel Way J Michael Straczynski books.

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    Carla Kovach

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    Greg Habstritt & Napoleon Hill

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    Jean Oram

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    Molly O'Hare

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    Carrie Lomax

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    David J Antocci

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    Lexy Timms

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    Maia Ross

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    Jon Hill

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    Kristin MacQueen

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    Ines Johnson

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Amelia Addler

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    Sun Tzu

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    Emily Brontë

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    Peyton Banks

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    Mark Lesky

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    Lexy Timms

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    Sierra Cross

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    Jordan Hollis

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    Sigmund Freud

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    Jessa York

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    Jane Austen

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    Colleen Hoover

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    Melody Grace

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    Magan Vernon

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    Kimber White

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    Margaret Morrison

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    Betty Rowlands

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    Sybil Bartel

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    Michael Gordon

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    Zoey Locke

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    Jennie Kew

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    Alexandre Dumas

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    Ivy Thorn

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    Lila Monroe

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    Ben Leighton

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    W.J. May

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    Kait Nolan

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    The Honeymoon Homicide

    J. R. Mathis & Susan Mathis

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    The Four Loves

    C. S. Lewis

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    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum

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    The Seduction Series Boxset

    Roxy Sloane

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    Silenced Girls

    Roger Stelljes

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    How to Choose a Guy in 10 Days

    Lila Monroe

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    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Whiskey Girl

    Melissa Belle

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    Salvation

    Meghan O'Flynn

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    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens

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    The Target

    Lexy Timms

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