Scott Lobdell (born 1963) is an American comic book writer.
Scott didn't begin to read comics until he was 17 years old, while lying in bed after lung surgery. Later, he went to college to study Psychology, but quit two years later when he began to write.
While in college, he was working in the college newspaper and could interview various people he wanted to. This included Marvel Editor Al Milgrom. He then started submitting various stories to M...
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Scott Lobdell (born 1963) is an American comic book writer.
Scott didn't begin to read comics until he was 17 years old, while lying in bed after lung surgery. Later, he went to college to study Psychology, but quit two years later when he began to write.
While in college, he was working in the college newspaper and could interview various people he wanted to. This included Marvel Editor Al Milgrom. He then started submitting various stories to Marvel, but was systematically rejected by various editors including Tom DeFalco. Later, Tom started editing Marvel Comics Presents (a bi-weekly book) requiring many writers, pencillers and inkers. Scott submitted a story about a character from Contest of Champions. Because the characters involved were rather obscure, Tom didn't need to extract approval from other editors, and he decided to give Scott a chance.
In 1990s Lobdell became known for his work on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles, specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself,...
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