Steve Englehart (born April 22, 1947, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s. His pseudonyms have included John Harkness and Cliff Garnett.
Steve Englehart majored in psychology at Wesleyan University, earning his bachelor of arts degree in 1969. His first work in comics was as an art assistant to Neal Adams on a story in Warren Publishing's black-...
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Steve Englehart (born April 22, 1947, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s. His pseudonyms have included John Harkness and Cliff Garnett.
Steve Englehart majored in psychology at Wesleyan University, earning his bachelor of arts degree in 1969. His first work in comics was as an art assistant to Neal Adams on a story in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine Vampirella #10 (March 1971). However, Englehart found his true calling as a writer. Influenced by writer Roy Thomas, who edited his first stories for Marvel, Englehart brought a complex, freewheeling style to Marvel's comics, often dealing with philosophical or political issues in a superhero story, such as a celebrated run on Captain America (with artists Sal Buscema and Frank Robbins) that reflected the then-ongoing Watergate scandal.
Thomas said in a 2007 interview that Englehart:
Englehart also wrote The...
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