Chuck Dixon, born on April 14, 1954, is a seasoned comic book author. He is well-regarded for his contributions to Marvel's Punisher and DC's Batman, Robin & Birds of Prey. Furthermore, he penned the General Grievous miniseries for Dark Horse Comics.
Born on April 14, 1954, Chuck Dixon spent his formative years in the Philadelphia area, immersing himself in comics across various genres. He has expressed that Steve Ditko was perhaps his favorite comic book creator growing up, and that he looked up to the artwork of artists such as Alex Toth and Russ Heath. His initial foray into comics involved writing Evangeline for Comico Comics in 1984, a collaboration with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. A significant turning point occurred the following year when editor Larry Hama enlisted him to craft back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he started his association with Eclipse Comics, contributing stories to their Tales of Terror anthology. Subsequently, he embarked on Airboy alongside artist Tim Truman in July of that year. While continuing to write for both Marvel and Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy, in October 1987 he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. Between 1989 and 1990, he also created a three-issue adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse, collaborating with artist David Wenzel. Additionally, he commenced writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher graphic novel Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) paved the way for his involvement with the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and subsequently, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles). This work also captured the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who invited him to develop a Robin mini-series. The mini-series' success led to two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which in turn resulted in an ongoing monthly series. Furthermore, Dixon contributed to Detective Comics from #644-738, encompassing significant Batman storylines such as KnightFall & KnightsEnd, DC One Million, Contagion, Legacy, Cataclysm and No Man's Land.
Simultaneously writing various Punisher and Batman comics (including the Punisher/Batman crossover in October 1994), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also penned numerous issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow, consistently managing around seven titles each month between 1993 and 1997/8.
In March 2002, Dixon shifted his focus to CrossGen's publications, gradually departing from Robin, Nightwing, Birds of Prey and Batgirl over the following year. At CrossGen, he assumed responsibility for some of Mark Waid's outgoing comics, taking over Sigil from #21 and Crux with #13. He initiated Way of the Rat in June 2002, followed by Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03), and the pirate-themed comic El Cazador (Oct '03). Additionally, he edited Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14, and El Cazador #6 were among the final comics released by the then-bankrupt publisher.
In the middle of 2004, he authored several issues and series for smaller publishers such as Devil's Due Publishing and Moonstone Books. He briefly returned to DC during this time but primarily diversified by working on comics for various publishers, including multiple issues of Simpsons Comics for Bongo Comics and a couple of projects with Image. In May 2006, he contributed to IDW's Free Comic Book Day Transformers giveaway, which led to him writing the Transformers: Evolutions miniseries.
In July 2004, Dixon also commenced his return to the DC Universe with Richard Dragon, a revival of the Dennis O'Neil and Jim Berry-created 1970s Kung-Fu character, which spanned 12 issues. In March of the subsequent year, he briefly returned to Nightwing before shifting his focus to the Wildstorm imprint. There he wrote the stand-alone Claw: The Unconquered (Aug '06 - Jan '07); the movie adaptation of Snakes on a Plane, movie spin-off Nightmare on Elm Street and the Wildstorm Universe title Grifter/Midnighter from May 2007.
In January 2007, he penned the mini-series featuring Green Arrow's son Connor Hawke, (who had assumed the Green Arrow mantle under Dixon's tenure on that title in the late 1990s) called Connor Hawke: Dragon's Blood. In March 2008, Dixon resumed writing Robin. He was also writing Batman and the Outsiders (from Dec '07), a project he joined at the last moment after the original writer, Tony Bedard, withdrew due to commitments related to Final Crisis. On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that his employment with DC Comics had ended. The reason behind this abrupt announcement remains unknown, although Dixon has expressed cryptic and bitter remarks across various online platforms, criticizing DC in general and Editor-in-Chief Dan DiDio in particular.
It has been revealed that he will assume the writing duties for Dynamite Entertainment's series The Man with No Name, which is based on the renowned western character. Additionally, he is slated to work on a G.I. Joe series for IDW Publishing.
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