Danny Fingeroth

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Danny Fingeroth
Danny Fingeroth at the 2008 New York Comic Convention.
Born
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Editor
Notable works	Various Spider-Man titles

Danny Fingeroth is an American comic book writer and editor, better known for a long stint as Group Editor of the Spider-Man books at Marvel Comics. He also wrote Darkhawk, writing all 50 issues of the book between 1991 and 1995. Before that, he had a long stint on Dazzler, wrote the Deadly Foes of Spider-Man and Lethal Foes of Spider-Man mini-series, the Howard The Duck movie adaptation comic and various issues of several Marvel titles, including Avengers, Daredevil, Iron Man and What If?, as well as the Deathtrap: The Vault graphic novel.

Fingeroth resigned from Marvel in 1995 to become Editor-in-Chief of Virtual Comics for Byron Preiss Multimedia and AOL. From there, Fingeroth served as senior VP for Creative Development at Visionar Media, home of Showtime's Whirlgirl, for which he served as story editor. Currently, he publishes Write Now!, a magazine about the craft of writing, for TwoMorrows Publishing. His 2004 Continuum Publishing book Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society has been well-reviewed and is currently in its third printing.

Danny Fingeroth explores the origins of superheroes in his book Superman On The Couch. By setting parameters for what constitutes a "super" hero, he’s able to trace their history and origins in mythic storytelling. Fingeroth goes further to explain the cultural, emotion and psychological origins of the modern superheroes commonly found in comics, film and television. Most importantly, his work explores the significance of superheroes to us and their place in the human psyche.

[edit] Selected works

• Dazzler: #8 - 24, 26
• Superman 80-Page Giant #1 (Feb. 1999) (writer for 10-page short story)
• Superman On The Couch: What Superheroes really tell us about ourselves and society; Foreword by Stan Lee (2004) - ISBN 0-8264-1540-7

[edit] Trivia

• The character of Danny Finkleberg, otherwise known as the "Robot Master" from Marvel's Transformers comic line bears his likeness.

[edit] External links

• FF Plaza Interview

Preceded by David Michelinie	Avengers writer 1981 (with Bob Budiansky)	Succeeded by Jim Shooter
Preceded by Tom DeFalco	Dazzler writer 1981–1983	Succeeded by Frank Springer
Preceded by Dennis O'Neil	Iron Man writer 1986–1987	Succeeded by Bob Layton & David Michelinie