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Doug Moench, born February 23, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, is a comic book writer. Over the years Moench has worked for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics and many other smaller companies. Perhaps best known for his work on Batman, Moench has written hundreds of issues of many different comics, and created dozens of characters.

Moench has also written novels, short stories, newspaper feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film screenplays, and teleplays. His first published work was My Dog Sandy, a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper. He began his professional writing career reviewing films and music for the Chicago Sun-Times; once he made the shift to comics, he moved to New York City. He currently lives in Pennsylvania.

Moench is a frequent and longtime collaborator of comics artist Paul Gulacy. The pair is probably best known for their work on . They also co-created Six from Sirius, Slash Maraud and S.C.I. Spy and have worked together on comics projects featuring Batman, Conan the Barbarian and James Bond.

Moench has frequently been paired with the artist and inker team of Kelley Jones and John Beatty on several Elseworlds Graphic Novels and a long run of the monthly Batman comic.

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Partial comics bibliography

  • (the second in the three-part Batman Vampire Elseworlds saga)
  • #1-2
  • #1
  • (the third and final Batman Vampire Elseworlds saga)
  •  (Elseworlds)
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    •   #1-3
    



    • The Big Book of Conspiracies
    

    • The Big Book of The Unexplained
    



    •  #1-2 (Elseworlds: Batman and Catwoman's roles are reversed)
    

    • Celebrate the Century Super Heroes Stamp Album #1 (accompanies the "Celebrate the Century" stamps that the US Postal Service is issuing. The stamps fit right into the comic.. There will be one for each decade, all written by Moench. These will be released at the same time as the stamps)
    


    • The DC Challenge #3
    



    • Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion #11
    





    • Heroes against Hunger
    









    • Showcase '93 #1-12
    

    • Slash Maraud #1-6
    


    • S.C.I. Spy #1-6
    





    


    • Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #1-11
    

    • Astonishing Tales #25-27, 30-31 (starring Deathlok the Demolisher, who was co-created by Moench)
    


    • Bizarre Adventures #26, 28, 33
    


    • Chamber of Chills #7
    


    • Conan Saga #17, 33, 36 (Conan Saga was basically reprints of The Savage Sword of Conan.
    

    • Creatures on the Loose featuring Man-Wolf #30-31
    




    • Dracula Lives! #2-3, 5-6, 8-12
    


    • Epic Illustrated #3, 5, 9, 11-13, 33 (numerous short fantasy stories in a color anthology magazine)
    




    • Giant-Size Chillers #1
    •  #1-4
    



    • The Haunt of Horror #2-5, 12
    

    • The Hulk! #10-22 & Annual #9 (printed in magazine format in "Super Marvel Color")
    





    • Ka-Zar: Lord of the Hidden Jungle (1974 series) #10-20
    

    • King Conan #9-15
    


    • Kull and the Barbarians #3 (black and white magazine)
    

    • Legion of Monsters #1
    

    • Marvel Classics Comics #13, 16, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 29-30, 32-36 (adaptations of classic novels)
    




    • Marvel Preview #1, 5-6, 8, 12-13, 18, 21-22, 26, 28, 33 (black & white magazine; #5-6 adapt the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles, #8 features the Legion of Monsters, #12 is The Haunt of Horror a collection of short Horror stories)
    

    • Marvel Spotlight (1979 series) #1-7, 28, 29 (#1-3 feature Captain Marvel, #6-7 Star Lord
    

    • Marvel Super Action #1 (Marvel Super Action was the first place one of Doug's Weirdworld stories was printed)
    

    • Marvel Super Special #10-13 (#10 features Star-Lord, #11-13 feature Weirdworld)
    


    •  #20-101, 103-120, 122, Annual #1
    


    • Monsters of the Movies #1, 8
    

    • Monsters Unleashed #5-11
    

    • Moon Knight volume 1 #1-15, 17-26, 28-33 (Moon Knight was co-created by Moench)
    



    • Moon Knight Special Featuring  #1 (Moon Knight and the Master of Kung Fu team up to battle evil on Mordillo's Island)
    

    • Morbius Revisited #2 (Michael Morbius, an award-winning biologist, has turned himself into a vampire. He has been searching for a cure ever since the accidental experiment that transformed him.)
    


    • Planet of the Apes #1-29 (adaptations of the Apes films, plus a handful of original spinoff tales, most notably the ongoing "Terror on the Planet of the Apes" saga)
    


    •  #1
    

    • Savage Fists of Kung Fu (black and white magazine)
    

    • Savage Sword of Conan #5, 9, 13, 14, 180
    


    • Seeker 3000 #1
    





    • Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #3, 6
    






    


    • Night Mares #1-2
    


    

    • #1-4
    

    

    • Six From Sirius #1-4
    

    • Six from Sirius II #1-4
    

    Skywald Comics
    



    

    • #1-3
    

    • Terror on the Planet of the Apes #1-4
    

    


    •  #1-3
    

    

    • Eerie #29-30, 35-45, 47, 50, 53-55, 57-58, 72, 78, 109-112
    

    • Creepy #37, 46-47, 49-54 56-59 64-66 68, 71-72, 76, 80, 82, 88
    

    • Vampirella volume 1 #7, 9, 14-15, 17-20, 24-29, 31, 34, 39
    

    Partial non-comics bibliography
    
Doug has written for many men's magazines including Adam, Knight, Fling, and Man to Man.
    

While writing for various magazines and the Chicago Sun-Times, he has interviewed The Who, The Monkees and The Seeds. Doug also wrote an article called 23 on the 23rd (a true story about Doug's 23rd birthday).
    


    
Set of 120 trading cards, with front art by artists Scott Hampton, Carl Critchlow, Duncan Segredo, and Dermot Power. The flip sides of the first 90 cards, when read in order, form a cohesive story line in which Batman fakes his own death. The set also provides a look at the posthumous feelings of the residents of Gotham City and Arkham Asylum towards the Dark Knight. A special collector's binder was also released for the card set. This card set was re-printed as a 208-page coffee table book entitled Batman Masterpieces. It contains full-page reproductions of the card art opposite the card's text (so one can still follow the story, art concepts (instructions to the artists), and comments by the artist. Additionally, early sketches have been printed for most of the cards.
    


    
A young reader novel that was released with the marketing blitz for the Batman and Robin movie.
    


    
Teleplay for one episode.
    


    
Series bible for the cartoon released by DiC Entertainment.
    


    
A novel about how Batman uses clues found at crime scenes to foil the plans of his most famous villains. Each chapter is a different case presented from the notes, journals, and case files of the Batman, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, and Jim Gordon.
    


    
Story editor and head writer for the 1980s cartoon.
    


    
Original Screenplay for the Red Sonja movie. The movie was later rewritten and changed quite a bit from its original form.
    


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