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Mike W. Barr

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May 30, 1952

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Mike W. Barr is an American writer of comic books, and mystery, and science fiction novels. Barr's debut as a comics professional came in DC Comics' Detective Comics #444 (Dec. 1974-Jan. 1975), for which he wrote an 8-page back-up mystery feature starring the Elongated Man. Another Elongated Man story followed in Detective Comics #453 (November 1975). He wrote text articles and editorial replies in letter columns for the next few years. By mid-1980 he was writing regularly for both DC and Marvel, including stories for Marvel Team-Up, Mystery in Space, Green Lantern, and various Batman titles.

Legion of Super-Heroes #277 (July 1981) saw him take on editorial duties at DC, while writing issues of DC's Star Trek comic, for whom he created the n Mike W. Barr is an American writer of comic books, and mystery, and science fiction novels. Barr's debut as a comics professional came in DC Comics' Detective Comics #444 (Dec. 1974-Jan. 1975), for which he wrote an 8-page back-up mystery feature starring the Elongated Man. Another Elongated Man story followed in Detective Comics #453 (November 1975). He wrote text articles and editorial replies in letter columns for the next few years. By mid-1980 he was writing regularly for both DC and Marvel, including stories for Marvel Team-Up, Mystery in Space, Green Lantern, and various Batman titles.

Legion of Super-Heroes #277 (July 1981) saw him take on editorial duties at DC, while writing issues of DC's Star Trek comic, for whom he created the native American character Ensign Bearclaw and a pacifist Klingon named Konom. In December 1982, he and artist Brian Bolland began Camelot 3000, a 12 issue limited series that was one of DC Comics' first direct market projects. In August 1983, Barr created what may well be his most enduring work, the monthly title Batman and the Outsiders with art by Jim Aparo. Barr wrote every issue of the original series, and its Baxter paper spinoff, The Outsiders.

His other comics work includes Mantra and Maze Agency as well as the 1987 OGN hardcover book Batman: Son of the Demon (with art by Jerry Bingham), proceeds from which reputedly "restored DC Comics to first place in sales after fifteen years." This title, and Barr's work on Batman with artist Alan Davis have been cited by Grant Morrison as key inspirations for his recent (2006) run on the Batman title.

In 2007, he wrote a two-part story for the pages of DC's JLA: Classified (#47-48, Jan-Feb 2008), returned to the Outsiders with Outsiders: Five of a Kind—Katana/Shazam #1 (Oct 2007), contributed to Tokyopop's Star Trek: The Manga, and relaunched Maze Agency at IDW Publishing. He has also scripted many of Bongo Comics' Simpsons titles, including a Christmas story for 2010.

In May 2010, the Invisible College Press published Barr's science fiction/fantasy novel, Majician/51, about the discoveries of a scientist working at Area 51. ...more

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	Batman (1940-2011) #1: Special by Mike W. Barr, Mike DeCarlo (Inker), Michael Golden (Penciller) 3.97 avg rating — 6,513 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Son of the Demon by Mike W. Barr, Jerry Bingham (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 5,535 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Year Two: Fear the Reaper by Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis (Illustrator), Todd McFarlane (Illustrator) 3.32 avg rating — 2,284 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camelot 3000 by Mike W. Barr, Brian Bolland (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 1,734 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Birth of the Demon by Mike W. Barr, Dennis O'Neil, Various (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 1,250 ratings — published 1992 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Year Two by Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis (Illustrator), Todd McFarlane (Illustrator) 2.98 avg rating — 719 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: In Darkest Knight by Mike W. Barr, Jerry Bingham (Illustrator) 3.23 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Bride of the Demon by Mike W. Barr, Tom Grindberg (Illustrator), Eva Grindberg (Colorist) 3.16 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: The Dark Knight Detective, Vol. 1 by Mike W. Barr, Alan Davis (Illustrator), Todd McFarlane (Illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Full Circle by Mike W. Barr (Script), Alan Davis, Mark Farmer (Inker) 3.24 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ra's al Ghul Saga (4 books)
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Mike W. Barr,

Tom Grindberg (Illustrator),

Eva Grindberg (Colorist),

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3.81 avg rating — 9,777 ratings

Batman and the Outsiders (Collected Editions) (3 books)
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Mike W. Barr,

Alan Davis (Illustrations),

Irv Novick (Illustrator),

David Ross (Illustrator)

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Katana (collected editions) (3 books)
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Mike W. Barr,

Philippe Briones (Illustrator),

Neil Edwards (Illustrator)

2.79 avg rating — 480 ratings

Green Arrow (1983) (4 books)
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Mike W. Barr (Writer),

Trevor Von Eeden (Artist)

3.70 avg rating — 199 ratings

Suicide Squad: Black Files (6 books)
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Mike W. Barr,

Jai Nitz,

Will Conrad (Cover Art),

Gabe Eltaeb (Colorist),

Guy Major (Colorist),

Philippe Briones (Penciller),

Neil Edwards (Penciller),

Roger Robinson (Penciller),

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3.13 avg rating — 172 ratings

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“Every artist who drew Batman after creator Bob Kane was a better artist than Kane [...].”
― Mike W. Barr, Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City

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