Editing Archie Goodwin (comics)

{{Short description|American writer (1937–1998)}}
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'''Archie Goodwin''' (September 8, 1937 – March 1, 1998)<ref>{{cite journal|last= Stump|first= Greg|title= News Watch: Archie Goodwin Dies at 60|journal= [[The Comics Journal]]|issue= 202|pages= 27–28|publisher= [[Fantagraphics Books]]|date= March 1998|location= Seattle, Washington}}</ref> was an American [[comic book]] writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of [[comic strip]]s in addition to comic books, and is known for his [[Warren Publishing|Warren]] and [[Marvel Comics]] work. For Warren he was chief writer and editor of landmark horror anthology titles ''[[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]]'' and ''[[Eerie (magazine)|Eerie]]'' between 1964 and 1967. At Marvel, he served as the company's editor-in-chief from 1976 to the end of 1977. In the 1980s, he edited the publisher's anthology magazine ''[[Epic Illustrated]]''  and its [[Epic Comics]] imprint. He is also known for his work on ''[[Star Wars comics|Star Wars]]'' in both comic books and newspaper strips. He is regularly cited as the "best-loved comic book editor, ever."<ref name="World">Pilcher, Tim and Brooks, Brad, ''The Essential Guide to World Comics'' (Collins & Brown, 2005) {{ISBN|1-84340-300-5}}, p. 42</ref><ref name="Shooter" /><ref name="Intro" />

==Biography==

===Early life and career===
Archie Goodwin was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], and lived in many small towns along the Kansas-Missouri border including [[Coffeyville, Kansas]]. He considered [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] as his home town.  There he spent his teen years at [[Will Rogers High School]] and in used magazine stores searching for [[EC Comics]].<ref>Shooter, Jim. "[[Bullpen Bulletins]]," Marvel Comics cover-dated November 1983.</ref> and contributor to EC fanzines in the 50s. His classmates at Will Rogers included illustrator [[Paul Brooks Davis|Paul Davis]] and [[Broom-Hilda|''Broomhilda'']] creator [[Russell Myers]] forming a cartoonist's club that met daily at the Owl Drugstore at 11th Street and Pittsburg in Tulsa. After one year at the [[University of Oklahoma]], Goodwin moved to New York City to attend classes at what became the [[School of Visual Arts]].<ref name="DCpr">DC Comics press release March 2, 1998 "Archie Goodwin dies at 60" [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.comics.misc/browse_frm/thread/758fa9d13d234863/8d4e36d21137d39e?lnk=st&q=%22Archie+goes+unchallenged%22#8d4e36d21137d39e Online version] available at [[Google Books]]</ref>

Goodwin began as an artist drawing cartoons for magazines and as a freelance "writer and occasional art assistant" to [[Leonard Starr]]'s newspaper [[comic strip]] ''[[Mary Perkins, On Stage]]''.<ref name="World"/> His first editorial work was for ''[[Redbook]]'' magazine from 1960 to 1964, on which he worked both before and after his Army service as a draftee.<ref>Cooke, Jon B. interview with Goodwin's wife Anne T. Murphy "Anne & Archie: Warren Days" ''The Warren Companion'' 2001 {{ISBN|1-893905-08-X}} p. 50  "He may have had something before but ''Redbook'' was the first long-standing job. That, of course, was interrupted when he was drafted into the Army." [https://books.google.com/books?id=4Ofd-XudNAcC&dq=Warren+Companion+Anne+T.+Murphy&pg=PA50 Online version] available at Google Books</ref> He also did cartoons for ''Fishing World'' magazine in 1959.

"Comics writing is similar in form to writing a movie script or a play," Goodwin said in an article for the [[Tulsa Tribune]], December 17, 1986. "I write a description of the panel (stage setting), and then the captions (dialogue)," he said. "Since I have some art background, I might do a series of thumbnail drawings before I write anything. Comics writings is like any other kind of writing. You draw on everything that's around you. Watching people on the street, eavesdropping in restaurants –  sooner or later, you're going to use all of that."

===Warren===
His first story written before he went into the Army was drawn by [[Al Williamson]] and [[Roy Krenkel]] and published in 1962 just after his discharge from the Army.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}  He was never on staff at Harvey Comics.  By 1964 he was the main script writer for [[Warren Publishing|Warren]]'s ''[[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]]'' magazine. Much of his work there, according to Batman editor Mark Chiarello, was a "homage to the favorite comics of his youth, the [[EC Comics|E.C. line]]."<ref name="Intro"/> By the second issue he was co-credited (alongside Russ Jones) as editor, and soon became editor of the entire Warren line: ''Creepy'', ''[[Eerie (magazine)|Eerie]]'' and ''[[Blazing Combat]]''.<ref name="World"/><ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=editor|search= Archie+Goodwin|title= Archie Goodwin (editor)}}</ref> He worked for Warren between 1964 and 1967, as head writer and Editor-in-Chief, in which roles he is credited with providing a mythology for Warren's classic [[Vampirella]] character, as well as penning her most compelling stories. ''

After his departure from Warren in 1967, Goodwin would occasionally contribute stories over the next 15 years and even returned for a short stint as editor in 1974.<ref name=jw>{{cite magazine|last=Cooke |first=Jon B. |title=The James Warren Interview |magazine=Comic Book Artist |issue=4 |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]] |date=Winter 1999 |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |url=http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/04warren.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105094740/http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/04warren.html |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Famous name===
Archie Goodwin's first prose story was published by ''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]'', which warned him he could not use Archie Goodwin as a [[pen name]] because it was a [[Rex Stout]] character in the [[Nero Wolfe]] books.  According to Goodwin's wife Anne T. Murphy, the magazine's editors "then were so delighted when he wrote back to say that it was his real name that they used the anecdote as the introduction to the story, which ran in the July 1962 issue."<ref>Cooke, Jon B. interview with Goodwin's wife Anne T. Murphy p. 51</ref> (It was actually the July 1964 issue.)

===Comic strips===
From 1967 to 1980, Goodwin wrote scripts for [[King Features Syndicate]], including the [[daily strip]] [[Secret Agent X-9]],<ref name="World"/> drawn by [[Al Williamson]] and editor [[Sylvan Byck]], as well as working on other strips ghost writing ''[[Captain Kate]]'' by Hale and Jerry Skelly. He also worked with Williamson on ''[[Flash Gordon|Flash Gordon]]'' comics #3–7 published by [[King Comics]] in 1966.

''[[Star Hawks]]'' was a [[comic strip]] created by [[Ron Goulart]] and [[Gil Kane]], first published on October 3, 1977, that ran through May 2, 1981 by [[United Feature Syndicate]]. It was written through April 1979 by Goulart, followed by Archie Goodwin (1979–1980).

His experience ghost writing ''Dan Flagg'' inspired "The Success Story" (drawn by Williamson, who had ghosted on ''Flagg'') for ''[[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]]'' No. 1 (1964), famed among comic strip fans for its [[EC Comics|EC]] style dark humor in depicting a creator whose only contribution to the strip that made him rich was his signature.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicmonsters.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=67|title= The Warren Chronicles – (Pt.1)|first= Edward|last= Brock|year= 2011|publisher= Comic Monsters|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141018141554/http://www.comicmonsters.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=67|archive-date= October 18, 2014|url-status= live}}</ref>

=== ''Blackmark'' ===
'''''[[Blackmark]]''''' is a [[Mass market paperback|paperback book]] (Bantam S5871) published by the American company [[Bantam Books]] in January 1971. It is one of the first American [[graphic novels]]. It was conceived and drawn by [[comic book]] [[artist]] [[Gil Kane]], and scripted by Archie Goodwin from an outline by Kane.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Blackmark |url=https://www.toonopedia.com/blakmark.htm |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=toonopedia.com}}</ref>

=== DC Comics ===
Goodwin worked briefly for [[DC Comics]] during the 1970s, where he edited the war comics ''[[G.I. Combat]]'', ''[[Our Fighting Forces]]'', and ''[[Star Spangled War Stories]]'',<ref name="GCD" /> and replaced [[Julius Schwartz]] as editor of ''[[Detective Comics]]''<ref name="GCD" /> for one year. Goodwin's collaboration with [[Walt Simonson]] on the [[Manhunter (Paul Kirk)#1970s revival|"Manhunter" back-up feature]] in ''Detective Comics'' won several [[#Awards|awards]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=McAvennie|first1= Michael|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 157|quote= Together with exciting new artist Walt Simonson, [Archie] Goodwin executed seven flawless tales that chronicled Paul Kirk's hunt for the world's deadliest game...Manhunter's award-winning revival earned undying acclaim for its talented storytellers.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last = Boney|first = Alex|title = Hunting the Hunters: Manhunter and the Most Dangerous Game|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue = 64|pages = 44–50|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = May 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Goodwin also wrote the Batman lead feature in ''Detective Comics'', where his collaborators included artists [[Jim Aparo]],<ref>{{cite book|last1= Manning|first1= Matthew K.|last2=Dougall|first2=Alastair, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title= Batman: A Visual History|publisher= [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year= 2014|location= London, United Kingdom|page= 115|isbn= 978-1465424563|quote= New DC editor Archie Goodwin scripted the lead feature with artist Jim Aparo.}}</ref> [[Sal Amendola]], [[Howard Chaykin]],<ref>Manning "1970s" in Dougall, p. 117</ref> and [[Alex Toth]].<ref>Manning "1970s" in Dougall, p. 117: "Two masters of sequential storytelling, writer Archie Goodwin and artist Alex Toth, joined forces for an unforgettable Batman lead story."</ref>

===Marvel Comics===
Goodwin first worked for Marvel Comics in 1968 and was the original writer on the ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' series which launched that year. According to Goodwin, when he entered editor [[Stan Lee]]'s office to apply for a job with Marvel, Lee was in the middle of writing an Iron Man story and handed him [[photostat]]s of the pages he was working on for his writer's test. Goodwin speculated, "I assume if he had been working on ''[[Sgt. Fury]]'', I'd have been writing ''Sgt. Fury''. Thank God he wasn't writing ''[[Millie the Model]]'' when I walked in."<ref name="DAK36">{{cite news | author = Zimmerman, Dwight Jon | date = July 1986 | title = Archie Goodwin | work = [[Comics Interview]] | issue = 36 | pages = 24–39 | publisher = [[Fictioneer Books]]}}</ref> Goodwin and artist [[George Tuska]] co-created the supervillain the [[Controller (Marvel Comics)|Controller]] in ''Iron Man'' No. 12 (April 1969).<ref>{{cite book|last1 = DeFalco|first1 = Tom|author-link = Tom DeFalco|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1960s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 136|isbn =978-0756641238|quote=  Basil Sandhurst...donned an exoskeleton that was powered by mental energy. This act, written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by George Tuska, turned him into the Controller.}}</ref>

[[Luke Cage]], the first African American superhero to star in an [[eponymous]] Marvel comic book series, was created by Goodwin and artist [[John Romita Sr.]] in June 1972.<ref>[[Peter Sanderson|Sanderson, Peter]] "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 155: "In the early 1970s there was a wave of movies about African-American adventure heroes. Marvel responded to this with ''Luke Cage, Hero for Hire'' by writer Archie Goodwin and artist John Romita, Sr."</ref> While briefly writing ''[[The Tomb of Dracula]]'' series, Goodwin and artist [[Gene Colan]] introduced the supporting character [[Rachel van Helsing]].<ref>Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 156: "Created by writer Archie Goodwin and artist Gene Colan, the blonde vampire slayer Rachel van Helsing debuted in ''The Tomb of Dracula'' #3."</ref> Goodwin co-created (with [[Marie Severin]]) the first [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]],<ref>{{cite journal|last = Johnson|first= Dan|date = August 2006|title = Marvel's Dark Angel: ''Back Issue'' Gets Caught in Spider-Woman's Web|journal= Back Issue!|issue = 17|pages = 57–63|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> as well as writing her first appearance in ''[[Marvel Spotlight]]'' No. 32 (February 1977).<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Manning|first1 = Matthew K.|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2012|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 92|isbn = 978-0756692360|quote= Spider-Man's female counterpart debuted in this story written by Archie Goodwin and penciled by Sal Buscema.}}</ref>

Goodwin also co-designed Marvel's [[New Universe]] line and created four of the eight series in the line. He explained, "[Marvel editor-in-chief] [[Jim Shooter]] keeps saying of me: 'Well, here's this guy, in one meeting, he suddenly spews out half the ideas for the New Universe.' What that doesn't take into account is that for about five or six years I've had these half-formed notions and finally here is a situation where they would all fit in. ...it wasn't like I just went into the meeting and suddenly four concepts sprang full-blown from my brow."<ref name="DAK36"/>

====''Star Wars''====
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In 1976, Goodwin replaced [[Gerry Conway]] to become the eighth [[editor-in-chief]] of Marvel Comics, with the understanding that it would only be temporary until a permanent replacement could be found. He ultimately resigned at the end of 1977 and was replaced by [[Jim Shooter]]. While Goodwin was editor-in-chief, Marvel secured the rights to publish the ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' film's [[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|comic adaptation and tie-in series]], which then sold phenomenally well (helped by a dearth of other ''[[Star Wars]]'' merchandise at the time) at a point when the comics industry was in severe decline. Goodwin recalled about the ''Star Wars'' comic book, "That really worked ... but I can't take any credit for it. [[Roy Thomas]] is the one who brought it to Marvel, and he had to push a little bit to get them to do it."<ref>{{cite book|last= Daniels|first= Les|author-link= Les Daniels|title= Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics|publisher= [[Abrams Books|Harry N. Abrams, Inc.]]|date= 1991|location= New York, New York|page= 177|isbn= 0-8109-3821-9}}</ref> He followed Thomas in adapting the ''Star Wars'' characters into an ongoing comic book with artist [[Carmine Infantino]],<ref>{{cite book|last = Edwards|first = Ted|title = The Unauthorized Star Wars Compendium|chapter = Adventures in the Comics|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]]|year = 1999|location = New York, New York|page = [https://archive.org/details/unauthorizedstar00edwa/page/79 79]|isbn = 9780316329293|quote = [The series' creative team] locked into place beginning with issue 11, when Archie Goodwin and Carmine Infantino took over.|chapter-url-access = registration|chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/unauthorizedstar00edwa/page/79}}</ref> as well as continuing the story (pre-''[[Return of the Jedi]]'') in a daily [[comic strip]]. Goodwin wrote the strips under his own name, although many websites and other sources erroneously claim he used the pseudonyms '''R.S. Helm''' and '''Russ Helm'''. Writer [[Mark Evanier]] corrected the matter by stating "Archie did write the ''Star Wars'' comic strip (as well as other ''Star Wars'' material) but only under his own name. Russ Helm was a completely different person writing under his own name."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsfromme.com/2014/10/16/straightening-wikipedia-out-an-ongoing-series/|title= Straightening Wikipedia Out (An Ongoing Series)|first= Mark|last= Evanier|author-link= Mark Evanier|date= October 16, 2014|publisher= News From ME|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141021154250/http://www.newsfromme.com/2014/10/16/straightening-wikipedia-out-an-ongoing-series/|archive-date= October 21, 2014|url-status= live}}</ref> During Goodwin and Infantino's tenure on Marvel's ''Star Wars'' series, it was one of the industry's top selling titles.<ref>{{Cite news|last = Miller|first = John Jackson|author-link = John Jackson Miller|title = Gone but not forgotten: Marvel ''Star Wars'' series kept franchise fans guessing between films |newspaper = [[Comics Buyer's Guide]]|issue = 1216|page = 46|date = March 7, 1997|quote= The industry's top seller? We don't have complete information from our Circulation Scavenger Hunt for the years 1979 and 1980, but a very strong case is building for ''Star Wars'' as the industry's top-selling comic book in 1979 and its second-place seller (behind ''Amazing Spider-Man'') in 1980.}}</ref> He wrote comic book adaptations for Marvel of the two ''Star Wars'' sequels as well as other science-fiction films such as ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' and ''[[Blade Runner]]''.

=== ''Heavy Metal'' ===
'''''Alien: The Illustrated Story''''', or simply '''''Alien''''', is an American sixty-four-page [[graphic novel]] adaptation of the 1979 science fiction film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' published by ''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]'' magazine in 1979. It was scripted by Archie Goodwin and drawn by [[Walt Simonson]]. The book was a major critical and commercial success and was the first comic to ever be listed on the ''[[New York Times Bestsellers]]'' list.

While developing the comic, Goodwin worked from the original script. Simonson, as well, had access to [[production still]]s and even saw a [[rough cut]] of the film, which helped him capture the essence of the story. As a result, however, a few scenes that were cut from the final film ended up being included in the graphic novel.

One reviewer praised Archie Goodwin's script adaptation, which he felt improved on some flaws in the film: "Goodwin... seems to get more into the class divisions on board the ''Nostromo'' between [[Ellen Ripley|Ripley]] and Parker... [T]he characters are a bit more fleshed out..."

Heavy Metal published an eight-page teaser for the book in ''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]'' magazine in vol. 3, No. 1 (May 1979). A second eight-page preview was published in ''Heavy Metal'' vol. 3, No. 2 (June 1979). The original 64-page [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] was released in June 1979 and distributed by [[Simon & Schuster]]. The comic was also translated in Japanese, Spanish and Dutch.

====Epic====
{{Main|Epic Illustrated|Epic Comics}}
After Marvel Comics passed on publishing the American incarnation of ''[[Metal Hurlant]]'' (''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]''), Editor-in-chief [[Jim Shooter]] was charged with producing an alternate title, which became ''[[Epic Illustrated]]''.<ref>DeFalco, Tom "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 197: "This title was Marvel's attempt to compete with the popular ''Heavy Metal Magazine'', which printed more mature material for the adult market and work by European artists...Former Editor-in-Chief Archie Goowdin oversaw all thirty-four issues."</ref> It was initially edited by [[Rick Marschall]], but Shooter approached publisher [[Stan Lee]] to urge a replacement: "I told Stan, 'There's one guy who could do this. I don't know if we can get him.' He said, 'Who's that?' 'Archie Goodwin.' The reason I didn't think we could get him is because he used to be my boss and I didn't know how he'd feel about coming back and me being his boss."<ref name="Shooter">Thomas, Michael. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=147 "CBR News: Jim Shooter Interview: Part 1"] ''[[Comic Book Resources]]'', October 6, 2000. Accessed August 2, 2008. Shooter on Goodwin:  "First and foremost, everyone loved Archie. Archie had a manner about him that you just couldn't not like him. While he was tough as nails, and he was probably the best that passed through this business, he managed to do it without offending anyone. He managed to be respected and remain friends with everyone and do his job."</ref>

Goodwin was at the time still working for Marvel as a writer, and Shooter recalls concocting a plan whereby the company "pretended that Archie reported to Stan. In fact, I was doing all the paperwork and all the employee reviews and the budgets" so that Goodwin could have the illusion of not working for his successor.<ref name="Shooter"/> In the autumn of 1979, Marschall was fired and Goodwin hired as ''Epic'''s editor.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Marvel Fires Rick Marschall, Archie Goodwin Named to Edit ''Epic''|journal= The Comics Journal|issue= 51|pages= 5–6|publisher= Fantagraphics Books|date= November 1979|location= Seattle, Washington}}</ref>

Shooter approached Goodwin after the moderate success of the ''Epic'' magazine and creator-owned graphic novels to produce a full-fledged line of creator-owned comics, [[Epic Comics]]. Goodwin initially balked at the additional workload, and Shooter turned the line over to [[Al Milgrom]] before Goodwin ultimately accepted editorship.<ref name="Shooter"/><ref name="DAK36"/>

Goodwin introduced the first English translation of [[Katsuhiro Otomo]]'s ''[[Akira (manga)|Akira]]'' and published English translations of the work of [[Jean Giraud]], a.k.a. Moebius. Archie also gave many writers and artists their first jobs in comic including [[Todd McFarlane]] in ''[[Coyote (comics)|Coyote]]'' #11-14 with his first cover on issue 13.

===Return to DC===
Goodwin returned to [[DC Comics]] as an editor and writer in 1989.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Archie Goodwin Quits Marvel Epic for DC|journal= The Comics Journal|issue= 130|page= 26|publisher= Fantagraphics Books|date= July 1989|location= Seattle, Washington}}</ref> He wrote the graphic novel ''[[Batman: Night Cries]]''<ref>{{cite book|last = Goodwin|first = Archie|author2=Hampton, Scott |author-link2=Scott Hampton |title = Batman: Night Cries|publisher = DC Comics|year = 1992|pages = 96|isbn = 978-1563890598 }}</ref> painted by [[Scott Hampton]] and published in 1992. Throughout the 1990s, Goodwin edited a number of Batman projects, including the [[Elseworlds]] miniseries ''[[Batman: Thrillkiller]]'', and the [[Alan Grant (writer)|Alan Grant]]-written/[[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]]-illustrated parody one-shot ''Batman: Mitefall'', a take-off of the "[[Batman: Knightfall|Knightfall]]" saga, filtered through the character of [[Bat-Mite]].<ref name="GCD" /> ''[[Armageddon 2001]]'' was a 1991 [[Shared universe#Corporate examples|crossover event]] storyline. It ran through a self-titled, two issue limited series and most of the annuals DC published that year from May through October. Each participating annual explored potential possible futures for its main characters. The series was written by Goodwin and [[Dennis O'Neil]] and drawn by [[Dan Jurgens]].<ref>Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Dolan, p. 250: "''Armageddon 2001'' was the DC Comics event of the summer...Written by Archie Goodwin and Denny O'Neil, and drawn by penciler Dan Jurgens."</ref>

Among Goodwin's most notable last editorial projects were ''[[Starman (Jack Knight)|Starman]]'', written by [[James Robinson (writer)|James Robinson]] and first published by DC in 1994 and DC's ''[[Batman: The Long Halloween]]'' by [[Tim Sale (artist)|Tim Sale]] and [[Jeph Loeb]]. Loeb and Sale's first work on Batman appeared in ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight#Specials and spin-offs|Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special]]'' No. 1 (Dec. 1993) edited by Goodwin.<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 261: "Editor Archie Goodwin was on to something when he paired Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale on the first holiday special of the popular ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' series."</ref> It is a testament to Goodwin that Loeb has said that Goodwin inspired their portrayal of Gotham police chief Jim Gordon in ''The Long Halloween'' and its sequel ''[[Batman: Dark Victory]]'', while Robinson (who considered Goodwin both a mentor and close personal friend), continued to list Goodwin as a "Guiding Light" on later issues of ''Starman'' published after Goodwin's death. Goodwin edited ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]]'' and ''[[Azrael (comics)|Azrael]]''.<ref name="GCD" /> Goodwin's ''Creepy'' work is cited by editor [[Mark Chiarello]] as informing the creation of the ''[[Batman: Black & White]]'' series.<ref name="Intro">Chiarello, Mark. "Introduction" in Chiarello, Mark and Peterson, Scott (ed.s) ''Batman: Black and White'' (DC Comics, 1998) {{ISBN|1-56389-439-4}}. Chiarello on Goodwin: "...probably the very best editor ever to work in comics, probably the very best writer ever to work in comics."</ref>

===Death===
In the Spring of 1990 he was diagnosed as having cancer and undertook a course of chemo-therapy while still working at DC. Goodwin died on March 1, 1998, after battling the disease for 8 years.<ref name="DCpr" />

=== Archives ===
The Archie Goodwin Archive and Collection are housed at OKPOP (Oklahoma Museum of Pop Culture) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Donated by his children Jennifer and Seth Goodwin.

==Awards==
Goodwin's work won him a good deal of recognition in the industry, including both the 1973 [[Shazam Award]] for Best Writer (Dramatic Division), and the 1974 Shazam Award for Best Writer (Dramatic Division) for the [[Manhunter (comics)|Manhunter]] series running in ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #437–443. In the same years, he also won Shazam Awards for Best Individual Short Story for "The Himalayan Incident" in ''Detective Comics'' No. 437 and for "Cathedral Perilous" in ''Detective Comics'' No. 441. In 1974, he also won Best Individual Feature-Length Story for "Götterdämmerung" in ''Detective Comics'' No. 443. All story awards were shared with [[Walt Simonson]] for ''Manhunter'' episodes).<ref>{{cite web| editor-first=Joel |editor-last= Hahn| title = 1973 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards | url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam73.php| publisher=Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date=February 4, 2016| archive-date=December 22, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141222115518/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam73.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| editor-first=Joel |editor-last= Hahn| title = 1973 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards | url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam74.php | publisher=Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date=February 4, 2016| archive-date= December 22, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141222115442/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam74.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Goodwin's work on ''Manhunter'', in which he both updated an obscure Golden Age hero, and, in the series' last episode, took the daring approach of killing him off (one of the few comic book deaths that has actually "taken" and not been reversed or [[retconned]] away in the decades since it occurred) is very well regarded by both fans and other comics professionals.

Goodwin stated in his final interview, "I think that ''Manhunter'' is one of just several projects that I've worked on that I consider a highlight in my career. It is something that I may never be able to top in a lot of ways. To have done that and for DC to have given me the opportunity to do that was great."<ref>{{cite journal|last= Cooke|first= Jon B.|title= Archie's Comics – Archie Goodwin talks about DC in his last interview|journal= [[Comic Book Artist]]|issue= 1|page= 71|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|date= Spring 1998|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url= http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/01goodwin.html}}</ref>

In 1980, he shared the Eagle Award for Favorite Comic Magazine given to ''[[Epic Illustrated]].''

In 1982, he received the [[Inkpot Award]] given by [[San Diego Comic-Con]].

He threepeated winning the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material given to Epic's collected Moebius albums in 1988, for Epic's Moebius series ''The Incal'' in 1989 and in 1990 for Best Foreign Reprint given to Epic's ''[[Akira (manga)|Akira]]'' series.

He won "[[Bob Clampett]] [[Humanitarian]]" [[Eisner Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award|title= The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award|year= 2013|publisher= [[San Diego Comic-Con International]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160617074740/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award|archive-date= June 17, 2016|url-status= live|access-date= June 23, 2013}}</ref> in 1992.

In 1993, he won the [[Wizard Fan Award]] with [[Dennis O'Neil|Denny O'Neil]], [[Joe Quesada]] and [[Kevin Nowlan]] for the Favorite Miniseries for ''[[Batman: Sword of Azrael]].''

He was named [[Eisner Award for Best Editor|Best Editor]] by the [[Eisner Awards|Eisners]] in 1993.<ref name="Eisner">{{cite web |url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/1990s-recipients|title= 1990s Eisner Award Recipients|year= 2013|publisher= San Diego Comic-Con International|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160804075009/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/1990s-recipients|archive-date= August 4, 2016|url-status= live|access-date= June 23, 2013}}</ref> As well as receiving the [[UK Comic Art Award]] for Best Graphic Novel with [[Scott Hampton]] for ''Batman: Night Cries.''

1997 brought more Harvey Awards to Archie by winning Best Domestic Reprint Project, with Bob Kahan, for ''[[The Dark Knight Returns|Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]] 10th Anniversary Edition Hardcover.''

Archie was also awarded two Eisner Awards in 1997. First with [[Gary Gianni]] for Best Short Story for "Heroes" from ''[[Batman Black and White|Batman: Black & White]]'' and another with [[James Robinson (writer)|James Robinson]], [[Tony Harris (artist)|Tony Harris]] and [[Wade Von Grawbadger]] for Best Serialized Story for ''[[Starman (DC Comics)|Starman]]'' "Sand and Stars" ''(Issues #20-23)''

Goodwin was honored posthumously in 1998, by being named to the [[National Comics Award]] Roll of Honour and he was entered into the [[Eisner Hall of Fame]].<ref name="Eisner" />

In 2007, Goodwin was inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame in [[Pauls Valley, Oklahoma]], located in the [[Toy and Action Figure Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actionfiguremuseum.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Archie-Goodwin-bio.pdf |title=Archie Goodwin (1937–1998) Artist/Writer/Editor, Tulsa |date=2007 |publisher=ActionFigureMuseum.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624014704/http://www.actionfiguremuseum.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Archie-Goodwin-bio.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 7, 2011 }}</ref>

In 2008, he was one of two recipients of that year's [[Bill Finger Award]], which annually honors one living and one deceased comics creator. The award was presented July 25, 2008, during the 2008 [[Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards]] ceremony at [[San Diego Comic-Con]].<ref>{{cite web |year=2008 |title=Archie Goodwin, Larry Lieber to Receive Bill Finger Award |url=http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger_2008.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214153447/http://comic-con.org/cci/cci_finger_2008.shtml |archive-date=December 14, 2010 |access-date=April 1, 2012 |publisher=[[Comic-Con International]] |location=San Diego, California}}</ref>

==Appearances within comics==
He makes a cameo appearance in a crowd scene on the splash page of ''[[Ms. Marvel]]'' volume 1 No. 15, (March 1978) with thought balloons showing him trying out various nicknames for himself.

Archie appears in a crowd scene on the cover/back cover of DC ''All New Collectors' Edition #56'' "[[Superman vs. Muhammad Ali]]" (1978) drawn by [[Neal Adams]] and edited by fellow Oklahoman [[E. Nelson Bridwell]]. Archie is No. 15 on the key and is sitting in front of the [[The Jackson 5|Jackson 5]] on the back cover.

He is name-checked in issues of Marvel's ''Star Wars'' comics including in the alien-language words "Niwdoog Eihcra", his name in reverse.

A character based on him appears in issue No. 82 of ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark|Cerebus]]'' (January 1986). He stands at the foot of the giant, living stone statue Tarim and repeats everything Tarim says – as if he is passing Tarim's commands to the masses. At the end, the annoyed Tarim threatens to kill "anyone pretending to speak for Tarim" when Archie's character looks up and stops repeating Tarim by telling the masses to get to work.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Dave Sim|Sim, Dave]]|penciller= Sim, Dave|inker= [[Gerhard (cartoonist)|Gerhard]]|story= Talking Heads|title= Cerebus the Aardvark|issue= 82|date= January 1986}}</ref> The scene has often been interpreted as an allegory for Goodwin's relationship with [[Jim Shooter]], but ''Cerebus'' writer/artist [[Dave Sim]] denies this and said "I have nothing but the greatest respect for Archie and in no way intended anything but a little 'hello' to one of my favorite New Yorkers."<ref>{{cite news | date = October 1986 | title = Last Word (letters) | work = [[Comics Interview]] | issue = 39 | pages = 79–82 | publisher = Fictioneer Books}}</ref>

In Marvel Comics', ''[[What The--?!]]'' No. 5, (July 1989) Goodwin appears as King Archibald the First in the short story ''The Alien-Ated Legion,'' which parodies the mature approach of Epic Comics. In the last panels, King Archibald says that he had never been interested in superhero comics.<ref>{{cite comic |date=July 1989 |title=[[What The--?!]] |story=The Alien-ated Legion |issue=5 |writer=[[Chuck Dixon|Dixon, Chuck]] |penciller=[[Larry Stroman|Stroman, Larry]] |inker=[[Al Williamson|Williamson, Al]]}}</ref>

The airport in fictional [[Gotham City]], home of the [[Batman]], is named the Archie Goodwin International Airport. The airport made its first appearance in Batman No. 34 (April 1946) and remained unnamed until it was given a name on a Gotham City map made for the [[Batman: No Man's Land]] crossover event in 1999.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= |penciller= |inker= |story= Gotham City|title= Batman: Gotham City Secret Files|issue= 1|date= April 2000}}</ref>

In the first DC Comics spinoff of [[Batman: The Animated Series]] called ''[[The Batman Adventures]].'' Goodwin appears as Mr. Nice, a super-strong, but childishly-innocent super-villain. He is one of a screwball trio of incompetent super-villains that includes The Mastermind (a caricature of [[Mike Carlin]]) and The Professor (a caricature of [[Dennis O'Neil]]). Their first appearance comes in No. 10 (July 1993) with the Riddler. The trio's first cover appearance came in No. 20 (May 1994) and their last story came in No. 30 (March 1995).

''[[Batman: Gotham Adventures]]'' No. 13 (June 1999) features the last appearance of the characters with Mr. Nice leaving the group to fulfill a prophecy, with the issue being dedicated to Archie Goodwin.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/62793/ ''Batman: Gotham Adventures'' #13] at the Grand Comics Database</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=106 Archie Goodwin] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
*[http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namg20.htm#N847 Archie Goodwin] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
*{{cite web|url= http://www.stevestiles.com/goodwin.htm|title= Archie Goodwin and his Golden Age at Warren|first= Steve|last= Stiles|author-link= Steve Stiles|date= n.d.|publisher= Stevestiles.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110111111720/http://stevestiles.com/goodwin.htm|archive-date= January 11, 2011|url-status= live}}

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