Editing Jim Shooter

{{Short description|American comic book writer (born 1951)}}
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{{Infobox comics creator
| image         = Jim Shooter by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption       = Shooter at the 2017 [[Phoenix Comicon]]
| birth_name    = James Shooter
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1951|09|27}}
| birth_place   = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
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| write         = y
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| alias         = Paul Creddick
| notable works = ''[[Adventure Comics]]''<br />''[[Secret Wars]]''<br />''[[Solar (comics)|Solar: Man of the Atom]]''
| awards        = [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Award]] (1979)<br />[[Inkpot Award]] (1980)<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref>
| website       = {{URL|jimshooter.com}}
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'''James Shooter''' (born September 27, 1951)<ref name="CBG">{{cite web|last=Miller |first=John Jackson |url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=June 10, 2005 |access-date=December 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |author-link=John Jackson Miller |url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American writer, editor, and publisher in the comics industry. Beginning his career writing for [[DC Comics]] at the age of 14, he had a successful but controversial run as editor-in-chief at [[Marvel Comics]], and launched comics publishers [[Valiant Comics|Valiant]], [[Defiant Comics|Defiant]], and [[Broadway Comics|Broadway]].

== Early life ==
Jim Shooter was born in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], to parents Ken and Eleanor "Ellie" Shooter,<ref name="Shooter, Jim 1982">Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins", Marvel comics cover-dated August 1982.</ref><ref>Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated October 1982.</ref> who were of [[Polish people|Polish]] descent.<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Shooter, Jim|story=Bullpen Bulletins|title=[[The Fantastic Four]]|issue=241|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]|date=April 1982|page=22}}</ref> Shooter read comics as a child, though he stopped when he was about eight years old. His interest in the medium was rekindled in 1963, at the age of twelve, while he recovered in a hospital after undergoing minor surgery. He was impressed with the style of Marvel Comics, which had only begun publication two years earlier. Thinking that if he learned to write the types of stories that Marvel published, he would be an asset to [[DC Comics]] – whose books, he felt, "needed the help" – Shooter spent about a year reading and studying comics from both companies.<ref name=GraphicNYC />

== Career ==
=== DC Comics ===
[[File:Jim Shooter 1982 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Shooter at [[San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con]] in 1982]]
At age 13, in mid-1965, Shooter wrote and drew stories featuring the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]], and sent them in to [[DC Comics]]. On February 10, 1966, he received a phone call from [[Mort Weisinger]], who wanted to purchase the stories Shooter had sent, and commissioned Shooter to write [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Supergirl]] and [[Superman]] stories. Weisinger eventually offered Shooter a regular position on ''Legion'', and wanted Shooter to come to New York to spend a couple of days in his office. Shooter, who was 14 and lived in Pittsburgh, had to wait until school was in recess, after which he went to New York with his mother,<ref name=GraphicNYC /> spurred in part by the need to support his financially struggling parents.<ref>Shooter, Jim (March 11, 2011). [http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/03/regrets.html "Regrets? "]. jimshooter.com.</ref><ref>Sacks, Jason (2001), [http://comicsbulletin.com/interviews/1022/bill-schelly-joe-kuberts-art-is-like-the-difference-between-a-pop-song-and-a-symphony/ "Bill Schelly: Joe Kubert's Art is Like the Difference Between a Pop Song and a Symphony"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130120001955/http://comicsbulletin.com/interviews/1022/bill-schelly-joe-kuberts-art-is-like-the-difference-between-a-pop-song-and-a-symphony/ |date=January 20, 2013 }}. [[Comics Bulletin]]. Retrieved December 19, 2012.</ref><ref>Schelly, Bill. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XfyEJgBjkdsC&dq=Marvel+jim+shooter+steel+workers&pg=PA103 ''Sense of Wonder: A Life in Comic Fandom : a Personal Memoir of Fandom's Golden Age''], [[TwoMorrows Publishing]], p. 103</ref><ref>Cadigan, Glen; [[Grell, Mike]] (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=lEWHfXUwUAwC&dq=Marvel+jim+shooter+steel+mill+father&pg=PA51 ''The Legion Companion''], TwoMorrows Publishing, p. 51</ref>

According to Shooter, his father earned little as a steelworker,<ref>{{cite web | last = Shooter | first= Jim | date = December 27, 2011 | url = http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/12/sex-and-drugs-part-2.html | title = Sex and Drugs – Part 2 | publisher=JimShooter.com (official site) | access-date = December 27, 2012}}</ref><ref name=regrets>{{cite web | last = Shooter | first= Jim | date = March 11, 2011 | url = http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/03/regrets.html | title = Regrets? | publisher=JimShooter.com (official site) | access-date = December 27, 2012 | quote = Deadlines.  Had to sit there – the left end of the couch was my spot – sketch the pictures and write the words}}</ref> and Shooter saw comic-book writing as a means of helping economically. Shooter reflected in a 2010 interview:

{{blockquote|My family needed the money. I was doing this to save the house; my father had a beat-up old car and the engine died – this is before I started working for DC – and that first check bought a rebuilt engine for his car so he didn't have to walk to work anymore. I was doing this because I had to, working my way through high school to help keep my family alive.<ref name=GraphicNYC />}}

At 14, Shooter began selling stories to DC Comics, writing for both ''[[Action Comics]]'' and ''[[Adventure Comics]]'', beginning with ''Adventure Comics'' No. 346 (July 1966),<ref>{{cite book|last=McAvennie|first= Michael|editor-last=Dolan|editor-first=Hannah|chapter= 1960s|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= 118 |quote = In his first-ever published story, fourteen-year-old Jim Shooter admitted four new members into the Legion of Super-Heroes ... Shooter's long, memorable tenure as one of the Legion's greatest writers was officially underway.}}</ref> and providing pencil breakdowns as well.<ref name=regrets /> With considerable study of the writing style of [[DC Comics]] and of the recently rising Marvel Comics, Shooter created several characters for the Legion of Super-Heroes that benefited by him being one of the few writers at DC to understand the competitor's successful character-based narrative approach.<ref name=GraphicNYC>Irving, Christopher (July 20, 2012). [http://www.nycgraphicnovelists.com/2010/07/jim-shooters-secret-origin-in-his-own.html "Jim Shooter's Secret Origin, in his Own Words – Part One"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820204839/http://www.nycgraphicnovelists.com/2010/07/jim-shooters-secret-origin-in-his-own.html |date=August 20, 2018 }}. Graphic NYC.</ref> This included Legionnaires [[Karate Kid (character)|Karate Kid]], [[Ferro Lad]], and [[Princess Projectra]], as well as the villainous group known as the [[Fatal Five]]. He also created the Superman villain the [[Parasite (comics)|Parasite]] in ''Action Comics'' No. 340 (Aug. 1966).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 118: "With a story written by Jim Shooter and drawn by Al Plastino, the Parasite entered Superman's life."</ref> Shooter and artist [[Curt Swan]] devised the first race between the [[Barry Allen|Flash]] and [[Superman]], two characters known for their [[Speedster (fiction)|superhuman speed]], in "Superman's Race with the Flash!" in ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' #199 (Aug. 1967).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 124: "Since the dawn of comics' Silver Age, readers have asked 'Who's faster: Superman or the Flash?' Writer Jim Shooter and artist Curt Swan tried answering that question when the Man of Steel and the Fastest Man Alive agreed to the U.N.'s request to race each other for charity."</ref> Shooter wrote the first issue of ''[[Captain Action]]'' (Oct.-Nov. 1968), which was DC's first toy [[Brand licensing|tie-in]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen]] America |year=2010| isbn= 978-3-8365-1981-6|page= 420|quote= Captain Action was DC's first toy tie-in title ... Editor Mort Weisinger ... brought in his young firebrand Jim Shooter to craft an identity and back story for the character.}}</ref>

In 1969 Shooter was accepted into [[New York University]], but after graduating from high school he successfully applied for a job at Marvel Comics. Unable to pursue both his studies and work for Marvel, he decided against going to New York University and quit working for DC as well.<ref name="Back34">{{cite journal| last = Vaughn | first= J. C. | date = June 2009 | title = Jim Shooter's First Day at Marvel Comics | journal = [[Back Issue!]] | issue = 34 | pages = 14–19 | publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> While at Marvel he worked as an editor and occasional co-plotter, taking his residence at the [[YMCA]], but after only three weeks his financial situation compelled him to give up the post and return home to Pittsburgh.<ref name="Back34"/>

After leaving Marvel, Shooter took up work in advertising concepts, writing, and illustration for several years, supporting himself through several menial jobs during periods when advertising work was unavailable. An interview for a ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' fanzine led to his again applying to both Marvel and DC. Though both companies offered him work, Shooter opted to return to DC because they had offered him more prestigious assignments: ''Superman'' and a chance to again write the Legion of Super-Heroes, now in their own book, ''Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes''. However, Shooter's relationships with both ''Superman'' editor [[Julius Schwartz]] and ''Legion'' editor [[Murray Boltinoff]] were unpleasant, and he claims that both forced him to do unnecessary rewrites. In December 1975, Marvel editor-in-chief [[Marv Wolfman]] called to offer him an editorial position.<ref name="Back34"/>

=== Marvel Comics ===
[[File:JimShooter11.15.08ByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Shooter at the 2008 [[Big Apple Con]]]]
In the mid-1970s, Marvel Comics was undergoing a series of changes in the position of editor-in-chief. After [[Roy Thomas]] stepped down from the post to focus on writing, a succession of other editors, including [[Len Wein]], Marv Wolfman, [[Gerry Conway]], and [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]], took the job during a relatively short span of time, only to find the task too daunting as Marvel continued to grow and add new titles and a larger staff to turn out material.<ref name="Priest">[[Priest, Christopher J.]] (May 2002). [http://lamerciepark.com/legacy/comics/spidey.html "Chapter Two: Oswald: Why I Never Discuss Spider-Man"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722130102/http://lamerciepark.com/legacy/comics/spidey.html |date=July 22, 2012 }}, Adventures in the Funnybook Game.</ref> On January 2, 1976, Shooter joined the Marvel staff as an assistant editor and writer.<ref name="Back34" />

With the quick turnover at the top, Shooter rapidly found himself rising in the ranks, and on the first working day of January 1978, he succeeded Archie Goodwin to become Marvel's ninth editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite book|last = Sanderson|first = Peter|author-link = Peter Sanderson|editor-last= Gilbert|editor-first= Laura|chapter= 1970s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 184|isbn =978-0-7566-4123-8}}</ref><ref>[http://jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-jim-shooter-editor-in_24.html/ The Secret Origin of Jim Shooter, Editor in Chief – Part 2]</ref> During this period, publisher [[Stan Lee]] relocated to Los Angeles to better oversee Marvel's animation, television and film projects, leaving Shooter largely in charge of the creative decision-making at Marvel's New York City headquarters. Although there were complaints among some that Shooter imposed a dictatorial style on the "Bullpen", he cured many of the procedural ills at Marvel, successfully managed to keep the line of books on schedule (ending the widespread practice of missed deadlines popularly known as "the Dreaded Deadline Doom"), added new titles, and developed new talent.<ref name="Rozanski">Rozanski, Chuck. [http://www.milehighcomics.com/tales/cbg106.html "Tales From the Database: Meeting with Jim Shooter in May of 1979," ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' (Feb 2004).] Accessed April 11, 2009.</ref> Shooter in his nine-year tenure as editor-in-chief oversaw [[Chris Claremont]] and [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]'s run on the ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|author-link = Les Daniels|chapter= The Marvel Universe (1978–1990)|title = Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics|publisher = [[Abrams Books|Harry N. Abrams]]|year = 1991|page = 186|isbn = 978-0-8109-3821-2|quote= The controversial story ["[[The Dark Phoenix Saga]]"] created a sensation, and ''The X-Men'' became the comic book to watch.}}</ref> Byrne's work on ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'',<ref>Daniels "The Marvel Universe (1978–1990)", p. 187: "In 1981 artist John Byrne left ''The X-Men'' to take on ''The Fantastic Four'' ... Byrne's approach worked, and it was a harbinger of things to come: throughout the 1980s popular artists turned themselves into writer-artists and dedicated themselves to reaffirming the appeal of Marvel's classic characters."</ref> [[Frank Miller]]'s series of ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' stories,<ref>Daniels "The Marvel Universe (1978–1990)", p. 188: "Few people have had more of an impact on the course that current comic books have taken than Frank Miller, who began drawing ''Daredevil'' in 1979, and took on the writing as well in 1981."</ref> [[Walt Simonson]]'s crafting of Norse mythology with the Marvel Universe in ''[[Thor (comic book)|Thor]]'',<ref>Daniels "The Marvel Universe (1978–1990)", p. 196: "Walter Simonson, another major writer-artist came into his own at Marvel when he went to work on ''Thor'' in 1983 ... The stories that resulted exemplified Simonson's approach."</ref> and [[Roger Stern]]'s runs on both ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|Avengers]]'' and ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]''.

In 1981, Shooter brought Marvel into the lucrative comic book specialty shop market with ''[[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]]'' #1.<ref>[[Tom DeFalco|DeFalco, Tom]] "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 200: "''Dazzler'' No. 1 sold 428,000 copies and proved that comic book stores were here to stay."</ref> Featuring a disco-themed heroine with ties to the [[X-Men]] (based upon an unmade film set to star [[Bo Derek]]),<ref>Cronin, Brian (June 26, 2008). [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/06/26/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-161/ "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #161"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818054635/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/06/26/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-161/ |date=August 18, 2010 }}. Comic Book Resources.</ref> the first issue of this series was sold only through [[direct market|specialty stores]], bypassing the then-standard newsstand/[[spinner rack]] distribution route altogether, as recognition by Marvel of the growing comics shop sector. Subsequent issues of ''Dazzler'', however, were sold through newsstand <nowiki>[</nowiki>returnable<nowiki>]</nowiki> accounts as well. ''Dazzler'' was the first direct sales-only ongoing series from a major publisher; other Marvel titles, such as ''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'' and ''[[Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)|Ka-Zar]]'', soon followed.<ref name="Rozanski" /><ref>DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 195: "Marvel made three of its monthly titles – ''Moon Knight'', ''Micronauts'', and ''Ka-Zar'' – 'direct only' and the company was soon creating new titles (for example, ''Marvel Fanfare'' ... that were reserved exclusively for comic book stores."</ref> Later that same year, Shooter wrote ''[[Marvel Treasury Edition]]'' No. 28 which featured the second [[Superman and Spider-Man]] [[intercompany crossover]].<ref>Manning, Matthew K. "1980s" in Dolan, p. 194: "In an oversized treasury edition carrying a hefty $2.50 price tag, the Man of Steel paired for the second time with Marvel's iconic web-slinger ... The issue came together thanks to the script of writer Jim Shooter, a bit of plotting assistance by Marv Wolfman, the pencils of longtime Marvel luminary John Buscema, and a veritable fleet of inkers."</ref> Additionally in 1981, Shooter was recognized as one of six "New Yorkers of the Year" by the New York chapter of the [[JayCees]], for his "contributions toward revitalizing the comics industry and helping Marvel Comics achieve a new pinnacle of success."<ref name="Shooter, Jim 1982" /> Shooter also institutionalized creator royalties,{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} starting the [[Epic Comics|Epic]] imprint for [[creator ownership|creator-owned]] material in 1982; introduced company-wide [[Publication history of Marvel Comics crossover events|crossover events]], with ''[[Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions]]'' and ''[[Secret Wars]]'';<ref>DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 217: "The toy company Mattel produced action figures of Marvel's most popular characters ... Mattel just needed Marvel to come up with an editorial concept that would explain why all these characters had gathered together. The response of Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter was to publish the first company-wide crossover in the history of comics."</ref> and launched a new, albeit ultimately unsuccessful, line named ''[[New Universe]]'', to commemorate Marvel's 25th anniversary, in 1986.<ref>DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 226: "The year 1986 was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Marvel Universe ... [Jim Shooter] embarked on his most ambitious project: he would celebrate the birth of one universe by creating a brand new one."</ref>

Despite his success in revitalizing Marvel, Shooter angered and alienated a number of long-time Marvel creators by insisting on strong editorial control and strict adherence to deadlines.<ref name="Priest" /> Although he instituted an art-return program, and implemented a policy giving creators royalties when their books passed certain sales benchmarks or when characters they worked on were licensed as toys, Shooter occasionally found himself in well-publicized conflicts with some writers and artists. Creators such as [[Steve Gerber]], Marv Wolfman,<ref name="Wolfman">Wolfman, Marv. [http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=68998 "What Th--?: Comments about Marvel from a former EIC," SuperHeroHype.com (July 30, 2003).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917042306/http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=68998 |date=September 17, 2007 }} Accessed April 11, 2009.</ref><ref name="radio">Barkley, Chris. [http://booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com/2006/03/rare-1982-jim-shooter-radio-interview.html "Bad Moon Rising" radio interview  (Sept. 1982).] Accessed April 11, 2009.</ref> [[Gene Colan]],<ref name="radio" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Field |first=Tom |title=Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan |year=2005 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |pages= 127–130}}</ref> [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]],<ref>Thomas, Michael. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=151 "John Byrne: The Hidden Answers", Comic Book Resources (August 22, 2000).] Accessed on May 17, 2008.</ref> and [[Doug Moench]] left to work for DC (encouraged by its new publisher, [[Jenette Kahn]], aggressively taking advantage of the opportunity) or other companies.<ref name="Wolfman" /><ref>{{cite news | last = Kleinfield | first= N.R. | title = Superheroes' Creators Wrangle; Creators of Superheroes Wrangle Within Marvel | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = October 13, 1979 | page= 25}}</ref>

During Shooter's tenure, he enforced a policy forbidding the portrayal of gay characters in the Marvel universe.<ref name=prismmverv2006>{{citation|last=Mangels|first=Andy|title=In and Out: A Brief History of Marvel's 2006 Gay Policies|url=http://prismcomics.org/display.php?id=1304|publisher=[[Prism Comics]]|year=2006|access-date=2009-03-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316054502/http://prismcomics.org/display.php?id=1304|archive-date=2010-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Courtney|last1=Hardwick|access-date=2022-08-15|title=The Marvel Cinematic Universe Keeps Avoiding LGBT Representation|url=https://inmagazine.ca/2019/04/the-marvel-cinematic-universe-keeps-avoiding-lgbt-representation/|date=26 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Booker">{{cite book|first1=M. Keith|last1=Booker|title=Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels [2 volumes]: [Two Volumes]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbkJ0QJrEZ8C|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=11 May 2010|isbn=978-0-313-35747-3|pages=249|via=Google Books}}</ref> According to [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]], he initially had to conceal [[Northstar (character)|Northstar]]'s sexuality, since Shooter personally told him that portraying a gay character would not be allowed.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Bill|last1=Schelly|title=Sense of Wonder: My Life in Comic Fandom--The Whole Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEtTDwAAQBAJ|publisher=North Atlantic Books|date=17 April 2018|isbn=978-1-62317-151-3|via=Google Books|pages=307}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Alan|last1=Kistler|access-date=2022-08-15|title=How the "Code Authority" Kept LGBT Characters Out of Comics|url=https://www.history.com/news/how-the-code-authority-kept-lgbt-characters-out-of-comics|website=HISTORY|date=June 22, 2020 }}</ref> Marvel nonetheless published the first gay-themed story by a mainstream comics publisher during this time, written by Shooter himself; in it, two gay men attempt to rape [[Hulk|Bruce Banner]].<ref name="Booker" /><ref>{{cite book|first1=Anna|last1=Peppard|title=Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F94EEAAAQBAJ|publisher=University of Texas Press|date=8 December 2020|isbn=978-1-4773-2160-7|via=Google Books|pages=24, 109}}</ref> Comics historian [[Frederick Luis Aldama]] says that Marvel under Shooter's tenure "was widely considered homophobic."<ref>{{cite book|first1=Frederick Luis|last1=Aldama|title=The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7X74DwAAQBAJ|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1 April 2020|isbn=978-0-19-091797-5|pages=358|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Roy Thomas, who left Marvel following a contract dispute with Shooter, reflected in 2005 on Shooter's editorial policies:

{{blockquote|When Jim Shooter took over, for better or worse he decided to rein things in{{snd}}he wanted stories told the way he wanted them told. It's not a matter of whether Jim Shooter was right or wrong; it's a matter of a different approach. He was editor-in-chief and had a right to impose what he wanted to. I thought it was kind of dumb, but I don't think Jim was dumb. I think the approach was wrong, and I don't think it really helped anything.<ref>Thomas in Field, p. 130</ref>}}

[[John Romita Sr.]] said:
{{blockquote|Shooter had been great for the first two or three years. He got the creative people treated with more respect, got us sent to conventions first-class with our ways paid, and we thought the world of him. Then his Secret Wars was a big hit, and after that he decided he knew everything and he started changing everybody's stuff.<ref>Romita Sr. in {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygjPjIV02LgC&q=%22Shooter+had+been+great+for+the+first+two+or+three+years.%22&pg=PA60|title= John Romita... and All That Jazz!|page=60|publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|date=2007|first1=Roy|last1=Thomas|first2=Jim|last2=Amash|author-link1=Roy Thomas|isbn=978-1-893905-76-4}}</ref>}}

[[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] said similarly:
{{blockquote|Shooter came along just when Marvel needed him{{snd}}but he stayed too long. Having fixed just about everything that was wrong, he could not stop "fixing". Around the time I left to do Superman, I said that I thought Shooter and Dick Giordano should trade jobs{{snd}}it was DC that needed fixing then{{snd}}and do so about every 5 years or so. Shooter had put Marvel into a place where all that was needed was a kindly father figure at the helm{{snd}}and that was not Shooter! ... ''Secret Wars'' ... was when the trouble really kicked into high gear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10466 |publisher=Byrne Robotics|title=The John Byrne Forum|first=John|last=Byrne|date= February 8, 2006|author-link=John Byrne (comics)|archive-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200602001859/http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10466|url-status=live}}</ref> We must never forget that ''SECRET WARS'' began as a toy promotion. ... Shooter turned it into a way to reshape the Marvel Universe in his image.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56254&PN=10&totPosts=44|publisher=Byrne Robotics|title=The John Byrne Forum|first=John|last=Byrne|date= May 31, 2020|author-link=John Byrne (comics)}}</ref>}}

Shooter was fired from Marvel on April 15, 1987.<ref>{{cite journal|last = Fryer|first = Kim|title = Jim Shooter Fired|journal = [[The Comics Journal]]|issue = 116|pages = 13–14|publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]|date = July 1987|location= Seattle, Washington}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VMmDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22April+15%2C+1987%2C+Jim+Shooter+was+fired+from+his+position+as+editor-in-chief+at+Marvel%22&pg=PT19|title=Jim Shooter: Conversations|publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]]|author1=Grace, Dominick|author2=Hoffman, Eric|author3=Sacks, Jason (Ed.)|isbn=9781496811806|via=[[Google Books]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=August 15, 2022|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220815130816/https://books.google.no/books?id=5VMmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT19&dq=%22April+15,+1987,+Jim+Shooter+was+fired+from+his+position+as+editor-in-chief+at+Marvel%22&hl=no&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj17YaX1czpAhVIfZoKHfAfAlYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22April%2015%2C%201987%2C%20Jim%20Shooter%20was%20fired%20from%20his%20position%20as%20editor-in-chief%20at%20Marvel%22&f=false}}</ref>

=== Valiant Comics ===
{{Main|Valiant Comics}}
Shooter and his investors then founded a new company, Voyager Communications, which published comics under the [[Valiant Comics]] banner, entering the market in 1989 with comics based on [[Nintendo]] and [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] licensed characters. Two years later Valiant entered the superhero market with a relaunch of the [[Gold Key Comics]] character [[Magnus, Robot Fighter]]. Another Gold Key character, [[Solar, Man of the Atom]] was also relaunched later in the same year. Shooter brought many of Marvel's creators to Valiant, including [[Bob Layton]] and [[Barry Windsor-Smith]], as well as industry veterans such as [[Don Perlin]]. Valiant also established "knob row", in which creators were taught how to render the company's comics in the Valiant style.<ref name="McLelland">McLelland, Ryan. [http://sequart.org/magazine/28120/valiant-days-valiant-nights-a-look-back-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-valiant/ "Valiant Days, Valiant Nights"; Sequart Organization]</ref>

Occasionally over the years, Shooter was required to fill in as penciller on various books he wrote or oversaw as editor. During his period as Valiant's publisher, money and talent were often at a premium, and Shooter was sporadically forced to pencil a story. To conceal this fact, he drew under the pseudonym of '''Paul Creddick''', the name of his brother-in-law.<ref name="Petrilak">Petrilak, Joe. [http://www.valiantcomics.com/Valiant/joe/shooter/  "THE Jim Shooter Interview"; The Valiant Era Online; July 22, 1998. Retrieved August 12, 2008.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718125429/http://www.valiantcomics.com/Valiant/joe/shooter |date=July 18, 2016 }}</ref>

=== Defiant and Broadway Comics ===
After being ousted from Valiant in 1992,<ref>"NewsWatch: Voyager Fires Jim Shooter," ''The Comics Journal'' #151 (July 1992), p. 15.</ref> Shooter and several of his co-workers went on to found [[Defiant Comics]] in early 1993.<ref>"Newswatch: Shooter Forms New Comics Company: Defiant Comics is New Imprint," ''The Comics Journal'' #155 (January 1993), p. 23.</ref> Despite some initial success with the first title, the new company failed to secure an audience in the increasingly crowded direct sales market and went out of business after thirteen months of publishing.<ref>"Comics Publishers Suffer Tough Summer: Body Count Rises in Market Shakedown," ''The Comics Journal'' #172 (Nov. 1994), pp. 13–18.</ref>

In 1995, Shooter founded [[Broadway Comics]], which was an offshoot of [[Broadway Video]],<ref>"Newswatch: Shooter&nbsp;— 4th Try a Charm?" ''The Comics Journal'' #174 (February 1995), pp. 29–30.</ref> the production company that produces ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', but this line ended after its parent sold the properties to [[Golden Books]].<ref>"Shooter, Fowlkes Finishing Run Off Broadway as Golden Books Cancels Comics Line," ''The Comics Journal'' No. 192 (December 1996), pp. 31–32.</ref> In 1998, he spoke of a planned self-publishing, Daring Comics, with a projected eight titles including ''Anomalies'' and ''Rathh of God'', with artist Joe James scheduled to draw at least one.<ref name=coville>{{cite news| url=http://www.collectortimes.com/1998_09/Clubhouse.html |first=Jamie|last= Coville |title=An Interview with Jim Shooter| work= Collector Times|date= September 1998| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120212024330/http://www.collectortimes.com/1998_09/Clubhouse.html | archive-date= February 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shooter returned to Valiant, by now called [[Acclaim Comics]], briefly in 1999 to write ''[[Unity 2000]]'' (an attempt to combine and revitalize the older and newer [[Valiant Universe]]s) but Acclaim went out of business after the completion of only three of the planned six issues.

[[File:7.17.10ShooterCaleroByLuigiNovi13.jpg|thumb|left|Shooter and [[Dennis Calero]] at a signing for [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]]'s ''[[Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom]]'' at [[Midtown Comics Times Square]], July 17, 2010]]

=== 2000s–present ===
In 2003, Jim Shooter joined custom comics company Illustrated Media as creative director and editor in chief.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.illustratedmedia.com/bio_jimshooter.html|title=James C. Shooter – Creative Director and Editor in Chief – Illustrated Media|website=www.illustratedmedia.com|access-date=June 17, 2019|archive-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614054638/http://illustratedmedia.com/bio_jimshooter.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2005, former Marvel Comics [[letterer]] Denise Wohl approached Shooter to create ''Seven'', a series based on the [[Kabbalah]].<ref>McLelland, Ryan. [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=115854 "Shooter & Wohl on Seven"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017104723/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=115854 |date=October 17, 2009 }}, [[Newsarama]], June 8, 2007.</ref> Writer Shooter created a team of seven characters, one from each continent, who are brought together in New York because they share a higher consciousness.<ref>Soller, Kurt. [https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/41287/ "Super-fashionable Kabbalah Heroes: Zac Posen'd crusaders,"] ''New York'' magazine (November 5, 2007).</ref> The project, which was to be self-published by Wohl, was announced at the 2007 [[New York Comic Con]], to debut in July of that year, and was projected to "evolve into television and film projects, video games, blogs, interactive Q&A, animation, trading cards, apparel, accessories, [and] school supplies." Wohl was to donate a portion of her proceeds to the "Spirituality for Kids Foundation."<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9510 "Denise V. Wohl & Jim Shooter Launch 'Seven,' the Greatest Team of Superheroes of All Time"]. Official Press Release. Comic Book Resources, March 1, 2007.</ref> Only the first issue of the series has been published.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jimshooter.com/2012/02/seven-kabbalah-kustom-komic.html/|title=SEVEN, the Kabbalah Kustom Komic – JimShooter.com|website=jimshooter.com|access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref>

In September 2007, DC Comics announced that Shooter would be the new writer of the ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 5 series, beginning with issue #37.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11512|title= Back to the Future: Shooter Talks ''Legion of Superheroe''|first= Jeffrey|last= Renaud|date= September 20, 2007|website= Comic Book Resources|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121105105628/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=11512|archive-date= November 5, 2012|url-status= live}}</ref> Shooter's return to the ''Legion'', a little over 30 years from his previous run, was his first major published comic book work in years. Shooter co-created the new Legionnaire [[Gazelle (DC Comics)|Gazelle]] with artist [[Francis Manapul]] while on the title. His run on the series ended with issue No. 49, one issue before the book was canceled.

Shooter was hired by Valiant Entertainment, a company that bought Valiant's [[intellectual property]] in a bankruptcy auction of [[Acclaim Entertainment]], to write from the end of 2008 into the summer of 2009.<ref name=bc>Johnston. (October 6, 2009). [http://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/10/06/valiant-entertainment-sues-jim-shooter/ Valiant Entertainment Sues Jim Shooter]. Bleeding cool.com. Accessed on March 3, 2103.</ref>

In July 2009 [[Dark Horse Comics]] announced at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] that Shooter would oversee the publication of new series based on [[Gold Key Comics]] characters from the [[Silver Age of Comic Books]], such as [[Turok]], [[Solar (comics)|Doctor Solar]], and [[Magnus, Robot Fighter|Magnus: Robot Fighter]], and write some of them as well.<ref>Manning, Shaun (July 25, 2009). [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22234 "CCI: Jim Shooter Talks Gold Key at Dark Horse"]. Comic Book Resources.</ref> Valiant sued Shooter over his moving to write the Gold Key characters for Dark Horse as they expected to get the rights and that he interfered with their ability to license the Key characters by indicating that he would write them for Dark Horse.<ref name=bc /> As of January 2010, Valiant had given up the lawsuit against Shooter.<ref>[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/01/14/bill-jemas-is-one-of-the-people-behind-valiant-entertainment-inc/ Bill Jemas Is One Of The People Behind Valiant Entertainment, Inc<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He subsequently wrote the relaunched ''Magnus: Robotfighter'', ''Turok'' and ''Dr. Solar'' series as well as ''[[Mighty Samson]]'', another Gold Key character (that had not been picked up by Valiant Comics), for Dark Horse, beginning in 2010.

As of 2023, Shooter still works as consulting editor and freelance writer for custom comics company Illustrated Media.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03lIcRebdHs Rodimus Primal Interviews The Legendary Jim Shooter]<!--48.45--></ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/2017/11/19/interview-legendary-marvel-comics-editor-in-chief-jim-shooter-on-the-current-state-of-marvel-creator-incentives-and-more/|title=Interview: Legendary Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter on the current state of Marvel, creator incentives and more|last=Hassan|first=Chris|website=AiPT!|date=November 19, 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
*1979 [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Award]] for Best Continuing Story (with [[George Pérez]], [[Sal Buscema]] and [[David Wenzel]] for ''The Avengers'' No. 167, 168, 170–177)<ref name="Eagle">{{cite web|url=http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1979/ |title=Previous Winners: 1979 |publisher=[[Eagle Award (comics)|The Eagle Awards]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005131053/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1979/ |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 13, 2013}}</ref>
*1980 [[Inkpot Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|title= Inkpot Award Winners |publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120709055558/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|archive-date= July 9, 2012|url-status= live|access-date= March 13, 2012}}</ref>
*January 2012 [[Inkwell Awards]] Ambassador (January 2012 – present)<ref>[http://www.inkwellawards.com/?page_id=413 "Inkwell Awards Ambassadors"]</ref>
*Jim Shooter is the subject of a volume of the University Press of Mississippi's ''Conversations with Comic Artists'' series, published in 2017.

== Bibliography ==
As writer unless otherwise noted.
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=== Acclaim Comics ===
*''[[Unity (comics)#Unity 2000|Unity 2000]]'' #1–3 (#4–6 unpublished) (1999–2000)
*''The Valiant Deaths of Jack Boniface'' #1–2 (flip-book with ''Shadowman'' vol. 3 #3–4) (1999)

=== American Mythology Productions ===
*''Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Children'' #1 (2017)

=== Beyond Comics ===
*''The Writer's Block'' #1 (2001)

=== Broadway Comics ===
* ''[[Fatale (Broadway Comics)|Fatale]]'' #1–6 (1996)
* ''Fatale Preview Edition'' #1 (1995)
* ''Knights on Broadway'' #1 (1996)
* ''Powers That Be'' #1–6 (1995–1996)
* ''Powers That Be Preview Edition'' #1–2 (1995)
* ''Shadow State'' #1–5 (1995–1996)
* ''Shadow State Preview Edition'' #1–2 (1995)
* ''Star Seed'' #7–9 (1996)

=== Dark Horse Comics ===
* ''[[Solar (comics)|Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom]]'' #1–8 (2010–2011)
* ''[[Magnus, Robot Fighter]]'' #1–4 (2010–2011)
* ''[[Mighty Samson]]'' #1–4 (2010–2011)
* ''[[Predator (comics)|Predator]] vs. Magnus Robot Fighter'' #1–2 (1992)
* ''[[Turok]], Son of Stone'' #1–4 (2010–2011)

=== DC Comics ===
* ''[[Action Comics]]'' #339–340, 342–345, 348, 361, 378, 380–382, 384, 451–452 (1966–1975)
* ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #346–349, 352–355, 357–380 (as writer/artist) (1966–1969)
* ''[[Captain Action]]'' #1–2 (1968)
* ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' vol. 5 #37–49 (2008–2009)
* ''[[Superboy (comic book)|Superboy]]'' #135, 140–141, 209–215, 217, 219–224 (1967–1977)
* ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' #190–191, 195, 199, 206, 220, 290 (1966–1975)
* ''[[Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen]]'' #97, 99, 106, 110, 121, 123 (1966–1969)
* ''[[World's Finest Comics]]'' #162–163, 166, 172–173, 177 (1966–1968)

=== Defiant Comics ===
* ''[[Charlemagne (comics)|Charlemagne]]'' #1 (1994)
* ''[[Dark Dominion]]'' #0, 3–4, 6 (1993–1994)
* ''[[Dogs of War (comics)|Dogs of War]]'' #1 (1994)
* ''[[The Good Guys (comics)|The Good Guys]]'' #1, 3–6 (1993–1994)
* ''Plasm'' #0 (1993)
* ''[[War Dancer]]'' #1–3 (1994)
* ''[[Warriors of Plasm]]'' #1–7 (1993–1994)

=== Intrinsic Comics ===
*''Seven'' #1 (2007)

=== Marvel Comics ===
*''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]] Annual'' #21 (1987)
*''[[The Avengers (comic book)|The Avengers]]'' #151, 156, 158–168, 170–177, 188, 200–202, 204, 211–222, 224, 266 (1976–1986)
*''[[Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]]'' #13 (1979)
*''[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]]'' #232, 259 (1979–1981)
*''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #141, 144–151, 223 (1977–1985)
*''[[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]]'' #29, 31–32, 35 (1983–1985)
*''[[The Defenders (comic book)|The Defenders]]'' #69 (1979)
*''[[Dreadstar]]'' #1 (text article) (1982)
*''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #182–183, 296 (1977–1986)
*''Fantastic Four Roast'' #1 (1982)
*''[[Ghost Rider (comic book)|Ghost Rider]]'' #19, 23–27, 57 (as layout artist for #57) (1976–1981)
*''[[Heroes for Hope]]: Starring the X-Men'' #1 (1985)
*''[[The Rampaging Hulk|The Hulk!]]'' #23 (1980)
*''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' #90, 129 (1976–1979)
*''Marvel Chillers'' #7 (1976)
*''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'' No. 1, 4–7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19 (text articles for all and one page illustration for #11) (1982–1985)
*''Marvel Fumetti Book'' #1 (1984)
*''[[Marvel Graphic Novel]]'' No. 12, 16 (1984–1985)
*''[[Marvel Super-Heroes (comics)|Marvel Super-Heroes]]'' #11 (1992)
*''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' #107, 126 (1981–1983)
*''[[Marvel Treasury Edition]]'' #28 (1981)
*''[[Marvel Two-in-One]]'' #23–24 (1977)
*''[[Ms. Marvel]]'' #5 (1977)
*''[[Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe]]'' #6 (one page illustration) (1983)
*''[[Phoenix Force (comics)|Phoenix: The Untold Story]]'' #1 (1984)
*''[[The Saga of Crystar]], Crystal Warrior'' #1 (text article) (1983)
*''[[Secret Wars]]'' #1–12 (1984–1985)
*''[[Secret Wars II]]'' #1–9 (1985–1986)
*''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' vol. 2, #3, 56–57, 59 (as layout artist for #56–57 and 59) (1977–1981)
*''[[Star Brand]]'' #1–7 (1986–1987)
*''[[Super-Villain Team-Up]]'' #3, 9 (as artist for #9) (1975–1976)
*''[[Thunderiders|Team America]]'' #1–2, 8, 11, 12 (1982–1983)
*''[[Thor (comic book)|Thor]]'' #385 (1987)
*''[[The Tomb of Dracula]]'' vol. 2 #6 (1980)
*''[[Web of Spider-Man]]'' #22, 34 (1987–1988)
*''[[What If (comics)|What If ...?]]'' #3, 34 (1977–1982)
*''[[X-Men]] vs. The Avengers'' #4 (plotter) (1987)

=== Valiant Comics ===
* ''[[Archer & Armstrong]]'' #0, 1–2 (1992)
* ''[[Eternal Warrior]]'' #1–3 (1992)
* ''[[Harbinger (Valiant Comics series)|Harbinger]]'' #1–10 (1992)
* ''[[Magnus, Robot Fighter]]'' #0, 1–16, 18–20 (as writer/artist for #5) (1991–1993)
* ''Nintendo Comics System'' #1 (as artist) (1991)
* ''[[Rai (comics)|Rai]]'' #1–4 (insert in ''Magnus, Robot Fighter'' #5–8) (1991–1992)
* ''Rai'' vol. 2 #7, 0 (1992)
* ''[[Shadowman (comics)|Shadowman]]'' #1–2, 4–6 (1992)
* ''[[Solar (comics)|Solar, Man of the Atom]]'' #1–15 (1991–1992)
* ''[[Unity (comics)|Unity]]'' #0–1 (1992)
*''[[World Wrestling Federation]]: Lifestyles of the Brutal and Infamous'' (1991)
* ''[[X-O Manowar]]'' #1–3, 5–6 (1992)

=== Valiant Entertainment ===
* ''Harbinger: The Beginning'' HC (new short story) (2007)
* ''Archer & Armstrong: First Impressions'' HC (new short story) (2008)
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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*{{official website|http://www.jimshooter.com}} Retrieved August 31, 2015. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150813025555/http://www.jimshooter.com/ Archived] from the original on August 13, 2015.
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=127|title=Jim Shooter}} Retrieved August 31, 2015. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150709070112/http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=127 Archived] from the original on July 9, 2015.
*{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=147 |first=Michael |last=Thomas |title=Jim Shooter Interview: Part 1 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=October 6, 2000 |access-date=August 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713224914/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=147 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |url-status=live |ref=none}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=146 |first=Michael |last=Thomas |title=Jim Shooter Interview: Part 1 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]| date= October 10, 2000|access-date= August 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220013705/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=146 |archive-date= December 20, 2014 |url-status=live |ref=none}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.glamazonia.it/board/losservatore-intervista-a-jim-shooter-t-7181.html |title=Glamazonia.it Interviews Jim Shooter |publisher=Glamazonia.it |date=September 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101124344/http://www.glamazonia.it/board/losservatore-intervista-a-jim-shooter-t-7181.html| archive-date= January 1, 2011}} English version follows Italian version on site.
*{{cite podcast| url= http://onlythevaliant.com/episodes/22/| publisher= Only The Valiant| title= NYCC and Jim Shooter Interview| date= February 18, 2009| access-date= August 31, 2015| number= 22| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150831165536/http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/e/0/7/e0757185d9c82329/OTV-episode022.mp3?c_id=2459974&expiration=1441044400&hwt=3241a510781582daf50b1afb015380f0| archive-date= August 31, 2015| url-status= bot: unknown| df= mdy-all}}  of framing content around podcast.
*Jim Shooter coverage and photo (as "James Schooter") in {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-james-schooter-in-this/153460497/|title=Talent Unlimited|work=This Week|date=September 16, 1967|first=Edythe|last=Cudlipp|page=6}}

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