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Original Stories
Updated 10/19/02    
ORIGINAL STORIES

Long a fan and advocate of comic books Harlan Ellison has been invited to write original stories for comics on many occasions. Some of these stories have involved the superheros that made the form famous, such Batman, the Avengers, or the Incredible Hulk, while others have featured material created by Ellison himself.
 
AVENGERS
Volume 1 Issue 88, May 1971, Marvel Comics

"The Summons of Psyklop (In The Grip of Psyklop, part 1)"
story, Harlan Ellison; adaptation, Roy Thomas;
pencils, Sal Buscema; inks, Jim Mooney; cover, Buscema & Mooney

Story Continued in Incredible Hulk #140
Reprinted in Stan Lee Presents The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of The Incredible Hulk (1982)

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AVENGERS
Volume 1 Issue 101, July 1972, Marvel Comics

"Five Dooms To Save Tomorrow"
story, Harlan Ellison; adaptation, Roy Thomas;
pencils, Rich Buckler; inks, Dan Adkins; cover, Buckler & Frank Giacoia
"Based on an original story ©1964 Harlan Ellison"

Reprinted in Avengers Vol 3 Issue 27, April 2000, Marvel Comics

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Batman: Gotham Knights 13 BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS
Issue 13, March 2001, DC Comics

"Funny Money"
story, Harlan Ellison;
art, Gene Ha; cover, Durwin Talon

Black and White back-up story.

Reprinted in Batman: Black and White Vol. 2 HC, August 2000, DC Comics

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CREEPY
Issue 32, 1970, Warren Publishing

"Rock God"
story, Harlan Ellison;
art, Neal Adams; cover, Frank Frazetta

Story based on cover by Frank Frazetta
Reprinted in Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor Quarterly #1

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DAREDEVIL
Volume 1 Issue 208, July 1984, Marvel Comics

"The Deadliest Night of My Life"
story, Harlan Ellison & Arthur Byron Cover;
pencils, David Mazzuchelli; inks, Danny Bulandi; cover, Mazzuchelli & Bulandi

Story continued/followed-up in Daredevil #209

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DAREDEVIL
Volume 1 Issue 209, August 1984, Marvel Comics

"Blast From The Past"
story, Arthur Byron Cover; "From An Idea By Harlan Ellison"
pencils, David Mazzuchelli; inks, Danny Bulandi; cover, Mazzuchelli

continues story from Daredevil #208

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DETECTIVE COMICS
Issue 567, October 1986, DC Comics

"The Night of Thanks But No Thanks"
story, Harlan Ellison;
pencils, Gene Colan; inks, Bob Smith; cover, Klaus Janson

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HARLAN ELLISON'S CHOCOLATE ALPHABET
1978, Last Gasp Eco-Funnies

story, Harlan Ellison;
art/cover, Larry Todd;
introduction, Harlan Ellison - "A Note On How This Story Came To Be Written"
afterword, Larry Todd - "And A Short Afterword From The Illustrator"

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HEROES FOR HOPE starring the X-MEN
1985, Marvel Comics

"Wolverine" (pp 22-24)
story, Harlan Ellison;
pencils, Frank Miller; inks, Bill Sienkiewicz; cover, Arthur Adams

Wolverine segment of benefit book for African famine relief

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INCREDIBLE HULK
Volume 1 Issue 140, June 1971, Marvel Comics

"The Brute, or The Brute That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (In The Grip of Psyklop, part 2)"

story, Harlan Ellison; adaptation, Roy Thomas;
layout, Herb Trimpe; art, Sam Grainger; cover, Herb Trimpe

Continued from Avengers #88
Reprinted in the 1994 Marvel Vintage Comic Pack and Stan Lee Presents The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of The Incredible Hulk (1982)

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  MARVELMANIA MONTHLY MAGAZINE
Issue 4, 1970, Marvel Comics

"The Hulk In The Grip of Psyklop"
story, Harlan Ellison

Manuscript version of Psyklop story from Avengers #88 and Incredible Hulk #140
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