Ron Marz
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Ron Marz is an American comic book writer. He is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman vs. Aliens. He is also known for his work on CrossGen Comics’s Scion, Mystic, Sojourn and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he has created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Comics’ Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori.
Marz received much criticism from fandom for his part in turning the character of Hal Jordan into a mass murderer to make way for the new Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, despite the fact that it was an editorially-mandated storyline (a common complaint was that, despite the storyline being editorially mandated, that was no excuse for Marz having handled it so poorly), as well as for the perceived misogynistic tone of his writing. Marz reported receiving numerous hate letters and death threats [1] [2].
He recently returned to Green Lantern to pen the final arc of the book's second volume; a fitting send-off for Kyle Rayner, who is not the focus of the current volume (written by Geoff Johns and focusing on the previous ring-bearer, Hal Jordan).
Marz's current work includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and an upcoming Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he is currently writing ION, a 12 part comic book that follows Kyle Rayner, after the OYL event.
Having been a lifelong fan of the character, Ron was the brain behind Moonstone Books' 2006 Annual featuring The Phantom, and was responsible for getting writers Chuck Dixon, Mike Bullock, Tony Bedard and Rafael Nieves participate with chapters for the book.[3] Marz have also signed on to write a short story with the character for one of Moonstone's upcoming Phantom prose collections.
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| Preceded by: Tom DeFalco & Ron Frenz |
Thor writer 1993–1994 (with Jim Starlin in 1993) |
Succeeded by: Roy Thomas |
| Preceded by: Gerard Jones |
Green Lantern writer 1994–2000 |
Succeeded by: Jay Faerber |
| Preceded by: Ben Raab |
Green Lantern writer 2004 |
Succeeded by: Geoff Johns |
