Paul H Kupperberg

Son of the Unpublished Comic Book Scripts of Paul Kupperberg Paul H Kupperberg

Comic book scripts aren't written to be read. At least not in the way a short story or a novel is read. A script is work product, a blueprint for the finished comic book. Most of the words that go into a comic book script will only ever be read by three or four people; the dialogue is the only element that survives from the blueprint to be seen by readers. But sometimes a script doesn't make it all the way from the larval stage to full maturity as a published story. The reasons can range from cancellation to a change in editor or even format. Son of the Unpublished Comic Book Scripts of Paul Kupperberg contains stories in all those categories, including a three issue Green Lantern story arc for DC Comics' Legends of the DC Universe that was left without a home after the title was cancelled and a pair of issues of Batman: The Brave and the Bold that didn't survive a change in both format and editor. Son of the Unpublished Comic Book Scripts of Paul Kupperberg also contains the original typed and hand-edited manuscript for an unused 1987 Green Lantern fill-in, as well as a never published "Elongated Man" back-up for The Flash, the script for a framing sequence for the short-lived Elvira's House of Mystery, and stories written for DC's Time Warp and the Warren Publishing horror magazines. As a writer for DC Comics, Archie Comics, Bongo Comics, and others, Paul Kupperberg has written more than 1,400 scripts for characters ranging from Archie to Zatanna, including Superman, Supergirl, Aquaman, Green Lantern, The Doom Patrol, The Simpsons, and Scooby Doo. He is the creator of Arion, Lord of Atlantis and Checkmate and numerous characters for Charlton Neo Comics, and has been an editor for DC Comics, Weekly World News, and WWE Kids Magazine. He is the author of The Unpublished Comic Book Scripts of Paul Kupperberg (Buffalo Avenue Books), Paul Kupperberg's Illustrated Guide to Writing Comics (Charlton Neo Press), and I Never Write for the Money, But I Always Turn in the Manuscript for a Check (Comics Career).