Michael Eury

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Michael Eury
Michael Eury Sept. 2019b.jpg
Eury at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in September 2019
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Editor, Publisher
Notable works
Amazing Heroes
Captain Action
Adventures of the Mask
Back Issue!

Michael "Mike" Eury (born September 28, 1957) is an editor and writer of comic books, and of reference works pertaining to comic books and their history. He has worked for DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics[1] and Comico Comics. He is the editor of Back Issue!.[2][3] and an advisor for the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.[4]

Eury was diagnosed with otosclerosis in 1994, and wears dual hearing aids; as a result, he is an advocate for the rights of people with hearing loss.[5]

Early life[]

Michael Eury was born September 28, 1957.[6]

Career[]

Eury's first published work was a review in the Fantagraphics magazine Amazing Heroes in 1986.[7] In 1988, he joined the staff of Comico Comics, where he remained until 1989, at which point he moved to DC Comics.[8]

At DC, he began as an editor, and within eight months was Dick Giordano's assistant.[2][9] In 1992, he resigned from DC due to interpersonal conflicts, which he attributes largely to his then-undiagnosed hearing difficulties. In 1993, he began work at Dark Horse Comics as an editor, but left in 1995 for the same reasons.[9]

In 2002, Eury began work for TwoMorrows Publishing, writing Captain Action: The Original Super-Hero Action Figure (2002), a guidebook to the character Captain Action; Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day at a Time (2003); and The Justice League Companion (2005).[3] His initial success with these books led to his founding of Back Issue! in 2003, on which she serves as editor,[2] and other reference works for TwoMorrows, including The Krypton Companion and The Justice League Companion. The Krypton Companion, a 2006 exploration of the Silver Age Superman, was praised by Reason magazine senior editor Brian Doherty, who said, "Historians of American culture owe Eury and his indefatigible publisher TwoMorrows a debt of gratitude for their relentless interviewing and documenting a part of American cultural life that's still an engine of enormous wealth-creation for our proud American megaconglomerates, and still a modern myth of great entertainment value in all its glory and absurdity, all its workmanlike repetition and fershlugginer imagination, all its Lois Lanes and Kryptos and Legion of Superheroes."[10] Geoff Willmetts of SFcrowsnest also lauded the book, saying of the 235-page softcover, "This is a long read and you’ll certainly get your money’s worth."[11]

Bibliography[]

Arcadia Publishing[]

  • Images of America: Concord (2011)
  • Legendary Locals of Cabarrus County (2015)
  • Legendary Locals of Concord (2013)

Archie Comics[]

Comico: the Comic Company[]

  • Bloodscent #1
  • Comico Christmas Special #1
  • Elementals v.2 #1–13
  • Elementals Special #2
  • E-Man v.3 #1
  • Empire Lanes Special #1
  • Gumby's Winter Fun Special #1
  • Jonny Quest Special #2
  • Justice Machine #20–29
  • Justice Machine Annual #1
  • The Maze Agency #1–9
  • Morningstar Special #1
  • Sam & Max: Freelance Police Special #1
  • Star Blazers #1–4
  • Trollords #1–4

Dark Horse Comics[]

  • Adventures of the Mask #1–12
  • Adventures of the Mask/Toys R Us Special Edition #1
  • Adventures of the Mask Omnibus
  • Agents of Law #1, 2
  • Barb Wire #1–5
  • Batman vs. Predator II #1–4
  • Catalyst: Agents of Change #1–7
  • Danger Unlimited #1
  • Ghost #1–7
  • Ghost Special #1
  • Godzilla vs. Hero Zero #1
  • Hero Zero #0
  • Into the Vortex #12
  • The Machine #1–4
  • The Mask Strikes Back #1–5
  • The Mask: Virtual Surreality
  • Mecha Special #1
  • Motorhead Special #1
  • Revelations #1
  • San Diego Comic-Con Comics #4
  • Superman vs. Aliens #1–3
  • Tex Avery’s Comics and Stories #2
  • Titan Special #1
  • X #8–13

DC Comics[]

  • Ambush Bug Nothing Special #1
  • Bugs Bunny: What’s Up, Doc? (contributing writer)
  • Cartoon Network Presents #20
  • Cool World Movie Adapation #1
  • Daffy Duck: You’re Despicable! (contributing writer)
  • Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1, 2
  • Eclipso #1, 2
  • Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #4, 5 (G’nort stories)
  • Hawk & Dove v. 2 #5–17
  • Hawk & Dove Annual #1
  • The Huntress #13–16, "Inside DC" (weekly column appearing in DC Comics titles, 1990–1992)
  • Legionnaires #1
  • Legion of Super-Heroes v.4 #6–12, 26–42
  • Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #2, 3
  • Looney Tunes #28, 34, 39, 45–47, 49–51, 58
  • Looney Tunes' Greatest Hits: What’s Up Doc (contributing writer)
  • Pinky and the Brain #20
  • New Gods v.3 #10–18
  • Secret Origins v.3 #48–50
  • Timber Wolf #1
  • Valor #1
  • Who's Who in the DC Universe]] ’90 #1–16

Fantagraphics Books[]

Major Magazines[]

Marvel Comics[]

  • Marvel Age #28
  • Marvel Tales (Spider-Ham backups) #205, 206, 211, 214, 215, 218, 219, 223
  • Sensational She-Hulk #50, 52–57
  • Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne: The Return (contributing writer)
  • What The--?! #4

TwoMorrows Publishing[]

  • Back Issue #1 - present (editor and contributing writer, 2003–present)
  • The Batcave Companion (Batman history, co-writer with Michael Kronenberg, 2009)
  • Captain Action: The Original Super-Hero Action Figure (2002)
  • Captain Action: The Original Super-Hero Action Figure Revised Second Edition (2009)
  • Comics Gone Ape!: The Missing Link to Primates in Comics (2007)
  • Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day at a Time (2003)
  • Hero-A-Go-Go: Campy Comic Books, Crimefighters, and Culture of the Swinging Sixties (2017)
  • The Justice League Companion (2005)
  • The Krypton Companion (Superman history, 2006)
  • RetroFan /31 - present (editor and contributing writer, 2018–present)

Visible Ink Press[]

  • The Superhero Book (contributing writer, 2004)
  • The Supervillain Book (co-editor and contributing writer, 2006)

Yesterday Forever[]

  • Son of a Sharecropper: How Raiford Troutman Built a Business upon Faith and Family (2015)

References[]

  1. ^ Eury, Michael (Spring 2007). "From My Lips to Your Ears: Editorial" (PDF). Hear It Is! Oregon. Hearing Loss Association of Oregon. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Dollard, Terence (August 20, 2018). "Comic Culture: Michael Eury". PBS. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Author Information: Michael Eury". Visible Ink Press. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Overstreet Advisors: The New Class". Scoop. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  5. ^ Groover, Jessica (June 26, 2011). "Eury reflects on award, advocacy for hearing loss". Independent Tribune. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  6. ^ "Creator: Michael Eury". Grand Comics Database. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  7. ^ Interview with Eury at Fortress of Baileytude (mp3 format)
  8. ^ Eury, Michael; Giordano, Dick (2003). "Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day at a Time". TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 5 – via Google Books.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Eury, Michael (September 2011). "How My Hearing Loss Made Me a Superhero!]" (PDF). Hearing Loss. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  10. ^ Doherty, Brian (December 27, 2006). "Wednesday Mini-Book Review: The Krypton Companion". Reason. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Willmetts, Geoff (April 21, 2013). "The Krypton Companion edited by Michael Eury (book review)". SFcrowsnest. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

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