Scott Beatty

Scott Beatty is an American author, comic book writer, and superhero historian actively published since the late 1990s.

Biography[]

Scott Beatty has authored hundreds of adventures for many of comics’ most iconic characters including Batman and Robin tales for DC Comics, as well as The Phantom, Buck Rogers, and Sherlock Holmes for Dynamite Entertainment. Beatty has also contributed comic book stories to IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, and Crossgen Comics. With Chuck Dixon, Beatty co-wrote the critically acclaimed and best-selling Robin: Year One, Batgirl: Year One, Nightwing: Year One, and Joker: Last Laugh miniseries for DC. Beatty’s and Dixon's Batgirl: Year One—the middle arc of their Batman “Sidekick Trifecta” at DC—was named Best Miniseries of 2003 by Wizard: The Comics Magazine and is considered the definitive Batgirl origin story.

In addition, Beatty has authored more than a dozen encyclopedic books about superheroes including DC Comics' Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Justice League of America, and Marvel’s Avengers. Beatty's “Ultimate Guides” for UK publisher Dorling-Kindersley in the early 2000s defined the standard for all genre character and movie guidebooks to follow. Beatty’s technically accurate The Batman Handbook was a top-selling title for Quirk Books.

Outside of comics, Beatty has written G.I. Joe and Transformers animation for Hasbro, Inc.

Before he became a full-time freelance writer, Beatty launched ToyFare magazine as its founding Editor for Wizard Entertainment and guided it through its first two years of publication.

Beatty’s novels have included prose adaptations of his own Sherlock Holmes: Year One (Dynamite), in addition to the young readers hardcover Batman: Scarecrow’s Panic Plot (DC/Capstone) and the Tron: Uprising (Disney) junior novel.

More recently, Beatty’s Loot Crate exclusive Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down graphic novel was the top selling comic book of 2017 with nearly a half-million copies shipped to LC subscribers.

As a bona fide superhero scholar, Scott has appeared on E! Entertainment Television and Prism Films’ documentaries.

Bibliography[]

Books[]

Beatty's book credits include a variety of superhero encyclopedias and young adult offerings:

• Avengers: The Ultimate Guide to Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Dorling Kindersley)
• Batman: The Animated Series Guide (Dorling Kindersley)
• Batman: Scarecrow's Panic Plot (Capstone)
• Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight (Dorling Kindersley)
• The Batman Handbook: The Ultimate Training Manual (Quirk Books)
• Batman Begins: The Visual Guide (Dorling Kindersley)
• Batman Beyond: The Animated Series Guide (Dorling Kindersley)
• Catwoman: The Visual Guide to the Feline Fatale (Dorling Kindersley)
• The DC Comics Action Figure Archive (Chronicle Books)
• The DC Comics Encyclopedia (Dorling Kindersley)
• Incredibuilds - Marvel's Captain America: Civil War - Iron Man Signature Series Book and Model Set (Insight Editions)
• JLA: The Ultimate Guide to the Justice League of America (Dorling Kindersley)
• Marvel Comics: Mini Book of Heroes (Insight Editions)
• Marvel Comics: Mini Book of Villains (Insight Editions)
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: Year One (Dynamite Entertainment)
• Superman: The Animated Series Guide (Dorling Kindersley)
• Superman: The Ultimate Guide to the Man of Steel (Dorling Kindersley)
• The Superman Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Saving the Day (Quirk Books)
• Tron Uprising (Disney Press)
• Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess (Dorling Kindersley)

Crossgen Comics[]

Beatty's writing credits for Crossgeneration Comics include the following:

• Ruse #10-26

Crossgen Comics Collected Editions[]

• Ruse - Volume Two: The Silent Partner Trade Paperback

Dark Horse Comics[]

Beatty's writing credits for Dark Horse Comics include the following:

• Star Wars Tales #13

DC Comics[]

Beatty's solo and collaborate writing credits for DC Comics and its Wildstorm imprint include the following:

• Amazing Adventures of the JLA
• Aquaman Secret Files & Origins #1
• Batgirl: Year One #1-9 (with Chuck Dixon)
• Batman 80-Page Giant #2
• Batman Begins: The Official Comics Adaptation
• Batman Secret Files & Origins #1
• Batman Villains Secret Files & Origins #1
• Batman: Day of Judgment #1
• Batman: Gotham City Secret Files & Origins #1
• Batman: Gotham Knights #33-49
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Special #1
• Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files & Origins #1
• The Batman Chronicles #16-17, 20
• The Batman Strikes! #27, 32
• Beware the Batman #3
• Birds of Prey Secret Files & Origins #1
• Cartoon Network Action Pack! #54, 56-57, 61
• Countdown to Final Crisis #37-32, 30-28, 25-2
• Day of Judgment Secret Files & Origins #1
• DC Comics Presents: Harley Quinn #1
• DC Comics Presents: Young Justice #2
• DC Nation FCBD Super Sampler 2013
• DC Nation Super Spectacular #2
• DCU Holiday Bash III
• DCU Villains Secret Files & Origins #1
• Detective Comics #806-807 (Alfred Pennyworth Back-Up Feature)
• The Flash Secret Files & Origins #1
• Gen13 #21-32
• Golden Age Secret Files & Origins #1
• Green Arrow #22, 33
• Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #3
• Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins #1-3
• Green Lantern: Circle of Fire - Green Lantern / Power Girl #1
• JLA #59 (Last Laugh Crossover with Chuck Dixon)
• JLA Secret Files & Origins #2-3
• JLA/JSA Secret Files & Origins #1
• Joker: Last Laugh #1-6 (with Chuck Dixon)
• Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files & Origins #1 (with Chuck Dixon)
• JSA Classified #19-20
• JSA Secret Files & Origins #1
• Justice League: Unstoppable Forces #1 (General Mills Cereal Pack-In - Over 4 million copies sold!)
• Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #3, 9
• Nightwing #101-106 ("Nightwing: Year One" story arc with Chuck Dixon)
• Nightwing Secret Files & Origins #1
• New Gods Secret Files & Origins #1
• Number of the Beast #1-8
• Robin #88-91 (with Chuck Dixon)
• Robin: Year One #1-4 (with Chuck Dixon)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #5, 22
• Secret Files and Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 #1
• Sins of Youth Secret Files & Origins #1
• The Silver Age Secret Files & Origins #1
• Snakes on a Plane #1-2 (Official Movie Adaptation - Ghost-Written with Chuck Dixon)
• Son of Vulcan #1-6
• Superboy #77 (with Karl Kesel)
• Superman 80-Page Giant #2 (with Chuck Dixon)
• Superman Secret Files & Origins #1-2
• Superman / Batman Secret Files & Origins #1
• Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files & Origins #1
• Superman: Metropolis Secret Files & Origins #1
• Titans Secret Files & Origins #1
• Wildstorm: Revelations #1-6 (with Christos Gage)
• Young Justice in No Man's Land Special #1 (with Chuck Dixon)
• Young Justice Secret Files & Origins #1

DC Comics Collected Editions[]

• Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years Hardcover (Collects Batgirl: Year One #4 - "Cave Dwellers")
• Batgirl: Year One Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
• Batgirl: Year One - The Deluxe Edition Hardcover (with Chuck Dixon)
• Batgirl/Robin: Year One Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
• Batman Allies: Alfred Pennyworth Trade Paperback
• Batman Begins: The Movie & Other Tales of the Dark Knight Trade Paperback
• Batman Versus Bane Trade Paperback
• Batman: Joker's Last Laugh Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
• Batman: No Man's Land Volume 1 Trade Paperback
• Batman: No Man's Land Volume 2 Trade Paperback
• Batman: No Man's Land Volume 3 Trade Paperback
• Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told - Volume Two Trade Paperback
• Ben 10 Classics Volume 4: Beauty and the Ben Trade Paperback
• Ben 10 Classics Volume 5: Powerless Trade Paperback
• Beware the Batman Volume 1 Trade Paperback
• Cartoon Network 2-in-1: Ben 10 Ultimate Alien / Generator Rex Trade Paperback
• Day of Judgment Trade Paperback
• DC Universe: Origins Trade Paperback
• Gen13: World's End Trade Paperback
• Green Lantern: Circle of Fire Trade Paperback
• Harley Quinn's Greatest Hits Trade Paperback
• JLA Volume Five Trade Paperback
• JLA Volume Nine: Terror Incognito Trade Paperback
• The Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century: Tomorrow's Heroes Trade Paperback
• Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics Trade Paperback
• Nightwing: Year One Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
• Nightwing: Year One - The Deluxe Edition Hardcover (with Chuck Dixon)
• Number of the Beast Trade Paperback
• Orion Omnibus Hardcover
• Robin, The Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years Hardcover (Collects Nightwing #101 - "Only Robins Have Wings")
• Robin: The Teen Wonder Trade Paperback
• Robin: Year One Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
• Robin: Year One - The Deluxe Edition Hardcover (with Chuck Dixon)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Trade Paperback
• Superman vs. Darkseid Trade Paperback
• Wildstorm: Revelations Trade Paperback
• Young Justice Volume Two Trade Paperback

Dynamite Entertainment[]

Beatty's writing credits for Dynamite Entertainment include the following titles:

• Bionic Man Annual #1
• Buck Rogers #0-12
• The Last Phantom #1-12
• Merciless: The Rise of Ming #1-4
• Red Sonja Annual #4
• The Shadow Special #1
• Sherlock Holmes: Year One #1-6

Dynamite Entertainment Collected Editions[]

• Buck Rogers: Volume One - Future Shock Hardcover
• Buck Rogers: Volume One - Future Shock Trade Paperback
• Buck Rogers: Volume Two - From the Earth to the Moon Trade Paperback
• The Last Phantom: Volume One - Ghost Walk Trade Paperback
• The Last Phantom: Volume Two - Jungle Rules Trade Paperback
• Merciless: The Rise of Ming Trade Paperback
• Red Sonja: Travels Volume Two Trade Paperback
• Sherlock Holmes: Year One Trade Paperback
• Sherlock Holmes Omnibus Volume One Trade Paperback

IDW Entertainment[]

Beatty's writing credits for IDW Entertainment include the following:

• G.I. Joe: Origins #13-14
• Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down #1-3 (Reprint of 2017 Loot Crate Exclusive Graphic Novel)

IDW Entertainment Collected Editions[]

• G.I. Joe: The IDW Collection Volume 2 Hardcover (Collects G.I. Joe Origins #13-14)
• G.I. Joe: Origins Omnibus Volume 2 Trade Paperback (Collects G.I. Joe Origins #13-14)
• G.I. Joe: Origins Volume 3 Trade Paperback (Collects G.I. Joe Origins #13-14)
• Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down Digest-Sized Edition (Reprint of 2017 Loot Crate Exclusive Graphic Novel)

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References[]

External links[]

Articles & Interviews[]

• https://13thdimension.com/batgirl-week-young-heroes-in-love-by-scott-beatty/

Preceded by Devin Grayson

Batman: Gotham Knights writer 2002–2004

Succeeded by