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Ben Raab

Ben Raab

American writer and producer

Benjamin Raab (born October 13, 1970, in New York City, New York) is an American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer and editor.

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Early life

Raab is a native of Cedarhurst, New York, and attended Lawrence High School. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Composition.[1]

Career

Raab made his Marvel debut as an interviewer for artist Gary Kwapisz in Marvel Age Special: The Punisher Anniversary Magazine. In the letters section of X-Men vol. 2 #31, Raab was announced as the new assistant editor on X-Men books edited by Bob Harras, receiving that credit on several titles cover-dated April 1994 to September 1996, including X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, X-Force and Generation X. During that time, Raab also joined New York University's Stan-hattan Project. Administered by his editorial colleague James Felder, the project sought out and trained potential comic book writers.[2]

Written work by Raab includes stints on The Phantom (both for Moonstone Books and Scandinavian publisher Egmont) and Excalibur (vol. 1 and 2) as well as the second of volume of X-Men/Alpha Flight and Union Jack with artist John Cassaday for Marvel Comics. For DC Comics, Raab penned a number of issues on Green Lantern following Judd Winick's run,[3] co-wrote several Teen Titans-centric short stories and mini-series with Geoff Johns as well as The Human Race mini-series,[4] the Elseworlds one-shot JLA: Shogun of Steel[5] and several titles for the Wildstorm imprint.[6] Later work includes the four-issue series Living in Infamy for Ludovico Technique, co-written with Deric A. Hughes,[7] and the 96-page graphic novel The Phantom: Legacy, a retelling of the character's origin. In 2009, Raab served as the editor for The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks series by Moonstone Books. In 2012, Raab and artist Pat Quinn began self-publishing their 8-issue[8] series Cryptopia,[9][10] previously released as a one-shot via Image.[11]

Raab and his writing partner Deric A. Hughes were staff writers on Warehouse 13 writing their first episode "Duped" which aired August 25, 2009. They penned seven episodes over the 5 season run and eventually became the producers on the final season. In 2015, Raab and Hughes joined Beauty & the Beast as supervising producers penning four episodes of the show. Following the series conclusion, they contributed to the 2016–2017 season of The Flash writing the episode "King Shark", before joining Season 3 as co-executive producers and writers. The duo subsequently joined the writing team of the third season of Scream and acted as writers and producers for the final season of Arrow.

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

As editor

Assistant editor:

Reprint editor:

  • X-Men Archives #1–4 (1995)
  • Wolverine: Triumphs and Tragedies (tpb, 164 pages, 1995, ISBN 0-7851-0157-8)

As writer

DC Comics

Wildstorm

Other publishers

  • Lee Falk's Fantomen (anthology, Egmont):
    • "Simsons bojor" ("The Temple") (with Joan Boix, in vol. 50 #16, 1999)
    • "Domedagssekten" ("The Doomsday Sect") (with César Spadari, in vol. 50 #20, 1999)
    • "Ödets spjut" ("The Spear of Destiny") (with Joan Boix, in vol. 51 #5, 10, 23 and 26, 2000)
    • "I maffians våld" ("Revenge of the Mafia") (with Romano Felmang, in vol. 52 #16, 2001)
    • "Hjälten" ("The Hero") (with Dan Davis, in vol. 52 #17, 2001)
    • "Den osynlige Fantomen" ("The Invisible Phantom") (with Paul Ryan, in vol. 52 #25, 2001)
    • "Det första uppdraget" ("The First Assignment") (with Roy Mann, in vol. 54 #4, 2003)
    • "Trollkarlens lärling" ("The Apprentice") (with Heiner Bade, in vol. 54 #20, 2003)
  • Cryptopia (with Pat Quinn):
    • Image Introduces... Cryptopia (one-shot, Image, 2002)
    • Issues #2–3 (2012) were self-published digitally under the Wondermasons label.
    • Issues #4–5 (2020–2021) were self-published digitally via Comixology under the Wondermasons label.
  • The Phantom (Moonstone Books):
    • The Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks (tpb, 172 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-9330-7609-7) includes:
      • The Phantom: The Ghost Killer (with Fernando Blanco, graphic novel, 48 pages, 2002, ISBN 0-9710-1296-2)
      • The Phantom: The Singh Web (with Fernando Blanco, graphic novel, 48 pages, 2002, ISBN 0-9710-1297-0)
    • The Phantom: The Hunt (with Lou Manna, graphic novel, 48 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-9721-6684-X)
    • The Phantom vol. 5 (anthology):
      • The Phantom: Death in the Deep Woods (tpb, 120 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-9330-7606-2) collects:
        • "Stones of Blood" (with Pat Quinn, in #1–2, 2003–2004)
        • "Curse of the Phantom" (with Nick Derington, in #3–4, 2004)
      • "The Aviatrix" (with Pat Quinn, in #7–8, 2005)
      • "Nanamaru" (with Rick Burchett, in #11, 2006)
    • The Phantom: Legacy and the Law (tpb, 176 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-9330-7661-5) collects:
    • The Phantom: Generations #1 (with Pat Quinn, anthology, 2009) collected in The Phantom: Generations (tpb, 376 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-9330-7683-6)
    • The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #5–12 (as editor; written by Mike Bullock, drawn by Silvestre Szilagyi and Bob Pedroza (#7), 2009–2010)
  • Comiculture #1–2: "The Lost Tribe" (with Allen Gladfelter, anthology, Mad Science Media, 2002–2003)
  • Vampirella vol. 2 #13–14: "Wilding Sanction, Parts 3 and 4" (with Mike Mayhew and Manuel García, Harris, 2002)
  • Moonstone Monsters: Sea Creatures: "Croaked" (with Chris Burnham, anthology one-shot, Moonstone Books, 2003)
  • Vampi: Vicious Rampage #1–2 (with Kevin Lau, Anarchy Studios, 2005)
  • Living in Infamy #1–4 (co-written by Raab and Deric A. Hughes, art by Greg Kirkpatrick, Ludovico Technique, 2005–2006)
  • 7 Brothers vol. 2 #1–5 (co-written by Raab and Deric A. Hughes, art by Edison George, Virgin, 2007–2008) collected as 7 Brothers: The Blood That Runs (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-9344-1314-3)
  • Space Doubles: Set the Controls: "AKA" (co-written by Raab and Deric A. Hughes, art by Pat Quinn, story created for the tpb, 144 pages, Th3rd World Studios, 2008, ISBN 0-9818-6941-6)
  • Warehouse 13 #1, 5 (co-written by Raab and Deric A. Hughes, art by Ben Morse, Dynamite, 2011–2012) collected as Warehouse 13 (tpb, 128 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-6069-0272-5)
  • Heavy Metal #283: "Der Fischerhaus" (co-written by Raab and Deric A. Hughes, art by Mike May, anthology, Heavy Metal Media, 2016)
  • Love is Love (untitled one-page story, with Tristan Jones, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, IDW Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1-6314-0939-5)

References

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    Shedden, Bryan (October 1, 2003). "Ben Raab". The Deep Woods. Archived from the original on April 29, 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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    "James Felder". NYU Tisch. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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    Yarbrough, Beau (October 18, 2002). "GREEN ARROW/LANTERN SHUFFLE: DC EXCLUSIVE WINICK TO WRITE 'GREEN ARROW,' RAAB ON 'GREEN LANTERN'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 27, 2002.
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    Weiland, Jonah (December 17, 2004). "BEING HUMAN: RAAB TALKS DC COMICS' "THE HUMAN RACE"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on March 21, 2005.
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    Yarbrough, Beau (January 28, 2002). "THE SEVEN SUPER-SAMURAI: BEN RAAB ON 'JLA: SHOGUN OF STEEL'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on February 1, 2002.
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    Contino, Jennifer. "The Legend of Hawkman". Sequential Tart. Archived from the original on February 17, 2001.
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    Weiland, Jonah (December 16, 2004). "SMALL TOWN VILLAINS: BEN RAAB TALKS "LIVING IN INFAMY"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on December 24, 2004.
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    Quinn, Pat (April 12, 2018). "Cryptopia returns!!". Blogspot. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021.
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    Dilworth, Joseph (September 30, 2012). "Benjamin Raab & Pat Quinn's Cryptopia Is An Amazing Adventure". Pop Culture Zoo. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013.
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    Arrant, Chris (June 27, 2018). "Comics Professor By Day, Comics Creator By Night: PATRICK QUINN". Newsarama. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018.
  11. [11]
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Preceded by Journey into Mystery writer
1997–1998		 Succeeded by
Preceded by Excalibur writer
1997–1998, 2001		 Succeeded by
Preceded by Green Lantern writer
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