Line #18 Creator/ElliotSMaggin


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Maggin with the Inkpot Award he won at the 2013 Comic Con.]]
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4	Elliot S! Maggin (born 1950) was the lead writer of the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics during MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks. He also wrote two original Superman novels, ''Literature/LastSonOfKrypton'' and ''Literature/MiracleMonday'', as well as the {{novelisation}} of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
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6	One of his earliest and best-known comic book stories is "Must There Be A Superman?", in which the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Guardians of the Universe]] take Superman aside and suggest to him that his readiness to help everybody may be doing harm as well as good, by letting people get into a habit of relying on him to do things they could and should do themselves.
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8	The idiosyncratic punctuation of his middle initial has its origins in the days when [[EmphasizeEverything comic books habitually used exclamation marks at the end of every sentence]]. After typing out an entire script full of exclamation points replacing periods, he did the same to his own name out of force of habit, and (with a bit of prodding from editor Julius Schwartz) it stuck.
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10	!!Works that Elliot S! Maggin wrote or contributed to with their own trope pages include:
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12	[[AC:Comic Books (Magazines, characters and story arcs)]]
13	* ''ComicBook/StarRaiders''
14	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''
15	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''
16	** ''ComicBook/ActionComics''
17	** ''ComicBook/Superman1939''
18	*** ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped''
19	*** ''ComicBook/TheLivingLegendsOfSuperman''
20	*** ''ComicBook/MustThereBeASuperman''
21	*** ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman''
22	[[AC:Literature]]
23	* ''Literature/LastSonOfKrypton''
24	* ''Literature/MiracleMonday''
25	[[AC:Western Animation]]
26	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
27	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''
28	* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''
29	[[/index]]
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32	!!Other works by Elliot S! Maggin provide examples of:
33	* AllThereInTheManual: In the interests of richer characterization, Maggin invented a lot of background details that never made it into the stories -- including some that he'd never have been ''allowed'' to mention explicitly, like what religion each of the main characters was.[[note]]Which included such details as Clark Kent and Superman following different religions -- according to Maggin, each followed the religion of his parents.[[/note]]
34	* AmbiguouslyJewish: Maggin's backstory for ComicBook/LexLuthor had him as a non-observant Jew, but he wasn't allowed to be unambiguous about it.
35	* AuthorAvatar: In the below-mentioned ''Justice League of America'' #123, Maggin claims he based Green Arrow's dialogue on his own mannerisms.
36	* CreatorCameo: In ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' #123-124, he and co-writer Cary Bates get transported into the middle of the annual Justice League-[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society]] {{Crossover}} as a reality changing hero and villain, respectively.
37	* DidTheyOrDidntThey: ComicBook/LoisLane and Clark Kent, in "Who Took the Super Out of Superman?"
38	* DistantFinale: The prose story "Luthor's Gift," and the comics story, "The Ghost Of Superman Future."
39	* {{Expy}}: Captain Strong, [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} a sailor who got incredibly strong after eating a green plant and had a skinny girlfriend]].
40	* HoldingOutForAHero: "Must There Be A Superman?"
41	* IJustWantToBeNormal: In his Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} stories appeared in ''ComicBook/SupermanFamily'', often Linda Danvers states that she wants to lead a 'normal life'.
42	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In spite of being one of the best writers Creator/DCComics has ever had, the company's been unusually reticent to collect his ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' run, or reprint any of his books. Fortunately, [[http://superman.nu/theages/Maggin/maggin.php Superman Through The Ages]] has quite a few issues (including ''Superman'' #400), as well as most of his books, including [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an unpublished chapter]] from his ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' book.
43	* NobleDemon: ComicBook/LexLuthor. Maggin clearly had a soft spot for Lex and viewed him as a TragicVillain who might actually see redemption some day.

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