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Greg Weisman (; born September 28, 1963) is an American writer, producer and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the animated series Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Young Justice and as a producer for the second season of W.I.T.C.H.


Early life and career
Weisman is a former English composition and writing teacher. He received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a master's from USC. Between college and graduate school, he worked on staff in the editorial department of , while also co-writing with . In 1985, Weisman wrote a four-issue mini-series for DC Comics starring the superheroine , which was cancelled due to the character being used in writer/artist 's series . Elements from the project were later used for his short film. Weisman is Jewish.


Animation
After graduate school, Weisman worked as a development executive at Disney. There, in conjunction with others, he pitched an early comedy-adventure version of the TV series Gargoyles to Disney CEO . Eventually, the idea was extensively reworked by Weisman, who brought in to write the pilot five-parter. The series underwent a transformation from its initial conception as a comedy to an episodic but sequential animated action-drama, and the series was produced for syndication. Though Gargoyles bears no on-air creator credit, Weisman describes himself on his website as "one of the creators" of the show. Aired as a syndicated show for 65 episodes, Gargoyles was later picked up for a further 13 episodes by . Weisman was credited as a co-producer of Gargoyles from episode 6, and as a supervising producer for much of the show's second season, but has disassociated himself from the third season ( The Goliath Chronicles), on which he received producer credit. Since 1997, Weisman has run an online website where he answers questions from fans, primarily pertaining to Gargoyles and Young Justice.

Weisman's other television credits include overseeing the first season of Max Steel, the second season of W.I.T.C.H., and both seasons of The Spectacular Spider-Man and four of Young Justice. Weisman has written episodes for numerous animated series, including , , Bonkers, and . He also voice directs and voice acts on occasion; he played the role of on The Spectacular Spider-Man and on Young Justice. Weisman was also co-executive producer on Star Wars Rebels, but left the series after the first season. In 2016, it was reported that he would return in the revival season of Young Justice, alongside ; the new season, titled , premiered in January 2019.


Comic books
Weisman also continues to write for comics, including in continuity continuations of the storylines from the television series Gargoyles and Young Justice. On the latter, Weisman, along with Kevin Hopps, became full-time writers of the tie-in comic as of issue #7 (as well as issue #0). Weisman also wrote a parody of Gargoyles and Captain Atom in JLA Showcase #1. During his time with the Star Wars franchise, Weisman wrote the miniseries for and . From 2015 to 2016, he wrote the superhero series Starbrand & Nightmask, which lasted six issues. "Starbrand and Nightmask" . Comic Book Round Up. Retrieved December 21, 2016.

At San Diego Comic-Con 2022, It was announced that Dynamite Entertainment had acquired the Gargoyles license and that Weisman would serve as the writer of these new comics. In November 2023, it was announced that Weisman would write a new ongoing series for Marvel Comics dubbed The Spectacular Spider-Men, which features and teaming up and fighting supervillains together. The series will also feature artwork by veteran Spider-Man artist, .


Novels
After leaving Disney in 1996, Weisman spent two years at DreamWorks, where he created and developed a new television series called Rain of the Ghosts. When the series was not picked up, Weisman bought the property back to turn it into a series of novels. His debut novel, also titled Rain of the Ghosts, was released in 2013. Its sequel, Spirits of Ash and Foam, followed in 2014. Weisman has announced that the third book will be titled Masque of Bones, and in 2015, he released a full-cast unabridged AudioPlay based on Rain of the Ghosts after successfully crowdfunding the project through . In 2016, Weisman released a children's novel in the World of Warcraft universe entitled World of Warcraft: Traveler, followed by a sequel, World of Warcraft: Traveler - The Spiral Path.

Weisman's next novels were set in the universe. was released on April 23, 2019, and made the New York Times Best Sellers List. Its sequel, , was released in November 2019. Alexander Sowa, for CBR, highlighted that "Greg Weissman's War of the Spark: Ravnica was infamous among fans for its misrepresentation of existing characters". Sowa commented that its sequel, War of the Spark: Forsaken, "was greeted with a lukewarm response after it infamously attempted to retcon the sexuality of one of the book's protagonists, Chandra. As a result, the game's publisher, Wizards of the Coast, released an official apology for the novel's poor handling of the subject and canceled plans for the book that was intended for the game's next set, ". Reactions to the sequel were "overwhelmingly negative" and it was "lambasted for its disappointing prose, lack of understanding of character voice, and failure to provide any emotional payoff for the relationships that have been set up in the world of Magic. One aspect that has been called out, in particular, is the biphobic language and erasure around the relationship between the Planeswalkers Chandra Nalaar and Nissa Revane". Weisman issued an apology highlighting the "mutual creative/editorial process with WotC and Del Rey" for Chandra's characterization. Wizards of the Coast made a further announcement that they would no longer censor the content in Magic: The Gathering novels to "accommodate foreign content restrictions".


Bibliography

Comic books

DC Comics
1986 !scope=rowAll-Star Squadron63–64Editor
1986–87 !scope=row16–26Writer
1987–88 !scope=row17–23Editor
1987–91 !scope=row10–50Co-writer (with )
1988 !scope=row8–9Editor
2011–13 !scope=rowYoung Justice0, 7–25Writer (with Kevin Hopps)
2017 !scope=rowThe Fall and Rise of Captain Atom1–6Co-writer (with )
2019 !scope=rowYoung Justice: Outsiders (digital comic)1–2Writer
2022 !scope=rowYoung Justice: Targets1-6Writer


Marvel Comics
2010 !scope=row1–12
2016 !scope=rowStarbrand & 1–6
2024 !scope=rowThe Spectacular Spider-Men1-15


SLG Comics
2006–09 !scope=rowGargoyles1–12Writer
2007–09 !scope=rowGargoyles: Bad Guys1–6


Novels
2013 !scope=rowRain of the GhostsSt. Martin's PressRain of the Ghosts

2014 !scope=rowSpirits of Ash and FoamSt. Martin's PressRain of the Ghosts

2016 !scope=rowWorld of Warcraft: TravelerScholastic Corporation

2018 !scope=rowWorld of Warcraft: Traveler – The Spiral PathScholastic CorporationWarcraft
2019 !scope=rowDel Rey Books
2019 !scope=rowDel Rey BooksMagic: The Gathering


Filmography

Film
2000 !scope=row3×3 EyesHide
Kazuhisa Takenōchi
Kazuhisa Takenōchi
Voice director and story editor (English dub)
Direct-to-video series
2003 !scope=row
Toby Shelton
Voice director
Direct-to-video
2003 !scope=row Terry Shakespeare
David Molina
Writer
Direct-to-video
2010 !scope=row Joaquim Dos Santos
2022 !scope=row Shinsuke Teresawa


Television
1988 ! scope="row"Jem Writer: "Video Wars"
1992 ! scope="row" Development executive
1993–1994 ! scope="row"Bonkers
1994–1997 ! scope="row"GargoylesCommando (episode: "Awakening")Also supervising producer
1998–1999 ! scope="row" Writer
1999 ! scope="row"Hercules
1999–2000 ! scope="row" Writer and story editor
1999 ! scope="row"Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot Writer: "Out of Whack"
2000 ! scope="row"Max Steel Co-developer, writer and producer
2000 ! scope="row"Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Writer
2003 ! scope="row"The Mummy
2003, 2007 ! scope="row"
2004–2011 ! scope="row"Moutoku SousouVoice, English dub
2004–2905 ! scope="row"Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Writer
2004–2007 ! scope="row"The Batman
2006 ! scope="row"W.I.T.C.H. Writer and supervising producer
2006–2007 ! scope="row"Ben 10 Writer
2007 ! scope="row"Legion of Super Heroes Writer: "The Man from the Edge of Tomorrow: Part 2"
2008–2009 ! scope="row"The Spectacular Spider-ManDonald MenkenVoice; also co-developer, writer and supervising producer
2009–2011 ! scope="row" Writer
2010–2022 ! scope="row"Young Justice, , Lobo's BeltVoice; also co-developer, writer and producer
2013 ! scope="row" Writer
2013 ! scope="row"
2014–2015 ! scope="row"
2014 ! scope="row"Beware the Batman Writer: "Monsters"
2014–2015 ! scope="row"Star Wars RebelsStormtroopersVoice; also writer and executive producer
2015 ! scope="row"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Writer: "Eyes of the Chimera"
2016–2017 ! scope="row"Shimmer and Shine Staff writer


Video games
2008 !scope=rowThe Last RemnantAdditional Voices
2013 !scope=rowTourist, Undead SoldierAlso writer and creative consultant


Audiobooks
Opie / Narrator


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