Wiki: Ron Marz - upcScavenger

Ron Marz (born November 17, 1965) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as Batman/Aliens, DC vs. Marvel, Green Lantern, Silver Surfer, and Witchblade.

Career

Marz is known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the DC vs. Marvel crossover

(2025). 9780756667429, Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9780756667429

and Batman/Aliens. He co-created Genis-Vell in Silver Surfer Annual #6 (1993).

(2025). 9780756641238, Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9780756641238

Marz worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created and various Star Wars comics. He has written for Devil's Due Publishing's Aftermath line including Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on X-O Manowar for Valiant Comics. The following year, Marz wrote the limited series which was an intercompany crossover between DC and Marvel characters.Manning "1990s" in Gilbert, p. 281: "In this four-issue miniseries, writer Ron Marz and artists Jackson Guice and Josef Rubinstein featured interesting pairings, such as Venom battling Superman."

While writing Green Lantern, Marz wrote the "Emerald Twilight" storyline,Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 264: "In 'Emerald Twilight', a three-issue saga penned by new writer Ron Marz and drawn by artists Bill Willingham, Fred Haynes, and Darryl Banks, longtime Green Lantern Hal Jordan set out to right the wrongs done to him." in which the character of Hal Jordan, stricken with grief, became a mass murderer, leading to the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps, and Kyle Rayner being chosen at random as the last Green Lantern.

Marz's 2000s work includes a number of Top Cow Productions comic books, including Witchblade, which he wrote from issue #80 (Nov. 2004) to issue #150 (Dec. 2011), plus a number of specials and crossover stories featuring the character, such as Witchblade/The Punisher in 2007 and Witchblade/Devi in 2008. His other Top Cow work includes Cyberforce #1–6 in 2006 and Cyberforce/X-Men in 2007.

For DC Comics, he has written Ion,Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 325: "Ron Marz and artist Greg Tocchini reestablished Kyle Rayner as Ion." a 12-part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.

Marz wrote Moonstone Books' 2006 annual featuring The Phantom, and recruited writers Chuck Dixon, Mike Bullock, Tony Bedard, and Rafael Nieves to participate with chapters for the book.

Marz became an editor of three of Virgin Comics' Shakti Line titles in 2007 and oversaw Devi, Ramayan 3392 A.D. and The Sadhu. He wrote the Beyond series, based on a story created by Deepak Chopra.

In 2008 Marz wrote Broken Trinity, which featured the characters Witchblade, The Darkness, and Angelus, as well as the tie-in series, Broken Trinity: Witchblade, Broken Trinity: Angelus (2008), and Broken Trinity: Aftermath (2009). He signed an exclusive contract with Top Cow, which saw him write three comics a month: two for Marc Silvestri's Top Cow universe, and a creator-owned project.

In 2011, Marz was the writer on Voodoo, which was part of DC Comics' company-wide title relaunch, The New 52.

In 2020 Marz collaborated with Andy Lanning on the nine-issue DC Comics crossover storyline "Endless Winter", which would debut that December.

Women in refrigerators trope

In 1999, Gail Simone introduced the term Women in Refrigerators to highlight a troubling trend in comic narratives: the use of female characters' suffering—through death, injury, or assault—as mere plot devices to advance male protagonists' stories. This concept was sparked by an event in a 1994 Green Lantern issue written by Ron Marz, where Kyle Rayner discovers his girlfriend Alexandra DeWitt fate at the hands of the villain Major Force, who had murdered her and left her body in a refrigerator. Simone's critique aimed to shed light on the broader issue of gender bias and the disposability of female characters within the genre.

In response, Marz stated: "To me the real difference is less male-female than main character-supporting character. In most cases, main characters, 'title' characters who support their own books, are male. ... the supporting characters are the ones who suffer the more permanent and shattering tragedies. And a lot of supporting characters are female." He also further explained:

Personal life

As of 2013, Marz lives in Duanesburg, New York.

Bibliography

CrossGen

Chimera #1–4 (2003)
CrossGen Chronicles #1–2, 5 (2000–2001)
Mystic #1–17 (2000–2001)
The Path #1–18 (2002–2003)
Scion #1–39 (2000–2003)
Sojourn #1–24 (2001–2003)

Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Presents #101–102, 138 (1995–1998)
#1–4 (2000)
#19–22, 24–28 (2004)
Star Wars Tales #1–2 (1999)

Dark Horse Comics / DC Comics

Batman/Aliens #1–2 (1997)
#1–4 (1999)
Darkness/Superman #1–2 (2005)
Green Lantern Versus Aliens #1–4 (2000)

DC Comics

Action Comics #749 (1998)
The Adventures of Superman #563, 570 (1998–1999)
The Adventures of Superman vol. 2 #15 (2014)
All-American Comics vol. 2 #1 (1999)
Batman 80-Page Giant #1 (1998)
Batman Confidential #37 (2010)
Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins #1 (1998)
Batman: Hidden Treasures #1 (2010)
Convergence Batman and Robin #2 (2015)
Convergence Justice League International #1–2 (2015)
#1 (2007)
DC Retroactive: Green Lantern The '90s #1 (2011)
Detention Comics #1 (1996)
Doctor Strangefate #1 (1996)
#1–2 (2008)
Green Lantern vol. 3 #48–107, 109–114, 117–125, #0, #1,000,000, 176–181, Annual #4, 6 (1994–2004)
Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #1 (1998)
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #4–7 (1993)
Green Lantern Plus #1 (1996)
Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins #1–2 (1998–1999)
Green Lantern/Flash: Faster Friends #1 (1997)
Green Lantern/Alan Scott: Heart of Darkness #1–3 (1998)
Green Lantern: Fear Itself HC (1999)
Ion #1–12 (2006–2007)
JSA Secret Files and Origins #1 (1999)
#5 (2015)
#1 (1996)
Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80–Page Giant #1 (1999)
Superboy #32–41, 45–47 (1996–1998)
Superboy Plus #1 (1997)
Superman vol. 2 #140, 147 (1998–1999)
Superman Secret Files and Origins #2 (1999)
#84 (1998)
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion #1 (2008)
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax #1 (2007)
Tangent Comics/Metal Men #1 (1997)
Tangent Comics/Powergirl #1 (1998)
Tangent: Superman's Reign #1–11 (2008–2009)
Voodoo #1–4 (2011–2012)