Ralph Macchio (editor)

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Ralph Macchio
Macchio in 2007
Born (1950-12-28) December 28, 1950 (age 74)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Editor
Notable works
Daredevil
Thor
Captain America
Spider-Man
Ultimate Marvel

Ralph Macchio (

writer who has held many positions at Marvel Comics, including executive editor. Macchio is commonly associated with Daredevil, Thor, the Spider-Man line of comics, and the Ultimate Marvel
line.

Macchio is not related to the actor and namesake

Karate Kid" after that actor's famous role.[3]

Early life

As a young man, Macchio was a comics fan and "letterhack," and had many letters printed in Marvel comic books. His background, however, was in English literature, and he considered teaching as a career. In no hurry to get such a job, Macchio happened to meet Killraven writer Don McGregor at a comic book convention.[4]

Knowing Macchio from his many letters, McGregor asked Macchio if he wanted a tour of the Marvel offices. During the tour, Macchio was asked by writer Chris Claremont to interview editor-in-chief Roy Thomas for FOOM (Marvel's self-produced fanzine). During the course of doing the interview, Macchio met many more Marvel employees, and eventually was asked by writer/editor John Warner to join the staff and assist Warner with Marvel's black-and-white magazine line. Macchio, having "nothing else to do after graduate school,"[5] agreed.[6]

Career

Writing

Macchio's most consistent early credits were as writer of

X-Men Adventures, and the premiere issue of Transformers, among others.[7]

Editing

After working as an assistant editor for Warner on Marvel's black-and-white magazine line, Macchio became

ROM, U.S. 1, and Micronauts.[4][7] During this early period, Macchio's assistant editor was Bob Harras,[8]
later to become Marvel editor-in-chief.

From 1984 through 1995, Macchio was Daredevil editor. He spent nearly decade-long editing stints on Thor and Captain America with shorter periods on Avengers and Fantastic Four. He also edited movie adaptations, Star-Lord, and Kull the Conqueror.[7]

In 1996, Macchio became editor of the

Marvel Ultimates line. In 2007, Macchio oversaw the adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower novels into a comic-book series.[3][7]

Macchio retired from Marvel in 2011.[9]

References

  1. ^ Ross, Jonathan. In Search of Steve Ditko, BBC Four, September 16, 2007.
  2. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Hudson, Laura (October 15, 2007). "From Spidey to King: Comics vet to adapt Stephen King's Dark Tower series". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
  4. ^ a b Webb, Liam. "10 Questions with... Ralph Macchio". Comic Avalanche. Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
  5. ^ "Bullpen Bulletins," "Pro File on: Ralph Macchio," The Incredible Hulk #338 (Dec. 1987).
  6. ^ Contino, Jennifer M. (March 11, 2007). "Ralph Macchio: The Ultimate Editor". Mania.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d Ralph Macchio at the Grand Comics Database
  8. ^ Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins," Marvel comics cover-dated November 1983.
  9. Comics Beat
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Preceded by Marvel Two-in-One writer
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1978–1981 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Thor writer
(with Mark Gruenwald)
1980–1981 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Avengers writer
1987–1988 		Succeeded by
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1989 		Succeeded by


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