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Wikipedia / Ben Raab

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

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.

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.

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, co-wrote several Teen Titans-centric short stories and mini-series with Geoff Johns as well as The Human Race mini-series, the Elseworlds one-shot JLA: Shogun of Steel and several titles for the Wildstorm imprint. Later work includes the four-issue series Living in Infamy for Ludovico Technique, co-written with Deric A. Hughes, 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 series Cryptopia, previously released as a one-shot via Image.

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:

As writer

The Avengers:

  • "A Bigger Man Than I..." (with Yancey Labat, co-feature in #375, 1994) collected in The Avengers: The Gathering (hc, 1,152 pages, 2021, )

  • "The Door: Synchronicity" (with Jeff Matsuda, co-feature in #382, 1995) collected in The Avengers: Taking A.I.M. (tpb, 504 pages, 2022, )

  • "The Crossing" (script by Raab from a plot by Raab and Terry Kavanagh, art by Mike Deodato, Jr., in #393–394, 1995–1996) collected in The Avengers: The Crossing (hc, 792 pages, 2012, )

  • "First Sign" (script by Raab from a plot by Raab and Terry Kavanagh, art by Mike Deodato, Jr., in #398–399, 1996) collected in The Avengers/Iron Man: First Sign (tpb, 344 pages, 2013, )

X-Men: Time Gliders #1–4 (with Mike Gustovich (#1), David Boller (#2), John Hebert (#3) and Roman Morales (#4), 1995)

  • Series of promotional giveaway minicomics included with kids' meals at Hardee's fast-food restaurants.

  • The Vision #3: "Visionary Dreams" (plot assist; written by Bob Harras, art by Manny Clark, 1995) collected in The Avengers: Ultron Unbound (tpb, 224 pages, 2015, )

The All-New Exiles (Ultraverse):

  • "Out of the Frying Pan..." (dialogue assist; written by Terry Kavanagh, art by M. C. Wyman and Ken Lashley, in #1, 1995)

  • "Fresh Blood" (script by Raab from a plot by Terry Kavanagh, art by M. C. Wyman and Ken Lashley, in #2, 1995)

  • "Sixx of One..." (with M. C. Wyman, co-feature in #5, 1996)

Daredevil:

  • "Smoky Mirrors" (with Shawn McManus, in #352, 1996) collected in Daredevil: Purgatory and Paradise (tpb, 504 pages, 2019, )

  • "Weight of the World" (plot assist; written by Joe Kelly, art by Richie Acosta, in #373, 1998) collected in Daredevil: Widow's Kiss (tpb, 504 pages, 2015, )

Marvel 2099:

X-Nation 2099:

What If...? vol. 2 (anthology):

  • "Arachnamorphosis" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #88, 1996)

  • "The Fantastic Farce" (with Mike S. Miller, in #89, 1996)

  • "The Traitor" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #-1, 1997)

Black Knight: Exodus: "The Bond" (with Jim Cheung, one-shot, 1996)

  • Collected in Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties (hc, 216 pages, 2012, )

  • Collected in X-Men: The Rise of Apocalypse (tpb, 400 pages, 2016, )

  • X-Force Annual '96: "Denouement" (script by Raab from a plot by Terry Kavanagh, art by Ed Benes, co-feature, 1996) collected in Cable and X-Force: Onslaught! (tpb, 456 pages, 2019, )

  • Domino #1–3 (with David Perrin, 1997) collected in X-Men: Domino (tpb, 288 pages, 2018, )

Excalibur:

The Battle for Britain (tpb, 504 pages, 2022, ) includes:

X-Men: The Trial of Gambit (tpb, 400 pages, 2016, ) includes:

X-Men Unlimited (anthology):

X-Men/Alpha Flight vol. 2 #1–2 (with John Cassaday, 1998)

  • Collected in X-Men/Alpha Flight (hc, 280 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2016, )

  • Collected in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (hc, 1,248 pages, 2017, )

  • Union Jack #1–3 (with John Cassaday, 1998–1999) collected as Union Jack (tpb, 96 pages, 2002, )

  • Mutant X #13: "The Hunger" (with Mike S. Miller, 1999) collected in Mutant X: The Complete Collection Volume 1 (tpb, 480 pages, 2018, )

  • Uncanny X-Men Annual '99 (with Anthony Williams, 1999) collected in X-Men vs. Apocalypse: The Ages of Apocalypse (tpb, 288 pages, 2008, )

  • X-Men: The Hellfire Club #1–4 (with Charlie Adlard, 2000)

  • Excalibur vol. 2 #1–4 (with Pablo Raimondi, 2001)

DC Comics

Green Lantern:

Teen Titans by Geoff Johns Omnibus (hc, 1,440 pages, 2013, ) includes:

  • Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2: "Passenger 15B" (co-written by Raab and Geoff Johns, art by Justiniano, anthology, 2000)

  • Beast Boy #1–4 (co-written by Raab and Geoff Johns, art by Justiniano, 2000)

The Titans (co-written by Raab and Geoff Johns):

  • The Titans Annual: "The Way of the Warrior" (with Justiniano) and "Immortal Justice: The Legacy of Bushido" (with Rick Mays, 2000)

The Titans Secret Files & Origins #2 (co-features, 2000):

Young Justice: Sins of Youth (tpb, 320 pages, 2000, ) includes:

Wildstorm

Gen13:

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, ) includes:

  • The Phantom: The Ghost Killer (with Fernando Blanco, graphic novel, 48 pages, 2002, )

  • The Phantom: The Singh Web (with Fernando Blanco, graphic novel, 48 pages, 2002, )

    The Phantom: The Hunt (with Lou Manna, graphic novel, 48 pages, 2003, )

The Phantom vol. 5 (anthology):

The Phantom: Death in the Deep Woods (tpb, 120 pages, 2005, ) 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, ) collects:

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