(2005 includes Superman/Batman: Supergirl). (2003) collected in Absolute Batman: Hush. Best-Known Works Graphic NovelsĬhallengers of the Unknown Must Die (1991 reprinted, 2004). Though he began his career in films and has played a role in the creation of such television series as Smallville and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Loeb has said that writing comics is all he ever wanted to do. Along the way, he has brought to his stories a rare sensitivity to the emotional demands of being a superhero. He also revived the founding story for Supergirl and made it convincing all over again. Working most often with artist Tim Sale (1956–), Loeb has offered loving recreations of Superman's youth, Spider-Man's romances, and Batman's anguished quest to bring peace to Gotham City. Since the late 1990s, one of the most consistently innovative and popular revisers of superhero stories has been Jeph Loeb. Most such heroes have had a first life, created by their inventor, and multiple other lives, invented for them by lone writers or teams of writers, each seeking to reinvent the character for a new generation. In the world of superheroes, major characters like Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and others have lived many lives. They actually thrive BETTER when they are retold and retold and each time this part gets changed or that part gets changed."
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