Comic Books by Author Robert Weinberg


Robert Weinberg

Comic Books


In late 1999, Bob was asked by Peter Franco, an assistant editor at Marvel Comics, if he'd like to try writing comic books. Pete had read Bob's Red Death trilogy and thought that Bob could bring something new and different to the Marvel Universe. After discussions with Pete's boss, editor Mark Powers, Bob agreed to write Cable, one of the X-Men titles published by Marvel.

Bob's first issue of Cable debuted in March 2000 as part of the "X-Men Revolution," a month when a number of well-known comic book writers and artists began or returned to work on a number of the X-Men titles. Cable was the 12th best selling comic book (out of over 300 titles published) in March, its highest ranking ever. Since then, sales have slipped somewhat but Cable remains among the fifty top selling comics every month.

A new writer is scheduled to replace Bob on Cable in September 2001, as the X-comics undergo another radical shakeup. However, Bob will continue to write comic books for Marvel. In October 2001, his own creation, Nightside, will debut as part of Marvel's new "creator-owned" comic book line. A supernatural detective comic series, Nightside has been described by Bob as "The Avengers (with Diana Rigg) meets Dracula."

Bob is also working on several other comic book projects for late in 2001 and early 2002. If you love reading comics and think you'd like to try your hand at writing one, don't miss Bob's informative article, How to Write Comics & Other Stuff and check out the Script for Cable #83.


Cable No. 79
Cable No. 79
Cable No. 80
Cable No. 80
Cable No. 81
Cable No. 81
Cable No. 82
Cable No. 82
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Cable No. 83
Cable No. 83
Cable No. 84
Cable No. 84
Cable No. 85
Cable No. 85
Cable No. 86
Cable No. 86
Cable No. 87
Cable No. 87
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Cable No. 88
Cable No. 88
Cable No. 89
Cable No. 89
Cable No. 90
Cable No. 90
Cable No. 91
Cable No. 91
Cable No. 92
Cable No. 92
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Cable No. 93
Cable No. 93
Cable No. 94
Cable No. 94
Cable No. 94
Cable No. 95
Cable No. 96
Cable No. 96
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Cable and all other characters are
TM & © 2000 and 2001 Marvel Characters, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Want to read more about Cable and Nightside?
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X-Men, Dream's End is a trade paperbound book that reprints the multi-part series, "The Death of Colossus" that took place during Bob's run on Cable. The comics reprinted in this volume include Uncanny X-Men 188-190, Cable 87, Bishop 16, and X-Men 108-110 on glossy paper. Of course, being the Marvel Universe, Colossus was brought back to life several years later. Still, most of these issues are out of print and Cable 87 is fairly hard to find. X-Men: Dream's End
Secrets of the X-Men Revealed The X-MenŽ-- a dark, dramatic chronicle of mutants endowed with superhuman powers-- is one of the most popular franchises around. Fans will snap up this classified dossier on the most dangerous of the breed. Each character-- from Professor X to Wolverine-- receives an in-depth and dynamically illustrated profile complete with confidential histories, grup affiliations, extraordinary abilities, and secrets unknown to mere humans. Find out which X-ManŽ can walk through solid objects; shift shape and appearance; focus energy from another dimension into destrutive optic blasts; and absorb the thoughts and memories of others just by touch. Remember: use this knowledge cautiously. The fate of humanity depends on it! ™ and © 2006 Marvel. This handbook is produced under MARVEL license.


Read Bob's article, How to Write Comics & Other Stuff.

Check out the Script for Cable #83.

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