Robert Loren Fleming

Robert Loren Fleming (born November 5, 1956)[1] is an American comic book writer. He is best known as the co-creator of Thriller with Trevor Von Eeden and for his collaborations with Keith Giffen.

Career

Robert Loren Fleming worked for DC Comics initially as a proofreader and later as a writer. His first published comics story was "String-Out" in House of Mystery #316 (May 1983).[2] He and artist Trevor Von Eeden created Thriller in 1983.[3][4] Fleming left the series as of its seventh issue due to difficulties with DC Comics' management.[5]

He frequently worked with Keith Giffen. They produced two Ambush Bug limited series in 1985 and 1986[2] and an Aquaman one-shot special and a limited series in 1989.[6] In 1991, Fleming and Giffen collaborated with Pat Broderick on a Ragman limited series.[7] The following year, the Fleming/Giffen team produced the Eclipso: The Darkness Within miniseries with artist Bart Sears.[8] The duo reunited for 2008's Ambush Bug: Year None.[2]

Fleming has worked in the animation field as well. He wrote for The Real Ghostbusters series produced by DIC Entertainment in 1986.[9]

Bibliography

• "String-Out" (with Trevor Von Eeden, in House of Mystery #316, DC Comics, May 1983)
• Thriller #1–7 (with Trevor Von Eeden, DC Comics, November 1983 – June 1984)
• Action Comics #560, 563, 565, 577 (with co-author and penciller Keith Giffen and inker Bob Oksner); #580 (with artist Kurt Schaffenberger) (DC Comics, October 1984, January 1985, March 1985, March 1986, June 1986)
• "Flash Force 2000" an advertising promotion for a Matchbox toyline inserted into various DC Comics (with Denys Cowan and Sal Trapani, DC Comics, November 1984)[10]
• DC Comics Presents #81 (with co-author and penciller Keith Giffen and inker Bob Oksner, DC Comics, May 1985)
• Ambush Bug #1–4 (with co-author and penciller Keith Giffen and inker Bob Oksner, mini-series, DC Comics, June – September 1985)
• DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel #1 (comics adaptation of "Hell on Earth" by Robert Bloch; with penciller Keith Giffen and inkers Greg Theakston and Bill Wray, DC Comics, 1985)
• Amethyst vol. 2 #13–14 (with co-author Keith Giffen, penciller Ernie Colón, and inkers Karl Kesel and Bob Smith, DC Comics, February – April 1986)
• Son of Ambush Bug #1–6 (with co-author and penciller Keith Giffen and inker Bob Oksner, limited series, DC Comics, July – December 1986)
• Underworld #1–4 (with artist Ernie Colón, mini-series, DC Comics, December 1987 – March 1988)
• Secret Origins vol. 3
• #27 (Zatanna story with co-author Roy Thomas, penciller Tom Artis and inker P. Craig Russell, DC Comics, June 1988)
• #35 (Maxwell Lord story with co-author Keith Giffen and artist Eduardo Barreto, DC Comics, 1988)
• #47 (Chemical King story with penciller Chris Sprouse and inker Al Gordon, DC Comics, February 1990)
• #48 (Ambush Bug story with co-author and penciller Keith Giffen and inker Robert Lewis, DC Comics, April 1990)
• Annual #2 (The Flash story with penciller Carmine Infantino and inker Murphy Anderson, DC Comics, 1988)
• Aquaman #1–5 (with co-author Keith Giffen, pencils by Curt Swan and inker Al Vey, limited series, DC Comics, June – October 1989)
• Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again #1 (with pencillers Gene Colan and Stan Goldberg and inker Mike Esposito, Archie Comics, 1990)
• Ragman #1–8 (with co-author and penciller Keith Giffen and inker Pat Broderick, limited series, DC Comics, October 1991 – May 1992)
• Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1–2 (with co-author Keith Giffen, pencils by Bart Sears and inkers Randy Elliott and Mark Pennington, mini-series, DC Comics, July – October 1992)
• Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #1 (with co-author Roger Stern, penciler Chris Wozniak, and inker Brad Vancata, DC Comics, 1992)
• The Adventures of Superman Annual #4 (with artist Bob McLeod, DC Comics, 1992)
• Eclipso #1–18 (with co-author and penciller Keith Giffen and various artists, DC Comics, November 1992 – April 1994)
• The Big Book of Urban Legends: Adapted from the Works of Jan Harold (with co-authors Robert F. Boyd and Jan Harold Brunvand, 1994)
• Valor #1–8, 10 (with artist M. D. Bright, DC Comics, November 1992 – June 1993, August 1993)
• Cyberpunx (with co-plotter Rob Liefeld, penciller Ching Lau, and inker Lary Stucker, Image Comics, March 1996)
• "Too Smart to Date" (in Marvel Romance Redux: Restraining Orders Are for Other Girls #1, one-shot, Marvel Comics, June 2006)
• "Tall Tale" (with co-author and penciller Keith Giffen and inker Mike Allred, in Marvel Westerns: The Two-Gun Kid, one-shot, Marvel Comics, August 2006)
• Ambush Bug: Year None #1–5, 7 (with co-author Keith Giffen, DC Comics, September 2008 – January 2009, December 2009)

External links

• Robert Loren Fleming at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
• Extra content from Ed Catto's Thriller interview, at Comicmix.com