Bob Harras

Infobox Comics creator

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"The Avengers"
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Robert "Bob" Harras (b. January 11, 1959) is an American comics writer and editor, who was editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1995 to 2000.

Biography

Before becoming editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, Harras was chief editor of Marvel's "X-Men" line. During this time, "X-Men"-related storylines became very convoluted and crossovers were very frequent, as this was selling books at the time. Harras was also partially blamed for Chris Claremont departing the book after writing it for 16 years.Fact|date=September 2008 Before becoming an editor, Harras worked as writer on a number of comics, including a run on "The Avengers" lasting from 1992-1995.

Harras's time as editor-in-chief has been heavily criticized.Fact|date=July 2008 His tenure was during the time Marvel teetered on bankruptcy around 1996 and 1997 (although the company was already in serious financial trouble when he became editor-in-chief), and his tenure occurred both "Onslaught Saga" and "Heroes Reborn", controversial events that relaunched much of the Marvel Universe with renumbered titles. Harras was also criticized for taking too close of a close hand in the storylines of writers, and preventing writers from being able to tell the stories they wanted to tell.Fact|date=July 2008 Among the storylines in which he collaborated was the Clone Saga, requiring Norman Osborn to be brought back as the Green Goblin despite the opposition of many of the writers. [ [http://www.newcomicreviews.com/GHM/specials/LifeOfReilly/27.html] ] His decision to relaunch the "Spider-Man" titles with a revised origin and with the creative team of Howard Mackie and John Byrne was also met with loud disapproval.Fact|date=July 2008

During his tenure, Harras oversaw critically acclaimed runs on titles such as "Captain America", "Daredevil", "Ka-Zar" and "Deadpool", More importantly, Marvel survived, despite the financial threat looming overhead throughout the mid-1990s, and was in better financial shape by the time he left than it was when he became editor-in-chief.Fact|date=September 2008

After leaving Marvel, Harras joined WildStorm as contributing editor on November 15, 2001. Harras worked from his New Jersey home office, and reported to Jim Lee, WildStorm's editorial director. He is currently the group editor for DC Comics collected editions.

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