William Patrick Murray

William Patrick Murray

William Patrick Murray

Novelist, Comic Writer, Squirrel Girl Creator

William Murray is a novelist, journalist, short story, and comic book writer. He co-created the superhero Squirrel Girl with artist Steve Ditko. Murray has written short stories of the characters SupermanBatmanWonder WomanSpider-Man, Ant-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Mighty Thor, The Punisher, the SpiderThe Avenger, the Gray Seal, the Green Hornet, The Secret 6, Sherlock Holmes, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Honey West, Zorro, and the Phantom. Murray wrote the introduction to the Marvel Comics Omnibus volume, which celebrates the 70th anniversary of Marvel Comics, as well as introductions to Volume 2 of Daring Mystery ComicsMighty Thor Masterworks Volume 9, Mystic Comics Volume 1, Young Allies Volume 2 and Golden Age Captain America Volume 6.

In 1979, he received the Lamont Award for his contributions to the furtherance of pulp fiction research. In 1999, he earned the Comic Book Marketplace award for research excellence in the area of comics history. Murray received the 2011 Pulp Ark Award for Best Series Revival for his work on The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage. His Doc Savage novel, Doc Savage: Skull Island, won the 2014 Pulp Factory Award for Best Novel.

Adventures in Bronze: Doc Savage, Dark Avenger, Chthulu, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan and more. 

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