Steven Grant facts for kids

Steven Grant (born October 22, 1953) is an American writer. He is well-known for his work on comic books. He also wrote for Trouser Press, a music magazine.

One of his most famous works is The Punisher mini-series. He created this comic in 1985–1986 with artist Mike Zeck. Steven Grant also created his own character called Whisper.

Steven Grant's Writing Career

Comic Book Adventures

Steven Grant has written for many different comic book companies. These include big names like Marvel Comics and DC Comics. He also worked with smaller companies such as First Comics and Dark Horse Comics.

Early Marvel Comics Work

In the 1980s, Grant started writing for Marvel. He helped bring The Punisher back into the spotlight. He also wrote for popular comics like The Avengers and The Incredible Hulk.

He also wrote stories for What If?, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Marvel Team-Up. Interestingly, one of the secret identities of the hero Moon Knight is also named Steven Grant.

Grant helped finish the Omega the Unknown series. He wrote the last two issues in The Defenders. In 1982, Grant worked with Mark Gruenwald and Bill Mantlo. They wrote Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions. This was the very first limited series published by Marvel Comics.

Grant and artist Mike Zeck created Punisher limited series in 1986. They also made a special hardcover graphic novel about the character later.

Creating Whisper and Other Works

Steven Grant created his own character, Whisper. She is a female ninja. Whisper first appeared in 1983. Later, First Comics published her stories. She got her own comic series in 1986.

During this time, Grant also wrote American Flagg!. He wrote for Shatter and his own comic called Psychoblast. He even wrote some issues for Classics Illustrated.

Work with Dark Horse and DC Comics

At Dark Horse Comics, Grant wrote many series. This included the entire two-year run of X. He created a character called Enemy. This character was almost made into a TV show.

In the 1990s, he wrote many stories for DC Comics. He created new versions of heroes like Manhunter and the Challengers of the Unknown. He also continued to write for Marvel Comics. One of his last big Marvel works was X-Man.

He also created other comics like Edge with Gil Kane. He made a crime series called Damned with Mike Zeck.

Later Comic Book Projects

From 1999 to 2010, Grant wrote two popular columns. These columns were called "Master of the Obvious" and "Permanent Damage". They talked about how the comic book industry works. You could read them on the Comic Book Resources website.

Since 2005, Grant has written for IDW Publishing. He created comics based on the TV show CSI. He also wrote a new story for his character Whisper. He created a crime series called 2 Guns for Boom! Studios. This series is about undercover police officers.

For Avatar Press, he created two mini-series: Mortal Souls and My Flesh Is Cool. He also adapted Frank Miller's original Robocop movie scripts into comics. These comic versions were different from the movies.

Writing Novels for Young Readers

Besides comic books, Steven Grant has written many novels. He wrote several Hardy Boys books for young adults. He used the pen-name Franklin W. Dixon for these. He also wrote Tom Swift books.

He even wrote some "choose-your-own-adventure" style books. He worked on one of these with the famous science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.

Movies Based on His Work

Steven Grant's comic series 2 Guns was made into a big movie. Universal Studios released it. Famous actors like Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg starred in the film.

Grant has also worked on a sequel to the 2 Guns movie. He is also updating a spy thriller called His Name Is... Savage.