Ben Raab
Benjamin Raab is an American screenwriter, television producer, comic book writer and editor.
Early life
Raab is a native of Cedarhurst, New York, and attended Lawrence High School. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Composition.Career
Raab made his Marvel debut as an interviewer for artist Gary Kwapisz in Marvel Age Special: The Punisher Anniversary Magazine. In the letters section of X-Men vol. 2 #31, Raab was announced as the new assistant editor on X-Men books edited by Bob Harras, receiving that credit on several titles cover-dated April 1994 to September 1996, including X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, X-Force and Generation X. During that time, Raab also joined New York University's Stan-hattan Project. Administered by his editorial colleague James Felder, the project sought out and trained potential comic book writers.Written work by Raab includes stints on The Phantom and Excalibur as well as the second of volume of X-Men/Alpha Flight and Union Jack with artist John Cassaday for Marvel Comics. For DC Comics, Raab penned a number of issues on Green Lantern following Judd Winick's run, co-wrote several Teen Titans-centric short stories and mini-series with Geoff Johns as well as The Human Race mini-series, the Elseworlds one-shot JLA: Shogun of Steel and several titles for the Wildstorm imprint. Later work includes the four-issue series Living in Infamy for Ludovico Technique, co-written with Deric A. Hughes, and the 96-page graphic novel The Phantom: Legacy, a retelling of the character's origin. In 2009, Raab served as the editor for The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks series by Moonstone Books. In 2012, Raab and artist Pat Quinn began self-publishing their 8-issue series Cryptopia, previously released as a one-shot via Image.
Raab and his writing partner Deric A. Hughes were staff writers on Warehouse 13 writing their first episode "Duped" which aired August 25, 2009. They penned seven episodes over the 5 season run and eventually became the producers on the final season. In 2015, Raab and Hughes joined Beauty & the Beast as supervising producers penning four episodes of the show. Following the series conclusion, they contributed to the 2016–2017 season of The Flash writing the episode "King Shark", before joining Season 3 as co-executive producers and writers. The duo subsequently joined the writing team of the third season of Scream and acted as writers and producers for the final season of Arrow.
Marvel Comics
As editor
Assistant editor:- X-Men vol. 2 #31–56
- Uncanny X-Men #311–336
- Wolverine vol. 2 #80–105
- X-Force #33–58
- Generation X #1–19
- Weapon X #1–4
- The All-New Exiles vs. X-Men
- The All-New Exiles #3
As writer
- The Avengers:
- * "A Bigger Man Than I..." collected in The Avengers: The Gathering
- * "The Door: Synchronicity" collected in The Avengers: Taking A.I.M.
- * "The Crossing" collected in The Avengers: The Crossing
- * "First Sign" collected in The Avengers/Iron Man: First Sign
- X-Men: Time Gliders #1–4, David Boller, John Hebert and Roman Morales
- * Series of promotional giveaway minicomics included with kids' meals at Hardee's fast-food restaurants.
- The Vision #3: "Visionary Dreams" collected in The Avengers: Ultron Unbound
- The All-New Exiles :
- * "Out of the Frying Pan..."
- * "Fresh Blood"
- * "Sixx of One..."
- Daredevil:
- * "Smoky Mirrors" collected in Daredevil: Purgatory and Paradise
- * "Weight of the World" collected in Daredevil: Widow's Kiss
- Marvel 2099:
- *X-Nation 2099:
- ** "Vertigo"
- ** "X-Nation's Final Hour"
- *Fantastic Four 2099 #6–8
- *Spider-Man 2099 #45–46
- *2099: World of Tomorrow #1–8 and Yancey Labat
- Uncanny Origins #1: "The Origin of Cyclops" collected in Uncanny Origins: Mutants and Monsters
- What If...? vol. 2 :
- * "Arachnamorphosis"
- * "The Fantastic Farce"
- * "The Traitor"
- Black Knight: Exodus: "The Bond"
- * Collected in Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties
- * Collected in X-Men: The Rise of Apocalypse
- X-Force Annual '96: "Denouement" collected in Cable and X-Force: Onslaught!
- Domino #1–3 collected in X-Men: Domino
- Excalibur:
- *The Battle for Britain includes:
- ** "Portrait of the Artist"
- ** "The Battle for Britain"
- ** "A True and Terrible Sacrifice"
- ** "Broken Vows"
- ** "Missionaries"
- ** Colossus: "A Most Dangerous Game"
- ** New Mutants: Truth or Death #1–3
- * "Sins of the Past"
- * "Preludes and Nightmares"
- * "The Search"
- * "Tying the Knot"
- Psylocke and Archangel: Crimson Dawn #1–4
- X-Men: The Trial of Gambit includes:
- *X-Men vol. 2 #62–64: "Games of Deceit and Death"
- *Uncanny X-Men #345: "Moving On"
- Star Trek: Voyager #6–8: "Relicquest"
- X-Men Unlimited :
- * "Primal"
- * "Unforgiven"
- * "Lessons" collected in X-Men: The Magneto War
- Journey into Mystery #514–516: "Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu"
- X-Man: All Saints' Day
- Wolverine #½: "Resolutions"
- X-Men/Alpha Flight vol. 2 #1–2
- * Collected in X-Men/Alpha Flight
- * Collected in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus
- Union Jack #1–3 collected as Union Jack
- Mutant X #13: "The Hunger" collected in Mutant X: The Complete Collection Volume 1
- Uncanny X-Men Annual '99 collected in X-Men vs. Apocalypse: The Ages of Apocalypse
- X-Men: The Hellfire Club #1–4
- Excalibur vol. 2 #1–4
DC Comics
- Green Lantern:
- *Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #1: "Shepherd"
- *DC First: Green Lantern/Green Lantern
- *Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins #3: "Hard-Loving Heroes"
- *Green Lantern vol. 3 #165–175, Jim Fern, Jamal Igle and Andy Smith
- Batman 80-Page Giant #2: "The Lucky Break"
- Teen Titans by Geoff Johns Omnibus includes:
- *Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2: "Passenger 15B"
- *Beast Boy #1–4
- *The Titans :
- ** The Titans Annual: "The Way of the Warrior" and "Immortal Justice: The Legacy of Bushido"
- ** The Titans Secret Files & Origins #2 :
- *** "Super Friends"
- *** "Shifting Gears"
- *** "Who is Tara Markov?"
- Young Justice: Sins of Youth includes:
- *Sins of Youth: Aquaboy and Lagoon Man: "Turning Back the Tides of Time"
- *Sins of Youth: Secret Files & Origins: "Crisis on Infantile Earths"
- Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000: "Teenage Super-Hero Dating Secrets"
- Legend of the Hawkman #1–3
- Wonder Woman vol. 2 #162–163: "God Complex"
- JLA: Shogun of Steel
- Action Comics #791: "The Invitation"
- 9-11 Volume 2: "A Tale of Two Americans"
- Green Arrow vol. 3 #23–25: "Black Circle: Urban Knights, Parts One, Three, Five"
- The Human Race #1–7: "Awakening"
Wildstorm
- Gen-Active #1–4, 6: "Evo and Bliss", Scott Williams, Eric Canete, Michael O'Hare and Richard Friend
- Gen13:
- *Gen13 vol. 2 #57–59
- *Gen13 Annual '00: "Devil's Night, Part One"
- *Gen13: Medicine Song
- Wildstorm Annual '00: "Devil's Night, Part Four"
- Jezebelle #1–6: "A Small Corner of Hell"
- Star Trek Special: "When the Stars Come A-Calling"
Other publishers
- Lee Falk's Fantomen :
- * "Simsons bojor"
- * "Domedagssekten"
- * "Ödets spjut"
- * "I maffians våld"
- * "Hjälten"
- * "Den osynlige Fantomen"
- * "Det första uppdraget"
- * "Trollkarlens lärling"
- Cryptopia :
- *Image Introduces... Cryptopia
- * Issues #2–3 were self-published digitally under the Wondermasons label.
- * Issues #4–5 were self-published digitally via Comixology under the Wondermasons label.
- The Phantom :
- *The Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks includes:
- ** The Phantom: The Ghost Killer
- ** The Phantom: The Singh Web
- *The Phantom: The Hunt
- *The Phantom vol. 5 :
- ** The Phantom: Death in the Deep Woods collects:
- *** "Stones of Blood"
- *** "Curse of the Phantom"
- ** "The Aviatrix"
- ** "Nanamaru"
- *The Phantom: Legacy and the Law collects:
- ** The Phantom: Legacy
- ** The Phantom: Law of the Jungle
- *The Phantom: Generations #1 collected in The Phantom: Generations
- *The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #5–12
- Comiculture #1–2: "The Lost Tribe"
- Vampirella vol. 2 #13–14: "Wilding Sanction, Parts 3 and 4"
- Moonstone Monsters: Sea Creatures: "Croaked"
- Vampi: Vicious Rampage #1–2
- Living in Infamy #1–4
- 7 Brothers vol. 2 #1–5 collected as 7 Brothers: The Blood That Runs
- Space Doubles: Set the Controls: "AKA"
- Warehouse 13 #1, 5 collected as Warehouse 13
- Heavy Metal #283: "Der Fischerhaus"
- ''Love is Love''