Jim Beard

Jim Beard became a published writer when he sold a story to DC Comics in 2002. Since that time, he's written official Star Wars and Ghostbusters comic stories, and contributed articles and essays to several volumes of comic book history. His prose work includes Planet of the Apes: Tales from the Forbidden Zone , which he coedited and contributed a story to; X-Files: Secret Agendas ; Gotham City 14 Miles , a book of essays about the 1960s Batman television series; Sgt. Janus, Spirit-Breaker , a...See more

Jim Beard became a published writer when he sold a story to DC Comics in 2002. Since that time, he's written official Star Wars and Ghostbusters comic stories, and contributed articles and essays to several volumes of comic book history. His prose work includes Planet of the Apes: Tales from the Forbidden Zone , which he coedited and contributed a story to; X-Files: Secret Agendas ; Gotham City 14 Miles , a book of essays about the 1960s Batman television series; Sgt. Janus, Spirit-Breaker , a collection of pulp ghost stories featuring an Edwardian occult detective; Monster Earth , a shared-world giant monster anthology; and Captain Action-Riddle of the Glowing Men , the first pulp prose novel based on the classic 1960s action figure. Jim also currently provides regular content for Marvel.com, the official Marvel Comics website. See less