Shane McCarthy | |
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Born | 24 July 1975 |
Nationality | Australian |
Area(s) | Writer |
http://www.mccarthyshane.com |
Shane McCarthy (born 24 July 1975) is an Australian writer best known for his comic book work.
A comic book fan from an early age, McCarthy's first widely published work was the three-part Batman backup story Low for DC Comics in 2004, beginning in Detective Comics #797. McCarthy later was responsible for a reinvention of the Riddler character in the five-part Riddle Me That beginning in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #185 (2005) and followed it up with Victims in Detective Comics #816 (2006), pitting Batman against Zsasz.
Other published works include Zombies: Feast for IDW Publishing and contributions to Event Horizon for Mam Tor Publishing, and Star Wars Tales for Dark Horse.
McCarthy completed a twelve-part Transformers series entitled All Hail Megatron for IDW Publishing He is the creator of the character Drift
His work appears in Marvel's Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1.
Between writing projects McCarthy runs a swing dancing school in Perth Western Australia.
Transformers for IDW Publishing