Tom DeFalco

Tom DeFalco
DeFalco at the 2010 New York Comic Con.
Born	(1950-06-26) June 26, 1950 (age 66) Queens, New York City
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, editor
Notable works	The Amazing Spider-Man Fantastic Four Machine Man Spider-Girl Thor Thunderstrike

Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comic book writer and editor, well known for his association with Marvel Comics and in particular for his work with Spider-Man.

While in college, DeFalco "wrote for a few local newspapers, a weekly comic strip and did a few short stories", and after graduation "got in touch with the various comic book companies", which led to him beginning his comics career as an editorial assistant with Archie Comics in mid-1972. During his tenure with Archie Comics, he "initiated and developed the Archie Comics Digest Series, which is still being produced today and remains the company's most profitable publishing series". Learning fast, DeFalco was soon writing for the flagship title Archie as well as for other titles including Scooby-Doo and Josie and the Pussycats.

He later joined Marvel Comics, with whom he would spend the next twenty years of his career. DeFalco briefly wrote for DC Comics in the late 1970s. He scripted several Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane stories for the Superman Family title; the final issue of Starfire (Oct.-Nov. 1977); and a Cain story in House of Mystery #258 (May–June 1978). DeFalco then moved to Marvel, where he wrote two issues of Avengers and the final five issues of Machine Man plus a Machine Man issue of Marvel Team-Up, before launching Dazzler in March 1981. DeFalco later wrote a Machine Man limited series in 1984, with art by Herb Trimpe and Barry Windsor-Smith.