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Line 1: {{~~trope~~creator}} [[File:Elliot S! Maggin.jpg\|frame]] '''Elliot S! Maggin''' was the lead writer of the ''[[Superman]]'' comics during [[The Bronze Age of Comic Books]]. He also wrote two original Superman novels, ''[[Last Son of Krypton]]'' and ''[[Miracle Monday]]'', as well as the [[Novelisation]] of ''[[Kingdom Come]]''. One of his earliest and best-known comic book stories is "Must There Be A Superman?", in which the [[Green Lantern\|Guardians of the Universe]] take Superman aside and suggest to him that his readiness to help everybody may be doing harm as well as good, by letting people get into a habit of relying on him to do things they could and should do themselves. The idiosyncratic punctuation of his middle initial has its origins in the days when [[Emphasize Everything\|comic books habitually used exclamation marks at the end of ''every'' sentence]]. After typing out an entire script full of exclamation points replacing periods, he did the same to his own name out of force of habit, and it stuck. ---- ~~===~~ {{examples\|Works by Elliot S! Maggin with their own trope pages include: ~~===~~}} * ''[[Batman: ~~the~~The Animated Series]]'' * ''[[Last Son of Krypton]]'' * ''[[Miracle Monday]]'' * ''[[Spider -Man: ~~the~~The Animated Series]]'' * ''[[Star Raiders (~~Comic Book~~comics)\|Star Raiders]]'' * ''[[X -Men (~~Animation~~animation)\|X Men]]'' ~~===~~ {{creatortropes\|Other works by Elliot S! Maggin provide examples of: ~~===~~}} * [[All There in the Manual]]: In the interests of richer characterization, Maggin invented a lot of background details that never made it into the ~~stories -- including~~stories—including some that he'd never have been ''allowed'' to mention explicitly, like what religion each of the main characters was.<ref>Which included such details as Clark Kent and Superman following different religions -- each, according to Maggin, followed the religion of his parents.</ref> * [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Maggin's backstory for Lex Luthor had him as a non-observant Jew, but he wasn't allowed to be unambiguous about it. * [[Did They or Didn't They?]]: Lois Lane and Clark Kent, in "Who Took the Super Out of Superman?" * [[Distant Finale]]: "Luthor's Gift". * [[Expy]]: Captain Strong, [[Popeye (comic strip)\|a sailor who got incredibly strong after eating a green plant, ~~and~~who had a skinny girlfriend]]. * [[Holding Out for Aa Hero]]: "Must There Be A Superman?" * [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: In spite of being one of the best writers [[DC Comics]] has ever had, the company's been unusually reticent to collect his ''[[Superman]]'' run, or reprint any of his books. Fortunately, ''[http://superman.nu/theages/Maggin/maggin.php Superman Through The Ages]'' has quite a few issues, as well as most of his books, including [[What Could Have Been\|an unpublished chapter]] from his ''[[Kingdom Come]]'' book. * [[Noble Demon]]: Lex Luthor. Line 27 ⟶ 29: [[Category:Comic Book Creators]] [[Category:Authors]] [[Category:Elliot S! Maggin]] ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~