Scott Beatty

Scott Beatty is an American author, comic book writer, and superhero historian actively published since the late 1990s.

Scott M. Beatty

Biography

Scott Beatty has authored hundreds of adventures for many of comics’ most iconic characters including Batman and Robin tales for DC Comics, as well as The Phantom, Buck Rogers, and Sherlock Holmes for Dynamite Entertainment. Beatty has also contributed comic book stories to IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, and Crossgen Comics. With Chuck Dixon, Beatty co-wrote the critically acclaimed and best-selling Robin: Year One, Batgirl: Year One, Nightwing: Year One, and Joker: Last Laugh miniseries for DC.

Beatty’s and Dixon's Batgirl: Year One—the middle arc of their Batman “Sidekick Trifecta” at DC—was named Best Miniseries of 2003 by Wizard: The Comics Magazine and is considered the definitive Batgirl origin story. Batgirl: Year One is one of the stories inspiring the Batgirl feature film to be released in late 2022.

In addition, Beatty has authored more than a dozen encyclopedic books about superheroes including DC Comics' Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Justice League of America, and Marvel’s Avengers. Beatty's “Ultimate Guides” for UK publisher Dorling-Kindersley in the early 2000s defined the standard for all genre character and movie guidebooks to follow. Beatty’s technically accurate The Batman Handbook was a top-selling title for Quirk Books.

Outside of comics, Beatty has written G.I. Joe and Transformers animation for Hasbro, Inc.

Before he became a full-time freelance writer, Beatty launched ToyFare magazine as its founding Editor for Wizard Entertainment and guided it through its first two years of publication.

Beatty’s novels have included prose adaptations of his own Sherlock Holmes: Year One (Dynamite), in addition to the young readers hardcover Batman: Scarecrow’s Panic Plot (DC/Capstone) and the Tron: Uprising (Disney) junior novel.

More recently, Beatty’s Loot Crate exclusive Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down graphic novel was the top selling comic book of 2017 with nearly a half-million copies shipped to LC subscribers.

As a bona fide superhero scholar, Scott has appeared on E! Entertainment Television and Prism Films’ documentaries, and is a frequent guest on comic book, graphic novel, and superhero podcasts.

Bibliography

Beatty's book credits include a variety of superhero encyclopedias and young adult offerings:

Capstone
  • Batman: Scarecrow's Panic Plot

Chronicle Books
  • The DC Comics Action Figure Archive

Disney Press
  • Tron Uprising

Dorling Kindersley
  • Avengers: The Ultimate Guide to Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Co-Author)
  • Avengers: The Essential Guide (April 2018 Loot Crate Exclusive Special Edition / Co-Author)
  • Batman: The Animated Series Guide
  • Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight
  • Batman Begins: The Visual Guide
  • Batman Beyond: The Animated Series Guide
  • Catwoman: The Visual Guide to the Feline Fatale
  • The DC Comics Encyclopedia (Co-Author)
  • JLA: The Ultimate Guide to the Justice League of America
  • Superman: The Animated Series Guide
  • Superman: The Ultimate Guide to the Man of Steel
  • Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess

Dynamite Entertainment
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: Year One

Insight Editions
  • Incredibuilds - Marvel's Captain America: Civil War - Iron Man Signature Series Book and Model Set
  • Marvel Comics: Mini Book of Heroes
  • Marvel Comics: Mini Book of Villains

Quirk Books
  • The Batman Handbook: The Ultimate Training Manual
  • The Superman Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Saving the Day

Comicography

Beatty's comic book and graphic novel credits include hundreds of stories from the following publishers:

Antarctic Press

Beatty's writing credits for Antarctic Press include the following:

  • UNPrepped #1-5 (5-issue miniseries with Chuck Dixon to be released beginning in May 2022)

Crossgen Comics

Beatty's writing credits for Crossgeneration Comics include the following:

  • Ruse #10-26

Crossgen Comics Collected Editions
  • Ruse - Volume Two: The Silent Partner Trade Paperback

Dark Horse Comics

Beatty's writing credits for Dark Horse Comics include the following:

  • Star Wars Tales #13

DC Comics

Beatty's solo and collaborate writing credits for DC Comics and its Wildstorm imprint include the following:

  • Amazing Adventures of the JLA
  • Aquaman Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Batgirl: Year One #1-9 (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Batman 80-Page Giant #2
  • Batman Begins: The Official Comics Adaptation
  • Batman Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Batman Villains Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Batman: Day of Judgment #1
  • Batman: Gotham City Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Batman: Gotham Knights #33-49
  • Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Special #1
  • Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files & Origins #1
  • The Batman Chronicles #16-17, 20
  • The Batman Strikes! #27, 32
  • Beware the Batman #3
  • Birds of Prey Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Cartoon Network Action Pack! #54, 56-57, 61
  • Countdown to Final Crisis #37-32, 30-28, 25-2
  • Day of Judgment Secret Files & Origins #1
  • DC Comics Presents: Harley Quinn #1
  • DC Comics Presents: Young Justice #2
  • DC Nation FCBD Super Sampler 2013
  • DC Nation Super Spectacular #2
  • DCU Holiday Bash III
  • DCU Villains Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Detective Comics #806-807 (Alfred Pennyworth Back-Up Feature)
  • The Flash Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Gen13 #21-32
  • Golden Age Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Green Arrow #22, 33
  • Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #3
  • Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins #1-3
  • Green Lantern: Circle of Fire - Green Lantern / Power Girl #1
  • JLA #59 (JOKER: LAST LAUGH Tie-in with Chuck Dixon)
  • JLA Secret Files & Origins #2-3
  • JLA/JSA Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Joker: Last Laugh #1-6 (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files & Origins #1 (with Chuck Dixon)
  • JSA Classified #19-20
  • JSA Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Justice League: Unstoppable Forces #1 (General Mills Cereal Pack-In - Over 4 million copies sold!)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #3, 9
  • Nightwing #101-106 ("Nightwing: Year One" story arc with Chuck Dixon)
  • Nightwing Secret Files & Origins #1
  • New Gods Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Number of the Beast #1-8
  • Robin #88-91 (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Robin: Year One #1-4 (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #5, 19, 22
  • Secret Files and Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 #1
  • Sins of Youth Secret Files & Origins #1
  • The Silver Age Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Snakes on a Plane #1-2 (Official Movie Adaptation - Ghost-Written with Chuck Dixon)
  • Son of Vulcan #1-6
  • Superboy #77 (with Karl Kesel)
  • Superman 80-Page Giant #2 (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Superman Secret Files & Origins #1-2
  • Superman / Batman Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Superman: Metropolis Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Titans Secret Files & Origins #1
  • Wildstorm: Revelations #1-6 (with Christos Gage)
  • Young Justice in No Man's Land Special #1 (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Young Justice Secret Files & Origins #1

DC Comics Collected Editions
  • Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years Hardcover (Collects Batgirl: Year One #4 - "Cave Dwellers")
  • Batgirl: Year One Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Batgirl: Year One - The Deluxe Edition Hardcover (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Batgirl/Robin: Year One Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Batman Allies: Alfred Pennyworth Trade Paperback
  • Batman Begins: The Movie & Other Tales of the Dark Knight Trade Paperback
  • Batman Versus Bane Trade Paperback
  • Batman: Joker's Last Laugh Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Batman: No Man's Land Volume 1 Trade Paperback
  • Batman: No Man's Land Volume 2 Trade Paperback
  • Batman: No Man's Land Volume 3 Trade Paperback
  • Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told - Volume Two Trade Paperback
  • Ben 10 Classics Volume 4: Beauty and the Ben Trade Paperback
  • Ben 10 Classics Volume 5: Powerless Trade Paperback
  • Beware the Batman Volume 1 Trade Paperback
  • Cartoon Network 2-in-1: Ben 10 Ultimate Alien / Generator Rex Trade Paperback
  • Day of Judgment Trade Paperback
  • DC Universe: Origins Trade Paperback
  • Gen13: World's End Trade Paperback
  • Green Lantern: Circle of Fire Trade Paperback
  • Harley Quinn's Greatest Hits Trade Paperback
  • JLA Volume Five Trade Paperback
  • JLA Volume Nine: Terror Incognito Trade Paperback
  • The Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century: Tomorrow's Heroes Trade Paperback
  • Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics Trade Paperback
  • Nightwing: Year One Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Nightwing: Year One - The Deluxe Edition Hardcover (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Number of the Beast Trade Paperback
  • Orion Omnibus Hardcover
  • Robin, The Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years Hardcover (Collects Nightwing #101 - "Only Robins Have Wings")
  • Robin: The Teen Wonder Trade Paperback
  • Robin: Year One Trade Paperback (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Robin: Year One - The Deluxe Edition Hardcover (with Chuck Dixon)
  • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Trade Paperback
  • Superman vs. Darkseid Trade Paperback
  • Wildstorm: Revelations Trade Paperback
  • Young Justice Volume Two Trade Paperback

DC Comics Foreign Language Editions
  • Batgirl: Year One (Eaglemoss - English)
  • Batgirl: Ano Um (Eaglemoss - Portuguese)
  • Batgirl: Ano Um (Norma Editorial - Portuguese)
  • Batgirl: Ano Uno (Eaglemoss - Spanish)
  • Batgirl: Ano Uno (ECC - Spanish)
  • Batgirl: Ano Uno (Norma Editorial - Spanish)
  • Batgirl: Ano Uno (Planeta De Agostini - Spanish)
  • Batgirl: Anno Uno (Eaglemoss - Italian)
  • Batgirl: Anno Uno (Panini - Italian)
  • Batgirl: Anno Uno (Planeta De Agostini - Italian)
  • Batgirl: Das Erste Jahr (Eaglemoss - German)
  • Batgirl: Elso Uvad (Eaglemoss - Hungarian)
  • Batgirl: Rok Jedna (Eaglemoss - Czechoslovakian)
  • Batgirl: Rok Pierwszy (Eaglemoss - Polish)
  • Joker: Last Laugh (Titan - UK English)
  • Joker: Last Laugh (ShoPro - Japanese)
  • Joker: L'Ultima Risata (Planeta De Agostini - Italian)
  • Joker: Quien Rie El Ultimo Volumes 1-2 (ECC - Spanish)
  • Joker: Wer Zuletz Lacht (Panini - German)

Dynamite Entertainment

Beatty's writing credits for Dynamite Entertainment include the following titles:

  • Bionic Man Annual #1
  • Buck Rogers #0-12
  • The Last Phantom #1-12
  • Merciless: The Rise of Ming #1-4
  • Red Sonja Annual #4
  • The Shadow Special #1
  • Sherlock Holmes: Year One #1-6

Dynamite Entertainment Collected Editions
  • Buck Rogers: Volume One - Future Shock Hardcover
  • Buck Rogers: Volume One - Future Shock Trade Paperback
  • Buck Rogers: Volume Two - From the Earth to the Moon Trade Paperback
  • The Last Phantom: Volume One - Ghost Walk Trade Paperback
  • The Last Phantom: Volume Two - Jungle Rules Trade Paperback
  • Merciless: The Rise of Ming Trade Paperback
  • Red Sonja: Travels Volume Two Trade Paperback
  • Sherlock Holmes: Year One Trade Paperback
  • Sherlock Holmes Omnibus Volume One Trade Paperback

IDW Entertainment

Beatty's writing credits for IDW Entertainment include the following:

  • G.I. Joe: Origins #13-14
  • Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down #1-3 (Reprint of 2017 Loot Crate Exclusive Graphic Novel)

IDW Entertainment Collected Editions
  • G.I. Joe: The IDW Collection Volume 2 Hardcover (Collects G.I. Joe Origins #13-14)
  • G.I. Joe: Origins Omnibus Volume 2 Trade Paperback (Collects G.I. Joe Origins #13-14)
  • G.I. Joe: Origins Volume 3 Trade Paperback (Collects G.I. Joe Origins #13-14)
  • Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down Digest-Sized Edition (Reprint of 2017 Loot Crate Exclusive Graphic Novel)

Comic Book Characters Co-Created

During his comic book career, Beatty has co-created the following characters listed A to Z with collaborators and artist co-creators noted in parentheses following each:

DC Comics Characters
  • The Aeronaut (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Black Anvil (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Breakdown (a.k.a. "Goo") (Wildstorm - Gen13 - Co-created with artist Dan Hipp)
  • Charliehorse (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)
  • The Coalition of Crime (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)
  • Dino-Mite II (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)
  • Ditto (Wildstorm - Gen13 - Co-created with artist Dan Hipp)
  • Doctor Sin (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Endless Winter (JSA Classified - Co-created with Mike Carlin and artist Rags Morales)
  • Engine Joe (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Falconette (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • The Fearsmiths (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Fishmonger (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)
  • Flex (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)
  • Green Lantern Alisand'r (Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #3 - Co-created with artist Graham Nolan)
  • Green Lantern Ash-Pak-Glif (Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #3 - Co-created with artist Graham Nolan)
  • Green Lantern B'shi (Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #3 - Co-created with artist Mike Lilly)
  • Green Lantern Kendotha Kr'nek (Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #3 - Co-created with artist Joyce Chin)
  • Green Lantern Raker Qarrigat (Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #3 - Co-created with artist Graham Nolan)
  • Hardbody (Wildstorm - Gen13 - Co-created with artist Dan Hipp)
  • Honeybee (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Hotfoot (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Invulnera-Boy (Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century - Co-created with artist Sanford Greene)
  • Johnny Photon (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Kid Kobra (Robin - Co-created with writer Chuck Dixon and artists Andy Kuhn & Pete Woods)
  • Little B.U.D.D.Y. (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)
  • Mago (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Midnight Rider (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Mite (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Monkey-in-the-Middle (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)
  • Neandra (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Nightmary (Wildstorm - Gen13 - Co-created with artist Mike Huddleston)
  • Petrified Girl (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Pix (Batman: Gotham Knights - Co-created with artist Roger Robinson)
  • Private Warr (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Ragamuffin (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Rancor (Joker: Last Laugh - Co-created with Chuck Dixon and artist Pete Woods)
  • Redeemer (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Runt (Wildstorm Gen13 - Co-created with artist Dan Hipp)
  • Scramjet (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)
  • Seafarer (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Shrike II (Robin: Year One - Co-created with Chuck Dixon and artist Marcos Martin)
  • Skeleton Crew (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Son of Vulcan II (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant / Re-Imagining of Charlton Comics Character)
  • Stinkbug (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Stormfront (Joker: Last Laugh - Co-created with Chuck Dixon and artist Andy Kuhn)
  • Strongarm (JSA Classified - Co-created with artist Rags Morales)
  • Taipan (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Thrush (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Mago (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Third Rail (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Tumbleweed (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Urumi (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Wallflower (Wildstorm - Number of the Beast - Co-created with artist Chris Sprouse)
  • Warjack (Joker: Last Laugh - Co-created with Chuck Dixon and artist Andy Kuhn)
  • Windsprint (Wildstorm - Gen13 - Co-created with artist Dan Hipp)
  • Witchazel (Son of Vulcan - Co-created with artist Keron Grant)

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