Beyond Mulder and Scully by Andy Mangels

His work for DC Comics includes writing for Justice League Quarterly, Who's Who in the DC Universe, and Wonder Woman '77. Since the 1990s Mangels has written comic book stories and text pieces for several major publishers. Mangels and Martin also contributed a story to Tales of Zorro, edited by Richard Dean Starr and published by Moonstone Books in 2008. Together they wrote the conclusion for the events of the cult-hit television series Roswell (which had ended with a cliffhanger) in the novels Pursuit and Turnabout. They co-created the crew and wrote the first two novels of the Star Trek: Titan series. These include Last Full Measure, The Good That Men Do, and Kobayashi Maru. Mangels and Martin also co-wrote a series of novels serving as the official continuation of Star Trek: Enterprise following the television series' cancellation. One of them, Star Trek: Section 31 Rogue, was the first Star Trek property to feature gay lead characters. Martin, he wrote a number of Star Trek novels, two of which appeared on the USA Today 'best-selling books' list. Much of Mangels' prose fiction has been related to media franchises begun in television.

He contributed to The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes ( Visible Ink Press, 2004), and The SuperVillain Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic Book and Hollywood Masterminds, Megalomaniacs, and Menaces, (Visible Ink Press, 2006).

These include Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters (published by Del Rey in 1995), which appeared on the USA Today 'best-selling books' list Beyond Mulder and Scully: The Mysterious Characters of 'The X-Files' ( Citadel Press, 1997) Animation on DVD: The Ultimate Guide ( Stone Bridge Press, 2003) From Scream To Dawson's Creek: The Phenomenal Career of Kevin Williamson (Renaissance Publishing, 2000) Iron Man: Beneath The Armor ( Random House, 2008) and Lou Scheimer: Creating The Filmation Generation ( TwoMorrows, 2012).

Mangels has written a number of references for popular science fiction and pop culture media. As of 2011 he has had three books on the USA Today 'best-selling books' list. He is the founder of an annual 'Women of Wonder Day' event, which raised over $136,000 in funds for domestic violence shelters and related programs during its seven-year run. As an openly gay man, he has been a longtime advocate for greater visibility of gay and lesbian characters in various media, especially comics, including the coordination and moderation of the annual 'Gays in Comics' panel for Comic Con International since it was begun in 1988. Science fiction, superheroes, non-fictionĪndy Mangels (born December 2, 1966) is an American science fiction author who has written novels, comic books, and magazine articles, and produced DVD collections, mostly focusing on media in popular culture.

Beyond Mulder and Scully by Andy Mangels