Douglas Moench (/mʌntʃ/;[1] born February 23, 1948)[2] is an American comic book writer notable for his Batman work and as the creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, Black Mask, Harvey Bullock, Electric Warrior, and Six from Sirius.
He contributed to the entire runs of Planet of the Apes and Doc Savage, while serving as a regular scribe for virtually every other Curtis title during the course of the imprint's existence.
For Marvel's color comic line, Moench wrote the Werewolf by Night title[7] and followed Steve Englehart as writer of Master of Kung Fu.
[12] Continuing his work for the black-and white magazine line, Moench and Walt Simonson debuted The Rampaging Hulk in January 1977.
Comics historian Les Daniels observed that "Ingenious writing by Doug Moench and energetic art by Paul Gulacy brought Master of Kung Fu new life.
[25] He and artist Don Newton produced the story in which Jason Todd replaces Dick Grayson as Robin in Batman #368 (February 1984).
[26] His first run on the title ended with issue #400 which featured work by several popular comics artists and included an introduction by novelist Stephen King.
[35] He was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986[36] and co-created Electric Warrior with artist Jim Baikie;[37] Lords of the Ultra-Realm with Pat Broderick; and Slash Maraud with Gulacy.