Shane McCarthy (born 24 July 1975) is an Australian writer best known for his comic book work.
McCarthy later was responsible for a reinvention of the Riddler character in the five-part Riddle Me That beginning in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #185 (2005) and followed it up with Victims in Detective Comics #816 (2006), pitting Batman against Zsasz.
McCarthy completed a twelve-part Transformers series entitled All Hail Megatron for IDW Publishing.
His work appears in Marvel's Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1.
McCarthy formerly ran a swing dancing school in Perth, Western Australia.