Tom and Mary Bierbaum are an American husband-and-wife writing team, known for their work on the DC comic book Legion of Super-Heroes.
The Bierbaums entered the world of professional comic book writing through Legion fandom.
Tom Bierbaum grew up as a Legion fan, first becoming exposed to the characters via Adventure Comics #310 (July 1963).
Working under editor Waid and alongside Giffen and Al Gordon (who was a co-writer and inker on the book) for the first 36 issues, the Bierbaums dialogued the "Five Years Later" storyline.
The revival of the title was controversial with many longtime Legion fans, as it incorporated several major "retcons," including the editorially-mandated [2] excision of Superboy from Legion history; the housing of Proty's consciousness in Lightning Lad's body; and the revelation that former Science Police liaison Shvaughn Erin was actually a formerly male transsexual who used drugs to maintain her female identity, while her longtime beau Element Lad was of ambiguous sexuality and would not have required her to be female.
Mary retired from being a nurse in 1991;[4] Tom used to freelance for Variety before becoming a staffer at the short-lived entertainment/business website Inside.com.