Michael Reaves Explained

Michael Reaves
Birth Name:	James Michael Reaves
Othername:	J. Michael Reaves
Birth Date:	14 September 1950
Birth Place:	San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Writer
Years Active:	1973–2015
Known For:	1980s and 1990s animated television series

James Michael Reaves (September 14, 1950 – March 20, 2023) was an American writer, known for his contributions as a script writer and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including Gargoyles and . He has also written media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction. His work was often done collaboratively, notably with his then-wife Brynne Stephens (for numerous TV episodes in the 1980s and 1990s), and with Steve Perry, Neil Gaiman, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, and his daughter Mallory Reaves for various novels. Reaves won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for his work on Batman: The Animated Series.^[1]

Reaves had Parkinson's disease, and for a time maintained a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects, which included difficulty typing and loss of coherent speech.^{[2] [3]} Reaves died in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023, at the age of 72.^[4]

Books

Novels

Year	Title	Co-author(s)	Series	Notes
1978	I, Alien			Young adult novel
1979	Dragonworld	Byron Preiss
1984	Hellstar	Steve Perry
1984	Sword of the Samurai	Steve Perry	Time Machine	Book 3 of the multi-author young adult series
1984	The Shattered World		The Shattered World
1987	Dome	Steve Perry
1988	The Burning Realm		The Shattered World
1989	The Omega Cage	Steve Perry
1991	Street Magic
1995	Night Hunter
1998	Thong the Barbarian Meets the Cycle Sluts Of Saturn	Steve Perry
1998	Voodoo Child
2001	Hell On Earth		The Trine
2001			Star Wars
2004		Steve Perry	Star Wars
2004		Steve Perry	Star Wars
2006	Mr. Twilight		The Trine
2007	Batman: Fear Itself
2007	Death Star	Steve Perry	Star Wars
2007	InterWorld	Neil Gaiman	InterWorld	Young adult novel
2008	Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight		Star Wars
2008	Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows		Star Wars
2009	Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff	Star Wars	Initial copies show only Reaves as author; this was later corrected.
2011	Shadow Games	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff	Star Wars
2013	The Silver Dream	Neil Gaiman and Mallory Reaves	InterWorld	Young adult novel
2013	The Last Jedi	Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff	Star Wars
2015	Eternity's Wheel	Neil Gaiman and Mallory Reaves	InterWorld	Young adult novel

Anthologies and collections

• Darkworld Detective (1981)
• The Night People (2005)

Co-editor

• Shadows Over Baker Street (2003) (co-editor and contributor)

Screenwriting

Animated television

Series head writer credits are denoted in bold

• The New Archie and Sabrina Hour (1977)
• Space Sentinels (1977)
• Web Woman (1978)
• The New Shmoo (1979)
• Blackstar (1981)
• The Smurfs (1981)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
• The Biskitts (1983)
• Pole Position (1984)
• Mighty Orbots (1984)
• Dungeons & Dragons (1984–1985)
• Challenge of the GoBots (1985)
• (1985)
• Ewoks (1986)
• Potato Head Kids (1986)
• Teen Wolf (1986)
• The Centurions (1986)
• The Transformers (1986)
• My Little Pony (1986–1987)
• The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1987, 1990)
• Bionic Six (1987)
• Jem (1987)
• Spiral Zone (1987)
• (1987)
• Superman (1988)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1988–1990)
• The New Adventures of He-Man (1990)
• Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)
• Fox%27s Peter Pan %26 the Pirates (1990–1991)
• (1992–1995)
• Bobby's World (1992)
• Conan and the Young Warriors (1994)
• Phantom 2040 (1994–1995)
• Gargoyles (1994–1996)
• Invasion America (1998)
• (1999–2000)
• Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2001)
• (2000)
• Max Steel (2000)
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002–2003)

Live-action television

• The Secrets of Isis – one episode (1975)
• Shazam! – one episode (1976)
• Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince – one episode (1983)
• The Twilight Zone – two episodes produced, and two stories (1986–89)
• – one episode (1987)
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future – two episodes produced, three episodes, and one story (1987–1988)
• Monsters – four episodes (1988–1990)
• Swamp Thing – one episode (1990)
• The Flash – one episode (1990)
• Father Dowling Mysteries – three episodes (1990–1991)
• Young Hercules – one episode (1999)
• Sliders – one episode (1999)
• – one episode (2007)

Film

• (1993)
• Full Eclipse (1993)
• (2003)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lucci Loses Emmy for 14th Time : Television: She's beat out of best actress honors by 'Another World's' Linda Dano. CBS' 'Young and Restless' wins the best drama series award. Los Angeles Times. en. 28 May 1993. 8 November 2015.
2. http://michaelreaveswriter.blogspot.com/
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144910/http://mousecircus.com/bookdetails.aspx?BookID=22 . 2014-04-13 .
4. Web site: 2023-03-22 . Michael Reaves, TV, Prose and Comics Writer, Dead at 72 . 2023-03-23 . Multiversity Comics . en.