Michael Reaves

Reaves won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for his work on Batman: The Animated Series. 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. In 2013, Reaves raised $85,000 in a Kickstarter campaign to fund the filming of a feature-length script he had written called Blood Kiss, with the picture set to star Neil Gaiman in his acting debut. Despite exceeding the stated fundraising goal, the film was never made. Reaves died in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023, at the age of 72.

• Name — Michael Reaves • Birth Name — James Michael Reaves • Other Names — J. Michael Reaves • Born — 14 September 1950 • Birthplace — San Bernardino, California, U.S. • Died — 20 March 2023 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Writer • Years Active — 1973–2015

• 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 — Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter — Star Wars • 2004 — MedStar I: Battle Surgeons — Steve Perry — Star Wars • 2004 — MedStar II: Jedi Healer — Steve Perry — Star Wars • 2006 — Mr. Twilight — Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff — The Trine • 2007 — Batman: Fear Itself — Steven-Elliot Altman • 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

• Collections • Darkworld Detective (1981) • The Night People (2005) • Stories • Title — |Year — |First published — |Reprinted/collected — |Notes • data-sort-value="sound of something dying" |The sound of something dying — 1976 • Shadetree — 1977 • Werewind — 1981 — Novelette

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

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) • Star Wars: Droids (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) • Starcom: The U.S. Space Force (1987) • Superman (1988) • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1988–1990) • The New Adventures of He-Man (1990) • Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) • Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates (1990–1991) • Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995) • Bobby's World (1992) • Conan and the Young Warriors (1994) • Phantom 2040 (1994–1995) • Gargoyles (1994–1996) • Invasion America (1998) • Beast Machines: Transformers (1999–2000) • Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2001) • Godzilla: The Series (2000) • Max Steel (2000) • He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002–2003)

• 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) • Star Trek: The Next Generation – 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) • Star Trek: New Voyages – one episode (2007)