Gazelle with artist Francis Manapul while on the title. His run on the series ended with issue No. 49, one issue before the book was canceled. Shooter was hired by Valiant Entertainment, a company that bought Valiant's intellectual property in a bankruptcy auction of Acclaim Entertainment, to write from the end of 2008 into the summer of 2009. In July 2009 Dark Horse Comics announced at the San Diego Comic-Con International that Shooter would oversee the publication of new series based on Gold Key Comics characters from the Silver Age of Comic Books, such as Turok, Doctor Solar, and Magnus: Robot Fighter, and write some of them as well. Valiant sued Shooter over his moving to write the Gold Key characters for Dark Horse as they expected to get the rights and that he interfered with their ability to license the Key characters by indicating that he would write them for Dark Horse. As of January 2010, Valiant had given up the lawsuit against Shooter. He subsequently wrote the relaunched Magnus: Robotfighter, Turok and Dr. Solar series as well as Mighty Samson, another Gold Key character (that had not been picked up by Valiant Comics), for Dark Horse, beginning in 2010. As of 2017, Shooter still works as consulting editor and freelance writer for custom comics company Illustrated Media. Jim Shooter is the subject of a volume of the University Press of Mississippi's Conversations with Comic Artists series, published in 2017. Awards and recognition 1979 Eagle Award for Best Continuing Story (with George Pérez, Sal Buscema and David Wenzel for The Avengers No. 167, 168, 170–177) 1980 Inkpot Award January 2012 Inkwell Awards Ambassador (January 2012 – present) Bibliography As writer unless otherwise noted. Acclaim Comics Unity 2000 #1–3 (#4–6 unpublished) (1999–2000) The Valiant Deaths of Jack Boniface #1–2 (flip-book with Shadowman vol. 3 #3–4) (1999) American Mythology Productions Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Children #1 (2017) Beyond Comics The Writer's Block #1 (2001) Broadway Comics Fatale #1–6 (1996) Fatale Preview Edition #1 (1995) Knights on Broadway #1 (1996) Powers That Be #1–6 (1995–1996) Powers That Be Preview Edition #1–2 (1995) Shadow State #1–5 (1995–1996) Shadow State Preview Edition #1–2 (1995) Star Seed #7–9 (1996) Dark Horse Comics Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #1–8 (2010–2011) Magnus, Robot Fighter #1–4 (2010–2011) Mighty Samson #1–4 (2010–2011) Predator vs. Magnus Robot Fighter #1–2 (1992) Turok, Son of Stone #1–4 (2010–2011) DC Comics Action