his movie 1941 and he helped develop the arcade game Tattoo Assassins. On 31 January 2014, it was announced that a stage musical adaptation of the first Back to the Future film was in production. Comics As a teenager, Bob Gale was a regular Marvel reader and his fan letter appeared in Iron Man #2, published in June 1968. Gale began writing for comics in the late 90s, and his earliest work includes Ant-Man's Big Christmas for Marvel and Batman for DC Comics. In 2001, he had a short run on Marvel's Daredevil with artists Phil Winslade and Dave Ross. In 2008, Gale worked as one of the writers among the rotating writer/artist teams on The Amazing Spider-Man, which at the time was published three times a month. His other work in comics includes the Back to the Future monthly series published by IDW Publishing. The first issue was released in stores on October 21, 2015, which is the same date that Marty travels with Doc Brown to the future; the comic book is shown as part of the storyline for Part II. Selected filmography Kolchak: The Night Stalker (episode "Chopper", with Robert Zemeckis, 1975) (TV) I Wanna Hold Your Hand (with Robert Zemeckis, 1978) 1941 (with Robert Zemeckis, 1979) Used Cars (with Robert Zemeckis, 1980) Back to the Future (with Robert Zemeckis, 1985) Back to the Future Part II (with Robert Zemeckis, 1989) Back to the Future Part III (with Robert Zemeckis, 1990) Trespass (with Robert Zemeckis, 1992) Back to the Future: The Animated Series (1991–1992) (TV) Tales from the Crypt (episode "House of Horror", also director, 1993) (TV) Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (also director, 1995) Bordello of Blood (with Robert Zemeckis, story only, 1996) Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (also director, 2002) Bibliography DC Comics Batman: The Batman Chronicles #10: "To See the Batman" (prose story with illustrations by Bill Sienkiewicz, anthology, 1997) Batman: No Man's Land Volume 1 (tpb, 544 pages, 2011, ) and Batman: No Man's Land Omnibus Volume 1 (hc, 1,136 pages, 2022, ) include: Batman: No Man's Land #1 + Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83 + Batman #563 + Detective Comics #730: "No Law and a New Order" (with Alex Maleev, 1999) Detective Comics #733: "Shades of Grey" (with Phil Winslade, 1999) Marvel Comics Ant-Man's Big Christmas (with Phil Winslade, one-shot, Marvel Knights, 2000) Daredevil vol. 2 #20–25 (with Phil Winslade