Scott Beatty

Scott Beatty has authored hundreds of adventures for many of comics’ most iconic characters including Batman and Robin tales for DC Comics, as well as The Phantom, Buck Rogers, and Sherlock Holmes for Dynamite Entertainment. Beatty has also contributed comic book stories to IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, and Crossgen Comics. With Chuck Dixon, Beatty co-wrote the critically acclaimed and best-selling Robin: Year One, Batgirl: Year One, Nightwing: Year One, and Joker: Last Laugh miniseries for DC.

Beatty’s and Dixon's Batgirl: Year One—the middle arc of their Batman “Sidekick Trifecta” at DC—was named Best Miniseries of 2003 by Wizard: The Comics Magazine and is considered the definitive Batgirl origin story. Batgirl: Year One is one of the stories inspiring the Batgirl feature film to be released in late 2022.

In addition, Beatty has authored more than a dozen encyclopedic books about superheroes including DC Comics' Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Justice League of America, and Marvel’s Avengers. Beatty's “Ultimate Guides” for UK publisher Dorling-Kindersley in the early 2000s defined the standard for all genre character and movie guidebooks to follow. Beatty’s technically accurate The Batman Handbook was a top-selling title for Quirk Books.

Outside of comics, Beatty has written G.I. Joe and Transformers animation for Hasbro, Inc.

Before he became a full-time freelance writer, Beatty launched ToyFare magazine as its founding Editor for Wizard Entertainment and guided it through its first two years of publication.

Beatty’s novels have included prose adaptations of his own Sherlock Holmes: Year One (Dynamite), in addition to the young readers hardcover Batman: Scarecrow’s Panic Plot (DC/Capstone) and the Tron: Uprising (Disney) junior novel.

More recently, Beatty’s Loot Crate exclusive Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down graphic novel was the top selling comic book of 2017 with nearly a half-million copies shipped to LC subscribers.

As a bona fide superhero scholar, Scott has appeared on E! Entertainment Television and Prism Films’ documentaries, and is a frequent guest on comic book, graphic novel, and superhero podcasts.

You can read about Scott Beatty's latest publications at his blog: https://scottbeatty.blogspot.com