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James Robinson
Birth name	James Dale Robinson
Born
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Starman

James Dale Robinson, usually referred to as just "James Robinson", is a British writer of comic books and screenplays and known for his interest in old collectibles and memorabilia. His style is described as smart and energetic, built upon his vast knowledge of obscure Golden Age continuity.

Robinson's most famous work is Starman, where he took the aging Golden Age character of that name and revitalized both the character and all those who had used the title over the decades, weaving them into an interconnected whole. In 1997, Robinson's work on the title garnered him an Eisner Award, for the Best Serialized Story.

He is also famous for his comic The Golden Age, which, despite being outside the normal DC universe continuity as an Elseworlds story, still established much of the backstory he would later use in Starman. He has also written for the Batman book Legends of the Dark Knight, and served as a consultant and co-writer in the first year of JSA and its subsequent spin-off Hawkman. Also at DC, he did a mini series involving the company's original Vigilante character as well as producing Sandman spin-off Witchcraft mini series.

Robinson also wrote a brief but very well remembered run on Wildcats (comics) teamed up with superstar artist Travis Charest that further developed the book's mythology, along with a spinoff mini-series called Team One. Similarly he served as a transition writer on Cable, which (along with short stint on Heroes Reborn Captain America) remains perhaps his only known Marvel work, during and following the title's Zero-Tolerance crossover tie-in setting up a Hellfire plot that Joe Casey built up on from in his subsequent run.

Leave It to Chance, created by Robinson with penciller Paul Smith, won Robinson two more Eisner Awards in 1997, for Best New Series and Best Title for Younger Readers.

His other work includes Ectokid, one of the series created by horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker for Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint, and Firearm for Malibu Comics' Ultraverse line.

In addition to his work in comics, Robinson wrote the screenplay for the 2003 movie version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. This caused some controversy among fans of the original work, many of whom were disappointed that an established comics writer's take on Alan Moore's and Kevin O'Neill's series took so many liberties with and considerably changed the tone of the source material. However, the majority of said changes would have been demanded by the producers and/or studio.

In 2006, Robinson took over the writing chores for Batman and Detective Comics as part of the "One Year Later" project announced by DC Comics. Robinson has previously written the acclaimed Batman story "Blades" as one of his several stints at writing stories for the anthology title Legends of the Dark Knight.

His work in comics has won him a good deal of recognition, including nominations for the Comics' Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.

• Comic Book Awards Almanac