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Austin Mace

Contributor Since July, 2022
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Author Details

Austin has a master's degree in Human Development and educational background is primarily rooted in academic/clinical research settings. During his graduate program, he assisted with the management, analysis, and interpretation of data from an NIH-funded multisite community-based participatory research study. He has also published over 3,000 articles highlighting innovative practices for more than 1,200 local governments across 20 countries.

Industry Focus

Austin Mace is a freelance writer for the Screen Rant Comics team focused primarily on pre-Crisis DC Comics issues. Austin is an avid consumer and collector of comics for over 15 years since embarking on an impossible journey to read every issue ever published. Austin's goal is to provide ScreenRant with detailed articles that showcase his research into obscure corners of the comics universe.

Favorite Media

Austin is the Director of Operations for an independent board game company, Howling Hog Games. As co-founder, he helped design two family-friendly card games which were published through two successful Kickstarter campaigns. His favorite movie is Back to the Future, his favorite superhero is Batman, and his favorite board game is Frosthaven. He enjoys creating/hosting trivia nights with his friends.

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Spider-Man Money Problems
Spider-Man's Life Has Been Ruined by One Tragic Rule Since 1963
SpiderMan

Spider-Man's financial struggles due to his secret identity (and poor money management skills) have always made him relatable.

Jimmy Olsen Ben 10
Superman's Best Friend Invented 'Ben 10' Years Before Cartoon Network
jimmy olsen

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen was ahead of its time, introducing a format that would later be made into one of Cartoon Network's biggest hits, Ben 10.

Superman Lois Wedding
DC's Most Overhyped Superman Story Forced It To Apologize to Fans
Superman

Superman fans were promised a superwedding, a superpowered Lois Lane, and a super-family. Instead, they got emotional whiplash and a quick apology.

Nope The Flash
The Flash Beat Jordan Peele's Nope Antagonist 60 Years Before the Movie
The Flash

More than 60 years before Jordan Peele’s “Nope” antagonist was revealed, the Flash defended Earth from an invasion of sentient cloud creatures.

Batman Contagion
Batman's Toughest Villain Breaks The Biggest Rule Of His Rogue’s Gallery
Batman

Batman must protect Gotham from total extinction without using any of his usual tactics.

Batman Saves Parents(1)
How Batman Saving His Parents Changes His Entire Mythos Forever
Batman

Did Bruce Wayne’s parents have to die so Batman could live? One story explores how Bruce becomes a very different Batman after his parents are saved.

Arkham Asylum Serious House
Arkham Asylum’s Secret Meaning Proves Fans Misunderstand Its True Purpose
Batman

Joker invited Batman to Gotham's notorious Arkham Asylum, not to imprison the Dark Knight but to free him from his self-imposed notion of sanity.

Batman vs Azrael
Batman's Knightfall Story Was Designed to Show Fans Why He Doesn't Kill
Batman

DC Comics became a bigger villain than Bane when the publisher broke more than just Batman’s back in order to teach fans a lesson about heroes.

Batman Funeral
One DC Comics Writer Regrets Unmasking and Killing the Original Batman
Batman

Bruce Wayne’s tragic origin repeated itself when the original Batman from DC's Earth-Two was killed, orphaning his and Catwoman's daughter Helena.

Batman Final Destination
Batman Lived Out the Plot of Final Destination 50 Years Before the Movie
Batman

More than 50 years before the first Final Destination movie, Batman and Robin hunted down criminals who were trying to escape Death itself.

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