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name: "Steve Gerber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-gerber"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 September 1947"
died: "10 February 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
updated: "2026-09-16T23:43:28.530128+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Steve Gerber

Writer. Born 20 September 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Died 10 February 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 September 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 10 February 2008
- **Active:** 1986–2014
- **Also known as:** Reg Everbest

## Biography

Steve Gerber was an American comic book writer and television scriptwriter. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he created the Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck and wrote for titles including Man-Thing, The Defenders and the original Guardians of the Galaxy series.

Gerber also worked in television animation, serving as story editor on series such as Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe and The Transformers, and creating Thundarr the Barbarian. He wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'Contagion' (1989) with Beth Woods. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2008 and was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Fi1m 80, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Fi1m 43, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)

## Also known for

- *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017), Characters
- *What If...?* (2021), Characters
- *The New Batman Adventures* (1997), Writer
- *Superman: The Animated Series* (1996), Writer
- *The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest* (1997), Screenplay
- *Dungeons & Dragons* (1983), Writer
- *Man-Thing* (2005), Characters

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