Editing Stephen King (section)

=== Comics ===
In 1985, King wrote a few pages of the benefit [[X-Men]] comic book ''[[Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen King at The Comic Book Database |url=http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=2957 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516054308/http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=2957 |archive-date=May 16, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2010 |publisher=Comicbookdb.com}}</ref> He wrote the introduction to ''[[Batman]]'' No. 400, an anniversary issue where he expressed his preference for the character over [[Superman]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Manning |first=Matthew K. |title=DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7566-6742-9 |editor-last=Dolan |editor-first=Hannah |page=221 |chapter=1980s |quote=Batman celebrated the 400th issue of his self-titled comic with a blockbuster featuring dozens of famous comic book creators and... with an introduction by novelist Stephen King.}}</ref> In 2010, [[DC Comics]] premiered ''[[American Vampire]]'', a comic book series co-written by King and [[Scott Snyder]] and illustrated by [[Rafael Albuquerque (artist)|Rafael Albuquerque]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Vaneta |date=October 26, 2009 |title=Stephen King Brings an ''American Vampire'' Tale to Vertigo |work=[[Newsarama]] |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091026-american-vampire.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028231812/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091026-american-vampire.html |archive-date=October 28, 2009}}</ref> King wrote the backstory of the first American vampire, Skinner Sweet, in the first five-issues story arc.<ref>Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 340: "The first five double-sized issues consisted of two stories, illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque. Scott Snyder wrote each issue's lead feature, and Stephen King wrote the back-up tales."</ref>