Editing Richard Bachman (section)

==Post-outing==
In 1987, the Bachman novel ''[[The Running Man (King novel)|The Running Man]]'' inspired the [[Paul Michael Glaser]] [[The Running Man (1987 film)|film of the same name]]. King insisted that his name not be on the credits, and the screen credit for the film went to Richard Bachman.

King used the "relationship" between himself and Bachman as a concept in his 1989 book ''[[The Dark Half]].'' In the novel, a writer's darker pseudonym takes on a life of its own. King dedicated ''The Dark Half'' to "the late Richard Bachman." Originally there were plans to make the book a collaboration between the two, although this was later scrapped.<ref>{{cite book |last=Room |first=Adrian |title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionarypseudo00room |url-access=limited |publisher=McFarland and Company |edition=5th |year=2010 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionarypseudo00room/page/n48 42] |isbn=978-0-7864-4373-4}}</ref>

In 1996, Bachman's ''[[The Regulators (novel)|The Regulators]]'' came out, with the publishers claiming the book's manuscript was found among Bachman's leftover papers by his widow. It was released as a companion novel to King's ''[[Desperation (novel)|Desperation]]''; the two novels took place in different universes but featured many of the same characters. The two book covers were designed to be placed together to form a single picture. In the foreword by King included with ''Desperation'' he said that there may be another Bachman novel left to be "found".

The next Bachman book to be "discovered" was ''[[Blaze (novel)|Blaze]]''. ''Blaze'' was, in fact, an unpublished novel by King, written before ''[[Carrie (novel)|Carrie]]'' or the creation of Richard Bachman. For its publication, King rewrote, edited, and updated the entire text. It was published in 2007 under the Bachman pseudonym, with a foreword by King under his own name.

King has taken full ownership of the Bachman name on numerous occasions, as with the republication of the first four Bachman titles ''[[The Bachman Books]]: Four Early Novels by Stephen King'' in 1985. The introduction, titled "Why I Was Bachman", details the whole Bachman/King story. (In 1996, the collection was reissued with a new King essay, "The Importance of Being Bachman".)

Bachman was also referred to in King's ''[[The Dark Tower (series)|The Dark Tower]]'' series of books. In the fifth book, ''[[The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla|Wolves of the Calla]]'', the sinister children's book ''Charlie the Choo Choo'' is revealed to be written by "Claudia y Inez Bachman". The spelling discrepancy of the added 'y' was later explained as a [[deus ex machina]] on the part of "The White" (a force of good throughout King's ''Tower'' series) to bring the total number of letters in her name to nineteen, a number prominent in King's series. In the next novel of the series, ''[[The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah|Song of Susannah]]'', King briefly discusses his Richard Bachman pseudonym.

After the [[1997 Heath High School shooting]], King announced that he would allow ''Rage'' to go out of print, fearing that it might inspire similar tragedies. ''Rage'' for a time continued to be available in the United Kingdom in ''[[The Bachman Books]]'' collection, although the collection now no longer contains ''Rage''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Description of ''The Bachman Books'' |url=http://www.hodder.co.uk/books/work.aspx?WorkID=3029 |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-08-16 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124013/http://www.hodder.co.uk/books/work.aspx?WorkID=3029 }}</ref> In a footnote to the preface of ''Blaze'', dated 30 January 2007, King wrote of ''Rage'': "Now out of print, and a good thing." King's other Bachman novels are available in the US in separate volumes.

In 2010, King appeared as Bachman in the third season of the FX television series ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' in a cameo role, the character performing contract work quietly disposing of deceased bodies.

In issue 29 of the [[The Stand (comics)|comic adaptation of ''The Stand'']], Richard "Rich" Bachman appears as one of the top lieutenants of [[Randall Flagg]],<ref>{{Cite comic |writer=[[Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa|Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto]] |letterer=VC's Joe Sabino |artist=[[Mike Perkins|Perkins, Mike]] |colorist=[[Laura Martin|Martin, Laura]] |cowriters=executive director, Stephen King |title=The Stand: The Night Has Come |date=2012 |panel=1 |page=93 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |location=[[New York, NY]] |id={{ISBN|9780785136453}}}}</ref> replacing the character of Whitney Horgan from the original novel. He is drawn to resemble King.

In the 2013 ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'' episode "[[Nameless (Grimm)|Nameless]]", Bachman being a pseudonym of King was a plot point. King's novel, ''Rage'', had its title page used as a prop for the killer to write a note to the police.