Shane McCarthy (born 24 July 1975) is an Australian writer best known for his comic book work.

Career A comic book fan from an early age, McCarthy's first widely published work was the three-part Batman backup story Low for DC Comics in 2004, beginning in Detective Comics #797. McCarthy later was responsible for a reinvention of the Riddler character in the five-part Riddle Me That beginning in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #185 (2005) and followed it up with Victims in Detective Comics #816 (2006), pitting Batman against Zsasz.Silver Bullet Comic Books Line of Fire Reviews 6 February 2006

Other published works include Zombies: Feast for IDW Publishing and contributions to Event Horizon for Mam Tor Publishing, and Star Wars Tales for Dark Horse.

McCarthy completed a twelve-part Transformers series entitled All Hail Megatron for IDW Publishing.Shane McCarthy personal website He is the creator of the character Drift.

His work appears in Marvel's Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1.

McCarthy formerly ran a swing dancing school in Perth, Western Australia.Swing It!: About Us / Teachers

Bibliography Transformers for IDW Publishing All Hail Megatron (12 issues, 2008–2009) Spotlight: Blurr (one-shot, 2008) Spotlight: Drift (one-shot, 2009) Spotlight: Cliffjumper (one-shot, 2009) The Transformers: Drift (4 issues, 2010) Mars Attacks: The Transformers (one-shot, 2013) The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone (4 issues, 2014–2015)

Batman for DC Comics Low "Detective Comics" #797 - #799 (2004) Riddle Me That "Batman: Legends of The Dark Knight" #185 - #189 (2005) Victims "Detective Comics" #815 - #816 (2006)

Others: "Black Eight" in Star Wars Tales #21 (2004) Event Horizon #1 (2005) Event Horizon #2 (2005) Zombies! Feast (2006)IDW Publishing: IDW Titles Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1 (2009)

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Interview with Pulse News 11 January 2006 Interview about All Hail Megatron with Newsarama April 2008