A matchmaker superhero
From "I Am Alone" to "We Go Together"
A matchmaker superhero
THE MATCHMAN
Meet Scott Suffix, an awkward genetics researcher who, after a botched lab experiment and a few too many caffeinated beverages, becomes an unlikely superhero whose power is matchmaking..
His mission is the oldest one there is: to heal a fractured world, one match at a time.
What it is
A superhero for a divided world
The Matchman began in 2002 as a tongue-in-cheek series of comic scripts blending humor, romance, and cultural flavor. Beneath the larger-than-life battles runs a deeply human idea: people sabotage themselves, underestimate their worth, and surrender to despair when all they really need is a nudge, or a well-aimed arrow of positivity, to shift their perspective.
The Matchman is not a lone hero but a whole warm, funny crew. Scott Suffix and his allies at VALentine Complex throw matches instead of punches, reuniting lonely hearts and reconciling enemies, turning "I am alone" into "we go together." Their enemy is despair itself, embodied by Doctor Dejection and his Anticupids. The tone stays playful and the subjects keep changing, romance, politics, pop culture, faith, with one issue even riffing on a Jewish theme. That range is the point: many flavors, one big heart.
Created by Walter J. Kin and first published online in 2002. The comic scripts are registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.
The world
Meet the cast
A whole warm, funny universe of heroes and villains - the VALentine Complex team versus Dr. Dejection and the villains of B.L.A.H. Forty characters, each with their own full bio.
The comics
Eighteen comic books
Each is a fully scripted 26-page comic, complete with dialogue, panel direction, and sound effects. Cover art shown below.
1. Matchman Conquers All
2. Anybody Got a Matchman?
3. Game, Set and Matchman
4. A Match Made in Heaven
5. ...Part Two
6. ...Sky with Diamonds
7. Pictures of Matchstick Men
8. Match Shtick
9. Match Fu
10. New Socialist Matchman
11. ...for All Seasons
12. Love Thy Fellow Matchman
13. Ueberfly!
14. Behold the Matchman
15. Glockenspiel Games
16. The Ultima Thule Project
17. Strike a Match!
18. Paris Match
A taste, from Issue 1
Caption: Ah, the city of bad dreams... Fully half of them sleep alone.
Scott Suffix: Holy guacamole! Matchspider radar, tingling! This sounds like a job for...
He rips his lab coat open. Emblazoned on his chest: the Matchman logo.
Caption: ...MATCHMAN! He takes to the sky.
The archive
Over twenty years of stories
The Matchman universe is a deep, ready-made world: a treasure trove of scripts, prose, songs, and animation built over two decades. Every page is original work.
Plus two animated TV teleplays (Episode 1: Grant's Doom and Episode 2: Aileen Alien), a full character bible, a branding guide, and a pitch deck. The screenplay alone runs over 24,000 words.
Get in touch
For producers, publishers, and partners
The Matchman is a fully developed universe looking for the right home: film, animation, publishing, or all three. The character, the stories, and the world are ready.