Awards
Goodwin's work won him a good deal of recognition in the industry, including both the 1973 Shazam Award for Best Writer (Dramatic Division), and the 1974 Shazam Award for Best Writer (Dramatic Division) for the Manhunter series running in Detective Comics #437–443. In the same years, he also won Shazam Awards for Best Individual Short Story for "The Himalayan Incident" in Detective Comics No. 437 and for "Cathedral Perilous" in Detective Comics No. 441. In 1974, he also won Best Individual Feature-Length Story for "Götterdämmerung" in Detective Comics No. 443. All story awards were shared with Walt Simonson for Manhunter episodes).[35][36] Goodwin's work on Manhunter, in which he both updated an obscure Golden Age hero, and, in the series' last episode, took the daring approach of killing him off (one of the few comic book deaths that has actually "taken" and not been reversed or retconned away in the decades since it occurred) is very well regarded by both fans and other comics professionals.
Goodwin stated in his final interview, "I think that Manhunter is one of just several projects that I've worked on that I consider a highlight in my career. It is something that I may never be able to top in a lot of ways. To have done that and for DC to have given me the opportunity to do that was great."[37]
In 1980, he shared the Eagle Award for Favorite Comic Magazine given to Epic Illustrated.
In 1982, he received the Inkpot Award given by San Diego Comic-Con.
He threepeated winning the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material given to Epic's collected Moebius albums in 1988, for Epic's Moebius series The Incal in 1989 and in 1990 for Best Foreign Reprint given to Epic's Akira series.
He won "Bob Clampett Humanitarian" Eisner Award[38] in 1992.
In 1993, he won the Wizard Fan Award with Denny O'Neil, Joe Quesada and Kevin Nowlan for the Favorite Miniseries for Batman: Sword of Azrael.
He was named Best Editor by the Eisners in 1993.[39] As well as receiving the UK Comic Art Award for Best Graphic Novel with Scott Hampton for Batman: Night Cries.
1997 brought more Harvey Awards to Archie by winning Best Domestic Reprint Project, with Bob Kahan, for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 10th Anniversary Edition Hardcover.
Archie was also awarded two Eisner Awards in 1997. First with Gary Gianni for Best Short Story for "Heroes" from Batman: Black & White and another with James Robinson, Tony Harris and Wade Von Grawbadger for Best Serialized Story for Starman "Sand and Stars" (Issues #20-23)
Goodwin was honored posthumously in 1998, by being named to the National Comics Award Roll of Honour and he was entered into the Eisner Hall of Fame.[39]
In 2007, Goodwin was inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, located in the Toy and Action Figure Museum.[40]
In 2008, he was one of two recipients of that year's Bill Finger Award, which annually honors one living and one deceased comics creator. The award was presented July 25, 2008, during the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards ceremony at San Diego Comic-Con.[41]
