Early career

Harras started his career at Marvel as assistant editor for Ralph Macchio, where he worked on such titles as The Saga of Crystar, Dazzler, ROM, U.S. 1, and Micronauts. Later, Harras was chief editor of Marvel's X-Men line. Harras also worked as writer on a number of comics, including a run on The Avengers lasting from 1992 to 1995.

Marvel Editor-in-Chief

Harras's tenure as editor-in-chief occurred during the time which Marvel teetered on bankruptcy around 1996 and 1997 (although the company was already in serious financial trouble when he became editor-in-chief). During his tenure, Harras oversaw critically acclaimed runs on titles such as Captain America, Daredevil, Ka-Zar and Deadpool.

However, one particular storyline which Harras collaborated on received enough negative reception that it overshadowed his critical successes. This was the Spider-Man Clone Saga, in which Norman Osborn was brought back as the Green Goblin despite the opposition of many of the writers.

Post-Marvel

After leaving Marvel, Harras joined WildStorm as contributing editor on November 15, 2001. Harras worked from his New Jersey home office, and reported to Jim Lee, WildStorm's editorial director. Until late September, 2010, he was the group editor for DC Comics collected editions and editor of DC's new Who's Who series.

DC Editor-in-Chief

On September 27, 2010, DC Comics named Bob Harras as the company's new Editor-in-Chief and VP. Harras will oversee editorial for all DC Comics, DC Universe, MAD Magazine and Vertigo publications. He is DC's first Editor-in-Chief since Jenette Kahn, who held the position from 1986 until 2002.