Comic Book Editor

Michael "Mike" Carlin is a comic book writer and editor, he worked principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, and is currently an Executive Editor at DC Comics. Mike Carlin started out in the business at Marvel Comics as a writer and artist on ''Crazy'' magazine. He later became an assistant editor under Mark Gruenwald, and also wrote a short run of stories in Captain America as well as the infamous Assistant Editors Month issue of Marvel Team-Up (Aunt May and...

Dennis O'Neil, often credited as Denny O'Neil, is a comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of books until his retirement. Dennis O'Neil was born into a Catholic household on May 3 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri. He still recalls from his youth the Sunday afternoon ritual where he would accompany his father or his grandfather to the store for some light groceries and an occasional comic book. ...

Jim Shooter (born September 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic book. He has a son named Benjamin and he stands 6'6". Jim Shooter grew up in a family that suffered severe financial hardship when he was young. In order to help with his family's finances, he began sending story ideas to DC Comics in the hopes of being hired as a comic book writer. At the relatively young age of 14, Shooter began selling...

Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890-1968) was American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. His comic book company, National Allied Publications, would evolve into DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comic book publishers, though long after its founder had left it. A former U.S. Cavalry officer, Wheeler-Nicholson, by his...

Roy Thomas (born November 22 1940, Missouri, United States) is a comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He is possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics, with a series that added to the storyline of Robert E. Howard's character and helped launch a sword and sorcery trend in comics. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes — particularly the 1940s...

Joseph "Joe" Quesada (born December 1 1962), is an American comic book editor, writer and artist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. Quesada was born in New York City to Cuban-born parents. He studied at the School of Visual Arts, where he received a BFA in illustration in 1984. He started out as an artist in the early 1990s. His first widely distributed works were for Valiant Comics where he penciled and plotted Ninjak, X-O Manowar and others. His art was heavily influenced...

Sheldon Mayer (April 1, 1917 - December 21, 1991) was an American comic book writer and artist. He is not to be confused with fellow Golden Age comics professional Sheldon Moldoff. He worked at the Fleischer animation studios and the McClure syndicate before becoming the first editor at All-American Comics, a company that was affiliated with and later merged with the publishers of Superman and Batman, National Periodical Publications. Mayer edited and participated in the creation of the Flash,...

Eddie Berganza is an editor for DC Comics who has also worked in the film industry. He has been recognized for his work with nominations for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Editor in 1998, 1999, and 2000.