Jenette Kahn (born 1948) is an American comic book editor and executive. She joined DC Comics in 1976 as publisher, and five years later was promoted to President and Editor-in-chief. After 26 years with DC, she stepped down in 2002 to pursue other endeavors, including promoting her book In Your Space: Personalizing Your Home and Office (ISBN 0-7892-0755-9), published by Abbeville in 2002.
Jenette Kahn grew up in Pennsylvania with her parents (he...
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Jenette Kahn (born 1948) is an American comic book editor and executive. She joined DC Comics in 1976 as publisher, and five years later was promoted to President and Editor-in-chief. After 26 years with DC, she stepped down in 2002 to pursue other endeavors, including promoting her book In Your Space: Personalizing Your Home and Office (ISBN 0-7892-0755-9), published by Abbeville in 2002.
Jenette Kahn grew up in Pennsylvania with her parents (her father was a rabbi) and brother Si. She was an avid comics fan, a practice supported by her parents, with particular favorites being Batman, Superman, Little Lulu, Uncle Scrooge, and Archie.
After graduating from Harvard with honors in art history, she went on to found three groundbreaking magazines for young people. The original publication, Kids, was entirely written by children for one another. Although published in the early 1970s, Kids tackled subjects that are relevant today: drug abuse, diversity, animal protection, and the...
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