Paul Levitz (born October 21, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comic book writer, editor and executive. The president of DC Comics since 2002, he has worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. Along with publisher Jenette Kahn and managing editor Dick Giordano, Levitz was responsible for hiring such writers as Marv Wolfman, John Byrne and Alan Moore, artists such as George Pérez and Keith Giffen, and editor Ka...
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Paul Levitz (born October 21, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comic book writer, editor and executive. The president of DC Comics since 2002, he has worked for the company for over 35 years in a wide variety of roles. Along with publisher Jenette Kahn and managing editor Dick Giordano, Levitz was responsible for hiring such writers as Marv Wolfman, John Byrne and Alan Moore, artists such as George Pérez and Keith Giffen, and editor Karen Berger, who contributed to the 1980s revitalization of the company's line of comic book heroes.
Levitz was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Hannah and Alfred Levitz. He attended Stuyvesant High School during which time he co-wrote and published a popular comic fan magazine, The Comic Reader. He later enrolled at New York University but left before graduating to work full time at DC Comics, where he had begun working during high school.
Since the mid-1970s, Levitz has been an integral part of DC, working as writer and editor, and serving as...
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