Madeleine Blaustein

In 1994 the world was introduced to police officer Marisa Rahm in the DC’s Milestone Media series Deathwish. What distinguishes the character, written by Madeleine Blaustein and Yves Fezzani, is that Rahm is transgender – one of the first to appear in a mainstream comic. She also co-created Rubber-Band Man during her time at Milestone.

Before this, Blaustein performed editing duties at Marvel Comics for Web of Spider-Man and several other titles, on top of writing for their title Conan the King.

Madeleine Joan Blaustein (born Adam Blaustein, October 9, 1960 – December 11, 2008)