In Captain America #267, a young woman asks Cap out on a date. That woman was placed there by writer J.M. DeMatteis as a joke on his friend Karen Berger.

Berger is certainly no stranger to comics, outside of its pages. She joined DC Comics in 1979 as an editor, worked on Alan Moore’s revered Swamp Thing run, and helped bring Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman to life.

Long interested in horror and what comics could bring to the table, Berger’s work eventually led to DC’s Vertigo imprint – a mature audience line launched in 1983.

A three-time Eisner Award-winning editor, Berger was brought on by Dark Horse in 2017 to oversee their new line if comics Berger Books.

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