BRONZE AGE
Louise Simonson
How many people can say they’ve edited, written, and even colored comics? Louise Simonson can. Since starting her career as an editor for Creepy and Vampirella in the 1970s, Simonson brought her talents to Marvel Comics to edit Uncanny X-Men, Star Wars, and Indiana...
Trina Robbins
Who can say they’ve had a song written about them by Joni Mitchell, knew Jim Morrison, appeared in the documentary She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, written more than a dozen books, and was the very first woman to illustrate Wonder Woman (as well as a pantheon of...
Linda Fite
When Linda Fite was first asked to write the title Claws of the Cat for Marvel, she was a bit concerned. It was 1972, and to her, it felt a bit cliche. DC had their own “cat” woman. There was something a bit demeaning with a female character always having to don a...
Tatjana Wood
Once pencil and inks are complete, there is a crucial step to bring the story to life - colors. This falls to the colorist, an often unheralded artist whose artistry and skill we see without noticing. Check out this piece from Alan Moore’s run on Swamp Thing. Look at...
Dorothy Woolfolk
In the 1949 story "Superman Returns to Krypton" (Superman #61), he learns that he is vulnerable when exposed to green kryptonite. Kryptonite had been introduced previously in the Superman radio serial. Still, it wasn't until DC Comics editor Dorothy Woolfolk got...
Marie Severin
EC Comics was a powerhouse back in the 1940s-50s. Much of its catalog after 1950 consisted of dark stories of horror and science fiction. Its last title was published in 1956 due to increasing pressure from the Comic Code Authority and a growing suspicion that it was...
Jo Duffy
How many people can say they were in a comic before actually working on them? Yep - Jo Duffy can. That’s her above asking for Iron Man’s autograph in issue #103. It was around that time that Ms. Duffy went to work for Marvel as an editor. Among the first titles she...