Editors
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...
Ann Nocenti
Ann Nocenti is not only a writer, editor, and filmmaker - she is also a comic book character. Don’t believe me? She has appeared multiple times (more than some actual fictional characters can say). If you look closely, you will see Tigra standing on a fire escape at...
Kelly Sue Deconnick
In a 2012 interview with ComicsAlliance.com, Kelly Sue Deconnick encapsulated a mental “litmus” test that a writer should do concerning their female characters… “If you can replace your female character with a sexy lamp and the story still basically works, maybe you...
Bobbie Chase
As a writer and editor, Bobbie Chase has worked on many of Marvel and DC's significant titles. She is known for her editing work on Peter David’s The Incredible Hulk, a title she edited for a decade, as well as Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and Fantastic Four, to...
Karen Berger
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...
Sana Amanat
As of this writing, Sana Amanat is the Director of Content and Character Development at Marvel Comics and has served as editor on Marvel’s biggest titles, including Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Daredevil, and a highly acclaimed run of the series Hawkeye. Before her...
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...
Ray Hermann
There weren’t many women working in comics in the early forties. Those who were often had to write under a male pseudonym as it was felt readers wouldn’t accept a comic either written or illustrated by a woman. In 1938 Audrey “Toni” Blum walked into Eisner &...
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...
Nell Brinkley – the “Queen of Comics”
Nell is standing in the doorway with an envelope in her hand. It is 1907 and she is wearing a hat and coat in the style of that era. PANEL 2 We can see over her shoulder as she holds the letter from the envelope. Its salutation reads: “Dear Ms. Brinkley,” PANEL 3...