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Gardner F. Fox

May 04, 2023

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox[1] (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986)[2][3] was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories,[4] including 1,500 for DC Comics. Fox was also a science fiction author and wrote many novels and short stories.

Gardner Fox
Portrait of Gardner Fox by Gil Kane
BornGardner Francis Cooper Fox
(1911-05-20)May 20, 1911
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
DiedDecember 24, 1986(1986-12-24) (aged 75)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Area(s)Writer
Pseudonym(s)Jefferson Cooper,
Kevin Matthews,
Kevin Mathews,
James Kendricks,
Jeffrey Gardner,
Bart Sommers,
Rod Gray,
Simon Majors,
Troy Conway,
Glen Chase,
Lynna Cooper
Notable works
Golden Age: Sandman; Flash; Hawkman; Doctor Fate; Justice Society of America; Hawkgirl
Silver Age: Justice League of America; Atom; Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Zatanna; Batgirl; Red Tornado
AwardsAlley Award
Fox's novella "The Man the Sun-Gods Made" was the cover story for the Winter 1946 issue of Planet Stories
Fox's novella "The Warlock of Sharrador" was cover-featured on the March 1953 issue of Planet Stories

Fox is known as the co-creator of DC Comics heroes Barbara Gordon, the original Flash, Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Zatanna and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed several of those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America, and later recreated the team as the Justice League of America. Fox introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics in the 1961 story "Flash of Two Worlds!".

Early life and career

Gardner F. Fox was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Julia Veronica (Gardner) and Leon Francis Fox, an engineer.[2][5][6] Fox recalled being inspired at an early age by the great fantasy fiction writers. On or about his eleventh birthday, he was given The Gods of Mars and The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, books which "opened up a complete new world for me."[7] He "read all of Burroughs, Harold Lamb, Talbot Mundy," maintaining copies "at home in my library" some 50 years later.[7]

Fox received a law degree from St. John's College and was admitted to the New York bar in 1935.[2] He practiced for about two years,[2] but as the Great Depression continued he began writing for DC Comics editor Vin Sullivan. Debuting as a writer in the pages of Detective Comics, Fox "intermittently contributed tales to nearly every book in the DC lineup during the Golden Age."[8] He was a frequent contributor of prose stories to the pulp science fiction magazines of the 1930s and 1940s.[9]

A polymath, Fox included numerous real-world historical, scientific, and mythological references in his comic strips, once saying, "Knowledge is kind of a hobby with me".[7] For instance, during a year's worth of Atom comic strip stories, Fox referred to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the space race, 18th-century England, miniature card painting, Norse mythology, and numismatics. He revealed in letters to fan Jerry Bails that he kept large troves of reference material, mentioning during 1971, "I maintain two file cabinets chock full of stuff. And the attic is crammed with books and magazines....Everything about science, nature, or unusual facts, I can go to my files or the at least 2,000 books that I have".[7]

Novels

During his career writing for DC Comics, Fox wrote novels and short stories using a variety of male and female pseudonyms for a number of publishers, including Ace, Gold Medal, Tower Publications, Belmont Books, Dodd Mead, Hillman, Pocket Library, Pyramid Books and Signet Books.[1]

During the mid-to-late 1940s, and into the 1950s, Fox wrote a number of short stories and text pieces for Weird Tales and Planet Stories, and was published in Amazing Stories and Marvel Science Stories.[1] He wrote for a diverse range of pulp magazines, including Baseball Stories, Big Book Football Western, Fighting Western, Football Stories, Lariat Stories, Ace Sports, SuperScience, Northwest Romances, Thrilling Western, and Ranch Romances for a number of publishing companies.[1] His first novel, a historical romance entitled The Borgia Blade, was published by Belmont Books in 1953.[10]

Fox wrote a pair of sword and planet novels titled Warriors of Llarn (1964) and Thief of Llarn (1966).[11]

From 1969 to 1970, Belmont Books published a series of sword and sorcery novels by Fox, featuring the barbarian character Kothar. These were Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman, Kothar of the Magic Sword, Kothar and the Demon Queen, Kothar and the Conjurer's Curse and finally Kothar and the Wizard Slayer.[12] These were followed in 1976 by another series (published by Leisure Books) featuring the barbarian Kyrik: Kyrik: Warlock Warrior, Kyrik Fights the Demon World, Kyrik and the Wizard's Sword and Kyrik and the Lost Queen.[13]

Kothar and the Conjurer's Curse was adapted by Marvel Comics as a six-part Conan story starting with Conan the Barbarian #46 ("The Curse of the Conjurer", Jan. 1975) with scripter Roy Thomas and artists John Buscema, Joe Sinnott, Dan Adkins, and Dick Giordano.[14]

Comics

Golden Age

Main article: Golden Age of Comic Books

Fox's earliest stories for DC Comics featured the fictional district attorney Speed Saunders with art by Creig Flessel and later Fred Guardineer beginning at least with Detective Comics #4 (June 1937).[15][16] Speed Saunders was initially credited to "E.C. Stoner," which many believe to be a Fox pseudonym,[17] and Fox has gone on record as claiming he created the character, "cashing in on my law school work".[18] As the 1930s progressed, Fox added writing credits for Steve Malone and Bruce Nelson for Detective Comics to his workload, as well as Zatara for early issues of Action Comics.[19]

During World War II, Fox assumed responsibility for a variety of characters and books of several of his colleagues who had been drafted. He worked for numerous companies including Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics; Vin Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises, Columbia Comics where he created Skyman;[20] and at EC, where he served a brief stint as chief writer. With the waning popularity of superheroes, Fox contributed western, science fiction, humor, romance, and talking animal stories.

Batman

Main article: Batman

During July 1939, just two issues after the debut of the character Batman by artist Bob Kane and scripter Bill Finger, Fox wrote the first of his several tales for that character,[21] introducing an early villain in the story "The Batman Meets Doctor Death".[22] Alongside Kane and Finger, Fox contributed to the evolution of the character, including the character's first use of his utility belt, which "contain[ed] choking gas capsules,"[22] as well as writing the first usages of both the Batarang and the Batgyro, an autogyro precursor to the Batcopter, two issues later.[23]

Fox returned to the Batman in 1964. (See below)

Sandman

Main article: Sandman (Wesley Dodds)

During 1939, Fox and artist Bert Christman co-created the character of the Sandman, a gasmask-wearing costumed crime-fighter whose first appearance in Adventure Comics #40 (July 1939)[24] was pre-empted by an appearance in New York World's Fair Comics.[25][26]

The Flash

Main article: The Flash (Jay Garrick)

Fox is credited with writing the first three of six stories in the inaugural issue of Flash Comics (Jan. 1940), including the debut of the titular character, The Flash.[27] With a hero described as a "modern-day Mercury", the title feature saw college student Jay Garrick imbued with superhuman speed after inhaling hard water vapors.[8] The character went on to appear in a host of nineteen-forties comics, including All Star, Comic Cavalcade, The Big All-American Comic Book, Flash Comics and his own title, All-Flash,[8] so named because, unlike Flash Comics, all the stories in it were about were about the Flash.

Hawkman

Main article: Hawkman (Carter Hall)

Describing the origins of Hawkman, Fox recalled, "I was faced with the problem of filling a new book that publisher Max Gaines was starting... As I sat by the window I noticed a bird collecting twigs for a nest. The bird would swoop down, pick up the twig, and fly away. I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if the bird was a lawman and the twig a crook!'"[8]

Debuting as the third story in Flash Comics #1 (Jan. 1940) — "Fox's imagination [transformed] that bird [into] the soaring, mysterious Hawkman."[8] With art by Dennis Neville,[28] the origin of the 'Winged Wonder' featured archaeologist and collector Carter Hall reliving his past life as Prince Khufu of ancient Egypt, creating a costume (powered by Nth metal), confronting the reincarnation of Hath-Set, his former nemesis, and meeting his reincarnated love interest, Shiera Saunders.[29]

The Justice Society of America

Main articles: Justice Society of America, Doctor Fate, and Starman (Ted Knight)

Regularly writing more than six stories in five titles per month, every month throughout the early 1940s, Fox continued to create new features.[30]

At the time, DC Comics consisted of two discrete sub-companies, Max Gaines' All-American Publications and Harry Donenfeld & Jack Liebowitz's National Periodical Publications. Though he continued to script for National/Detective Comics, Inc., Fox became the chief writer for All-American. While Fox's Dr. Fate (and other titles) was published by National; Sandman, Hawkman and the Flash were released by All-American. For Winter 1940, the third issue of All-American's All Star Comics debuted the Justice Society of America, the first superhero team in comics. Fox had worked on the Hawkman, Flash and Sandman features in All-Star for its first two issues (Summer and Autumn 1940), but from issue #3 (Winter), he assumed full writing duties for the issue, with all features by different artists working within the framing device wherein the characters were described as part of a "Justice Society".[31][32]

In the pages of All-Star Comics #3, under the direction of editor Sheldon Mayer and with artists including E. E. Hibbard, Fox created the first superhero team, the Justice Society of America.[31][32] Each character – Dr. Fate, the Sandman, the Flash, and Hawkman were joined by Hour-Man, the Spectre, the Atom and Green Lantern – was introduced individually (by Johnny Thunder), and related a solo adventure, before being charged at the title's end with remaining a loose team by the Director of the FBI. During April 1941, Fox created the character of Starman with artist Jack Burnley in the pages of Adventure Comics #61 (April 1941),[33] and the character would later join the JSA. Fox wrote the Justice Society's adventures from All Star Comics #3 until leaving the feature as of issue #34 (April–May 1947) with a story that introduced a new super-villain, the Wizard.[34][35]

Non-DC work

 
Crom, the Barbarian in Out of This World Adventures #1, June 1950, art by John Giunta.

Between 1940 and 1941, Fox wrote for the Columbia Comic Corporation, penning stories featuring characters including "Face," "Marvelo," "Rocky Ryan," "Skyman," and "Spymaster."[1] For approximately three years (1947–1950), Fox wrote for EC Comics, including scripts and text pieces which appeared in the titles The Crypt of Terror, The Vault of Horror and Weird Fantasy, as well as in the lesser-known Gunfighter, Happy Houlihans, Moon Girl, Saddle Justice and the new trend title Valor, among others.[1]

Towards the end of the decade, and the start of the 1950s, he worked for Magazine Enterprises on features including "The Durango Kid," the first Ghost Rider, "Red Hawk," "Straight Arrow" and "Tim Holt," in whose comic the Ghost Rider appeared.[1] Fox wrote some of the required text pieces for Magazine Enterprises, which were required by the Post Office to qualify magazines and comics for cheaper postal rates.[1]

Throughout the 1950s, Fox wrote stories for Avon Comics, most notably tales of "Crom the Barbarian", the first sword and sorcery comic series[36] and of "Kenton of the Star Patrol."[1]

Silver Age

Main article: Silver Age of Comic Books

During the early 1950s, Fox wrote Vigilante in Action Comics, as well as Western stories in the pages of Western Comics and science-fiction stories for DC's Mystery in Space and Strange Adventures.[30][37] During 1953, he entered into correspondence with fan Jerry Bails, which initially emphasized Bails' fondness for the Justice Society and All-Star Comics, but ultimately became a friendship that not only influenced the beginning of comics' so-called "Silver Age", but also comics fandom, in which Bails had a major role.[38][39]

During the mid-1950s, after Fredric Wertham's publication of Seduction of the Innocent and the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings on the dangers of comic books, the content of comics was changed and became subject to censoring by the private Comics Code Authority. In partial response to this shift, DC editor Julius Schwartz began a widespread reinvention/revival of many earlier characters, and "Fox was one of the first writers... Schwartz called in to help".[8] The Silver Age of Comic Books began in the pages of Showcase #4 (Oct. 1956) with a radically changed Flash character by writers Robert Kanigher and John Broome with penciler Carmine Infantino.[40]

Fox scripted most of the Silver Age adventures of science-fiction hero Adam Strange, who debuted in the comic book Showcase #17 (Nov. 1958) with art by Mike Sekowsky.[41] The Adam Strange stories were co-plotted by Fox and the character's creator, Julius Schwartz.[42] With the "creative guidance" of Fox and Schwartz, "Hawkman and the Atom were given new costumes, new identities," and drew an audience of fans old and new. Fox penned the reinvention of the new Hawkman in The Brave and the Bold #34 (March 1961)[43] and the Atom, who debuted in Showcase #34 (Sep–Oct. 1961) with art by Gil Kane.[44][45]

The Justice League of America

Main article: Justice League of America

Another of Fox's major achievements was his revival of the concept of the Justice Society as the Justice League of America, debuting in the comic book The Brave and the Bold #28 (Feb.–Mar. 1960).[46] Soon given their own title during Oct.–Nov. 1960, the Justice League would become the basis of the DC Universe.[47] The supervillain Doctor Light first battled the team in issue #12 (June 1962).[48] Justice League of America #21 and #22 (August–September 1963) featured the first team-up of the Justice League and the Justice Society of America as well as the first use of the term "Crisis" in reference to a crossover between characters.[49] The next year's team-up with the Justice Society introduced the threat of the Crime Syndicate of America of Earth-Three.[50] The character Zatanna, introduced by Fox and artist Murphy Anderson in Hawkman #4 (Nov. 1964), was the center of a plotline which ran through several DC titles and was resolved in Justice League of America #51 (Feb. 1967).[51] Fox and Sekowsky were the creative team for the title's first eight years. Sekowsky's last issue was #63 (June 1968) and Fox departed with #65 (September 1968).[16][52]

Multiverse

Main article: Multiverse (DC Comics)

Fox's script for "Flash of Two Worlds!", from The Flash #123 (Sept. 1961), introduced the concept that the Golden Age heroes existed on a parallel Earth named Earth-Two, as the current Flash, Barry Allen, travels to the Earth of Jay Garrick, the 1940s Flash. This event heralded more generally the concept of the DC Comics Multiverse,[53] a decades-long recurring theme of the DC Comics universe, allowing old and new heroes to co-exist and crossover.[4]

In a mischievous twist, Gardner Fox is actually referenced in the story—in Barry Allen's world, the adventures of Jay Garrick's Flash appeared in comic books written by Fox. As Barry explains, "A writer named Gardner Fox wrote about your adventures -- which he claimed came to him in dreams! Obviously when Fox was asleep, his mind was 'tuned in' on your vibratory Earth! That explains how he 'dreamed up' the Flash!" At the end of the story, Barry says, "I'm going to look up Gardner Fox, who wrote the original Flash stories, and tell it to him! He can write the whole thing up... in a comic book!"[54]

Silver Age Batman

During 1964, Schwartz was made responsible for reviving the Batman titles[55] and Fox returned to writing Batman stories.[1] Obeying the Silver Age trends, he reintroduced characters including the Riddler and the Scarecrow. Fox's "Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler" with art by Sheldon Moldoff in Batman #171 (May 1965).[56][57] Eighteen issues later, Fox and Moldoff similarly resuscitated and relocated Professor Jonathan Crane, launching the Earth-1 Scarecrow in "Fright of the Scarecrow", Batman #189 (Feb 1967).[58] He and artist Carmine Infantino created the Blockbuster in Detective Comics #345 (Nov. 1965)[59] and the Cluemaster in issue #351 (May 1966).[60] Fox and Infantino introduced Barbara Gordon as a new version of Batgirl in a story titled "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!" in Detective Comics #359 (January 1967).[61] Fox's final Batman story, "Whatever Will Happen to Heiress Heloise?", was published in Detective Comics #384 (Feb. 1969).[16]

Leaving DC

Fox stopped receiving work from DC during 1968, when the comics company refused to give health insurance and other benefits to its older creators. Fox, who had written a number of historical adventure, mystery and science fiction novels during the 1940s and the 1950s, began to produce novels full time, using his own name and several pseudonyms.[4] He produced a small number of comics during this period, but predominantly produced novels, writing more than 100 in genres such as science fiction, espionage, crime, fantasy, romance, western, and historical fiction.

Among his output was the modern novelisation of the Irwin Allen production of Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon, two books of the "Llarn" series; five books about the barbarian swordsman Kothar, starting during 1969 with the anthology Kothar—Barbarian Swordsman,[62] and four books about the adventures of "Kyrik," starting with Warlock Warrior (1975).[63]

For Tower Books, Belmont Books, and Belmont-Tower, he produced between thirteen and twenty-five "Lady from L.U.S.T." (League of Undercover Spies and Terrorists) novels between 1968 and 1975 using the name Rod Gray.[1][64] (see also: The Man from O.R.G.Y.) With Rochelle Larkin and Leonard Levinson, Fox used the pen-name "Glen Chase" to write entries in the "Cherry Delight, The Sexecutioner" series.[65]

Later comics work

During the early 1970s, Fox briefly worked for DC's rival publisher, Marvel Comics, writing scripts for The Tomb of Dracula, Red Wolf,[66] and the "Doctor Strange" feature in Marvel Premiere.[1] During 1971, Skywald Publications reprinted some of his earlier work in titles such as Demona, Nightmare, Red Mask and Zanagar, and Fox also found work for Warren Publications on Creepy and Eerie during the same period.

Towards the end of his life, during 1985, he worked briefly for Eclipse Comics including on the science fiction anthology Alien Encounters.[16]

Fox died on December 24, 1986. He died at Princeton Medical Center in Princeton, New Jersey from pneumonia.[4] He is interred in Holy Cross Burial Park and Mausoleum in East Brunswick, New Jersey, alongside his wife Lynda.

Hobbies and achievements

During the course of his career, Fox can be definitely credited with about 1500 stories for DC Comics,[30] making him the second most prolific DC creator (after Robert Kanigher) by a considerable margin over his nearest rival.[67] In July 1971, Fox estimated he had written "[f]ifty million words" over the course of his career to date.[7]

He was a member of a number of literary and genre organisations, including the Academy of Comic Book Arts, the Authors Guild, the Authors League of America, and the Science Fiction Writers of America.[1] As a lawyer, he was a member of the legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi.[1]

A sports fan, he liked both "the Mets and the Jets," and (during 1971) had "season tickets to the St. John's games."[7] He enjoyed making and collecting miniature soldiers, focusing on ancient and medieval figures.[68] A voracious reader, he stated, "I have two writers that I reread and reread. One that I'm sure nobody's every [sic] heard of is Jeffery Pond [sic]. I have every book he ever wrote. The other is the mystery writer John Dickson Carr, whose style I admire tremendously... and of course the old standbys – Merritt I always particularly liked – and Burroughs."[7]

Awards

Fox won two 1962 Alley Awards – for Best Script Writer and for Best Book-Length Story ("The Planet that Came to a Standstill" in Mystery in Space #75), with penciler Carmine Infantino[69] — as well as a 1963 Alley, for Favorite Novel ("Crisis on Earths 1 and 2" in Justice League of America #21–22, with penciler Mike Sekowsky),[70] and the 1965 Alley for Best Novel ("Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage" in Showcase #55) with penciler Murphy Anderson.[71]

He was honored at the New York Comic Art Convention during 1971. During 1982, at Skycon II, he was awarded the "Jules Verne Award for Life-time achievement."[1]

Legacy

During 1967, Fox's literary agent, August Lenniger, suggested that Fox donate his notes, correspondence, and samples of his work to the University of Oregon as a tax deduction. Fox donated over fourteen boxes of comics, books, scripts, plot ideas, and fan letters dating back to the 1940s. His records comprise the bulk of the university's Fox Collection.[72]

The Guy Gardner character is named after Fox.[73] During 1985, DC Comics named Fox as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great.[8]

During 1998, he was posthumously awarded a Harvey Award and entered into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame; a year later, he was inducted into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame.[1]

During 2007, Fox was one of the year's two recipients of the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing, given under the auspices of San Diego Comic-Con International.[74]

During 2002, the Cartoon Network broadcast an episode of the Justice League animated TV series titled "Legends", an homage to Fox's Justice Society and his annual Silver Age Justice Society/Justice League crossovers. The episode was dedicated to Fox.[75] Additionally, in the episode titled "Paradise Lost", a TV news reporter refers to Hurricane Gardner.

In the sixth episode of the second season of Young Justice, during a disaster which destroys part of the city, the Flash directs a woman to a homeless shelter that is located between streets named Gardner and Fox.[76]

Bibliography

Comic books

DC Comics

  • Action Comics #8–79 (Zatara); #134, 139–144 (Vigilante); #138 (Congo Bill) (1939–1950)
  • Adventure Comics #35–67, 69–77, 81, 83–89 (1939–1944)
  • All-American Western #105–106, 113, 115 (1949–1950)
  • All-Flash #6–24, 28 (1942–1947)
  • All-Flash Quarterly #1–5 (1941–1942)
  • All Star Comics #1–34, 46, 50, 53 (1940–1950)
  • All Star Western #62, 90–92, 94–95, 97–99. 107–119 (1951–1961)
  • Atom #1–37 (1962–1968)
  • Atom and Hawkman #40–41 (1968–1969)
  • Batman #41, 165, 170–172. 174–175. 179, 181, 183–184, 186, 188–192, 194–197, 199, 201–202 (1947, 1964–1968)
  • Big All-American Comic Book #1 (1944)
  • Boy Commandos #36 (1949)
  • The Brave and the Bold #28–30 (Justice League); #34–36, 42–44 (Hawkman); #45–49 (Strange Sports); #61–62 (Starman and Black Canary) (1960–1965)
  • Comic Cavalcade #1–19 (1942–1947)
  • Detective Comics #4–26, 37–43 (Speed Saunders); #29–34, 331, 333–340, 344–345, 347, 349, 351, 353, 356, 359, 361, 363, 366–369, 371, 374, 376–377, 384 (Batman); #328–330, 332–339, 341–342, 345–358, 360–365, 367–383 (Elongated Man) (1937–1969)
  • The Flash #117, 123, 129, 137–138, 140, 142–146, 150–152, 154, 159, 162, 164, 166–167, 170–171, 177 (1960–1968)
  • Flash Comics #1–80 (1940–1947)
  • Funny Stuff #22–27 (1947)
  • Green Lantern #27 (1947)
  • Green Lantern vol. 2 #16–17, 21–23, 25–29, 32–38, 41–44, 46, 48, 50, 57–58, 60, 62, 65, 67 (1962–1969)
  • Hawkman #1–21 (1964–1967)
  • Hopalong Cassidy #86, 89, 91–92, 112–113, 115, 117–121, 124 (1954–1957)
  • Jimmy Wakely #1–3, 7–9, 11, 15 (1949–1952)
  • Justice League of America #1–38, 40–47, 49–57, 59–65 (1960–1968)
  • More Fun Comics #55–95 (Doctor Fate) (1940–1944)
  • Mystery in Space #1–5, 7–15, 31–32, 36, 41, 43, 45–48, 50–91 (1951–1964)
  • New York World's Fair Comics #1–2 (1939–1940)
  • Sensation Comics #1–10, 109 (1942–1952)
  • Showcase #15–16 (Space Ranger); #17–19 (Adam Strange); #34–36 (the Atom); #55–56 (Doctor Fate and Hourman); #60–61, 64 (Spectre) (1958–1966)
  • Spectre #1–2, 6–7 (1967–1968)
  • Strange Adventures #1–21, 23–26, 29—30, 35, 38, 50, 69, 71, 73–74, 78–81, 83–84, 86–97, 99, 101–107, 109–116, 118–159, 161, 163, 226 (1950–1970)
  • Superboy #20 (1952)
  • Western Comics #4, 19–21, 23–27, 31–37, 39–46, 56–85 (1948–1961)
  • World's Best Comics #1 (1941)
  • World's Finest Comics #2–8, 51–60, 62, 64 (1941–1953)

Marvel Comics

Avon Books

Crom the Barbarian

  • Out of This World Adventures #1 - Crom the Barbarian (July 1950) with John Giunta [only as by Gardner Fox and John Giunta ]
  • Out of This World Adventures #2 - The Spider God of Akka! (December 1950) with John Giunta [only as by Gardner Fox and John Giunta ]
  • Strange Worlds #2 - The Giant From Beyond (April 1951) with John Giunta [only as by Gardner Fox and John Giunta ]

Fiction series

Alan Morgan
  1. Warrior of Llarn (1964)
  2. Thief of Llarn (1966)
Kothar
  1. Kothar - Barbarian Swordsman (Belmont Books, 1969)
  2. Kothar of the Magic Sword! (Belmont Books, 1969)
  3. Kothar and the Demon Queen (Belmont Books, 1969)
  4. Kothar and the Conjurer's Curse (Belmont Books, 1970)
  5. Kothar and the Wizard Slayer (Belmont Books, 1970)
Kyrik
  1. Kyrik: Warlock Warrior (Leisure Books, 1975)
  2. Kyrik Fights the Demon World (Leisure Books, 1975)
  3. Kyrik and the Wizard's Sword (Leisure Books, 1976)
  4. Kyrik and the Lost Queen (Leisure Books, 1976)

Novels

  • Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
  • Escape Across the Cosmos (1964) only appeared as:
    • variant title: Escape Across the Cosmos (1964) [as by Gardner Fox ]
    • variant title: Titans of the Universe (1978) [as by Moonchild (inside Title Page) / James Harvey (front cover) under Manor Books imprint ]
  • The Arsenal of Miracles (1964)
  • The Hunter Out of Time (1965)
  • Beyond the Black Enigma (1965) [only as by Bart Somers ]
  • Abandon Galaxy! (1967) [only as by Bart Somers ]
  • Laid in the Future (1969) [only as by Rod Gray ]
  • The Druid Stone (1970) [only as by Simon Majors ]
  • Conehead (1973)
  • Omnibus
  • The Arsenal of Miracles / Endless Shadow (1964) [O/2N] with John Brunner
  • Fantasy Inverno 1993. Spade per la gloria (1993) [O]

Nonfiction

  • Thun'da: King of the Congo (2010) with Frank Frazetta and Bob Powell [only as by Frank Frazetta and Gardner Fox and Bob Powell ]

Historic Fiction

  • One Sword for Love (1953)
  • Iron Lover (1959)
  • The Bastard of Orleans (1960)
  • The Lion of Lucca (1966)
  • The Bold Ones (1976)

Short fiction

  • The Weirds of the Woodcarver (1944)
  • The Last Monster (1945)
  • Man nth (1945)
  • Engines of the Gods (1946)
  • Rain, Rain, Go Away! (1946)
  • Heart of Light (1946)
  • The Man the Sun-Gods Made (1946)
  • Sword of the Seven Suns (1947)
  • Vassals of the Lode-Star (1947)
  • Werwile of the Crystal Crypt (1948)
  • When Kohonnes Screamed (1948)
  • The Rainbow Jade (1949)
  • Temptress of the Time Flow (1950)
  • Tonight the Stars Revolt! (1952)
  • The Warlock of Sharrador (1953)
  • The Holding of Kolymar (1972)
  • Shadow of a Demon (1976)
  • Beyond the Wizard Fog (1977)
  • The Stolen Sacrifice (1978)
  • The Thing From the Tomb (1979)
  • The Eyes of Mavis Deval (1980)
  • The Cube From Beyond (1980)
  • The Cup of Golden Death (1980)
  • Out of the Eons (1980)
  • The Lure of the Golden Godling (1980)
  • The Coming of the Sword (1981)
  • The Return of Dargoll (1982)

Essays

  • Letter (Fantastic Novels, September 1940): A. Merritt Books Scarce (1940)
  • P.S.'s Feature Flash (1947)
  • Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1948): Fox Lets Fly (1947)
  • Foreword (Kothar of the Magic Sword!) (1969)
  • Introduction (Kyrik: Warlock Warrior) (1975)

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  7. ^ a b c d e f g Seuling, Phil (ed.) "Jim Steranko & Gardner Fox at the 1971 Comic Art Convention Luncheon – July 1971" – Interviews by John Benson and Phil Seuling, (transcribed and edited by Benson) in 1972 Comic Art Convention Programme (Seuling, 1972) pp. 70–78
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Marx, Barry, Cavalieri, Joey and Hill, Thomas (w), Petruccio, Steven (a), Marx, Barry (ed). "Gardner Fox DC's Universe Expands" Fifty Who Made DC Great: 16 (1985), DC Comics
  9. ^ Green, Paul (2016). Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 109. ISBN 9781476662572.
  10. ^ Fox, Gardner (1953). "The Borgia Blade". The Gardner Francis Fox Library. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  11. ^ "Alan Morgan series by Gardner Fox". Goodreads. from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  12. ^ "Kothar series by Gardner Fox". Goodreads. from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  13. ^ "Kyric series by Gardner Fox". Goodreads. from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  14. ^ Thompson, Steven (September 2020). "Conan Goes to Adventure Town". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (121): 6.
  15. ^ Voiles, Mike (2015). "Detective Comics #4 'The Mystery of San Jose Island'". Mike's Amazing World of Comics. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
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  17. ^ Smith, Kevin Burton (n.d.). "Speed Saunders". ThrillingDetective.com. from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2008. Who was E.C. Stoner? A pseudonym? Noted comic writer Gardner Fox, a lawyer at the time, has also been credited with creating the character. Certainly, he wrote some of the stories.
  18. ^ Fox, Gardner (December 1961). "Inside the Atom". Showcase No. 35. DC Comics.
  19. ^ Voiles, Mike (2015). "Action Comics #8 'The Indian Prince'". Mike's Amazing World of Comics. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  20. ^ Though Ogden drew the first story and first cover, one source credits writer Fox and editor Vin Sullivan as creating the character in 1939, without giving specifics or the source of this information: Vance, Michael (1996). Forbidden Adventures: The History of the American Comics Group. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-313-29678-2.
  21. ^ Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1930s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Writer Gardner Fox took over from Finger for a few subsequent installments of the feature and introduced such gadgets as the Batarang and the Batgyro. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  22. ^ a b Voiles, Mike (2015). "Detective Comics #29 'The Batman Meets Doctor Death'". Mike's Amazing World of Comics. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  23. ^ Voiles, Mike (2015). "Detective Comics #31 'Batman Vs. the Vampire'". Mike's Amazing World of Comics. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  24. ^ Wallace "1930s" in Dolan, p. 25: "Writer Gardner Fox and artist Bert Christman established the gas-masked and trench-coated Sandman in Adventure Comics #40 in July [1940]."
  25. ^ Voiles, Mike (2015). "New York World's Fair Comics #1 "Sandman at the World's Fair"". Mike's Amazing World of Comics. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  26. ^ Markstein, Don (2011). "The Sandman". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Adventure Comics #40 wasn't quite the character's first appearance, though. The 1939 issue of New York World's Fair Comics, an extra-big anthology DC put out to capitalize on the eponymous event, contained a Sandman story, and probably hit the stands a week or two before his first Adventure story (though the one in Adventure is believed to have been written and drawn earlier).
  27. ^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 30: "DC shattered the sound barrier with the debut of the Flash, a blindingly fast mystery man written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Harry Lampert."
  28. ^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 30: "In the same issue [#1] Gardner Fox wrote the first story featuring Hawkman...in a story drawn by Dennis Neville."
  29. ^ Zawisza, Doug (2008). Hawkman Companion. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-893905-93-1.
  30. ^ a b c Voiles, Mike (2015). "Gardner F. Fox". Mike's Amazing World of Comics. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  31. ^ a b Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 33: "DC took the 'greatest hits' premise of the comic to its logical conclusion in All Star Comics #3 by teaming the Flash, the Atom, Doctor Fate, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hourman, Sandman, and the Spectre under the banner of the Justice Society of America for an ongoing series."
  32. ^ a b Levitz, Paul (2010). "The Golden Age 1938–1956". 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Cologne, Germany: Taschen. p. 56. ISBN 9783836519816. Mayer and Fox cooked up one of the biggest ideas in superhero history: What if the varied stars of All-Star Comics actually met and worked together?
  33. ^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 36: "Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley presented the new costumed hero Starman in this issue."
  34. ^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 55: "Gardner Fox penned his last story about the Justice Society of America in this issue. The writer...introduced an ill-tempered illusionist called the Wizard."
  35. ^ Thomas, Roy (2000). ""The Men (and One Woman) Behind the JSA: Its Creation and Creative Personnel". All-Star Companion Volume 1. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 23–24. ISBN 1-893905-055.
  36. ^ Crom the Barbarian" is the first true S&S comic
  37. ^ Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 64: "DC picked up on renewed public interest in science fiction by launching its first comic in the genre, the anthology series, Strange Adventures. The series kicked off its 244-issue run with an adaptation of the first color science fiction movie, Destination Moon (released that same month), written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Curt Swan."
  38. ^ Letter from Jerry Bails to Roy Thomas, November 24, 1960. Excerpted in Roy Thomas' "Jerry, You're The Bestest!" editorial, Alter Ego Vol. 3 Issue #25 (June 2003)
  39. ^ Schelly, Bill (1995). The Golden Age of Comic Fandom. Hamster Press. Excerpted online as . Archived from the original on February 21, 2003. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  40. ^ Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 80: "The arrival of the second incarnation of the Flash in [Showcase] issue #4 is considered to be the official start of the Silver Age of comics."
  41. ^ Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 91: "Adam Strange debuted in a three-issue trial starting with Showcase #17, which was written by Gardner Fox and featured art by Mike Sekowsky."
  42. ^ Amash, Jim (2004). "Foreword". The Adam Strange Archives: Volume 1. DC Comics. pp. 5–8. ISBN 978-1401201487.
  43. ^ McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 102: "DC's...renaissance soared to new heights with the return of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Writer Gardner Fox and artist Joe Kubert...ushered in a pair of Winged Wonders that, costumes aside, were radically different from their Golden Age predecessors."
  44. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 103: "The Atom was the next Golden Age hero to receive a Silver Age makeover from writer Gardner Fox and artist Gil Kane."
  45. ^ Pasko, Martin (2008). The DC Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the DC Universe. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0762432578. Old [All-American] heroes like Hawkman and the Atom were revived – both by writer Gardner Fox – and given the [science fiction] makeover with as many new twists as possible.
  46. ^ McAvennie, "1960s" in Dolan, p. 99: "Editor Julius Schwartz had repopulated the [superhero] subculture by revitalizing Golden Age icons like Green Lantern and the Flash..He recruited writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky, and together they came up with the Justice League of America, a modern version of the legendary Justice Society of America from the 1940s."
  47. ^ Daniels, Les (1995). "The Justice League of America A Team of Good Sports". DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes. Bulfinch. p. 127. ISBN 0821220764. Justice League was a hit. It solidified once and for all the importance of super hero groups, and in the process provided a playground where DC's characters could attract new fans while entertaining established admirers.
  48. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 105: "In a tale written by Gardner Fox, with art by Mike Sekowsky, Dr. Light's first [adventure] was almost the JLA's last."
  49. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 109: "The two-part 'Crisis on Earth-One!' and 'Crisis on Earth-Two!' saga represented the first use of the term 'Crisis' in crossovers, as well as the designations 'Earth-1' and 'Earth-2'. In it editor Julius Schwartz, [writer Gardner] Fox, and artist Mike Sekowsky devised a menace worthy of the World's Greatest Heroes."
  50. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 112: "Writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky crafted a tale in which the Crime Syndicate...ambushed the JLA on Earth-1."
  51. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 112
  52. ^ Eury, Michael (2005). "The Writers and Artists of Justice League of America". The Justice League Companion. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1893905481.
  53. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 103: "This classic Silver Age story resurrected the Golden Age Flash and provided a foundation for the Multiverse from which he and the Silver Age Flash would hail."
  54. ^ Wandtke, Terrence R. (2014). The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-0-7864-6491-3.
  55. ^ Greenberger, Robert; Manning, Matthew K. (2009). The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave. Running Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0762436637. DC shifted its editorial staff around, placing legendary editor Julius 'Julie' Schwartz in charge of the denizens of Gotham City...Schwartz brought two of his Flash cohorts, writers Gardner Fox and John Broome, on to his team.
  56. ^ Voiles, Mike (2015). "Batman #171 'Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler'". Mike's Amazing World of Comics. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  57. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 114: "Nearly eighteen years had passed since the Riddler last tried to stump Batman and Robin. Therefore, when writer Gardner Fox and artist Sheldon Moldoff released Edward Nigma, the villain insisted that he had reformed."
  58. ^ Voiles, Mike (2015). "Batman #189 'Fright of the Scarecrow'". Mike's Amazing World of Comics. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  59. ^ Forbeck, Matt; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "1960s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 88. ISBN 978-1465424563. Gardner Fox and penciller Carmine Infantino introduced the villain Blockbuster in this issue. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  60. ^ Forbeck "1960s" in Dougall, p. 93: "The villainous Cluemaster debuted in this story by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino."
  61. ^ McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan p. 122 "Nine months before making her debut on Batman, a new Batgirl appeared in the pages of Detective Comics...Yet the idea for the debut of Barbara Gordon, according to editor Julius Schwartz, was attributed to the television series executives' desire to have a character that would appeal to a female audience and for this character to originate in the comics. Hence, writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino collaborated on 'The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!'"
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  76. ^ David, Peter (writer); Zwyer, Mel (director) (June 2, 2012). "Bloodlines". Young Justice. Cartoon Network.

External links

  • at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  • Works by Gardner F. Fox at Project Gutenberg
  • Gardner F. Fox at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  • Gardner Fox at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
  • Gardner Fox at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
  • Gardner Fox at the Lambiek Comiclopedia
  • Gardner Fox literary manuscripts, comic books and other material, 1936-1978
  • The Gardner Francis Fox Library
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gardner, gardner, francis, cooper, 1911, december, 1986, american, writer, known, best, creating, numerous, comic, book, characters, comics, estimated, have, written, more, than, comics, stories, including, comics, also, science, fiction, author, wrote, many, . Gardner Francis Cooper Fox 1 May 20 1911 December 24 1986 2 3 was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics He is estimated to have written more than 4 000 comics stories 4 including 1 500 for DC Comics Fox was also a science fiction author and wrote many novels and short stories Gardner FoxPortrait of Gardner Fox by Gil KaneBornGardner Francis Cooper Fox 1911 05 20 May 20 1911Brooklyn New York City U S DiedDecember 24 1986 1986 12 24 aged 75 Princeton New Jersey U S Area s WriterPseudonym s Jefferson Cooper Kevin Matthews Kevin Mathews James Kendricks Jeffrey Gardner Bart Sommers Rod Gray Simon Majors Troy Conway Glen Chase Lynna CooperNotable worksGolden Age Sandman Flash Hawkman Doctor Fate Justice Society of America Hawkgirl Silver Age Justice League of America Atom Hawkman Hawkgirl Zatanna Batgirl Red TornadoAwardsAlley Award Best Script Writer 1962 Best Book Length Story 1962 with Carmine Infantino Favorite Novel 1963 with Mike Sekowsky Best Novel 1965 with Murphy Anderson Fox s novella The Man the Sun Gods Made was the cover story for the Winter 1946 issue of Planet Stories Fox s novella The Warlock of Sharrador was cover featured on the March 1953 issue of Planet Stories Fox is known as the co creator of DC Comics heroes Barbara Gordon the original Flash Hawkman Doctor Fate Zatanna and the original Sandman and was the writer who first teamed several of those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America and later recreated the team as the Justice League of America Fox introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics in the 1961 story Flash of Two Worlds Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Novels 3 Comics 3 1 Golden Age 3 1 1 Batman 3 1 2 Sandman 3 1 3 The Flash 3 1 4 Hawkman 3 1 5 The Justice Society of America 3 1 6 Non DC work 3 2 Silver Age 3 2 1 The Justice League of America 3 2 2 Multiverse 3 2 3 Silver Age Batman 3 3 Leaving DC 3 4 Later comics work 4 Hobbies and achievements 4 1 Awards 5 Legacy 6 Bibliography 6 1 Comic books 6 1 1 DC Comics 6 1 2 Marvel Comics 6 1 3 Avon Books 6 1 4 Crom the Barbarian 6 2 Fiction series 6 3 Novels 6 4 Nonfiction 6 5 Historic Fiction 6 6 Short fiction 6 7 Essays 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and career EditGardner F Fox was born in Brooklyn New York City the son of Julia Veronica Gardner and Leon Francis Fox an engineer 2 5 6 Fox recalled being inspired at an early age by the great fantasy fiction writers On or about his eleventh birthday he was given The Gods of Mars and The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs books which opened up a complete new world for me 7 He read all of Burroughs Harold Lamb Talbot Mundy maintaining copies at home in my library some 50 years later 7 Fox received a law degree from St John s College and was admitted to the New York bar in 1935 2 He practiced for about two years 2 but as the Great Depression continued he began writing for DC Comics editor Vin Sullivan Debuting as a writer in the pages of Detective Comics Fox intermittently contributed tales to nearly every book in the DC lineup during the Golden Age 8 He was a frequent contributor of prose stories to the pulp science fiction magazines of the 1930s and 1940s 9 A polymath Fox included numerous real world historical scientific and mythological references in his comic strips once saying Knowledge is kind of a hobby with me 7 For instance during a year s worth of Atom comic strip stories Fox referred to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 the space race 18th century England miniature card painting Norse mythology and numismatics He revealed in letters to fan Jerry Bails that he kept large troves of reference material mentioning during 1971 I maintain two file cabinets chock full of stuff And the attic is crammed with books and magazines Everything about science nature or unusual facts I can go to my files or the at least 2 000 books that I have 7 Novels EditDuring his career writing for DC Comics Fox wrote novels and short stories using a variety of male and female pseudonyms for a number of publishers including Ace Gold Medal Tower Publications Belmont Books Dodd Mead Hillman Pocket Library Pyramid Books and Signet Books 1 During the mid to late 1940s and into the 1950s Fox wrote a number of short stories and text pieces for Weird Tales and Planet Stories and was published in Amazing Stories and Marvel Science Stories 1 He wrote for a diverse range of pulp magazines including Baseball Stories Big Book Football Western Fighting Western Football Stories Lariat Stories Ace Sports SuperScience Northwest Romances Thrilling Western and Ranch Romances for a number of publishing companies 1 His first novel a historical romance entitled The Borgia Blade was published by Belmont Books in 1953 10 Fox wrote a pair of sword and planet novels titled Warriors of Llarn 1964 and Thief of Llarn 1966 11 From 1969 to 1970 Belmont Books published a series of sword and sorcery novels by Fox featuring the barbarian character Kothar These were Kothar Barbarian Swordsman Kothar of the Magic Sword Kothar and the Demon Queen Kothar and the Conjurer s Curse and finally Kothar and the Wizard Slayer 12 These were followed in 1976 by another series published by Leisure Books featuring the barbarian Kyrik Kyrik Warlock Warrior Kyrik Fights the Demon World Kyrik and the Wizard s Sword and Kyrik and the Lost Queen 13 Kothar and the Conjurer s Curse was adapted by Marvel Comics as a six part Conan story starting with Conan the Barbarian 46 The Curse of the Conjurer Jan 1975 with scripter Roy Thomas and artists John Buscema Joe Sinnott Dan Adkins and Dick Giordano 14 Comics EditGolden Age Edit Main article Golden Age of Comic Books Fox s earliest stories for DC Comics featured the fictional district attorney Speed Saunders with art by Creig Flessel and later Fred Guardineer beginning at least with Detective Comics 4 June 1937 15 16 Speed Saunders was initially credited to E C Stoner which many believe to be a Fox pseudonym 17 and Fox has gone on record as claiming he created the character cashing in on my law school work 18 As the 1930s progressed Fox added writing credits for Steve Malone and Bruce Nelson for Detective Comics to his workload as well as Zatara for early issues of Action Comics 19 During World War II Fox assumed responsibility for a variety of characters and books of several of his colleagues who had been drafted He worked for numerous companies including Marvel Comics 1940s predecessor Timely Comics Vin Sullivan s Magazine Enterprises Columbia Comics where he created Skyman 20 and at EC where he served a brief stint as chief writer With the waning popularity of superheroes Fox contributed western science fiction humor romance and talking animal stories Batman Edit Main article Batman During July 1939 just two issues after the debut of the character Batman by artist Bob Kane and scripter Bill Finger Fox wrote the first of his several tales for that character 21 introducing an early villain in the story The Batman Meets Doctor Death 22 Alongside Kane and Finger Fox contributed to the evolution of the character including the character s first use of his utility belt which contain ed choking gas capsules 22 as well as writing the first usages of both the Batarang and the Batgyro an autogyro precursor to the Batcopter two issues later 23 Fox returned to the Batman in 1964 See below Sandman Edit Main article Sandman Wesley Dodds During 1939 Fox and artist Bert Christman co created the character of the Sandman a gasmask wearing costumed crime fighter whose first appearance in Adventure Comics 40 July 1939 24 was pre empted by an appearance in New York World s Fair Comics 25 26 The Flash Edit Main article The Flash Jay Garrick Fox is credited with writing the first three of six stories in the inaugural issue of Flash Comics Jan 1940 including the debut of the titular character The Flash 27 With a hero described as a modern day Mercury the title feature saw college student Jay Garrick imbued with superhuman speed after inhaling hard water vapors 8 The character went on to appear in a host of nineteen forties comics including All Star Comic Cavalcade The Big All American Comic Book Flash Comics and his own title All Flash 8 so named because unlike Flash Comics all the stories in it were about were about the Flash Hawkman Edit Main article Hawkman Carter Hall Describing the origins of Hawkman Fox recalled I was faced with the problem of filling a new book that publisher Max Gaines was starting As I sat by the window I noticed a bird collecting twigs for a nest The bird would swoop down pick up the twig and fly away I thought Wouldn t it be great if the bird was a lawman and the twig a crook 8 Debuting as the third story in Flash Comics 1 Jan 1940 Fox s imagination transformed that bird into the soaring mysterious Hawkman 8 With art by Dennis Neville 28 the origin of the Winged Wonder featured archaeologist and collector Carter Hall reliving his past life as Prince Khufu of ancient Egypt creating a costume powered by Nth metal confronting the reincarnation of Hath Set his former nemesis and meeting his reincarnated love interest Shiera Saunders 29 The Justice Society of America Edit Main articles Justice Society of America Doctor Fate and Starman Ted Knight Regularly writing more than six stories in five titles per month every month throughout the early 1940s Fox continued to create new features 30 At the time DC Comics consisted of two discrete sub companies Max Gaines All American Publications and Harry Donenfeld amp Jack Liebowitz s National Periodical Publications Though he continued to script for National Detective Comics Inc Fox became the chief writer for All American While Fox s Dr Fate and other titles was published by National Sandman Hawkman and the Flash were released by All American For Winter 1940 the third issue of All American s All Star Comics debuted the Justice Society of America the first superhero team in comics Fox had worked on the Hawkman Flash and Sandman features in All Star for its first two issues Summer and Autumn 1940 but from issue 3 Winter he assumed full writing duties for the issue with all features by different artists working within the framing device wherein the characters were described as part of a Justice Society 31 32 In the pages of All Star Comics 3 under the direction of editor Sheldon Mayer and with artists including E E Hibbard Fox created the first superhero team the Justice Society of America 31 32 Each character Dr Fate the Sandman the Flash and Hawkman were joined by Hour Man the Spectre the Atom and Green Lantern was introduced individually by Johnny Thunder and related a solo adventure before being charged at the title s end with remaining a loose team by the Director of the FBI During April 1941 Fox created the character of Starman with artist Jack Burnley in the pages of Adventure Comics 61 April 1941 33 and the character would later join the JSA Fox wrote the Justice Society s adventures from All Star Comics 3 until leaving the feature as of issue 34 April May 1947 with a story that introduced a new super villain the Wizard 34 35 Non DC work Edit Crom the Barbarian in Out of This World Adventures 1 June 1950 art by John Giunta Between 1940 and 1941 Fox wrote for the Columbia Comic Corporation penning stories featuring characters including Face Marvelo Rocky Ryan Skyman and Spymaster 1 For approximately three years 1947 1950 Fox wrote for EC Comics including scripts and text pieces which appeared in the titles The Crypt of Terror The Vault of Horror and Weird Fantasy as well as in the lesser known Gunfighter Happy Houlihans Moon Girl Saddle Justice and the new trend title Valor among others 1 Towards the end of the decade and the start of the 1950s he worked for Magazine Enterprises on features including The Durango Kid the first Ghost Rider Red Hawk Straight Arrow and Tim Holt in whose comic the Ghost Rider appeared 1 Fox wrote some of the required text pieces for Magazine Enterprises which were required by the Post Office to qualify magazines and comics for cheaper postal rates 1 Throughout the 1950s Fox wrote stories for Avon Comics most notably tales of Crom the Barbarian the first sword and sorcery comic series 36 and of Kenton of the Star Patrol 1 Silver Age Edit Main article Silver Age of Comic Books During the early 1950s Fox wrote Vigilante in Action Comics as well as Western stories in the pages of Western Comics and science fiction stories for DC s Mystery in Space and Strange Adventures 30 37 During 1953 he entered into correspondence with fan Jerry Bails which initially emphasized Bails fondness for the Justice Society and All Star Comics but ultimately became a friendship that not only influenced the beginning of comics so called Silver Age but also comics fandom in which Bails had a major role 38 39 During the mid 1950s after Fredric Wertham s publication of Seduction of the Innocent and the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings on the dangers of comic books the content of comics was changed and became subject to censoring by the private Comics Code Authority In partial response to this shift DC editor Julius Schwartz began a widespread reinvention revival of many earlier characters and Fox was one of the first writers Schwartz called in to help 8 The Silver Age of Comic Books began in the pages of Showcase 4 Oct 1956 with a radically changed Flash character by writers Robert Kanigher and John Broome with penciler Carmine Infantino 40 Fox scripted most of the Silver Age adventures of science fiction hero Adam Strange who debuted in the comic book Showcase 17 Nov 1958 with art by Mike Sekowsky 41 The Adam Strange stories were co plotted by Fox and the character s creator Julius Schwartz 42 With the creative guidance of Fox and Schwartz Hawkman and the Atom were given new costumes new identities and drew an audience of fans old and new Fox penned the reinvention of the new Hawkman in The Brave and the Bold 34 March 1961 43 and the Atom who debuted in Showcase 34 Sep Oct 1961 with art by Gil Kane 44 45 The Justice League of America Edit Main article Justice League of America Another of Fox s major achievements was his revival of the concept of the Justice Society as the Justice League of America debuting in the comic book The Brave and the Bold 28 Feb Mar 1960 46 Soon given their own title during Oct Nov 1960 the Justice League would become the basis of the DC Universe 47 The supervillain Doctor Light first battled the team in issue 12 June 1962 48 Justice League of America 21 and 22 August September 1963 featured the first team up of the Justice League and the Justice Society of America as well as the first use of the term Crisis in reference to a crossover between characters 49 The next year s team up with the Justice Society introduced the threat of the Crime Syndicate of America of Earth Three 50 The character Zatanna introduced by Fox and artist Murphy Anderson in Hawkman 4 Nov 1964 was the center of a plotline which ran through several DC titles and was resolved in Justice League of America 51 Feb 1967 51 Fox and Sekowsky were the creative team for the title s first eight years Sekowsky s last issue was 63 June 1968 and Fox departed with 65 September 1968 16 52 Multiverse Edit Main article Multiverse DC Comics Fox s script for Flash of Two Worlds from The Flash 123 Sept 1961 introduced the concept that the Golden Age heroes existed on a parallel Earth named Earth Two as the current Flash Barry Allen travels to the Earth of Jay Garrick the 1940s Flash This event heralded more generally the concept of the DC Comics Multiverse 53 a decades long recurring theme of the DC Comics universe allowing old and new heroes to co exist and crossover 4 In a mischievous twist Gardner Fox is actually referenced in the story in Barry Allen s world the adventures of Jay Garrick s Flash appeared in comic books written by Fox As Barry explains A writer named Gardner Fox wrote about your adventures which he claimed came to him in dreams Obviously when Fox was asleep his mind was tuned in on your vibratory Earth That explains how he dreamed up the Flash At the end of the story Barry says I m going to look up Gardner Fox who wrote the original Flash stories and tell it to him He can write the whole thing up in a comic book 54 Silver Age Batman Edit During 1964 Schwartz was made responsible for reviving the Batman titles 55 and Fox returned to writing Batman stories 1 Obeying the Silver Age trends he reintroduced characters including the Riddler and the Scarecrow Fox s Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler with art by Sheldon Moldoff in Batman 171 May 1965 56 57 Eighteen issues later Fox and Moldoff similarly resuscitated and relocated Professor Jonathan Crane launching the Earth 1 Scarecrow in Fright of the Scarecrow Batman 189 Feb 1967 58 He and artist Carmine Infantino created the Blockbuster in Detective Comics 345 Nov 1965 59 and the Cluemaster in issue 351 May 1966 60 Fox and Infantino introduced Barbara Gordon as a new version of Batgirl in a story titled The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl in Detective Comics 359 January 1967 61 Fox s final Batman story Whatever Will Happen to Heiress Heloise was published in Detective Comics 384 Feb 1969 16 Leaving DC Edit Fox stopped receiving work from DC during 1968 when the comics company refused to give health insurance and other benefits to its older creators Fox who had written a number of historical adventure mystery and science fiction novels during the 1940s and the 1950s began to produce novels full time using his own name and several pseudonyms 4 He produced a small number of comics during this period but predominantly produced novels writing more than 100 in genres such as science fiction espionage crime fantasy romance western and historical fiction Among his output was the modern novelisation of the Irwin Allen production of Jules Verne s Five Weeks in a Balloon two books of the Llarn series five books about the barbarian swordsman Kothar starting during 1969 with the anthology Kothar Barbarian Swordsman 62 and four books about the adventures of Kyrik starting with Warlock Warrior 1975 63 For Tower Books Belmont Books and Belmont Tower he produced between thirteen and twenty five Lady from L U S T League of Undercover Spies and Terrorists novels between 1968 and 1975 using the name Rod Gray 1 64 see also The Man from O R G Y With Rochelle Larkin and Leonard Levinson Fox used the pen name Glen Chase to write entries in the Cherry Delight The Sexecutioner series 65 Later comics work Edit During the early 1970s Fox briefly worked for DC s rival publisher Marvel Comics writing scripts for The Tomb of Dracula Red Wolf 66 and the Doctor Strange feature in Marvel Premiere 1 During 1971 Skywald Publications reprinted some of his earlier work in titles such as Demona Nightmare Red Mask and Zanagar and Fox also found work for Warren Publications on Creepy and Eerie during the same period Towards the end of his life during 1985 he worked briefly for Eclipse Comics including on the science fiction anthology Alien Encounters 16 Fox died on December 24 1986 He died at Princeton Medical Center in Princeton New Jersey from pneumonia 4 He is interred in Holy Cross Burial Park and Mausoleum in East Brunswick New Jersey alongside his wife Lynda Hobbies and achievements EditDuring the course of his career Fox can be definitely credited with about 1500 stories for DC Comics 30 making him the second most prolific DC creator after Robert Kanigher by a considerable margin over his nearest rival 67 In July 1971 Fox estimated he had written f ifty million words over the course of his career to date 7 He was a member of a number of literary and genre organisations including the Academy of Comic Book Arts the Authors Guild the Authors League of America and the Science Fiction Writers of America 1 As a lawyer he was a member of the legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi 1 A sports fan he liked both the Mets and the Jets and during 1971 had season tickets to the St John s games 7 He enjoyed making and collecting miniature soldiers focusing on ancient and medieval figures 68 A voracious reader he stated I have two writers that I reread and reread One that I m sure nobody s every sic heard of is Jeffery Pond sic I have every book he ever wrote The other is the mystery writer John Dickson Carr whose style I admire tremendously and of course the old standbys Merritt I always particularly liked and Burroughs 7 Awards Edit Fox won two 1962 Alley Awards for Best Script Writer and for Best Book Length Story The Planet that Came to a Standstill in Mystery in Space 75 with penciler Carmine Infantino 69 as well as a 1963 Alley for Favorite Novel Crisis on Earths 1 and 2 in Justice League of America 21 22 with penciler Mike Sekowsky 70 and the 1965 Alley for Best Novel Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage in Showcase 55 with penciler Murphy Anderson 71 He was honored at the New York Comic Art Convention during 1971 During 1982 at Skycon II he was awarded the Jules Verne Award for Life time achievement 1 Legacy EditDuring 1967 Fox s literary agent August Lenniger suggested that Fox donate his notes correspondence and samples of his work to the University of Oregon as a tax deduction Fox donated over fourteen boxes of comics books scripts plot ideas and fan letters dating back to the 1940s His records comprise the bulk of the university s Fox Collection 72 The Guy Gardner character is named after Fox 73 During 1985 DC Comics named Fox as one of the honorees in the company s 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great 8 During 1998 he was posthumously awarded a Harvey Award and entered into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame a year later he was inducted into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame 1 During 2007 Fox was one of the year s two recipients of the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing given under the auspices of San Diego Comic Con International 74 During 2002 the Cartoon Network broadcast an episode of the Justice League animated TV series titled Legends an homage to Fox s Justice Society and his annual Silver Age Justice Society Justice League crossovers The episode was dedicated to Fox 75 Additionally in the episode titled Paradise Lost a TV news reporter refers to Hurricane Gardner In the sixth episode of the second season of Young Justice during a disaster which destroys part of the city the Flash directs a woman to a homeless shelter that is located between streets named Gardner and Fox 76 Bibliography EditComic books Edit DC Comics Edit Action Comics 8 79 Zatara 134 139 144 Vigilante 138 Congo Bill 1939 1950 Adventure Comics 35 67 69 77 81 83 89 1939 1944 All American Western 105 106 113 115 1949 1950 All Flash 6 24 28 1942 1947 All Flash Quarterly 1 5 1941 1942 All Star Comics 1 34 46 50 53 1940 1950 All Star Western 62 90 92 94 95 97 99 107 119 1951 1961 Atom 1 37 1962 1968 Atom and Hawkman 40 41 1968 1969 Batman 41 165 170 172 174 175 179 181 183 184 186 188 192 194 197 199 201 202 1947 1964 1968 Big All American Comic Book 1 1944 Boy Commandos 36 1949 The Brave and the Bold 28 30 Justice League 34 36 42 44 Hawkman 45 49 Strange Sports 61 62 Starman and Black Canary 1960 1965 Comic Cavalcade 1 19 1942 1947 Detective Comics 4 26 37 43 Speed Saunders 29 34 331 333 340 344 345 347 349 351 353 356 359 361 363 366 369 371 374 376 377 384 Batman 328 330 332 339 341 342 345 358 360 365 367 383 Elongated Man 1937 1969 The Flash 117 123 129 137 138 140 142 146 150 152 154 159 162 164 166 167 170 171 177 1960 1968 Flash Comics 1 80 1940 1947 Funny Stuff 22 27 1947 Green Lantern 27 1947 Green Lantern vol 2 16 17 21 23 25 29 32 38 41 44 46 48 50 57 58 60 62 65 67 1962 1969 Hawkman 1 21 1964 1967 Hopalong Cassidy 86 89 91 92 112 113 115 117 121 124 1954 1957 Jimmy Wakely 1 3 7 9 11 15 1949 1952 Justice League of America 1 38 40 47 49 57 59 65 1960 1968 More Fun Comics 55 95 Doctor Fate 1940 1944 Mystery in Space 1 5 7 15 31 32 36 41 43 45 48 50 91 1951 1964 New York World s Fair Comics 1 2 1939 1940 Sensation Comics 1 10 109 1942 1952 Showcase 15 16 Space Ranger 17 19 Adam Strange 34 36 the Atom 55 56 Doctor Fate and Hourman 60 61 64 Spectre 1958 1966 Spectre 1 2 6 7 1967 1968 Strange Adventures 1 21 23 26 29 30 35 38 50 69 71 73 74 78 81 83 84 86 97 99 101 107 109 116 118 159 161 163 226 1950 1970 Superboy 20 1952 Western Comics 4 19 21 23 27 31 37 39 46 56 85 1948 1961 World s Best Comics 1 1941 World s Finest Comics 2 8 51 60 62 64 1941 1953 Marvel Comics Edit Chamber of Chills 2 4 1973 Creatures on the Loose 26 27 1973 1974 Doc Savage 5 7 1973 Dracula Lives 4 1974 Gunhawks 7 1973 Journey into Mystery vol 2 4 1973 Marvel Premiere 5 8 Doctor Strange 1972 1973 Marvel Spotlight 1 Red Wolf 1971 Monsters Unleashed 1 1973 Red Wolf 2 8 1972 1973 The Tomb of Dracula 5 6 1972 1973 Vampire Tales 1 2 1973 Avon Books Edit Crom the Barbarian Edit Out of This World Adventures 1 Crom the Barbarian July 1950 with John Giunta only as by Gardner Fox and John Giunta Out of This World Adventures 2 The Spider God of Akka December 1950 with John Giunta only as by Gardner Fox and John Giunta Strange Worlds 2 The Giant From Beyond April 1951 with John Giunta only as by Gardner Fox and John Giunta Fiction series Edit Alan MorganWarrior of Llarn 1964 Thief of Llarn 1966 KotharKothar Barbarian Swordsman Belmont Books 1969 Kothar of the Magic Sword Belmont Books 1969 Kothar and the Demon Queen Belmont Books 1969 Kothar and the Conjurer s Curse Belmont Books 1970 Kothar and the Wizard Slayer Belmont Books 1970 KyrikKyrik Warlock Warrior Leisure Books 1975 Kyrik Fights the Demon World Leisure Books 1975 Kyrik and the Wizard s Sword Leisure Books 1976 Kyrik and the Lost Queen Leisure Books 1976 Novels Edit Five Weeks in a Balloon 1962 Escape Across the Cosmos 1964 only appeared as variant title Escape Across the Cosmos 1964 as by Gardner Fox variant title Titans of the Universe 1978 as by Moonchild inside Title Page James Harvey front cover under Manor Books imprint The Arsenal of Miracles 1964 The Hunter Out of Time 1965 Beyond the Black Enigma 1965 only as by Bart Somers Abandon Galaxy 1967 only as by Bart Somers Laid in the Future 1969 only as by Rod Gray The Druid Stone 1970 only as by Simon Majors Conehead 1973 Omnibus The Arsenal of Miracles Endless Shadow 1964 O 2N with John Brunner Fantasy Inverno 1993 Spade per la gloria 1993 O Nonfiction Edit Thun da King of the Congo 2010 with Frank Frazetta and Bob Powell only as by Frank Frazetta and Gardner Fox and Bob Powell Historic Fiction Edit One Sword for Love 1953 Iron Lover 1959 The Bastard of Orleans 1960 The Lion of Lucca 1966 The Bold Ones 1976 Short fiction Edit The Weirds of the Woodcarver 1944 The Last Monster 1945 Man nth 1945 Engines of the Gods 1946 Rain Rain Go Away 1946 Heart of Light 1946 The Man the Sun Gods Made 1946 Sword of the Seven Suns 1947 Vassals of the Lode Star 1947 Werwile of the Crystal Crypt 1948 When Kohonnes Screamed 1948 The Rainbow Jade 1949 Temptress of the Time Flow 1950 Tonight the Stars Revolt 1952 The Warlock of Sharrador 1953 The Holding of Kolymar 1972 Shadow of a Demon 1976 Beyond the Wizard Fog 1977 The Stolen Sacrifice 1978 The Thing From the Tomb 1979 The Eyes of Mavis Deval 1980 The Cube From Beyond 1980 The Cup of Golden Death 1980 Out of the Eons 1980 The Lure of the Golden Godling 1980 The Coming of the Sword 1981 The Return of Dargoll 1982 Essays Edit Letter Fantastic Novels September 1940 A Merritt Books Scarce 1940 P S s Feature Flash 1947 Letter Planet Stories Spring 1948 Fox Lets Fly 1947 Foreword Kothar of the Magic Sword 1969 Introduction Kyrik Warlock Warrior 1975 References Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Bails Jerry 2006 Fox Gardner Who s Who of American Comic Books 1928 1999 Archived from the original on February 11 2012 Retrieved July 31 2008 a b c d Newswatch Flash Creator Gardner Fox Dead at 75 The Comics Journal Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books 114 28 February 1987 Archived from the original on January 10 2012 Gardner Fox Overview The Comic Books n d Archived from the original on April 4 2009 a b c d Parker John R May 20 2016 Master of the Multiverse And Legend Of The Justice Society A Tribute To Gardner Fox ComicsAlliance Retrieved May 20 2016 Reginald Robert Menville Douglas ed Burgess Mary A ed 2010 Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Volume 2 Rockville Maryland Borgo Press p 902 ISBN 978 0941028776 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help Reginald Robert 2009 Contemporary Science Fiction Authors Rockville Maryland Borgo Press p 99 ISBN 978 1434478573 a b c d e f g Seuling Phil ed Jim Steranko amp Gardner Fox at the 1971 Comic Art Convention Luncheon July 1971 Interviews by John Benson and Phil Seuling transcribed and edited by Benson in 1972 Comic Art Convention Programme Seuling 1972 pp 70 78 a b c d e f g Marx Barry Cavalieri Joey and Hill Thomas w Petruccio Steven a Marx Barry ed Gardner Fox DC s Universe Expands Fifty Who Made DC Great 16 1985 DC Comics Green Paul 2016 Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels Pulps Comics Films Television and Games Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Company p 109 ISBN 9781476662572 Fox Gardner 1953 The Borgia Blade The Gardner Francis Fox Library Retrieved November 13 2022 Alan Morgan series by Gardner Fox Goodreads Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved June 12 2014 Kothar series by Gardner Fox Goodreads Archived from the original on February 27 2017 Retrieved June 11 2014 Kyric series by Gardner Fox Goodreads Archived from the original on February 27 2017 Retrieved June 11 2014 Thompson Steven September 2020 Conan Goes to Adventure Town Back Issue Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 121 6 Voiles Mike 2015 Detective Comics 4 The Mystery of San Jose Island Mike s Amazing World of Comics Retrieved September 7 2015 a b c d Gardner Fox at the Grand Comics Database Smith Kevin Burton n d Speed Saunders ThrillingDetective com Archived from the original on April 26 2013 Retrieved July 31 2008 Who was E C Stoner A pseudonym Noted comic writer Gardner Fox a lawyer at the time has also been credited with creating the character Certainly he wrote some of the stories Fox Gardner December 1961 Inside the Atom Showcase No 35 DC Comics Voiles Mike 2015 Action Comics 8 The Indian Prince Mike s Amazing World of Comics Retrieved September 7 2015 Though Ogden drew the first story and first cover one source credits writer Fox and editor Vin Sullivan as creating the character in 1939 without giving specifics or the source of this information Vance Michael 1996 Forbidden Adventures The History of the American Comics Group Westport Connecticut Greenwood Press p 114 ISBN 0 313 29678 2 Wallace Daniel Dolan Hannah ed 2010 1930s DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 24 ISBN 978 0 7566 6742 9 Writer Gardner Fox took over from Finger for a few subsequent installments of the feature and introduced such gadgets as the Batarang and the Batgyro a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help a b Voiles Mike 2015 Detective Comics 29 The Batman Meets Doctor Death Mike s Amazing World of Comics Retrieved September 7 2015 Voiles Mike 2015 Detective Comics 31 Batman Vs the Vampire Mike s Amazing World of Comics Retrieved September 7 2015 Wallace 1930s in Dolan p 25 Writer Gardner Fox and artist Bert Christman established the gas masked and trench coated Sandman in Adventure Comics 40 in July 1940 Voiles Mike 2015 New York World s Fair Comics 1 Sandman at the World s Fair Mike s Amazing World of Comics Retrieved September 7 2015 Markstein Don 2011 The Sandman Don Markstein s Toonopedia Archived from the original on May 24 2012 Adventure Comics 40 wasn t quite the character s first appearance though The 1939 issue of New York World s Fair Comics an extra big anthology DC put out to capitalize on the eponymous event contained a Sandman story and probably hit the stands a week or two before his first Adventure story though the one in Adventure is believed to have been written and drawn earlier Wallace 1940s in Dolan p 30 DC shattered the sound barrier with the debut of the Flash a blindingly fast mystery man written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Harry Lampert Wallace 1940s in Dolan p 30 In the same issue 1 Gardner Fox wrote the first story featuring Hawkman in a story drawn by Dennis Neville Zawisza Doug 2008 Hawkman Companion Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing p 185 ISBN 978 1 893905 93 1 a b c Voiles Mike 2015 Gardner F Fox Mike s Amazing World of Comics Retrieved September 7 2015 a b Wallace 1940s in Dolan p 33 DC took the greatest hits premise of the comic to its logical conclusion in All Star Comics 3 by teaming the Flash the Atom Doctor Fate Green Lantern Hawkman Hourman Sandman and the Spectre under the banner of the Justice Society of America for an ongoing series a b Levitz Paul 2010 The Golden Age 1938 1956 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking Cologne Germany Taschen p 56 ISBN 9783836519816 Mayer and Fox cooked up one of the biggest ideas in superhero history What if the varied stars of All Star Comics actually met and worked together Wallace 1940s in Dolan p 36 Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley presented the new costumed hero Starman in this issue Wallace 1940s in Dolan p 55 Gardner Fox penned his last story about the Justice Society of America in this issue The writer introduced an ill tempered illusionist called the Wizard Thomas Roy 2000 The Men and One Woman Behind the JSA Its Creation and Creative Personnel All Star CompanionVolume 1 Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing pp 23 24 ISBN 1 893905 055 Crom the Barbarian is the first true S amp S comic Irvine Alex 1950s in Dolan p 64 DC picked up on renewed public interest in science fiction by launching its first comic in the genre the anthology series Strange Adventures The series kicked off its 244 issue run with an adaptation of the first color science fiction movie Destination Moon released that same month written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Curt Swan Letter from Jerry Bails to Roy Thomas November 24 1960 Excerpted in Roy Thomas Jerry You re The Bestest editorial Alter Ego Vol 3 Issue 25 June 2003 Schelly Bill 1995 The Golden Age of Comic Fandom Hamster Press Excerpted online as The Birth of Alter Ego Archived from the original on February 21 2003 Retrieved July 17 2008 Irvine 1950s in Dolan p 80 The arrival of the second incarnation of the Flash in Showcase issue 4 is considered to be the official start of the Silver Age of comics Irvine 1950s in Dolan p 91 Adam Strange debuted in a three issue trial starting with Showcase 17 which was written by Gardner Fox and featured art by Mike Sekowsky Amash Jim 2004 Foreword The Adam Strange Archives Volume 1 DC Comics pp 5 8 ISBN 978 1401201487 McAvennie Michael 1960s in Dolan p 102 DC s renaissance soared to new heights with the return of Hawkman and Hawkgirl Writer Gardner Fox and artist Joe Kubert ushered in a pair of Winged Wonders that costumes aside were radically different from their Golden Age predecessors McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 103 The Atom was the next Golden Age hero to receive a Silver Age makeover from writer Gardner Fox and artist Gil Kane Pasko Martin 2008 The DC Vault A Museum in a Book with Rare Collectibles from the DC Universe Philadelphia Pennsylvania Running Press p 101 ISBN 978 0762432578 Old All American heroes like Hawkman and the Atom were revived both by writer Gardner Fox and given the science fiction makeover with as many new twists as possible McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 99 Editor Julius Schwartz had repopulated the superhero subculture by revitalizing Golden Age icons like Green Lantern and the Flash He recruited writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky and together they came up with the Justice League of America a modern version of the legendary Justice Society of America from the 1940s Daniels Les 1995 The Justice League of America A Team of Good Sports DC Comics Sixty Years of the World s Favorite Comic Book Heroes Bulfinch p 127 ISBN 0821220764 Justice League was a hit It solidified once and for all the importance of super hero groups and in the process provided a playground where DC s characters could attract new fans while entertaining established admirers McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 105 In a tale written by Gardner Fox with art by Mike Sekowsky Dr Light s first adventure was almost the JLA s last McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 109 The two part Crisis on Earth One and Crisis on Earth Two saga represented the first use of the term Crisis in crossovers as well as the designations Earth 1 and Earth 2 In it editor Julius Schwartz writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky devised a menace worthy of the World s Greatest Heroes McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 112 Writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky crafted a tale in which the Crime Syndicate ambushed the JLA on Earth 1 McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 112 Eury Michael 2005 The Writers and Artists of Justice League of America The Justice League Companion Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing pp 96 97 ISBN 978 1893905481 McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 103 This classic Silver Age story resurrected the Golden Age Flash and provided a foundation for the Multiverse from which he and the Silver Age Flash would hail Wandtke Terrence R 2014 The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Company pp 139 140 ISBN 978 0 7864 6491 3 Greenberger Robert Manning Matthew K 2009 The Batman Vault A Museum in a Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave Running Press p 19 ISBN 978 0762436637 DC shifted its editorial staff around placing legendary editor Julius Julie Schwartz in charge of the denizens of Gotham City Schwartz brought two of his Flash cohorts writers Gardner Fox and John Broome on to his team Voiles Mike 2015 Batman 171 Remarkable Ruse of the Riddler Mike s Amazing World of Comics Retrieved September 7 2015 McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 114 Nearly eighteen years had passed since the Riddler last tried to stump Batman and Robin Therefore when writer Gardner Fox and artist Sheldon Moldoff released Edward Nigma the villain insisted that he had reformed Voiles Mike 2015 Batman 189 Fright of the Scarecrow Mike s Amazing World of Comics Retrieved September 7 2015 Forbeck Matt Dougall Alastair ed 2014 1960s Batman A Visual History London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 88 ISBN 978 1465424563 Gardner Fox and penciller Carmine Infantino introduced the villain Blockbuster in this issue a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help Forbeck 1960s in Dougall p 93 The villainous Cluemaster debuted in this story by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino McAvennie 1960s in Dolan p 122 Nine months before making her debut on Batman a new Batgirl appeared in the pages of Detective Comics Yet the idea for the debut of Barbara Gordon according to editor Julius Schwartz was attributed to the television series executives desire to have a character that would appeal to a female audience and for this character to originate in the comics Hence writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino collaborated on The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl Fox Gardner F April 1969 Kothar Barbarian Swordsman Belmont Books Gardner F Fox FantasticFiction co uk n d Archived from the original on February 13 2013 Retrieved July 1 2008 Rod Gray FantasticFiction co uk n d Archived from the original on February 13 2013 Retrieved July 31 2008 Glen Chase FantasticFiction co uk n d Archived from the original on February 13 2013 Retrieved July 31 2008 Sanderson Peter Gilbert Laura ed 2008 1970s Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 150 ISBN 978 0756641238 Writer Gardner Fox and artist Syd Shores created the Red Wolf of the nineteenth century American West in this new series a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help Voiles Mike 2013 Top Creators by Category Mike s Amazing World of Comics Archived from the original on March 16 2013 Retrieved October 19 2013 Gardner Fox December 1961 Inside the Atom Showcase No 35 1962 Alley Awards Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac Archived from the original on April 24 2012 Retrieved October 19 2013 1963 Alley Awards Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac Archived from the original on August 7 2011 Retrieved October 19 2013 1965 Alley Awards Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac Archived from the original on August 7 2011 Retrieved October 19 2013 Gilbert Michael T Spring 1998 The Fox and the Fans Letters to Gardner F Fox From Future Pros 1959 1965 Alter Ego Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 2 1 5 9 Broome John w Kane Gil p Greene Sid i Earth s Other Green Lantern Green Lantern v2 59 March 1968 Evanier Mark June 5 2007 This Year s Bill Finger Award NewsFromMe com Archived from the original on June 23 2015 Retrieved October 19 2013 Kreisberg Andrew writer Riba Dan director April 21 2002 Legends Justice League Cartoon Network David Peter writer Zwyer Mel director June 2 2012 Bloodlines Young Justice Cartoon Network External links EditGardner Fox at the Comic Book DB archived from the original Works by Gardner F Fox at Project Gutenberg Gardner F Fox at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Gardner Fox at Mike s Amazing World of Comics Gardner Fox at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators Gardner Fox at the Lambiek Comiclopedia Gardner Fox literary manuscripts comic books and other material 1936 1978 The Gardner Francis Fox LibraryPreceded byn a All Star Comics writer1940 1947 Succeeded byJohn BroomePreceded byn a Justice League writer1960 1968 Succeeded byDennis O NeilPreceded byJohn Broome The Flash writer1960 1968 Succeeded byCary BatesPreceded byJohn Broome Green Lantern vol 2 writer1962 1969 Succeeded byDennis O NeilPreceded byFrance Herron Batman writer1964 1968 Succeeded byFrank RobbinsPreceded bySteve Brodie Detective Comics writer1964 1969 Succeeded byRobert KanigherPreceded byArchie Goodwin Marvel Premiere writer1972 1973 Succeeded bySteve EnglehartPreceded byArchie Goodwin The Tomb of Dracula writer1972 1973 Succeeded byMarv Wolfman Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gardner F Fox amp oldid 1140102729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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