The Chief (Dr. Niles Caulder) is a fictional character from DC Comics and the leader of the Doom Patrol.^[1] He first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963).^[2] Co-creator Arnold Drake has confirmed in an interview that his inspiration for The Chief was the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, specifically Sherlock Holmes' elder brother, Mycroft.^[3]

Fictional character biography[link]

Dr. Niles Caulder is a paraplegic gifted with a genius-level intellect. Caulder uses his scientific knowledge to develop numerous inventions and innovations that have made him wealthy. Caulder founded and organized the team called Doom Patrol to protect the innocent and fight crime, and to teach humanity to accept others who live as ostracized "freaks," who have been radically transformed from terrible accidents.^[1] It is Caulder's genius that allowed the team members to survive (e.g., designing Robotman's body, devising Negative Man's medicated bandages), and helped grant their freakishness and amazing abilities.^[2]

Caulder growing up had developed an interest in creating better life, based on the concept^{[citation needed]}of the story "Frankenstein" (in which a fanatical scientist demonstrates a similar idea through the being he creates), as well as "The Singing Ringing Tree" (in which 'well-to-do' people, who were transformed into beasts, have to prove their worth to the world by becoming selfless). Proving at a young age to be both a brilliant inventor and engineer, Caulder received funding from a mysterious benefactor. Thanks to the funding, Caulder succeeded in creating a chemical capable of prolonging life. Ultimately, it was revealed that the benefactor was a man called General Immortus, who hired Caulder to create a chemical to replace the one that had been prolonging his life for centuries but was now failing. When the young scientist discovered the truth about his employer, he refused to continue the work. Immortus responded by implanting an explosive device in Caulder's upper torso, which he could set off remotely, and any attempt to remove it while Niles lived would also detonate it. Caulder eventually devised a plan to get the bomb out, but it cost him his ability to walk.^[4] The incident inspired and reminded Caulder that a better life may come from surviving a tragic event, such as his own.

Caulder's back-history seemingly remained intact following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths; however, when writer Grant Morrison took over the Doom Patrol title (starting with vol. 2, #19) he reimagined him as a cold, detached and somewhat mysterious individual. Near the end of his run, Morrison even revealed that Caulder had been responsible for the "accidents" that caused the original Doom Patrol members to gain their powers, since his personal philosophy is that true greatness comes through overcoming tragic events.

In the early years of the Patrol, Caulder not only kept his true identity and appearance secret from the public; even his team knew him only as the Chief. In issue #88 (June 1964), their third battle against Immortus forces him to tell the rest of the Patrol his back-story and real name, which suddenly and with no explanation becomes common public knowledge for the rest of the original 1960s series (even two "flashback" miniseries that ran in the back of the comic, detailing how Cliff Steele and Larry Trainor became "freaks" and were recruited by Caulder, casually used the name).

In recent years, in keeping with the above retcon that he manipulated the original Doom Patrol's transformations, it has been revealed that Caulder had also experimented on other characters in the world who would both benefit and destroy humanity. The most noted are a bitter group called the Brotherhood of Evil, a group of people who also live like "freaks" led by the Brain. The Brotherhood exists as an elitist paramilitary organization involved in terrorist acts around the world such as the destruction of the American city Blüdhaven, occasionally attempting global control of humanity, and the death and destruction of Niles Caulder for causing their tragic transformations.

Towards the end of Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol run, Caulder is discovered working on a nanotechnology bomb that will destroy half the world and replace it with humans transformed into freaks of nature — his theory being that from the destruction would rise a better human race. He murders the original Tempest, Joshua Clay, to protect his secret but the Doom Patrol succeed in stopping his plans.^[2]

During these events, he is decapitated by a creation of Dorothy Spinner's known as the Candlemaker. Doctor Will Magnus of the Metal Men builds a new body for the Chief, telling him that he should try helping the Patrol to make up for what he did. Becoming suicidal with guilt, the Chief states that he can never do enough to make up for his actions, and uses his new body to rip off his head. Magnus is able to save the Chief by getting the head to a cryogenic chamber, but after this the Chief exists solely as a severed head in a bucket of ice, subsisting on milkshakes. He expresses remorse at his actions and rebuilds the Doom Patrol to continue their efforts in the war against weird crime.

In the final issues of the series, the Chief had combined himself with Alice Wired-for-Sound, one of the SRS (Sexually Remaindered Spirits), who powered the DP Teleporter, as a means for more mobility. During the last story arc, Imagine Ari's Friends, the Chief died entering the Tree of Life, the Sephirot.

Post Infinite Crisis[link]

After Superboy-Prime's pounding on the barriers to reality, certain events are rewritten^{[citation needed]}, and Niles has his body back and still acts as the team leader. It has been revealed that he apparently still is responsible for the creation of the original members of the Patrol, though they claim to have forgiven him.

Caulder now seems to be intent on expanding the Doom Patrol's ranks; he has already convinced Beast Boy to return to the team and formally join it for the first time, and gotten Bumblebee and Vox to join. However, Robin doubts the Chief's motives, and after seeing him appear to manipulate Elasti-Girl, Robin accuses him of brainwashing the Doom Patrol by keeping them dependent on him. For his part, Caulder maintains that by joining the Doom Patrol, team members "won't have to be freaks anymore." Later, when Caulder is overheard telling Kid Devil that his teammates do not like him and he should join the Doom Patrol, the others finally see that he is controlling them with fear and self-loathing. While Caulder tells them that they need him, Mento finally takes off his helmet, allowing him to think clearly. Mento then informs the Chief that he is no longer their leader and if he ever speaks to Elasti-Girl or Beast Boy like that again, he will destroy Caulder's intellect. Shocked by this, the Chief rushes off to his lab.

Also in the Teen Titans story^{[volume & issue needed]}, it is also revealed that Caulder brutally murdered the scientist who would become "The Brain" because they were both working on General Immortus' potion and Caulder was jealous of the Brain's genius and tried to blow up the other scientist's lab in order to force him to become Robotman prior to Cliff Steele's accident that made him the character of the same name. Brain also reveals that he and the Doom Patrol are not the only innocent humans whose bodies are mutilated against their will by Caulder to create his own personal super-hero team. Two never before mentioned characters (Electric Blu and the Human Cannon) and a Negative Girl (possibly a retcon of Valentina Vostok) are said to be out there somewhere, having rejected Caulder for the damage he inflicted upon them.

Recently, Caulder designed a new training room for the Justice League. He also appears in Four Horsemen #4, apparently back in charge of the Doom Patrol.

Blackest Night[link]

During the Doom Patrol's Blackest Night tie-in storyline, Caulder is attacked by his former wife Celsius who had been revived as a member of the Black Lantern Corps. During her attack, Celsius is only able to detect avarice as the dominant emotion in Niles' body, his entire emotional aura colored orange. Using her temperature control powers, Celsius freezes and shatters Caulder's legs. She then goes in for the kill, aiming to rip out his heart.^[5] Caulder is saved by the intervention of a man with a black hole for a face, who imprisons Celsius in an energy bubble. Unable to defeat the Black Lanterns, Caulder utilized a warp gate to send them all to the Justice League, in hopes that they will be able to deal with the problem. However, at last beaten by the excruciating pain of his destroyed legs, he gives in at last and appears to fall unconscious.^[6]

"Super Chief"[link]

Caulder later gains the body of a Kryptonian, and successfully duplicates the ability to absorb yellow sun radiation into the cells from it, transforming himself into a "Superman". Caulder then attacks his team, before setting out to do their job himself. He steals every missile on the planet and dumps them in Antarctica, and attacks the United Nations in his attempts to make "a better world". He is only stopped when his laboratory computer, "Millicent" transmits a sequence of lights through Robotman's eyes and into his own, neurologically shutting down Caulder's brain. His comatose body is then placed in storage in Oolong island.^[7] Afterwards, the Doom Patrol discover that someone has broken in and stolen Caulder's comatose body.^[8]

In other media[link]

Television[link]

• Chief (alongside Doom Patrol members Negative Man, Robotman, and Elasti-Girl) appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Last Patrol!" voiced by Richard McGonagle. In this version, he remains stoic. Though he is slightly annoyed about how the media continues to harangue him about the Doom Patrol when watching it on TV. Just then, he is attacked by Brain and Monsieur Mallah until Batman arrives and helps Chief to fight them off. Batman and Chief deduce that they should get the Doom Patrol back together if old enemies of the Doom Patrol are targeting the other members. They find Elasti-Girl at a seaside mansion where the Mutant Master and his minions attack. Then the Chief and Batman end up finding Negative Man at a carnival where Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man attacks. Finally, Robotman was located near a car testing site when Arsenal attacks. After Arsenal is defeated, Batman and the Doom Patrol are attacked by knock-out gas launched from a ship piloted by General Zahl. When on the ship, Chief admits to Batman on General Zahl's request that the Doom Patrol broke up because they were unable to save the life of a woman that General Zahl had at gunpoint in France. When General Zahl ends up using detonators on two islands with the event being telecasted, Chief told the Doom Patrol to make their own choice in this after Batman breaks free. The Doom Patrol sacrifice their lives to stop the detonator on the island while Batman knocked out the villains that General Zahl assembled.

Miscellaneous[link]

• Chief (alongside the other Doom Patrol members) was featured in issue 7 of the Batman: The Brave and the Bold comics.

References[link]

Look up chief or chiefs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Chief may refer to:

Title or rank[link]

• Chief of the Name, head of a family or clan
• Chief executive officer, the highest-ranking corporate officer of an organization
• Chief Master Sergeant, in the United States Air Force
• Chief of police, the head of a police department
• Chief petty officer, a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many navies
• Chief of the Boat, the senior enlisted sailor on an U.S. Navy submarine
• Chief engineer, the highest senior officer in the engine department on a merchant vessel
• Chief officer, the highest senior officer in the deck department on a merchant vessel
• Commander-in-chief, the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces
• Editor-in-chief, the highest-ranking editor of a publication
• Fire chief, top rank in a fire department
• Paramount chief, the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a polity
• Scottish clan chief, the head of a Scottish clan
• Tribal chief, the head of a tribal form of self-government
• Warrant officer, in the United States Army

Aircraft[link]

• Aeronca 50 Chief, an American light plane of the late 1930s
• Aeronca 11 Chief, a two-seat airplane entering production in 1945

Media[link]

Literature[link]

• Chiefs (novel), a 1981 novel by Stuart Woods
• The Chief (play), a 2003 one-man play about Art Rooney
• The Chief-Leader or just The Chief, a newspaper aimed at civil service workers in New York City

Music[link]

• Chief Records, an independent record label 1957-1964
• Chief (band), a band signed to Domino Records
• Chief (album), a 2011 album by Eric Church

Television[link]

• The Chief (TV series), a series on CablePulse 24 in Toronto, Ontario
• The Chief (UK television series), a 1990s crime drama
• Chiefs (TV miniseries), a 1983 miniseries starring Charlton Heston and Keith Carradine

Fictional characters[link]

• Chief (comics), the leader of the Doom Patrol
• The Chief (Carmen Sandiego), in the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? franchise
• Galen Tyrol or "The Chief", in the 2004 TV series Battlestar Galactica
• Master Chief (Halo) or just "Chief", in the gaming franchise Halo
• Chief, in the film The Fox and the Hound and in the novel on which it is based
• The Chief, in the TV situation comedy Get Smart
• The Chief, in the animated TV series The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
• The Chief, in the animated TV series T.U.F.F. Puppy
• Chief Bromden, in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and in the film adaptation
• Charlestown Chiefs, a fictional ice hockey team in the film Slap Shot

Sports[link]

• Chiefs (Super rugby franchise), a rugby team in New Zealand
• Exeter Chiefs, a Rugby Union team in England
• Johnstown Chiefs, an ice hockey team in Pennsylvania that took its name from the fictional Charlestown Chiefs (see above)
• Laval Chiefs, an ice hockey team in Quebec
• Kaizer Chiefs F.C., a football club in South Africa
• Kansas City Chiefs, an American football team in Missouri
• Peoria Chiefs, a minor league baseball affiliate in Peoria, Illinois of the Chicago Cubs
• Syracuse Chiefs, a minor league baseball team in upstate New York

People nicknamed Chief or The Chief[link]

• Wayne Allison (born 1968), football player
• George Armstrong (ice hockey), retired Hall of Fame NHL player
• Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and founder of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say
• Johnny Bucyk (born 1935), retired Hall of Fame NHL player with the Boston Bruins
• Chad Cordero (born 1982), professional baseball player in the MLB
• John Diefenbaker (1895–1979), former Prime Minister of Canada
• Jason Dunstall (born 1964), former AFL Footballer with Hawthorn
• Noel Gallagher (born 1967), English musician in the band Oasis
• Paul Harragon (born 1968), Australia Rugby League former player and commentator
• Robert Parish (born 1953), professional basketball player in the NBA
• Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–1891), Irish nationalist political leader
• Art Rooney (1901–1988), founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Felipe Rose (born 1954), "Indian Chief" in the Village People
• Jamie Thomas (born 1974), Pro skateboarder and owner of Black Box Distribution
• Simon Wiggins (born 1982), former AFL Footballer with Carlton
• Thomas Goss (born 1989), English rugby player

Other uses[link]

• Chief (heraldry), a horizontal band on a coat of arms
• Chief (train), a named passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
• Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF), a UK customs computer system
• Stawamus Chief aka "The Chief" is a granite dome located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia.

See also[link]

• Chief of staff
• Chieftain (disambiguation)
• Super Chief (disambiguation)

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Victor Gorelick (born April 5, 1941) is an American comic book editor and executive. Currently the Editor-in-Chief of Archie Comics, he has worked for the company for over fifty years in a wide variety of roles.

After studying at the School of Industrial Art (now known as the High School of Art and Design), Gorelick joined Archie Comics as an art assistant, and has served as production coordinator, art director, and now as Archie Comic's Editor-in-Chief. Having done everything from writing to coloring, and everything between, Mr. Gorelick has knowledge of every facet of the editorial process required to create and publish comics.

Mr. Gorelick has worked closely with numerous companies designing various custom comic books. For example, he has overseen collaborations between Archie Comics and Kraft General Foods, Radio Shack, and even the F.B.I. He is a moving force on the Comic Magazine Association of America's Code Authority Guidelines Committee, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, and he has taught cartooning as an instructor at Kingsborough Community College in New York City.

Awards[link]

Gorelick was honored with an Inkpot Award at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International.

References[link]

• Victor Gorelick at the Grand Comics Database

External links[link]

• Victor Gorelick at the Comic Book DB
• 2003 interview by Rik Offenberger
• 2006 Newsarma interview by Matt Brady
• 2006 Audio inerview with Victor Gorelick

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway (born September 10, 1952)^[1] is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher (with artist Ross Andru) and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man. At DC Comics, he is known for co-creating the superhero Firestorm (with artist Al Milgrom) and for writing the Justice League of America for eight years. Conway is also notable for scripting the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man.

Biography[link]

Early career[link]

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York,^[1] Conway grew up a comic fan; a letter from him appears in Fantastic Four #50 (May 1966), written when Conway was 14. He published his first professional comic book work at 16,^[2] with the 6½-page horror story "Aaron Philips' Photo Finish" in DC Comics' House of Secrets #81 (Sept. 1969). He continued selling such anthological stories for that series and for Marvel's Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows through the end of 1970, by which time he had also published one-page, text short stories in DC's All-Star Western #1 (Sept. 1970) and Super DC Giant #S-14 (Oct. 1970). He published his first continuing-character story in DC's semi-anthological occult comic The Phantom Stranger #10 (Dec. 1970).^[3] He attended New York University for a time.^[1]

Conway recalled breaking into Marvel Comics through Marvel editor Roy Thomas:

I'd been writing for DC Comics for two or three years . . . but to paraphrase the joke about the actor's ambitions to be a director, what I really wanted to do was write superheroes — specifically Marvel heroes. Through friends I'd become acquainted with Roy Thomas, who was Stan Lee's right-hand man at the time, and Roy offered me a shot at the Marvel 'writing test.' Stan wasn't impressed, but Roy liked what I did, and began throwing some short assignments my way, including scripting over his plot on an early Ka-Zar [story]. . . .^[4]

Following his first continuing-character story for Marvel, with his script for the jungle lord Ka-Zar in Astonishing Tales #3 (Dec. 1970), Conway began writing superhero stories with Daredevil #72 (Jan. 1971). He quickly went on to assignments on Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and both "The Inhumans" and "The Black Widow" features in the split book Amazing Adventures. Conway would eventually script virtually every major Marvel title, as well as co-create (with writers Roy & Jean Thomas and artist Mike Ploog) the lycanthropic lead character of the feature "Werewolf by Night", in Marvel Spotlight #2 (Feb. 1972); and write the premiere issue of Marvel's The Tomb of Dracula, introducing the longstanding literary vampire into the Marvel universe. He scripted the first Man-Thing story, in 1971, sharing co-creation credit with Stan Lee and Roy Thomas.^[3]

Spider-Man and intercompany rotation[link]

At 19, Conway began scripting The Amazing Spider-Man, one of Marvel's flagship titles. His run, from issues #111–149 (August 1972 – October 1975), included the landmark death of Gwen Stacy story in #121 (June 1973). Eight issues later, Conway and Andru introduced the Punisher as a conflicted antagonist for Spider-Man. The character went on to become a popular star of numerous comic books and has been adapted into three movies. Conway additionally wrote Fantastic Four, from #133–152 (April 1973 – Nov. 1974).^[3]

Conway in 2009 reflected on writing flagship Marvel characters at a very young age:

Precocity is a well-known curse; most of the pressure I felt as a younger writer was self-imposed. I wanted to be accepted by other writers and artists as an equal, which put me in some awkward situations — pretending to be more mature than I was, emotionally and professionally. As it happened, I was pretty good at faking a maturity I didn't have, which had advantages and, obviously, some disadvantages. I think people often forgot how young I was, and expected me to perform at a level that was actually beyond me. The result was, I was pretty stressed for most of my early career as a writer, and I often felt like I had no idea what I was doing —which was true. I wrote instinctively and from the gut; when those instincts were appropriate to the material I was writing — for example, when I was writing [The Amazing] Spider-Man — the results were something I was quite proud of, then and now. When my instincts were off, I didn't have the experience to either recognize it, or to compensate for it, with results that were more uneven.^[5]

In the fall of 1972, Conway and writers Steve Englehart and Len Wein crafted a metafictional unofficial crossover spanning titles from both major comics companies. Each comic featured Englehart, Conway, and Wein, as well as Wein's first wife Glynis, interacting with Marvel or DC characters at the Rutland Halloween Parade in Rutland, Vermont. Beginning in Amazing Adventures #16 (by Englehart with art by Bob Brown and Frank McLaughlin), the story continued in Justice League of America #103 (by Wein, Dick Dillin and Dick Giordano), and concluded in Thor #207 (by Conway and penciler John Buscema). As Englehart explained in 2010, "It certainly seemed like a radical concept and we knew that we had to be subtle (laughs) and each story had to stand on its own, but we really worked it out. It's really worthwhile to read those stories back to back to back — it didn't matter to us that one was at DC and two were at Marvel — I think it was us being creative, thinking what would be really cool to do."^[6][7][8]

Conway returned to DC Comics in mid-1975, beginning with three books cover-dated Nov. 1975: Hercules Unbound #1, Kong the Untamed #3, and Swamp Thing #19. He wrote a revival of the Golden Age comic book series All Star Comics which introduced the character Power Girl.^[9] Shortly afterward, he was chosen by Marvel and DC editors to script the historic intercompany crossover Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #1, a 96-page, tabloid-sized, $2 one-shot, at a time when comic books sold for 25 cents.^[3][10]

He continued writing for DC, on titles including Superman, Detective Comics (starring Batman), Metal Men, Justice League of America, 1st Issue Special #11 starring Codename: Assassin, and that of the licensed character Tarzan.^[3] Conway briefly returned to Marvel where he succeeded Marv Wolfman as editor-in-chief in March 1976,^[11] but held the job only briefly, relinquishing the post before the month was out and succeeded in turn by Archie Goodwin.

For a time, a confluence of publishing schedules resulted in Conway stories appearing in both Marvel and DC comics in the same month: The prolific Conway's comic books with January 1977 cover-dates alone, for example, are Marvel's The Avengers, The Defenders, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man and the premiere issues of Ms. Marvel and Logan's Run, and Superman and Action Comics.^[3]

DC Comics and later career[link]

After leaving Marvel's editorship, he again wrote exclusively for DC for the next decade writing both major and lesser titles — from those featuring Superman, Wonder Woman, and the Legion of Super-Heroes to such books as Weird Western Tales, Atari Force and Sun Devils. He had an eight-year run on Justice League of America, writing most issues from #151-255 (Feb. 1978 - Oct. 1986). Conway wrote two additional Superman projects in the oversized tabloid format, Superman vs. Wonder Woman, drawn by José Luis García-López, and Superman vs. Shazam, drawn by Rich Buckler.^[3]

He co-created the characters Firestorm with artist Al Milgrom^[12] and Steel, the Indestructible Man with artist Don Heck^[13] in the premiere issues (both March 1978) of the respective titular comics.^[3] He additionally co-created the characters Vibe and Gypsy.^[14] As writer of Batman #337-359 (July 1981 - May 1983) and the feature "Batman" in Detective Comics #497-526 (Dec. 1980 - May 1983), he introduced the characters Killer Croc^[15] and Jason Todd,^[16] the latter of whom became the second Robin, succeeding original sidekick Dick Grayson.^[3]

Conway was a frequent collaborator with Roy Thomas. Together they wrote a two-part Superman-Shazam team-up in DC Comics Presents #33-34 (May–June 1981); the Atari Force and Swordquest mini-comics packaged with Atari 2600 video games; and three Justice League of America-Justice Society of America crossovers.^[17][18] Conway contributed ideas to the funny animal comic Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!, created by Thomas and Scott Shaw.^[19] Thomas and Conway were to be the co-writers of the JLA/Avengers intercompany crossover,^[20] but editorial disputes between DC and Marvel caused the project's cancellation.^[21]

Conway returned to Marvel in the 1980s and served as the regular writer of both The Spectacular Spider-Man and Web of Spider-Man from 1988 until 1990.^[3] He relinquished writing duties on both titles when he became the story editor of the television series Father Dowling Mysteries.^{[citation needed]}

Conway's last recorded comics credit for many years was Topps Comics' "Kirbyverse" one-shot NightGlider^[22] #1 (April 1993), scripting from a Roy Thomas plot. Conway returned to comics in 2009 and wrote DC Comics' The Last Days of Animal Man, with artist Chris Batista.^[23]

Books, comic strips, screenplays[link]

In addition to comics, Conway published two science-fiction novels: The Midnight Dancers^[24] and Mindship^[25] He also wrote the February 14 - December 3, 1983 dailies of the syndicated newspaper comic strip Star Trek, based upon the 1960s TV series.^[26]

Conway as well moved into screenwriting in the 1980s, starting with the animated feature Fire and Ice (1983), co-written with Roy Thomas, based on characters created by Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta. Conway and Thomas wrote the story basis for Stanley Mann's screenplay for the film Conan the Destroyer (1984).

Conway wrote, and later produced, such TV series as Father Dowling Mysteries, Diagnosis: Murder, Matlock, Jake and the Fatman, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Baywatch Nights, Pacific Blue, Silk Stalkings, Perry Mason telefilms, Law & Order, The Huntress, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and an episode of Batman: The Animated Series.

Personal[link]

Conway married Karen Britten, a psychologist who works with autistic children, in 1992.^[2] As of 2009, they reside in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, California.^[2] Conway is the father of two daughters, Cara and Rachel,^[2] the former with first wife Carla (Joseph) Conway,^[27] whose own comic-book credits include stories in Vampire Tales #8 and #9, Savage Tales #10 and #11, Fantastic Four #170, and Ms. Marvel #1 for Marvel, and The Fury of Firestorm #19 and #24-27 and Superman #407 for DC.^[28]

Conway's ancestral family background is Irish, as he described in his blog:

In my case, on my mother's side, I'm a second-generation immigrant. My grandparents were born in Ireland. They came to America in the late 'teens of the last century and lived a life not very different from the life my housekeeper and her husband live today. My grandfather was a day laborer in the Brooklyn ship yards. My (step)-grandmother washed floors at Hunter College in Manhattan. (My biological grandmother died when my mother was eight years old, so I've no idea what she did to earn a living, but I assume it was either piece work or domestic work of some kind.) Because they were lower-class Irish, they were the Hispanics of their day — tolerated, but not embraced, by the larger society, and viewed with scorn by the WASP upper class. ... Even my father felt that anti-Irish prejudice, real or imagined. In the 1950s he once spoke, rather bitterly, about being one of the two 'token Irishmen' working at his company.^[29]

Bibliography[link]

Comics work includes:

• Last Days of Animal Man with Chris Batista (2009) DC

Audio/video[link]

• "A Conversation with Gerry Conway", Comic Geek Speak, Episode 701, October 6, 2009. WebCitation archive.

Footnotes[link]

External links[link]

• Gerry Conway at the Comic Book DB
• Gerry Conway at the Internet Movie Database
• Gerry Conway interview, Alter Ego #14 (April 2002)
• Women in Refrigerators: "Gerry Conway Responds"
• The New York Times- Movies: Gerry Conway

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David Wohl
Born	New York City
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Editor
Notable works	Witchblade The Darkness Battle of The Planets

David Wohl is an American comic book writer and editor. He is best known as an editor at Marvel Comics and Top Cow Productions and, at the latter, writing The Darkness and Witchblade.

Biography[link]

Born in New York City, David Wohl began his creative career as a high school intern at Marvel Comics. He later became an assistant editor on titles ranging from Spider-Man to X-Men, and later still was promoted to managing editor.

In 1993,Wohl left Marvel to become editor-in-chief and executive vice president of Top Cow Productions, eventually becoming president in 1999. While at Top Cow, he co-created and wrote such comic book franchises as The Darkness, Witchblade, and Aphrodite IX. He worked as a producer on the Witchblade television series that aired on TNT for two seasons. Several episodes of the series were based on Wohl's original story ideas.

In 2003, Wohl joined John Woo's Tiger Hill Entertainment as creative director, working with Clive Barker on Demonik for Majesco Publishing and with Woo on Stranglehold for Midway Games.

In 2006, Wohl became vice president of development for the fledgling animation company Blockade. As of the late 2000s, the company has four shows in production, led by a television series based on Sony's Heavenly Sword videogame franchise.

Wohl has also worked on comics for HBO's True Blood and New Regency's Se7en franchise. He was named editor-in-chief of Radical Comics in mid-2009.^[1]

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