Gardner Fox

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) 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, 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
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
  • 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 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!".

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