Robert Kanigher

Born 1915-06-18 · New York City, New York, USA

Died 2002-05-06

Robert Kanigher (/ˈkænɪɡər/; June 18, 1915 – May 7, 2002) was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over the scripting from creator William Moulton Marston. In addition, Kanigher spent many years in charge of DC Comics's war titles and created the character Sgt. Rock. Kanigher scripted the first Silver Age comic book story, "Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!", which introduced the Barry Allen version of the Flash in Showcase #4 (Oct. 1956). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Kanigher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.