Encyclopedia of Women in Comics

Saito, Chiho さいとうちほ (1967 - )

Japanese mangaka

Saito, as a member of the manga artist collective Be-PaPas, is most famous for her creation of Revolutionary Girl Utena. Her art style is very heavily influenced by the Fabulous Year 24 Group, most notably, The Rose of Versailles. Revolutionary Girl Utena was serialized in Ciao from 1996-1997 and tells of the tomboy Utena Tenjou and her quest to find the "prince" who keeps sending her letters every year.

She made her debut in 1982 with the oneshot Ken to Mademoiselle (The Sword and the Mademoiselle) and has drawn over 30 series since then. Very little of her work has been licensed for English-speaking audiences, although a number of her titles have been published in Italy and other parts of mainland Europe.

In 1996, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Kanon, a Japanese music manga serialised by Shogakukan in Petit Comic from 1995 to 1997 and collected in six bound volumes.

Since the manga and anime were created almost simultaneously, each narrative has its arc and outcomes. Saito's manga deals with romance, melodrama, and the act of forbidden love.

Sanapo, M. L.

Italian fumettista and illustrator

Maria Laura Sanapo has had an extensive career working in the comic book industry for such established as publishers as DC Comics (Wonder Woman, Batwoman, and Green Lantern) Archie Comics (Sabrina, Darkling, and The Jaguar) Dynamite Entertainment (Sheena and Red Sonja and Vampirella meet Betty and Veronica), Titan Comics (Assassin’s Creed) Zenescope Entertainment (Grimm Fairy Tales and Grimm Tales of Terror) Opus Comics (Dawn Attack) Magma Comics, Hachette Books and Image Comics.

She also has taught at the International school of Comics in Florence and the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art.

To learn more about Sanapo's art and fabulous career, please follow the link https://www.mlsanapoart.com to her official website.

Satrapi, Marjane (1969 - )

French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director and children's book author

Satrapi became famous worldwide because of her critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novels, originally published in French in four parts in 2000–2003 and in English translation in two parts in 2003 and 2004, respectively, as Persepolis and Persepolis 2, which describe her childhood in Iran and her adolescence in Europe. Persepolis won the Angoulême Coup de Coeur Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Persopolis, itself, has sold over 2 million copies and has been translated into 12 different languages.

Persepolis was adapted into an animated film of the same name. It debuted at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in May 2007 and shared a Special Jury Prize with Carlos Reygadas's Silent Light (Luz silenciosa). Co-written and co-directed by Satrapi and director Vincent Paronnaud. The English version was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 80th Academy Awards in January 2008. Satrapi was the first woman to be nominated for the award.

Sauvage, Marguerite (1978 - )

French comic book artist, illustrator and scriptwriter

In 2008 Sauvage launched a blog and webcomic called Les Madeleines de Mady (Mady's Madeleines) under the pseudonym of Mady or Madeleine Martin. The blog used a more cartoony and sleek style and was quickly published by Delcourt in two albums.

Sauvage has also illustrated for Fluide Glacial the two comic books of Et toi quand est-ce-que tu t'y mets ? with Véronique Cazot on the script and Alice and Valentine with Pa Ming Chiu at Jungle Editions.

In 2009, with Ahmidou Lyazidi, She created the 52 episode animated series Cultural Quest with Mister Otter (Les aventures culturelles de Monsieur Loutre) for TV, France 3, that has been broadcasted in various countries.

In 2014 Sauvage has been noticed by the world of American comic books after moving to Montreal, Canada. She was contacted to make the covers of Hinterkind published by Vertigo Comics, then to illustrate ten pages on Wonder Woman as a rockstar for Sensation Comics ft Wonder Woman at DC Comics. She has been working as a cover and sequential artist on many titles including Ms.Marvel, Hawkeye, Archie Comics and Red Sonja.

She participated in the launching of two major series dedicated to positive representation, Faith with Valiant Comics and Bombshells with DC Comics where she was the artist and sometimes writer. She has also been writing for comics such as Adventure Time Lost in Space and Faith Winter Wonderland among others.

She was also nominated for both the Eisner Award and Joe Shuster Award in 2017, the GLAAD Media Award also in 2017 and the Russ Manning Award in 2016.

If you are interested in the amazing work that Sauvage has done, please follow the link https://margueritesauvage.com/ to her official website.

Sawyer, Regine L.

American comic book writer, editor, and publisher

Sawyer is the founder of Women in Comics NYC Collective International. She is the author of The Rippers, Eating Vampires and Ice Witch.

She is the owner, writer, and creator of Lockett Down Productions, a small press company that employs all-female comic book artists with an emphasis on women of color. Lockett Down Productions Publications was first established in December 2007 by Regine Sawyer. It made its public debut at New York Comic Con in April 2008. Sawyer created this multi-media company to specialize in comic books and promotional apparel.

Women in Comics NYC Collective International or "WinC" is dedicated to giving a voice to women who work in the comic book industry and helping them better brand themselves and promote their projects. Sawyer started this organization in May 2012 after hosting a Women in Comics Panel at Bronx Heroes Comic Con. At the panel, Sawyer recognized a highly underrepresented community of women of color in the comic book industry. WinC stresses being open to all women of any ethnicity, culture, or background with the goal of giving a monetary reason to continue in this field. WinC has grown to have more than 100 members and holds workshops and panels all across the United States.

If you would like to discover more on the work of The Women in Comics Collective International you can follow the link here https://www.womenincomicscollective.org to the organization's website.

Schelle, Christie "Max" (1957 - )

American comic book colorist

Schelle (pronounced as steel) worked as a colorist for Marvel and DC in the 1980s and '90s, including over 100 issues of Daredevil. She is also a renowned landscape painter.

After college, her roommate's boyfriend (writer Steve Skeates) introduced her to editor Denny O'Neil, who helped her learn how to color comics. Two of her earliest assignments were a run on Bill Sienkewicz's Moon Knight and an issue of Frank Miller's Daredevil. Both characters remained her favorite to work on because the frequent night scenes and single-color costumes allowed her to play with tones and hues, which remains a theme of her paintings to this day.

Near the end of her coloring career, she worked with another colorist, Krista Ward, though she ultimately found sharing the work more inefficient than working alone. As computers became more common and digital coloring widespread, she opted to focus on her painting career.

Schultz, Erica (1977 - )

American Comic book writer, editor, and letterer

Schultz is the first woman to write a Spawn comic she is best known for her writing work on Marvel titles like Daredevil, X-23, and Hallow's Eve.

Schultz is also the creator of Forgotten Home (nominated for five Ringo Awards in 2020, published by ComiXology Originals and Dark Horse Comics), the co-creator of Bylines in Blood with Aneke and Van Jensen from AfterShock Comics, the co-creator of Strange Tails with Claire Connelly (nominated for a Ringo Award in 2020), co-creator of M3 with Vicente Alcázar (winner of the Best Comic award at the 2012 Burbank International Festival), creator of The Deadliest Bouquet from Image Comics, and creator of Twelve Devils Dancing from Action Lab Danger Zone.

She is also a Inkpot award recipient (2025)

Schutz, Diana (1955 - )

Canadian-born American comic book editor

Schutz has had an extensive career as an editor in the comic book industry starting with Comico Comics as Editor-in-Chief (1985-1989), after which she then enjoyed a 25 year tenure at Dark Horse comics as an editor at varying levels (Managing Editor: 1991-1992, Editor-in-Chief 1994-1996, Senior Editor? 1996-2007, Executive Editor: 2007-2015) and working as a proof reader for Dave Sim's Cerebus from 'mid-1994' until December 2001.

Some of the well known works edited under her were Frank Miller's Sin City and 300, Matt Wagner's Grendel, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, and Paul Chadwick's Concrete.

Scott, Nicola

Australian comic book artist

Nicola's notable works include Birds of Prey and Secret Six with Gail Simone in 2010 and In 2016, she and writer Greg Rucka relaunched Wonder Woman for DC Comics Rebirth and the created-owned comic series Black Magick, which was published by Image Comics.

In 2003, she obtained work from Top Cow Comics which in turn led to her being hired by DC Comics. Her first work in the U.S. market appeared in Star Wars: Empire #26 (October 2004) published by Dark Horse Comics.

In July 2010, Scott was announced as the artist of the Teen Titans starting with issue #88 and she drew the series until the end of its run with issue #100 (October 2011). Scott penciled Superman vol. 3 issues #3, 5, and 6. In January 2012, DC announced Scott and writer James Robinson as the creative team of Earth 2, a new series focusing on the Justice Society of America. Scott's work on that series has been described as her "mainstream breakthrough".

Severin, Marie (1929-2018)

American comic book artist and colorist

Severin was best known for her work for Marvel Comics and the 1950s' EC Comics. She is an inductee of the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame and the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame. She co-created Marvel Comics characters Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), the Cat (Greer Nelson who later became Tigra), the Living Tribunal and Orka.

Severin's earliest recorded comic-book work is coloring EC Comics' A Moon, a Girl ... Romance #9 (Oct. 1949) She would contribute coloring across the company's line, including its war comics and its celebrated but notoriously graphic horror comics, and also worked on the comics' production end, as well as "doing little touch ups and stuff" on the art.

Severin worked for Marvel comics briefly in the 1950s, and began to work for them on a permanent basis beginning in 1959, where she was head colorist until 1972, at which point she turned most of her coloring duties over to George Roussos so that she could do more penciling assignments. She continued to expand from colorist to do penciling and inking, and occasionally also lettering, on various titles. While at Marvel, Severin co-created the fictional cosmic entity the Living Tribunal in Strange Tales #157 (June 1967), co-created Spider-Woman in 1976, designing her original costume.

She was the first inductee into the Friends of Lulu Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 1997. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2001; she and Brenda Starr creator Dale Messick were the first women to be so inducted. She received Comic-Con International's Icon Award in 2017.

Shermund, Barbara (1899-1978)

American cartoonist

Shermund's work appeared in The New Yorker from its first year in 1925. She was one of the first three women cartoonists inducted into the National Cartoonists Society in 1950.

In February 1925, Harold Ross launched The New Yorker as a humorous Manhattan-centric magazine. Shermund was one of the first women cartoonist to work for The New Yorker after its launch. Shermund supplied a cover in June and in October and she became a frequent contributor. Over 600 of her cartoons were published in The New Yorker and also contributed nine cover illustrations for the magazine. Shermund wrote her own captions under her cartoons. Her creations were satirical and often had a feminist and poignant tone reflecting the early 20th century view of the New Woman.

Simone, Gail (1974 - )

American comic book writer

Simone is considered to be one of the most influential female comic writers of the modern era and is best known for her work in comics on DC's Birds of Prey (2010) , Batgirl (2011), Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja (2013), and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date (Wonder Woman #14-#44: 2007-2010, three years) Other notable works include Deadpool (2003), Secret Six (2005), Welcome to Tranquility (2006), The All-New Atom (2006) and Clean Room (2015).

Simone first came to public notice through Women in Refrigerators, a website founded in 1999 by comics fans in response to a scene in Green Lantern #54, in which Kyle Rayner's girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, is murdered and her corpse shoved in a refrigerator for him to find. The fans analyzed the treatment of women in fiction and concluded that they are often killed or harmed to advance the narrative of male characters. The site brought Simone into contact with many people working in the comics industry.

From 2001, Simone wrote Simpsons Comics for Bongo Comics, including an annual Treehouse of Horror special, and regular scripts for Bart Simpson Comic

Simone moved to DC Comics, where she wrote Birds of Prey in 2003 from issue #56, which featured an all-female team: Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress, and Lady Blackhawk. She became the writer on this title in 2010.

In September 2011, Simone introduced a character named Alysia Yeoh, the first major transgender character written in a contemporary context in a mainstream comic book, appearing for the first time in Batgirl #1.

Her work has been nominated for a number of awards including the GLAAD Media Award, and she is the recipient of an Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con.

In July 2025, she was named a Special Ambassador for the Inkwell Awards.

Simonson, Louise "Weezie" (1946 - )

American comic book editor and writer

Mary Louise Alexander is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Conan the Barbarian, Power Pack, X-Factor, The New Mutants, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Steel.Among the comic characters she co-created are Cable, Steel, Power Pack, Rictor, Doomsday and the X-Men villain Apocalypse.

In recognition of her contributions to comics, ComicsAlliance listed Simonson as one of twelve female comics creators deserving of lifetime achievement recognition.

Louise met the comic book writer and artist Walt Simonson in 1973, began dating in August 1974, and married in 1980. They collaborated on X-Factor from 1986 to 1989. In that same year, Simonson began working for Marvel Comics as editor, most notably of Uncanny X-Men, which she edited for almost four years (#137-182) and Conan the Barbarian (#114-148). In 1983, on its debut, Simonson edited the New Mutants. During this period, she also edited Marvel's Star Wars and Indiana Jones comics.

Starting on X-Factor #6, Simonson introduced the villian Apocalypse. She ended her run on the comic with #64 in 1991.

In 1987, beginning with the New Mutants #55, Simonson wound up writing for the series for three and half years, ending with #97 in 1991. In issue #87, Simonson and Rob Liefeld introduced the mutant Cable.

At the end of 1983, Simonson quit editing at Marvel and to trade for writing ,where she created the Power Pack (1984). Her other Marvel writing work included Starriors, Marvel Team-Up, Web of Spider-Man, and Red Sonja. Louise helped her husband Walt Simonson color his "Star Slammers" story in Marvel Graphic Novel #6 (1983).

in 1991, Simonson began writing for DC Comics, where she launched Superman: the Man of Steel title with artist Jon Bogdanove and editor Mike Carlin, a title she wrote for eight years until 1999 (#86).

In 1992, Simonson won the Inkpot award for Outstanding Achievement in Comic Arts.

Skrenes, Mary (1947 - )

American comic book writer and screenwriter

Skrenes may be best known as co-creator (with Steve Gerber) of Omega the Unknown for Marvel Comics, although she worked on other Marvel characters such as the Defenders and Guardians of the Galaxy. She was the creator of and inspiration for Beverly Switzler, the companion of Howard the Duck. For Omega the Unknown, Skrenes created the supporting characters Amber Grant and Dian Wilkins. She published a number of horror stories for DC under the name Virgil North, and began a long collaboration with Steve Skeates. According to Skeates, a number of his mystery stories were actually co-written with Skrenes, but she insisted on submitting them under Skeates's name alone because of bad blood between her and editor Joe Orlando.

Skrenes got her first professional work for DC Comics in the early 1970s, writing horror and romance stories under the tutelage of editor Dick Giordano. Skrenes wrote one Elongated Man story, “The Mystery Man Who Walked on Air,” in 1975’s Detective Comics #449, and would return to DC with Gerber on Hard Time in 2004.

Slate, Barbara (1947 - )

American artist, cartoonist, graphic novelist, comic book creator, and writer

Slate is one of the few female artists who has created, written, and drawn comics for both DC and Marvel Comics.

In 1974, Slate's feminist cartoon character, Ms. Liz, appeared on millions of greeting cards, in a regular comic strip in Cosmopolitan magazine, and as the star in a series of animated segments on NBC's Today show in 1982. Many magazines and newspapers published extensive articles about Barbara Slate and Ms. Liz. Slate was interviewed about Ms. Liz for a seven-page feature in Cartoonist Profiles in 1983.

In 1986 Barbara created Angel Love for DC Comics, an adult-themed series for teenagers.

Her textbook, You Can Do a Graphic Novel, was first published in 2010 by Alpha Books (Penguin/Putnam).

Comic Book Resources began Barbara Slate Week May 13, 2013, with a column about Angel Love. For Marvel Comics she created, wrote, and drew Sweet XVI, wrote 65 Barbie and Barbie Fashion comics and put her own spin on the Disney films Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas. She also wrote and did the layout for the comic New Kids on the Block for Harvey Comics and Scooby Doo for DC Comics. Slate wrote over one hundred Betty and Veronica stories for Archie Comics throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

If you are interested in learning more about Slate's professional career and work, please follow the link to https://barbaraslate.com where your find her official website.

Smith, Deborah Lynn

American screenwriter, producer, graphic novelist and comic book company owner

Deborah Lynn Daughetree is the founder and owner of Kymera Press (2015), one of the first women-owned comic book companies in the industry.

The company was founded by Deborah when her former agent, Maggie Field, suggested she turn her unproduced television pilot script, Gates of Midnight, into a comic book. After spending two years delving into the independent comics scene and researching comics as both a medium and an industry, she decided that not only did she want to publish her own comic, she also wanted to provide an outlet for other talented women being overlooked by the comics industry at large.

Smith's extensive writing career in the Entertainment industry includes Murder, She Wrote, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Touched by an Angel. She was also the on-set Producer for Touched by an Angel and Promised Land.

Other published titles under the Kymera Press label have been Pet Noir, Mary Shelley Presents, Dragons by the Yard, and Ivory Ghosts.

To learn more about Smith and her publishing company, please follow the link https://www.kymerapress.com/ to it's official website.

Smith, Shequeta L. (1979 - )

American comic book publisher, film director, screenwriter, and author

Smith is the founder and CEO of Shero Comics, an award-winning multimedia company on a mission to center Black women and girls in comics, animation, film, and gaming. Smith states they are building what she likes to call a new-age Marvel Studios — but from a Black woman’s perspective.

Smith got her start in the entertainment industry as a screenwriter and director, but had a passion for storytelling and felt the lack of diverse female protagonists had pushed her to launch Shero Comics.

According to Smith "I noticed that Black women and girls were either missing entirely from mainstream comic books and sci-fi stories, or when we were there, we were hypersexualized or relegated to the background. I wanted to change that narrative by creating content where we are centered, empowered, and multi-dimensional".

Her company publishes original comic books and manga, like Young Grandmaster Choi, Rayven Choi, and Squad Goals. They have also expanded into merchandising and (including collectible dolls, apparel, and coloring books), animation and gaming.

Under "Shero Talks Masterclass", Shero Comics runs educational workshops and digital bootcamps teaching kids how to create their own comic books and enter tech careers.

If you would like to know more about all the wonderful work Shequeta Smith and her company are doing, please follow this to Shero Comics' own website, https://sherocomics.com.

Snyder, Marcia Louise (1907-1976)

American comic book artist and cartoonist

Snyder worked for the Binder Studio, Timely Comics, Fawcett Comics, and Fiction House during the Golden Age of Comic Books.

Snyder's pen/ink credits during her work as a sydicated artist during the 1940s have been Princess Pantha and Real-Life Comics for Better Publications, Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, and Minute Man for Fawcett Comics, Camilla, Kaanga, Tabu, and U.S. Rangers for Fiction House Comics, Captain America, Miss America, and Nellie the Nurse for Timely Comics (Marvel Comics), True Comics for Parents' Magazine Press and Blackstone and Capt. Fury for Street and Smith Comics.

Sorkin, Arleen (1955-2023)

American actress, screenwriter, television presenter, and comedian

Sorkin is best remembered for portraying Calliope Jones on the NBC daytime serial Days of Our Lives and for serving as the inspiration and voice for DC Comics character Harley Quinn, co-created by her friend Paul Dini on Batman: The Animated Series.

Alongside providing the voice, the character of Harley Quinn was based on her, after Paul Dini (her friend since college), saw her play a jester from a dream sequence in the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Dini then patterned Harley Quinn on Sorkin, incorporating aspects such as her mannerisms and "very snappy, wisecracking, bubbly blonde" personality. In recording Harley Quinn's voice, Sorkin spoke in her normal Brooklyn accent while putting in a "little Yiddish sound", since Dini made the character Jewish, another aspect of the character borrowed from Sorkin.

Harley Quinn made her first appearance in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Favor" originally intended to appear in a single episode, but reaction to the character and Sorkin's voice performance was positive, so Quinn was written into the show regularly, and appeared in further DC Animated Universe series, including The New Batman Adventures, Static Shock, Justice League, Gotham Girls, and the animated film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. Her last performances as Harley Quinn were the video games Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) and DC Universe Online (2011). The character was also written into the comics themselves, beginning with the one-shot Batman: Harley Quinn #1 in 1999.

Sotolo, Beth (1974 - )

American comic book colorist

Sotelo started in the comic book industry in 2001 working as a colorist for Top Cow Productions. She then worked for Aspen MLT mainly and as well with DC and Marvel comics.

For Marvel comics she was the colorist on Wolverine: Killing Made Simple (2008).

Sotelo was also the colorist with Peter Steigerwald on the steampunk comic series Lady Mechanika - The Clockwork Assassin (2011-2012) created by artist Joe Benitez.

Her credits for Aspen comics include Shrugged and the All-New Fathom (or Fathom volume 5, 2013-2014).

In 2013, she used Kickstarter to fund her comic, Grump. Sotelo had been working on the character and concept of Grump for about 7 years, and describes the character: "Grump is a 9 year old boy with a pinch of agoraphobia. He lives in a house that looks like it should be condemned. He has no friends. His adopted stray dog has gone missing. Now, Grump’s world is about to change. We'll watch him explore his own neighborhood for the first time."

Staples, Fiona (1985 - ) Canandian comic book artist

Staples is a multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning comic artist who is best known for her work on books such as North 40, DV8: Gods and Monsters, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Archie, and Saga. She has been described as one of the best artists working in the industry today.

As co-creator of "Saga" with Brian K. Vaughn, her vivid, imaginative illustrations combine digital and traditional techniques, has redefined what it means to be a comic book artist in the modern era.

Steinberg, Florence (1939-2017)

American publisher and editor

"Fabulous Flo" (a sobriquet endearingly given by Stan Lee) was the Secretary/Receptionist for Marvel Comics editor Stan Leefro 1963-1968. It was here she acted as fan liaison whose many tasks also included sending artwork to the Comics Code Authority to be approved. She would return as a proof reader for Marvel, at least part time, from the 1990s until her death in 2017.

She was publisher to one of the first independent comic books, the underground/alternative hybrid Big Apple Comix (1975), which acted as a seminal link between underground comix and modern-day independent comics, under her own Big Apple Productions. with contributors including such mainstream talents as Neal Adams, Archie Goodwin, Denny O'Neil, Al Williamson, and Wally Wood.

Sturges, Lilah (1970 - ) American comics writer and novelist

Sturges is best known for co-writing the Eisner-award-nominated Jack of Fables with Bill Willingham as well as other comics published by Vertigo Comics / DC Comics.

Beginning in 2006, she and Willingham co-wrote the 50-issue Jack of Fables (a spin-off from Willingham's popular Fables series).

In 2008 she began writing the 42-issue House of Mystery as well. After signing an exclusive deal with DC Comics later that year, Sturges wrote Blue Beetle from #29 to its end with #36, and Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! featuring the Human Flame.

In 2009 she partnered again with Willingham writing Justice Society of America beginning with issue #29.

Summerfield, Serene (1885-1961)

American commercial artist

Summerfield was one of the first women to contribute original work to comic books.

Her first known comics work was a two-page science-fiction piece entitled "Stratosphere Special", which appeared in New Comics #4 (cover dated March-April, 1936) for DC Comics predecessor, National Allied Newspaper Syndicate, Inc. The second and last installment appeared in New Comics #5. She then took the concept to Henle Publications as the near-identical "Space Limited" (Above the Stratosphere)", which was published in Wow, What A Magazine! #1-4.

Sutton, Laurie S. (1953 - )

American comic book writer, editor and children's book novelist

Sutton worked for Abaris Books and the Comics Code Authority. Sutton has stated that "when I was a reviewer at the Comics Code from 1978 to 1979, I never considered my job to be one of censorship...As a matter of fact, being a comic book fan, I was very open-minded and lenient with artists, writers and editors who brushed up against the letter of the regulations."

She began writing for DC Comics in 1980 and worked on the "Adam Strange" backup feature in Green Lantern (Green Lantern #133-147) as well as stories for Secrets of Haunted House, Star Trek, and The Unexpected.

Frank Miller credits Sutton with introducing him to Japanese comics which influenced his work on Ronin. She worked as an editor for DC (1981–1982) and was the editor that oversaw "The Great Darkness Saga" storyline in the Legion of Super-Heroes.

After leaving DC, Sutton worked for Marvel Comics' Epic Comics line (1983–1985) and for Donning Publishing from 1985 to 1987.

She returned to comics in the mid-1990s and wrote Star Trek: Voyager stories for Marvel.

Szenics, Theresa 'Terry' (1914-1995)

American comic book letterer and artist

Szenics is best known for having worked primarily on Marvel's anthology titles during the early 1960's. She most often worked with her husband, fellow comic book artist Zoltan.

Her earliest work for Marvel was issue #36 of Tales to Astonish, which featured Ant-Man. She also lettered issues #42, #44 and #45 of that same volume. Terry also worked on Astonish 's sister title Tales of Suspense, but only worked on a single issue, #41. Terry lettered three issues of Strange Tales including #108, #110 and #111. These issues are significant as #110 features the first appearance of Master of the Mystic Arts, Doctor Strange.

In terms of lettering, Szenics was the first artist to bring to life such eye-popping memorable phrases like "By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth!" and "By the Vishanti!". Another anthology series that Terry worked on was Journey Into Mystery where she lettered select stories from issues #90-91. In 1974, she lettered issues #8-9 of Supernatural Thrillers which featured N'Kantu, the Living Mummy. The following year, she lettered issue #8 of The Human Torch. Not counting reprint material, this was Terry Szenics last known work for Marvel.

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