Dick Giordano

Dick Giordano (1932-2010) was an American comic book artist and editor born in Manhattan, New York. He discovered comics as a sickly child when his father brought him a copy of Famous Funnies, and began drawing his own stories on paper grocery bags by age seven.

Giordano started at Charlton Comics in 1952 and rose to editor-in-chief by 1965, overseeing the "Action Hero" line that included Blue Beetle and Captain Atom by Steve Ditko. He moved to DC Comics in 1968, bringing several Charlton creators with him. His inking became particularly celebrated through his partnership with penciller Neal Adams on Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow in the early 1970s. The pair also co-founded the commercial art studio Continuity Associates in 1971.

Giordano became DC's managing editor in 1981 and vice president/executive editor in 1983, a role he held until 1993. In that capacity, he helped oversee Crisis on Infinite Earths and the relaunch of DC's major characters. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2010.