Doug Murray (comics)

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Doug Murray
BornDouglas Murray
November 1947
New York
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
The 'Nam
Spouse(s)Pam Murray (m. 1979)

Douglas Murray (born November 1947) is an American comic book writer and novelist. He served as a non-commissioned officer in the Army in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He worked as a writer for The Monster Times newspaper in the early 1970s, and later as a Marvel Comics writer from 1984 to 1991. He was the main writer on the popular 1980s comic book series The 'Nam , published by Marvel. [1]

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In the 1970s, Murray edited Heritage (a 2-issue fanzine dedicated to Flash Gordon ), The Neal Adams Index (1974) and two separate ACBA Sketchbook publications (in 1973 and 1975 respectively). [2]

Born and raised in New York, Doug grew up on Long Island in Lindenhurst, New York. He was always a mega-collector of science fiction books, pulps, monster magazines and all sorts of movie memorabilia. He moved to Florida in 1990 and resides there today with his wife Pam (married since November 1979). [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Alex Raymond and Don Moore. Flash Gordon: The Fall Of Ming, Sundays 1941-44. Introductions by Murray and Dave Gibbons. London : Titan Books, 2013. ISBN   9780857686886 (p.206).
  3. "Review of Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Missing Martian" . Retrieved 2009-11-28.
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  5. "Review: Athena #1 by Doug Murray, Fabio Neves, and Paul Renaud". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 25 November 2009.