Gary Cohn (comics)

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Gary Cohn
BornGary Cohn
(1952-01-25) January 25, 1952 (age 69)
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, teacher
Notable works
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
Blue Devil

Gary Cohn (born January 25, 1952) [1] is an American comic book writer, and co-creator (with Dan Mishkin) of the DC Comics characters Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Blue Devil.

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Early life

Gary Cohn attended Michigan State University earning his bachelor's degree in creative writing (liberal arts) and graduated from Bowling Green State University with an M.A. in 1980. [2]

Career

Cohn and longtime friend Dan Mishkin entered the comics industry together following a correspondence with Jack C. Harris, an editor at DC Comics. [3] Their first work for the company was the three-page short story "On the Day of His Return" published in Time Warp #3 (Feb.–March 1980) and drawn by Steve Ditko. [4] [5] In 1983, Cohn and Mishkin created Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld with artist Ernie Colón. [6] [7] The following year, the writing team and Paris Cullins introduced Blue Devil. [8] DC gave both series a promotional push by featuring them in free, 16-page insert previews. [9] [10] Cohn and artist Ron Randall co-created the "Barren Earth" feature as a backup in The Warlord #63 (Nov. 1982) and it was spun off into a four–issue limited series in 1985. [4] In the mid-1990s, Cohn wrote several stories for William Tucci's Crusade Comics including an intercompany crossover between Crusade's Shi and Marvel Comics' Daredevil. [4] Cohn has written three Hardy Boys and two Nancy Drew novels. [2]

Cohn was on the faculty of the Information Technology High School in Long Island City as a U.S. History and Government teacher. He retired in 2014.

Bibliography

Archie Comics

Crusade Comics

  • Demon Gun #2 (1996)
  • Shi / Cyblade #1 (1995)
  • Shi / Daredevil: Honor Thy Mother #1 (1997)
  • Shi: Senryaku #1 (1995)
  • Tomoe #0 (1996)
  • Tomoe-Witchblade: Fire Sermon #1 (1996)

DC Comics

Collected editions

  • Showcase Presents: Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (collects Legion of Super-Heroes #298, the original Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld 12–issue limited series, Amethyst Annual #1, DC Comics Presents #63, and Amethyst #1–11 ongoing series, 648 pages, September 2012, ISBN   1401236774) [11]

Marvel Comics

Mattel

Renegade Press

  • Revolver #5 (1986)

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Adjunct Faculty in the Department of English". Long Island University. 2008. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  3. "Amethyst Special Feature: Interview with Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin". TangognaT Who loves palindromes?. March 15, 2009. Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2011. Gary Cohn: Dan and I have been friends since our mid-teens...We were seriously trying to break into comics and had started a correspondence with an editor at DC, Jack Harris, that eventually led to our first sales.
  4. 1 2 3 Gary Cohn at the Grand Comics Database
  5. Romero, Max (July 2012). "I'll Buy That For a Dollar! DC Comics' Dollar Comics". Back Issue! . Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (57): 39–41. 'On the Day of His Return', written by Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn. It was their first sale and they were stunned it was drawn by Steve [Ditko].
  6. Wallace, Dan (2008), "Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley, p. 14, ISBN   978-0-7566-4119-1
  7. "Truth, Lies & Minicomics: A Conversation with Gary Cohn, Part 2". He-Man Tales. n.d. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  8. Johnson, Dan (April 2007). "The Blue Devil You Don't Know". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (21): 28–32.
  9. Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 201. ISBN   978-0-7566-6742-9. The other-dimensional Gemworld found a new princess in the form of Amy Winston, an ordinary young girl from a distant reality, in the pages of a sixteen-page insert comic by writers Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, and artist Ernie Colón...Standing strong against the forces of the nefarious Dark Opal, Amethyst was gearing up for her own self-titled maxiseries in May.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  10. Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 208: "[A] sixteen-page preview story marked the debut of fledgling stuntman-turned-hero Blue Devil. An attempt to put the fun back into comics, writers Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin and penciller Paris Cullins had Blue Devil face the machinations of Flash villain the Trickster in this lead-in to his own ongoing series."
  11. Melrose, Kevin (January 30, 2012). "DC is finally collecting Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.