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Portrait of Gardner Fox by Gil Kane
Name: Gardner Fox
Birthame: Gardner Francis Cooper Fox
Born: May 20, 1911
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: December 24, 1986 (aged 75)
Nationality: American
Area(s): Writer
Pseudonym(s): Jefferson Cooper ♦ Bart Sommers ♦ Paul Dean ♦ Ray Gardner ♦ Lynna Cooper ♦ Rod Gray ♦ Larry Dean ♦ Robert Starr ♦ Don, Ed, Warner and Michael Blake ♦ Tex and Willis Blane ♦ Ed Carlisle ♦ Edgar Weston ♦ Tex Slade ♦ Eddie Duane ♦ Etc.
Notable works / Creation: - Golden Age: Sandman; Flash; Hawkman; Dr. Fate; Starman. The Justice Society of America
- Silver Age: Atom; Hawkman; Zatanna; Batgirl, The Justice League of America
- The idea for the SuperFriends (a child-friendly version of the JLA)
Awards:
Alley Award
- - Best Script Writer (1962)
- - Best Book-Length Story (1962, with Carmine Infantino)
- - Favorite Novel (1963, with Mike Sekowsky)
- - Best Novel (1965, with Murphy Anderson)
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Gardner Francis Fox was considered one of the most innovative and pioneering comic strip creators in the entire industry.
Gardner passed away on Christmas Eve, 1986 from natural causes.
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