Mindy Newell

Template:Short description Template:Infobox comics creator Mindy Newell (born October 24, 1953)<ref name="CBG">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for her work with DC Comics.

Early life

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Newell graduated from high school in 1971.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She then attended the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to study nursing. Following her nursing schooling, Newell enrolled at Quinnipiac University and studied biology while working as a nurse.

Biography

A longtime fan of comics, particularly of Marvel's Spider-Man, Mindy Newell sent submissions to DC Comics in 1983 at a time when the company was actively looking for new talent. Her first professional work was her creation of the character Jenesis, which appeared in three issues of New Talent Showcase.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Editor Karen Berger called her in for an interview four days after DC received her submission.

Hired by editors Dick Giordano and Karen Berger, Newell wrote fill-in issues for Legion of Super-Heroes and Action Comics.<ref name="GCD">Template:Gcdb</ref> While working as part of the new talent program, Newell became the writer of Wonder Woman.<ref name="Simone">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was the first credited woman to write the Wonder Woman series in an ongoing capacity<ref name="Simone" /> but was limited in what she could write due to editorial mandates.<ref name="Simone" /> In 1986, Newell and artist Gray Morrow collaborated on a Lois Lane limited series which dealt with the subject of missing children.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In addition, Newell wrote Wonder Woman and Her Sister's Keeper, a seminal Catwoman limited series.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Newell also briefly worked on First Comics's American Flagg and Eclipse Comics's The New Wave.<ref name="GCD" />

Newell has always maintained a career as a nurse while writing comics, and has since returned to that occupation full-time.<ref name="Simone" />

Personal life

Newell is a full-time nurse and mother, while still contributing to comics and other projects. Her former husband, John Higgins, is a British comic book writer, illustrator, and letterer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bibliography

Writer

Angry Isis Press

• Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women #1 (1990)

DC Comics

• Action Comics (Superman) #566 (1985), (Catwoman) #611–614 (1988)
• Amethyst vol. 2 #12, 15–16, Special #1 (1985–1986)
• Amethyst vol. 3 #1–4 (mini-series, 1987–1988)
• Catwoman #1–4 (mini-series, 1989)
• Green Lantern Corps Annual #2 (1986)
• Heroes Against Hunger #1 (two pages only, 1986)
• Legionnaires 3 #1–4 (with co-author Keith Giffen, pencils by Ernie Colón and inks by Karl Kesel, mini-series, 1986)
• Lois Lane #1–2 (art by Gray Morrow, miniseries) (1986)
• New Talent Showcase #5, 7–11, 13 (1984)
• Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #315–317, 320–325 (1984–1985)
• V #7 (1985)
• Wonder Woman #326–328 (1985)
• Wonder Woman vol. 2 #36–46, 49 (1989–1990)

Eclipse Comics

• Miracleman #8 (The New Wave preview) (1986)
• The New Wave #1–13 (1986–1987)
• The New Wave vs. the Volunteers #1–2 (1987)
• Tales of Terror #3 (1985)

First Comics

• American Flagg! #46–49 (scripting over Howard Chaykin's plot, 1987)
• American Flagg! vol. 2 #1 (scripting over Howard Chaykin's plot, 1988)

IPC Magazines

• 2000 AD #1412–1419, with co-author and artist John Higgins (2004)

Last Gasp

• Strip AIDS U.S.A. #1 (1988)

Marvel Comics

• Daredevil Annual #10 (1994)
• Daredevil vs. Vapora #1 (1993)
• Marvel Comics Presents #135 (Black Widow) (1993)
• Power Pack Holiday Special #1 (1992)
• Thunderstrike #17 (1995)
• 2099 Special: The World of Doom #1 (1995)

Editor

Marvel Comics

• Car Warriors #3–4 (Epic, 1991)
• Deathlok #25–27 (1993)
• The Marvel X-Men Collection #1–3 (1994)

External links

• Mindy Newell at ComicMix
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• Mindy Newell at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
• Mindy Newell at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

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