Jo Duffy

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Mary Jo Duffy, often referred to simply as Jo Duffy, was a notable editor and writer of comic books for Marvel Comics in the 1980s.

[edit] Biography

Jo Duffy was born on February 9, 1954. Joining Marvel in an editorial position in late 1978/early 1979, her first credits as editor appear on The Incredible Hulk #231 and The Spectacular Spider-Man #26. She edited the first seventeen issues of Marvel's ROM series, before handing over the reins to Al Milgrom.

Her work included Power Man and Iron Fist, Marvel's Star Wars comic and Conan the Barbarian. Among other things, she created the team and most of the members of the Fallen Angels.

In the 1990s, she worked for other publishers, including DC Comics, where she wrote the first 14 issues of Catwoman (1993). For Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios imprint of Image Comics, she wrote all twenty-two issues of the first Glory series, between March 1995 and April 1997 (the last five issues were released by Liefeld's Maximum Press after his departure from Image).

Preceded by Archie Goodwin	Wolverine writer 1990	Succeeded by Larry Hama
Preceded by none	Catwoman writer 1993-1994	Succeeded by Chuck Dixon