Janice Race

Janice Race is an American former comic book editor.

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Biography

Raised in The Bronx,[1] Race was employed by DC Comics in the 1980s[2] and had worked as a textbook editor for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich before entering the comics industry.[3] She served as an Associate Editor for Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway[1] as well as an editor in her own right. Among the titles she oversaw was World's Finest Comics[2] which featured DC's two best-known characters, Superman and Batman. Race was a frequent collaborator with writer Greg Potter and edited his Jemm, Son of Saturn limited series and his Me & Joe Priest graphic novel.[4] She and Potter spent several months working on new concepts for the mid-1980s relaunch of Wonder Woman,[5] before being joined by writer/artist George Pérez.[6] Race left DC before the first issue of the new series was published to return to book publishing[7][8] and was replaced by Karen Berger.

Bibliography

As editor unless noted:

DC Comics

References

  1. ^ a b Race, Janice, brief autobiographical essay for Dick Giordano's "Meanwhile" column, Wonder Woman #317 (July 1984) "I grew up in The Bronx, in the shadow of Yankee Stadium...Here, at DC, I am the New York contact for most of the books written and edited by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway."
  2. ^ a b Janice Race's editorial credits at DC Comics at the Grand Comics Database
  3. ^ Nossiter, Alf (July 1, 1984), "The Harlem Globetrotter", Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics Books) (50): 39, "Janice Race is a newcomer to DC, having primarily worked in publishing as a textbook editor at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich." 
  4. ^ Potter, Greg (1985). Me & Joe Priest. DC Comics. ISBN 0930289048. 
  5. ^ Gold, Alan "Wonder Words" letter column, Wonder Woman #329 (Feb. 1986) "[Alan Gold will] be turning over the editorial reins to Janice Race...She has been working for several months already, as a matter of fact, with a bright new writer named Greg Potter."
  6. ^ "Newsflashes". Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics Books) (82): 8. November 1, 1985. "Pérez's Amazon: George Pérez will be co-plotting and penciling the new Wonder Woman series, scheduled to debut in June 1986 [sic]. Greg Potter will be the writer and co-plotter with Pérez" 
  7. ^ Nolen-Weathington, Eric (2003). Modern Masters Volume 2: George Perez. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 189390525X. http://books.google.com/books?id=bhOPZ2u7C_YC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=Janice+Race+Wonder+Woman&source=bl&ots=Bs8eqMM7p4&sig=Z3KPX_sOLfOwTJfyQKbXM7Ih3Tw&hl=en&ei=CZHETra0NonX0QHtmdX8Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Janice%20Race%20Wonder%20Woman&f=false. Retrieved November 16, 2011. "A week after [George Pérez] came on to Wonder Woman, Janice quit comic books. She went on to book publishing." 
  8. ^ Thomas, Roy letter column, Infinity, Inc. #25 (April 1986) "Janice Race has moved back into the world of book publishing after her sojourn in comics but we wish her well."

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