John Warner is an American

United States

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 comic book

Comic book

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 writer and editor, known for his stories of horror

Horror comics

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 and the supernatural.

Warner's most prolific period in the comic book field was from 1973–1979. During that time, he wrote many issues of Gold Key Comics

Gold Key Comics

Gold Key Comics was an imprint of Western Publishing created for comic books distributed to newsstands. Also known as Whitman Comics, Gold Key operated from 1962 to 1984.-History:...

' Dark Shadows, as well as assorted fill-ins for Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

, DC Comics

DC Comics

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, and Warren Publishing

Warren Publishing

Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades...

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Biography

From 1975–1978, Warner served as an editor and writer for the black-and-white Marvel imprint Curtis Magazines

Curtis Magazines

Curtis Magazines was an imprint of Marvel Comics that existed from 1971 to 1980. The imprint published black-and-white magazines that did not carry the Comics Code Authority seal. Initially, page counts varied between 68,76, and 84 pages....

, where he worked primarily on Deadly Hands of Kung Fu

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu is a martial arts comic book magazine published by Curtis Magazines, a short-lived imprint of Marvel Comics. There were a total of 33 issues published, plus one "Special Album Edition," before the series was cancelled.-Overview:...

, but also on Doc Savage, Marvel Preview

Marvel Preview

Marvel Preview was a magazine-sized black-and-white showcase comic book published by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel....

, and Rampaging Hulk

Rampaging Hulk

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. For the latter series he created the characters Killer Shrike

Killer Shrike

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 and the Modular Man

Modular Man

The Modular Man is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain. He first appeared in Rampaging Hulk #2 and was created by John Warner and Val Mayerik.-Fictional character biography:...

. Separately, he co-created Ulysses Bloodstone

Ulysses Bloodstone

Ulysses Bloodstone is a fictional character, an immortal monster-hunter in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:John Warner has explained the development of Ulysses Bloodstone: "Len Wein and Marv Wolfman came up with the spark that would become Bloodstone—the premise of a man who fights...

. During his stint as a Marvel/Curtis editor, Warner hired Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio (comics)

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, who has since gone on to a long-running career at Marvel.

In addition, Warner wrote most of the run of Marvel's Son of Satan

Daimon Hellstrom

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, and in the late 1970s wrote Gold Key's Flash Gordon comic.

Warner lists as his influences Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham

Arthur Rackham was an English book illustrator.-Biography:Rackham was born in London as one of 12 children. At the age of 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying part-time at the Lambeth School of Art.In 1892 he left his job and started working for The...

, N.C. Wyeth, Gerry Anderson

Gerry Anderson

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, Maxfield Parrish

Maxfield Parrish

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, Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...

, Jay Ward

Jay Ward

J Troplong "Jay" Ward was an American creator and producer of animated television cartoons. He produced animated series based on such characters as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, and Super Chicken...

, Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...

, and Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...

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Warner is married to the former Beth Bleckley.