Janice Race is an American former comic book editor best known for her work at

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in the 1980s.

Biography

Raised in

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,Race, Janice, brief autobiographical essay for

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's "Meanwhile" column, ''

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'' #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." Race earned a

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and

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from the College of City University. She was employed by

in the 1980s and had worked as a textbook editor for

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before entering the comics industry. She began working at DC in late 1983 and served as an Associate Editor for Roy Thomas and

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as well as an editor in her own right. Among the titles she oversaw was '' World's Finest Comics'' which featured DC's two best-known characters, Superman and Batman. Race was a frequent collaborator with writer

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and edited his '' Jemm, Son of Saturn'' limited series and his ''Me & Joe Priest''

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. She and Potter spent several months working on new concepts for the mid-1980s relaunch of ''

'', before being joined by writer/artist

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. Race left DC before the first issue of the new series was published to return to

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and was replaced by

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, the Executive Director of Production at DC Comics in the 1980s, has stated that Race left DC after being told of the low sales on the ''Jemm, Son of Saturn'' series.

Bibliography

As editor unless noted:

DC Comics

* ''

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'' #32–58, ''Annual'' #3 (1984–1986) (as Associate Editor) * '' America vs. the Justice Society'' #1–4 (1985) (as Associate Editor) * ''

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'' #33–41, ''Annual'' #1 (1984–1985) (as Associate Editor) * ''

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'' #1–5 (1986) * ''

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'' #5 ("Me & Joe Priest") (1985) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #1–3 (1986) (as co-editor for #2–3 with

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) * ''

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'' #22, 24–26, 28–49, 54, ''Annual'' #3 (1984–1986) (as Associate Editor until #36, as Editor from #37 afterwards) * '' Jemm, Son of Saturn'' #1–12 (1984–1985) (as co-editor for #1–2 with

) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #4 (Firestorm) (1986) * '' Sun Devils'' #4–6 (1984 (as Associate Editor) * '' World's Finest Comics'' #306–323 (1984–1986)

References

External links

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