Bob Haney
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Haney in 2003, reading a Teen Titans Archive Edition.
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| Born | Robert G. Haney March 15, 1926 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 25, 2004 (aged 78) La Mesa, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
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Notable works
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Aquaman Blackhawk The Brave and the Bold Metamorpho Teen Titans Unknown Soldier |
| Awards | Alley Award, Inkpot Award |
Robert G. "Bob" Haney (March 15, 1926 – November 25, 2004) was an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. He co-created the Teen Titans as well as characters such as Metamorpho, Eclipso, Cain, and the Super-Sons.
Haney grew up in Philadelphia, where he read popular newspaper comic strips such as Prince Valiant and Flash Gordon, and was a regular listener of radio dramas. During World War II, he served in the Navy and saw action during the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, he earned a Master's degree from Columbia University and then embarked on a writing career, publishing a number of novels under a variety of assumed names.
In 1948, Haney entered the comic book industry. His first published comics story was "College For Murder" in Black Cat #9 (January 1948). From 1948 to 1955 Haney wrote crime and war comics for a number of publishers, including Fawcett, Standard, Hillman, Harvey, and St. John.
In large part due to the anti-comic book campaign launched by Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent and the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1953, most of Haney's publishers went out of business in the 1950s. In 1955 he connected with DC Comics and his first DC credit was the story "Frogman's Secret!" in All-American Men of War #17 (January 1955). Thus began a long association with DC, which lasted almost thirty years, with Haney scripting just about every sort of comic DC published.
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