David Vern Reed
| David Vern Reed | |
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| Born | David Levine 1924 |
| Died | 1989 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Pseudonym(s) | Alexander Blade, Craig Ellis, Peter Horn, David Vern, Clyde Woodruff |
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Notable works
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Batman Detective Comics |
David Vern Reed (1924–1989) born David Levine, was an American writer, best known for his work on the Batman comic book during the 1950s, in a run that included a revamp of the Batplane in Batman #61 and the introduction of Deadshot in Batman #59.
Born David Levine, David Vern Reed grew up to become a writer, with his work appearing under several Anglicized pseudonyms, amongst them David Vern,Alexander Blade, Craig Ellis, Clyde Woodruff, and Peter Horn. In the 1940s, he wrote such science fiction stories as the novella "The Metal Monster Murders" in Mammoth Detective vol. 3, #4 (Nov. 1944).
He was hired to write comic book scripts by his friend, Julius Schwartz, an editor at DC Comics. It was at DC where Levine — who like all Batman writers and artists of this time ghosted under Bob Kane's byline — would eventually become best known to Batman fans as "David V. Reed." Reed's first story published by DC, "Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride" in Batman #56 was the start of his first tenure chronicling Batman's adventures. He and artist Lew Schwartz created the villain Deadshot in Batman #59 (July 1950). Reed wrote such key stories as "The Birth of Batplane II" in Batman #61 (Nov. 1950), "The Joker's Millions" and "Two-Face Strikes Again", the latter two featuring the return of the original villains introduced by Kane and writer Bill Finger. Another story from this period, "The Joker's Utility Belt", once mistakenly believed to have been written by Finger, was eventually adapted for Cesar Romero's first appearance as the Joker on the 1960s Batman television series, broadcast as the episodes "The Joker Is Wild" and "Batman Gets Riled".
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