France Herron

France Herron
Born	France Edward Herron July 23, 1917 Ohio
Died	September 1966 (age 49)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Editor
Pseudonym(s)	Eddie Herron Ed "France" Herron France E. Herron
Notable works	Captain Marvel Jr. Red Skull Tomahawk Green Arrow

France Edward Herron (July 23, 1917-September 1966) was an American comic book writer and editor active in the 1940s-1960s, mainly for DC Comics. He is credited with co-creating Captain Marvel Jr. and the Red Skull, as well as such characters as Cave Carson, Nighthawk, and Mr. Scarlet and Pinky the Whiz Kid. Herron spent the bulk of his time in the comics industry writing for such characters as Green Arrow, Superman, and the Western character Tomahawk.

Herron was born in 1917 in Ohio farm country. Partially of Cherokee heritage, he grew up in West Virginia.

Herron got his start in comics while still a teenager, with the Harry "A" Chesler "packaging" studio in 1937, writing and editing for such Centaur Comics titles as Star Comics and Star Ranger Funnies. In 1939, Herron joined Fox Features Syndicate, where he first met Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. In 1940–1941, Simon and Kirby hired Herron to write stories for their new creation Captain America, published by the Marvel Comics forerunner Timely Comics; in Captain America Comics #7 (Oct. 1941), Herron and artist Kirby co-created the Red Skull.