Randy Stradley

Randy Stradley (born mid-1950s) is an American writer working in the comic book industry. As of 2016^[update] he is Vice President of Publishing for Dark Horse Comics. He has written under pseudonyms Mick Harrison and Welles Hartley.

Stradley began working in comics in 1984 with issue 86 of Marvel's Star Wars. In 1986 with Mike Richardson, he co-founded Dark Horse Comics and became its Vice President.

In 1988, Dark Horse acquired the rights to Twentieth Century Fox's Aliens franchise and a year later the Predator license. In 1990, Stradley wrote the crossover, Aliens Versus Predator.

In the early 1990s Dark Horse acquired the license for Star Wars comics and relaunched the line. Stradley and Richardson co-wrote the Crimson Empire miniseries, and in 2002 Stradley became Senior Editor for Dark Horse's Star Wars series, a role he retained until 2014, when Marvel regained the Star Wars comics rights.

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