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{{short description|American comic books editor (1915-2002)}}
{{Infobox comics creator
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'''Robert Kanigher''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|n|ɪ|ɡ|ər}}; June 18, 1915 – May 7, 2002)<ref name="SSDI">Social Security Death Index, social security #116-07-5117.</ref> was an American [[Comic book creator|comic book writer]] and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the [[Wonder Woman]] franchise for over twenty years, taking over the scripting from creator [[William Moulton Marston]]. In addition, Kanigher spent many years in charge of [[DC Comics]]'s war titles and created the character [[Sgt. Rock]]. Kanigher scripted what is considered the first [[Silver Age of comic books|Silver Age]] comic book story, "Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!", which introduced the [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Barry Allen version of the Flash]] in ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]'' #4 (Oct. 1956).

==Early life==
Kanigher was born in New York City, the third of Ephraim and Rebecca (née Herman) Kanigher's three children. Kanigher's parents were [[History of the Jews in Romania|Romanian Jewish]] immigrants.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQMQ-GW5|title= Robert Kanigher United States Census, 1940|date= n.d.|publisher= FamilySearch.org|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://www.reformjudaismmag.net/03winter/comics.shtml|title= How Jews Transformed the Comic Book Industry Part II: The Silver Age (1956-1978)|first= Arie|last= Kaplan|date= Winter 2003|location= New York, New York|magazine= [[Reform Judaism (magazine)|Reform Judaism]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160313202130/http://reformjudaismmag.net/03winter/comics.shtml|archive-date= March 13, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all|quote= Jewish writer Bob Kanigher cranked out more complex stories ...}}</ref>

Kanigher started working part-time when 12 years old to help support his family. "My father was destroyed in the Great Depression". He quickly started working full-time. "I supported them in their own flat (without their asking me), paying for everything from chewing gum to (their) coffins, 28 years later".<ref name="AlterEgo">{{cite book|last = Thomas|first = Roy |title = The Alter Ego Collection (Compiling Alter Ego Vol. 3, #1 & 2)|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|year = 2006|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|pages = 190| isbn = 9781893905597}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early work===
Kanigher's career as a writer started early, with his short stories and poetry being published in magazines. He won ''[[The New York Times]]'' Collegiate Short Story Contest in 1932. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Kanigher also wrote for radio, film, and authored several plays.<ref name="WhosWho" />

In 1943 Kanigher wrote ''How to Make Money Writing,'' which included a section on comics, making it one of the earliest works on the subject.<ref name="Mangus">{{cite web|url= http://www.comicartville.com/kanigherobit.htm|title= In Memory of Robert Kanigher 1915-2002|first= Don|last= Mangus|year= 2002|publisher= ComicArtVille Library|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120616063310/http://www.comicartville.com/kanigherobit.htm|archive-date= June 16, 2012|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

==Comic books==
===The Golden Age===
Kanigher's earliest comics work was in such titles as [[Fox Feature Syndicate]]'s ''[[Blue Beetle]]''<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sfwa.org/news/kanigher.htm|title= Robert Kanigher (1915-2002)|first= Pierce|last= Askegren|author-link = Pierce Askegren|date= May 7, 2002|location= Enfield, Connecticut|publisher= [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20021218125600/http://www.sfwa.org/News/kanigher.htm|archive-date=December 18, 2002 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> (where he created [[Bouncer (Fox Feature Syndicate)|the Bouncer]]), [[Archie Comics|MLJ/Archie Comics]]'s ''Steel Sterling'' and ''[[Web (comics)|The Web]]'', and [[Fawcett Comics]] ''[[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel Adventures]]''.

Kanigher joined [[DC Comics|All-American Comics]], a precursor of the future [[DC Comics]], as a scripter in 1945, and was quickly promoted to editor. He wrote the "[[Justice Society of America]]" feature in ''[[All Star Comics]]'', the "[[Hawkman]]" feature in ''[[Flash Comics]]'', and ''[[Green Lantern (comic book)|Green Lantern]]''. Kanigher edited ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' starting in 1948 <ref>Lepore, Jill (2015). The Secret History of Wonder Woman. Chapter 29, footnotes 4, 12; also: "The Wonder Woman comics that appeared... following Marston's death [up to 1948] were produced from story ideas ... left behind... most have since been credited to ... Kanighsr because... he took credit for them</ref> to issue #176 (May–June 1968).<ref name="GCD-editor">{{gcdb|type=editor|search= Robert+Kanigher|title= Robert Kanigher (editor)}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last = Greenberger|first = Robert|author-link= Robert Greenberger |title = Wonder Woman: Amazon. Hero. Icon.|publisher = [[RCS MediaGroup|Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books]]|year = 2010|location= Milan, Italy|pages = 30| isbn = 978-0789324160}}</ref> A year after ''Wonder Woman'' creator [[William Moulton Marston]] died in 1947, Kanigher became the title's writer as well. Kanigher wrote "The Black Canary", a six-page [[Johnny Thunder]] story which introduced the [[Black Canary]] character in ''Flash Comics'' #86 (August 1947). This was also artist [[Carmine Infantino]]'s first published work for DC.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wallace|first1= Daniel|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1940s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |pages= 55–56 |quote = Debuting as a supporting character in a six-page Johnny Thunder feature written by Robert Kanigher and penciled by Carmine Infantino, Dinah Drake [the Black Canary] was originally presented as a villain ... The Black Canary's introduction in August [1947]'s ''Flash Comics'' #86 represented [Infantino's] first published work for DC.}}</ref> Other new characters created by Kanigher during this time included [[Rose and Thorn]]<ref name="McAvennie 141">McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 141 "The second feature uncovered the roots of Rose Forrest/Thorn's identity, as told by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru."</ref> and the [[Harlequin (comics)|Harlequin]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Rovin |first=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Supervillains |publisher=Facts on File |date=1987 |location=New York |isbn=0-8160-1356-X |page=154}}</ref>

Starting in 1952, Kanigher began editing and writing the "big five" DC Comics' war titles: ''[[G.I. Combat]]'', ''[[Our Army at War]]'', ''[[Our Fighting Forces]]'', ''[[All-American Men of War]]'', and ''[[Star Spangled War Stories]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last = Pasko|first = Martin|author-link = Martin Pasko|title = The DC Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the DC Universe|url = https://archive.org/details/dcvaultmuseumina00pask|url-access = limited|publisher = [[Running Press]]|year = 2008|location= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|isbn = 978-0762432578|page= [https://archive.org/details/dcvaultmuseumina00pask/page/n85 72]|quote = It was Bob Kanigher who led the company into the new genre ... Kanigher originally worked on these books with many artists, including Jerry Grandenetti, Gene Colan, Russ Heath, and Irv Novick. but the Kanigher-[Joe] Kubert work would prove the most memorable.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last = Schelly|first = Bill|author-link = Bill Schelly|title = The Art of Joe Kubert|publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]|year = 2011|location= Seattle, Washington|pages = 133|isbn = 978-1606994870|quote= With the cancellation of EC's legendary war titles in the wake of the Comics Code, DC's war comics were the finest being published in the second half of the decade. And this was largely attributable to their editor and chief writer, Robert Kanigher.}}</ref> His creation of [[Sgt. Rock]] with [[Joe Kubert]] is considered one of his most memorable contributions to the medium.<ref name=Mangus /><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.toonopedia.com/sgt_rock.htm|title= Sgt. Rock|first= Don|last= Markstein|year= 2008|publisher= [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]|archive-url= https://archive.today/20240526170138/https://www.webcitation.org/6HR1ObHen?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/sgt_rock.htm|archive-date= May 26, 2024|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|author-link = Les Daniels|title = DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes|publisher= [[Little, Brown and Company|Bulfinch Press]]|year = 1995|page = 104|isbn = 0821220764|quote= The most famous Kanigher–Kubert collaboration involved Sgt. Rock, who has gone on to become a part of our collective mythology as the archetype of the gruff, cynical, good-hearted noncommissioned officer.}}</ref> Comics historian [[Bill Schelly]] noted that "Kanigher's scripts were built on well-orchestrated dramatic sequences, with the story's objects not war-time danger and violence, but the impact these events had on the men of [[Easy Company (comics)|Easy Company]]."<ref>Schelly p. 153</ref>

===The Silver Age===
In 1956, DC editor [[Julius Schwartz]] assigned Kanigher and Infantino to the company's first attempt at reviving superheroes: an updated version of the [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]] that would appear in issue #4 (Oct. 1956) of the try-out series ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]''. The eventual success of the new, science-fiction oriented Flash heralded the wholesale return of superheroes, and the beginning of what fans and historians call the [[Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] of comics.<ref>[[Alexander C. Irvine|Irvine, Alex]] "1950s" in Dolan, p. 80 "The arrival of the second incarnation of the Flash in [Showcase] issue #4 is considered to be the official start of the Silver Age of comics."</ref>

Artist [[Ross Andru]] began a nine-year run on ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', starting with issue #98 (May 1958), where he and Kanigher reinvented the character, introducing the Silver Age version and her supporting cast.<ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 90 "Wonder Woman's origin story and character was given a Silver Age revamp, courtesy of writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru."</ref><ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/14395/ ''Wonder Woman'' #98 (May 1958)] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]</ref>

Kanigher and Andru had several other notable collaborations. The "Gunner and Sarge" feature introduced in ''All-American Men of War'' #67 (March 1959) was one of the first [[war comics]] to feature recurring characters.<ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 93 "War comics had rarely featured recurring characters, but writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru changed that with the introduction of U.S. Marines Gunner MacKay and Sarge Clay in ''All-American Men of War'' #67."</ref> Andru drew an early appearance of Kanigher's Sgt. Rock character in ''Our Army at War'' #81 (April 1959)<ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 93 "In "The Rock of Easy Co.!" written by Robert Kanigher and Bob Haney, with art by Ross Andru, the reader was introduced to Sgt. Frank Rock of Easy Company."</ref> The creative team co-created the original version of the [[Suicide Squad]] in ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' #25 (September 1959).<ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 95 "In "The Three Waves of Doom", a story that filled ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25, writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru introduced the Suicide Squad, a band of World War II-era military misfits."</ref> Another innovation was the melding of war comics with [[science-fiction]] in "[[The War that Time Forgot]]", a feature created by Kanigher and Andru in ''Star Spangled War Stories'' #90 (May 1960).<ref>McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 100 "What was most memorable about the initial installment of "The War that Time Forgot" by writer/editor Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru was that it was the first cross-genre story to blend war comics with science-fiction."</ref> The Kanigher-Andru pairing co-created the [[Metal Men]] in ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]'' #37 (March–April 1962).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 105 "Writer/editor Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru put a then-modern-day spin on robots with the exploits of comics' first "heavy metal" group, the Metal Men."</ref><ref>Daniels, p. 136: "A comic book emergency gave birth to the Metal Men. Due to a slipup, nothing had been scheduled to fill issue 37 of ''Showcase'' (April 1962), and the fast-working Kanigher was recruited to create a new feature virtually overnight."</ref>

Kanigher also created other popular action series features, such as "[[Enemy Ace]]",<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|chapter= The Silver Age 1956-1970|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen]]|year=2010|location= Cologne, Germany|isbn= 9783836519816|page= 433|quote= Kanigher's Ace was a morally complex soldier who embraced chivalry and honor with such an unswerving inflexibility that he remained curiously sympathetic even as he warred against British forces in his Fokker triplane.}}</ref> "[[The Losers (comics)|The Losers]]", and ''The [[Unknown Soldier (DC Comics)|Unknown Soldier]]''. He and artist [[Russ Heath]] created the "[[Haunted Tank]]" feature,<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 103: "''G.I. Combat'' #87 saw Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart guide Lt. Jeb Stuart and the Haunted Tank on their first adventure by scribe Robert Kanigher and artist Russ Heath."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.toonopedia.com/hauntedt.htm|title= The Haunted Tank|first= Don|last= Markstein|year= 2008|publisher= Don Markstein's Toonopedia|archive-url= https://archive.today/20240526170059/https://www.webcitation.org/6HR0zACT1?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/hauntedt.htm|archive-date= May 26, 2024|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> and the ''[[Sea Devils (comics)|Sea Devils]]'' series.<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 101: "''Showcase'' #27 in August [1960] saw Dane Dorrance, Biff Bailey, Judy Walton, and Nicky Walton dive into underwater adventures as the Sea Devils, by writer Robert Kanigher and illustrator Russ Heath."</ref> Several of Kanigher's characters were combined into a single feature titled "[[The Losers (comics)|The Losers]]". Their first appearance as a group was with the Haunted Tank crew in ''G.I. Combat'' #138 (Oct.–Nov. 1969).<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 135: "Scribe Robert Kanigher and artist Russ Heath turned these self-described Losers - including "Navajo Ace" Johnny Cloud of the U.S. Army Air Force, Marines Gunner Mackey and Sarge Clay, and Captain William Storm, a PT boat commander with a prosthetic leg - into a fighting force that meshed as one."</ref> In the late 1950s and 1960s, Kanigher had a hand in creating many other characters, including the [[Viking Prince]], Balloon Buster, and the [[Batman]] villain [[Poison Ivy (comics)|Poison Ivy]].<ref>McAvennie "1960s" in Dolan, p. 118: "Poison Ivy first cropped up to plague Gotham City in issue #181 of ''Batman''. Scripter Robert Kanigher and artist Sheldon Moldoff came up with a villain who would blossom into one of Batman's greatest foes"</ref>

Among fellow comic creators, Kanigher was as well known for his unstable personality and violent temper as he was for his brilliance as a writer, and collaborators such as [[Gene Colan]] and [[John Romita Sr.]] have commented on the difficulty of working with him.<ref name="ShadColan">{{cite book |last= Field|first= Tom|title= Secrets in the Shadows: The Art & Life of Gene Colan|year= 2005 |publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|isbn= 978-1893905450|pages= 36–37}}</ref> Romita recounted: <blockquote>I worked on a series with Kanigher — he wrote two series for me in the romance dept. One about an airline stewardess, and one about a nurse. He used to compliment me whenever he'd see me in the bullpen. "Like the stuff ... like the stuff ..." That was about the amount of conversation we had. Then one day we were in the elevator together, and he said, "Like the stuff." I, like an innocent fool ... I used to do some adjustments to his pages. If he had a heavy-copy panel, I might take a [[speech balloon|balloon]] from one panel and put it in the next. Just because I was distributing space. I was so stupid and naive, I said to him, "It doesn't bother you, does it, that I sometimes switch some of the panels around and move some of the balloons from one panel to another?" He started to chew me out in the elevator! "Who the hell do you think you are, changing my stuff? Where do you come off changing my stuff? You don't know anything about this business!"<ref name="ShadColan"/></blockquote>

===The Bronze Age===
Reuniting with Andru, Kanigher co-created the "[[Thorn (comics)|Rose & The Thorn]]" backup feature in ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]'' #105 (October 1970).<ref name="McAvennie 141" /><ref>{{cite journal|last = Cassell|first = Dewey|title = A Rose By Any Other Name ... Would Be Thorn|journal = [[Back Issue!]]|issue = 64|pages = 28–32|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = May 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Kanigher wrote two stories for [[Marvel Comics]]: "Weep for a Lost Nightmare" in ''[[Iron Man]]'' #44 (Jan. 1972) and "Running for Love" in ''Our Love Story'' #19 (Oct. 1972).<ref>{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Robert+Kanigher|title= Robert Kanigher}}</ref> Kanigher returned as writer-editor of the ''Wonder Woman'' title with issue #204 (Jan.–Feb. 1973)<ref name="GCD-editor" /> and restored the character's powers and traditional costume.<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 154 "After nearly five years of Diana Prince's non-powered super-heroics, writer-editor Robert Kanigher and artist Don Heck restored Wonder Woman's. . .well, wonder."</ref> In 1974, drawing on a [[Green Mansions|classic novel]], he introduced ''[[Rima]] the Jungle Girl'' to the DC Universe in her own title. Kanigher and Kubert created [[Ragman (comics)|Ragman]] in the first issue (Aug.–Sept. 1976) of that character's short-lived ongoing series.<ref>McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 171 "Writer Robert Kanigher's origin of the frayed hero was pieced together into moody, coarse segments by Joe Kubert and Nestor, Frank, and Quico Redondo."</ref>

Around 1977, Kanigher taught for a year at the [[Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art]].<ref name="WhosWho" />

Kanigher was still working for DC into the early 1980s, most notably on the [[Creature Commandos]] feature in ''[[Weird War Tales]]''. When told the comic was being canceled, Kanigher wrote a one-page Creature Commandos story where the team of military superhumans and himself were rocketed off into space.<ref name=Sims>Sims, Chris. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120526160906/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/06/comic-book-letters-columns/ "12 Reasons Why Bringing Back Letter Columns Is Not The Best Idea,"] ComicsAlliance.com (Jan. 6, 2011).</ref><ref>"Destination Unknown!, ''Weird War Tales'' #124 (DC Comics, June 1983).</ref>

==Tributes and awards==
In 1985, DC Comics named Kanigher as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication ''[[Fifty Who Made DC Great]]''.<ref>{{Cite comic| writer = Marx, Barry| cowriters = [[Joey Cavalieri|Cavalieri, Joey]] and Hill, Thomas| artist = Petruccio, Steven | editor = Marx, Barry| story = Robert Kanigher Tales of Love and War| title = Fifty Who Made DC Great| date = 1985| publisher = DC Comics| page = 30}}</ref>

Streets and buildings have been named in his honor in several of DC Comics' fictional cities, including [[Central City (DC Comics)|Central City]]<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Cary Bates|Bates, Cary]]|penciller= [[Carmine Infantino|Infantino, Carmine]]|inker= [[Dennis Jensen (comics)|Jensen, Dennis]]|story= Look Upon the Eradicator!|title= [[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]|issue= 314|date= October 1982}}</ref> and [[Keystone City]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Mark Waid|Waid, Mark]]|penciller= [[Carlos Pacheco|Pacheco, Carlos]]|inker= [[Wayne Faucher|Faucher, Wayne]]; [[José Marzan Jr.|Marzan Jr., José]]|story= Just Do It! (Reckless Youth chapter 3)|title= The Flash|volume= 2|issue= 94|date= September 1994}}</ref> The hometown of Nate Banks in the comic book themed kids' series of novels, ''The Amazing Adventures of Nate Banks'', is named Kanigher Falls.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Amazing Adventures of Nate Banks #1: Secret Identity Crisis|last= Bell|first= Jake|year= 2010|publisher= [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic Paperbacks]]|isbn= 978-0-545-15669-1}}</ref>

In 2014, Kanigher was posthumously recognized with the [[Bill Finger Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node|title= Finger Award - Robert Kanigher, Bill Mantlo, Jack Mendelsohn to Receive 2014 Bill Finger Award|year= 2014|publisher= San Diego Comic-Con International|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140329180343/http://comic-con.org/awards/bill-finger-award-node|archive-date= March 29, 2014|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

==Publications==
*{{cite book |last=Kanigher |first=Robert|date=1943 |title=Where And How to Sell Your Manuscripts |location= New York|publisher=Cambridge House }}
*{{cite book |last=Kanigher |first=Robert|date=1943 |title=How to Make Money Writing for Comics Magazines |location= New York|publisher=Cambridge House }}
*{{cite book |last=Kanigher |first=Robert|date=1943 |title=How to Make Money Writing for Radio |location= New York|publisher=Cambridge House }}
*{{cite book |last=Kanigher |first=Robert|date=1943 |title=How to Make Money Writing for the Stage |location=New York |publisher=Cambridge House }}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Snyder, Robin. "The Golden Gladiator Robert Kanigher," ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' #84 and #85 (1983).

==External links==
* {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=480|title=Robert Kanigher}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609060747/http://www.geocities.com/galleryofwar/rk-obit.htm |date=June 9, 2008 |title=Bob Kanigher's Gallery of War }}
* [http://docs.comics.org/images/f/fb/DC_Profiles_42.jpg "DC Profiles #42: Robert Kanigher"] at the Grand Comics Database
* [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=50 Robert Kanigher] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

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