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Bob Wayne

Bob Wayne was born in Fort Worth, Texas and learned to read from 1950s comic books. A comics and science fiction convention dealer in the 1970s, he opened a retail store in the 1980s.  He worked at DC Comics from 1987 to 2015, rising to the position of Senior Vice President – Sales.  In addition to his participation in Wild Cards, his published work includes stories in Scary Tales (Charlton Comics) and Secret Origins (DC), as well as contributions to The Comics Journal, Lone Star Book Review and MAD Magazine.  He’s the co-author (with Lewis Shiner) of DC’s Time Masters, one of the precursors to the Legends of Tomorrow television series.  He’s currently a business consultant in the publishing industry and serves on the Advisory Board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. He remains grateful that his mother never threw away any of his comics.

Essays by Bob Wayne

• EC and Me
• Wild Cards and Comics

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