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class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_book)" title="Batman (comic book)">Batman</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jack Schiff</b> (1909<sup id="cite_ref-Bails_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bails-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – April 30, 1999)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> comic book writer and editor best known for his work editing various <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> comic book series for <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> from 1942 to 1964. He was the co-creator of <a href="/wiki/Starman_(Ted_Knight)" title="Starman (Ted Knight)">Starman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tomorrow" title="Tommy Tomorrow">Tommy Tomorrow</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Kid" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyoming Kid">Wyoming Kid</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jack Schiff entered the comics industry after attending <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bails_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bails-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He got his start at <a href="/wiki/Thrilling_Publications" title="Thrilling Publications">Standard Magazines</a>, editing various pulps.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>, he co-created the original <a href="/wiki/Starman_(Ted_Knight)" title="Starman (Ted Knight)">Starman</a> with artist <a href="/wiki/Jack_Burnley" title="Jack Burnley">Jack Burnley</a> and editors <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Ellsworth" title="Whitney Ellsworth">Whitney Ellsworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murray_Boltinoff" title="Murray Boltinoff">Murray Boltinoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mort_Weisinger" title="Mort Weisinger">Mort Weisinger</a>, and Bernie Breslauer<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Comics" title="Adventure Comics">Adventure Comics</a></i> #61 (April 1941). DC hired Schiff as an editor in 1942 and he oversaw the various <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a> comic book titles<sup id="cite_ref-GCD_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCD-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after Weisinger was drafted into military service during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote the story "Case of the Costume-Clad Killers" in <i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> #60 (Feb. 1942) which introduced the <a href="/wiki/Bat-Signal" title="Bat-Signal">Bat-Signal</a> into the Batman mythos.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, he edited and wrote the <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_strip)" title="Batman (comic strip)">Batman</a></i> comic strip for the <a href="/wiki/McClure_Newspaper_Syndicate" title="McClure Newspaper Syndicate">McClure Newspaper Syndicate</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bails_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bails-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and wrote <i><a href="/wiki/The_Vigilante" title="The Vigilante">The Vigilante</a></i> (1947) and <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_and_Robin_(serial)" title="Batman and Robin (serial)">Batman and Robin</a></i> (1949) <a href="/wiki/Serial_film" title="Serial film">serials</a> for <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bails_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bails-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He developed a series of <a href="/wiki/Public_service_announcement" title="Public service announcement">public service announcements</a> which ran throughout DC's entire publishing line<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 1949 to the mid–1960s<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and scripted the "Johnny Everyman" feature which had been created by <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_in_Literature" title="List of Nobel laureates in Literature">Nobel Prize laureate</a> <a href="/wiki/Pearl_S._Buck" title="Pearl S. 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Buck</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He launched comic book titles which were <a href="/wiki/Brand_licensing" title="Brand licensing">licensed</a> from the popular radio programs <i><a href="/wiki/A_Date_with_Judy" title="A Date with Judy">A Date with Judy</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Gang_Busters" title="Gang Busters">Gang Busters</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._District_Attorney" title="Mr. District Attorney">Mr. District Attorney</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and co-created new characters such as <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tomorrow" title="Tommy Tomorrow">Tommy Tomorrow</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Wyoming Kid.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His introduction of science fiction concepts into the Batman stories met with mixed results.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958, he became involved in a legal dispute with artist <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kirby" title="Jack Kirby">Jack Kirby</a> over the "<a href="/wiki/Sky_Masters" title="Sky Masters">Sky Masters</a>" newspaper comic strip and Schiff won the resulting lawsuit.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, he and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Dillin" title="Dick Dillin">Dick Dillin</a> created <a href="/wiki/Lady_Blackhawk" title="Lady Blackhawk">Lady Blackhawk</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Blackhawk_(DC_Comics)" title="Blackhawk (DC Comics)">Blackhawk</a></i> #133 (Feb. 1959).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DC's upper management removed Schiff as editor of <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_book)" title="Batman (comic book)">Batman</a></i> and <i>Detective Comics</i> due to low sales and replaced him with <a href="/wiki/Julius_Schwartz" title="Julius Schwartz">Julius Schwartz</a> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_in_Space" title="Mystery in Space">Mystery in Space</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Adventures" title="Strange Adventures">Strange Adventures</a></i> were given to Schiff as replacements to edit.<sup id="cite_ref-GCD_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCD-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired from DC after 25 years with the company<sup id="cite_ref-Bails_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bails-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his final editing credit appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Adventures" title="Strange Adventures">Strange Adventures</a></i> #203 (Aug. 1967).<sup id="cite_ref-GCD_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCD-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jack Schiff received citations and commendations from such organizations as the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League" title="Anti-Defamation League">Anti-Defamation League</a> (1948), the <a href="/wiki/National_Conference_for_Community_and_Justice" title="National Conference for Community and Justice">National Conference of Christians and Jews</a> (1953), the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Office_of_War_Information" title="United States Office of War Information">United States Office of War Information</a> (1945), and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Department of the Treasury">United States Department of the Treasury</a> (1945).<sup id="cite_ref-Bails_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bails-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_writer">As writer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: As writer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="DC_Comics">DC Comics</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: DC Comics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_book)" title="Batman (comic book)">Batman</a></i> #10, 13, 15, 21, 26 (1942–1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> #60 (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Comics" title="World's Finest Comics">World's Finest Comics</a></i> #8, 15–26, 28, 30, 37, 39 (1942–1949)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_editor">As editor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As editor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="DC_Comics_2">DC Comics</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: DC Comics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Action_Comics" title="Action Comics">Action Comics</a></i> #56–118 (1943–1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Comics" title="Adventure Comics">Adventure Comics</a></i> #82–194 (1943–1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Alan_Ladd" title="The Adventures of Alan Ladd">The Adventures of Alan Ladd</a></i> #1–9 (1949–1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aquaman" title="Aquaman">Aquaman</a></i> #1–4 (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_book)" title="Batman (comic book)">Batman</a></i> #15–163 (1943–1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Town#Comic_book" title="Big Town">Big Town</a></i> #1–3 (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blackhawk_(DC_Comics)" title="Blackhawk (DC Comics)">Blackhawk</a></i> #108–195 (1957–1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boy_Commandos" title="Boy Commandos">Boy Commandos</a></i> #2–36 (1943–1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brave_and_the_Bold" title="The Brave and the Bold">The Brave and the Bold</a></i> #31–33, 40–41 (1960–1962)</li> <li><i>Buzzy</i> #1–27 (1944–1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Congo_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Congo Bill">Congo Bill</a></i> #1–7 (1954–1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Challengers_of_the_Unknown" title="Challengers of the Unknown">Challengers of the Unknown</a></i> #1–27 (1958–1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dale_Evans" title="Dale Evans">Dale Evans</a> Comics</i> #1–24 (1948–1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Date_with_Judy#Comic_book" title="A Date with Judy">A Date with Judy</a></i> #1–12 (1947–1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> #71–326 (1943–1964)</li> <li><i>Feature Films</i> #1–4 (1950)</li> <li><i>Frontier Fighters</i> #1–8 (1955–1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gang_Busters#Comics" title="Gang Busters">Gang Busters</a></i> #1–67 (1947–1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Mystery" title="House of Mystery">House of Mystery</a></i> #1–125, 143–169 (1951–1962, 1964–1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Secrets_(DC_Comics)" title="House of Secrets (DC Comics)">House of Secrets</a></i> #1–56, 66–80 (1956–1962, 1964–1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leading_Comics" title="Leading Comics">Leading Comics</a></i> #6–14 (1943–1945)</li> <li><i>Legends of <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a></i> #1–8 (1955–1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/More_Fun_Comics" title="More Fun Comics">More Fun Comics</a></i> #87–107 (1943–1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._District_Attorney#Comic_books" title="Mr. District Attorney">Mr. District Attorney</a></i> #1–67 (1948–1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Greatest_Adventure" title="My Greatest Adventure">My Greatest Adventure</a></i> #1–70 (1955–1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_in_Space" title="Mystery in Space">Mystery in Space</a></i> #92–110 (1964–1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Real_Fact_Comics" title="Real Fact Comics">Real Fact Comics</a></i> #1–21 (1946–1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rip_Hunter" title="Rip Hunter">Rip Hunter</a>... Time Master</i> #1–9 (1961–1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Showcase_(comics)" title="Showcase (comics)">Showcase</a></i> #5–7, 11–12, 15–16, 20–21, 25–26, 30–33 (1956–1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star-Spangled_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Star-Spangled Comics">Star-Spangled Comics</a></i> #16–130 (1943–1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Adventures" title="Strange Adventures">Strange Adventures</a></i> #164–203 (1964–1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superboy_(comic_book)" title="Superboy (comic book)">Superboy</a></i> #1–28 (1949–1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(comic_book)" title="Superman (comic book)">Superman</a></i> #20–51 (1943–1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(comics)" title="Tales of the Unexpected (comics)">Tales of the Unexpected</a></i> #1–72, 83–102 (1956–1962, 1964–1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tomahawk_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomahawk (comics)">Tomahawk</a></i> #1–81 (1950–1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Comics" title="Western Comics">Western Comics</a></i> #1–42 (1948–1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Comics" title="World's Finest Comics">World's Finest Comics</a></i> #8–140 (1942–1964)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Bails-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bails_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bails_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bails_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bails_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bails_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bails_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBailsn.d." class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bails" title="Jerry Bails">Bails, Jerry</a> (n.d.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=SCHIFF%2c+JACK">"Schiff, Jack"</a>. Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170108101636/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=SCHIFF%2C+JACK">Archived</a> from the original on January 8, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Schiff%2C+Jack&rft.pub=Who%27s+Who+of+American+Comic+Books+1928%E2%80%931999&rft.aulast=Bails&rft.aufirst=Jerry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bailsprojects.com%2Fbio.aspx%3FName%3DSCHIFF%252c%2BJACK&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/01/classified/paid-notice-deaths-schiff-jack.html">"Deaths: Schiff, Jack"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. May 1, 1999. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150527092536/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/01/classified/paid-notice-deaths-schiff-jack.html">Archived</a> from the original on May 27, 2015. <q>Schiff, Jack. 89. Of New Rochelle, NY, died on April 30, 1999. He had been a managing editor for DC Comics, including Superman and Batman.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Deaths%3A+Schiff%2C+Jack&rft.date=1999-05-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1999%2F05%2F01%2Fclassified%2Fpaid-notice-deaths-schiff-jack.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSalinas2001" class="citation book cs1">Salinas, A. S. (February 2001). <i>The World According to Kane: and Other Stories</i>. <a href="/wiki/IUniverse" title="IUniverse">iUniverse</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780595140008" title="Special:BookSources/9780595140008"><bdi>9780595140008</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+World+According+to+Kane%3A+and+Other+Stories&rft.pub=iUniverse&rft.date=2001-02&rft.isbn=9780595140008&rft.aulast=Salinas&rft.aufirst=A.+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: date and year (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_date_and_year" title="Category:CS1 maint: date and year">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurnley2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Burnley" title="Jack Burnley">Burnley, Jack</a> (May 2000). "Foreword". <i>The Golden Age Starman Archives Volume 1</i>. New York, New York: <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56389-622-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-56389-622-4"><bdi>978-1-56389-622-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Foreword&rft.btitle=The+Golden+Age+Starman+Archives+Volume+1&rft.place=New+York%2C+New+York&rft.pub=DC+Comics&rft.date=2000-05&rft.isbn=978-1-56389-622-4&rft.aulast=Burnley&rft.aufirst=Jack&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GCD-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GCD_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GCD_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GCD_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/search.lasso/?sort=chrono&query=Jack+Schiff&type=editor">Jack Schiff</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDaniels1995" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Les_Daniels" title="Les Daniels">Daniels, Les</a> (1995). <i>DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes</i>. New York, New York: <a href="/wiki/Little,_Brown_and_Company" title="Little, Brown and Company">Bulfinch Press</a>. p. 28. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0821220764" title="Special:BookSources/0821220764"><bdi>0821220764</bdi></a>. <q>Mort Weisinger and Jack Schiff were recruited from the pulp magazines, Weisinger...was soon called away by World War II, leaving Schiff as managing editor for the duration.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=DC+Comics%3A+Sixty+Years+of+the+World%27s+Favorite+Comic+Book+Heroes&rft.place=New+York%2C+New+York&rft.pages=28&rft.pub=Bulfinch+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0821220764&rft.aulast=Daniels&rft.aufirst=Les&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPasko2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Pasko" title="Martin Pasko">Pasko, Martin</a> (2008). <i>The DC Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the DC Universe</i>. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: <a href="/wiki/Running_Press" title="Running Press">Running Press</a>. p. 48. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0762432578" title="Special:BookSources/978-0762432578"><bdi>978-0762432578</bdi></a>. <q>Weisinger's idea was that Schiff would act as a benchwarmer, and after the war, Weisinger would return to his old job.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+DC+Vault%3A+A+Museum-in-a-Book+with+Rare+Collectibles+from+the+DC+Universe&rft.place=Philadelphia%2C+Pennsylvania&rft.pages=48&rft.pub=Running+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0762432578&rft.aulast=Pasko&rft.aufirst=Martin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManning2014" class="citation book cs1">Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "1940s". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). <i>Batman: A Visual History</i>. London, United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">Dorling Kindersley</a>. p. 26. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1465424563" title="Special:BookSources/978-1465424563"><bdi>978-1465424563</bdi></a>. <q>In this issue by artist Bob Kane and writer Jack Schiff...the police introduced the Bat-Signal, a giant spotlight that displayed the bat-symbol on the night sky in order to summon the hero.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1940s&rft.btitle=Batman%3A+A+Visual+History&rft.place=London%2C+United+Kingdom&rft.pages=26&rft.pub=Dorling+Kindersley&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1465424563&rft.aulast=Manning&rft.aufirst=Matthew+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Daniels, p. 92: "Jack Schiff enjoyed more success, however, with an even more idealistic experiment. This was a series of single-page public service announcements that he created and wrote for publication in all DC titles."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLevitz2010" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Levitz" title="Paul Levitz">Levitz, Paul</a> (2010). "The Silver Age 1956–1970". <i>75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking</i>. Cologne, Germany: <a href="/wiki/Taschen" title="Taschen">Taschen</a>. p. 422. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783836519816" title="Special:BookSources/9783836519816"><bdi>9783836519816</bdi></a>. <q>In cooperation with several social welfare agencies, editor Jack Schiff routinely prepared public service ads...for all the DC titles, beginning in 1949 and continuing through the mid-1960s.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Silver+Age+1956%E2%80%931970&rft.btitle=75+Years+of+DC+Comics+The+Art+of+Modern+Mythmaking&rft.place=Cologne%2C+Germany&rft.pages=422&rft.pub=Taschen&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9783836519816&rft.aulast=Levitz&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBingaman2016" class="citation web cs1">Bingaman, Brian (March 31, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tickettoentertainment.com/blog/2016/03/31/comic-books-unmasked-uncovers-pearl-s-bucks-role-in-changing-the-comics-industry/">"<i>Comic Books Unmasked</i> uncovers Pearl S. Buck's role in changing the comics industry"</a>. <a href="/wiki/21st_Century_Media" title="21st Century Media">21st Century Media</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161228010459/http://www.tickettoentertainment.com/blog/2016/03/31/comic-books-unmasked-uncovers-pearl-s-bucks-role-in-changing-the-comics-industry/">Archived</a> from the original on December 28, 2016. <q>Buck introduced the non-mask-wearing superhero Johnny Everyman, who fought racism with the power of persuasion and intellect in adventures set in China, India, the Philippines, Belgium, Germany and the U.S. Scripted by Jack Schiff and illustrated by John Daly, Johnny Everyman appeared in DC's <i>World's Finest Comics</i> and <i>Comic Cavalcade</i> in the mid-'40s.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Comic+Books+Unmasked+uncovers+Pearl+S.+Buck%27s+role+in+changing+the+comics+industry&rft.pub=21st+Century+Media&rft.date=2016-03-31&rft.aulast=Bingaman&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tickettoentertainment.com%2Fblog%2F2016%2F03%2F31%2Fcomic-books-unmasked-uncovers-pearl-s-bucks-role-in-changing-the-comics-industry%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWallace2010" class="citation book cs1">Wallace, Daniel (2010). "1940s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). <i>DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle</i>. London, United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">Dorling Kindersley</a>. p. 56. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-6742-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-6742-9"><bdi>978-0-7566-6742-9</bdi></a>. <q>Jack Schiff edited the stories, with Graham Place providing the art.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1940s&rft.btitle=DC+Comics+Year+By+Year+A+Visual+Chronicle&rft.place=London%2C+United+Kingdom&rft.pages=56&rft.pub=Dorling+Kindersley&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-7566-6742-9&rft.aulast=Wallace&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 57: "Edited by Jack Schiff, the <i>Gang Busters</i> comic focused on FBI cases and standalone crime stories."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pasko, p. 88: "For extra insurance that it would be done in good taste, the book [<i>Gang Busters</i>] was assigned to public service page writer Jack Schiff. Other crime-related titles from radio quickly followed, including <i>Mr. District Attorney</i>."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarkstein2010" class="citation web cs1">Markstein, Don (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.toonopedia.com/tomorrow.htm">"Tommy Tomorrow"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Don_Markstein%27s_Toonopedia" title="Don Markstein's Toonopedia">Don Markstein's Toonopedia</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20131014231113/http://www.toonopedia.com/tomorrow.htm">Archived</a> from the original on October 14, 2013. <q>The script had a lot of writers for something so short — Jack Schiff, George Kashdan and Bernie Breslauer (all of whom edited for DC) shared the credit, tho Breslauer (a very minor writer otherwise) is generally given most of it.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tommy+Tomorrow&rft.pub=Don+Markstein%27s+Toonopedia&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Markstein&rft.aufirst=Don&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toonopedia.com%2Ftomorrow.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 54: "Tomorrow's inaugural tale...was a fanciful dramatization of what writer Jack Schiff claimed to be a future vision of human space travel."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarkstein2009" class="citation web cs1">Markstein, Don (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.toonopedia.com/wyoming.htm">"The Wyoming Kid"</a>. Don Markstein's Toonopedia. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20240527060243/https://www.webcitation.org/6WoCaSheT?url=http://toonopedia.com/wyoming.htm">Archived</a> from the original on May 27, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Wyoming+Kid&rft.pub=Don+Markstein%27s+Toonopedia&rft.date=2009&rft.aulast=Markstein&rft.aufirst=Don&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toonopedia.com%2Fwyoming.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreenbergerManning2009" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Greenberger" title="Robert Greenberger">Greenberger, Robert</a>; Manning, Matthew K. (2009). <i>The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave</i>. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: <a href="/wiki/Running_Press" title="Running Press">Running Press</a>. p. 19. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0762436637" title="Special:BookSources/978-0762436637"><bdi>978-0762436637</bdi></a>. <q>Schiff attempted to force this new genre into the Caped Crusader's world. But the square peg of time travel, giant alien monsters, and flying saucers didn't quite fit into the round hole of Gotham City.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Batman+Vault%3A+A+Museum-in-a-Book+with+Rare+Collectibles+from+the+Batcave&rft.place=Philadelphia%2C+Pennsylvania&rft.pages=19&rft.pub=Running+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0762436637&rft.aulast=Greenberger&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft.au=Manning%2C+Matthew+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith2012" class="citation web cs1">Smith, Colin (August 7, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sequart.org/magazine/14429/the-year-in-comics-week-31-the-batman-of-three-worlds-by-bill-finger-sheldon-moldoff-1963/">"On the Batman of Three Worlds, by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff (1963)"</a>. Edwardsville, Illinois: <a href="/wiki/Sequart_Organization" title="Sequart Organization">Sequart Organization</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160503192039/http://sequart.org/magazine/14429/the-year-in-comics-week-31-the-batman-of-three-worlds-by-bill-finger-sheldon-moldoff-1963/">Archived</a> from the original on May 3, 2016. <q>This process of searching for reader-enticing hooks meant an obsessional reliance upon thin, well-worn, and tacky sci-fi tropes: weird alien planets, weird alien creatures, and weird alien technology. It was a desperate attempt to combat constantly falling sales.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=On+the+Batman+of+Three+Worlds%2C+by+Bill+Finger+and+Sheldon+Moldoff+%281963%29&rft.place=Edwardsville%2C+Illinois&rft.pub=Sequart+Organization&rft.date=2012-08-07&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Colin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsequart.org%2Fmagazine%2F14429%2Fthe-year-in-comics-week-31-the-batman-of-three-worlds-by-bill-finger-sheldon-moldoff-1963%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEvanier2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Evanier" title="Mark Evanier">Evanier, Mark</a> (2008). <i><a href="/wiki/Kirby:_King_of_Comics" title="Kirby: King of Comics">Kirby: King of Comics</a></i>. New York, New York: <a href="/wiki/Abrams_Books" title="Abrams Books">Abrams</a>. p. 109. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8109-9447-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8109-9447-8"><bdi>978-0-8109-9447-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kirby%3A+King+of+Comics&rft.place=New+York%2C+New+York&rft.pages=109&rft.pub=Abrams&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-8109-9447-8&rft.aulast=Evanier&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_C._Irvine" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander C. Irvine">Irvine, Alex</a> "1950s" in Dolan, p. 92: "With <i>Blackhawk</i> #133, the Blackhawk Squadron finally welcomed a woman to their ranks – Zinda Blake – courtesy of editor Jack Schiff and artist Dick Dillin."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 110: "The Dark Knight received a much-needed face lift from new Batman editor Julius Schwartz, writer John Broome, and artist Carmine Infantino. With sales at an all-time low and threatening the cancellation of one of DC's flagship titles, their overhaul was a lifesaving success for DC and its beloved Batman."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRo2004" class="citation book cs1">Ro, Ronin (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CFhbqswztWkC&q=Ronin+Ro+Batman+1964&pg=PA89"><i>Tales To Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, And The American Comic Book Revolution</i></a>. London, United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury_Publishing" title="Bloomsbury Publishing">Bloomsbury Publishing</a>. pp. 89–90. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1582343454" title="Special:BookSources/1582343454"><bdi>1582343454</bdi></a>. <q>There was a point when DC actually gave thought to canceling <i>Batman</i>...in his spacious office, facing [Julius] Schwartz and [Carmine] Infantino, [Irwin] Donenfeld told them, 'Gentlemen, you two guys are going to take over <i>Batman</i>. The book is dying. I'll give you six months. If you don't bring it back, we'll kill it off.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tales+To+Astonish%3A+Jack+Kirby%2C+Stan+Lee%2C+And+The+American+Comic+Book+Revolution&rft.place=London%2C+United+Kingdom&rft.pages=89-90&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1582343454&rft.aulast=Ro&rft.aufirst=Ronin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCFhbqswztWkC%26q%3DRonin%2BRo%2BBatman%2B1964%26pg%3DPA89&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmashNolen-Weathington2010" class="citation book cs1">Amash, Jim; Nolen-Weathington, Eric (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=m1MKdUvE3LUC&q=Carmine+Infantino+Penciler%2C+Publisher%2C+Provocateur+Jack+Schiff+exchanged+books&pg=PA85">"Lightning Strikes Again"</a>. <i>Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur</i>. Raleigh, North Carolina: <a href="/wiki/TwoMorrows_Publishing" title="TwoMorrows Publishing">TwoMorrows Publishing</a>. p. 85. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1605490250" title="Special:BookSources/978-1605490250"><bdi>978-1605490250</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Lightning+Strikes+Again&rft.btitle=Carmine+Infantino%3A+Penciler%2C+Publisher%2C+Provocateur&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pages=85&rft.pub=TwoMorrows+Publishing&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1605490250&rft.aulast=Amash&rft.aufirst=Jim&rft.au=Nolen-Weathington%2C+Eric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dm1MKdUvE3LUC%26q%3DCarmine%2BInfantino%2BPenciler%252C%2BPublisher%252C%2BProvocateur%2BJack%2BSchiff%2Bexchanged%2Bbooks%26pg%3DPA85&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJack+Schiff" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Schiff&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2018010101/http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=1627">Jack Schiff</a> at the Comic Book DB (archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=1627">the original</a>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=21">Jack Schiff</a> at Mike's Amazing World of Comics</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Ellsworth" title="Whitney Ellsworth">Whitney Ellsworth</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Comics" title="World's Finest Comics">World's Finest Comics</a></i> editor </b><br />1942–1964 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mort_Weisinger" title="Mort Weisinger">Mort Weisinger</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Whitney Ellsworth</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> editor </b><br />1943–1964 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Julius_Schwartz" title="Julius Schwartz">Julius Schwartz</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Mort Weisinger</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_book)" title="Batman (comic book)">Batman</a></i> editor </b><br />1943–1964 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Julius Schwartz</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">n/a</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Mystery" title="House of Mystery">House of Mystery</a></i> editor </b><br />1951–1962 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Kashdan" title="George Kashdan">George Kashdan</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Julius Schwartz</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Adventures" title="Strange Adventures">Strange Adventures</a></i> editor </b><br />1964–1967 </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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