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class="bday">1914-12-13</span>)</span>December 13, 1914</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 11, 1994<span style="display:none">(1994-08-11)</span> (aged 79)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Area(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data role">Writer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Pseudonym(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Alexander Blade, Craig Ellis, Peter Horn, Coram Nobis, David Vern, Clyde Woodruff</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Notable works</div></th><td 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>David Vern Reed</b> (born <b>David Levine</b>; 13 December 1914 – 11 August 1994), was an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> writer, best known for his work on the <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_book)" title="Batman (comic book)">Batman</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> during the 1950s in a run that included a revamp of the <a href="/wiki/Batplane" title="Batplane">Batplane</a> in <i>Batman</i> #61 and the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Deadshot" title="Deadshot">Deadshot</a> in <i>Batman</i> #59 (July 1950). </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=David_Vern_Reed&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amazing_stories_194005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Amazing_stories_194005.jpg/220px-Amazing_stories_194005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Amazing_stories_194005.jpg/330px-Amazing_stories_194005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Amazing_stories_194005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="560" /></a><figcaption>Reed's novelette "Giants Out of the Sun", published under his "Peter Horn" pseudonym, was the cover story for the May 1940 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Amazing_Stories" title="Amazing Stories">Amazing Stories</a></i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fantastic_adventures_194112.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Fantastic_adventures_194112.jpg/220px-Fantastic_adventures_194112.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Fantastic_adventures_194112.jpg/330px-Fantastic_adventures_194112.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Fantastic_adventures_194112.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="552" /></a><figcaption>Reed's novella "Death Plays a Game" was the cover story for the December 1941 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Adventures" title="Fantastic Adventures">Fantastic Adventures</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Born David Levine<sup id="cite_ref-bobro_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bobro-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in 1914,<sup id="cite_ref-SFE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ISFDB_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISFDB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> David Vern Reed grew up to become a writer, with his work appearing under several <a href="/wiki/Anglicisation" title="Anglicisation">Anglicized</a> <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonyms</a>, amongst them <b>David Vern</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-batman59_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batman59-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Coram Nobis</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Alexander Blade</b>, <b>Craig Ellis</b>, <b>Clyde Woodruff</b>, and <b>Peter Horn</b>.<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> In the 1940s, he wrote such <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> stories as the <a href="/wiki/Novella" title="Novella">novella</a> "The Metal Monster Murders" in <i>Mammoth Detective</i> (vol. 3) #4 (Nov. 1944). </p><p>He was hired to write comic book scripts by his friend, <a href="/wiki/Julius_Schwartz" title="Julius Schwartz">Julius Schwartz</a>, an editor at <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>. It was at DC where Levine — who like all <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> writers and artists of this time <a href="/wiki/Ghost_writer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghost writer">ghosted</a> under <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kane" title="Bob Kane">Bob Kane</a>'s label — would eventually become best known to Batman fans as "David V. Reed". Reed's first story published by DC, "Ride, Bat-Hombre, Ride" in <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_book)" title="Batman (comic book)">Batman</a></i> #56 (Dec. 1949–Jan. 1950) was the start of his first tenure chronicling Batman's adventures.<sup id="cite_ref-GCD_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCD-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> He and artist <a href="/wiki/Lew_Schwartz" class="mw-redirect" title="Lew Schwartz">Lew Schwartz</a> created the villain <a href="/wiki/Deadshot" title="Deadshot">Deadshot</a> in <i>Batman</i> #59 (July 1950).<sup id="cite_ref-batman59_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batman59-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> Reed wrote such key stories as "The Birth of <a href="/wiki/Batplane" title="Batplane">Batplane</a> II" in <i>Batman</i> #61 (Nov. 1950),<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><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> "<a href="/wiki/Joker%27s_Millions" class="mw-redirect" title="Joker's Millions">The Joker's Millions</a>" and "Two-Face Strikes Again", the latter two featuring the return of the original villains introduced by Kane and writer <a href="/wiki/Bill_Finger" title="Bill Finger">Bill Finger</a>. Another story from this period, "The Joker's Utility Belt", once mistakenly believed to have been written by Finger,<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> was eventually adapted<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><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> for <a href="/wiki/Cesar_Romero" title="Cesar Romero">Cesar Romero</a>'s first appearance as the <a href="/wiki/Joker_(character)" title="Joker (character)">Joker</a> on the 1960s <a href="/wiki/Batman_(TV_series)" title="Batman (TV series)"><i>Batman</i> television series</a>, broadcast as the episodes "The Joker Is Wild"<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> and "Batman Gets Riled".<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> Besides <i>Batman</i>, Vern Reed wrote for <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Action_Comics" title="Action Comics">Action Comics</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Comics" title="World's Finest Comics">World's Finest Comics</a></i> and several of DC's non-superhero series.<sup id="cite_ref-GCD_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCD-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He later left comics to return to prose fiction, writing such <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> novels as <i>Murder in Space</i> (Green Dragon Books / Ideal Publishing, 1945), and stories for such magazines as <i><a href="/wiki/Amazing_Stories" title="Amazing Stories">Amazing Stories</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Adventures" title="Fantastic Adventures">Fantastic Adventures</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact" title="Analog Science Fiction and Fact">Astounding Science Fiction</a></i>. He also wrote for glossy magazines including <i><a href="/wiki/Argosy_(magazine)" title="Argosy (magazine)">Argosy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Collier%27s" title="Collier's">Collier's</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cosmopolitan_(magazine)" title="Cosmopolitan (magazine)">Cosmopolitan</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Housekeeping" title="Good Housekeeping">Good Housekeeping</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Mademoiselle_(magazine)" title="Mademoiselle (magazine)">Mademoiselle</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-lettersBatman271_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lettersBatman271-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reed returned to comic books in the 1970s and to Batman in 1975. Initially ignoring the character's large <a href="/wiki/List_of_Batman_enemies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Batman enemies">rogues gallery</a>, he engaged the superhero in a series of bizarre mysteries such as "The Daily Death of Terry Tremayne"<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> and "The Underworld Olympics '76!"<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> <a href="/wiki/Supervillain" title="Supervillain">Supervillains</a> would later appear in tales such as "Where Were You On The Night Batman Was Killed?",<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><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> a four-issue storyline drawn by artist <a href="/wiki/John_Calnan" title="John Calnan">John Calnan</a>.<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> Critic Chris Sims of <a href="/wiki/ComicsAlliance" title="ComicsAlliance">ComicsAlliance</a> praised that story in 2012, noting "The price of Batman’s heroism, the guilt that he feels for being personally responsible for the victim showing up at the scene of one of his exploits, the lengths to which he’s willing to go to make sure that this person isn’t just another (literally) faceless victim, the desire to make sure he has the right killer — they’re all very modern ideas. This story may not be as well-known as anything by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Englehart" title="Steve Englehart">Englehart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rogers" title="Marshall Rogers">Rogers</a> or <a href="/wiki/Dennis_O%27Neil" title="Dennis O'Neil">O’Neil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neal_Adams" title="Neal Adams">Adams</a>, but it’s just as much of a turning point in how Batman was presented."<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>Batman</i> #300 (June 1978) featured a story by Reed and artist <a href="/wiki/Walt_Simonson" title="Walt Simonson">Walt Simonson</a><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><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After writing various Batman stories for three years, Reed left comics again in 1978 with his final Batman story "Hang the Batman" appearing in <i><a href="/wiki/DC_Special_Series" title="DC Special Series">DC Special Series</a></i> #15.<sup id="cite_ref-GCD_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCD-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died in New York in 1994<sup id="cite_ref-SFE_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ISFDB_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISFDB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1989 in some sources<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comics_bibliography">Comics bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Vern_Reed&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Comics bibliography"><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> #169 (<a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a>) (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Men_of_War_(comics)" title="Men of War (comics)">All-American Men of War</a></i> #3–4, 6, 9–10, 13, 15, 18 (1953–1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All-American_Comics" title="All-American Comics">All-American Western</a></i> #116–119 (1950–1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Amazing_World_of_DC_Comics" title="The Amazing World of DC Comics">The Amazing World of DC Comics</a></i> #10 (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(comic_book)" title="Batman (comic book)">Batman</a></i> #56, 59, 61, 67, 70–73, 75, 78–79, 81–85, 267, 269–285, 287–294, 296–304 (1949–1954, 1975–1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_Family" title="Batman Family">Batman Family</a></i> #20 (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Faraday" title="King Faraday">Danger Trail</a></i> #1–5 (1950–1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DC_Special_Series" title="DC Special Series">DC Special Series</a></i> #15 (<a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a>) (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> #179–180, 185–186, 192, 197, 452–454, 465 (Batman) (1952–1953, 1975–1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Mystery" title="House of Mystery">House of Mystery</a></i> #236, 245, 251, 256, 258 (1975–1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Secrets_(DC_Comics)" title="House of Secrets (DC Comics)">House of Secrets</a></i> #134 (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Plop!" title="Plop!">Plop!</a></i> #5, 10, 12–13, 17–18, 21 (1974–1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star-Spangled_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Star-Spangled Comics">Star-Spangled Comics</a></i> #92–95, 100, 103–105, 110–111, 115, 127–128, 130 (<a href="/wiki/Dick_Grayson" title="Dick Grayson">Robin</a>) (1950–1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Spangled_War_Stories" title="Star Spangled War Stories">Star Spangled War Stories</a></i> #14, 23–24, 26–27, 38, 40–41 (1953–1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Adventures" title="Strange Adventures">Strange Adventures</a></i> #1–2, 4 (1950–1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Weird_War_Tales" title="Weird War Tales">Weird War Tales</a></i> #31 (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Comics" title="World's Finest Comics">World's Finest Comics</a></i> #49–54, 56–61, 66 (Batman) (1950–1953)</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=David_Vern_Reed&action=edit&section=3" 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 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Raleigh, North Carolina: <a href="/wiki/TwoMorrows_Publishing" title="TwoMorrows Publishing">TwoMorrows Publishing</a>. p. 233. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1893905788" title="Special:BookSources/978-1893905788"><bdi>978-1893905788</bdi></a>. <q>Bob Rozakis reveals that David V. Reed also writes for <i>Plop!</i> under the pseudonym Coram Nobis</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Bronze+Age+Batman+and+Detective+Comics+%281969%E2%80%931979%29&rft.btitle=The+Batcave+Companion&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pages=233&rft.pub=TwoMorrows+Publishing&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1893905788&rft.aulast=Eury&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.au=Kronenberg%2C+Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3De7t-mZrkF08C%26q%3DDavid%2BVern%2BReed%2BCoram%2BNobis%26pg%3DPA233&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" class="Z3988"></span></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="CITEREFCluteNicholls2015" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Clute" title="John Clute">Clute, John</a>; <a href="/wiki/Peter_Nicholls_(writer)" title="Peter Nicholls (writer)">Nicholls, Peter</a> (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/reed_david_v"><i>The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction</i></a>. London, United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/Orion_Publishing_Group" title="Orion Publishing Group">Orion Publishing Group</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905231258/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/reed_david_v">Archived</a> from the original on September 5, 2015. <q>Reed was probably the first writer to use the House Name Alexander Blade, which began as a personal pseudonym; among his other names (some apparently not identified) he used also the house names Craig Ellis and Peter Horn and wrote as David Vern, plus one story as Clyde Woodruff.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Science+Fiction&rft.place=London%2C+United+Kingdom&rft.pub=Orion+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2015&rft.aulast=Clute&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=Nicholls%2C+Peter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sf-encyclopedia.com%2Fentry%2Freed_david_v&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GCD-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GCD_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GCD_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GCD_7-2"><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=David+V.+Reed&type=credit">David V. Reed</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/search.lasso/?sort=chrono&query=David+Vern+Reed&type=credit">David Vern Reed</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></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). "1950s". 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. 46. <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>A frequent Batman writer during the 1950s and later the 1970s, David V. Reed penned this tale drawn by Dick Sprang.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1950s&rft.btitle=Batman%3A+A+Visual+History&rft.place=London%2C+United+Kingdom&rft.pages=46&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%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" 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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite2015" class="citation magazine cs1">White, James (October 28, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/suicidesquad/">"From Slipknot To Captain Boomerang (And Back Again): Meet The Suicide Squad"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(film_magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Empire (film magazine)">Empire</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151030044830/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/suicidesquad/">Archived</a> from the original on October 30, 2015. <q>[Deadshot] was originally created by Bob Kane, David Vern Reed and Lew Sayre Schwartz in 1950 as a prime villain for Batman.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Empire&rft.atitle=From+Slipknot+To+Captain+Boomerang+%28And+Back+Again%29%3A+Meet+The+Suicide+Squad&rft.date=2015-10-28&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=James&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.empireonline.com%2Fmovies%2Ffeatures%2Fsuicidesquad%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" class="Z3988"></span></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 class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/issue/8510">"<i>Batman</i> #61 (Nov. 1950)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Batman+%2361+%28Nov.+1950%29&rft.pub=Grand+Comics+Database&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comics.org%2Fissue%2F8510&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" 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">Manning "1950s" in Dougall, p. 47: "Batman unveiled the Batplane II in this issue by writer David V. Reed and artist Dick Sprang."</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="CITEREFGoulart1991" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Goulart" title="Ron Goulart">Goulart, Ron</a> (1991). <i>Over 50 Years of American Comic Books</i>. New York City: <a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Bdd Promotional Book Co.</a> p. 237. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0792454502" title="Special:BookSources/978-0792454502"><bdi>978-0792454502</bdi></a>. <q>The story is described as a "...typical Bill Finger story..."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Over+50+Years+of+American+Comic+Books&rft.place=New+York+City&rft.pages=237&rft.pub=Bdd+Promotional+Book+Co.&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0792454502&rft.aulast=Goulart&rft.aufirst=Ron&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" 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">Manning "1950s" in Dougall, p. 51: "The Joker received a utility belt of his very own in this tale that would later inspire an episode of the 1966-68 classic <i>Batman</i> TV show."</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGerber2014" class="citation web cs1">Gerber, Sean (November 25, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.batman-on-film.com/60s-BATMAN_episode-review_S1_5-TheJokerIsWild_6-BatmanIsRiled_bySGerber.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"The Joker Is Wild/Batman Gets Riled" (S1/E5 & 6)"</a>. Batman on Film. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150912004036/http://www.batman-on-film.com/60s-BATMAN_episode-review_S1_5-TheJokerIsWild_6-BatmanIsRiled_bySGerber.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 12, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22The+Joker+Is+Wild%2FBatman+Gets+Riled%22+%28S1%2FE5+%26+6%29&rft.pub=Batman+on+Film&rft.date=2014-11-25&rft.aulast=Gerber&rft.aufirst=Sean&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.batman-on-film.com%2F60s-BATMAN_episode-review_S1_5-TheJokerIsWild_6-BatmanIsRiled_bySGerber.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" class="Z3988"></span></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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Batman/Jokeriswild.htm">"The Joker is Wild" Story Code '8709-Part 1'</a> originally broadcast January 26, 1966</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Batman/Batmanisriled.htm">"Batman Gets Riled" Story Code '8709-Part 2'</a> originally broadcast January 27, 1966</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lettersBatman271-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lettersBatman271_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Editor's comment, "Letters to the Batman", <i>Batman</i> #271 (Jan. 1976).</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comics.org/issue/29181/"><i>Batman</i> #269 (Nov. 1975)</a> at the Grand Comics Database</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comics.org/issue/29514/"><i>Batman</i> #272 (Feb. 1976)</a> at the Grand Comics Database</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comics.org/story/name/Where%20Were%20You%20On%20The%20Night%20Batman%20Was%20Killed%3F/sort/alpha/"><i>Batman</i> #291–294 (Sept.–Dec. 1977)</a> at the Grand Comics Database</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCronin2014" class="citation web cs1">Cronin, Brian (June 13, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2014/06/13/75-greatest-batman-writers-and-artists-writers-20-16/">"75 Greatest Batman Writers and Artists: Writers #20-16"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Resources" title="Comic Book Resources">Comic Book Resources</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150418213139/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2014/06/13/75-greatest-batman-writers-and-artists-writers-20-16/">Archived</a> from the original on April 18, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Comic+Book+Resources&rft.atitle=75+Greatest+Batman+Writers+and+Artists%3A+Writers+%2320-16&rft.date=2014-06-13&rft.aulast=Cronin&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgoodcomics.comicbookresources.com%2F2014%2F06%2F13%2F75-greatest-batman-writers-and-artists-writers-20-16%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" class="Z3988"></span></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">Manning "1970s" in Dougall, p. 126: "Writer David V. Reed delivered one of his most enjoyable Batman stories in this four-part saga illustrated by John Calnan."</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="CITEREFSims2012" class="citation web cs1">Sims, Chris (June 29, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150921075335/http://comicsalliance.com/ask-chris-112-where-were-you-on-the-night-batman-was-killed/">"Ask Chris #112: Where Were You On The Night Batman Was Killed?"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Townsquare_Media" title="Townsquare Media">ComicsAlliance</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comicsalliance.com/ask-chris-112-where-were-you-on-the-night-batman-was-killed/">the original</a> on September 21, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ask+Chris+%23112%3A+Where+Were+You+On+The+Night+Batman+Was+Killed%3F&rft.pub=ComicsAlliance&rft.date=2012-06-29&rft.aulast=Sims&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcomicsalliance.com%2Fask-chris-112-where-were-you-on-the-night-batman-was-killed%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" 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">Manning "1970s" in Dougall, p. 128: "Crafted by writer David V. Reed and penciller Walter Simonson, this special 34-page issue imagined a possible future where Gotham City had become the hub of Magalopolis-East."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTrumbull2013" class="citation journal cs1">Trumbull, John (December 2013). "A New Beginning...And a Probable End: <i>Batman</i> #300 and #400". <i><a href="/wiki/Back_Issue!" title="Back Issue!">Back Issue!</a></i> (#69). TwoMorrows Publishing: 49–53.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Back+Issue%21&rft.atitle=A+New+Beginning...And+a+Probable+End%3A+Batman+%23300+and+%23400&rft.issue=%2369&rft.pages=49-53&rft.date=2013-12&rft.aulast=Trumbull&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">"Contributors' bio section". <i>Batman in the '50s</i>. DC Comics. 2002. p. 190. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1563898105" title="Special:BookSources/978-1563898105"><bdi>978-1563898105</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Contributors%27+bio+section&rft.btitle=Batman+in+the+%2750s&rft.pages=190&rft.pub=DC+Comics&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-1563898105&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" 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=David_Vern_Reed&action=edit&section=4" 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=3858">David Vern Reed</a> at the Comic Book DB (archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=3858">the original</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKlein2016" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Klein" title="Todd Klein">Klein, Todd</a> (January 19, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kleinletters.com/Blog/dc-comics-1945-christmas-party/">"DC Comics' 1945 Christmas Party"</a>. Kleinletters.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160423214915/http://kleinletters.com/Blog/dc-comics-1945-christmas-party/">Archived</a> from the original on April 23, 2016. <q>Includes photo of David Vern Reed</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=DC+Comics%27+1945+Christmas+Party&rft.pub=Kleinletters.com&rft.date=2016-01-19&rft.aulast=Klein&rft.aufirst=Todd&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkleinletters.com%2FBlog%2Fdc-comics-1945-christmas-party%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Vern+Reed" class="Z3988"></span></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/Bill_Finger" title="Bill Finger">Bill Finger</a></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> writer </b><br />1949–1954 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edmond_Hamilton" title="Edmond Hamilton">Edmond Hamilton</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Bill Finger</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> writer </b><br />1952–1953 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Edmond Hamilton</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_O%27Neil" title="Dennis O'Neil">Dennis O'Neil</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <i>Batman</i> writer </b><br />1975–1978 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Conway" title="Gerry Conway">Gerry Conway</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Dennis O'Neil</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <i>Detective Comics</i> writer </b><br />1975 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Elliot_S._Maggin" title="Elliot S. Maggin">Elliot S. 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