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| Christopher James Priest (born James Christopher Owsley June 30, 1961) is a writer of comic books who is at times credited simply as Priest. He was the first African-American to be the editor of any comic book in North America.
Priest (as "Jim Owsley") broke into the comics business as a writer in 1982 at the age of 21. He joined Marvel Comics' editorial staff shortly thereafter, working as assistant editor for Larry Hama on the Conan titles. Starting in 1985, Owsley was for several years the editor of the Spider-Man comic books (during which time he hired Peter David). On his website, Priest has candidly discussed the professional and personal disagreements that led to his removal from the Spider-Man books and his leaving Marvel.
Priest edited the Impact imprint for DC Comics. He had ongoing runs writing titles such as Power Man and Iron Fist, Conan the Barbarian, The Ray, Quantum and Woody, Steel, Xero, Deadpool, The Crew and Black Panther, some of which … |
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