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John Broome, (1913 - 1999) who was frequently credited as John Osgood and Edgar Ray Meritt, was an American writer-contributor to DC Comics. Broome began his career as a writer of a dozen published science-fiction stories. Believing that he was not a first-rate science fiction writer, he switched to writing comic books for his friend and former agent DC editor Julius Schwartz. According to writer Mark Evanier, Broome's work for DC appeared from 1946 to 1970, and included the Silver Age Green Lantern and Flash series, as well as several Justice Society of America stories.
Broome is regarded by Evanier as one of DC's three best writers. Broome created many DC characters and institutions, including the 1940s Detective Chimp, Per Degaton, the Atomic Knights, the Silver-Age Flash Rogues Gallery of super-villains, the (Green Lantern) Guardians of the Universe, and the ductile detective known as the Elongated Man. In his career, Broome received recognition including a 1964 Alley Award for...
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