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*''[[Web of Spider-Man]]'' #37 (Marvel Comics, April 1988)
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*"The Secret Origin of [[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]]." ''[[Secret Origins|Secret Origins]]'' #36 (DC Comics, January 1989)
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*''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #431-432 (DC Comics, March 1989-April 1989)
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[[Category:1961 births|Priest, Christopher]]
[[Category:1961 births|Priest, Christopher]]

Revision as of 07:21, 15 October 2006

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Christopher James Priest, born James Christopher Owsley in 1961, is a writer of comic books. During his career, he has written nearly every major character published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics. He was the first black man to be the editor of any comic book in North America.

For several years he was the editor of the Spider-Man comic books, during which time he first hired Peter David. He 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 & Woody, Steel, Xero, Deadpool, The Crew and Black Panther, some of which he either co-created or substantially influenced.

In 1993, he became part of the group of writers and artists that would go on to found Milestone Media, a comic book publisher affiliated with DC Comics. He contributed substantially to the development of the original Milestone story bible and designed the company logo. He was intended to become the company's editor-in-chief, but personal problems forced him to scale down his involvement, settling for the role of a liaison between DC Comics and Milestone Media.

Shortly afterwards, he changed his name from "Jim Owsley" to "Christopher Priest". He has refused to discuss his reasons for doing so, beyond a seemingly-glib story about carrying out a threat/promise to "become a priest". He has claimed that he was completely unaware at the time of the established British science fiction author of the same name; as an accommodation, he refers to himself professionally as just "Priest" (or sometimes "Christopher J. Priest"). Coincidentally, he is also an ordained Baptist minister, and can thus be referred to as "the Reverend Priest."

He is also a professional music producer.

Selected bibliography

Regular Writer

Fill-in Writer

Editor

External links

Preceded by Power Man and Iron Fist writer
1984–1986 		Succeeded by
None
Preceded by Conan the Barbarian writer
1985–1988
(with Val Semeiks 1988) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by The Amazing Spider-Man writer
1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Green Lantern writer
1988
(in Action Comics Weekly) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Green Lantern writer
1988–1989
(with Mark D. Bright)
(in Action Comics Weekly) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Justice League Task Force writer
1995–1996 		Succeeded by
None
Preceded by Hawkman writer
1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Steel writer
1997–1998 		Succeeded by
None
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