Gardner Fox

Gardner Francis Fox foi um escritor estadunidense. Criou numerosos personagens para histórias em quadrinhos para a DC Comics chegando à incrível marca de 4.000 histórias.

Rod Gray era um dos pseudônimos* do escritor americano Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (1911 - 1986) que é mais conhecido pelas historias em quadrinhos entre elas: The Flash and A liga da Justica (The Justice League of America). Também escreveu vários livros de espionagem e entre eles varios foram traduzidos e publicados no Brasil nos anos 60 e 70. Estas publicações em português, em especial da série com a Agente 00sexy - Eve Drum, agente especial da LUST - Liga Internacional Contra Sabotadores e Espiões foram publicadas nos anos 70.
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(*) Pseudonyms :
Jefferson Cooper
Bart Somers
Paul Dean
Ray Gardner
Lynna Cooper
Rod Gray
Larry Dean
Robert Starr
Don, Ed, Warner and Michael Blake
Tex and Willis Blane
Ed Carlisle
Edgar Weston
Tex Slade
Eddie Duane

[Prêmios / Awards]: 1999 Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame; Gardner Fox won two 1962 Alley Awards – for Best Script Writer and for Best Book-Length Story ("The Planet that Came to a Standstill" in Mystery in Space #75), with penciler Carmine Infantino — as well as a 1963 Alley, for Favorite Novel ("Crisis on Earths 1 and 2" in Justice League of America #21–22, with penciler Mike Sekowsky), and the 1965 Alley for Best Novel ("Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage" in Showcase #55) with penciler Murphy Anderson. He was honored at the New York Comic Art Convention in 1971. In 1982, at Skycon II, he was awarded the "Jules Verne Award for Life-time achievement."
In 1998, he was posthumously awarded a Harvey Award and entered into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame; In 2007, Fox was one of the year's two recipients of the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing, given under the auspices of San Diego Comic-Con International.