Jack C. Harris attended thePhiladelphia College of Art and graduated with aBFA. He served in theSignal Corps while in theUnited States Army and was stationed inGermany. He was hired byDC Comics as part of the company's "Junior Woodchuck" program and became the assistant to editorMurray Boltinoff before becoming an editor himself.[2] Harris wrote text articles and letters columns for various series and his first published comics story was "Political Rally Panic" inIsis #3 (February–March 1977).[3]
Harris wrote several issues ofKamandi, an assignment he considered a personal favorite.[4] As writer of theWonder Woman comic book, he returned the series to a contemporary setting to reflect the timeframe change made from theWorld War II era to the present day in thetelevision series.[5] Harris was briefly writing every DC feature starring a female character.[6] He and artistTrevor Von Eeden proposed an all-female superteam named the "Power Squad" to DC but the idea was not approved for publication.[7]
In 1992, Harris and artistJoe Quesada co-created an updated version of theGolden Age character theRay.[8] AtMarvel Comics, Harris co-created the characterAnnex inThe Amazing Spider-Man Annual #27 and wrote a limited series featuring the new character the following year.[4][9] In 1994, Harris wrote the graphic novelBatman: Castle of the Bat, painted by artistBo Hampton. AHulk and theHuman Torch story written by Harris and drawn by Ditko in the 1980s was published by Marvel asIncredible Hulk and the Human Torch: From the Marvel Vault #1 in August 2011.[3][10][11] TwoKamandi stories written by Harris and drawn byDick Ayers and Danny Bulanadi in 1978, which went unreleased due to the title's cancellation, were published in 2017 as part ofKamandi Challenge Special #1.[12]
The Legend of Zelda: Molblin's Magic Spear (1990)Molblin's Magic Spear is a children's picture book based on theLegend of Zelda series. It takes place during the storyline of the original game. It was written by Jack C. Harris and illustrated by Arthur Ellis and Kim Ellis. It was published by the Golden Books division ofWestern Publishing on February 1, 1990.[22]
^McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1970s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.).DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 179.ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9.To reflect the modern setting of CBS-TV'sThe New Adventures of Wonder Woman, scripter Jack C. Harris and artist Jose Delbo produced a story where Earth-1's Amazon helped her Golden Age counterpart apprehend the Angle Man in May'sWonder Woman #243.
^Harris in Daudt (Pt. 2): "At one point, and I don't know why this happened, I was doing every DC super heroine at the time. I was writing Isis, I was writing Batgirl, I was writing Supergirl, I was writing Wonder Woman and I was editing Starfire. Those five female characters I was doing...All at the same time. For some reason I was the guy who writes the female characters. I don't know how it happened. I thought it was kind of cool."
^Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Dolan, p. 252: "Longtime DC writer/editor Jack C. Harris reworked the Golden Age character of the Ray into a new hero, assisted by future superstar artist Joe Quesada"
^Cowsill, Alan (2012). "1990s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.).Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 203.ISBN978-0756692360.The debut story of Annex was written by Jack C. Harris and drawn by Tom Lyle.
^Harris in Daudt (Pt. 2): "I did aMarvel Team-Up that Ditko drew that was The Hulk and Human Torch team-up that never saw the light of day."
^Marston, George (December 8, 2016)."DC'sKamandi Challenge #1 Gets Bigger, Coming Faster, But Will Cost More".Newsarama. Archived fromthe original on December 10, 2016.Kamandi Challenge [Special] #1 will now contain 1978'sKamandi #60 andKamandi #61, which DC never officially released on its own due to the title being part of a wide swatch of cancellations dubbed 'The DC Implosion' by fans.
^Harris in Daudt (Pt. 2): "Some of the fans loved it and some hated it. Nobody was lukewarm about it. It was a very Ditko type of feeling. You hated it or you loved it and there was nothing in between."
^Catron, Michael (June 1981). "DC Taps Fan Market forMadame Xanadu".Amazing Heroes (1). Seattle, Washington:Fantagraphics: 25.Madame Xanadu, a 32-page/$1.00 comic that marks DC's first attempt at marketing comics specifically to fans and collectors, went on sale in early April. The book contains a 25-page tale by Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers entitled 'Dance for Two Demons'.
^"Amethyst Special Feature: Interview with Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin".TangognaT Who loves palindromes?. March 15, 2009. Archived fromthe original on April 25, 2012. RetrievedDecember 7, 2011.Gary Cohn: Dan and I have been friends since our mid-teens...We were seriously trying to break into comics and had started a correspondence with an editor at DC, Jack Harris, that eventually led to our first sales.
^Romero, Max (July 2012). "I'll Buy That For a Dollar! DC Comics' Dollar Comics".Back Issue! (57). Raleigh, North Carolina:TwoMorrows Publishing:39–41.'On the Day of His Return', written by Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn. It was their first sale and they were stunned it was drawn by Steve [Ditko].
