| Jo Duffy | |
|---|---|
 Comic-Con 1982 | |
| Born | Mary Jo Duffy (1954-02-09)February 9, 1954 (age 71) New York City, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor |
| Pseudonym(s) | Jo Duffy |
Notable works | Power Man & Iron Fist Star Wars comics Glory |
Mary Jo Duffy (born February 9, 1954)[1] is an American comic book editor and writer, known for her work forMarvel Comics in the 1980s andDC Comics andImage Comics in the 1990s.
A native of the New York City area, Duffy attendedWellesley College. As a young woman, she had letters published inMarvel Comicsletter columns in the mid-1970s.[2][3] She made anin-comic appearance as an autograph seeker inIron Man #103 (Oct. 1977). Her first credit as editor appeared inTheDefenders #61 cover dated July 1978.[4]
Her writing work for Marvel, which began as an assistant toArchie Goodwin,[5] includedConan the Barbarian,Fallen Angels,Power Man and Iron Fist,Star Wars,Wolverine,[6] and aSt. Francis of Assisi biographyFrancis, Brother of the Universe.[7] Her run onPower Man and Iron Fist was the longest and most successful of the series, and was noted for using a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach at a time when Marvel was pushing darker and more serious stories.[8]
In the 1990s, she worked for other publishers, includingDC Comics, where she wrote the first 14 issues ofCatwoman. ForRob Liefeld'sExtreme Studios imprint ofImage Comics, she wrote every issue of the firstGlory series, between March 1995 and April 1997,[6] the last six of which were released by Liefeld'sMaximum Press after his departure from Image. She also worked on the screenplays for the horror filmsPuppet Master 4 (1993) andPuppet Master 5 (1994) forFull Moon Features.
In the early 2000s, she co-wrote the last issue of Marvel'sDefenders vol. 2 and the six issues of the follow-up seriesThe Order withKurt Busiek,[6] while working at a financial services company inLower Manhattan. Her work at that company included meeting planning, editing, proofreading, and packaging for a comic book published by the company.[9] From 2003 to 2006, she also wrote the English script adaptations ofNaruto forViz Media.
She now works as a receptionist at theU.S. Immigration Office in New York and has been largely absent from the publishing scene. She made multiple announcements on her Facebook page that she created a new company to self-publish her work and incorporated Armin Armadillo Publishers in 2008. As of 2013, the company is listed as inactive.[10]
My name started appearing on comics on a series of gushy but extremely sincere fan letters around '72 or '73.…That was before e-mail so if you got a letter printed you were like 'Oh cool!' and you'd exponentially send many more letters.
With the aid of Father Roy Gasnick, writer Mary Jo Duffy and artists John Buscema and Marie Severin produced this biography of St. Francis of Assisi.
{{cite book}}:|first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)| Preceded by | Power Man and Iron Fist writer 1979–1982 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Star Wars writer 1983–1986 | Succeeded by n/a |
| Preceded by | Wolverine vol. 2 writer 1990 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by n/a | Catwoman vol. 2 writer 1993–1994 | Succeeded by |
