WRITER

Gardner Fox

1911 - 1986

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Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gardner Fox has received more than 647,212 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gardner Fox is the 5,995th most popular writer (down from 4,859th in 2019), the 9,719th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,135th in 2019) and the 732nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Green Lantern archives
Graphic Novels - General, Fantasy, Comics & Graphic Novels
1993
Blood Trail
1979
Kothar and the Wizard Slayer
1970
Justice League of America
Graphic Novels, Juvenile Fiction, Children: Grades 4-6
2004
Showcase Presents
Comics & graphic novels, superheroes
2005
The Substitute Bride
Fiction, general, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
1977

Page views of Gardner Foxes by language

Over the past year Gardner Fox has had the most page views in the with 73,605 views, followed by Spanish (10,156), and Portuguese (6,646). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (229.08%), Simple English (118.87%), and Swedish (26.46%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gardner Fox ranks 5,995 out of 7,302. Before her are Sarah Moore Grimké, Vladimir Tendryakov, Liao Yiwu, Leszek Engelking, Alexander Afinogenov, and Alex Garland. After her are W. S. Merwin, Lucy Hawking, Kristina Lugn, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Joel Lehtonen, and Carol J. Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Gardner Fox ranks 350. Before her are Eduard Kainberger, Imre Rajczy, Matti Lähde, Jean Brichaut, Ann Doran, and William T. Stearn. After her are Marie Kraja, Basil Dearden, Momčilo Đokić, Phil Silvers, Milan Stojanović, and Artur Knautz. Among people deceased in 1986, Gardner Fox ranks 272. Before her are Virginia Gregg, Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Béla Szepes, Felipe Rosas, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, and Igor Tselovalnikov. After her are Chuck McKinley, Domingo García, John Braine, Ella Baker, Smita Patil, and Eduardo Risso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gardner Fox ranks 9,719 out of 20,380. Before her are Mary L. Good (1931), Lawrence Tibbett (1896), Lola Glaudini (1971), Faran Tahir (1963), John Sullivan (1740), and Charles Sibley (1917). After her are Cristin Milioti (1985), Roger Kingdom (1962), Billy Beane (1962), Norman Johnson (1930), Alison Sudol (1984), and Tom Seaver (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gardner Fox ranks 732. Before her are Winston Churchill (1871), Walter Lord (1917), Michael Parenti (1933), Tom Brokaw (1940), Richard Russo (1949), and Sarah Moore Grimké (1792). After her are W. S. Merwin (1927), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896), Carol J. Adams (1951), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Harry Turtledove (1949), and Arthur Laurents (1917).

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