Archie Goodwin (September 8, 1937 – March 1, 1998) was an
American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of
comic strips in addition to comic books, and is best known for his
Warren and
Marvel Comics work. For Warren he was chief writer and editor of landmark horror anthology titles
Creepy and
Eerie, and for Marvel he set up the creator-owned
Epic Comics as well as adapting
Star Wars into both comics and newspaper strips. He is regularly cited as the "best-loved comic book editor, ever."