Gary Friedrich was an American comic book writer best known for his Silver Age stories for Marvel Comics' Sgt.
17 Facts About Gary Friedrich
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Gary Friedrich was born on August 21,1943, the son of Jerry and Elsie Friedrich.
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Gary Friedrich was born and raised in Jackson, Missouri, where he graduated from Jackson High School in 1961.
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Gary Friedrich worked at a record store in Cape Girardeau, Missouri after high school, and in February 1964, obtained a job at Jackson's two weekly newspapers, which were being combined into a single twice-weekly.
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Gary Friedrich took a Greyhound bus the following day, and stayed with Thomas and a fandom friend, Dave Kaler, in Manhattan's East Village.
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Gary Friedrich wrote the feature for two more issues before handing it off.
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Gary Friedrich launched the 19-issue World War II United States Marines series Capt.
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Gary Friedrich was given many non-superhero features, including such Westerns as The Gunhawks and co-created the Phantom Eagle with Herb Trimpe.
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Gary Friedrich wrote the second and final issue of The Cougar, the third and final issue of Morlock 2001, with the rare art team of Steve Ditko and Bernie Wrightson; the third and final issue of The Brute; and the fourth and final issue of IronJaw.
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Anyway, when Gary Friedrich started writing Daredevil, he said, 'Instead of Stunt-Master, I'd like to make the villain a really weird motorcycle-riding character called Ghost Rider.
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Gary Friedrich should start out right away in his own book.
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US District Judge Katherine B Forrest ruled that Marvel Entertainment owned the character, saying Friedrich gave up any ownership claim when he signed checks containing language relinquishing all rights.
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Gary Friedrich said Friedrich had signed a 1978 agreement with Marvel relinquishing rights.
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Marvel countersued with the parties reaching a settlement in which Marvel dropped the suit in exchange for Gary Friedrich paying $17,000 in damages, ceasing to sell Ghost Rider-related items of his own creation and ceasing to promote himself as the creator of the character for financial gain.
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Gary Friedrich was allowed to sell his autograph on officially licensed Ghost Rider merchandise.
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Gary Friedrich died on August 29,2018, in St Louis, Missouri.
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Gary Friedrich had been suffering from Parkinson's disease and near-total hearing loss.