Bill Woolfolk was an American novelist, television writer and comic book author who wrote stories for many popular wartime comic-book characters, including Captain Marvel and Blackhawk.
13 Facts About William Woolfolk
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Bill William Woolfolk was known for his range of writing output, having achieved success in the areas of comic books, novels, and television screenwriting.
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William Woolfolk died of congestive heart failure on July 20,2003, in a Syracuse, NY, hospital at the age of 86.
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William Woolfolk was a friend of Seymour Reit, the creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost, who suggested that he write for Will Eisner and Jerry Iger's company, which produced the Spirit and Blackhawk comics.
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William Woolfolk worked in the comic book business, starting with MLJ Magazines, from 1941 through 1954, with time out for military service.
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William Woolfolk rose in the business to become one of the highly paid writers of comic books, earning $300 a week, ten times the average salary.
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William Woolfolk worked for Archie Comics, National Comics and Orbit Publications.
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Bill William Woolfolk became famed as "The Shakespeare of Comics" during the Golden Age of Comics.
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William Woolfolk eventually left publishing for novel writing and to work in television.
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William Woolfolk became a TV screenwriter, primarily working on the courtroom drama The Defenders, where he was a script editor.
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William Woolfolk wrote TV tie-ins based on the Batman TV series: Batman vs Three Villains of Doom and Batman vs the Fearsome Foursome.
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William Woolfolk died of congestive heart failure in Syracuse, New York, in 2003.
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William Woolfolk claimed that his comic books work outshone his other literary production.