{{short description|American comic book writer and editor (born 1953)}} {{Infobox comics creator
| image = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|10|24}} | birth_place = | death_date = | nationality = American | area =Comics Writer, Illustrator, Editor | write = y | edit = y | alias = | notable works = ''Catwoman'', ''Lois Lane'', ''Wonder Woman'', Jenesis, Night Mare | awards = | website = }} '''Mindy Newell''' (born October 24, 1953)<ref name="CBG">{{cite web|last=Miller |first=John Jackson |author-link= John Jackson Miller|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=Comics Buyer's Guide |date=June 10, 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |accessdate=December 12, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archivedate=February 18, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for her work with DC Comics.
== Early life == Born in Brooklyn, New York, Newell graduated from high school in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comicmix.com/2017/10/30/the-legendary-mindy-newell/|title=The Legendary Mindy Newell?|first= Mindy|last= Newell|date= October 30, 2017|publisher=Comicmix.com|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180930034021/https://www.comicmix.com/2017/10/30/the-legendary-mindy-newell/|archivedate= September 30, 2018|url-status= live|df= mdy-all|quote= Mindy Newell knows that if she could do it all over again she’d have gone to college for screenwriting and film editing. Instead she became a nurse to please her parents and pleasing your parents was what it was all about for nice Jewish girls who graduated from high school in 1971.}}</ref> She then attended the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to study nursing. Following her nursing schooling, Newell enrolled at Quinnipiac University and studied biology while working as a nurse.
==Biography== A longtime fan of comics, particularly of Marvel's Spider-Man, Mindy Newell sent submissions to DC Comics in 1983 at a time when the company was actively looking for new talent. Her first professional work was her creation of the character Jenesis, which appeared in three issues of ''New Talent Showcase''.<ref>{{cite journal|last= Greenberger|first= Robert|author-link= Robert Greenberger|title= New Talent and Bonus Babies|journal= Back Issue!|issue= 71|pages= 65–71|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|date= April 2014|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Editor Karen Berger called her in for an interview four days after DC received her submission.
Hired by editors Dick Giordano and Karen Berger, Newell wrote fill-in issues for ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Action Comics''.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Mindy+Newell|title= Mindy Newell}}</ref> While working as part of the new talent program, Newell became the writer of ''Wonder Woman''.<ref name="Simone">{{cite web |url= http://fivequestionswith.wordpress.com/mindy-newell/|title= Five Questions With...|first= Gail|last= Simone|author-link = Gail Simone|date= n.d.|publisher= Fivequestionswith.wordpress.com|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120309220431/http://fivequestionswith.wordpress.com/mindy-newell/|archivedate= March 9, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all|accessdate= November 21, 2010}}</ref> She was the first credited woman to write the ''Wonder Woman'' series in an ongoing capacity<ref name="Simone" /> but was limited in what she could write due to editorial mandates.<ref name="Simone" /> In 1986, Newell and artist Gray Morrow collaborated on a ''Lois Lane'' limited series which dealt with the subject of missing children.<ref>{{cite journal|last = Zeno|first = Eddy|title = In Search of Social Issues The Real and Fictional Heroes of DC Comics|journal = Back Issue!|issue = 57|page = 57|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = July 2012|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> In addition, Newell wrote ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Her Sister's Keeper,'' a seminal ''Catwoman'' limited series.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Manning|first1= Matthew K.|editor-last=Dolan|editor-first=Hannah|chapter= 1980s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 239 |quote = Written by Mindy Newell, with art by J.J. Birch, ''Catwoman'' picked up where Frank Miller's "Year One" story arc left off.}}</ref> Newell also briefly worked on First Comics's ''American Flagg'' and Eclipse Comics's ''The New Wave''.<ref name="GCD" />
Newell has always maintained a career as a nurse while writing comics, and has since returned to that occupation full-time.<ref name="Simone" />
== Personal life == Newell is a full-time nurse and mother, while still contributing to comics and other projects. Her former husband, John Higgins, is a British comic book writer, illustrator, and letterer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geek.com/comics/comics-trailblazer-mindy-newell-on-catwoman-marvel-and-beyond-1727170/|title= Comics Trailblazer Mindy Newell on Catwoman, Marvel, and Beyond!|first= Joseph|last= Corallo|date= January 5, 2018|publisher= Geek.com|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081129/https://www.geek.com/comics/comics-trailblazer-mindy-newell-on-catwoman-marvel-and-beyond-1727170/|archivedate= September 30, 2018|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Writer===
====Angry Isis Press==== *''Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women'' #1 (1990)
====DC Comics==== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *''Action Comics'' (Superman) #566 (1985), (Catwoman) #611–614 (1988) *''Amethyst'' vol. 2 #12, 15–16, ''Special'' #1 (1985–1986) *''Amethyst'' vol. 3 #1–4 (mini-series, 1987–1988) *''Catwoman'' #1–4 (mini-series, 1989) *''Green Lantern Corps Annual'' #2 (1986) *''Heroes Against Hunger'' #1 (two pages only, 1986) *''Legionnaires 3'' #1–4 (with co-author Keith Giffen, pencils by Ernie Colón and inks by Karl Kesel, mini-series, 1986) *''Lois Lane'' #1–2 (art by Gray Morrow, miniseries) (1986) *''New Talent Showcase'' #5, 7–11, 13 (1984) *''Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #315–317, 320–325 (1984–1985) *''V'' #7 (1985) *''Wonder Woman'' #326–328 (1985) *''Wonder Woman'' vol. 2 #36–46, 49 (1989–1990) {{div col end}}
====Eclipse Comics==== *''Miracleman'' #8 (The New Wave preview) (1986) *''The New Wave'' #1–13 (1986–1987) *''The New Wave vs. the Volunteers'' #1–2 (1987) *''Tales of Terror'' #3 (1985)
====First Comics==== *''American Flagg!'' #46–49 (scripting over Howard Chaykin's plot, 1987) *''American Flagg!'' vol. 2 #1 (scripting over Howard Chaykin's plot, 1988)
==== IPC Magazines ==== *''2000 AD'' #1412–1419, with co-author and artist John Higgins (2004)
====Last Gasp==== *''Strip AIDS U.S.A.'' #1 (1988)
====Marvel Comics==== *''Daredevil Annual'' #10 (1994) *''Daredevil vs. Vapora'' #1 (1993) *''Marvel Comics Presents'' #135 (Black Widow) (1993) *''Power Pack Holiday Special'' #1 (1992) *''Thunderstrike'' #17 (1995) *''2099 Special: The World of Doom'' #1 (1995)
===Editor===
====Marvel Comics==== *''Car Warriors'' #3–4 (Epic, 1991) *''Deathlok'' #25–27 (1993) *''The Marvel X-Men Collection'' #1–3 (1994)
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == *[http://www.comicmix.com/author/mindy-newell/ Mindy Newell] at ComicMix *{{Comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1710|title=Mindy Newell}} *[https://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=844 Mindy Newell] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics *[http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namn5.htm#N436 Mindy Newell] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
{{s-start}} {{succession box|title=''Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes'' writer|before=Paul Levitz|after=n/a|years=1984–1985}} {{succession box|title=''Wonder Woman'' writer|before=Dan Mishkin|after=Gerry Conway|years=1985}} {{succession box|title=''Wonder Woman'' vol. 2 writer|before=George Pérez|after=George Pérez|years=1989–1990}} {{end}}
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