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Ruth Roche: The Phantom Hand of Comics

Contributor(s): Corallo, Joe (Author), Hetrick, Meghan (Illustrator), Cunniffe, Dee (Colorist), Martinez, Morgan (Letterer)

ISBN: 9781545827376

Publisher: Mad Cave Studios

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Pub Date: October 20, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 10.13" L x 6.63" W ( 0.89 lbs) 144 pages

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Description: A biographical look at one of comics unsung heroes from the Golden Age, writer and editor, Ruth Roche.

Finally, a book that highlights the pioneering, yet too often overlooked, comics career of Ruth Roche using the medium she most closely worked in as a writer, editor, and business partner to the legendary Jerry Iger. Following Ruth's journey from a young women with a penchant for storytelling, through the Golden Age of comics, where Ruth worked in the midst of the action--until the fateful Wertham Trials brought all of it to an end.

Brief description: Joe Corallo is an award-winning editor and writer of comics. He's edited comics for ComicMix, A Wave Blue World, Black Mask Studios, ComiXology Originals, Dynamite, as well as Mad Cave Studios. His writing has been published by DC Comics, Archie, ComiXology Originals, and Vault as well as having written Becstar, Dahlia In The Dark, and the first volume of King Arthur and the Knights of Justice for Mad Cave Studios. He also serves as the blog editor for Geeks OUT, a non-profit that seeks to rally, promote, and empower the queer geek community.

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