Bill Harris

Writer and editor. Harris was a Western (Gold Key) editor from circa 1962 to circa 1968. He worked out of the Western offices from 1962 to 1965. Prior to that work, Harris worked in promotions for Dell for an unknown period of time. Harris was an editor and responsible for such titles as Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Bullwinkle, Doctor Solar, I Spy, The Phantom, and Popeye the Sailor. From 1966 to 1967 he was an editor for King Comics comic book line (King Features Syndicate). He was the editor and promoter of the entire line. At both Gold Key (from 1962 to 1966) and King (from 1966 to 1967) he was the writer for The Phantom comic books. Inventory material of his Phantom work was published by Charlton in 1970. Harris did licensing work for the 1968 movie, The Yellow Submarine. Sometime thereafter, he began a 25-year career for the New York Times newspaper as the assistant to the promotion manager. With the assistance of his second wife Pam, Harris wrote over 100 history and travel-related books.