Ted Cowan

Edward George 'Ted' Cowan was a British comics writer who first entered the industry some years after World War II, writing the adventures of Ginger Nutt for story paper The Champion. In a career spanning almost forty years he worked for various publishers including IPC, DC Thomson, Odhams and Fleetway, becoming one of the most prolific comics writers of his day. His most famous creations are Robot Archie (created for Lion) and anti-hero the The Spider (although after the character's first three serials, Cowan left the strip, which was taken over by Jerry Siegel. Cowan would return to the character later, scripting various Spider stories in the Super Library Stupendous series). He also wrote Paddy Payne and Sandy Dean for Lion, Roy of the Rovers and Saber, King of the Jungle for Tiger, Nick Jolly for Hotspur, Billy Binns and his wonderful specs for Boy's World, Smokeman and Blackbow for Eagle and various stories for Girl's Crystal Libraries. He used several pseudonyms over the course of his career, including Ted Cown, E. George Cowan, Edward G. Cowan, Denise Cowan (when working for the girls market), George Forrest and Geo. Forrest.