Gary Friedrich (born 21st August 1943) is an American comics writer and artist who wrote issues #11 to 37 of the original Captain Britain weekly for Marvel UK, following the departure of original writer Chris Claremont. Friedrich was himself replaced by Bob Budiansky for the final two issues of the series (Captain Britain was Friedrich's last regular work in comics after a lengthy career which had included work on characters such as the X-Men, Captain America and Nick Fury). He claims he created the Ghost Rider, but actually didn't; he did co-create Lord Hawk, Emma Collins, Nykonn, Valerie Campbell, agents Lance Hunter and Tod Radcliffe, the Highwayman and the Manipulator, though!