Tom King
publication date: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 (part of Summer 2017)
category: 
Comics
clue: His CIA work informed his novel about powerless superheroes in a world of terror, which in turn informs his comic book writing today. Who's the king?
explanation: King was a CIA counterterrorism expert who wrote the novel A Once Crowded Sky and went on to write comics for DC and Marvel. more…
difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland
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