title was canceled). With Steve Ditko, he co-created Nightshade in Captain Atom #82 (September 1966). Kaler's other writing for Charlton included on such titles as Ghostly Tales (1966–1968), The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves (1967), Sarge Steel, Marine War Heroes (1967), Outlaws of the West (1967), and Tiffany Sinn (1967). After his stint at Charlton, Kaler moved to Warren Publishing's horror title Eerie, where he wrote some stories in 1968. In the period 1969–1971, Kaler wrote for the DC Comics' horror anthology The Witching Hour, also contributing a Wonder Woman story (written in 1968 but not published until 1974). He left comics writing in 1971. In 1977, Kaler edited Vol. 3 ("Escapes to Arboria") of the Flash Gordon comic strip collection edited and published by Woody Gelman/Nostalgia Press. Awards 1965 Alley Award for Best Fan Project — New York Comicon 1966 Alley Award for Best Regular Fan Column — "What's News" (for On the Drawing Board section of The Comic Reader) 1967 Alley Award for Best Regular Fan Column — "What's News" References Notes Sources 1936 births American comics writers American magazine editors Comics fandom Comics critics Living people