Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman hardcover collection. In 2004, Levitz joined the board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit organization founded in 1986 chartered to protect the First Amendment rights of the comics community. He retired from the board in 2020. On December 31, 2020, Levitz announced his retirement from DC via a posting on Facebook, saying it's “the end of an era for me personally, as I go off the payroll of Warner/DC after so many decades: over 47 years on 'staff', 36 of them on employment contracts.” Awards Levitz received an Inkpot Award at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2002, the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2008, and the "Dick Giordano Hero Initiative Humanitarian of the Year Award" in September 2013 at the Baltimore Comic-Con. He was inducted into The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2019 at the San Diego Comic-Con. Personal life Levitz has three children: Nicole, a public health executive; Philip, a lawyer; and Garret, who works in the entertainment industry. Levitz has named the run of All-Star Comics featuring the Justice Society of America as his favorite. He names Roger Zelazny as his favorite science fiction writer, J. R. R. Tolkien as his favorite fantasy writer, David McCullough as his favorite history writer and Agatha Christie as his favorite mystery writer. Bibliography Dark Horse Unfinished Business OGN (2021) DC Comics Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman (2018) Adventure Comics (Aquaman) #437, 441–448, (Elongated Man) #459, (Justice Society of America) #461–466 (Starman) #467–478 (1975–1980) Adventure Comics vol. 2 #515–529 (2010–2011) All New Atom #23 (2008) All-New Collectors' Edition (Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes) #C-55 (1978) All Star Comics #59, 62–74 (1976–1978) Batman #350 (1982) Batman Black and White #2 (1996) Batman Family (Huntress) #18–20 (1978) Batman: Gotham Knights (Batman Black and White) #5 (2000) Convergence: Aquaman #2 (Doctor Fate) (2015) Convergence: Worlds' Finest #1–2 (2015) Cosmic Boy #1–4 (1986–1987) Darkseid Special #1 (OMAC) (2017) DC Challenge #4 (1986) DC Comics Presents #5–7, 13–14, 25, 36, 42–43, 59 (1979–1983) DC Comics Presents: Superman #1 (2004) DC Special #28–29 (1977) DC Special Series #1, 8, 10, 12, 21 (1977–1980) DC Super Stars #17 Detective Comics #517–518 (1982) Doctor Fate #1–18 (2015–2016) Earth 2 #15.1 (2013) Ghosts #103, 110 (1981–1982) Heroes Against Hunger #1 (two pages) (1986) House of Mystery #251 (1977) Huntress vol. 3 #1–6 (2011–2012)