Dorothy Woolfolk

Dorothy A. Woolfolk née Dorothy Roubicek (October 11, 1913 - November 27, 2000, Norfolk, Virginia, United States), was a pioneering woman in the American comic book industry. The first female editor at DC Comics, one of the two largest companies in the field, she helped create the fictional metal kryptonite in the Superman mythos. Woolfolk, the wife of novelist William Woolfolk, began her career during the Golden Age of comic books, serving from 1942-44 as an editor at All-American Publications, …