John Ostrander is a renowned comics writer who co-created the science fiction series GRIMJACK with artist Timothy Truman. With his late wife, Kim Yale, he wrote DC's SUICIDE SQUAD and MARTIAN MANHUNTER. With artist Tom Mandrake, he wrote a lengthy run of DC's THE SPECTRE. Ostrander has also written for Marvel Comics and Warp Graphics' ELQUEST series. Recently Ostrander has been writing for Dark Horse's line of STAR WARS comics.