Career[edit]

Cohn and longtime friend Dan Mishkin entered the comics industry together following a correspondence with Jack C. Harris, an editor at DC Comics.^[3] Their first work for the company was the three-page short story "On the Day of His Return" published in Time Warp #3 (Feb.–March 1980) and drawn by Steve Ditko.^[4][5] In 1983, Cohn and Mishkin created Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld with artist Ernie Colón.^[6][7] The following year, the writing team and Paris Cullins introduced Blue Devil.^[8] DC gave both series a promotional push by featuring them in free, 16-page insert previews.^[9][10] Cohn and artist Ron Randall co-created the "Barren Earth" feature as a backup in The Warlord #63 (Nov. 1982) and it was spun off into a four–issue limited series in 1985.^[4] In the mid-1990s, Cohn wrote several stories for William Tucci's Crusade Comics including an intercompany crossover between Crusade's Shi and Marvel Comics' Daredevil.^[4] Cohn has written three Hardy Boys and two Nancy Drew novels.^[2]


Cohn was on the faculty of the Information Technology High School in Long Island City as a U.S. History and Government teacher. He retired in 2014.