Janice Race

Janice Race is an American former comic book editor best known for her work at DC Comics in the 1980s.

Raised in The Bronx, Race earned a B.S. in speech pathology and audiology from the College of City University. She was employed by DC Comics in the 1980s and had worked as a textbook editor for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich before entering the comics industry. She served as an Associate Editor for Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway as well as an editor in her own right. Among the titles she oversaw was World's Finest Comics which featured DC's two best-known characters, Superman and Batman. Race was a frequent collaborator with writer Greg Potter and edited his Jemm, Son of Saturn limited series and his Me & Joe Priest graphic novel. She and Potter spent several months working on new concepts for the mid-1980s relaunch of Wonder Woman, before being joined by writer/artist George Pérez. Race left DC before the first issue of the new series was published to return to book publishing and was replaced by Karen Berger.