Byron Erickson (born February 3, 1951, in

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) is an American editor and writer in the comic book industry. He works at Egmont on Disney comic books, and was formerly

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's editor. Erickson began working at Another Rainbow Publishing in 1983, and when they received the license to publish Disney comics in the United States under the name of

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, he became the editor. After Disney took over the license, Erickson left Gladstone Publishing for

First Comics First Comics was an American comic book publisher that was active from 1983 to 1991, known for titles like '' American Flagg!'', '' Grimjack'', '' Nexus'', ''Badger'', '' Dreadstar'', and '' Jon Sable''. Along with competitors like Pacific Comic ...

as an editor for various comics. He later moved to

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and joined Egmont, first as editor and later as "creative leader," but he is still writing comics.

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