# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-kanigher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:19:41.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-kanigher"
name: "Robert Kanigher"
slug: "robert-kanigher"
description: "Robert Kanigher was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over the scripting from creator William Moulton Marston. In addition, Kanigher spent many years in charge of National Periodical Publications's war titles and created the character Sgt. Rock. Kanigher scripted what is considered the first Silver Age comic book story, \"Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt!\", which introduced the Barry Allen version of the Flash in Showcase #4."
tagline: "American comic books editor (1915-2002)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6jmF1hZXhwMTf1C1Pb2HSEwTkWI.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1915-06-18"
deathDate: "2002-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.610772166527803
  historical:           10.31328666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1189825/"
    handle:    "nm1189825"
sources:
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    title: "罗伯特·坎耐尔"
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    title: "Канигер, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت كانيجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher"
    title: "Robert Kanigher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher"
    title: "Robert Kanigher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher"
    title: "Robert Kanigher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher"
    title: "Robert Kanigher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher"
    title: "Robert Kanigher"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kanigher"
    title: "Robert Kanigher"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8_%EC%BA%90%EB%8B%88%EA%B1%B0"
    title: "로버트 캐니거"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Robert Kanigher"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump