 roger allen slifer (born november 11, 1954) is a writer of comic books, animation, and video games, well known for creating the character lobo and a run on omega men in the 1980s. slifer was the victim of a hit-and-run accident in the summer of 2012 and has been in institutional care since then. ==biography== slifer grew up in the small town of morristown, indiana, with his sister connie. slifer attended morristown high school in the early 1970s. === comics === slifer started out in comics as a member of the so-called cpl gang, a group of amateur comics enthusiasts based in indianapolis, many of whom later went on to careers in the comics industry. by the mid-1970s, slifer was working as a freelance writer for marvel comics. thanks to marvel staffers (and former cpl gang members) duffy vohland and tony isabella, in the late 1970s slifer was hired as an assistant editor at marvel,roger slifer (editor) at the grand comics database where he continued to write a number of comic books including the 
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