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dez skinn

derek `` dez '' skinn -lrb- born 4 february 1951 -rrb- is a british comic and magazine editor , and author of a number of books on comics .
as head of marvel comics ' operations in england in the late 1970s , skinn reformatted existing titles , launched new ones , and acquired the bbc license for `` doctor who weekly '' .
after leaving marvel uk , skinn founded and edited `` warrior '' , which featured key works by alan moore .
called by some the `` british stan lee , '' skinn is one of british comics ' most influential figures .
he has also caused no small amount of controversy in his career , specifically related to legal issues regarding his publishing new adventures of the 1950s character marvelman , as well as charges of plagiarism about skinn 's 2004 book `` comix : the underground revolution '' .
