Editing Gardner Fox (section)

==Hobbies and achievements==
During the course of his career, Fox can be definitely credited with about 1500 stories for DC Comics,<ref name="Mike"/> making him the second most prolific DC creator (after [[Robert Kanigher]]) by a considerable margin over his nearest rival.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?page=topcreators|title=Top Creators by Category |first=Mike |last=Voiles |year=2013 |publisher=Mike's Amazing World of Comics |access-date=October 19, 2013 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316025841/http://www.dcindexes.com/features/database.php?site=dc |archive-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref> In July 1971, Fox estimated he had written "[f]ifty million words" over the course of his career to date.<ref name="1972CAC">[[Phil Seuling|Seuling, Phil]] (ed.) "[[Jim Steranko]] & Gardner Fox at the 1971 [[Comic Art Convention]] Luncheon – July 1971" – Interviews by John Benson and Phil Seuling, (transcribed and edited by Benson) in ''1972 Comic Art Convention Programme'' (Seuling, 1972) pp. 70–78</ref>

He was a member of a number of literary and genre organisations, including the [[Academy of Comic Book Arts]], the [[Authors Guild]], the [[Authors League of America]], and the [[Science Fiction Writers of America]].<ref name="Bails"/> As a lawyer, he was a member of the legal fraternity [[Phi Delta Phi]].<ref name="Bails"/>

A sports fan, he liked both "[[New York Mets|the Mets]] and [[New York Jets|the Jets]]," and (during 1971) had "season tickets to the St. John's games."<ref name="1972CAC"/> He enjoyed making and collecting miniature soldiers, focusing on ancient and medieval figures.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gardner Fox |date=December 1961 |title=Inside the Atom |journal=Showcase No. 35}}</ref> A voracious reader, he stated, "I have two writers that I reread and reread. One that I'm sure nobody's every {{sic}} heard of is [[Jeffery Pond]] {{sic}}<!--Anyone ever heard of an author with a name like this?-->. I have every book he ever wrote. The other is the mystery writer [[John Dickson Carr]], whose style I admire tremendously... and of course the old standbys – [[A. Merritt|Merritt]] I always particularly liked – and [[Edgar Rice Burroughs|Burroughs]]."<ref name="1972CAC"/>

===Awards===
Fox won two 1962 [[Alley Award]]s – for Best Script Writer and for Best Book-Length Story ("The Planet that Came to a Standstill" in ''[[Mystery in Space]]'' #75), with penciler [[Carmine Infantino]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley62.php |title=1962 Alley Awards |website=Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424055900/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley62.php |archive-date=April 24, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> — as well as a 1963 Alley, for Favorite Novel ("Crisis on Earths 1 and 2" in ''[[Justice League|Justice League of America]]'' #21–22, with penciler [[Mike Sekowsky]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley63.php |title=1963 Alley Awards |website=Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807053741/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley63.php |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and the 1965 Alley for Best Novel ("Solomon Grundy Goes on a Rampage" in ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]'' #55) with penciler [[Murphy Anderson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley65.php |title=1965 Alley Awards |website=Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807053823/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/alley65.php |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

He was honored at the New York [[Comic Art Convention]] during 1971. During 1982, at Skycon II, he was awarded the "[[Jules Verne]] Award for Life-time achievement."<ref name="Bails"/>