# Don Mcgregor

Donald Francis McGregor (born June 15, 1945) is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics, and the author of one of the first graphic novels. == Early life == don mcgregor was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he worked myriad jobs as a young adult, including as a security guard, at a bank, at a movie theater, and "for my grandfather's company, [which] printed, among other things, the patches the astronauts wore on their flights to the moon." He additionally served as a supply sergeant in a military police unit of the Rhode Island Army National Guard. His first work in print was in the letters-to-the-editor columns of various Marvel Comics titles and for The Providence Journal, where his work included reviews of books by authors including Evan Hunter, "who influenced me greatly as a writer." == Career == McGregor entered the comics industry with stories in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics anthology magazines.