Gary Reed (May 21, 1956 – October 2, 2016) was an American comic book writer, and the publisher of Caliber Comics, an independent comic book company that released 1,300 titles in the 1990s and published early work by many popular creators. Reed wrote over 200 comics and graphic novels, sometimes under assumed names (including Kyle Garrett, Brent Truax, and Randall Thayer). He was also Vice President of McFarlane Toys when the company launched in 1993. His comics writing credits include *Saint Germaine*, *Baker Street* and *Deadworld*. In addition to comics, Reed wrote a role-playing game for Palladium and wrote some of the storyline scenarios for *Final Fight: Streetwise* for Capcom. **Source**: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Reed_(comics)" target="blanck">Gary Reed</a> on Wikipedia.