Ben Abernathy

Benjamin R. Abernathy (born 1975) is a comic book professional. He has worked at DC Comics as an Executive Editor and Group Editor of the Batman books. He was Editor in chief and founder at Madefire, a company that creates motion books, and was previously an editor at Wildstorm, Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics. In 2024, he began working for Skybound Entertainment.

Early life and career Born in Bend, Oregon, in 1975, Abernathy attended Redmond High School, graduating in 1993; that year, he also appeared in the school's production of Arsenic and Old Lace. portraying Officer Brophy. In 1998, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in history from Lewis & Clark College in Portland.

When that closed in 2015, he returned to DC Comics. First as Director – Talent Relations in 2015, then as Batman Group Editor in 2019, which began with his hiring of James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez to take over from Tom King on the main Batman book, as well as later hiring Chip Zdarsky to replace Tynion. As a result of such successes, Ben Abernathy was promoted to Executive Editor in late 2021, still keeping his Bat duties.

In 2024, he left DC Comics to move to Skybound Entertainment.