Robert Morales

Morales died in his home in Brooklyn on April 18, 2013.

After writing Truth, Morales was brought on to write the main Captain America series, after the departure of Dave Gibbons. Morales wrote Captain America volume 4, issues #21–28 in 2004. In an attempt to humanize Steve Rogers, Morales' managed to split fans' opinions fairly resoundingly, with Morales eventually leaving the title ten issues short of his intended contract for the series.

He was senior editor for the music and entertainment magazine Vibe from 1994 to 2007. He was the editor and literary executor for science fiction author Samuel R. Delany, and assisted in the publication of Delany's graphic novel Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York. Delany reflected that Morales had originally introduced him to author Kathy Acker, with whom he later collaborated.

He was the executive editor of Reflex magazine in the early 1990s, where he brought author Neil Gaiman onto the editorial team as consulting editor.

Morales wrote short review pieces for the Dossier section of Heavy Metal magazine in the period 1982 to 1985.

Robert Morales (1958 - 2013) was an American comic book writer, editor, and journalist known for creating Truth: Red, White & Black, which featured his original character Isaiah Bradley. In addition to creating comics for Marvel Comics, Morales was an editor at Vibe Magazine and Reflex magazine throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

Robert Morales was born in New York City on February 3, 1958. He was of Afro-Puerto Rican descent.