after dubay's departure, louise jones, his former assistant, headed the editorial staff from 1976 to 1980. toward the end of dubay's period of editorship many american artists had returned to the magazines, including john severin, alex toth, and russ heath and they contributed many stories during jones' time as editor. former dc comics publisher carmine infantino would also join the company during this period and pencil over 50 stories. much like the wave of spanish artists that dominated throughout the mid-1970s, a number of artists from the philippines would begin contributing during this period. dubay returned as editor after jones' departure, using the alias "will richardson".