Robert Lee Washington III[1][2] (November 29, 1964 – June 7, 2012) was an American writer of comic books, known for co-creating Static (later adapted for a successful animated television series) and the Shadow Cabinet, both for Milestone Media.

In the early 1990s, along with Dwayne McDuffie and John Paul Leon, he co-created Static, an African American teenage superhero, part of the Milestone imprint published by DC Comics.

His 18-issue initial run writing the series received critical praise for its characterization of the protagonist.

[3] On June 6, 2012, while working for an online retailer in Long Island City, New York, Washington suffered a cardiac arrest.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in Queens, and the next day he suffered two additional cardiac arrests and died.