Legendary comic book creator Len Wein passed away Sunday at age 69. The news came via fellow industry veteran Paul Kupperberg and was corroborated by various other colleagues.
Wein had a prolific writing career. He made his professional debut on 1968's Teen Titans #18 and worked on a number of popular Marvel and DC titles, including Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil, Incredible Hulk, Justice League of America and Thor. However, he'll always be best known as the co-creator of Swamp Thing and of many of the most iconic X-Men characters, including Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Wolverine.
Wein also worked as an editor on many titles, including groundbreaking DC series Watchmen and Camelot 3000. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.
Wein's recent comic book work includes Before Watchmen: Ozymandias, Batman '66: The Lost Episode (an adaptation of an unused, Harlan Ellison-penned teleplay from the TV series) and 2016's Swamp Thing miniseries.
Many friends and colleagues took to social media to pay tribute to the late Wein today. Neil Gaiman posted the following tribute via Twitter:
I just learned that my friend and writing inspiration @LenWein passed away this morning. My love and condolences to his wife, @mcvalada. Len Wein. He wrote Swamp Thing, Phantom Stranger, & my favourite Batman stories. He showed 12 year old me that comics could be literature. Len Wein was the editor who brought the British creators to DC. He was one of the nicest people I've met, in 30 years in comics.
Everyone at IGN would like to extend our deepest condolences to Wein's friends and family.
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