R.I.P. Len Wein

[mrp]

Word has come that Len Wein has passed away at age 69.

Co-creator of Swamp Thing and Wolverine, original writer of the new X-Men before Claremont, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, editor on Alan Moore 7 Dave Gibbons' Watchmen, his creative legacy is huge and will endure. He will be missed and remembered.

-M

[lordyam]

Rest in peace. A truly great man.

PS he also did Conan work (he was on Book of Thoth)

[johnnypt]

I knew about Swamp Thing and Wolverine, but I didn't know he'd been the editor of Watchmen. Talk about enduring legacies.

[deuce]

Groove has a great tribute here:


diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2017/09/len-wein-rip.html


Lots of scans.

[deuce]

Beau Smith (Wynonna Earp, etc) remembers Len Wein:


As a kid, Len Wein was one of the first names in fandom that I knew. Before he was a professional in comic books, he was a prolific letter writer to the comic book letter columns that I read from top to bottom every month. By doing so, Len let me know that I too could have a voice in comic books by writing letters to the editor. I followed his lead and the lead of other letter writers, soon to turn professional in comic books, names like Marv Wolfman, Tony Isabella, Paul Levitz, and Roy Thomas. The first professional writing work I ever did in/for comic books was an article for AMAZING HEROES (Fantagraphics) that discussed letter writers that had turned into professional comic book writers. I listed many of those from Len Wein to Frank Miller that all used to write letters.

I got to know Len once I started working as a professional in 1987. Len was alway smiling, He always treated me wonderfully and always made time to see how I was doing. We had a lot of mutual friends, I just wish, as we all do, I had more one on one time to spend talking to Len. At a convention, it's always hectic as we all know, being an icon, Len always had a flock of folks waiting to talk to him. That's a good thing. The two best things I can say about Len was that he was always smiling and that he truly loved comic books. Both of those things are wonderful memories to be remembered for. Thank you for always loving comic books, Len. Thank you for always smiling.

[andys]

In addition to his big hits, he wrote some fun Hulk comics and had an underappreciated run on Fantastic Four (IIRC, he co-created Salem's Seven with George Perez).