Len Wein
June 12, 1948 (76 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
Leonard Norman Wein (/wiหn/; June 12, 1948 โ September 10, 2017) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen. Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Credits
- 2018 ยทChris Claremont's X-Menas Himself
- 2018 ยทTales of Frankensteinas Helmut Frankenstein
- 2015 ยทSavagelandas Len Matheson
- 2014 ยทMarvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!as Self
- 2014 ยทX-Men: Days of Future Pastas Congresman Davis
- 2013 ยทThe Wolverine: Path of a Roninas Self
- 2013 ยทSuperheroes: A Never-Ending Battleas Self
- 2011 ยทHeart of Vengeance: Returning Batman to His Rootsas
- 2010 ยทSecret Origin: The Story of DC Comicsas Self
- 2010 ยทRobin: The Story of Dick Graysonas Self
- 2009 ยทThe Roots of Wolverine: A Conversation with Stan Lee and Len Weinas Himself
- 2009 ยทThe Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comicsas Self
- 2008 ยทBatman Techas Self
- 2008 ยทBatman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knightas Self
- 2007 ยทFantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazineas Self
- 2007 ยทJack Kirby: Story Telleras Self
- 2006 ยทGeneration X: The Comic Book Origin of X-Menas Himself
- 1989 ยทPrisoners of Gravityas Self