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Len Wein

Len Wei | Leonard Norman Wein

About the person
Career:

Writing

Date of birth:
1948-06-12
Place of birth:

New York City, New York, USA

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

1

Date of death

2017-09-10

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Biography

Leonard Norman Wein (/wiːn/; June 12, 1948 – 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 of Alan Moore and  Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen. Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.