Len Wein

Known for: Writing
Born: June 12, 1948
Died: September 10, 2017
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Len Wein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.