Len Wein
Known For
Writing
Born
1948-06-12 in New York City, New York, USA
Died
2017-09-10
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 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.
Most Known For
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Congresman Davis
Prisoners of Gravity
as Self
Superpowered: The DC Story
as Self (archive footage)
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle
as Self
Caper
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
as Self
Savageland
as Len Matheson
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as Self
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
as Self
Tales of Frankenstein
as Helmut Frankenstein
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
as Self
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as Self
Chris Claremont's X-Men
as Self
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
as Self
Batman Tech
as Self
Mutant vs. Machine: The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
as Self
The Roots of Wolverine: A Conversation with Stan Lee and Len Wein
as Himself
Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson
as Self
