Len Wein
June 12, 1948 (76 years old) in 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 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Chris Claremont's X-Men as Himself
- 2018 · Tales of Frankenstein as Helmut Frankenstein
- 2015 · Savageland as Len Matheson
- 2014 · Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! as Self
- 2014 · X-Men: Days of Future Past as Congresman Davis
- 2013 · The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self
- 2013 · Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle as Self
- 2011 · Heart of Vengeance: Returning Batman to His Roots as
- 2010 · Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Self
- 2010 · Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson as Self
- 2009 · The Roots of Wolverine: A Conversation with Stan Lee and Len Wein as Himself
- 2009 · The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics as Self
- 2008 · Batman Tech as Self
- 2008 · Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight as Self
- 2007 · Jack Kirby: Story Teller as Self
- 2007 · Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine as Self
- 2006 · Generation X: The Comic Book Origin of X-Men as Himself
- 1989 · Prisoners of Gravity as Self