Len Wein, ‘Wolverine’ co-creator and 'Watchmen' editor, dead at 69

NYDaily News ^ | September 10, 2017

[SMGFan]

Legendary comic book writer and editor Len Wein has died. He was 69.

Wein helped revive the “X-Men” franchise in 1975 with artist Dave Cockrum, creating characters including Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus and Thunderbird.

A year earlier, in “The Incredible Hulk” #180, he debuted Wolverine, who eventually joined the “X-Men” team in later years.

[SMGFan]

he wrote some great characters.

We still have Stan Lee.

[Alcibiades]

Hats off for some excellent work.

[BenLurkin]

69 is way too young.

[RayChuang88]

Len Wein was only 69? That’s pretty young for such a well-known comic book name.

[Architect of Avalon]

X-23 may use the name Wolverine.

[The Duke]

..."dead at 69" ...

That's one way to go.

[SMGFan]

searching twitter I found “A friend is someone who is there for you when she’d rather be anywhere else. - Len Wein #quote

[GreenLanternCorps]

Ugh, first Jerry Pournelle, now Len Wein, not a good weekend.

I have a lot of Comics with his name on them.

[Major Matt Mason]

Just a short time after Swamp Thing co-creator Bernie Wrightson passed away. Both were 69 - too young in this day and age.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Sans-Culotte]

It’s been a long time since I read comics, but I remember seeing his name a lot on the credits page. RIP, Mr. Wein.