Len Wein

Personal Info

Birthday

June 12, 1948

Day of Death

2017-09-10

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Len Wei

Leonard Norman Wein

Len Wein

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.

Known For

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Savageland

Tales of Frankenstein

Filmography

2018
Chris Claremont's X-Men
as Himself
Tales of Frankenstein
as Helmut Frankenstein
2015
Savageland
as Len Matheson
2014
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
as Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Congresman Davis
2013
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as Self
2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
as Self
Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson
as Self
2009
The Roots of Wolverine: A Conversation with Stan Lee and Len Wein
as Himself
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
as Self
2008
Batman Tech
as Self
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
as Self
2007
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine
as Self
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
as Self
2006
Generation X: The Comic Book Origin of X-Men
as Himself