COMIC ARTIST

Len Wein

1948 - 2017

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Leonard Norman Wein (; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Len Wein is the 176th most popular comic artist (down from 164th in 2019), the 12,296th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,586th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Len Wein ranks 176 out of 226. Before him are Yuu Watase, Harvey Pekar, Jim Lee, R. K. Laxman, Kōsuke Fujishima, and Robert Kirkman. After him are Scott McCloud, Peter Laird, Hiroyuki Takei, One, Joe Kubert, and Gege Akutami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Len Wein ranks 712. Before him are John Evan, Joachim Mattern, You Si-kun, Hans van Helden, Vladimir Pilguy, and Ali Mohamed Shein. After him are Ted Lange, Artimus Pyle, István Szívós, Tamás Wichmann, Roy Evans, and Sun-Yung Alice Chang. Among people deceased in 2017, Len Wein ranks 586. Before him are Robert Elsie, Zdeněk Šreiner, Jim Bunning, J. P. Donleavy, Brent Briscoe, and Miguel Ángel Loayza. After him are Bill Hougland, Cristina Adela Foișor, William Steinkraus, Monty Hall, Sofía Ímber, and Wilfried.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Len Wein ranks 12,299 out of 20,380. Before him are Doug Yule (1947), John McNaughton (1950), Amanda Peterson (1971), John Wanamaker (1838), Danja (1982), and Tom Dowd (1925). After him are Peter Ueberroth (1937), Gene Siskel (1946), Lisa Rinna (1963), Penelope Spheeris (1946), Freddie Prinze (1954), and Mary Wells (1943).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Len Wein ranks 46. Before him are Alison Bechdel (1960), Peter David (1956), Jules Feiffer (1929), Bill Watterson (1958), Harvey Pekar (1939), and Robert Kirkman (1978). After him are Scott McCloud (1960), Peter Laird (1954), Vivienne Medrano (1992), Walt Kelly (1913), Kevin Eastman (1962), and Scott Adams (1957).

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