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LEN WEIN

Active: 1970–2025

567

AS WRITER

1

AS ARTIST

154

KEY ISSUES

187

SERIES

Leonard Norman Wein 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. Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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The Incredible Hulk #181 cover

The Incredible Hulk

#181

Wolverine: First full appearance. Cameo on the last page of #180.

Giant-Size X-Men #1 cover

Giant-Size X-Men

#1

First appearances of Storm, Colossus, and Nightcrawler. Earliest catalogued appearances of Magik, Thunderbird (John Proudstar), and Krakoa.

DC Comics Presents #26 cover

DC Comics Presents

#26

First appearances of Starfire and Raven. Earliest catalogued appearances of Cyborg and Silas Stone.

Werewolf by Night #32 cover

Werewolf by Night

#32

First appearance of Moon Knight. Earliest catalogued appearance of Frenchie.

The New Teen Titans #2 cover

The New Teen Titans

#2

First appearance of Deathstroke. Earliest catalogued appearances of Wintergreen and Trigon.

House of Secrets #92 cover

House of Secrets

#92

First appearance of Swamp Thing.

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Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Dick Giordano 44 issues togetherJoe Staton 42 issues togetherSal Buscema 39 issues togetherJim Aparo 29 issues togetherGerry Conway 28 issues togetherMarv Wolfman 27 issues togetherRoss Andru 27 issues togetherMike Esposito 26 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

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Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #6 cover

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe

#6