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.
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Known For
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
Batman Tech
Superpowered: The DC Story
Prisoners of Gravity
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Acting History
2023
Superpowered: The DC Story as Self (archive footage)
2018Chris Claremont's X-Men as Himself
2018Tales of Frankenstein as Helmut Frankenstein
2015Savageland as Len Matheson
2014Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! as Self
2014X-Men: Days of Future Past as Congresman Davis
2014Caper
2013The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self
2013Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle as Self
2011Heart of Vengeance: Returning Batman to His Roots
2010Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Self
2010Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson as Self
2009The Roots of Wolverine: A Conversation with Stan Lee and Len Wein as Himself
2009The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics as Self
2008Batman Tech as Self
2008Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight as Self
2007Jack Kirby: Story Teller as Self
2006Generation X: The Comic Book Origin of X-Men as Himself
1989Prisoners of Gravity as Self