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Len Wein

Len Wein

Born: 1948-06-12 • New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography
Chris Claremont's X-Men poster
Chris Claremont's X-Men
2018 • Self
Tales of Frankenstein poster
Tales of Frankenstein
2018 • Helmut Frankenstein
Savageland poster
Savageland
2015 • Len Matheson
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Mutant vs. Machine: The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
2015 • Self
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop! poster
Marvel: 75 Years, from Pulp to Pop!
2014 • Self
X-Men: Days of Future Past poster
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 • Congresman Davis
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin poster
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013 • Self
Heart of Vengeance: Returning Batman to His Roots poster
Heart of Vengeance: Returning Batman to His Roots
2011
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics poster
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010 • Self
Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson poster
Robin: The Story of Dick Grayson
2010 • Self
The Roots of Wolverine: A Conversation with Stan Lee and Len Wein poster
The Roots of Wolverine: A Conversation with Stan Lee and Len Wein
2009 • Himself
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics poster
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
2009 • Self
Batman Tech poster
Batman Tech
2008 • Self
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight poster
Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight
2008 • Self
Jack Kirby: Story Teller poster
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
2007 • Self