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Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway ( September 10 , 1952 - ) is an American Writer of Comic Books and Television Shows . He is best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics Vigilante The Punisher (with Artist Ross Andru ) and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on '' The Amazing Spider-Man ''. He is also known for co-creating the DC Comics Superhero Firestorm (with artist Al Milgrom ), and for scripting the first major, modern-day Intercompany Crossover , ''Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man''. ]] BIOGRAPHY Early career Born in New York City , New York , United States , Conway published his first professional comic-book work while still in his mid-teens, with the 6 1/2-page Horror story "Aaron Philips' Photo Finish" in DC Comics' '' House Of Secrets '' #81 (Sept. 1969). He continued selling such Anthological stories for that series and for Marvel's ''Chamber of Darkness'' and ''Tower of Shadows'' through the end of 1970, by which time he had also published one-page, text Short Stories in DC's ''All-Star Western'' #1 (Sept. 1970) and ''Super DC Giant #S-14'' (Oct. 1970). He published his first continuing-character story in DC's semi-anthological Occult comic '' The Phantom Stranger '' #10 (Dec. 1970). His first continuing-character story for Marvel quickly followed, with his script for the Tarzanesque Ka-Zar in '' Astonishing Tales '' #3 (Dec. 1970). Conway's first superhero story, in '' Daredevil '' Vol. 1, #72 (Jan. 1971) quickly led to assignments on '' Iron Man '', '' The Incredible Hulk '', and both " The Inhumans " and " The Black Widow " features in the split book '' Amazing Adventures ''. Conway would eventually script virtually every major Marvel title, as well as co-create (with writers Roy & Dann Thomas and artist Mike Ploog ) the Lycanthropic lead character of the feature "Werewolf by Night", in ''Marvel Spotlight'' #2 (Feb. 1972); and write the premiere issue of Marvel's '' Tomb Of Dracula '', introducing the longstanding literary Vampire into the Marvel Universe . , Ross Andru & Dick Giordano ]] |
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