#gerry conway

[why-i-love-comics]

Marvel's tribute to Gerry Conway

[rickroll-25]

No fucking way the creator of Jason Todd died on the day Jason Todd died

[dirtyriver]

Mary Jane decides to stay with a grieving Peter after the death of Gwen. This powerful bottom strip wasn't in the original layout:

Amazing Spider-Man #122, July 1973, written by Gerry Conway, art by Gil Kane (pencils) and John Romita and Tony Mortellaro (inks)

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Gerry Conway characters pt 3: Power Girl!

[theartofthecover]

Rest in peace Gerry Conway, a legendary comic book writer and editor who worked on the Amazing Spider-Man, House of Mystery, the Tomb of Dracula, Batman, Justice League of America, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man and many more.

He was the co-creator of the Punisher, Power Girl, Firestorm, Killer Croc, Jason Todd, Carol Danvers, and Spider-Man's clone, Ben Reilly.

He was also known for writing one of the most iconic (and darkest) Spider-Man stories in the comic book history, the Death of Gwen Stacy and the Green Goblin's Last Sand.

- 1st cover: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #129 (1974) by Gil Kane [pencils] and John Romita Sr. [inks] - 2nd cover: Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #1 (1978) by Al Milgrom [pencils & inks] and Tatjana Wood [colors] - 3rd cover: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #122 (1973) by John Romita Sr. [pencils & inks] - 4th cover: Batman Vol. 1 #359 (1983) by Ed Hannigan [pencils], Dick Giordano [inks] and Anthony Tollin [colors] - 5th cover: Detective Comics Vol. 1 #523 (1983) by Ed Hannigan [pencils], Dick Giordano [inks] and Anthony Tollin [colors] - 6th cover: The Tomb of Dracula #1 (1972) by Neal Adams [pencils & inks] - 7th cover: Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 #1 (1977) by John Romita Sr. [pencils] and Dick Giordano [inks] - 8th cover: All-Star Comics #58 (1976) by Mike Grell [pencils & inks] and Tatjana Wood [colors] - 9th cover: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #149 (1975) by Gil Kane [pencils] and Frank Giacoia [inks] - 10th cover: Justice League of America Vol. 1 #207 (1982) by George Pérez [pencils & inks] and Anthony Tollin [colors] - 11th cover: Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man (one-shot) [50th anniversary treasury edition 2026] (1976) by Carmine Infantino, Ross Andru & Neal Adams [pencils], and Dick Giordano & Terry Austin [inks] - 12th cover: The Last Days of Animal Man#1 (2009) by Brian Bolland

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The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #121 - The Night Gwen Stacy Died (March 13, 1973)

Written: Gerry Conway [rest in peace] Penciler by: Gil Kane Inker by: John Romita Sr. and Tony Mortellaro (for backgrounds) Colorist by: David Hunt Lettered by: Artie Simek Edited by: Roy Thomas (editor) Published by: Marvel Comics

[thepopculturearchivist]

In remembering Gerry Conway, the comics and TV writer whose death was announced today, people rightfully highlight his precocious work on THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN in the early 1970s: killing Gwen Stacy, introducing the Punisher, etc. My own favorite Conway stories are from his intense run on the Batman books, climaxing with DETECTIVE COMICS 526 from 1983. Drawn by the great and gone-too-soon Don Newton, the extra-sized issue wrapped a storyline that introduced Killer Croc and Jason Todd while commemorating Batman's 500th appearance in the comic. Conway marks the occasion by unleashing nearly every Gotham villain in a quest to kill Batman and somehow preempt Croc's takeover of the city's underworld -- this being the OG Croc, a ruthless, brutal character who was never portrayed the same way again. Most of the villains are scattered like ninepins by a B-team of Robin (Dick Grayson) and Batgirl and an unprecedented A++ team of Batman, Catwoman and Talia. This mighty menage formed at a moment when the two antiheroines arguably had equal claims to be The One for Batman, with fond memories of Denny O'Neil's stories possibly giving the edge to the Daughter of the Demon with fans of the time. They stand on equal footing here because Conway had shown some time before that Selina Kyle had figured out Batman's secret identity, in a story that had her trying to kill Vicki Vale during a psychotic break. The women are uneasy allies and definitely not friends here, but as the page above states eloquently in words and pictures, all three protagonists are caught up in the thrill of the hunt -- as is their stowaway, Jason Todd, who is soon to lean that his parents are dead. The freedom conferred by omniscient narration, before first-person stream of consciousness became all too common, lets Conway tell a sweeping story with deft, effortless transitions as shown above. I'll never argue that this run was Conway best work, but it's great old-school comics storytelling. As noted, this concludes a slow-burn storyline, but my grumbly old self can't help suspecting that it'd take many modern comics writers a year of monthlies just to retell the events of this issue. So ave atque vale to a writer with an inevitably mixed record, who was nevertheless a master of his craft.

[robs-your-robins]

The concept of Gerry Conway dying the same day as Jason Todd has me fucking sat here like