Benny Potter (May 18, 1984 – June 8, 2024), also known as Comicstorian, was an American internet personality who posted commentary about comic books, primarily

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

and

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

, on YouTube. Potter was born on May 18, 1984, and grew up in

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

; his interest in comic books began from reading those that his father collected. He later stopped reading comics after the

Clone Saga The "Clone Saga" is an extended comic-book storyline published by Marvel Comics, revolving around the superhero Spider-Man and clones of him, as well as of other characters. The second and best-known story arc of this name ran from October 1994 ...

became too convoluted for him to follow. In the mid-2000s, he was deployed to

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

and worked at a military hospital, serving as a United States Infantry soldier, where he started reading comics again because 52 was easier to understand. After retiring from the military, he began the Comicstorian channel in 2014. The idea for the channel came from his struggles to get back into comics and his wife wanting to understand superhero movies without having to read the comics. At the time of his death, his channel had over three million subscribers. Additionally, Potter ran several others channels, including Eligible Monster Gaming and Mangastorian. He also created and hosted the Weekly Pull podcast. Potter died in a car accident on

Interstate 25 Interstate 25 (I-25), also known as the Pan-American Freeway, is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States. It is primarily a north–south highway, serving as the main route through New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. I-25 st ...

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

on June 8, 2024, at the age of 40, when his car crossed off the road and flipped several times. The team behind the channel stated that they would continue it in some capacity despite his death.

References

1984 births 2024 deaths American YouTubers Entertainers from Rhode Island Road incident deaths in Colorado YouTube channels launched in 2014 Commentary YouTubers United States Army Infantry Branch personnel YouTube critics and reviewers Comics critics {{YouTuber-bio-stub