Gerard Francis Conway Thomas, Roy. "Roy's Rostrum" (" Bullpen Bulletins") in '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' #43 and other Marvel Comics cover-dated May 1974. (born September 10, 1952) is an American comic book writer, comic book editor, science fiction writer, screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is known for co-creating the

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vigilante

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the Punisher as well as Peter Parker's clone

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, the super villain

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, and the first Ms. Marvel, and also writing the death of the character

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during his long run on ''

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'' in the

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" The Night Gwen Stacy Died". At

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, he is known for co-creating the

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es Firestorm, Power Girl,

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, and the villain Killer Croc, and for writing the ''

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'' for eight years. Conway wrote the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, '' Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man''.

Early life

Conway was born in

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, New York, and was a fan of comics from a young age. A letter from him appears in ''

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'' #50 (May 1966), written when Conway was 13. He attended

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for a time.

Career

Conway published his first professional comic book work at 16, with the 6-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 ''

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'' and '' Tower of Shadows'' through the end of 1970, by which time he had also published one-page text

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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

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comic ''The Phantom Stranger'' #10 (Dec. 1970). and Conway recalled breaking into

through Marvel editor

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: Following his first continuing-character story for Marvel, with his script for the jungle lord Ka-Zar in '' Astonishing Tales'' #3 (Dec. 1970), Conway began writing superhero stories with '' Daredevil'' #72 (Jan. 1971). He quickly went on to assignments on ''

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'', '' The Incredible Hulk'', and both " The Inhumans" and " The Black Widow" features in the split book '' Amazing Adventures''. He scripted the first Man-Thing story, in 1971, sharing co-creation credit with

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and

. Conway eventually scripted virtually every major Marvel title, and co-created (with writers Roy & Jean Thomas and artist Mike Ploog) the lycanthropic lead character of the feature "Werewolf by Night", in ''Marvel Spotlight'' #2 (Feb. 1972); he also wrote the premiere issue of Marvel's '' The Tomb of Dracula'', introducing the longstanding literary

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into the

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Spider-Man and intercompany rotation

At 19, Conway began scripting ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', succeeding Stan Lee as writer of one of Marvel's flagship titles. His run, from issues #111–149 (August 1972 – October 1975), included the landmark death of Gwen Stacy story in #121 (June 1973). Eight issues later, Conway and Andru introduced the Punisher as a conflicted

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. The Punisher became a popular star of numerous comic books and has been adapted into three movies and a live action television series. Conway additionally wrote ''

'', from #133–152 (April 1973 – Nov. 1974). In 2009, Conway reflected on writing flagship Marvel characters at a young age: In late 1972, Conway and writers Steve Englehart and

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crafted a

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al unofficial crossover spanning titles from both major comics companies. Each comic featured Englehart, Conway, and Wein, as well as Wein's first wife Glynis, interacting with Marvel or DC characters at the Rutland Halloween Parade in Rutland, Vermont. Beginning in '' Amazing Adventures'' #16 (by Englehart with art by Bob Brown and Frank McLaughlin), the story continued in ''

'' #103 (by Wein, Dick Dillin and Dick Giordano), and concluded in ''

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'' #207 (by Conway and penciler John Buscema). As Englehart explained in 2010, "It certainly seemed like a radical concept and we knew that we had to be subtle (laughs) and each story had to stand on its own, but we really worked it out. It's really worthwhile to read those stories back to back to back – it didn't matter to us that one was at DC and two were at Marvel – I think it was us being creative, thinking what would be really cool to do." Conway returned to DC Comics in mid-1975, beginning with three books cover-dated Nov. 1975: '' Hercules Unbound'' #1, '' Kong the Untamed'' #3, and '' Swamp Thing'' #19. He wrote a revival of the

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comic book series '' All Star Comics'' which introduced the character Power Girl. Shortly afterward, he was chosen by Marvel and DC editors to script the historic intercompany crossover ''Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man'' #1, a 96-page, tabloid-sized, $2 one-shot, at a time when comic books sold for 25 cents. He continued writing for DC, on titles including ''

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'', ''

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'' (starring

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), ''

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'', ''

'', '' 1st Issue Special'' #11 starring Codename: Assassin, and that of the licensed character

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. Conway briefly returned to Marvel where he succeeded Marv Wolfman as editor-in-chief in March 1976, but held the job only "about a month-and-a-half,""Gerry Conway on Englehart Leaving Marvel" (sidebar) in relinquishing the post and being succeeded by Archie Goodwin. For a time, a confluence of publishing schedules resulted in Conway stories appearing in both Marvel and DC comics in the same month: The prolific Conway's comic books with January 1977 cover-dates alone, for example, are Marvel's '' The Avengers'', '' The Defenders'', '' Captain Marvel'', ''Iron Man'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'', and the premiere issues of '' Ms. Marvel'' and '' Logan's Run'', and ''Superman'' and ''

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''.

DC Comics and later career

After leaving Marvel's editorship, he again wrote exclusively for DC for the next decade writing both major and lesser titles – from those featuring Superman,

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, and the

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to such books as '' Weird Western Tales'', '' Atari Force'' and '' Sun Devils''. He had an eight-year run on ''

'', writing most issues from #151–255 (Feb. 1978 – Oct. 1986) including the double-sized anniversary issue #200 (March 1982). Conway wrote two additional Superman projects in the oversized tabloid format, ''Superman vs. Wonder Woman'', drawn by José Luis García-López, and ''Superman vs. Shazam'', drawn by

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. He co-created the characters Firestorm with artist

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and

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with artist Don Heck in the premiere issues (both March 1978) of the respective titular comics. Two other Conway co-creations, the Deserter (with artist

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) and the Vixen (with artist Bob Oksner), were scheduled to receive their own series as well but were canceled before any issues were published. He additionally co-created the characters Vibe and Gypsy. As writer of ''

'' #337–359 (July 1981 – May 1983) and the feature "Batman" in ''

'' #497–526 (Dec. 1980 – May 1983), he introduced the characters Killer Croc and

, the latter of whom became the second Robin, succeeding original sidekick

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. With artist

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, Conway revived the

supervillains Doctor Death in ''Batman'' #345 (March 1982) and the

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in ''Batman'' #350 (Aug. 1982). Conway was a frequent collaborator with

. Together they wrote a two-part Superman–Captain Marvel team-up in ''DC Comics Presents'' #33–34 (May–June 1981); the ''Atari Force'' and '' Swordquest'' mini-comics packaged with

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video games; and three Justice League of America-

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crossovers. Conway contributed ideas to the talking animal comic ''

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'', created by Thomas and Scott Shaw. Thomas and Conway were to be the co-writers of the '' JLA/Avengers'' intercompany crossover, but editorial disputes between DC and Marvel caused the project's cancellation. Conway was one of the contributors to the '' DC Challenge'' limited series in 1986. He returned to Marvel in the 1980s and served as the regular writer of both '' The Spectacular Spider-Man'' and ''

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'' from 1988 until 1990. Conway stated in 1991 that "I understand the character a lot better now than I did when I was nineteen. And one of the nice things about the Marvel characters is that you can keep them fresh by changing them just a bit." His run on ''Spectacular'' included such story arcs as the "Lobo Brothers Gang War". He relinquished writing duties on both titles when he became the story editor of the television series '' Father Dowling Mysteries''. Conway's last recorded comic credits for many years were Topps Comics' "Kirbyverse" ''NightGlider'' #1 (April 1993), scripting from a Roy Thomas plot, and a story for ''Disney Adventures'', published in 1995. Conway returned to comics in 2009 and wrote DC Comics' '' The Last Days of Animal Man'', with artist Chris Batista. In 2011, he wrote the '' DC Retroactive: Justice League – The '80s'' one-shot. Also for DC, he wrote the ''Firestorm'' feature in ''Legends of Tomorrow'' #1–6 in 2016. In 2015, he returned to Spider-Man by writing a story in ''Spider-Verse Team Up'' #2, and the "Spiral" storyline in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #16.1–20.1. He returned to work as a series' regular writer that same year with '' Carnage'' which ran for 16 issues until 2017. In 2016, he returned to his creation the Punisher by writing ''The Punisher Annual'' #1. From 2016 to 2017, he wrote ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows'' #1–9, followed by ''What If? Spider-Man'' #1 in 2018 and the oneshot ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big'', penciled by

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, in 2019.

Books, comic strips, screenplays

In addition to comics, Conway published two science-fiction novels: ''The Midnight Dancers'' and ''Mindship'' (originally published as a short story in the science fiction anthology "Universe 1.") He also wrote the February 14–December 3, 1983, dailies of the syndicated newspaper

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'', based upon the 1960s TV series. Conway as well moved into screenwriting in the 1980s, starting with the animated feature '' Fire and Ice'' (1983), co-written with Roy Thomas, based on characters created by

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and Frank Frazetta. Conway and Thomas wrote the story basis for Stanley Mann's screenplay for the film '' Conan the Destroyer'' (1984). Afterwards, Conway and Thomas also worked on the script of a live-action ''X-Men'' film for production company

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that wasn't produced because of distributor

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' financial troubles and subsequent bankruptcy. Conway wrote, and later produced, such TV series as '' Father Dowling Mysteries'', '' Diagnosis: Murder'', '' Matlock'', ''

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'', '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', '' Baywatch Nights'', '' Pacific Blue'', '' Silk Stalkings'', '' Perry Mason''

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, '' Law & Order'', '' The Huntress'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', and an episode of '' Batman: The Animated Series'' ("Appointment in Crime Alley"). Conway frequently referenced his comic book connections during his stint on ''Law & Order'' by naming characters on the show after comic book creators such as John Byrne.

Personal life

Conway's first wife was comic-book writer Carla Conway. The couple have a daughter, Cara. His second wife, Karen, is a

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who works with

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children. They married in 1992 and have a daughter, Rachel. As of 2015, he and his wife Laura live in Thousand Oaks, California. Conway's ancestral family background is Irish, as he described in his blog: Conway was raised a Christian, but stated in a 2013 interview that he does not "have any religious belief at this point". In October 2022, Conway was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent Whipple surgery to remove the tumor, resulting in several hospitalizations. In September 2023, he declared that he was cancer-free.

Comics bibliography

Atlas/Seaboard Comics

* ''Destructor'' #4 (1975) * ''Targitt'' #3 (1975) * '' Tiger-Man'' #2–3 (1975)

DC Comics

* '' 1st Issue Special'' #11–13 (1976) * ''

'' #457, 467, 477–479, 486, 517–523 (1976–1981) * ''

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'' #444, 459–460, 463–464 (1976–1979) * '' All-New Collectors' Edition'' #C-54, C-58 (1978) * '' All Star Comics'' #58–62 (1976) * ''

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'' #8–9 (1982) * '' The Amazing World of DC Comics'' #11 (1976) * '' Arak, Son of Thunder'' #7 (1982) * '' Atari Force'' #1–5 (1982–1983) * ''Atari Force'' vol. 2 #1–13 (1984–1985) * ''

'' #295, 305–306, 337–346, 348–359 (1978–1983) * '' Batman Family'' #17 (1978) * '' The Brave and the Bold'' #158, 161, 171–174 (1980–1981) * '' Cancelled Comic Cavalcade'' #1–2 (1978) * '' Challengers of the Unknown'' #81–87 (1977–1978) * '' Cinder and Ashe'' #1–4 (1988) * '' DC Challenge'' #8, 12 (1986) * '' DC Comics Presents'' #17–18, 21, 30–33, 40, 45, 53, 68 (1980–1984) * '' DC Retroactive: Justice League of America - The '80s'' #1 (2011) * '' DC Special'' #28 (1977) * ''DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest'' #5 (1980) * '' DC Special Series'' #1, 6, 10, 16 (1977–1978) * '' DC Super-Stars'' #18 (1978) * ''

'' #463–464, 497–499, 501–513, 515–526 (1976–1983) * '' Doorway to Nightmare'' #2 (1978) * '' Firestorm'' #1–5 (1978) * ''

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'' #289–299, 301–304 (Firestorm backup stories) (1980–1981) * '' Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion'' #8 (1972) * '' Freedom Fighters'' #1–2 (1976) * ''The Fury of Firestorm'' #1–53, 100 ''Annual'' #1–4 (1982–1986, 1990) * '' Hercules Unbound'' #1–6 (1975–1976) * '' Heroes Against Hunger'' #1 (1986) * '' House of Mystery'' #188, 193, 196, 199–200, 202, 292–294, 296–297, 300 (1970–1982) * '' House of Secrets'' #81, 83, 85–86, 88–89, 94, 111–112, 140, 150 (1969–1978) * ''House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus'' Vol. 2 (story "Night of the Rat", originally intended for publication in ''House of Secrets'' #141) (2019) * ''

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'' #40–41, 45–47 (1980–1981) * ''

'' #125–127, 131–134, 151–216, 219, 221–223, 228–230, 233–239, 241–255, ''Annual'' #2 (1975–1986) * '' Kamandi'' #39–44 (1976) * '' Kong the Untamed'' #3–5 (1975–1976) * '' Last Days of Animal Man'' #1–6 (2009) * '' Legends of Tomorrow'' #1–6 (Firestorm feature) (2016) * ''

'' vol. 2 #259–278 (1980–1981) * '' Man-Bat'' #1 (1975) * ''

'' #46–48, 54–56 (1976–1978) * '' Mystery in Space'' #114 (1980) * ''

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'' #12–19 (1977–1978) * '' The New Teen Titans'' #16 (

insert) (1982) * '' Phantom Stranger'' vol. 2 #10–11 (1970–1971) * ''Secret Hearts'' #143, 147, 149 (1970–1971) * '' Secret Origins'' vol. 2 #4, 17 (1986–1987) * ''

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'' #1–2, 8–14 (1976–1978) * '' Star Spangled War Stories'' #193 (1975) * '' Steel, The Indestructible Man'' #1–5 (1978) * '' Sun Devils'' #1–9 (1984–1985) * '' Super-Team Family'' #11–15 (1977–1978) * '' Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #227, 232, 234–235, 248–249, 252–258 (1977–1979) * ''

'' #301, 303–304, 307–309, 345–348, 350–351, 407 (1976–1985) * '' The Superman Family'' #175, 184, 186–193, 195–202, 206–211 (1976–1981) * '' Swamp Thing'' #19–20, 23–24 (1975–1976) * '' Swordquest'' #1–3 (1982) * ''

'' #250–254 (1976) * '' The Unexpected'' #221 (1982) * '' Weird Western Tales'' #45–58, 60–70 ( Scalphunter feature) (1978–1980) * '' The Witching Hour'' #10, 14, 27, 38 (1970–1974) * ''

'' #233–241, 259–285, 329 (1977–1986) * '' World's Finest Comics'' #245–254, 256–259, 261–262, 268–270, 272, 274–275 (1977–1982) * '' Young Love'' #122 (1976) * '' Zatanna Special'' #1 (1987)

DC Comics and Marvel Comics

* '' Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man'' #1 (1976)

Disney Comics

* '' Disney Adventures'' v5 #4 (1995)

Eclipse Comics

* ''The Unknown Worlds of Frank Brunner'' #2 (1985)

First Comics

* '' Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the Skull'' #1–4 (1986) * ''Hawkmoon: The Mad God's Amulet'' #1–4 (1987)

Marvel Comics

* '' Adventure into Fear'' #10 (1972) * '' Amazing Adventures'' #7, 9–11, 18–19 (1971–1973) * ''

'' #111–149 (1972–1975), ''Annual'' #23 (1989) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 3 #16.1–20.1 (2015) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big'' #1 (2019) * ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows'' #1–9 (2016–2017) * '' Astonishing Tales'' #3–8 (1970–1971) * '' The Avengers'' #151–157, ''Annual'' #6 (1976–1977) * '' Black Widow the Coldest War'' GN (1990) * ''

Captain America Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in '' Captain America Comics'' #1, published on December 20, 1940, by Timely C ...

'' #149–152 (1972) * '' Captain Marvel'' #22, 47–48 (1972–1977) * '' Carnage'' #1–16 (2015–2017) * '' Chamber of Chills'' #1 (1972) * ''

'' #3 (1970) * ''

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero created by American author Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) and who debuted in 1932 and went on to appear in a series of fantasy stories published in ''We ...

'' #226–231 (1989–1990) * '' Creatures on the Loose'' #18 (1972) * '' Daredevil'' #72–98, 118 (1971–1975) * ''Daredevil Annual'' #5 (1989) * '' Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' #1, 3–4 (1974) * '' Defenders'' #42–45, 57 (1976–1978) * '' Dracula Lives'' #1, 3–5, 7, 9, 12–13 (1973–1975) * ''

'' #133–152, 179 (1973–1977) * '' Ghost Rider'' #21–23 (1976–1977) * ''Giant-Size Fantastic Four'' #2–3 (1974) * ''Giant-Size Spider-Man'' #3–5 (1975) * ''Giant-Size Super-Heroes'' #1 (Spider-Man) (1974) * ''Giant-Size Super-Stars'' #1 (Fantastic Four) (1974) * ''Haunt of Horror'' #1–2, 4 (1974) * '' The Incredible Hulk'' #146–147, 171 (1971–1972, 1974) * ''

'' #35–44, 91–97 (1971–1977) * ''

Justice In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...

'' #9–11, 13 (1987) * '' Ka-Zar'' vol. 2 #6–10 (1974–1975) * '' Kull and the Barbarians'' #2 (1975) * ''Kull the Conqueror'' #4–7, 9–10 (1972–1973) * '' Legion of Monsters'' #1 (1975) * '' Logan's Run'' #1 (1977) * ''Marvel Comics'' #1000 (2019) * '' Marvel Comics Presents'' #101–109 (1992) * '' Marvel Graphic Novel: Conan:The Horn of Azoth'' GN (1990) * ''Marvel Graphic Novel: The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives'' GN (1989) * ''Marvel Point One'' #1 (Carnage) (2015) * '' Marvel Preview'' #2 (1975) * ''

Marvel Spotlight ''Marvel Spotlight'' is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book. It stood out from Marvel's other try-out books in that most of the featured characters made their first appearance in the series. The series or ...

'' #2–4 (1972) * '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' vol. 2 #4 (1990) * '' Marvel Team-Up'' #2–12, 28–37, 52 (1972–1976) * ''Monsters on the Prowl'' #13 (1971) * '' Monsters Unleashed'' #1–2, 6–7, 11 (1973–1975) * '' Ms. Marvel'' #1–2 (1977) * ''Our Love Story'' #15 (1972) * '' Planet of the Apes'' #1 (1974) * '' The Punisher Annual'' #1 (2016) * '' Punisher Bloodlines'' #1 (1992) * '' Savage Sword of Conan'' #166–169, 174 (1989–1990) * '' Savage Tales'' #2, 6–10 (1973–1975) * '' Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' #86, 117–119 (1971–1974) * '' The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #1–3, 137–174, ''Annual'' #8–11 (1976–1977, 1988–1991) * ''Spider-Man/Dr. Strange: The Way to Dusty Death'' #1 (1993) * ''Spider-Man: Fear Itself'' GN (1992) * '' Spider-Verse Team-Up'' #2 (2015) * '' Spitfire and the Troubleshooters'' #1–6 (1986–1987) * '' Sub-Mariner'' #40–49 (1971–1972) * '' Tales of the Zombie'' #4, 10 (1974–1975) * ''

'' #193–238 (1971–1975) * ''

ThunderCats ''ThunderCats'' is a media franchise, featuring a fictional group of cat-like humanoid aliens. The characters were created by Tobin Wolf and featured in an animated television series named ''ThunderCats'', running from 1985 to 1989, whic ...

'' #7–12, 24 (1986–1988) * '' The Tomb of Dracula'' #1–2 (1972) * '' Tower of Shadows'' #5 (1970) * '' Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction'' #1–4 (1975) * '' Vampire Tales'' #3, 8–10 (1974–1975) * '' Visionaries'' #3–6 (1988) * ''

'' #35–36, 47–48, 50–70, ''Annual'' #5–6 (1988–1990) * '' Werewolf by Night'' #1–4, 9–10 (1972–1973) * '' What If? Spider-Man'' #1 (2018) * ''What If? Dark: Spider-Gwen'' #1 (plot) (2023) * '' Worlds Unknown'' #1–2, 4, 6 (1973–1974)

Papercutz

* '' Nancy Drew: Girl Detective - The New Case Files'' #3 ("Together with the Hardy Boys") (2011)

Skywald Publications

* '' Nightmare'' #3 (1971)

Topps Comics

* '' NightGlider'' #1 (1993)

Warren Publications

* '' Creepy'' #38, 103 (1971–1978) * '' Eerie'' #32 (1971)

Television and film credits

Television

* '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' (1985–1986) * '' The Transformers'' (1986) * '' The Centurions'' (1986) * '' My Little Pony'' (1986–1987) * '' Dinosaucers'' (1987) * '' Spiral Zone'' (1987) * '' Dino-Riders'' (1988) * '' Monsters'' (1990) * '' Father Dowling Mysteries'' (1990–1991) * ''

'' (1992) * '' Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride'' (TV movie) (1992) * '' Matlock'' (1992–1993) * '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992, 1994) * '' Diagnosis: Murder'' (1993–1997) * '' Diagnosis: Murder - A Twist of the Knife'' (TV movie) (1993) * ''Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss'' (TV Movie) (1993) * ''

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in ...

'' (1994) * ''A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester'' (TV movie) (1995) * '' Two'' (1996) * '' Pacific Blue'' (1996) * '' Silk Stalkings'' (1996, 1998) * '' Players'' (1997) * '' Baywatch Nights'' (1997) * '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' (1998–1999) * '' Law & Order'' (1999–2000) * '' The Huntress'' (2000) * '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (2003–2006)

Feature films

* '' Fire and Ice'' (1983) * '' Conan the Destroyer'' (1984)

References

External links

A Conversation with Gerry Conway
(Comic Geek Speak: Episode 701, Podcast) *
"DC Profiles #36: Gerry Conway"
at the Grand Comics Database *
Gerry Conway interview at Fantastic Four Headquarters

Gerry Conway
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

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