Glynis Oliver, also credited as Glynis Wein (), is an artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry. For several years, she was married to

Len Wein Leonard Norman Wein (; 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 (character), Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel sup ...

. She returned to her maiden name in 1985.

Work

In the fall of 1972, Len Wein and writers

Gerry Conway 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 ficti ...

and

Steve Englehart Steve Englehart (; born April 22, 1947) is an American writer of comic books and novels. He is best known for his work at Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. His pseudonyms have included John Harkness and Cliff Garnett. Early li ...

crafted a

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al unofficial

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spanning titles from both major comics companies. Each comic featured Englehart, Conway, and Len Wein, as well as Glynis Wein, interacting with Marvel or DC characters at the

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. Beginning in ''

Amazing Adventures ''Amazing Adventures'' is the name of several anthology comic book series, all but one published by Marvel Comics. The earliest Marvel series of that name introduced the company's first superhero of the late-1950s to early-1960s period fans and h ...

'' #16 (by Englehart with art by

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and Frank McLaughlin), the story continued in ''

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'' #103 (by Len Wein,

Dick Dillin Richard Allen Dillin (December 17, 1928 – March 1, 1980)Richard Dillin
at the United States Social Securi ...

and

Dick Giordano Richard Joseph Giordano (; July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics. Ear ...

), and concluded in ''

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'' #207 (by Conway and penciler

John Buscema John Buscema ( ; born Giovanni Natale Buscema, ; December 11, 1927 – January 10, 2002)Social Se ...

Awards

She has been recognized for her work in the industry with a

Shazam Award The Academy of Comic Book Arts (ACBA) was an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the comic book industry analog of such groups as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Composed of comic-book professio ...

for Best Colorist in 1973.1973 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards
Comic Book Awards Almanac

Bibliography

Comics work includes (incomplete): * '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' #4–5 * ''

Adventure Comics ''Adventure Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), ...

'' #457–459, 467–471, 473 * ''

'' #16, 17, 20 * ''

'' Vol. 2 #1 * ''

The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American superhero American comic book, comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of t ...

'' #127, 151–182, 184, 198, 200, 223–225, 228–230, 233, 235, 239, 241, 252–253, 255, Annual 13, Giant-Size 1–2 * ''

Astonishing Tales ''Astonishing Tales'' is an American anthology comic book series originally published by Marvel Comics from 1970 to 1976. Its sister publication was ''Amazing Adventures'' (vol. 2). In 2008 and 2009, Marvel produced 11 webcomics starring differ ...

'' #1 * ''

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'' #110, 119, 155 * ''

Batman Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...

'' #308, 313–315, 317–319, 321–322 * ''

Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series, '' Galactica 1980'', a line of book adaptat ...

'' #5, 23 * ''

Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four, often abbreviated as FF, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover-dated November 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism i ...

'' #137, 154–155, 161, 184–188, 190–192, 196, 203, 205, 208–209, 232–233, 236–237, 239–244, 246–248, 251–263, 265–306, 308–309, 316 * ''

The Incredible Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of '' The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book ...

'' (1962) #354-401, 403–432, 434-453 * ''

Magik (Illyana and Storm) ''Magik'' was a four-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics in 1983–1984, starring the fictional characters Magik and Storm. The series title is consistently displayed on the covers as ''Storm and Illyana: Magik'', but ...

'' #1–3 * ''

New Mutants The New Mutants are a group of fictional mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, generally in association with the X-Men. Originally depicted as the teenaged junior class at the Xavier Institute, sub ...

'' #1–5, 7–11, 13–15, 17–34, 37–39, 41, 43, 45–51, 53–60, 62, 64–73, 75–78, 80, 82–86, 88, 90 * ''

Annual'' #2–4 * ''

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'' #9, 12, 25 * '' Phoenix'' (1984) #1 * ''

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'' (1974) #17–19, 31, 62 * ''

Power Pack Power Pack is a superhero team consisting of four young siblings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman, they first appeared in their own series in 1984, which las ...

'' #1–10 * ''

Prince Namor, The Submariner Namor McKenzie (), also known as the Sub-Mariner, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-artist Bill Everett for comic book packager Funnies Inc., the character first appeared in ''Motion ...

'' #1–2 * ''

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'' #2, 16, 62 * ''

Sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

'' #1 * ''

Spectacular Spider-Man ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' is a comic book and magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics. Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', Marvel felt the character could support ...

'' #3, 45, 47, 60, 69–70, 84, 89, 91, 94 * ''

Spider-Man Megazine 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 ...

'' #1, 3 * ''

Spider-Woman Spider-Woman is the code name of several fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first major version is Jessica Drew (and later impersonated by Veranke), the second major version is Julia Carpenter, and the third m ...

'' #1, 7, 24–25 * ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

'' #5, 28, 39, 41–44, 46–47, 53–54, 56, 61, 64–70, 75–86, 89, 91–92 * '' Star-Lord Special'' #1 * ''

Strange Tales ''Strange Tales'' is a Marvel Comics comics anthology, anthology series. The title was revived in different forms on multiple occasions. Doctor Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (feature), Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. made their d ...

'' #169–174, 179 * '' Submariner'' #60, 63–64, 69 * ''

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'' #247 * ''

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'' #336–344 * ''

Supernatural Thrillers ''Supernatural Thrillers'' was an American horror fiction comic book published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s that adapted classic stories of that genre, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson and H. G. Wells, before becoming a vehicle for a su ...

'' #8, 10 * ''

'' #208–210, 213, 219–220, 225, 242–248, 250–253, 255–271, 277–279, 284, 286, 288, 291, Annual 6–7 * ''

Tomb of Dracula ''The Tomb of Dracula'' is an American Horror comics, horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Dracula (Marvel Comics), Count Dracula a ...

'' #8–9, 19–20, 57 * ''

Uncanny X-Men ''Uncanny X-Men'', originally published as ''The X-Men'', is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the List of X-Men comics, X-Men comics franchise. It features a team of super ...

'' #113–114, 116–133, 136–148, 150, 153, 155, 157–163, 166–168, 171–204, 206–235, 237–253, 255–260, 262–263, 267–272, 275, 279, 294, 300, Annual 3–8, 11–12, 17 * '' Untold Legend of the Batman'' #1–3 * ''

Werewolf By Night The Werewolf by Night (also known as the Werewolf) is the name of two Werewolf, werewolves appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of Werewolf by Night, Jack Russell, first appeared in ''Marvel Spotlig ...

'' #5–8 * '' What If?'' #2, 13, 18, 28, 32–33, 35 * ''

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'' (1982) #1–6, 12–13, 15–18 * ''

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'' #4, 7

Notes

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Glynis American female comics artists Living people Marvel Comics people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)