Gerry Conway Merges With The Infinite

It's hard to measure what any one creator gives to comics, but since the original wave of creators in the 30's and 40's, and since Stan, Jack and Ditko did their thing - there have been some major players.  And top among these is Gerry Conway.

Conway is responsible for some of the most important storylines and characters in comics.  The man was wildly prolific - having started at age 19 writing at Marvel and just going wild.  

Here's a list of characters he co-created:  From Wikipedia

Here's some of my favorites:

• Power Girl
• Firestorm
• Punisher
• Jason Todd
• Vixen
• Atomic Skull
• Star Sapphire

Can you imagine?

And, among his many important contributions, he wrote "The Night Gwen Stacy Died", one of the most important stories in Marvel Comics history.  The guy had chops.

I assumed Conway was in his mid-80's, having no idea he was a teenager when he started his career.  Gone way too soon.