Just saw online that Gerry Conway has died. 

He was a comic book writer, and influential one.   He created Firestorm, The Punisher, the Man-Bat.  He wrote the story where Gwen Stacy died.   He co-created Power Girl, Jason Todd (the second Robin) and Killer Croc.  He wrote the Justice League of America for 8 years, from 1978 to 1986, and while I don't like the Detroit League era that he wrote, at least his stories were readable and entertaining.   He wrote the cross company teamup between Superman and Spider-Man in the late 70s.  He wrote a lot of Spider-Man issues and Batman issues.  And these are only his comic book works, he wrote things outside of comics as well. 

I can't say that he was one of my favorite writers, but he was a constant presence in the comic books of my youth and was generally entertaining. 

He was 73.  R.I.P. 

POLT