  len wein (; born june 12, 1948) is an american comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating dc comics' swamp thing and marvel comics' wolverine, and for helping revive the marvel superhero team the x-men (including the co-creation of nightcrawler, storm, and colossus). additionally, he was the editor for writer alan moore and illustrator dave gibbons' influential dc miniseries watchmen. wein was inducted into the will eisner comic book hall of fame in 2008. ==biography== ===early career=== in a 2003 interview, len wein recalled that he "was a very sickly kid. while i was in the hospital at age seven, my dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. and i was hooked. when my eighth grade art teacher, mr. smedley, told me he thought i had actual art talent, i decided to devote all my efforts in that direction in the hope that i might someday get into the comics biz." approximately once a month, as a teenager, wein and his friend marv wolfman took dc comics' weekly thursday afternoon tour of the company's offices. wolfman was active in fanzine culture, and together he and wein produced sample superhero stories to show to the dc editorial staff. at that poi
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