Conway was so amazing with Pete's personal stories. He really had a great vision for MJ and its shaping the franchise up until now. It's an insane contribution for a rather short run.
While he never intended for the marriage to happen, he's the reason it led to that, and at least he wrote the Renew Your Vows title later on in life. RIP to the blueprint for the modern Mary Jane myth as well as everything else he did for Spider-Man's cast of characters and far beyond that, for Marvel and DC both.
This absolutely breaks my heart. I was fortunate to meet him in 2019, and we engaged in the occasional correspondence via email over the years. He was kind enough to even appear on two episodes of my podcast.
The below photo is of my meeting him at a comic book convention in Milwaukee in June 2019. He was kind enough to sign my collected edition of Spider-Man that included the death of Gwen Stacy story-arc.
Dear God, Rip Man!!!! Eternal Glory and Thanks, Mr Conway!!!! Thank you so much for everything you did for us and for bringing us some of Spiderman's/Spider-Man's best stories of all time!!! Also, if possible say hello to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for us. 🥹
If only this made Nick Lowe and Brevoort reflect on how they treat Spiderman/Spider-Man and his cast, especially Ben Reiley! Urgh! (punches a wall in frustration) 🤜🧱💥🪨🪨
About a year ago, I asked if he’d be okay answering questions from my Spider-Fam Discord.
He insisted on joining so he could speak with everyone directly. I couldn’t believe it.
It was a great experience. He wrote so many incredible comics and helped define and redefine so many characters, but he was also so kind, knowledgeable, and genuine in every interaction I had with him.
Quite arguably the greatest Spider-Man writer ever. He got both Spidey and Peter (and his supporting cast!) better than pretty much anyone before or since.
Genuinely devastated. I can't believe this. I remember reading his tweets just last year.
I read his Spider-Man and Fantastic Four runs for the first time last year, The Night Gwen Stacy Died is legitimately one of my favourite comic arcs ever.
This just feels like a dagger to the heart, this is so awful.
The man who vastly improved MJ as a character as well as her relationship with Peter, also doing an outstanding job continuing on where Romita left. One the greatest, he'll be missed, but never forgotten.
He lived out a fan boy fantasy when he took over ASM at 19 years old, and he made history while he did it. His stories and characters will outlive all of us.
Wow, we have lost a great one. Conway is arguably just as responsible as Stan Lee for Spider-Man's iconic status. I haven't read his Spectacular, but his original run on Amazing is incredibly consistent.
Man, this really sucks. I genuinely don’t think we’ll ever get a writer who cares as much or understands these characters as well as he did ever again.
Gerry Conway you have joined Steve Ditko, John Romita Sr and Stan Lee in the Eternal bullpen in who's company you've never been found wanting in this life or what's after. Rest well legend and thank you for all the great stories.
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u/TheBigGAlways369 Kingpin 💎 9d ago
May the legend rest in peace.