Gerry Conway obituary (opens in new tab)

Comic book writer and co-creator of Marvel’s avenging antihero the PunisherThe comic book writer Gerry Conway, who has died aged 73, made his biggest impact on the industry when, at only 19 years old, he took over from Stan Lee as writer of The Amazing Spider-Man. A year later, in 1972, he wrote the classic two-issue story The Night Gwen Stacy Died, drawn by Gil Kane and John Romita, in which Peter (Spider-Man) Parker’s girlfriend is killed by his archrival, the Green Goblin.It began a transi...