Keith Giffen, the star comic book writer and artist best known for his long and acclaimed runs on Legion of Suoer-Heroes (both with writer and co-plotter, Paul Levitz, and then on his own with scripters Tom and Mary Bierbaum, the so-called “Five Years Later” Legion) and Justice League International (with scripter J.M. DeMatteis), as well as co-creating major DC characters like Lobo, Ambush Bug and the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle (as well as Rocket Raccoon for Marvel Comics), has passed away at the age of 70 following a long struggle with cancer.Giffen’s hilarious, if dark, humor took him right to the end, as he wrote a piece for his Facebook page to commemorate his own death…Here’s a page from that first story, from Marvel Preview #7, which also served as the first appearance of Rocket Raccoon (sort of)..
Keith Giffen, the star comic book writer and artist best known for his long and acclaimed runs on Legion of Suoer-Heroes (both with writer and co-plotter, Paul Levitz, and then on his own with scripters Tom and Mary Bierbaum, the so-called “Five Years Later” Legion) and Justice League International (with scripter J.M. DeMatteis), as well as co-creating major DC characters like Lobo, Ambush Bug and the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle (as well as Rocket Raccoon for Marvel Comics), has passed away at the age of 70 following a long struggle with cancer.
Giffen’s hilarious, if dark, humor took him right to the end, as he wrote a piece for his Facebook page to commemorate his own death…
Here’s a page from that first story, from Marvel Preview #7, which also served as the first appearance of Rocket Raccoon (sort of)..
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