He also authored several key issues of "Power Man", an African-American protagonist who would later become better known as Luke Cage. During the preceding decade, he had been instrumental in reviving the popularity of the X-Men. In the 80s, he edited DC's seminal series 'The Watchmen'. Len penned stories for both the Marvel and DC franchises (as well as Disney), worked on comics ranging from Batman and Superman to Spiderman, Thor, Daredevil and the Justice League of America. The iconic loner "Wolverine" was initially conceived at the request of Marvel's chief editor Roy Thomas as a Canadian superhero (with the objective of boosting comic book sales in Canada) and has been portrayed in several films by Hugh Jackman. One of the most influential and prolific comic book writers, Leonard Norman Wein is best known as the co-creator of Marvel's premier female superhero Ororo Munroe (aka "Storm"), the claw-bearing X-Man James 'Logan' Howlett (aka "Wolverine") and the earth elemental known as 'Swamp Thing'.
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