Punisher creator Gerry Conway’s influence on Marvel horror can’t be overlooked

The late, great Gerry Conway was a working writer from his teen years into his retirement days, which makes summarizing his output nearly impossible. Conway was perhaps best-known for co-creating The Punisher during an Amazing Spider-Man run that he began at age 19, but there are countless other achievements in his output. Writing around 100 issues of Justice League, introducing the Spider-Clone and Jason Todd in their earliest forms, and penning the seminal “The Night Gwen Stacy Died” are other highlights that barely begin to scratch the surface of a long career.