NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Another great creator who passes and now will never get to meet.
Stephen Ross Gerber (born 20 September 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, died 10 February 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American comic book writer best known as co-creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck.
Other major works include Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, The Phantom Zone, Void Indigo, Shanna the She-Devil, Tales of the Zombie, Marvel Spotlight: Son of Satan, Defenders, Marvel Presents: Guardians of the Galaxy, Foolkiller, The Legion of Night, Nevada, Sludge, A. Bizarro, and Hard Time, as well as long runs on Sub-Mariner and Daredevil. He was among the 1970s wave of writers such as Steve Englehart, Don McGregor and Doug Moench who took often minor characters and helped create a writerly Renaissance. At the time of his death, he was writing Countdown to Mystery: Doctor Fate for DC Comics, having briefly worked with a version of the character in 1983.
He is also well known for including lengthy text pages in the midst of a comic book story, such as in Man-Thing, Howard the Duck, Son of Satan, Defenders, and his graphic novel, Stewart the Rat.
Howard the Duck was such a great series. Only Gerber could've thought of an idea of Barbarian coming out of Peanut butter jars. And Gerber wrote a great store where KISS battled Dr. Doom in Marvel Super Special #1.
Steve, There goes another great writer
