Published May 2, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT Best-known for The Punisher, Conway's horror comics are a ton of fun Image: Mike Ploog/Marvel Comics 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. Conway's superhero legacy is well-known, and his film and TV work is a realm of its own. Less known is that the writer got his start selling horror stories to Marvel and DC, and he played an influential role in the subgenre, primarily during the 1970s.…