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Created The Punisher for Marvel Comics Group/Marvel Comics.

As writer on the "Amazing Spider-Man," devised a storyline that included the death of the popular Gwen Stacy character.

Succeeded Marv Wolfman as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics Group/Marvel Comics in 1976.

Created Firestorm: The Nuclear Man, for DC Comics.

Father of Cara Conway, b. 11/30/79 from his first wife Carla, a fellow comicbook writer.

Among the popular characters which he created or co-created for Marvel Comics Group/Marvel Comics were the Scarlet Spider/Benjamin "Ben" Reilly (Spider-Man's clone "brother"), the transformed scientist Man-Thing/Theodore "Ted" Sallis, the lethal vigilante Punisher/Francis "Frank" Castle, the mad scientist Dr. Jonas Harrow, Marvel's version of the immortal vampire Vlad Dracula, the secret agent and martial artist Mockingbird/Dr. Barbara "Bobbi" Morse, the albino mobster Tombstone/Alonzo "Lonnie" Lincoln, and the telekinetic hero Justice/Vance Astrovik.

Was the supervising producer of Under Suspicion (1994) for CBS.

Published two science-fiction novels: The Midnight Dancers and Mindship (originally published as a short story in the science fiction anthology Universe 1).

Wrote the February 14-December 3, 1983, dailies of the syndicated newspaper comic strip Star Trek, based upon the 1960s TV series.

In 2026 he was selected for inclusion in the Eisner Hall of Fame.

Attended New York University for a time.

Published his first continuing-character story in National Periodical Publications/DC Comics' semi-anthological occult comic The Phantom Stranger #10 (December 1970).

A fan of comics from a young age, a letter from him appears in Fantastic Four #50 (May 1966), written when he was 13.

Has a daughter Rachel from his second wife Karen.

For DC Comics, he co-created the superheroes Firestorm, Power Girl, Jason Todd, and the villain Killer Croc and wrote the Justice League of America for eight years.

Published his first professional comic book work at 16, with the 1/2-page horror story "Aaron Philips' Photo Finish" in National Periodical Publications/DC Comics' House of Secrets #81 (September 1969). He continued selling such anthological stories for that series and for Marvel Comics Group/Marvel Comics' Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows through the end of 1970, by which time he had also published one-page text short stories in DC's All-Star Western #1 (September 1970) and Super DC Giant #S-14 (October 1970).

Conway briefly served as Marvel Comics Group/Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief in 1976. He resigned after serving for about two months in the position, and he was replaced by the experienced horror writer Archie Goodwin.