Denny O'Neil Dead At Age 81

[WestPhillyPunisher]

How awful. Mr. O'Neil was one of the titans in the comic book industry. Sympathies to his family.

[batnbreakfast]

Thank you Denny for all the outstanding work. All the best for your family.

[Hatut Zeraze]

We'll be enjoying your stories for many, many years to come. Thanks Denny.

[Riv86672]

We'll be enjoying your stories for many, many years to come. Thanks Denny.

Yeah, thanks Denny....

[j9ac9k]

R.I.P. So many great stories over the years, but it was his run on "The Question" that will remain close to my heart. It will likely get overshadowed by his other accomplishments, but it was a great series that showed how superhero comics could really stretch to be something more.

[Frontier]

RIP Denny O'Neil. Thank you for your monumental contributions to the characters and properties I love and for the medium in general.

You will be missed.

[DrNewGod]

Oh man. Farewell Mr. O'Neil.

Miller gets a lot of the credit for Batman, but DC really began its turn around with you. And not just that one character, but the whole line.

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[Jim Kelly]

Hard for my brain to accept. In my mind Denny O'Neil is still this young guy--

[Vampire Savior]

Oh wow...That's really upsetting. A true legend. Definitely one of the biggest and most influential writers to work on Batman and Green Lantern.

[j9ac9k]

Maybe the moderators should merge this thread with the other Denny O'Neil tribute thread...

[Chubistian]

One of the best in both, his role as a writer and as an editor. I love his work in Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow, and the issues I've read of The Question are great too, just to name a few of the many amazing comicbooks he wrote. His labor as an editor put him behind some pivotal comicbooks and he participated in the creation of a top favorite character of mine, Bane. This news came as a surprise and he certainly will be missed

[superduperman]

As if 2020 didn't suck enough already.

[Anodyne]

One of the best in both, his role as a writer and as an editor. I love his work in Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow, and the issues I've read of The Question are great too, just to name a few of the many amazing comicbooks he wrote. His labor as an editor put him behind some pivotal comicbooks and he participated in the creation of a top favorite character of mine, Bane. This news came as a surprise and he certainly will be missed

That's what I remember best. RIP, Denny O'Neil.

[Kai "the spy"]

I honestly think that there is no writer whose work I've read more of, or more often, than O'Neil's.
The Batman books of the 90s, for which he was the group editor, got me into comics.
His book "The DC Comics Guide To Writing Comics" taught me many important techniques, which I still employ both as a writer, and as a critical reader.
His revamp of Oliver Queen made that character one of my favorite heroes.
There was a humanistic pathos in his writing that spoke to me. Not only as a fan and as a writer, but as a person, I would not be who I am today without O'Neil's work.

And even if his presence in recent years has been largely through interviews, I will still miss this presence.

[Red Falcon]

RIP Dennis O'Neil.