R.I.P. Dick Giordano
As reported by Newsarama, legendary comics creator and editor Dick Giordano died today at the age of 77. After getting his start in the '60s as editor-in-chief of Charlton Comics—whose stable of superheroes would go on to partially inspire Watchmen—Giordano was hired by DC in 1967. Over the next few years he helped usher in the medium's Bronze Age, cultivating the careers of future giants like John Byrne, Jim Starlin, Walt Simonson, and Denny O'Neil. A prolific inker, Giordano also worked with Neal Adams on epochal runs on Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow in the '70s, a partnership that produced Continuity Studios; he also worked on various titles for Marvel as well as the budding independent publishers of the '70s.