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In this photo provided by Laura Conway, comic book writer Gerry Conway poses for a photo at Montreal Comiccon in Montreal, July 7, 2018. (Laura Conway

The comic book writer Gerry Conway, who has died aged 73, made his biggest impact on the industry when, at only 19 years old, he took over from Stan Lee as writer of The Amazing Spider-Man. A year later, in 1972, he wrote the classic two-issue story The Night Gwen Stacy Died, drawn by Gil…

He grew up: that’s the important thing to remember. He had swaggered into the lecture hall in Bloomington that morning with the same confidence he swaggered into Marvel Comics two years earlier: with the assurance of a pro. Gerry Conway had come to Indiana in September 1972 to deliver a guest lecture at Indiana University’s…