Acclaimed Avengers comic book artist George Perez dies at 67 after cancer battle
- Perez was known for his influential work on such superhero titles as the Avengers, Wonder Woman and the Teen Titans
- ‘His work paved seminal stories across comics. George Perez was an artist, a writer, a role model and a friend,’ said Marvel Entertainment
George Perez, an acclaimed comic book artist and writer known for his influential work on such superhero titles as the Avengers, Wonder Woman and the Teen Titans, has died, Marvel and DC Comics announced.
Perez was 67. He revealed last year that he was battling pancreatic cancer.
“George Perez was an artist, a writer, a role model and a friend,” Marvel Entertainment said on Twitter. “His work paved seminal stories across comics, and his legacy of kindness and generosity will never be forgotten.”
DC Comics tweeted that Perez’s contributions “were pivotal in both driving and reinventing DC’s long and rich history.”
Perez and writer Marv Wolfman had created such characters as Cyborg, Raven and Starfire.
Their Crisis on Infinite Earths, a reboot, “saw several major characters killed off in a multiverse saga that still resonates in popular culture,” according to entertainment website Deadline.com.