http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12951

He was currently writing Countdown to Mystery: Doctor Fate.

Article from CBR:

"Legendary comics writer Steve Gerber passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2008, due to complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was 60-years-old.Best known for his creation Howard the Duck, Gerber was responsible for many of the memorable characters of the 1970s including Omega the Unknown, Man-Thing and Shanna the She-Devil. In the last two decades, Gerber authored celebrated Marvel Comics stories including runs on “Sub-Mariner,” “Daredevil” and “Defenders.” DC Comics published Gerber’s creator-owned works “Nevada” and “Hard Time,” both of which were met with considerable critical acclaim.In television, Gerber was a writer and story editor on such lauded series as “The Transformers” and “G.I. Joe.” He created “Thundarr the Barbarian,” and in 1998 shared a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on “The New Batman/Superman Adventures.”Prior to his death, Gerber was writing “Countdown to Mystery: Doctor Fate” for DC Comics."

Damn zero you're really a downer today.

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That sucks. You can see how badly he was missed on the current Howard the Duck.

zero edge says:

"http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12951 He was currently writing Countdown to Mystery: Doctor Fate. Article from CBR:

"Legendary comics writer Steve Gerber passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2008, due to complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was 60-years-old. Best known for his creation Howard the Duck, Gerber was responsible for many of the memorable characters of the 1970s including Omega the Unknown, Man-Thing and Shanna the She-Devil. In the last two decades, Gerber authored celebrated Marvel Comics stories including runs on “Sub-Mariner,” “Daredevil” and “Defenders.” DC Comics published Gerber’s creator-owned works “Nevada” and “Hard Time,” both of which were met with considerable critical acclaim. In television, Gerber was a writer and story editor on such lauded series as “The Transformers” and “G.I. Joe.” He created “Thundarr the Barbarian,” and in 1998 shared a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on “The New Batman/Superman Adventures.” Prior to his death, Gerber was writing “Countdown to Mystery: Doctor Fate” for DC Comics."

Post Edited:2008-02-12 14:34:47"

damn man no god news today for us huh?

Shatterstar says:

"Damn zero you're really a downer today."

lmfao... I was just going through my google reader where a bunch of comic news rss feeds are and saw these two. And it sucks because they were still active in the comic industry.

zero edge says:

"haven't seen any good news yet"

thats just depressing

haven't seen any good news yet

damn that's sad

R.I.P

RIP to him. I loved Howard the Duck. I may have only read a few or his stories, but they were great. Very different from what everybody else was doing in the 70s.