Talk:Gerry Conway

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Year of birth

I can not claim to be very well versed in this man's life so I don't want to go changing important details directly, but it does seem odd to me that we went from a very specific location in th UK for his birthplace to "New your City". Which is it? --Jake 04:03, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

1947 seems rather early for him to have only been 19 when he started writing Spider-Man in the early 1970s - is one of these an urban myth? Timrollpickering 12:09, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've corrected the date of his birth. Several sources (most authoritatively MSU's comics catalog) state it was 1952, and of the three dates cited in online sources (September 7/10/11), the 10th was the most common. Tverbeek 14:15, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion derives from their being two Gerry Conways, one of which is a UK musicians.

Footnote query

RE: This footnote:

Conway's autobiographical capsule on the Internet Movie Database [1] says he was 15; his blog says 16 [2]. Conway's earliest recorded credit bears a September 1969 cover date, meaning newsstand availability in summer 1969 and a typical deadline of two to three months earlier. This gives the age of 16 more credence; however, it is not unusual for a novice's story to be held indefinitely before being published (c.f. comics writer Mike Friedrich).

I have a query that initially explains the discrepancy. Conway, in a private e-mail, explained that his first published story was actually his second sold, and that the first story, the name of which he did not remember, appeared in an issue of DC's Tales of the Unexpected approx. 10 years later. Since this falls under "original research" under Wiki guidelines, can anyone cite an independent corroborating source?

CBDB.com lists "Aaron Philips' Photo Finish!" as Gerry's first writing credit, appearing in House of Secrets #81 (September, 1969).66.61.26.164 (talk) 21:24, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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How about a real bibliography?

I know you guys are doing the best you can, but can we please at least start a detailed, issue-by-issue bibliography here? Mentioning his work on a minor title that he wrote way past his heyday just doesn't cut it for me. Is there any objection to me getting this ball rolling? I can manage his early years at Marvel. Thetrellan (talk) 00:03, 13 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Third wife?

An anon IP inserted an uncited personal-life claim into a cited passage, which is a violation of WP:BLP. I restored the previous edits (and then edited that section to make it more chronological). I've been trying to find some evidence of a third marriage, but nothing is coming up online. If anyone can find reliable-source citing, that would be great. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:41, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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