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Matt Reed
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Posted: 25 June 2024 at 11:41am \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

80s fans will know his work as creator of STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI, but he had several decades of success at Marvel starting in the late 70s. I was probably first introduced to his work on the last couple of years of THE NEW DEFENDERS before its cancellation.

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Posted: 25 June 2024 at 12:09pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

A shock.

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Posted: 25 June 2024 at 3:59pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

One of those many Marvel writers who filled my days with entertainment. I mostly remember New Defenders. I never read Morituri, but I know that's what he was best known for.

Shocked and saddened.

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Posted: 25 June 2024 at 4:27pm \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

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Posted: 25 June 2024 at 4:50pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

Writer of the single most moving comic of my childhood - What If The Invisible Girl Had Died. It hit me really hard, even coming back to it years later. That's saying something.

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Posted: 25 June 2024 at 6:04pm \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

Very sad news. The New Defenders was underrated imo.
Condolences to his family and those who knew him.

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Greg McPhee
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Posted: 25 June 2024 at 6:05pm \| IP Logged \| 7	post reply

This is a shock.

STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI is a great sci-fi comic, and his work on THE NEW DEFENDERS, like Matt, was where I first encountered him.

Also a good run on Doctor Strange from 1985 - 1989 on DOCTOR STRANGE, STRANGE TALES and DOCTOR STRANGE: SORCERER SUPREME.

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Posted: 26 June 2024 at 6:26am \| IP Logged \| 8	post reply

I encountered Gillis very early in my comic book reading, guided by crossovers into his final issues of Micronauts and the New Defenders. The hesitation and fear Gillis's characters expressed when facing impending death was very relatable and has stayed with me for decades.

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Posted: 26 June 2024 at 8:03am \| IP Logged \| 9	post reply

I first encountered him with DEFENDERS/NEW DEFENDERS and then the
new MICRONAUTS series. Always had solid stories and I enjoyed his work.

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Posted: 26 June 2024 at 1:41pm \| IP Logged \| 10	post reply

Loved Strokeforce: Morituri, a truly exciting book when it came out. Also enjoyed much of his other work.

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