Marvel's tribute highlights Shooter's industry legacy and a statement from Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski.

Jim Shooter, the comics industry titan who went from teenage writing prodigy to seminal but divisive editor-in-chief for Marvel Comics in the 1980s, has died after a battle with esophageal cancer.

Image Courtesy of Marvel Comics While Jim Shooter was an undeniably creative force, it’s unlikely he would have conceived the idea for Secret Wars without a little help from the toymaker Mattel.

Jim Shooter, former Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics and founder of Valiant Comics, has passed away from esophageal cancer at age 73. Legendary comic book writer Mark Waid revealed the tragic news ...

Jim Shooter died in June 2025, and his life was full of successes, as he went from a teenage comic book creator to the head of Marvel Comics.

Jim Shooter, the influential former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief who steered the publisher through a transformative decade in the 1980s, has died at the age of 73 following a long battle with ...

Jim Shooter, a hard-driving giant of a comic-book editor who took the helm at Marvel at the tender age of 27, then spent nearly a decade revolutionizing the way superhero stories are written ...

Jim Shooter, the comics industry titan who went from teenage writing prodigy to seminal but divisive editor-in-chief for Marvel Comics in the 1980s, has died after a battle with esophageal cancer. He ...

In 1976, Shooter moved to Marvel Comics and quickly rose through the ranks. Just two years later, he became Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, overseeing some of the most iconic storylines in the company's ...

Jim Shooter, former editor in chief of Marvel Comics who began his career writing comics at age 14, died Monday at age 73 after a long fight with esophageal cancer.