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

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 ...

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 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, 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 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, 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 ...

Jim Shooter, the former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, has died, aged 73, from oesophageal cancer. News of Shooter’s death was confirmed on Monday (30 June) by comic book writer Mark Waid in ...

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 ...