Tribute to Mort Weisinger

Many people who comment of the history of the Legion of Super-Heroes franchise (myself included) have been critical of Mort Weisinger. The early stories were fairly silly. The characters were saddled with the "Boy" and "Girl" names. The Planetary Chance Machine, the Substitute Heroes, and the Super-Pets are all concepts that have been ridiculed over the years.

But, without Mort, we night not even have the Legion of Super-Heroes. He gave the idea a shot. He brought them back and integrated them throughout the Superman family of comics. He bounced the Bizarros to give them their own series in Adventure, and he gave them a home in Action when Supergirl took their spot.

After a long career in publishing, Mort was promoted to a vice-president in 1970 and he died in 1978. But many of his creations live on. Thank you, Mort. If not for you, we would have been reading Final Crisis: Bizarros of 2-1/2 Worlds.

Read his bio in Wikipedia.