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Neal Adams, the legendary comic book artist whose work with DC Comics helped to redefine "Batman" for a new generation, has died. The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, with the outlet reporting that Adams has passed due to complications from sepsis, with his wife, Marilyn Adams, confirming the news. He was 80 years old.

Adams first started working in the comics industry in the early '60s but he was not initially successful in finding work at DC Comics. So instead, he worked in newspaper comic strips for a time, with "Ben Casey" being a notable example. He then transitioned to more mainstream comics...

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Comic book artist Neal Adams and his Continuity Studios have partnered with two teams of producers to bring his properties to the big and small screens. Ivan and Barney Cohen's Pterodactyl Prods. and producer Gabriel Grunfeld are working with Adams and his producer wife, Marilyn Adams, to develop, produce and finance Adams' original comic book properties, which include 13 titles and 200 characters. Adams received acclaim for his art on such '60s and '70s comics as Uncanny X-Men, Green Lantern and Green Arrow and Batman, books to which he brought a more realistic look. He is the co-creator of Ra's Al Ghul, the villain in Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming Batman Begins. In 1983, Adams struck out on his own, establishing Continuity Studios.