Martin Pasko, the comic book and television writer best known for his work on a number of DC properties, most notably “Superman,” has died. He was 65.

In a Facebook post, one of Pasko’s friends, television writer Alan Brennert, said he died on Sunday night of natural causes. Pasko had been living in North Hills, California.

Born Jean-Claude Rochefort in Quebec in 1954, Pasko first came to prominence via repeated appearances in comic book letter columns and fanzines, including “Fantazine,” the title he co-founded with Brennert.

He started writing for comics in 1972, and by 1974 was a regular contributor to DC’s “Superman” line of titles, including “Superman,” “DC Comics Presents” and “Superman Family”; he also wrote for “Justice League of America,” “Wonder Woman” and “Saga of the Swamp Thing” for the publisher, with his work on the latter immediately preceding Alan Moore’s groundbreaking run on the character.

Although he continued to work in comics throughout the 1980s, Pasko was also a prolific television writer and story editor, working on such live-action shows as “Max Headroom,” “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” and “The Twilight Zone.”

(SD-Agencies)