YouTuber Ben Potter, ‘Comicstorian’ who stated superheroes to the masses, dies at 40

Ben Potter, greatest known on YouTube as “Comicstorian,” has died. The 40-calendar year-old information creator, who described superhero tales on his many channels, experienced far more than 3 million subscribers.

“Two days back, on June 8th, my partner, Ben Potter, passed absent in an unfortunate accident,” his wife, Nathalie, posted on X.

“To lots of of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing tales from across various diverse mediums. To his cherished kinds, he was 1 of the finest and most supportive people everyone could request for. As a husband, a son, a brother, a pal, or even just a stranger, Ben was loving and real.”

Potter’s passion for superheroes started in childhood, looking through the comedian publications his father gathered, he stated in a video posted to his vlogging channel. He adored “Armageddon 2001,” a DC comic centered on a scientist named Waverider who travels into the earlier to explore which typical superhero has turn into the maniacal dictator destroying his existing. Potter purchased comedian books until finally his teens, when the “Spider-Person Clone Saga” he was looking through at the time grew to become also convoluted for him to stick to while still reading through other comics.

His enthusiasm was reignited all through a mid-2000s deployment to Afghanistan. During his free of charge time doing the job in a military services hospital, he discovered the “DC 52” comics, which did not require realizing many years of backstories, contrary to other comics that branched off of present storylines.

When Potter acquired a medical retirement from the military, he and his spouse have been now running a effective gaming channel when she began to express desire in the comedian reserve storylines he cherished — but she didn’t want to examine the guides, just recognize the plots of the motion pictures. That idea, merged with how challenging it had been for him to start off studying comic guides once again, inspired him to develop “Comicstorian.”

“Right now my priority is preserving everything he’s crafted and I do not have any plans further than that,” Nathalie wrote. “His channel was just one of his biggest accomplishments, and though we all want our time to mourn him, I know he wouldn’t want it to close like this. Ben put in more than 10 many years spreading his appreciate and appreciation for his hobbies. It was by means of his adore of exciting stories and effectively published people that bought him started off on YouTube. The group and I want to maintain that heading. To honor him by continuing to convey to excellent tales by excellent men and women, as effectively as to preserve the memory of our very very own superhero alive. We supported every single other on almost everything we wanted to do and I’m not about to prevent now.”

The information of Potter’s unforeseen passing was achieved with an outpouring of support from the YouTube and comic guide communities.

“I’m so sorry to listen to that,” wrote DC Studios govt and “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn. “My heart goes out to his family members and pals.”

“Incredibly heart breaking, Comicstorian was an totally unbelievable YouTuber that pioneered so significantly and received so quite a few individuals into examining comics. Devastating news. Relaxation in peace,” replied the “Heavy Spoilers” YouTube channel.

“We are so sorry for your loss,” Funko, the model responsible for collectible bobble-head motion figures commented.

“Oh my God. I’m so sorry, Nathalie,” wrote Greg Miller, the chief executive of on the internet leisure business “Kinda Amusing.” “Ben was a good a single.”