Ben Potter, best known on YouTube as “Comicstorian,” has died. The 40-year-old content creator, who explained superhero stories on his multiple channels, had more than 3 million subscribers. “Two days ago, on June 8th, my husband, Ben Potter, passed away in an unfortunate accident,” his wife, Nathalie, posted on X .
“To many of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing stories from across multiple different mediums. To his loved ones, he was one of the best and most supportive individuals anyone could ask for. As a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, or even just a stranger, Ben was loving and genuine.
” Potter’s passion for superheroes began in childhood, reading the comic books his father collected, he explained 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 past to discover which classic superhero has become the maniacal dictator destroying his present. Potter bought comic books until his teens, when the “Spider-Man Clone Saga” he was reading at the time became too convoluted for him to follow while still reading other comics.
His passion was reignited during a mid-2000s deployment to Afghanistan. During his free time working in a military hospital, he found the “DC 52” comics, which didn’t require knowing decades of backstories, unlike other comics that branched off of existing storylines. When Potter received a medical retirement from the military, he and .
