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Arvid Nelson is an American comic book writer, best known for '' Rex Mundi''.


Life and career

Nelson started writing comics while at
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, where he also converted to the
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. After graduating in 1999 he became a production assistant on a
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film, but it was while working on a documentary about ''
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and DC. For the former he wrote a Nightcrawler story in ''
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''. At DC he wrote a Mr Terrific story in ''
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'' and the first
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of ''
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'' series. One major literary influence is
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and Nelson has worked on a '' Kull''
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at Dark Horse and in May 2009 it was announced that he would be writing ''
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'' for
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.


Bibliography

*'' Rex Mundi'' (#1–18,
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, 2002–06, #1–19,
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, 2006–09) collected as: **''Volume 1: The Guardian of the Temple'' (collects ''Rex Mundi'' (vol. 1) #0–5, Image Comics, , Dark Horse Comics, ) **''Volume 2: The River Underground'' (collects ''Rex Mundi'' (vol. 1) #6–11, Image Comics, , Dark Horse Comics, ) **''Volume 3: The Lost Kings'' (collects ''Rex Mundi'' #12–17, Dark Horse Comics, ) **''Volume 4: Crown and Sword'' (collects ''Rex Mundi'' (vol. 1) #18, ''Rex Mundi'' (vol. 2) #1–5 and "To Weaver A Lover" in '' The Dark Horse Book of Monsters'', Dark Horse Comics, ) **''Volume 5: The Valley at the End of the World'' (collects ''Rex Mundi'' (vol. 2) #6–12, Dark Horse Comics, ) **''Volume 6: Gate of God'' (collects ''Rex Mundi'' (vol. 2) #13–19, Dark Horse Comics, ) *''
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'' (vol. 2) #7 (with pencils by Lewis Larosa and inks by Tom Palmer,
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, April 2005) *''
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'' (2006) *'' Zero Killer'' (2007) * " Mr Horrific" (with Alex Sanchez, in ''
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'' #29–31,
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, 2007) *''
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'': "
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" (with Alex Sanchez, one-shot, DC Comics, 2008) *'' Kull'' (with
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, 5-issue limited series, Dark Horse Comics, 2008–09) *''
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'' (with artist
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, 2009) *''
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'' (with artist
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, 2009–2010, forthcoming) *'' Rage: After the Impact'' (with artists
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,
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, 2011) *'' Thulsa Doom'' (with artists
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,
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, 2011) *'' Warlord of Mars'' (with artist Carlos Rafael,
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, 2011-2014) *'' Red Bull's E-Sport Comic: The Fateful 8 Volume 2'' (with artist Yvel Guichet,
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, 2015) *'' The Great Wall'' (with artist Gian Fernando,
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, 2017) *'' Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'' (with artist Zid,
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See also

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References

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External links

* ;Interviews
'Rex'-N-Effect: An Interview with Arvid Nelson
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