Mike Costa is an American

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and

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writer. His first published work was 2008's '' The Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor'' with artist

Fiona Staples Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as ''North 40'', '' DV8: Gods and Monsters'', ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', '' Archie'', and '' Saga''. She has been described as one of the best artists working in the in ...

for

WildStorm Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wilds ...

. He also wrote '' Resistance'', a comic book series based on the Resistance video games. Costa has written ''

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms, suc ...

'' for IDW. Costa is currently writing

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’s '' G.I. Joe: Cobra'' and '' Blackhawks'' for DC Comics.Announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2009
His work on the GI Joe franchise was critically acclaimed and lauded by

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as an example of a licensed comic equal in quality to mainstream or creator-owned works. He began writing for the FOX TV show ''

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'' in its first season, and became a producer after it moved to

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during the fourth season.

Bibliography

Wildstorm

*'' Secret History of The Authority: Hawksmoor'' (limited series, March 2008-August 2008) **''Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ) collects: *** "Uptown & Downtown" (with

, in #1, 2008) *** "Housing & Development" (with Fiona Staples, in #2, 2008) *** "Bridge & Tunnel" (with Fiona Staples, in #3, 2008) *** "Parks & Recreation" (with Fiona Staples, in #4, 2008) *** "Highways & Byways" (with Fiona Staples, in #5, 2008) *** "Town & Country" (with Fiona Staples, in #6, 2008) *'' Resistance'' (limited series, January 2009-May 2009) **''Resistance'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "Dancers On A Plane" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #1, 2009) *** "False Start" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #2, 2009) *** "Fool's House" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #3, 2009) *** "Untitled" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #4, 2009) *** "Target With Five Faces" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #5, 2009) *** "White Flag" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #6, 2009)

IDW Publishing

*'' G.I. Joe: Cobra'' vol. 1 (limited series, March 2009-June 2009) ** ''volume 1'' (tpb, 132 pages, 2009, ) collects: *** "Charmer" (with

Christos Gage Christos N. Gage is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. He is known for his work on the TV series '' Daredevil'', ''Hawaii Five-0'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Numbers'' and the films '' The Breed'' and '' Teenage Cavema ...

and Antonio Fuso, in #1, 2009) *** "In The Grass" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #2, 2009) *** "Oil" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #3, 2009) *** "Eyes" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #4, 2009) *** "Cobra" (with Antonio Fuso, in ''G.I. Joe: Cobra Special'' #1, 2009) *'' The Transformers: All Hail Megatron'' #13, "Uneasy Lies the Head", #16, "The Man of Steel (with

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and

Guido Guidi Guido Guidi is an Italian comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for his work on Transformers comics. Dreamwave Productions A longtime Transformers fan, Guidi was brought in by Dreamwave Productions to be artist for their '' Trans ...

, July–October 2009) collected in ''Volume 4'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2010, ) *'' The Transformers'' #1-31 (November 2009-December 2011) **''Volume 1: For All Mankind'' (tpb, 152 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "...For All Mankind" (with

Don Figueroa Don Allan Figueroa is a Filipino American comic book artist and toy designer. He is best known for his work on many different Transformers designs, for both the defunct Dreamwave Productions and with IDW Publishing. Dreamwave Productions One of ...

, in #1, 2009) *** "Things Fall Apart" (with Don Figueroa, in #2-5, 2009-2010) **''Volume 2: International Incident'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "All His Engines" (with

E. J. Su E. J. Su is an American comic book artist and penciller. He was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States at the age of 14. He is best known for his work on IDW Publishing's Transformers (comics), Transformers (2005) comic book. He also worked ...

, in #7, 2010) *** "Scrapper" (with

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, in #8, 2010) *** "International Incident" (with

, in #9-12, 2010) **''Volume 3: Revenge of the Decepticons'' (tpb, 148 pages, 2011, ) collects: *** "Heart Like A Wheel" (with

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, in #13, 2010) *** "Revenge of the Decepticons" (with Don Figueroa and Alex Milne, in #14-18, 2010-2011) **''Volume 5: Chaos Theory'' (tpb, 124 pages, 2011, ) collects: *** "Space Opera" (with Guido Guidi, in #19-21, 2011) *** "Chaos Theory" (with Alex Milne, in #22-23, 2011) **''Volume 6: Police Action'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2012, ) collects: *** "Police Action" (with Brendan Cahill, in #25, #27, #29, 2011) *** "Ride-Along" (with E. J. Su, in ''The Transformers: Spotlight - Prowl'', 2010) **''Volume 7: Chaos'' (tpb, 124 pages, 2012, ) collects: *** "Chaos" (with James Roberts and Livio Ramondelli, in #24, #26, #28, #30, 2011) *** "Pax Cybertronia" (with Casey W. Coller, in #31, 2011) *'' G.I. Joe: Cobra'' vol. 2 #1-13 (January 2010-February 2011) **''Volume 2'' (tpb, 122 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "Forked Tongue" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #1, 2010) *** "Scales" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #2, 2010) *** "Fangs" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #3, 2010) *** "Cold-Blooded" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #4, 2010) *** "Chameleon: Changing Colors; Speed Trap" (with Antonio Fuso, in ''G.I. Joe: Cobra Special'' #2, 2010) **''Volume 3'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ) collects: *** "Serpent's Tale, Part 1: The Nest" (with Christos Gage and Sergio Carrera, in #5, 2010) *** "Serpent's Tale Part 2: The Nest" (with Christos Gage and Sergio Carrera, in #6, 2010) *** "Serpent's Tale part 3: Green Dreams" (written by Christos Gage and drawn by Sergio Carrera, in #7, 2010) *** "Serpent's Tale Part 4: Viper's Nest" (with Christos Gage and Sergio Carrera, in #8, 2010) *** "Serpent's Tale, Part 5: Viper's Nest" (with Christos Gage and Sergio Carrera, in #9, 2010) **''Volume 4'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2011, ) collects: *** "Sidewinder" (with Christos Gage, Antonio Fuso and S.L. Gallant, in #10, 2010) *** "Constrictor" (with Christos Gage, Antonio Fuso and Chee Yang Ong, in #11, 2010) *** "Rattler" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #12, 2011) *** "King Cobra" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #13, 2011) *'' The Transformers: Ironhide'' (limited series, May 2010-August 2010) **''The Transformers: Ironhide'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2010, ) collects: *** "The Iron Age" (with Casey W. Coller, in #1, 2010) *** "Iron In The Blood" (with Casey W. Coller, in #2, 2010) *** "Ironing Out the Details" (with Casey W. Coller, in #3, 2010) *** "Any Old Iron" (with Casey W. Coller, in #4, 2010) *'' G.I. Joe: Cobra'' vol. 3 #0-21 (May 2011-January 2013) **''G.I. Joe: Cobra Civil War Compendium'' (tpb, 564 pages, 2013, 1-61377-561-X) collects: *** "G.I. Joe: Cobra Civil War" #0 (with

Chuck Dixon Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life D ...

and Agustin Padilla, 2011) *** "Cobra Civil War Part 3" (with Antonio Fuso, in #1, 2011) *** "Cobra Civil War Part 6" (with Antonio Fuso, in #2, 2011) *** "Cobra Civil War Part 9" (with Antonio Fuso, in #3, 2011) *** "Cobra Civil War Part 12" (with Antonio Fuso, in #4, 2011) *** "Cobra Civil War Part 15" (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #5, 2011) *** "Cobra Civil War Part 18" (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #6, 2011) *** "Cobra Civil War Part 21" (with Antonio Fuso, in #7, 2011) *** "Cobra Civil War Part 24" (with Antonio Fuso and Werther Dell'Edera, in #8, 2011) **''G.I. Joe: Complete Cobra Command'' (tpb, 328 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Cobra Command Part 3" (with

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, in #9, 2012) *** "Cobra Command Part 6" (with Alex Cal, in #10, 2012) *** "Cobra Command Part 9" (with Alex Cal, in #11, 2012) *** "The Last Laugh: Cobra Command Aftermath" (with Antonio Fuso, in #12, 2012) **''G.I. Joe: Cobra - Son of the Snake'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Son of the Snake, Part 1: A New Era" (with Antonio Fuso, in #13, 2012) *** "Son of the Snake, Part 2: G.I. Joe Underground" (with Antonio Fuso and Werther Dell'Edera, in #14, 2012) *** "Son of the Snake, Part 3: Lies and Betrayals" (with Antonio Fuso and Werther Dell'Edera, in #15, 2012) *** "Son of the Snake, Part 4; The Hunt is On!" (with Antonio Fuso, in #16, 2012) **''G.I. Joe: Cobra - Oktober Guard'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Oktober Guard, Part 1: Blood Lines" (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #17, 2012) *** "Oktober Guard, Part 2: Oktober is Coming!" (with Antonio Fuso, in #18, 2012) *** "Oktober Guard, Part 3: The Ocktober Guard" (with Antonio Fuso and Atilio Rojo, in #19, 2012) *** "Oktober Guard, Part 4: Oktober is Burning!" (with Antonio Fuso and Werther Dell'Edera, in #20, 2012) *** "Oktober Guard, Part 5: Oktober Ends!" (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #21, 2013) *''

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'' (5-issue limited series, with

Jon Armstrong Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned".Ryan Browne, March–August 2012, collected in ''Smoke and Mirrors'', tpb, 128 pages, 2012, ) *''Haunted Horror'' #2-3, #5-8 (with Antonio Fuso, December 2012-December 2013) *'' G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files'' #1-9 (April 2013-December 2013) **''Volume 1'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2013, ) collects: *** "Snakes and Tigers" (with Antonio Fuso, in #1-4, 2013) **''Volume 2'' (tpb, 124 pages, 2014, ) collects: *** "The Boy Most Likely To....." (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #5-6, 2013) *** "The House Always Wins" (with Antonio Fuso, in #7-9, 2013) *'' G.I. JOE: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra'' (limited series, January 2015-May 2015) **''G.I. JOE: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2015, ) collects: *** "Part One: The Tin Man" (with

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, in #1, 2015) *** "Part Two: The Dark Sister" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #2, 2015) *** "Part Three: The Lost Boy" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #3, 2015) *** "Part Four: Knight Errant" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #4, 2015) *** "Part Five: The Silent Warrior" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #5, 2015)

DC Comics

*'' Blackhawks'' #1-6 (September 2011-April 2012) **''Volume 1: The Great Leap Forward'' (tpb, 192 pages, 2012, ) collects: *** "Blackhawks" (with

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, in #1, 2011) *** "Blades" (with Graham Nolan, in #2, 2011) *** "Beauty" (with Graham Nolan, in #3, 2011) *** "Bones" (with Graham Nolan, in #4, 2011) *** "Burial" (with

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, in #5, 2012) *** "Obsolescence Part 1: Technical" (with CAFU, in #6, 2012) *** "Obsolescence Part 2: Functional" (with CAFU and Carlos Rodriguez, in #7, 2012) *** "Obsolescence Part 3: Planned" (with CAFU, in #8, 2012)

Marvel Comics

*''

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'' #6, "The Thing + Gambit" (with

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, March 2013) collected in ''Volume 1: =Awesome'', tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ) *''

All-New X-Men ''All-New X-Men'' was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in November 2012, with the launch of Marvel NOW! The series centers on the five original X-Men, brought from the past to the present to confront their future counter ...

/ Indestructible Hulk/ Superior Spider-Man Team-Up: The Arms of the Octopus'' (3-issue limited series, with

Kris Anka Kris Anka is an American comics artist and inker, best known for his work with Marvel Comics on X-Men, Runaways, Captain Marvel, and his 2014 re-design of Spider-Woman. In 2016, Anka illustrated the new ''Star-Lord'' ongoing series, which was w ...

, Jake Wyatt and Michael Dialynas, October 2013, collected in ''All-New X-Men/Indestructible Hulk/Superior Spider-Man: The Arms of the Octopus'', tpb, 96 pages, 2014, ) *''

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'' (limited series, November 2014-January 2015) ** ''Spider-Verse'' (hc, 648 pages, 2015, ) collects: *** "The Widow" (with Paco Díaz, in #1, 2014) *** "The Other" (with Paco Díaz, in #2, 2014) *** "The Hero" (with Paco Díaz, in #3, 2015) *'' Avengers: Millennium'' (6-issue limited series, with

Carmine Di Giandomenico Carmine Di Giandomenico (born 1973 in Teramo, Italy) is an Italian comics artist. In 1995 he drew the limited series Examen for publishers Phoenix. Then he drew an issue of ''Conan the Barbarian'' (1997) for Marvel Italia, written by Chuck Dixon. ...

, February–March 2015, collected in ''Avengers: Millennium'', tpb, 136 pages, 2015, ) *''

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'' vol. 2 (5-issue limited series with Andre Lima Araujo and Steven Sanders, May–September 2015, collected in ''Spider-Verse: Warzones'', tpb, 120 pages, 2015, ) *''

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'' #1-11 (November 2015-September 2016) **''Volume 1: Electroverse'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ) collects: *** "Static" (with David Baldeón, in #1, 2015) *** "Charge" (with David Baldeón, in #2, 2015) *** "Capacity" (with David Baldeón, in #3, 2016) *** "Resistance" (with David Baldeón, in #4, 2016) *** "Insulation" (with David Baldeón, in #5, 2016) **''Volume 2: Spiders Vs.'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ) collects: *** "Nobody Knows Nothing" (with David Baldeón, in #6, 2016) *** "Tangled States - Part One: Anarchy" (with David Baldeón, in #7, 2016) *** "Tangled States - Part Two: Technocracy" (with David Baldeón, in #8, 2016) *** "Tangled States - Part Three: Brave New World" (with David Baldeón, in #9, 2016) *** "Tangled States - Part Four: Monarchy" (with David Baldeón and Jay Fosgitt, in #10, 2016) *** "Tangled States - Part Five: Democracy" (with David Baldeón, in #11, 2016) *''

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'' vol. 3 #1-6 (November 2016-April 2017) **''Volume 1: Homecoming'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2017, ) collects: *** "Homecoming" (with

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, Juanan Ramírez and

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in #1-6, 2016-2017) *''

'' vol. 1 #150-165 (May 2017 – June 2018) *''Venom: First Host'' #1-5 (October 2018-November 2018)

Avatar Press

*''

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'' #1-48 (with

Jonathan Hickman Jonathan Hickman (born September 3, 1972) is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for his creator-owned series '' The Nightly News'', '' The Manhattan Projects'' and ''East of West'', as well as his lengthy stints as a writer on Ma ...

, Di Amorim, Juan Frigeri, German Erramouspe, Omar Francia, Emiliano Urdinola, Michael DiPascale and Nahuel Lopez, September 2013-March 2016) **''Volume 1'' #1-6 (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) **''Volume 2'' #7-12 (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) **''volume 3'' #13-18 (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) **''Volume 4'' #19-24 (tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ) **''Volume 5'' #25-30 (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ) **''Volume 6'' #31-36 (tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ) **''Volume 7'' #37-42 (tpb, 144 pages, 2016, ) **''Volume 8'' #43-48 (tpb, 160 pages, 2016, )

Boundless Comics

*''Belladonna'' #0 (with Ignacio Calero, December 2015) *''Lookers'' #0 (with

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, June 2016)

Personal life

Mike Costa lives in Los Angeles, California where he is a writer and producer on ''

''.

Notes

External links

Interview with Mike Costa (Comic Book Resources, January 2009)
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Mike Living people American comics writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)