Zeb Wells

Zeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, a television writer/director known for his work on the animated TV series ''Robot Chicken'', and the co-creator/showrunner of ''SuperMansion''.

Career

Wells is an Emmy and Annie Award-winning writer and actor for the TV show ''Robot Chicken'', including the Emmy-nominated '' Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II''. He later directed the sixth and seventh seasons of Robot Chicken.

Wells has written numerous titles like ''Heroes for Hire'' and '' Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways'' and various Spider-Man titles and in 2006 signed an exclusive contract with Marvel. He then wrote ''Venom: Dark Origin'' telling the origin of Eddie Brock and the Symbiote, as well as the '' Dark Reign: Elektra'' tie-in series.

He wrote twenty of the first twenty-one issues of the third volume of ''New Mutants'', a series he launched with artist Diogenes Neves, including the crossover with Necrosha. Being published in parallel with that series was ''Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom – New Ways To Live''.

Wells launched the series '' Avenging Spider-Man'' with artist Joe Madureira in November 2011. He later wrote two '' Carnage'' miniseries with artist Clayton Crain: ''Carnage: Family Feud'' and ''Carnage: U.S.A''.

In 2015 Wells co-created the stop-motion animated comedy television series ''SuperMansion'' and directed the first season.

In 2021, Wells was announced as one of the writers for the ''Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond'' storyline.

In 2022, Wells was announced as the lead writer for ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' along with artist John Romita Jr. starting in April 2022. The book will relaunch with a new #1 after the ''Beyond'' storyline, making it the sixth new #1 for the title.

Personal life

Wells has been married to ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member Heidi Gardner since 2010.

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

*Spider-Man:
**''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'':
*** ''Volume 3'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2002, ) includes:
**** "I was a Teenage Frog-Man" (with Duncan Fegredo, in #12, 2002)
*** ''Volume 4'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ) includes:
**** "Behind the Mustache" (with Dean Haspiel, in #20, 2003)
**'' Peter Parker: Spider-Man'':
*** ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web Volume 4'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ) includes:
**** "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" (with Jim Mahfood, in #42–43, 2002)
*** ''Senseless Violence'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2003, ) collects:
**** "Just Another Manic Monday" (with Francisco Herrera, in #51–52, 2003)
**** "Rules of the Game" (with Michael O'Hare and Khary Randolph, in #53–55, 2003)
**** "Reborn" (with Sam Kieth, in #56–57, 2003)
**'' Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One'' #1–5 (with Kaare Andrews, 2004) collected as ''SM/DO: Year One'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2005, )
**'' Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man'' #13–16 (with Patrick Scherberger, 2006) collected as ''MASM: Concrete Jungle'' (tpb, 96 pages, 2006, )
**''Spider-Man Family'' #1: "A New Assassin from Beast Road" (with Akira Yamanaka, 2007) collected in ''SM: Japanese Knights'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2008, )
**''The Amazing Spider-Man'':
*** ''Brand New Day, Volume 1'' (hc, 200 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, ) includes:
**** "Harry and the Hollisters" (with Mike Deodato Jr., in #546, 2008)
*** ''Brand New Day, Volume 2'' (hc, 168 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, ) includes:
**** "Sometimes It Snows in April" (with Chris Bachalo, in #555–557, 2008)
*** ''Kraven's First Hunt'' (hc, 112 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2009, ) includes:
**** "Birthday Boy" (with Patrick Olliffe, in ''Extra!'' #1, 2008)
*** ''Crime and Punisher'' (hc, 136 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, ) includes:
**** "Old Huntin' Buddies" (with Paolo Rivera, in #577, 2009)
*** ''Election Day'' (hc, 184 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2010, ) includes:
**** "Spidey Meets the President!" (with Todd Nauck, in #583, 2009)
*** ''24/7'' (hc, 176 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2010, ) includes:
**** "Birthday Boy" (with Paolo Rivera, in ''Extra!'' #2, 2009)
*** ''Died in Your Arms Tonight'' (hc, 192 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2010, ) includes:
**** "Fight at the Museum" (with Derec Donovan, in #600, 2009)
*** ''The Gauntlet, Volume 5: Lizard'' (hc, 128 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) collects:
**** "Shed Prelude" (with Xurxo G. Penalta, in ''Web of Spider-Man'' #6, 2010)
**** "Shed" (with Chris Bachalo and Emma Rios, in #629–633, 2010)
*** ''Origin of the Species'' (hc, 232 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, ) includes:
**** "Honor Thy Father..." (with Mike del Mundo, in #647, 2010)
**'' Venom: Dark Origin'' #1–5 (with Angel Medina, 2008–2009) collected as ''V: Dark Origin'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2009, )
**'' Anti-Venom – New Ways to Live'' #1–3 (with Paulo Siqueira, 2009–2010) collected as ''The ASM Presents: AV'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2010, )
**'' Carnage'':
*** ''Carnage'' #1–5 (with Clayton Crain, 2011) collected as ''C: Family Feud'' (hc, 168 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2012, )
*** ''Carnage U.S.A.'' #1–5 (with Clayton Crain, 2012) collected as ''C U.S.A.'' (hc, 120 pages, 2012, )
**'' Avenging Spider-Man'' #1–5 (with Joe Madureira, Greg Land, and Leinil Francis Yu, 2012) collected in ''Spider-Man: My Friends Can Beat Up Your Friends '' (hc, 120 pages, 2012, )
*''New Warriors v3'' #1–6 (with Skottie Young, 2005–2006) collected as ''NW: Reality Check'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, )
*''Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan'' #1–4 (with Seth Fisher, 2005–2006) collected as ''FF/IM: Big in Japan'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2006, )
*'' Marvel Romance Redux: Guys & Dolls'': "Formula for Love!" (with Gene Colan, 2006) collected in ''Marvel Romance Redux: Another Kind of Love'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2007, )
*''Doc Samson'' #4–5: "Living Totem" (with Frank Espinosa, co-feature, 2006)
*'' Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways'' (with Stefano Caselli, 2006) collected as ''Civil War: YA&R'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2007, )
*'' Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four'' #17–20 (with Kano, 2006–2007) collected as ''MAFF: All 4 One, 4 for All'' (tpb, 96 pages, 2007, )
*''Heroes for Hire'' (with Al Rio, Clay Mann and others, 2007–2008) collected as:
**''Ahead of the Curve'' (includes #8–10, tpb, 120 pages, 2007, )
**''World War Hulk'' (collects #11–15, tpb, 120 pages, 2008, )
*'' Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock'' #1–4 (with Carmine Di Giandomenico, 2007) collected as ''D: Battlin' Jack Murdock'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2008, )
*'' Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?'': "Marvel Boy: Master of the Cube" (with Steve Kurth, one-shot, 2008)
* Elektra:
**'' Dark Reign: Elektra'' #1–5 (with Clay Mann, 2009) collected as ''Dark Reign: Elektra'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2009, )
**'' Shadowland: Elektra'' (with Emma Rios, one-shot, 2010) collected in ''Shadowland: Street Heroes'' (hc, 192 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, )
*X-Men:
**''New Mutants'' vol. 3 (with Diogenes Neves, Paul Davidson and Leonard Kirk, 2009–2011) collected as:
*** ''Return of the Legion'' (collects #1–5, hc, 144 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2010, )
*** ''Necrosha'' (includes #6–10, hc, 160 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, )
*** ''Second Coming'' (includes #12–14 and ''Second Coming'' #2, hc, 392 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, )
*** ''Fall of the New Mutants'' (collects #15–21, hc, 168 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, )
**'' X-Necrosha'': "Binary" (with Ibraim Roberson, one-shot, 2009) collected in ''X-Necrosha'' (hc, 448 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, )
**'' Hellions'' (with Stephen Segovia, 2020–2021)
***Vol. 1 (collects #1-4, tpb, 128 pages, 2020, ISBN 130292558X)
***Vol. 2 (collects #7-12, tpb, 160 pages, 2021, ISBN 1302925598)
***Vol. 3 (collects #13-18, tpb, 176 pages, 2022, ISBN 1302930184)
***Hellions By Zeb Wells (collects #1-18, hc, 512 pages, 2022, ISBN 1302933728)
*''Ant-Man'' vol. 2 #1-5 (with Dylan Burnett, 2020) collected as ''Ant-Man: Worldhive'' (tpb, 2020)

Virgin Comics

*'' Snake Woman'':
**''Snake Woman'' (with Shekhar Kapur, Michael Gaydos, Dean Ruben Hyrapiet and Vivek Shinde, 2006–2007) collected as:
*** ''A Snake in the Grass'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2007, )
*** ''The Faithful'' (collects #6–10, tpb, 144 pages, 2007, )
**''Snake Woman: Tale of the Snake Charmer'' #1–6 (with Vivek Shinde, 2007) collected as ''SW: TotSC'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, )
**''Snake Woman: Curse of the 68'' #1–4 (with Pradip Ingale, Manu P. K. and M Subramanian, 2008)

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American comics writers
American male screenwriters
Living people
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Annie Award winners
1977 births
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American male writers