Ann "Annie" Nocenti (; born January 17, 1957) is an American
journalist
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,
filmmaker
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, teacher,
comic book writer
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In comics, a script may be preceded by a plot outline, and is almost al ...
and
editor
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. She is best known for her work at
Marvel
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** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...
in the late 1980s, particularly a four-year stint as the editor of ''
Uncanny X-Men
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'' and ''
The New Mutants
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*''New Mutants
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'' (written by
Chris Claremont
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) as well as her run as a writer of ''
Daredevil'', illustrated primarily by
John Romita Jr. Nocenti has created such Marvel characters as
Longshot,
Mojo
Mojo may refer to:
* Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in Hoodoo
Arts, entertainment and media Film and television
* ''Mojo'' (2017 film), a 2017 Indian Kannada drama film written and directed by Sreesha Belakvaadi
* '' ...
,
Spiral
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Two-dimensional
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,
Blackheart
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, and
Typhoid Mary
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.
Nocenti is noted for her outspoken political views, including but not limited to
animal rights
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and
alcoholism
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, which characterized her run on ''Daredevil''.
Early life
When Ann Nocenti was a child, her parents frowned upon comics, though there were some in her house, including
Archie Comics
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, a ''
Pogo
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* Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator, any Philippines-based online gambling service
* Pogo.com, a website featuring free online games
Music
* "Pogo", a song by Digitalism
* ...
'' anthology that Nocenti loved, and a ''
Dick Tracy
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'' anthology whose grotesquely-rendered characters piqued Nocenti's curiosity, more so than the heroes.
Nocenti attended college at
SUNY New Paltz
The State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz or New Paltz) is a public university in New Paltz, New York. It traces its origins to the New Paltz Classical School, a secondary institution founded in 1828 and reorganized as an a ...
,
during which she discovered the work of
Robert Crumb
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.
[
]
Career
Comics
After graduating from SUNY New Paltz,[ she discovered the ]superhero
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genre when she answered an ad in the ''Village Voice
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'', which led to her being given her first published comics job at Marvel Comics
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by editor Dennis O'Neil
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.[ Nocenti made her comics writing debut with a six-page ]mythological
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story, drawn by Greg LaRocque
Greg LaRocque (born February 24, 1954) is an American comics artist best known for his work on the ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''The Flash''.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, LaRocque worked as an assistant teacher at the Professional I ...
, in the Marvel anthology ''Bizarre Adventures
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Public ...
'' #32 (August 1982). She got her first regular comics assignment with Marvel's superhero
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series ''Spider-Woman
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'', starting with issue #47 (December 1982). It was not a promising assignment; Marvel had already decided to end the series with issue #50 (June 1983) due to flagging sales. With guidance from editor Mark Gruenwald
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Early career
Gruenwald got his start in comics f ...
(who had himself written the series for a time), Nocenti ended the series with the death of the titular character, a decision she came to regret. She recalled, "It was before I understood the intense, personal attachment the readers have to the characters. In retrospect, I realized it wasn't a nice thing to kill a character off. As I worked in the field for a while, I developed a strong personal attachment to a lot of characters and I realized how alive they were." Shortly after, Nocenti lent a hand to Spider-Woman's resurrection in ''Avengers
Avenger(s) or The Avenger(s) may refer to:
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* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
**Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Sag ...
'' #240–241 as "story consultant".
Nocenti wrote an issue each of ''Doctor Strange
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'' and ''Star Wars
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'' before writing the four-issue miniseries
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''Beauty and the Beast'' (December 1984 – June 1985), featuring the superheroes Dazzler and Beast
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* The Beast (Revelation), one of three beasts described in the Book of Revelation
* Monster, a type of creature found in fiction, folklo ...
. During this period Nocenti was on staff at Marvel, working as an assistant editor for Carl Potts
Carl Potts (born November 12, 1952) is an Americans, American comics artist, writer, teacher, and editor best known for creating the series ''Alien Legion'' for the Marvel Comics imprint Epic Comics.
Early life
Born in Oakland, California, and r ...
on such titles as ''The Incredible Hulk
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'', ''The Defenders
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* Defense (military)
* Defense (sports)
** Defender (association football)
Arts and entertainment Film, television, and theatre Film
* ''The Defender'' (1989 film), a Canadian documentary
* ''The D ...
'', ''Doctor Strange'', and ''The Thing
Thing or The Thing may refer to:
Philosophy
* An object
* Broadly, an entity
* Thing-in-itself (or ''noumenon''), the reality that underlies perceptions, a term coined by Immanuel Kant
* Thing theory, a branch of critical theory that focuses ...
''.
Nocenti and artist Arthur Adams created the character Longshot in a titular, six-issue miniseries (September 1985 – February 1986).[ Explaining the concept of the character, which Nocenti borrowed from ]existentialist
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writers, she states, "Longshot is the idea of stripping someone of everything that they are. I never read comics, so the idea of a hero to me was different. I couldn't think of it in terms of a 'super hero' hero. I thought of it more as a conceptual hero. Not having a comic book background, I tend to come up with the metaphysics before I come up with the characters. I knew that I wanted to deal with the metaphysics of luck. It was a concept that interested me ... what luck is, what probability is, how you could shift probabilities towards yourself. What are the repercussions of that? So, I did a character centered around that idea. At the time, Nocenti was pursuing her master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...
at the , working at the magazine ''Lies of Our Times'', and reading the work of writers such as Marshall McLuhan
Herbert Marshall McLuhan (, ; July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media studies, media theory. Raised in Winnipeg, McLuhan studied at the University of Manitoba a ...
, Noam Chomsky
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, Edward S. Herman and Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, coining t ...
. Longshot's archvillain, Mojo
Mojo may refer to:
* Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in Hoodoo
Arts, entertainment and media Film and television
* ''Mojo'' (2017 film), a 2017 Indian Kannada drama film written and directed by Sreesha Belakvaadi
* '' ...
, a slaver and dictator who rules his dimension through the television programs he produces, was created as a direct result of these influences. A character named Manufactured Consent
''Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media'' is a 1988 book by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. It argues that the mass communication media of the U.S. "are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out ...
after the Chomsky book of the same name, who appeared in the Nocenti's 1990 book ''The New Mutants Summer Special'' in 1990, was also born of these works.
After collaborating with Adams on the Spider-Man
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feature in ''Web of Spider-Man
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Annual'' #2 (September 1986), and with penciler
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In the American comic book industry, the penciller is the first step ...
Mike Mignola
Michael Mignola (; born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer best known for creating ''Hellboy'' for Dark Horse Comics, part of a Hellboy Universe, shared universe of titles including ''B.P.R.D.'', ''Abe Sapien'', ''Lobster Johns ...
on a short backup story there, Nocenti teamed with artist Barry Windsor-Smith
Barry Windsor-Smith (born Barry Smith, 25 May 1949) is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best-known work has been produced in the United States. He attained note working on Marvel Comics' ''Conan the Barbarian (comics), Conan t ...
on '' Daredevil'' #236 (November 1986). Two issues later, she became the regular writer for a four-and-a-quarter year run from #238–291 (January 1987 – April 1991), minus issues #246 and #258. John Romita Jr. joined as penciler from #250–282 (January 1988 – July 1990), and was generally inked by Al Williamson
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Born in New York City, he spent much of his early childhood in ...
. Nocenti specifically addressed societal issues, with Murdock, now running a non-profit urban legal center, confronting sexism
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, racism
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, and nuclear proliferation while fighting supervillain
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s. Nocenti introduced the popular antagonist
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in issue #254 (May 1988). as well as the demon Blackheart
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in #270 (September 1989).
In addition to contributing occasional stories to such anthologies as ''Marvel Comics Presents
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Volume 1
The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for ...
'' and ''Marvel Fanfare
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Volume one
''Marvel Fanfare'' featured characters and setting ...
'', and writing a handful of Spider-Man fill-ins, Nocenti also produced the graphic novel
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''Someplace Strange
''Someplace Strange'' is a graphic novel, published in 1988 by Marvel Comics under that company's Epic Comics imprint. It was written by Ann Nocenti, with artwork by John Bolton.
References
*''Someplace Strange''at the Big Comic Book DataBase
...
'' in collaboration with artist John Bolton
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. She also wrote ''The Inhumans
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Graphic Novel'' in 1988, and the 1998 X-Men
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novel ''Prisoner X''.
In ''Marvel Comics Presents
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Volume 1
The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for ...
'' #150 (1994), Nocenti introduced Jessie Drake, a teenaged mutant, who revealed in issue #151 that she was transgender, marking Marvel's first transgender mutant, and hero. After a 25-year absence, the character reappeared in ''Marvel's Voices
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: Pride'' #1, which Marvel published in June 2021 as part of Pride Month
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.
For the DC Comics
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imprint
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...
Vertigo
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, Nocenti wrote the 16-issue run of ''Kid Eternity
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'' (May 1993 – September 1994). Later in the mid-1990s, for Marvel, she wrote a four-issue miniseries each starring Typhoid Mary and the supernatural
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supervillain Nightmare
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. After writing two issues of Marvel's ''The All New Exiles'' in 1996, plus the four-page dramatic story "Old Man", with artist Bolton, in the Dark Horse Comics
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anthology ''Strange Wink'' #3 (May 1998),[ Nocenti left comics to pursue journalism. She returned briefly, in 2003 and 2004, writing four ]Batman
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stories for DC.
Nocenti was among the writers for ''Daredevil'' #500 published in August 2009.
Nocenti wrote ''Green Arrow
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'' starting with issue #7 published in March 2012. In September 2012, Nocenti became the writer of ''Catwoman
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'' with issue #0. She launched a ''Katana
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'' series the following February.
Journalism and film
In the 1990s, Nocenti began to focus on journalism
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and filmmaking
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. She edited ''High Times
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'' magazine for one year (2004) and was an editor on ''Prison Life Magazine''. Her journalism has been published in ''The Nation
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'', '' Print'', ''Utne
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'', ''Heeb
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'', ''The Brooklyn Rail
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'', ''CounterPunch
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'', ''Filmmaker
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'', and '' Details''. She has also done work for MoveOn.org
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.[
Nocenti's story "The Most Expensive Road Trip in the World" was collected in ''The Best American Travel Writing 2008'', edited by ]Anthony Bourdain
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( Houghton Miifflin). She was an editor and writer for ''Stop Smiling
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'', guest editing the "Gambling Issue". As editor of the screenwriting magazine ''Scenario'', Nocenti published the original versions of screenplays and interviewed directors and screenwriters.
Nocenti co-directed the documentary
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''The Baluch'', shot in Baluchistan
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, and made the short ''Creep'' for Glass Eye Pix.
In 2009, Nocenti taught screenplay writing at the Ciné Institute
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in Haiti
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and in 2012 wrote a series for HiLobrow about the country.
Nocenti made a short documentary film with Wendy Johnson called Disarming Falcons in 2014 which premiered at DOCNYC.
In 2016 she was one of the producers and writers on MAGIC CITY: The Art of the Street, for SC Exhibitions in Dresden, Germany
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. In 2018 she was an executive producer on MARVEL: Universe of Super-Heroes at MoPOP museum in Seattle, Washington
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. In 2018 she wrote ''The Seeds'' (with artist David Aja
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Career
Aja obtained a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and served as ...
) and in 2019 she wrote ''Ruby Falls'' (with artist Flavia Biondi), both for Karen Berger
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's new comic imprint Berger Books at Dark Horse Comics
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.
Cameos and homages
Nocenti appears on the photo cover of ''Spider-Woman
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'' #50, in costume as Tigra
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.
Nocenti appears in ''The Avengers
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* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
**Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Sag ...
'' #215 (Jan. 1982) as a secretary at an advertising agency that Steve Rogers visits looking for work.
Nocenti, along with John Byrne, Ron Wilson, Jim Shooter
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and Roger Stern
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Biography
Early career
In the early 1970s, Stern and Bob Layton published the fanzine ''CPL'' (''Contemporary Pictorial Literature''), one of the first platfo ...
are featured in '' The Thing'' #7 (January 1983). The issue features the titular character storming into a fictionalized Marvel Comics and encountering the creators behind his own strip.
Nocenti makes a cameo appearance in ''The Incredible Hulk
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'' #291 (January 1984). At the time, Nocenti was assistant editor to Larry Hama
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During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles ...
on ''The Incredible Hulk'' and ''X-Men
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''. She also appeared in a spoof comic strip in 1984's '' The Defenders'' #127.
Arthur Adams visually based the character Ricochet Rita, Spiral
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Two-dimensional
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's alter ego, on Nocenti.
In ''Ultimate X-Men
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'', a re-imagination of the X-Men in the alternate universe Ultimate Marvel
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imprint, Longshot has the civilian name Arthur Centino — his last name an anagram of Nocenti and his first name an homage to artist Arthur Adams, the original character's co-creators.
Personal life
Nocenti lives in New York City.[
]
Bibliography
Marvel Comics
As editor
Assistant editor:
Series editor:
As writer
*''Bizarre Adventures
''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group.
Public ...
'' #32: "The Streak" (with Greg LaRocque
Greg LaRocque (born February 24, 1954) is an American comics artist best known for his work on the ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''The Flash''.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, LaRocque worked as an assistant teacher at the Professional I ...
, anthology
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, 1982)
*''Spider-Woman
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'' #47–50 (with Brian Postman, 1982–1983)
*'' The Defenders'' #127: "Dreams of Glory" (with Marie Severin
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, humorous two-page story for Assistant Editors' Month starring Nocenti herself, 1984)
*''The Avengers
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Arts, entertainment, and media Marvel Comics universe
* Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes
**Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a central team of protagonist superheroes of "The Infinity Sag ...
'' #240–241 (as "story consultant"; written by Roger Stern
Roger Stern (born September 17, 1950) is an American comic book author and novelist.
Biography
Early career
In the early 1970s, Stern and Bob Layton published the fanzine ''CPL'' (''Contemporary Pictorial Literature''), one of the first platfo ...
, drawn by Al Milgrom, 1984) collected in ''The Avengers: Absolute Vision Book One'' (tpb, 432 pages, 2013, )
*Doctor Strange
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:
**''Doctor Strange
Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (cover-dated July 1963). Doctor Strange serves as ...
'' vol. 2 #64: "Art Rage" (with Tony Salmons
Thomas Anthony "Tony" Salmons (born January 1, 1957) is an American alternative comic book artist, film storyboard artist, and character designer.
Biography
Born in Rolla, Missouri, Salmons grew up in Casa Grande, Arizona, with stops in New Yor ...
, 1984)
**''Nightmare
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'' #1–4: "A Killer of a Love Story" (with Joe Bennett, 1994–1995)
*''Amazing High Adventure
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The earliest Marvel series of that name introduced the company's first superhero of the late-1950s to early-1960s period fans and h ...
'' (anthology):
** "Gold" (with Tony Salmons, in #1, 1984)
** "My Heart Belongs to Betsy" (co-written by Nocenti and Eliot R. Brown, art by Gerry Talaoc
Gerry Talaoc is a Filipino comics artist best known for his 1970s work for DC Comics' war and horror anthology titles.
Biography
Gerry Talaoc was among the vanguard of Filipino comics artists — including Alfredo Alcala, Nestor Redondo, S ...
, in #2, 1985)
*''Star Wars
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'' #89: "I'll See You in the Throne Room!" (with Bret Blevins
Bret Blevins (sometimes spelled Brett Blevins) (born August 13, 1960) is an American comics artist, animation storyboard artist, and painter. He is perhaps best known for his stint as the regular penciler of ''New Mutants'' for Marvel Comics.
...
, 1984)
** Collected by Dark Horse
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in ''Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 5'' (tpb, 568 pages, 2012, )
** Collected by Marvel
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* Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company
** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment
** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe
** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...
in ''Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 3'' (hc, 1,136 pages, 2015, )
*X-Men
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:
**''Beauty and the Beast
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Villeneuve's lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and publish ...
'' #1–4 (with Don Perlin
Donald David Perlin (; August 27, 1929 – May 14, 2024) was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for Marvel Comics' ''Werewolf by Night'', ''Moon Knight'' (a character he co-created), '' The Defenders'', and ''Ghos ...
, 1984–1985) collected as ''X-Men: Beauty and the Beast'' (hc, 184 pages, 2012, )
** Longshot:
*** '' Longshot'' #1–6 (with Arthur Adams, 1985–1986) collected as ''X-Men: Longshot'' (tpb, 176 pages, 1988, ; hc, 208 pages, 2008, )
*** ''Marvel Comics Presents
''Marvel Comics Presents'' is an American comic book anthology title that was published in three series by Marvel Comics: from 1988 to 1995; 2007 to 2008; and in 2019.
Volume 1
The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for ...
'' #16: "Dreamwalk" (with Larry Dixon, anthology, 1989)
*** ''X-Men Legends
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'' vol. 2 #3–4 (with Javier Pina, anthology, 2022–2023) collected in ''X-Men Legends: Past Meets Future'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2023, )
**''X-Men Classic Omnibus'' (hc, 1,040 pages, 2017, ) and ''X-Men Classic: The Complete Collection Volume 2'' (tpb, 520 pages, 2019, ) include:
*** ''Classic X-Men
''Classic X-Men'', originally titled ''X-Men Classics'' and later retitled ''X-Men Classic'', is a reprint comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The first volume was a limited series which collected stories from the Thomas/ Adams/Palmer r ...
'' #25, 27–28, 30–34, 38–39, 44 (with John Bolton
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, Kyle Baker
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Baker has won numerous Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards for his wo ...
(#38), Jim Lee
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(#39) and Kieron Dwyer
Kieron Dwyer (born March 6, 1967) is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics as well as for his creator-owned projects.
Biography
During his career, Dwyer has worked on such comic book titles as ...
(#44), co-features, 1988–1990)
*** ''Marvel Fanfare
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Volume one
''Marvel Fanfare'' featured characters and setting ...
'' #60: "The Mission" (with Dave Ross
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, anthology, 1992)
**''Marvel Fanfare
''Marvel Fanfare'' was an anthology comic book series published by American company Marvel Comics. It was a showcase title featuring a variety of characters from the Marvel universe.
Volume one
''Marvel Fanfare'' featured characters and setting ...
'' #40: "Chiaroscuro
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" (with David Mazzucchelli
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, anthology, 1988)
**''Marvel Comics Presents
''Marvel Comics Presents'' is an American comic book anthology title that was published in three series by Marvel Comics: from 1988 to 1995; 2007 to 2008; and in 2019.
Volume 1
The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for ...
'' #10–17: " God's Country" (with Rick Leonardi
Rick Leonardi (born August 9, 1957) is an American comics artist who has worked on various series for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including ''Cloak and Dagger'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''The New Mutants'', ''Spider-Man 2099'', ''Nightwing'', ''B ...
, anthology, 1989) collected in ''X-Men: Colossus — God's Country'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2016, )
**'' The New Mutants Summer Special'': "A Mutant in Megalopolis" (with Bret Blevins, 1990) collected in ''The New Mutants: Cable'' (tpb, 496 pages, 2020, )
**'' What If...?'' vol. 2 #40: "What If Storm Stayed a Thief?" (with Steve Carr
Steven Harold Carr (born April 7, 1965) is an American film director, music video director, and film producer from Brooklyn, New York. After studying fine arts on a full scholarship to Manhattan’s School of Visual Arts, Carr founded design ...
and Deryl Skelton, anthology, 1992) collected in ''X-Men: Alterniverse Visions'' (tpb, 144 pages, 1995, )
**'' Wolverine: Evilution'' (with Mark Texeira
Mark Texeira () is an American comic book artist. Classically trained as a painter, he broke into the comics field in the early 1980s.
Career
Mark Texeira was born and raised in New York City. He attended Manhattan's High School of Art and ...
and John Royle, one-shot
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* ''One Shot'' (2005 film), a Sri Lankan action film directed by Ranjan Ramanayake
* ''One Shot'', a ...
, 1994) collected in ''Wolverine: To the Bone'' (tpb, 480 pages, 2023, )
*Spider-Man
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:
**''Web of Spider-Man
''Web of Spider-Man'' is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran ...
'':
*** ''Annual'' #1: "Give Me a Hand, Future Max" (with Tony Salmons, 1985)
*** ''Annual'' #2 (1986):
**** "Wake Me Up I Gotta be Dreaming" (with Arthur Adams)
**** "You're Lying, Peter Parker" (with Mike Mignola
Michael Mignola (; born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer best known for creating ''Hellboy'' for Dark Horse Comics, part of a Hellboy Universe, shared universe of titles including ''B.P.R.D.'', ''Abe Sapien'', ''Lobster Johns ...
)
*** ''Spider-Man: Life in the Mad Dog Ward'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2013. ) collects:
**** "Mad Dog Ward, Part One: What's the Matter with Mommy?" (with Cyndy Martin, in #33, 1987)
**** "Mad Dog Ward, Part Two: Mad Dogs" (with Cyndy Martin, in ''The Amazing Spider-Man
''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American superhero American comic book, comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of t ...
'' #295, 1987)
**** "Mad Dog Ward, Part Three: I am... Spider!" (with Cyndy Martin, in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man
''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' is a comic book and magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics.
Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', Marvel felt the character could support ...
'' #133, 1987)
**** ''Spider-Man
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'' #29–31: "Return of the Mad Dog Ward" (with Chris Marrinan, 1992–1993)
**''Spider-Man
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'' #17 (with Rick Leonardi, 1991) collected in ''Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus'' (hc, 1,248 pages, 2014, )
**'' Venom: The Madness'' #1–3 (with Kelley Jones
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Early life
Kelley Jones was born in Sacramento, California and grew up ...
, 1993–1994) collected in ''Venom: The Enemy Within'' (tpb, 240 pages, 2013, )
**'' The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual'' #14 (co-written by Nocenti and D. Blaise from a plot by J. M. DeMatteis
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Biography
Early career
J. M. DeMatteis's earliest aspirations were to be a rock musician and comic book artist. He began playing in ban ...
and Tom Lyle
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Career
Tom Lyle's comics career began in ...
, art by Sal Buscema
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, 1994)
* Daredevil:
**'' Daredevil'' (with Barry Windsor-Smith
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(#236), Sal Buscema (#238), Louis Williams (#239–240, 243–244), Todd McFarlane
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(#241), Keith Pollard
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(#242), Chuck Patton
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(#245), Keith Giffen
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(#247), Rick Leonardi (#248–249, 277), John Romita, Jr.(#250–257, 259–263, 265–276, 278–282, Annual #5), Steve Ditko
Stephen John Ditko. Page contains two reproductions from school yearbooks. A 1943 Garfield Junior High School yearbook excerpt lists "Stephen Ditko". A 1945 Johnstown High School yearbook excerpt lists "Stephen J. Ditko" under extracurricular ac ...
(#264), Mark Bagley
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(#283), Lee Weeks
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Career
Lee Weeks attended The Kubert School and made his professional comics debut penciling, inking, and lettering a short st ...
(#284–285, 287–288, 290–291), Greg Capullo
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(#286) and Kieron Dwyer (#289), 1986–1991) collected as:
*** ''It Comes with the Claws'' (includes #236, 238–245, 247–251, tpb, 480 pages, 2022, )
*** ''A Touch of Typhoid'' (collects #253–257 and 259–270, tpb, 463 pages, 2016, v
*** ''Heart of Darkness'' (collects #271–282, tpb, 488 pages, 2017, )
*** ''Last Rites'' (includes #283–291, tpb, 504 pages, 2020, )
**''Daredevil: Typhoid's Kiss'' (tpb, 416 pages, 2015, ) collects:
*** ''Marvel Comics Presents
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Volume 1
The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for ...
'' #109–116, 123–130, 150–151 (with Steve Lightle
Steve Lightle (November 19, 1959 – January 8, 2021) was an American comics artist who worked primarily as a penciller. He was best known as the artist of DC Comics' ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Doom Patrol'' titles.
Biography
Steve Lightl ...
and Fred Harper (#151), anthology, 1992–1994)
*** ''The Spectacular Spider-Man
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Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', Marvel felt the character could support ...
'' #213–214 (with James W. Fry III, 1994)
*** ''Typhoid
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'' #1–4 (with John Van Fleet, Marvel Edge
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, 1995–1996)
*** '' Girl Comics'' #3: "Blindspot" (with Molly Crabapple, anthology, 2010)
**'' Marvel Holiday Special 1992'': "The Rapt Lamb" (with Tom Grindberg
Tom Grindberg (born 3 November 1961) is an American comic book illustrator. Noted for his work for Marvel and DC comics, his portfolio also includes ''2000 AD (comic), 2000 A.D. Presents'' #16-19 and ''Judge Dredd'' #10-11 for Fleetway in 1987.
...
, anthology one-shot, 1993) collected in ''Daredevil: Dead Man's Hand'' (tpb, 472 pages, 2021, )
**'' Daredevil'' #500: "3 Jacks" (with David Aja
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Career
Aja obtained a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and served as ...
, co-feature, 2009) collected in ''Punisher and Bullseye: Deadliest Hits'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2017, )
**'' Daredevil: Black and White'': "Game Room" (prose story with illustrations by David Aja, anthology one-shot, 2010)
**'' Elektra: Black, White and Blood'' #3: "Split" (with Federico Sabbatini, anthology, 2022) collected in ''Elektra: Black, White and Blood'' ('' Treasury Edition'', 136 pages, 2022, ; tpb, 2023, )
**'' Elektra'' #100: "Twisters" (with Sid Kotian, co-feature, 2022) collected in ''Daredevil: To Heaven Through Hell Volume 4'' (hc, 232 pages, 2023, )
**'' Daredevil'' vol. 8 #2: "The Hand" (with Chip Zdarsky
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, co-feature, 2022) collected in ''Daredevil and Elektra: The Red Fist Saga Part One'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2023, )
*''Marvel Fanfare
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Volume one
''Marvel Fanfare'' featured characters and setting ...
'' #30: " Real to Reel" (with Brent Anderson, anthology, 1987)
** Collected in ''Moon Knight Omnibus Volume 2'' (hc, 960 pages, 2022, )
** Collected in ''Moon Knight: Butcher's Moon'' (tpb, 464 pages, 2022, )
*''The Inhumans
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'' (with Bret Blevins, graphic novel
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, 72 pages, 1988, )
*''Someplace Strange
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References
*''Someplace Strange''at the Big Comic Book DataBase
...
'' (with John Bolton, graphic novel, hc, 63 pages, Epic
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Epic(s) ...
, 1988, ; sc, 1989, )
*''Toxic Crusaders
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'' #7: "Girl Power" (with Marie Severin, 1992)
*'' Marvel Holiday Special 1993'': " Harvey Teabiscuiet's Yule Log" (with Tom Grindberg, anthology one-shot, 1994)
*'' The All-New Exiles'' #9–10: "Love Wars" (with John Fang
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Early life
Fang was born in Shanghai, China in 1924 ...
, Malibu, 1996)
*''Marvel Comics Presents
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Volume 1
The first volume was released on a bi-weekly basis and lasted for ...
'' vol. 3 #1: " First Ride" (with Greg Land
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Career
Greg La ...
, anthology, 2019) collected in ''Tales through the Marvel Universe'' (tpb, 216 pages, 2020, )
*''Marvel Comics
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'' #1001: " Neither Here Nor There" (with Kim Jacinto, anthology, 2019) collected in ''Marvel Comics 1000'' (hc, 144 pages, 2020, )
*'' Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest'' #1–5 (with Paolo Villanelli, 2023–2024)
DC Comics
*Vertigo
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:
**''Kid Eternity
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'' vol. 3 #1–16 (with Sean Phillips
Sean Phillips (born 27 January 1965) is a British comic book artist, best known for his collaborations with Ed Brubaker on comics including '' Sleeper'', ''Incognito'', the ''Criminal'' series of comics, '' Fatale'', '' The Fade Out'', and '' ...
, Sean Harrison Scoffield (#7) and Paul Peart
Paul Peart (also known as Paul Peart-Smith) is a British comics artist who has done some work for '' 2000 AD'', Nelson, H.P Lovecraft, and many other publications.
Bibliography
*''Judge Hershey'': "Down Time" (with Dave Stone, in ''Judge Dred ...
(#15), 1993–1994)
*** A short ''Kid Eternity'' story titled "He Who Falls" (art by Duncan Fegredo
Duncan Fegredo (; born 1964) is a British comic book artist.
Career
Born in Leicester, Fegredo first managed to get into comics after showing his portfolio around UKCAC in 1987 and meeting Dave Thorpe. Together they worked on a strip for a s ...
) was published in '' Vertigo Jam'' (anthology one-shot, 1993)
*** Issues #1–9 and the short story from ''Vertigo Jam'' are collected as ''Kid Eternity Book One'' (tpb, 256 pages, 2017, )
**''Mystery in Space
''Mystery in Space'' is the name of two science fiction American comic book series published by DC Comics, and of a standalone Vertigo anthology released in 2012. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 to 1966, with a further seven issues ...
'': "Here Nor There" (with Fred Harper, anthology one-shot, 2012) collected in ''Strange Adventures'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, )
*Batman
Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...
:
**'' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #38: "Black and White
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey. It is also known as greyscale in technical settings.
Media
The history of various visual media began with black and white, ...
" (with John Bolton, co-feature, 2003) collected in ''Batman: Black and White Volume 3'' (hc, 288 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2008, )
**'' Batman/Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows'' (with John Van Fleet, one-shot, 2004)
**'' Batman and Catwoman: Trail of the Gun'' #1–2 (with Ethan Van Sciver
Ethan Daniel Van Sciver (No date on article; date appears in the website') (; born September 3, 1974) is an American comics artist. He illustrated and drew covers for a number of superhero titles in the 2000s, primarily for DC Comics, including ' ...
, 2004)
**''Catwoman
Catwoman is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, she debuted as "the Cat" in ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' #1 (spring 1940). She has become one of the superhero Batman' ...
'' vol. 3 (with Adriana Melo
Adriana Melo is a Brazilian comic book artist, Colorist, and penciller. She has worked on various ''Star Wars,'' Marvel Comics, and DC Comics titles. Notably, she worked on the '' Star Wars: Empire'' series. She has also worked on DC Comics' '' R ...
(#0), Rafa Sandoval
Rafa is a masculine given name, mostly as a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Rafael. It may refer to:
People
* Rafael Nadal (born 1986), Spanish tennis player
* Rafa (footballer, born 1985), Spanish footballer Rafael López Gómez
* Rafael Ben ...
, Aaron Lopresti
Aaron Lopresti (born January 7, 1964) is an People of the United States, American comic book artist who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, CrossGen Comics and Image Comics.
Early life
Aaron Lopresti was born January 7, 19 ...
(''Annual'') and Pat Olliffe
Patrick Olliffe is an American comic book artist and penciller. His most notable clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Disney Publishing Worldwide, Disney Publishing, and AfterShock Comics, Aftershock Comics.
Career
Olliffe is best known for ...
, 2012–2014) collected as:
*** ''Death of the Family
"Batman: Death of the Family" is a 23-issue comic book story arc first published by DC Comics in 2012 featuring the fictional superhero Batman and his family of supporting characters. The arc spans several titles featuring characters of the Batma ...
'' (collects #0 and 13–18, tpb, 176 pages, 2013, )
**** Includes the "Think it Through" short story (art by Emanuela Lupacchino) from '' Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special'' (anthology, 2013)
*** ''Gotham Underground'' (collects #19–24, 26 and ''Annual'' #1, tpb, 208 pages, 2014, )
**** Includes '' Batman: The Dark Knight'' vol. 2 #23.4 (written by Nocenti, art by Georges Jeanty
Georges Jeanty is an American comic book penciler illustrator best known for his work on ''The American Way'', an eight-issue American comic book limited series produced under DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint, and the '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Se ...
, 2013)
*** ''Race of Thieves'' (collects #25, #27–34, tpb, 232 pages, 2014, )
**'' Catwoman: 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular'': "Now You See Me" (with Robson Rocha, anthology one-shot, 2020) collected in ''Batman: 80 Years of the Bat Family'' (tpb, 400 pages, 2020, )
*''Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and designed by George Papp, he first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' No. 73 on September 19, 1941 (cover dated November 1941), th ...
'' vol. 5 (with Harvey Tolibao
Harvey Montecillo Tolibao (born June 25, 1981, in Bukidnon, Philippines) is a Filipino comic book illustrator. He is also a cover artist at Zenescope Entertainment, a comic book artist at IDW Publishing, a regular illustrator at DC Comics and an ...
, Steve Kurth (#10) and Freddie Williams II
Freddie E. Williams II (born May 30, 1977) is an American comic book artist.
Williams entered the comic scene in 2005, when he began work with DC Comics on ''Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle''. He has since gone on to work on several crossover se ...
, 2012–2013) collected as:
**''Triple Threat'' (collects #7–13, tpb, 160 pages, 2013, )
**''Harrow'' (includes #14–16, tpb, 144 pages, 2013, )
*Katana
A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Developed later than the ''tachi'', it was used by samurai in feudal Japan and worn with the edge fa ...
:
**''Katana: Soultaker'' (tpb, 256 pages, 2014, ) collects:
*** ''Katana
A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Developed later than the ''tachi'', it was used by samurai in feudal Japan and worn with the edge fa ...
'' #1–10 (with Alex Sanchez, Cliff Richards, Fabrizio Fiorentino (#7) and ChrisCross
Christopher Williams, who goes by ChrisCross, is a comic book illustrator, known mostly for his stints pencilling Milestone Comics' '' Blood Syndicate'' and '' Heroes'', Marvel Comics' '' Captain Marvel'' and '' Slingers'' and DC Comics' ''Fire ...
(#9), 2013–2014)
*** ''Justice League Dark
Justice League Dark, or JLD, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team made their debut in ''Justice League Dark'' #1 (September 2011). The team features some of the more supernatural characters in t ...
'' #23.1: " Twisted" (scripted by Nocenti from story by Dan Didio
Dan DiDio (; born October 13, 1959) is an American writer, editor, and publisher who has worked in the television and comic book industries. From February 2010 until February 2020, he was the co-publisher of DC Comics, along with Jim Lee. '' Wizar ...
, art by ChrisCross, Fabrizio Fiorentino and Tom Derenick, 2013)
**''Secret Origins
''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters.
Publication history
''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...
'' vol. 3 #6: "Full Deck" (with Roger Robinson, anthology, 2015) collected in ''Secret Origins Volume 2'' (tpb, 272 pages, 2015, )
*'' Klarion'' #1–6 (with Trevor McCarthy
Trevor McCarthy is an American comic book artist and illustrator. He is best known for his work on Nightwing the New Order, Nightwing, '' Batman: Gates of Gotham'', Batwoman, Aquaman, and Klarion the Witch Boy, all published through DC Comics a ...
, Fabrizio Fiorentino (#4) and Szymon Kudranski (#4–6), 2014–2015)
Other publishers
*''The Foot Soldiers'' (as editor; written by Jim Krueger
Jim Krueger () is an People of the United States, American comic book writer, novelist, and filmmaker.
Early life
Jim Krueger and his brother grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He developed an interest in comic books and storytelling in his youth, ...
, drawn by Phil Hester):
**''Asylum
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Types of asylum
* Asylum (antiquity), places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome
* Benevolent asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute
* Cities of Refuge, places of refuge in ancient Judea
* ...
'' #9: "Three Blind Mice" (anthology, Maximum Press
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, 1996)
**''The Foot Soldiers
''The Foot Soldiers'' is a post-apocalyptic superhero comic book written by Jim Krueger and with art by Mike Oeming.
Plot
The plot concerns a world where traditional super-heroes once existed, but have since been killed by oppressive robotic bei ...
'' vol. 2 #1–5 (with additional art by Steve Yeowell
Steve Yeowell () is a British comics artist, well known for his work on the long-running science fiction and fantasy weekly comic '' 2000 AD''.
Biography
Having trained in 3D design (specialising in silversmithing and jewellery), Yeowell beg ...
, Mike Parobeck
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, Michael Avon Oeming
Michael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer.
Career
Oeming is a fan of ancient mythology, having written or drawn several projects centering on the Norse gods. He frequently collaborates with long-time f ...
, Tony Salmons
Thomas Anthony "Tony" Salmons (born January 1, 1957) is an American alternative comic book artist, film storyboard artist, and character designer.
Biography
Born in Rolla, Missouri, Salmons grew up in Casa Grande, Arizona, with stops in New Yor ...
, Scott McDaniel
Scott McDaniel (born 1965) is an American comics artist whose comic book work includes Marvel Comics' "Fall from Grace" storyline for the '' Daredevil'' series. Artwork for DC Comics includes a run on ''Batman'' as regular penciller, ''Nightwing' ...
, Ian Gibson and Steve Rude
Steve Rude (born December 31, 1956) is an Americans, American comics artist. He is best known as the co-creator of ''Nexus (comics), Nexus''.
Early life
Steve Rude was born on December 31, 1956, in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended the Milwaukee Sc ...
, Image
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, 1997–1998)
*'' Raw Periphery'' #1: "Jezebel's Virtue" (with James Romberger
James Romberger (born 1958) is an American artist known for his depictions of New York City's Lower East Side.
Romberger's pastel drawings of the ravaged landscape of the Lower East Side and its citizens are in many public and private collecti ...
, an excerpt from the eponymous unreleased project intended for publication at Vertigo; anthology, Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) is an American independent comic book publisher, well known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat adult comics. Creators associated with SLG over the years include Evan Dorkin, Roman Dirge, Sarah Dyer, Woodrow Phoen ...
, 1997)
*Dark Horse
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:
**''Strange Wink
Strange may refer to:
Fiction
* Strange (comic book), a comic book limited series by Marvel Comics
* Strange (Marvel Comics), one of a pair of Marvel Comics characters known as The Strangers
* Adam Strange, a DC Comics superhero
* The title cha ...
'' #3: "Old Man" (with John Bolton, anthology, 1998)
**''The Seeds
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'' #1–2 (of 4) (with David Aja, Berger Books
Karen Berger (; born February 26, 1958) is an American comic book editor. She is best known for her role in helping create DC Comics' Vertigo imprint in 1993 and serving as the line's Executive Editor until 2013. She currently oversees Berger ...
, 2018)
*** Following lengthy delays after issue #2, the series was postponed indefinitely.
*** The story was eventually completed and released in its entirety as ''The Seeds'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2021, )
**''Ruby Falls
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'' #1–4 (with Flavia Biondi, Berger Books, 2019–2020) collected as ''Ruby Falls'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2020, )
*IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...
:
**'' Womanthology: Heroic'': "What's Lost is Lost" (with Alicia Fernandez, anthology graphic novel, hc, 300 pages, 2012, ; sc, 2015, )
**''True Blood
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'' vol. 2 (co-written by Nocenti and Michael McMillian
Michael McMillian is an American actor and writer, known for his roles as Henry Gibson on '' What I Like About You'', Steve Newlin on the HBO series ''True Blood'', Owen on ''Hot in Cleveland'' and Tim in '' Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''. McMillian is a ...
, art by Michael Gaydos
Michael Gaydos is an American comics artist.
Career
At Marvel Comics he has worked with Brian Michael Bendis on '' Alias,'' the last storyline of its follow up, '' The Pulse'', and the current sequel comic, ''Jessica Jones''. He has also illustr ...
, Greg Scott (#6) and Beni Lobel
Beni may also refer to:
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*Beni Gabor, a character in the 1999 film ''The Mummy''
*Benimaru Nikaido, fan nickname of a character in ''The King of Fighters''
People Given name
*Beni (Australian musician), Australian musician and dis ...
(#7–9), 2012–2013) collected as:
*** ''Where Were You?'' (includes #1–4, hc, 120 pages, 2013, )
*** ''Shake for Me'' (includes #6–9, hc, 128 pages, 2013, )
*'' Mine! (A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom for All Benefiting Planned Parenthood)'': "Tiger" (with Natacha Bustos, anthology graphic novel, hc, 304 pages, ComicMix
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...
, 2018, ; sc, 2018, )
*'' Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror'' #3: "Tar Feathers" (with Fred Harper, anthology, Ahoy Comics
Ahoy Comics is an American comic book publisher. It was founded in 2018 by publisher Hart Seely, editors Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore, and chief creative officer Frank Cammuso. At its launch, Ahoy sought to distinguish itself from other comics publ ...
, 2018) collected as ''Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror Volume 1'' (tpb, 192 pages, 2019, )
*''Ripley's Believe It or Not!
''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals with bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the ''Believe It or Not'' ...
'' vol. 3 #2: "Irish Giant" (with Fred Harper, anthology, Zenescope, 2018) collected as ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2019, )
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1957 births
American comics writers
American magazine editors
American writers of Italian descent
20th-century American women journalists
American comic book editors
American female comics writers
Living people
DC Comics people
Marvel Comics writers
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni
State University of New York at New Paltz alumni
American women magazine editors
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American journalists
21st-century American women journalists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Inkpot Award winners