(Trigger warning, the story involves violence against children). This first part of this volume is taken from Bugle reporter Ben Ulrich's point of view as he tries to determine what happened to a missing villain. 3: Wake Up a book beautifully painted by Mack, but also the start of some seriously well written and multi-faceted Marvel 'street hero' stories. He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.ĭavid Mack was already turning things up with the more adult Marvel Knights sub-brand version of Daredevil when he got Brian Michael Bendis to write Daredevil, Vol. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.īrian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.īendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an 'A' from Entertainment Weekly.īendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's 'Ultimate' line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.īendis first entered the comic world with the 'Jinx' line of crime comics in 1995. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. A comic book writer and erstwhile artist.

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