Craig Paul Kyle (born November 3, 1971) is an American writer for

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in ...

. He is best known for his creation of the character

X-23 Laura Kinney (born X-23; codename Wolverine) is a fictional superhero appearing in media published by Marvel Entertainment, most commonly in association with the X-Men. The character was created by writer Craig Kyle for the '' X-Men: Evolutio ...

. He has also produced several of Marvel's direct-to-DVD animated films and worked on several aspects of the ''Thor'' film series.

Life and career

Kyle was born in

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. He is a frequent collaborator with Christopher Yost, and they are perhaps best known for the creation of

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character

, teenage female clone of Wolverine. In 2003, Kyle and Yost co-wrote the episodes of '' X-Men: Evolution'' that introduced X-23 to the ''X-Men: Evolution'' universe. Marvel executives were impressed with X-23's reception on TV, and subsequently asked Yost and Kyle to adapt the character into comics, first by writing the character into a six issue eponymous mini-series, and then by taking over writing chores (as of issue #20) on the ''New X-Men'' (formerly ''New X-Men: Academy X'') title, bringing X-23 in as a regular character. The success of X-23's first miniseries (''X-23: Innocence Lost'') prompted Marvel to order a second six-issue miniseries with Kyle and Yost at the helm, titled ''X-23: Target X''. Kyle and Yost concluded their stint on the New X-Men title after the events of " X-Men: Messiah Complex" when the title turned into '' Young X-Men''. Chris Yost and Kyle co-wrote the revamped '' X-Force'' with

Clayton Crain Clayton Crain is an American comic book artist known for his digital painted work on Marvel Comics books such as '' Ghost Rider'', '' X-Force'', and '' Carnage'', and also on the Valiant Comics series '' Rai''. Crain is also known for his work ...

on pencils; the cast featured

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, Wolfsbane, and

as black ops agents on assassination missions per the orders of

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. The series ended in 2010 and was replaced by '' Uncanny X-Force'', written by

Rick Remender Rick Remender (born February 6, 1973) is an American animator, comic book writer and television producer who resides in Los Angeles, California. As a comic book creator, he is best known for his work on '' Uncanny X-Force'', ''Venom'', ''Captain ...

Filmography

Film

Theatrical Direct-to-video

Television

References

External links

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