Steven McNiven is a

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comic book artist. He first gained prominence on CrossGen's '' Meridian'', before moving onto books such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' New Avengers'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Steven McNiven is a native of

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Career

McNiven first came into prominence after he took over as a

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of CrossGen's '' Meridian'' title following the departure of Josh Middleton. Later, he gained more fame working for

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as the penciller of ''

'', ''

'' and '' New Avengers''. He was named in August 2005 as one of Marvel's "Young Guns", a group of artists that, according to Marvel Editor-in-Chief

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, have the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller". Other "Young Guns" include

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, David Finch,

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and

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McNiven was the penciller of the Marvel mini-series ''

'' working with Mark Millar. He followed this by provided the art for the

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storyline "

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" and the

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mini-series '' ''Nemesis'''', both with Millar. In 2011 Marvel relaunched a new volume of '' Captain America'', with McNiven as artist. In 2012 he provide

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poster for

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. the art which feature The Avengers in an iconic New York setting. In 2013 he drew the ''

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'' ongoing series with writer Brian Michael Bendis. McNiven drew the ''

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'' from issue 14 to issue 17. McNiven was the artist for Marvel Comics' Limited series ''

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''. In 2015 McNiven redesign costume of Black Bolt, Human Torch during Charles Soule's run on Uncanny Inhumans. he also penciled issue 0 to 4. In 2017 McNiven penciled issues #1 and 10 of the Marvel miniseries '' Secret Empire''. The series was a commercial success, with issues #0 and 1 being the third best-selling comic books of April and May, respectively. In 2018 he worked on the miniseries Return of Wolverine with writer

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, as a follow-up to ''Death of Wolverine'' and ''Hunt For Wolverine''.Adams, Tim (June 5, 2018)
"Marvel Officially Announces Wolverine’s New Series, Creative Team"
CBR.com.

Bibliography

Interior work

CrossGen

*'' Meridian'' #6-7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-21, 23-26, 29-30, 33-36 (with

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, 2001–03) *'' Mystic'' #7 (with

Ron Marz Ron Marz (born November 17, 1965) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as ''Batman/Aliens'', '' DC vs. Marvel'', '' Green Lantern'', '' Silver Surfer'', and '' Witchblade''. Career Marz is known for his work on '' ...

, 2000) *'' Archard's Agents: Deadly Dare'' (with Chuck Dixon, one-shot, 2004) *''

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'' #6 (with Barbara Kesel, 2000)

Marvel

*''

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'' #546-548: " Brand New Day" (with

Dan Slott Dan Slott (born July 3, 1967) is an American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics books such as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', as well as ''She-Hulk'', ''Silver Surfer'', '' The Superior Spider-Man'', '' Tony Stark: Iron Man'', ''Th ...

, 2008) *'' AvX: VS'' #2: "Captain America vs. Gambit" (script and art, 2012) *'' Avengers Finale'' (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, one-shot, 2005) *'' Captain America'', vol 6, #1-5: "American Dreamers" (with

Ed Brubaker Ed Brubaker (; born November 17, 1966) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist and screenwriter who works primarily in the crime fiction genre. He began his career with the semi-autobiographical series '' Lowlife'' and a number of serials i ...

, 2011) *''Captain America: Peggy Carter, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.''(with various artists, 2014) *''

'' #1-7 (with Mark Millar, 2006–07) *''

'' #1-4 (with

, 2014) *''

'' #1-7 (with

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (born 1973) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series '' Glee'', '' Big Love'', '' Riverdale'', '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' ...

, 2004) * ''Guardians of The Galaxy'', vol. 3, #0.1-3 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2013) *'' Monsters Unleashed'' #1, (with

Cullen Bunn Cullen Bunn is an American comics writer, novelist, and short story writer, best known for his work on comic books such as ''Uncanny X-Men'', '' X-Men: Blue'', '' Magneto'' and various ''Deadpool'' miniseries for Marvel Comics, and his creator-own ...

, 2017) *'' Nemesis'', miniseries, #1-4 (with Mark Millar,

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, 2010–11) *'' Secret Empire'' #1, #10, (with

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, 2017) *'' New Avengers'' Vol. 1 (with Brian Michael Bendis): ** "The Sentry" (in #7-10, 2005) ** "The Collective" (in #16, 2006) ** "Dark Reign" (with

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and various artists, in #50, 2009) *'' New Avengers'' Vol. 2 #16 (with Brian Michael Bendis,Marvel, 2011) *'' Return of Wolverine'' #1 (with Charles Soul, Marvel, 2018) *''

'' #1-2 (with

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, Marvel, 2005) *''

'' #14-17 (with

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, 2013-2014) *''

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'' #0-4 (with

, 2015–16) *''

'' #66-72 (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2008–09) *'' Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size'' (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2009)

Cover work

*''

'' #8-12, 15, 17, 19 (

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, 2004–2005) *''

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'' #1-6, 8 (Marvel, 2004–2005) *''

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'' #3 (Marvel, 2004) *'' New Avengers'' #1, 17-18 (Marvel, 2005–2006) *'' Powerless'' #6 (Marvel, 2005) *'' What If... Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers?'' (Marvel, 2005) *''

'' #3-4 (Marvel, 2005) *''

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'' #13-18 (Marvel, 2005) *''

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'' #95 (

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, 2006) *''Civil War Files'' #1 (Marvel, 2006) *'' Daredevil'' #82 (Marvel, 2006) *''

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'' #8, 15 ( Dynamite, 2006) *'' Battlestar Galactica'' #0 (Dynamite, 2006) *'' The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born'' #4 (Marvel, 2007) *'' The Order'' #1 (Marvel, 2007) *'' Kick-Ass'' #1 (

, 2008) *'' Wonderlost'' #2 ( Image, 2008) *''

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'' #1 (Marvel, 2008) *''

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'' #1-4 (Marvel, 2008) *'' Marvel Comics Presents'' #9 (Marvel, 2008) *'' The Marvels Project'' #1-8 (Marvel, 2009–2010) *'' Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''Wolverine'' vol 4 #1 (Marvel, 2010) *'' Superior'' #2 (Icon, 2011) *'' Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'' #154, 158 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Fear Itself'' #1-7 (Marvel, 2011) *''

Annual'' #38 (Marvel, 2011) *''

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Annual'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Incredible Hulks Annual'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *'' The Avengers v4'' #24.1 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Avengers Assemble'' #9 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Avenging Spider-Man'' #6 (Marvel, 2012) *'' A+X'' #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2012) *''Wolverine'' vol 1, #305 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Infinity'' #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2013) *'' Captain America'' #25 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2014) *''

Civil War II "Civil War II" is a 2016 comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics. Debuting in June of that year, it is the sequel to 2006's "Civil War" and consists of a nine-issue eponymous core limited series, by writer Brian Michael Bendis ...

'' #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014) *'' SHIELD'' #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014) *''Wolverine'' vol 6, #8-12 (Marvel, 2014) *''Legendary Star-Lord'' #1 (Marvel, 2014) *'' Original Sin'' #1 (variant cover only, Marve, 2014) *''Uncanny Inhumans''#1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2015) *''Return of Wolverine'' #2-3 (Marvel, 2018) *''Old Man Hawkeye'' #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2018)

Notes

References

* ''

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: Mark Millar/Steve McNiven'' (Marvel, 2006) includes an interview with McNiven
Steve McNiven
on Marvel.com

External links

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, March 8, 2004 *
Steve McNiven Q&A

, March 18, 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:McNiven, Steve Living people Artists from Nova Scotia People from Halifax, Nova Scotia 1967 births Canadian comics artists