Benjamin Percy is an American

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of novels and short stories,

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, comic book writer, and

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Career

Benjamin Percy has published four novels, ''The Dark Net'', ''The Dead Lands'', ''Red Moon'', and ''The Wilding'', as well as two books of short fiction: ''Refresh, Refresh'' and ''The Language of Elk''. In 2016, he published his first book of non-fiction, a collection of essays on writing and genre fiction: ''Thrill Me''. Percy's first work for

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was writing ''

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'' #35 - 36 in 2014, which was part of the company's

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branding. He eventually took over as writer on the company's '' Green Arrow'' series, beginning with issue 41, and continuing until issue 52, when that series was cancelled in preparation for DC's 2016

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initiative, which involved restarting its monthly titles with new #1 issues. Percy would continue as writer on ''Green Arrow'' with its new series in 2016, beginning with the one-shot '' Green Arrow: Rebirth'', which sold over 90,000 copies when it was released in May 2016. It was the highest-selling issue with Green Arrow as the main character in recent comics history, and received a second-printing. In comparison, the final issues of the previous ''Green Arrow'' series sold between 21,000 and 22,000 copies, the last ''Green Arrow'' #1, from the New 52 launch, sold 55,512 copies, and

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's ''Green Arrow'' #1 from 2001 sold 85,046 copies.

Bibliography

Books

Collections

* ''The Language of Elk'' (2006) * '' Refresh, Refresh'' (2007) * ''Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction'' (2016) * ''Suicide Woods'' (2019)

Novels

* ''The Wilding'' (2010) * ''Red Moon'' (2013) * ''The Dead Lands'' (2015) * ''The Dark Net'' (2017) * ''The Ninth Metal'' (2021) * ''The Unfamiliar Garden'' (2022)

Comics

AWA Studios * ''Year Zero'' #1–5 (with Ramon Rosanas, April 2020–present) * ''Devil's Highway'' #1–5 (with Brent Schoonover, July 2020–)

* ''

'' #35–36 (October–November 2014) "Terminal" (with John Paul Leon) ** ''Volume 7: Anarky'' (hc, 176 pages, 2016) collects * '' Green Arrow'' Volume 6 #41–52 (with

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, June 2015–May 2016) * '' Green Arrow: Rebirth'' #1 (with Otto Schmidt, August 2016) * '' Green Arrow'' Volume 7 #1-38 (with Otto Schmidt and Juan Ferreyra, August 2016–March 2018) * ''

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'' Volume 6 #1-20 (with Jonboy Meyers, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Khoi Pham, November 2016-July 2018) ** ''Volume 1: Damian Knows Best'' (sc, 144 pages, 2017) collects ** ''Volume 2: The Rise of Aqualad'' (sc, 128 pages, 2018) collects ** ''Volume 3: The Return of Kid Flash'' (sc, 152 pages, 2018) collects * ''

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'' Volume 4 #44-50 (with Chris Mooneyham and Amancay Nahuelpan, July-December 2018)

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* ''

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: Black Box'' #1-6 (March-August 2017) (with Rapha Lobosco) ** ''James Bond: Black Box'' (hc, 176 pages, 2017) collects

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* ''

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'' (vol. 6) #1–present (with Joshua Cassara, Stephen Segovia & Jan Bazaldua, November 2019–present) ** ''X-Force by Benjamin Percy: Volume 1'' (collecting ''X-Force'' (vol. 6) #1–6, with Joshua Cassara & Stephen Segovia, trade paperback, 176 pages, 2020, ) ** ''X-Force by Benjamin Percy: Volume 2'' (collecting ''X-Force'' (vol. 6) #7–12, with Joshua Cassara & Jan Bazaldua, trade paperback, 136 pages, 2020, ) * ''Weapon Plus: World War IV'' #1 (with Georges Jeanty and Rachelle Rosenberg, January 2020) * ''

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'' (vol. 7) #1–present (with Adam Kubert & Victor Bogdonavic, February 2020–present)''Wolverine'' (2020-Present)
/ref> ** ''Wolverine by Benjamin Percy: Volume 1'' (collecting ''Wolverine'' (vol. 7) #1–3, with Adam Kubert & Victor Bogdonavic, trade paperback, 136 pages, 2020, ) * ''Wolverine: The Long Night Adaptation'' #1-5 * ''Marvel Comics Presents'' Vol. 3 #4 * ''Empyre: X-Men'' #2 * ''Marauders'' #14-15

Short fiction

Scripts

Podcasts Wolverine: The Long Night Wolverine: The Lost Trail Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord

References

General references

* Jasper, David. ''Writing Stories the Color of Oregon — Former Resident Releases Collection of Short Tales''. ''

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'' (Bend, Oregon), April 11, 2006.

Inline citations

External links

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