Benjamin Percy is an American

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of novels and short stories,

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, 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 ''

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'' 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. Since 2019, Percy has written numerous series for

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, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Ghost Rider'', '' Predator vs. Wolverine'', '' Predator vs. Black Panther'', '' Predator vs. Spider-Man'', and '' Predator Kills the Marvel Universe''.

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) * ''The Sky Vault'' (2023)

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

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) ** ''Volume 7: Anarky'' (hc, 176 pages, 2016) collects * ''

'' Volume 6 #41–52 (with

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, June 2015 – May 2016) * '' Green Arrow: Rebirth'' #1 (with Otto Schmidt, August 2016) * ''

'' 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

* '' Ghost Rider'' (Series 10) #1–21, Annual #1 (with Corey Smith, Brent Peeples & Kael Ngu, May 2022–present) ** ''Ghost Rider Vol 1.: Unchained'' (collecting ''Ghost Rider'' (Series 10) #1–5, with Corey Smith, Brent Peeples & Kael Ngu, trade paperback, 144 pages, 2022, ) ** ''Ghost Rider Vol 1.: Shadow Country'' (collecting ''Ghost Rider'' (Series 10) #6–10, with Corey Smith, Brent Peeples & Kael Ngu, trade paperback, 160 pages, 2023, ) * ''

'' (vol. 6) #1–50 (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) * ''

'' (vol. 7) #1–50(with

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& 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 * '' Predator vs. Wolverine'' #1–4 * '' Predator vs. Black Panther'' #1–4 * ''Carnage: Black, White & Blood'' #1 * ''Aliens: Aftermath'' #1 * ''Moon Knight: Black White & Blood'' #2 * ''Ghost Rider: Vengeance Forever'' #1 * ''Edge of Spider-Verse'' Vol. 3 #2 * ''Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha'' #1 * ''Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Omega'' #1 * ''Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance'' #1-6 * ''Star Wars: Darth Maul - Black, White & Red'' #1 * ''

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'' #1-4 * ''Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 4 #19 * ''Crypt of Shadows'' Vol. 5 #1 * ''Hellverine'' Vol. 2 #1-Present * ''Deadpool/Wolverine'' #1-Present * ''Red Hulk'' #1-Present * '' Predator vs. Spider-Man'' * '' Predator Kills the Marvel Universe'' #1–4

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

Inline citations

External links

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