Christopher Lee Yost (; born February 21, 1973) is an American film, television, animation, and comic book writer best known for his work for

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with '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) and '' Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017) and on ''

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'' for

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and

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Career

Yost graduated from the

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in 1995 with a film and video degree and got into advertising in the Detroit area, producing TV commercials. He went on to earn an MFA in film from

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at the

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and later interned, in 2002, in

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' west coast office. His spec film scripts got attention from Marvel executives who hired Yost to write episodes of the TV series '' X-Men: Evolution''. Yost has also written for animated shows such as ''

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'', '' The Batman'' and was the story editor and head writer on the ''

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'' animated series that aired on

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in 2006 as well as '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures''. He was the head writer of

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's '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', which aired on

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from 2010 to 2012, and has worked on

's ''

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'' on

. Yost worked in the Marvel Feature Film Writers Program from 2010 to 2012 before embarking on his feature film screenwriting career. He was one of the writers of Marvel's feature film '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013), and then wrote Mattel's film ''

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'', before returning to Marvel to work on '' Thor: Ragnarok''. On June 6, 2017, it was announced that Yost would write an American live-action adaptation of ''

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'' for television with Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between

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and Sunrise Inc., which also produced the original anime. Additionally, he worked on ''

'' for Lucasfilm and Disney+. In August 2024, Yost and Alan Wan served as

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s and executive producers on ''Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' for

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Filmography

Film

* '' Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) * ''

'' (2016) * '' Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017) * '' Secret Headquarters'' (2022) * '' The Tiger's Apprentice'' (2024)

Television

Bibliography

Comics

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***''Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' #1–4 (art by Scott Wegener, 2010–2011) ***''

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: Avengers'' #1 (art by Mike McKone, 2011) ***''Avengers Prelude'' #1–4 (co-written by Eric Pearson, 2012) ***''Marvel Universe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' #1–7 (2012) ***''AvsX'' #3 (writer of Black Widow vs. Magik story, 2012) ***''A+X'' #7 (writer of Thor/Iceman story, 2013) **

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'' Vol. 3 #9 (first story only, with pencils by Drew Johnson, 2005) ***''The Many Loves of The Amazing Spider-Man'' #1 (Black Cat story only with art by Michael Ryan, 2010) ***'' Fear Itself: Spider-Man'' #1–3 (art by Mike McKone, 2011) ***''

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'' #1–25 (art by Ryan Stegman, Khoi Pham, 2012–2013) ***''

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'' #15.1–22 (art by Paco Medina, Marco Checchetto, 2013) ***'' Superior Spider-Man Team-Up'' #1–2, 5–8 (2013–2014) **

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***'' X-23: Innocence Lost'' #1–6 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by

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, 2005) ***'' X-23: Target X'' (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by Mike Choi, 2007) **

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'' #1–28 (with co-writer Craig Kyle, Marvel Comics, 2008–2010) ***''X-Force/Cable: Messiah War'' #1 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by Mike Choi, 2009) ***''X-Force: Sex and Violence'' #1–3 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by

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, 2010) **

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'' Vol. 2 #11 (first story only, with pencils by Billy Dallas Patton, 2005) ***'' New X-Men'' #20–46 (with co-writer Craig Kyle, 2006–2008) ***'' X-Men: Emperor Vulcan'' #1–5 (with pencils by Paco Diaz and Vincente Cifuentes, 2008) ***''X-Men Origins: Colossus'' #1 (with penciles by Trevor Hairsine, 2008) ***''X-Men: Divided We Stand'' #1 (Gentle and Hellion stories only, 2008) ***''X-Men: Worlds Apart'' #1–4 (art by Diogene Neves, Marvel Comics, 2008–2009) ***'' X-Men: Kingbreaker'' #1–4 (with Dustin Weaver, Marvel Comics, 2008–2009) ***''Dark X-Men: The Confession'' #1 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by

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, 2009) ***''

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'' #1–4 (art by Harvey Tolibao, 2009–2010) ***''Nation X'' #1, 3 (#1 Iceman story only; #3 Box & Diamond Lil story only, 2010) ***'' X-Men: Second Coming'' #1–2 (#1 with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by David Finch; #2 with co-writers Matt Fraction, Mike Carey and Zeb Wells and art by Adi Granov, 2010) ***''X-Men: Second Coming – Revelations: Hellbound'' #1–3 (with Harvey Tolibao, 2010) ***''X-Men: To Serve and Protect'' #1–4 (X-Vigilante's story only 2010–2011) ***''X-Men Giant Size'' #1 (First to Last Part 1, art by Paco Medina and Dalibor Talajic, 2011) ***''

'' #12–15 (First to Last, art by Paco Medina and Dalibor Talajic, 2011) ***''

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'' #8–12, 14–18 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by

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, Carlo Barberi, 2014–2015) **

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***'' Fury's Big Week'' #1–3 (2012) **Other Marvel ***''Wolverine: Killing Made Simple'' (first story only, with pencils by Koi Turnbull, 2008) ***'' Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers'' #1–3 (art by

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, 2008) ***''Runaways Vol. 3 #10 (with co-writer

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and art by

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& Emma Rios, Marvel Comics, 2009)'' ***''Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular'' #2 (writer of the Elsa Bloodstone story, Marvel Comics, 2009) ***''Ender's Game: Battle School'' #1–5 (art by Pasqual Ferry, 2009) ***''Ender's Game: Command School'' #1–5 (art by Pasqual Ferry, 2009–2010) ***''Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way!'' #1 (X-Men story only with art by Paul Davidson, 2010) ***''Battle Scars'' #1–6 (art by Scot Eaton, 2011) ***''Point One'' #1 (art by Ryan Stegman, 2011) ***''New Warriors'' Vol. 5 #1–12 (with art by

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, 2014) ***''M.O.D.O.K. Assassin'' #1–5 (art by Amilcar Pinna, 2015) ***''

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: Black, White and Blood'' #4 (first story only, art by Martin Coccolo, 2021) ***''

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'' (art by Nathan Stockman, Jed Dougherty and Chris Campana, 2024) *

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**'' Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Underground'' #1 (with art by Pablo Raimondi, 2009) **''

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'' #1–12 (with art by Ramon Bachs, 2009–2010) **''Titans'' #16 (with art by Angel Unzueta, 2009) **''Batman: Streets of Gotham'' #5–6 (main feature, with art by Dustin Nguyen, 2009) *

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**''Killer of Demons'' #1–3 (Art by Scott Wegener 2009) *

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**''Unnatural Order'' #1–4 (Art by Val Rodrigues 2023)

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* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yost, Christopher 1973 births Living people American comics writers American male screenwriters Marvel Comics writers Screenwriters from Missouri University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni Writers from St. Louis