Craig Paul Kyle (born November 3, 1971) is an American writer for
Marvel Comics
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. He is best known for his creation of the character
X-23. 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
Houston, Texas
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. He is a frequent collaborator with
Christopher Yost, and they are perhaps best known for the creation of
mutant
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character
X-23, 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
X-Force is a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, the team first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #100 (April 1991 ...
'' with
Clayton Crain
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on pencils; the cast featured
Wolverine
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,
Warpath,
Wolfsbane, and
X-23 as black ops agents on assassination missions per the orders of
Cyclops
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. The series ended in 2010 and was replaced by ''
Uncanny X-Force
''Uncanny X-Force'' was a comic book ongoing series published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Rick Remender and artist Jerome Opeña, the first volume of the series continued the story of Wolverine (character), Wolverine and his X-Force team f ...
'', written by
Rick Remender.
Filmography
Film
Theatrical
Direct-to-video
Television
References
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External links
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Living people
American comics writers
Marvel Comics writers
Writers from Houston
1971 births
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