Dan Watters is an

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who has written for

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, and

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. He is best known for his creator-owned comics ''Coffin Bound'' and ''Home Sick Pilots'' and his work on ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Watters's first creator-owned comic was the six-issue comic ''Limbo'', which he made with artist Caspar Wijngaard and was published in 2015-2016 through

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described the book as "

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meets Cronenberg as ''

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'' and ''

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'' collide in an explosion of magic, myth, jazz and

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." Watters and Wijngaard continued working together, doing stories for ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

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. Watters then worked with Alex Paknadel to do a comic adaptation of ''

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'' before working on ''

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'' with

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and ''

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''. In 2018, he released ''Deep Roots'' through

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, which was one of the first comics he created as part of White Noise, the British comic collective made up of Watters, Ryan O’Sullivan, Alex Paknadel, and

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. He was then announced as the writer for ''

'' for DC's Sandman Universe imprint and co-wrote ''House of Whispers'' with

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. In 2019, he and artist Dani put out the creator-owed ''Coffin Bound'' though Image, a surreal

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western. In 2020, he re-teamed with Wijngaard to publish ''Home Sick Pilots'', a "punk rock horror" comic, through Image. He also published ''The Picture of Everything Else'', a take of ''

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'', through Vault. In 2021, he teamed up with artist Dani again to work on ''Arkham City: The Order of the World'', a six-issue mini-series for DC Comics about a psychiatrist from Arkham Asylum attempting to find a number of patients who have escaped into the city. As part of the book, they reinvented the villain the

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. In 2021, he and artist Lamar Mathurin worked on Titan's four issue ''

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'' comic, adapting from the 2021

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show, and in 2022, he wrote a six-issue ''Sword of

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'' mini-series for DC with artist Nikola Čižmešija. In 2022, it was announced by

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that Watters would write one of the prequel graphic novels for ''

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'' called ''Dying Star'', with artist Jon Davis-Hunt. In 2023, he worked with artist Sebastián Cabrol on ''The Seasons Have Teeth'', a four-issue series from

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, and with artist Germán Peralta on ''Loki'' for Marvel. In September 2023, he worked with Ram V on ''

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'' and then, in 2024, they wrote ''

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Lives!'' together for

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/Image. He and Ram V also worked together on two Image mini-series that would tell one story about a serial killer in a neo-noir cyberpunk setting: Ram V writing ''The One Hand'' and Watters writing ''The Six Fingers''. He was also announced to be the writer for the ''

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'' mini-series at Skybound. In March 2024, he was announced as the writer for Titan's ''

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: The Fifteenth Doctor'' series. In July 2024, he was announced along with artist Dexter Soy as the new creative team for ''

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''. In September on 2024, it was announced that he and artist Hayden Sherman would work on the twelve-issue mini-series ''Batman: Dark Patterns'', which will take a look at four of Batman's early cases in Gotham, described as "lo-fi, mystery focused."

Personal life

He was born and currently lives in London.

Bibliography

DC Comics

* '' Absolute Power Task Force VII'' #7 (2024) * ''

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Presents:

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Special'' #1 (2023) * ''

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80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular'' #1, short story "What Remains of a Storm" (2021) * ''

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City: The Order of the World'' #1-6 (2021-2022) *

: ** ''Batman Secret Files'' #3, short story "Afraid of America" (2020) ** ''Batman: Dark Patterns'' #1-12 (2024-2025) ** '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' vol. 2 #10, short story "The Cheeseburger" (2024) ** ''Batman: Urban Legends'' #8-10, three-part story "Dark Knight of the Soul" and #17, short story "On His Worst Nights" (2021-2022) ** ''

'' #1040, backup story "The Quiet and Unsung Death of Kirk Langstrom" (2021), #1072-1089, backup stories (2023-2024) ** ''

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Villains Anniversary Giant'' #1, short story "The Perfect Fit" (2021) ** ''

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: Detective Comics'' #1-2 (2023) *

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: ** ''Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green'' #1 (2022) ** ''Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Wonder Woman'' #1, short story "The Martian Squidhunter" (2022) * ''DC's Saved by the Belle Reve'' #1, short story "How Angels Are Made" (2022) * ''

Future State "Future State" is a comic book storyline published by DC Comics in January and February 2021, consisting of multiple limited series released in place of DC's regular ongoing series during those months. The event is set in the aftermath of the " ...

: Superman/Wonder Woman'' #1-2 (2021) * ''

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Secret Files'' #1, short story "My Brother is a Kind of Shadow" and "The Third Question" (2021) * ''

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2021 Annual'' vol. 2 #1 (2021) * ''The Last God: Songs of Lost Children'' #1 (2020) * ''

Lazarus Planet "Lazarus Planet" is a 2023 American comic book crossover storyline written by Mark Waid and Gene Luen Yang, with art by Ricardo Federici and Billy Tan published by DC Comics. The event involves Chinese deities-turned demons Nezha and King Fire B ...

: We Once Were Gods'' #1, short story "Songs of Pain" (2023) * ''New Year's Evil'' vol. 2 #1, short story "Winter's Root" (2019) * ''

'' #119-present (2024–present) * ''

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'' #1 (2019) * ''

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'' #25, short story "The Pyrophyte" (2024) *

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: ** ''The Sandman Universe'' #1 (2018) ** ''House of Whispers'' #5-22, co-written with Nalo Hopkinson (2018-2020) ** ''

'' vol. 3 #1-18, issues #19-24 released in trade paperback (2018-2020) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #1, short story "Footsteps of Old Worm" (2019) * ''Super-Pets Special: Bitedentity Crisis'' #1, short story "The Little Cat" (2024) * ''

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Red and Blue'' #1, short story "Human Colors" (2021) * ''Sword of

'' #1-6 (2022-2023) * ''Sword of Azrael: Dark Knight of the Soul'' #1 (2022)

Marvel Comics

* ''

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'' vol. 4 #1-4 (2023) * ''

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Annual'' vol. 5 #1 (2024)

Other Companies

Boom! Studios

* ''The Seasons Have Teeth'' #1-4 (2023)

Dark Horse Comics

* ''Cyberpunk 2077: Psycho Squad'' #1-4 (2025)

Dynamite Entertainment

* ''

'' #1-6 (2017-2018)

Humanoids

* ''

Universe: Free Comic Book Day 2022'', short story "Dying Star" (2022) * ''The Incal: Dying Star'' (2023)

Image Comics

* ''Coffin Bound'' #1-8 (2019-2020) * ''

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'' vol. 2 #2 (2023) * ''

'' #1-5 (2024) * ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Jinx'' (2025) * ''Home Sick Pilots'' #1-15 (2020-2022) * ''Limbo'' #1-6 (2015-2016) * ''The Six Fingers'' #1-5 (2024) * ''

Lives!'' #1-4 (2024)

TinyOnion

* ''Razorblades: The Horror Magazine'' #3 (2022)

Titan Comics

* ''

: Uprising'' #1-8 (2017) * ''

'' #1-4 (2022) * ''

: Legends of the Flame'' #1-2 (2016) * ''Dark Souls: Tales of Ember'' #2 (2017) * ''

: Free Comic Book Day 2024'' (2024) * '' Doctor Who: The Fifteenth Doctor'' #1-4 (2024) * ''

'' #1-2 (2017) * ''

'' #1-2 (2017)

Vault Comics

* ''Deep Roots'' #1-5 (2018) * ''The Picture of Everything Else'' #1-3 (2020-2021)

References

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