Jonathan Hickman (born September 3, 1972) is an American comic book writer and

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, best known for his creator-owned series ''

The Nightly News ''The Nightly News'' is a six-issue American comic book limited series written and drawn by Jonathan Hickman and published by Image Comics. Plot At an anti-globalisation rally in New York City, a sniper called John Guyton — who calls himself " ...

'', ''

The Manhattan Projects ''The Manhattan Projects'' is a comic book series co-created by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Nick Pitarra published by Image Comics. It is a story about an alternate history of the end of World War II in which the Manhattan Project was a f ...

'' and '' East of West'', as well as his lengthy stints as a writer on

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's ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The New Avengers''. Hickman's other notable work at Marvel includes the '' S.H.I.E.L.D.'' limited series, the creation of the ''Fantastic Four'' spin-off title '' FF'', as well as two crossover limited series, ''

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'' and ''

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'', both of which acted as centerpieces for the eponymous company-wide crossover storylines. Between 2019 and 2021, Hickman worked on "

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", a relaunch of various

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-related titles for which he provided the core storyline and concepts.

Early life

Jonathan Hickman was born and raised in

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. He graduated from South Florence High School in Florence, South Carolina. After high school, Hickman earned a degree in Architecture.Alt URL
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Career

Before breaking into comics, Hickman worked in the fields of Web and CD-ROM development and later, advertising. Between 2006 and 2008, Hickman published his debut comic book series ''

'' and ''

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'', both of which he wrote, drew, colored and lettered, through

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. Soon after, he was invited to write for

, and, in 2009, Hickman launched his first ongoing series '' Secret Warriors'' which followed

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and a group of superpowered operatives as they undertook espionage operations in the wake of the company-wide crossover storyline "

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". The following year, Hickman wrote the '' S.H.I.E.L.D.'' limited series which detailed the secret history of the eponymous spy organization operating within the

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. During this period, he continued to publish various creator-owned projects through Image: '' Transhuman'' with artist J. M. Ringuet, '' A Red Mass for Mars'' with artist

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and '' The Red Wing'' with Nick Pitarra. In 2009, Hickman began his run on ''

'' with the '' Dark Reign: Fantastic Four'' limited series, illustrated by Sean Chen, taking over the series proper with issue #570, drawn by

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. In the storyline "Three", which concluded in ''Fantastic Four'' #587, the

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appeared to die stopping a horde of monsters from the other-dimensional

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. The series ended with the following issue and was relaunched as simply '' FF''. Hickman finished his run on the

and became the writer of ''

'' and '' The New Avengers'' as part of the

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relaunch in late 2012. Hickman's run on the titles spawned two company-wide crossover storylines, "

" in 2013 and "

" in 2015. After taking a leave from Marvel to focus on his long-form creator-owned titles, Hickman returned to the publisher for "

", the 2019 relaunch of the

family of titles which began with the ''House of X'' and ''Powers of X'' limited series that laid out the new status quo developed by Hickman. He subsequently wrote the core ''

'' series while the creators of other titles worked closely under his supervision. Hickman announced his departure from writing ''X-Men'' in August of 2021.

Awards and nominations

* 2008: Nominated for "Best Limited Series"

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for ''

''. * 2011: Nominated for "Best Continuing or Limited Series"

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for ''

'' * 2013: Nominated for "Best Continuing Series" and "Best Writer" Eisner Award for ''

'' * 2014: Nominated for "Best Continuing Series" for '' East of West'' and "Best Writer" Eisner Award for ''East of West'', ''The Manhattan Projects'', ''

'', and ''

'' * 2021: Nominated for "Best Limited Series" for ''

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'' (shared with

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) and "Best Writer" Eisner Award for ''

'', '' Giant-Size X-Men'' and ''Decorum''

Bibliography

Image Comics

*''

'' #1–6 (script and art, 2006–2007) collected as ''The Nightly News'' (tpb, 184 pages, 2007, ; hc, 300 pages, 2011, ) *'' Popgun Volume 1'': "Black Circle White: The Recycle Soul Project" (script and art, anthology

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, 455 pages, 2007, ) *''

'' #1–4 (script and art, 2007–2008) collected as ''Pax Romana'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ) *'' Transhuman'' #1–4 (with J. M. Ringuet, 2008) collected as ''Transhuman'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2009, ) *'' A Red Mass for Mars'' #1–4 (with

, 2008–2010) collected as ''A Red Mass for Mars'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2010, ) *'' Pilot Season: The Core'' (with

Kenneth Rocafort Kenneth Rocafort (born 1983) is a Puerto Rican illustrator of comic books, known for his work on titles including '' Superman'', '' Red Hood and the Outlaws'', '' Astonishing Tales: Wolverine/ Punisher'', '' ''Teen Titans', '' ''The Ultimates'' ...

, one-shot, Top Cow, 2008) collected in ''Pilot Season 2008'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ) *'' Comic Book Tattoo'': " 1000 Oceans" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, hc, 480 pages, 2008, ; sc, 2008, ) *'' The Red Wing'' #1–4 (with Nick Pitarra, 2011) collected as ''The Red Wing'' (tpb, 140 pages, 2011, ) *'' Feel Better Now'' (script and art, unreleased graphic novel — initially announced for October 2011, then delayed to 2012) *''

'': **''The Manhattan Projects'' (with Nick Pitarra and

Ryan Browne ''God Hates Astronauts'' is an American science fiction/comedy comic book series written and illustrated by Ryan Browne. Originally released as a webcomic, it was later published monthly by Image Comics. The series depicts The Power Persons Five, ...

(#10, 15, 19, 21), 2012–2014) collected as: *** ''Science. Bad.'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2012, ) *** ''They Rule'' (collects #6–10, tpb, 152 pages, 2013, ) *** ''Building'' (collects #11–15, tpb, 152 pages, 2013, ) *** ''The Four Disciplines'' (collects #16–20, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ) *** ''The Cold War'' (collects #21–25, tpb, 156 pages, 2015, ) **''The Manhattan Projects: The Sun Beyond the Stars'' #1–4 (with Nick Pitarra, 2015–2016) collected as ''The Manhattan Projects: The Sun Beyond the Stars'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ) *''

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'' #1–7 (with Ryan Bodenheim, 2012–2014) collected as ''Secret: Never Get Caught'' (tpb, 200 pages, 2014, ) *'' Liberty Annual'' (script and art, anthology): **''Liberty Annual'' '12: "Which Came First?" (2012) collected in ''CBLDF Presents: Liberty'' (hc, 216 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2016, ) **''Liberty Annual'' '14: "They Say..." (2014) *'' East of West'' (with Nick Dragotta, 2013–2019) collected as: **''The Apocalypse: Year One'' (collects #1–15, hc, 504 pages, 2014, ) **''The Apocalypse: Year Two'' (collects #16–29, hc, 424 pages, 2015, ) **''The Apocalypse: Year Three'' (collects #30–45, hc, 512 pages, 2020, ) *'' The Dying and the Dead'' #1–6 (of 10) (with Ryan Bodenheim, 2015–2017) ** The series has been solicited through issue #9. *'' The Black Monday Murders'' (with

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, 2016–2018) collected as: **''Volume 1'' (collects #1–4, tpb, 240 pages, 2017, ) **''Volume 2'' (collects #5–8, tpb, 192 pages, 2018, ) *** Issues #9 and 10 were solicited for a 2019 release but never came out. *''

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'' (script and art, unreleased ongoing series — initially announced for November 2016) ** The series has been solicited through issue #4 before the first issue was pulled from schedule. *''

'' #1–8 (with

, 2020–2021) collected as ''Decorum'' (hc, 400 pages, 2022, )

Marvel Comics

*'' Legion of Monsters: Satana:'' " mustDIE/eatSOUL" (script and art, co-feature in one-shot, 2007) collected in ''Legion of Monsters'' (hc, 280 pages, 2007, ) *'' Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld'' #1–6: "Bobby and Sam in Mojoworld" (written by Hickman, art by Hickman and Nick Pitarra, free digital mini-comic, 2008–2009) ** First published in print as a feature in '' Astonishing Tales'' vol. 2 #1–6 (anthology, 2009) ** Collected in ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman'' (''Omnibus Volume 1'', hc, 1,192 pages, 2017, ; ''The Complete Collection Volume 1'', tpb, 336 pages, 2018, ) *'' Secret Warriors'' (with

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, Gianluca Gugliotta (#16) and Mirko Colak (#20–21); issues #1–6 are co-written by Hickman and

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, 2009–2011) collected as: **''Secret Warriors: The Complete Collection Volume 1'' (collects #1–16, tpb, 480 pages, 2015, ) *** Includes the "Declaration" short story (co-written by Hickman and Brian Michael Bendis, art by Stefano Caselli) from '' Dark Reign: New Nation'' (one-shot, 2009) *** Includes the '' Dark Reign: The List—Secret Warriors'' one-shot (written by Hickman, art by

Ed McGuinness Edward McGuinness is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on books such as '' Superman'', ''Superman/Batman'', ''Deadpool'', and '' Hulk''. His pencil work is frequently inked by Dexter Vines, and as such, their co ...

, 2009) **''Secret Warriors: The Complete Collection Volume 2'' (collects #17–28, tpb, 352 pages, 2015, ) *** Includes the '' Siege: Secret Warriors'' one-shot (written by Hickman, art by Alessandro Vitti, 2010) **''Secret Warriors Omnibus'' (collects #1–28 and the one-shots, hc, 904 pages, 2012, ) *

: **''Dark Reign: Fantastic Four'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2009, ) collects: *** '' Dark Reign: Fantastic Four'' #1–5: "The Bridge" (with Sean Chen, 2009) *** '' Dark Reign: The Cabal'': "...and I'll Get the Land" (with

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, anthology one-shot, 2009) **''

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'' vol. 4 #2: " Enlist Today" (script and art, anthology, Marvel Knights, 2009) collected in ''Strange Tales'' (hc, 192 pages, 2018, ; tpb, 2010, ) **''

'' (with

, Neil Edwards, Nick Dragotta + Mark Brooks (#588),

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(#600–601 and 604),

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(#602–603),

Ron Garney Ron Garney is an American comic book writer/artist, known for his work on books such as ''JLA (comic book), JLA'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Silver Surfer'', ''Hulk'', ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'' and ''Captain America (com ...

(#605–606), Mike Choi (#605.1), Giuseppe Camuncoli (#607–608), and Ryan Stegman (#609–611), 2009–2012) collected as: *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Volume 1'' (collects #570–574, hc, 144 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Volume 2'' (collects #575–578, hc, 112 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Volume 3'' (collects #579–582, hc, 112 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Volume 4'' (collects #583–588, hc, 184 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Volume 5'' (collects #600–604, hc, 208 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2013, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Volume 6'' (collects #605–611 and 605.1, hc, 184 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2013, ) **'' FF'' (with Steve Epting, Barry Kitson, Greg Tocchini (#6–7), Juan Bobillo (#12–14), Nick Dragotta,

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(#19) and André Lima Araújo (#22), 2011–2012) collected as: *** ''FF by Jonathan Hickman Volume 1'' (collects #1–5, hc, 136 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2012, ) *** ''FF by Jonathan Hickman Volume 2'' (collects #6–11, hc, 144 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2012, ) *** ''FF by Jonathan Hickman Volume 3'' (collects #12–16, hc, 128 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2013, ) *** ''FF by Jonathan Hickman Volume 4'' (collects #17–23, hc, 168 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2013, ) ** In all subsequent collected editions, both series are compiled in the original release order (''Fantastic Four'' #570–588 — ''FF'' #1–11 — ''Fantastic Four'' #600–604 — ''FF'' #12–16 — ''Fantastic Four'' #605–611 and ''FF'' #17–23 alternating between issues): *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Volume 1'' (collects ''Dark Reign: Fantastic Four'' #1–5, ''Fantastic Four'' #570–588, ''FF'' #1–5 and the short story from the ''Dark Reign: The Cabal'' one-shot, hc, 800 pages, 2013, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Volume 2'' (collects ''FF'' #6–23, ''Fantastic Four'' #600–611 and 605.1, hc, 832 pages, 2014, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 1'' (collects ''Dark Reign: Fantastic Four'' #1–5, ''Fantastic Four'' #570–578 and the short story from the ''Dark Reign: The Cabal'' one-shot, tpb, 384 pages, 2018, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 2'' (collects ''Fantastic Four'' #579–588 and ''FF'' #1–5, tpb, 432 pages, 2019, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 3'' (collects ''FF'' #6–16 and ''Fantastic Four'' #600–604, tpb, 480 pages, 2021, ) *** ''Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 4'' (collects ''FF'' #17–23 and ''Fantastic Four'' #605–611 and 605.1, tpb, 368 pages, 2022, ) *'' Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu: Black and White'': "The Annual Race to Benefit Various and Sundry Evil Organizations, and Also the Homeless... Now with Beer and Hot Dogs" (with Kody Chamberlain, anthology one-shot, 2009) ** Collected in ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman'' (''Omnibus Volume 1'', hc, 1,192 pages, 2017, ; ''The Complete Collection Volume 2'', tpb, 344 pages, 2019, ) ** Collected in ''Deadpool Classic Companion Volume 2'' (tpb, 496 pages, 2018, ) *''

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'' #2: "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" (with Gabriel Hernández Walta, anthology, 2010) *'' S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (with Dustin Weaver): **''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #1–6 (2010–2011) collected as ''S.H.I.E.L.D.: Architects of Forever'' (hc, 192 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, ) **''S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Human Machine'' (hc, 192 pages, 2018, ; tpb, 2019, ) collects: *** ''S.H.I.E.L.D. Infinity'' (with Nick Pitarra, Zachary Flagg, Kevin Mellon and Gabriel Hernández Walta, one-shot, 2011) *** ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' vol. 2 #1–4 (2011–2012) and ''S.H.I.E.L.D. by Hickman and Weaver'' #5–6 (2018) *

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: **'' Ultimate Comics: Thor'' #1–4 (with Carlos Pacheco, 2010–2011) collected as ''Ultimate Comics: Thor'' (hc, 112 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, ) **''Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Fallout'' (hc, 136 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2012, ) includes: *** '' Ultimate Comics: Fallout'' (anthology): **** "

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" (with

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, in #2, 2011) **** " Tony Stark" (with

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) and "

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" (with Carlo Pagulayan, in #3, 2011) **** "

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" (with

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, in #4, 2011) **** "

" (with

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(#5) and Mitch Breitweiser (#6), 2011) **'' Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates'' (with Esad Ribić,

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(#5–6) and Luke Ross (#10–12), 2011–2012) collected as: *** ''Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates by Jonathan Hickman Volume 1'' (collects #1–6, hc, 144 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2012, ) *** ''Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates by Jonathan Hickman Volume 2'' (collects #7–12, hc, 144 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2013, ) **** Issues #10–12 are scripted by Sam Humphries from Hickman's plots. **'' Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye'' #1–4 (with Rafa Sandoval, 2011) collected as ''Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye'' (hc, 112 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2012, ) *''

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'' #4 (with

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) and #6 (with

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, 2012) collected in ''Avengers vs. X-Men'' (hc, 568 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 384 pages, 2013, ) *

: **''

'' vol. 5 (with Jerome Opeña (#1–3), Andy Kubert (#4–6), Dustin Weaver (#7–9), Mike Deodato, Jr., Stefano Caselli,

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, Esad Ribić (#24), Salvador Larroca (#24–28) and Mike Mayhew (#44), 2013–2015) collected as: *** ''Avengers World'' (collects #1–6, hc, 152 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, ) *** ''The Last White Event'' (collects #7–11, hc, 136 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, ) *** ''Prelude to Infinity'' (collects #12–17, hc, 152 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, ) **** Issues #12–17 are co-written by Hickman and

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. *** ''

'' (collects #18–23, hc, 168 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Adapt or Die'' (collects #24–28, hc, 136 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Infinite Avengers'' (collects #29–34, hc, 152 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Time Runs Out Volume 1'' (includes #35–37, hc, 144 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Time Runs Out Volume 2'' (includes #38–39, hc, 136 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Time Runs Out Volume 3'' (includes #40–42, hc, 136 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2016, ) *** ''Time Runs Out Volume 4'' (includes #43–44, hc, 152 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2016, ) **'' The New Avengers'' vol. 3 (with Steve Epting, Mike Deodato, Jr., Simone Bianchi,

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(#16–17), Valerio Schiti (#18–21, 24), Kev Walker, Szymon Kudranski (#27) and

Mike Perkins Mike Perkins is a British comic book artist known for his inking work and full art duties on comic books such as ''Captain America'', ''Ruse'' and Stephen King's ''The Stand''. Career Mike Perkins began drawing at a very early age. After atte ...

(#28), 2013–2015) collected as: *** ''Everything Dies'' (collects #1–6, hc, 144 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, ) *** ''

'' (collects #7–12, hc, 152 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2014, ) *** ''Other Worlds'' (collects #13–17, hc, 136 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''A Perfect World'' (collects #18–23, hc, 144 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Time Runs Out Volume 1'' (includes #24–25, hc, 144 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Time Runs Out Volume 2'' (includes #26–28, hc, 136 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Time Runs Out Volume 3'' (includes #29–30, hc, 136 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2016, ) *** ''Time Runs Out Volume 4'' (includes #31–33, hc, 152 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2016, ) **''

Avengers World ''Avengers World'' is an ongoing comic series that was published by Marvel Comics as part of the third wave of '' Marvel NOW!'', from January 2014 until July 2015. Publication history Spencer said, "What the book is all about is really in the ti ...

'' #1–5 (co-written by Hickman and Nick Spencer, art by Stefano Caselli, 2014) collected as ''Avengers World: The Complete Collection'' (tpb, 528 pages, 2019, ) ** In all subsequent collected editions, the issues of ''The Avengers'' vol. 5, ''The New Avengers'' vol. 3 and the 6-issue crossover limited series ''Infinity'' (see below) are compiled into one continuous story: *** ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Volume 1'' (collects ''The Avengers'' vol. 5 #1–23, ''The New Avengers'' vol. 3 #1–12 and ''Infinity'' #1–6, hc, 1,192 pages, 2017, ) *** ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Volume 2'' (collects ''The Avengers'' vol. 5 #24–44 and ''The New Avengers'' vol. 3 #13–33, hc, 1,088 pages, 2018, ) *** ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 1'' (collects ''The Avengers'' vol. 5 #1–5 and ''The New Avengers'' vol. 3 #1–6, tpb, 336 pages, 2018, ) *** ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 2'' (collects ''The Avengers'' vol. 5 #6–17 and ''The New Avengers'' vol. 3 #7, tpb, 344 pages, 2019, ) *** ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 3'' (collects ''The Avengers'' vol. 5 #18–23, ''The New Avengers'' vol. 3 #8–12 and ''Infinity'' #1–6, tpb, 512 pages, 2021, ) *** ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 4'' (collects ''The Avengers'' vol. 5 #24–34 and ''The New Avengers'' vol. 3 #13–23, tpb, 528 pages, 2021, ) *** ''The Avengers by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Volume 5'' (collects ''The Avengers'' vol. 5 #35–44 and ''The New Avengers'' vol. 3 #24–33, tpb, 528 pages, 2022, ) *''

'' #1–6 (with

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(#1 and 6), Jerome Opeña and Dustin Weaver, 2013–2014) collected as ''Infinity'' (hc, 632 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2014, ) *''Secret Wars'' (hc, 312 pages, 2016, ; tpb, 2016, ) collects: **'' Free Comic Book Day 2015: Secret Wars'' (with Paul Renaud, one-shot, 2015) **''

'' #1–9 (with Esad Ribić, 2015–2016) *'' Secret Wars Too'': "Sraw Terces" (with

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, anthology one-shot, 2016) collected in ''Secret Wars Too'' (tpb, 208 pages, 2016, ) *

: **'' House of X/Powers of X'' (hc, 448 pages, 2019, ; tpb, 2020, ) collects: *** ''House of X'' #1–6 (with

Pepe Larraz Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish name José (Josep). It is also a surname. * People Mononyms *Pepe (footballer, born 1935), real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer *Pepe (footballer, born 1983), real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, ...

, 2019) *** ''Powers of X'' #1–6 (with

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, 2019) **''

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'' #1000: " The First Horsemen" (with Dustin Weaver, anthology, 2019) collected in ''Marvel Comics 1000'' (hc, 144 pages, 2020, ) **''

'' vol. 5 (with Leinil Francis Yu, R. B. Silva (#5),

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(#6), Mahmud Asrar (#8, 13–15, 19), Phil Noto (#16),

Brett Booth Brett Booth is an American comic book artist. He is best known for his work on Backlash, a character he co-created with Jim Lee at the Wildstorm Studios. Biography Following his Wildstorm work, Booth has also illustrated the exploits of some ...

(#17–18) and

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(#20), 2019–2021) collected as: *** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 184 pages, 2020, ) *** ''Volume 2'' (collects #7–11, tpb, 152 pages, 2020, ) *** '' X of Swords'' (includes #12–15, hc, 720 pages, 2021, ; tpb, 2022, ) **** Also collects the ''X of Swords: Creation'' one-shot (co-written by Hickman and Tini Howard, art by Pepe Larraz, 2020) **** Also collects the ''X of Swords: Stasis'' one-shot (co-written by Hickman and Tini Howard, art by Pepe Larraz and Mahmud Asrar, 2020) **** Also collects the ''X of Swords: Destruction'' one-shot (co-written by Hickman and Tini Howard, art by Pepe Larraz, 2020) *** ''Volume 3'' (collects #16–20, tpb, 136 pages, 2021, ) *** ''

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'' (includes #21, hc, 400 pages, 2021, ; tpb, 120 pages, 2022, ) **''

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'' vol. 4 #1–2, 5, 7 (with Rod Reis, 2019–2020) collected as ''New Mutants Volume 1'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2020, ) **'' Incoming!'': "X-Men" (with R. B. Silva, anthology one-shot, 2020) collected in ''Road to Empyre'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2020, ) **'' Giant-Size X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Volume 1'' (tpb, 184 pages, 2020, ) collects: *** ''Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost'' (with Russell Dauterman, one-shot, 2020) *** ''Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler'' (with

Alan Davis Alan Davis (born 18 June 1956) is an English artist and writer of comic books, known for his work on titles such as '' Captain Britain'', '' The Uncanny X-Men'', '' ClanDestine'', '' Detective Comics'', ''Excalibur'', '' JLA: The Nail'' and '' ...

, one-shot, 2020) *** ''Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto'' (with

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, one-shot, 2020) *** ''Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex'' (with Rod Reis, one-shot, 2020) *** ''Giant-Size X-Men: Storm'' (with Russell Dauterman, one-shot, 2020) **'' Free Comic Book Day 2020: X-Men'' (with Pepe Larraz, one-shot, 2020) **'' Empyre: X-Men'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2020, ) includes: *** ''Empyre: X-Men'' (anthology): **** "(Alien) Plants vs. (Mutant) Zombies" (co-written by Hickman and Tini Howard, art by Matteo Buffagni, in #1, 2020) **** "Un-Ring" (with Jorge Molina and Lucas Werneck, in #4, 2020) **'' Infinity Comics: X-Men Unlimited'' vol. 3 #1–4 (with Declan Shalvey, digital anthology, 2021) published in print as ''X-Men Unlimited: Latitude'' (one-shot, May 2022) **'' Inferno'' #1–4 (with Valerio Schiti, Stefano Caselli (#2) and R. B. Silva (#3), 2021–2022) collected as ''Inferno'' (hc, 192 pages, 2022, ; tpb, 2022, ) *'' The Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle'': "Part One" (with

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, anthology one-shot, 2019) collected in ''The Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Omnibus Volume 1'' (hc, 1,328 pages, 2022, ) *'' Moon Knight: Black, White and Blood'' #1: "Anubis Rex" (with Chris Bachalo, anthology, 2022) collected in ''Moon Knight: Black, White and Blood'' ('' Treasury Edition'', 136 pages, 2023, )

Other publishers

*'' God is Dead'' #1–6 (co-written by Hickman and

Mike Costa Mike Costa is an American comic book and television writer. His first published work was 2008's '' The Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor'' with artist Fiona Staples for WildStorm. He also wrote ''Resistance'', a comic book series based on ...

, art by Di Amorim,

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, 2013–2014) collected as ''God is Dead Volume 1'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) ** The series, which was initially announced to be only six issues, was continued as an ongoing comic written by Costa solo, drawn by various artists and collected as: *** ''Volume 2'' (collects #7–12, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) *** ''Volume 3'' (collects #13–18, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ) *** ''Volume 4'' (collects #19–24, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ) *** ''Volume 5'' (collects #25–30, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ) *** ''Volume 6'' (collects #31–36, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ) *** ''Volume 7'' (collects #37–42, tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ) *** ''Volume 8'' (collects #43–48, tpb, 160 pages, 2016, ) ** In addition to the ongoing series, two anthology one-shots were released in 2014: *** ''God is Dead: Book of Acts Alpha'' (written by Mike Costa,

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', '' V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and ''From Hell ...

and

Simon Spurrier Simon "Si" Spurrier (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC. Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write hi ...

) *** ''God is Dead: Book of Acts Omega'' (written by Mike Costa,

Kieron Gillen Kieron Michael Gillen (; born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for '' Phonogram'' and '' The Wicked + The Divine'', both co-created with artist Jamie McKe ...

and Justin Jordan) *'' Love is Love'' (one-page illustration, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages,

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly re ...

, 2016, ) *
Three Worlds, Three Moons
' (with Mike del Mundo and Mike Huddleston,

webcomic Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be ...

/process blog,

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, 2021–ongoing)

Cover illustrations

References

External links

* * * * Hickman's short-lived column at iFanboy, ''Concentric Circles'':
Digital Comics

Dating Advice

Bring Me the Head of David Mack!

The Color and The Shape

The White Album

Baby Daddy Eisner

The Filth
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