Steven McNiven is a

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. He first gained prominence on

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's ''

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'', before moving onto books such as ''

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'', '' Marvel Knights 4'', '' New Avengers'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Steven McNiven is a native of

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Career

McNiven first came into prominence after he took over as a

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'' title following the departure of

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. Later, he gained more fame working for

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as the penciller of '' Marvel Knights 4'', ''

'' and '' New Avengers''. He was named in August 2005 as one of Marvel's "Young Guns", a group of artists that, according to Marvel Editor-in-Chief

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, have the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller". Other "Young Guns" include Olivier Coipel, David Finch, Trevor Hairsine,

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and

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McNiven was the penciller of the Marvel mini-series ''

'' working with

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. He followed this by provided the art for the

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storyline " Old Man Logan" and the Icon Comics mini-series '' ''Nemesis'''', both with Millar. In 2011 Marvel relaunched a new volume of ''

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'', with McNiven as artist. In 2012 he provide Marvel NOW! poster for

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. the art which feature The Avengers in an iconic New York setting. In 2013 he drew the '' Guardians of the Galaxy'' ongoing series with writer

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. McNiven drew the '' Uncanny Avengers'' from issue 14 to issue 17. McNiven was the artist for Marvel Comics'

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'' Death of Wolverine''. In 2015 McNiven redesign costume of Black Bolt, Human Torch during Charles Soule's run on Uncanny Inhumans. he also penciled issue 0 to 4. In 2017 McNiven penciled issues #1 and 10 of the Marvel miniseries '' Secret Empire''. The series was a commercial success, with issues #0 and 1 being the third best-selling comic books of April and May, respectively. In 2018 he worked on the miniseries

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with writer Charles Soule , as a follow-up to ''Death of Wolverine'' and ''Hunt For Wolverine''.Adams, Tim (June 5, 2018)
"Marvel Officially Announces Wolverine’s New Series, Creative Team"
CBR.com.

Bibliography

Interior work

CrossGen

*''

'' #6-7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-21, 23-26, 29-30, 33-36 (with Barbara Kesel, 2001–03) *'' Mystic'' #7 (with Ron Marz, 2000) *'' Archard's Agents: Deadly Dare'' (with

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, one-shot, 2004) *'' Sigil'' #6 (with Barbara Kesel, 2000)

Marvel

*''

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'' #546-548: "

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" (with

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, 2008) *'' AvX: VS'' #2: "Captain America vs. Gambit" (script and art, 2012) *''

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'' (with

, among other artists, one-shot, 2005) *''

'', vol 6, #1-5: "American Dreamers" (with Ed Brubaker, 2011) *''Captain America: Peggy Carter, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.''(with various artists, 2014) *''

'' #1-7 (with

, 2006–07) *'' Death of Wolverine'' #1-4 (with Charles Soule, 2014) *'' Marvel Knights 4'' #1-7 (with

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (born 1973) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series ''Glee'', '' Big Love'', '' Riverdale'', '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' ...

, 2004) * ''Guardians of The Galaxy'', vol. 3, #0.1-3 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2013) *'' Monsters Unleashed'' #1, (with Cullen Bunn, 2017) *''

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'', miniseries, #1-4 (with Mark Millar,

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, 2010–11) *'' Secret Empire'' #1, #10, (with

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, 2017) *'' New Avengers'' Vol. 1 (with Brian Michael Bendis): ** "The Sentry" (in #7-10, 2005) ** "The Collective" (in #16, 2006) ** "Dark Reign" (with Billy Tan and various artists, in #50, 2009) *'' New Avengers'' Vol. 2 #16 (with Brian Michael Bendis,Marvel, 2011) *''

'' #1 (with Charles Soul, Marvel, 2018) *''

'' #1-2 (with

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, Marvel, 2005) *'' Uncanny Avengers'' #14-17 (with Rick Remender, 2013-2014) *'' Uncanny Inhumans'' #0-4 (with Charles Soule, 2015–16) *''

'' #66-72 (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2008–09) *'' Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size'' (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2009)

Cover work

*'' Marvel Knights 4'' #8-12, 15, 17, 19 ( Marvel, 2004–2005) *''

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'' #1-6, 8 (Marvel, 2004–2005) *'' Spider-Man Unlimited'' #3 (Marvel, 2004) *'' New Avengers'' #1, 17-18 (Marvel, 2005–2006) *'' Powerless'' #6 (Marvel, 2005) *'' What If... Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers?'' (Marvel, 2005) *''

'' #3-4 (Marvel, 2005) *'' Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' #13-18 (Marvel, 2005) *'' Witchblade'' #95 ( Top Cow, 2006) *''Civil War Files'' #1 (Marvel, 2006) *''

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'' #82 (Marvel, 2006) *'' Red Sonja'' #8, 15 ( Dynamite, 2006) *'' Battlestar Galactica'' #0 (Dynamite, 2006) *'' The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born'' #4 (Marvel, 2007) *'' The Order'' #1 (Marvel, 2007) *'' Kick-Ass'' #1 (

, 2008) *''

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'' #2 (

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, 2008) *'' The Last Defenders'' #1 (Marvel, 2008) *''

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'' #1-4 (Marvel, 2008) *'' Marvel Comics Presents'' #9 (Marvel, 2008) *'' The Marvels Project'' #1-8 (Marvel, 2009–2010) *'' Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus'' #1 (Marvel, 2009) *''Wolverine'' vol 4 #1 (Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #2 (Icon, 2011) *'' Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'' #154, 158 (Marvel, 2011) *'' Fear Itself'' #1-7 (Marvel, 2011) *''

Annual'' #38 (Marvel, 2011) *''

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Annual'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *''

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Annual'' #1 (Marvel, 2011) *''

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v4'' #24.1 (Marvel, 2012) *'' Avengers Assemble'' #9 (Marvel, 2012) *''

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'' #6 (Marvel, 2012) *'' A+X'' #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2012) *''Wolverine'' vol 1, #305 (Marvel, 2012) *''

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'' #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2013) *''

'' #25 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2014) *'' Civil War II'' #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014) *''

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'' #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014) *''Wolverine'' vol 6, #8-12 (Marvel, 2014) *''Legendary Star-Lord'' #1 (Marvel, 2014) *''

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'' #1 (variant cover only, Marve, 2014) *''Uncanny Inhumans''#1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2015) *''Return of Wolverine'' #2-3 (Marvel, 2018) *''Old Man Hawkeye'' #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2018)

Notes

References

* '' Marvel Spotlight: Mark Millar/Steve McNiven'' (Marvel, 2006) includes an interview with McNiven
Steve McNiven
on Marvel.com

External links

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, March 8, 2004 *
Steve McNiven Q&A

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