Warren Ellis is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter, best known as the co-creator of several original comic book series such as Transmetropolitan, Global Frequency, and Red, the latter of which was adapted into the 2010 feature film Red and its 2013 sequel Red 2. A prolific comic book writer, he has written several Marvel series, including Astonishing X-Men, Thunderbolts, Moon Knight, and the "Extremis" story arc of Iron Man, which was the basis for the 2013 film Iron Man 3. Ellis' other credits include The Authority and Planetary, both of which he co-created for Wildstorm, as well as runs on Hellblazer for Vertigo and James Bond for Dynamite. In addition to his comics work, Ellis wrote two prose novels, Crooked Little Vein and Gun Machine, as well as numerous short stories and novellas.
Comics Early work Titles published by various British publishers include: Doctor Death: The Life Man (with Martin Chaplin): Doctor Death: The Life Man (series of self-published minicomics, 1984) Food for Thought (untitled one-page strip in the anthology one-shot co-edited by Ellis with Gary Millidge, Matt Ginn and Dave Whitwell, Flying Pig, 1985) Electric Angel (with Ben Dilworth, ashcan comic self-published in anticipation of the eponymous series intended for publication by Trident, 1989) Deadline #24: "United We Fall" (with Nigel Dobbyn, anthology, Deadline Publications, 1990) John Brown Publishing: Speakeasy #117: "My Friendly Blurred Days" (with Edmund Perryman, anthology, 1991) Blast! #1–7: "Lazarus Churchyard" (with D'Israeli, anthology, 1991) In 1992, Tundra UK reprinted these seven installments as the first issue of the Lazarus Churchyard series. The series continued for two more issues and was collected by Atomeka as Lazarus Churchyard (tpb, 120 pages, 1993, ) Issue #2 featured a segment with art by Phil Winslade, Steve Pugh, Woodrow Phoenix, Duncan Fegredo, Garry Marshall and Gary Erskine. Issue #3 featured "To Here Knows When", a prose story with illustrations by Garry Marshall. In 2001, Image collected Lazarus Churchyard #1–3 with a new epilogue as Lazarus Churchyard: The Final Cut (tpb, 128 pages, ) Two short installments of Harlequin Bones, a spin-off series written by Ellis and drawn by Phil Winslade, have appeared in titles published by Atomeka: A1 #6: "Dada 331" (anthology, 1992) Ammo Armageddon: "Kil 4/11/44" (anthology one-shot, 1993) Judge Dredd Megazine #7: "Judge Edwina's Strange Cases: Feed Me" (with Sean Phillips, anthology, Fleetway, 1991) Doctor Who Magazine #174: "Under Reykjavik" (one-page prose story with an illustration by Paul Vyse, Marvel UK, 1991) Damage (with David Gordon, series of self-published minicomics, 1993–1994) Sugarvirus (with Martin Chaplin, one-shot, Atomeka, 1993)
Marvel Comics Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include: Hellstorm by Warren Ellis Omnibus (hc, 424 pages, 2018, ) collects: Hellstorm: Prince of Lies #12–21 (with Leonardo Manco, Peter Gross (#14), Derek Yaniger (#17) and Martin Chaplin (#21), 1994) Druid #1–4 (with Leonardo Manco, 1995) Marvel 2099: 2099 Unlimited (anthology): "Metalscream" (with D'Israeli, in #4 and 7, 1994) "Steel Rain" (with Gary Erskine, in #9, 1995) Doom 2099 #24–39 (with Pat Broderick, David G. Klein (#31), John Royle (#32), Steve Pugh, Ashley Wood (#37) and John Buscema (#39), 1994–1996) collected as Doom 2099 by Warren Ellis: The Complete Collection (tpb, 424 pages, 2013, ) 2099 Special: World of Doom, featuring a prose piece by Ellis and articles about then-upcoming "One Nation Under Doom" storyline, was published in 1995 and reprinted along with the series in Doom 2099 by Warren Ellis: The Complete Collection. Issues #24–25 are scripted by Ellis from plots by John Francis Moore. 2099 A.D. Apocalypse: "Midnight in Hell!" (with Mark Buckingham, one-shot, 1995) 2099 A.D. Genesis: "Mid Day Sun" (with Dale Eaglesham, one-shot, 1996) X-Men: Excalibur (with Terry Dodson (#83), Daerick Gross (#84, 88), Ken Lashley, Larry Stroman (#88, 90), David A. Williams (#89–91), Carlos Pacheco, Casey Jones and Randy Green (#100), 1994–1996) collected as: Excalibur Visionaries: Warren Ellis Volume 1 (collects #83–90, tpb, 216 pages, 2010, ) Excalibur Visionaries: Warren Ellis Volume 2 (collects #91–95, tpb, 232 pages, 2010, ) Includes the 4-issue limited series Starjammers (written by Ellis, art by Carlos Pacheco, 1995–1996) Excalibur Visionaries: Warren Ellis Volume 3 (collects #96–103, tpb, 272 pages, 2010, ) Includes the 3-issue limited series Pryde and Wisdom (written by Ellis, art by Terry Dodson and Aaron Lopresti (#2–3), 1996) X-Calibre #1–4 (with Ken Lashley, 1995) Collected in X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Volume 2 (tpb, 376 pages, 2006, ) Collected in X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse Omnibus (hc, 1,072 pages, 2012, ) What If...? vol. 2 #77: "What If Legion Had Killed Magneto?" (with Héctor C. Gómez, anthology, 1995) Scripted by Ellis from a story by Benny R. Powell. Collected in X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse Omnibus Companion (hc, 992 pages, 2014, ) Collected in X-Men: The Age of Apocalyse — Twilight (tpb, 432 pages, 2016, ) Storm #1–4 (with Terry Dodson, 1996) collected in X-Men: Storm by Warren Ellis and Terry Dodson (tpb, 112 pages, 2013, ) Wolverine vol. 2 #119–122 (with Leinil Francis Yu, 1997–1998) collected as Wolverine: Not Dead Yet (tpb, 96 pages, 1998, ; hc, 112 pages, 2009, ) X-Men/WildC.A.T.s: The Dark Age (with Mat Broome and Brett Booth, one-shot, 1998) collected in WildC.A.T.s/X-Men (tpb, 194 pages, Wildstorm, 1998, ) X-Force #102–105 (co-written by Ellis and Ian Edginton, art by Whilce Portacio) and 106–109 (scripted by Edginton from Ellis' plots, 2000) collected as Counter-X Volume 1 (tpb, 192 pages, 2008, ) Generation X #63 (co-written by Ellis and Brian Wood, art by Steve Pugh) and 64–70 (scripted by Wood from Ellis' plots, 2000) collected as Counter-X Volume 2 (tpb, 192 pages, 2008, ) X-Man #63–66 (co-written by Ellis and Steven Grant, art by Ariel Olivetti) and 67–70 (scripted by Grant from Ellis' plots, 2000) collected as Counter-X Volume 3 (tpb, 192 pages, 2008, ) Astonishing X-Men: Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 (with Simone Bianchi and Phil Jimenez, 2008–2010) collected as: Ghost Box (collects #25–30, hc, 184 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, ) Includes the 2-issue spin-off limited series Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes (written by Ellis, art by Alan Davis, Adi Granov, Clayton Crain and Kaare Andrews, 2008–2009) Exogenetic (collects #31–35, hc, 136 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #1–5 (with Kaare Andrews, 2010) collected as Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis (hc, 160 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) Ghost Rider: Ghost Rider vol. 2: "Skin Games" (with Salvador Larroca, in #55, 1994) "Wish for Pain" (with Javier Saltares, in Annual #2, 1994) Ghost Rider/Ballistic: "Devil's Reign, Part Three" (with Billy Tan, one-shot, 1997) collected in Marvel/Top Cow Crossover Collection (tpb, 304 pages, 2005, ) Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #80: "Earthquake Logic" (with Mark Buckingham, 1995) collected in Doctor Strange: Afterlife (tpb, 496 pages, 2017, ) Despite planning a longer run on the series, Ellis scripted only one full issue before departing due to "creative differences" with then-executive editor Bobbie Chase. Issue #81 was scripted by Todd Dezago and #82 by Evan Skolnick from Ellis' plots. Daredevil #343: "Recross" (with Arvell Jones and Keith Pollard, 1995) collected in Daredevil: Root of Evil (tpb, 440 pages, 2018, ) Ruins #1–2 (with Cliff Nielsen, Terese Nielsen and Christopher Moeller (#2), 1995) collected in Marvels Companion (tpb, 512 pages, 2014, ) Ultraforce (Malibu): Ultraforce/Avengers: "Becoming More Like God" (with George Pérez, one-shot, 1995) Ultraforce vol. 2: "Burnt Offerings" (plot by Ellis; written by Ian Edginton, art by John Royle, in #∞, 1995) "Wave of Mutilation" (with Steven Butler, in #1–3, 1995) "Smoke and Bone" (plot by Ellis; written by Ian Edginton, art by Darick Robertson, in #5–7, 1996) Thor #491–494 (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 1995–1996) collected as Thor: Worldengine (tpb, 96 pages, 1996, ; hc, 112 pages, 2011, ) Epic: Akira #38: "Candy Flower Napalm" (with Terry Shoemaker, co-feature, 1996) Silencers #1–3 (with Gary Erskine — unreleased due to Epic's dissolution; published in 2000 via Image as City of Silence) Carnage: Mind Bomb (with Kyle Hotz, one-shot, 1996) collected in Carnage Classic (tpb, 488 pages, 2016, ) Satana (with Ariel Olivetti, unproduced series intended for publication under Marvel's short-lived "mature readers" horror line, c. 1996–1997) Ellis later repurposed the story ideas for the first arc into the creator-owned series Strange Kiss published by Avatar in 3 issues between 1999 and 2000. In 2018, Marvel published the penciled, inked and lettered version of Satana #1 as well as parts of issue #2 in Hellstorm by Warren Ellis Omnibus (see above). End Times (unproduced 12-issue maxi-series, commissioned in 1997 and canceled in 1998; Ellis reused the completed scripts for Marvel's Ultimate Extinction) Iron Man vol. 4 #1–6: "Extremis" (with Adi Granov, 2005–2006) collected as Iron Man: Extremis (hc, 160 pages, 2006, ; tpb, 2007, ) Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. (with Stuart Immonen, 2006–2007) collected as: This is What They Want (collects #1–6, hc, 144 pages, 2006, ; tpb, 2007, ) I Kick Your Face (collects #7–12, hc, 144 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2008, ) Ultimate Collection: Nextwave, Agents of H.A.T.E. (collects #1–12, tpb, 304 pages, 2010, ) newuniversal: newuniversal #1–6 (with Salvador Larroca, 2007) collected as newuniversal: Everything Went White (hc, 152 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2008, ) A sequel limited series titled newuniversal: Shockfront (art by Steve Kurth) began publishing in 2008 but was soon put on hiatus due to Ellis' alleged 2007 hard drive crash. Only two issues (out of six planned) ended up being released, and the project was eventually canceled. During the series' run, Marvel published two spin-off one-shots: newuniversal: 1959 (written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Greg Scott, 2008) newuniversal: Conqueror (written by Simon Spurrier, drawn by Eric Nguyen, 2008) Thunderbolts (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 2007–2008) collected as: Faith in Monsters (collects #110–115, hc, 192 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2008, ) Includes the Thunderbolts segment from the Civil War: The Initiative one-shot (written by Ellis, art by Marc Silvestri, 2007) Caged Angels (collects #116–121, hc, 144 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, ) Ultimate Collection: Thunderbolts by Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato (collects #110–121 and the prologue from Civil War: The Initiative, tpb, 296 pages, 2011, ) Osborn #1: "The Prime of Miss June Covington" (with Jamie McKelvie, co-feature, 2011) collected in Osborn: Evil Incarcerated (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ) Secret Avengers #16–21 (with Jamie McKelvie (#16), Kev Walker (#17), David Aja (#18), Michael Lark (#19), Alex Maleev (#20) and Stuart Immonen (#21), 2011–2012) Collected as Secret Avengers: Run the Mission, Don't Get Caught, Save the World (hc, 144 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2012, ) The Avengers: Endless Wartime (with Mike McKone, graphic novel, hc, 120 pages, 2013, ; sc, 2017, ) Avengers Assemble #22–25 (co-written by Ellis and Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Matteo Buffagni, Paco Diaz (#22) and Neil Edwards (#25), 2014) Collected in Avengers Assemble: The Forgeries of Jealousy (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ) Collected in Inhumanity (hc, 448 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, ) Moon Knight vol. 4 #1–6 (with Declan Shalvey, 2014) collected as Moon Knight: From the Dead (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, ) Captain Marvel vol. 8 #12–13 (co-written by Ellis and Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by David López, 2015) collected in Captain Marvel: Alis, Volat, Propriis (tpb, 96 pages, 2015, ) Karnak #1–6 (with Gerardo Zaffino (#1–2), Antonio Fuso (#2) and Roland Boschi, 2015–2017) collected as Karnak: The Flaw in All Things (tpb, 136 pages, 2017, )
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