Brian Edward Hill is an American author, screenwriter, musician, comic book writer, and graphic designer.
Early life and education Hill was born in Chicago and moved to St. Louis, Missouri as a child, where he attended the prep academy John Burroughs School.
Career Hill was hired by Top Cow Productions to expand the Witchblade universe by writing the trade paperback Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box with former Top Cow Productions editor Rob Levin.. MTV Geek News"PoP! Interviews Rob Levin and Bryan Edward Hill" . Lee Rodriguez | Feb 25, 2010 | Panels on Pages. Hill later wrote the book 7 Days from Hell for Top Cow Productions,"First look: Top Cow's supernatural 'Netherworld'". USA Today. By Brian Truitt."Pilot Season: 7 Days from Hell" . Comicbook Roundup. and was later hired to adapt it into a screenplay. He also co-wrote Netherworld, a comic book, for Heroes and Villains."Comic Review: Netherworld". Geeks of Doom."Best Shots Advance Reviews: CHEW, LONE RANGER, More". Best Shots, 10 May 2011. He co-wrote the comic book Postal with Matt Hawkins, which began publication in 2015."Advance review:Postal #1". Comic Crusaders. He began writing it by himself at issue #12.Cunalata, Marco (April 15, 2016), "Matt Hawkins Interview," Comicsverse. Retrieved September 30, 2016
In 2013, Hill began work on several feature screenplays, including the action-thriller Gone, sold to Universal Studios."Universal Pictures has picked up the tough guy screenplay Gone, written by Bryan Edward Hill.". Geek Tyrant."U picks up ‘Gone’ for Platt to produce". Variety. He wrote the screen adaptation of the video game series Just Cause 2 (Square Enix)." Comic Writer Bryan Edward Hill Tapped to Adapt Just Cause". Spinoff December 14th, 2011 by TJ Dietsch He has since worked on series such as Ash vs Evil Dead and Titans.
On June 27, 2018, Hill took over as writer for Detective Comics, for the DC character Batman, for a five issue arc titled On the Outside. This arc set up for a new volume of Batman and the Outsiders written by Hill, released in December 2018, starring Batman, Katana, Black Lightning, Cassandra Cain, and Duke Thomas.
In 2019, he began working with Marvel on a Killmonger miniseries.
In 2024, he began to write Ultimate Black Panther with art by Stefano Caselli.
Bibliography
DC Comics American Carnage #1-9 (2018−2019) Batman and the Outsiders #1-11, Annual #1 (2019–2020) Black Lightning / Hong Kong Phooey Special (2018) Dark Nights: Death Metal - Rise of the New God (2020) Detective Comics #983-987 (2018) The Power Company: Recharged #1 (2025) The Wild Storm: Michael Cray #1-12 (2017–2018) Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace #19 (2020)
Marvel Comics Alien: Black, White & Blood #4 (2024) Black Panther: Ultimate Black Panther #1−24 (2024−2026) Black Panther: Unconquered (2022) Killmonger #1-5 (2018−2019) Blade: Blade #1-10 (2023–2024) Blade: First Bite Infinity Comic #1-4 (2023) Blade: Red Band #1-5 (2024−2025) Fallen Angels #1-6 (2019–2020) Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt #1-3 (2024) Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2026–present) Ultimate Universe Finale (2026) Spider-Man Annual #1 (2018) War of the Realms Strikeforce: The Dark Elf Realm #1 (2019) What If? X-Men #1 (2018)
Other Companies BOOM! Studios Angel #0-8 (2019) Angel + Spike #9-10, 12-14 (2020)
Dark Horse Comics Far Cry: Rite of Passage #1-3 (2021)
Image Comics Aphrodite V #1-4 (2018) Bonehead #1-5 (2017–2018) Broken Trinity: Aftermath (2009) Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box #1, 4-6 (2010) Cyber Force #1-11 (2018−2019) Eden's Fall #1-3 (2016) Netherworld #1-5 (2012) Postal #1-25 (2015−2018) Postal: Deliverance #1-8 (2019–2020)
Screenwriting credits Feature film The Mechanik (2005) The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 Satra (2018) Zone 414 (2021)
Television Ash vs Evil Dead (2018) Episode: "Rifting Apart" Titans (2018–2023) Episode: "Together" Episode: "Asylum" Episode: "Bruce Wayne" Episode: "Lazarus" Episode: "Prodigal" Episode: "Mother Mayhem" Episode: "Game Over" Cannon Busters (2019) Episode: "Lady & The Kid"
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