Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.
Career Starting his professional writing career at Marvel Comics, Casey wrote for several titles, including Cable, The Incredible Hulk and Uncanny X-Men. He is also the co-creator of the superhero America Chavez.
Casey wrote many titles for Wildstorm, like the highly experimental Automatic Kafka with artist Ashley Wood. Casey took over Wildcats and gave the series a new direction, moving it from the superhero genre to incorporate elements of corporate espionage. He wrote a Mister Majestic series with artist Ed McGuiness, after which they subsequently collaborated on Adventures of Superman, which Casey wrote for three years.
Casey wrote 2005's Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes limited series and its sequel for Marvel Comics. Since 2001 Casey has produced creator-owned work through Image Comics, including Gødland, Codeflesh, Nixon's Pals, Charlatan Ball, Doc Bizarre, M.D., and Officer Downe. He also wrote a revamp of the original Youngblood miniseries by Rob Liefeld, called Maximum Youngblood. As well as discussing the ending of Gødland, Charlatan Ball and Nixon's Pals,"SDCC 06: Joe Casey's Two New @ Image". Newsarama. July 22, 2006 he mentioned that Codeflesh"Revisiting Codeflesh With Joe Casey & Larry Young". Newsarama. October 24, 2003 would be returning.Minnick, Remy (June 13, 2008). "The Road To Enlightenment Leads to GØDLAND". Comic Book Resources.
Casey was featured in a 2006 documentary about the 1990s comic boom and bust called Adventures Into Digital Comics.Adventures Into Digital Comics . Icon 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
Casey is a member of the Man of Action collective of creators (with Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, and Steven T. Seagle), who created the Ben 10 franchise. They also created the show Generator Rex, which also ran for two seasons on Cartoon Network. Man of Action's members were producers and story editors on the shows Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble, both airing on Disney XD. Casey also co-created the animated property Disco Destroyer with Scott Mosier and Jim Mahfood.
Dark Reign: Zodiac pits a new iteration of the old Avengers enemies against Norman Osborn's new status quo as Director of National Security,Richards, Dave (February 28, 2009). "WC: Casey Talks 'Dark Reign: Zodiac'". Comic Book Resources.Brady, Matt (February 28, 2009). "WonderCon '09 - Joe Casey Talks 'Dark Reign: Zodiac'". Newsarama."THE OSBORN SUPREMACY: Zodiac". Comic Book Resources. April 7, 2009 and Final Crisis: Aftermath: Dance follows the adventures of the Super Young Team.Brady, Matt (February 11, 2009). "Ian Sattler on the Final Crisis: Aftermath Titles". Newsarama.Renaud, Jeffrey (March 5, 2009). "Joe Casey 'Dances' with Super Young Team in 'Final Crisis Aftermath'". Comic Book Resources. Casey's brief return to DC also included a brief run on Superman/Batman.
Casey's next work for Image Comics, with Mike Huddleston on art duties, was Butcher Baker: The Righteous Maker. The critically acclaimed series ended with issue #8, which was published on August 15, 2012, ten months after issue #7, a delay that Casey stated was due to Huddleston having overcommitted himself. Huddleston responded to Casey's public statement by stating that the delay was caused by his need to take over work in order to make sufficient money, as Butcher Baker was not lucrative enough for him to avoid doing so. Huddleston further explained that he apologized to Casey and to fans for the delay.Melrose, Kevin (August 15, 2012). "Butcher Baker, The Righteous Maker has ended, apparently" .Callahan, Timothy (August 13, 2012). "When Words Collide: Joe Casey Talks: The Return of 'Butcher Baker'". Comic Book Resources.
That same year, Casey debuted the six-issue Marvel miniseries Vengeance, which introduced a group of new villains to the Marvel Universe.Callahan, Timothy (May 23, 2011). "When Words Collide: Joe Casey's 'Vengeance,' Part 1". Comic Book Resources. The hardcover collection was released in December 2012.
His other work includes the creator-owned series Sex and The Bounce for Image Comics, as well as Catalyst Comix for Dark Horse Comics, reviving many of the old Comics Greatest World superheroes from the 1990s.
A film called Officer Downe, based on Casey's comic, was released in 2016.
Bibliography Early work Comic Effect #11 (a Superman/Aliens review, fanzine, 1995) San Diego Comic Convention Program #22: "I Could Have Been a Teenage Comic Book Writer" (essay, SDCC, 1995) The Chosen #1–2 (co-written by Casey and José Martínez, art by Paul Martínez and Jonathan Jay Lee, Prolix Press, 1995) The Harvest King #1–3 (with Mike Macropoulos, Caliber, 1998)
Marvel Comics X-Men: Wolverine: Wolverine: Days of Future Past #2–3 (script by Casey from story by John Francis Moore, art by Joe Bennett, 1998) collected in X-Men: Days of Future Past (hc, 392 pages, 2014, ) Wolverine: Black Rio (with Óscar Jiménez, graphic novel, 48 pages, 1998, ) collected in Wolverine: Blood Wedding (tpb, 320 pages, 2013, ) X-Men vol. 2 #73: "The Elements within Us" (co-written by Casey and Joe Kelly, art by Jeff Johnson, 1998) collected in X-Men Gold: Homecoming (tpb, 336 pages, 2018, ) Cable (with José Ladrönn, Germán García (#52), Ryan Benjamin (#56–57), Ed McGuinness (#58) and Stephen Platt (#62–63), 1998–1999) collected as: The Hellfire Hunt (includes #51–58 and the Wolverine/Cable: Guts and Glory one-shot, tpb, 448 pages, 2017, ) The Nemesis Contract (collects #59–70, tpb, 400 pages, 2018, ) Alpha Flight vol. 2 (plot assist; scripted by Steven T. Seagle): "Microcosm" (art by Ariel Olivetti, in #11, 1998) Alpha Flight/Inhumans Annual '98 (co-written by Seagle and Mark Bernardo, art by Tom Raney, 1998) Uncanny X-Men: Uncanny X-Men/Fantastic Four Annual '98 (with Leandro Fernández and Paul Pelletier, 1998) collected in X-Men Blue: Reunion (tpb, 328 pages, 2018, ) X-Men: The Magneto War (tpb, 504 pages, 2018, ) includes: "A World Apart, Part One" (script by Casey from story by Alan Davis, art by Adam Kubert, in #368, 1999) "A World Apart, Part Two" (script by Casey from story by Alan Davis, art by Davis, in X-Men vol. 2 #88, 1999) X-Men: X-Corps (tpb, 464 pages, 2013, ) collects: "Playing God" (with Ian Churchill, in #394, 2001) "Poptopia" (with Ian Churchill, Mel Rubi (#397) and Ashley Wood (#398), in #395–398, 2001) "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" (with Tom Raney and Tom Derenick, in #399, 2001) "Absolute Progeny" (with Ashley Wood, in Annual '01, 2001) "Supreme Confessions" (with Cully Hamner, Ashley Wood, Eddie Campbell, Javier Pulido, Sean Phillips and Matthew Dow Smith, in #400, 2002) "Rocktopia" (with Ron Garney, Aaron Lopresti (#403, 406) and Sean Phillips, in #401–409, 2002) Juggernaut: The Eighth Day: "Eight is Enough" (with Terry Shoemaker, one-shot, 1999) collected in Thor by Dan Jurgens and John Romita, Jr. Volume 3 (tpb, 200 pages, 2010, ) Children of the Atom #1–6 (with Steve Rude, Paul Smith + Michael Ryan (#4) and Esad Ribić, 1999–2000) collected as X-Men: Children of the Atom (tpb, 160 pages, 2001, ) X-Men: Life Lessons (with John Paul Leon, one-shot, 2003) Hulk: The Incredible Hulk #467 (two-page prologue), 468–474 (with Javier Pulido and Ed McGuinness (#470–471), 1998–1999) Hulk Smash Avengers #2: "The Filth and the Fury" (with Max Fiumara, 2012) collected in Hulk Smash Avengers (tpb, 112 pages, 2012, ) Thunderbolts #26: "Lockdown" (with Leonardo Manco, co-feature, 1999) collected in Hawkeye and the Thunderbolts Volume 1 (tpb, 456 pages, 2016, ) Deathlok vol. 2 #1–11 (with Leonardo Manco, Eric Canete (#4, 7), Matthew Dow Smith (#6) and John Buscema (#10), 1999–2000) collected as Deathlok: Rage Against the Machine (tpb, 456 pages, 2015, ) Iron Man: Iron Man Annual '99: "Power Tools" (script by Casey from a plot by Kurt Busiek, art by Terry Shoemaker, 1999) collected in Iron Man by Kurt Busiek and Sean Chen Omnibus (hc, 1,024 pages, 2013, ) Iron Man: The Inevitable #1–6 (with Frazer Irving, 2006) collected as Iron Man: The Inevitable (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ) Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin #1–6 (with Eric Canete, 2007–2008) collected as Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ) Iron Man 2: Public Identity (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ) includes: Iron Man 2: Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (with Timothy Green II, digital one-shot, Marvel, 2010) Iron Man 2: Phil Coulson, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (with Felix Ruiz, digital one-shot, Marvel, 2010) Iron Man 2: Black Widow, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (with Matt Camp, digital one-shot, Marvel, 2010) Iron Man 2: Public Identity #1–3 (plotted by Casey and Justin Theroux, scripted by Casey, art by Barry Kitson and Ron Lim, 2010) Captain America Annual '99: "Full Court Press" (with Pablo Raimondi, 1999) collected in Captain America: Land of the Free (tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ) Heroes Reborn: Masters of Evil: "Battleship Downs" (with Charlie Adlard, one-shot, 2000) collected in Heroes Reborn: The Return (tpb, 288 pages, 2009, ) Avengers: Ultimate Collection: Avengers — Earth's Mightiest Heroes (tpb, 376 pages, 2012, ) collects: Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1–8 (with Scott Kolins, 2005) also collected as Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (hc, 192 pages, 2005, ) Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II #1–8 (with Will Rosado, 2007) also collected as Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II (hc, 192 pages, 2007, ) Avengers: The Origin #1–5 (with Phil Noto, 2010) collected as Avengers: The Origin (hc, 144 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2012, ) Fantastic Four: First Family #1–6 (with Chris Weston, 2006) collected as Fantastic Four: First Family (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ) The Last Defenders #1–6 (plotted by Casey and Keith Giffen, scripted by Casey, art by Jim Muniz, 2008) collected as The Last Defenders (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ) Dark Reign: Zodiac #1–3 (with Nathan Fox, 2009) collected in Dark Reign: The Underside (tpb, 256 pages, 2009, ) Spider-Man: The Amazing Spider-Man Family #8: "Walking the Talk" (with Chad Hardin, anthology, 2009) Web of Spider-Man vol. 2 #7: "Fashion Spread" (with Jim Mahfood, anthology, 2010) collected in The Amazing Spider-Man: New York Stories (tpb, 152 pages, 2011, ) The Amazing Spider-Man #700.3–700.4 (with Timothy Green II, 2014) collected in The Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker, the One and Only (tpb, 168 pages, 2014, ) Age of Heroes #4: "Welcome Back, Zodiac" (with Nathan Fox, anthology, 2010) collected in Age of Heroes (tpb, 104 pages, 2011, ) Vengeance #1–6 (with Nick Dragotta, 2011–2012) collected as Vengeance (hc, 136 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2012, )
Image Comics Hellcop #1–4 (with Gilbert Monsanto, Avalon Studios, 1998–1999) Double Image #1–5: "Codeflesh" (with Charlie Adlard, anthology, 2001) After the series cancellation, Codeflesh was continued in Double Take #6–8 (Funk-O-Tron, 2001–2002) All eight installments were collected by AiT/Planet Lar as Codeflesh (tpb, 144 pages, 2003, ) Reprinted, along with a new short story, as Codeflesh: The Definitive Edition (hc, 128 pages, 2009, ) Four Letter Worlds: "Funk" (with Mike Huddleston, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, 2005, ) Gødland (with Tom Scioli, 2005–2013) collected as: Gødland: Celestial Edition Volume 1 (collects #1–12, hc, 360 pages, 2007, ) Includes the "Early Christmas" short story from Image Holiday Special 2005 (written by Casey, art by Tom Scioli, 2005) Gødland: Celestial Edition Volume 2 (collects #13–24, hc, 360 pages, 2010, ) Gødland: Celestial Edition Volume 3 (collects #25–36 and the Gødland Finale one-shot, hc, 360 pages, 2015, ) Pilot Season: Velocity (with Kevin Maguire, one-shot, Top Cow, 2007) collected in Pilot Season 2007 (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, )