Daniel Way


Daniel Way is an American comic book writer, known for his work on Marvel Comics series such as Wolverine: Origins and Deadpool, as well as the Deadpool video game.

Career

Way received the Xeric Grant in 2000 for his debut publication, Violent Lifestyle. Through Violent Lifestyle, Way was introduced to Marvel Comics editor Axel Alonso, who hired Way for a Deathlok mini-series that was cancelled prior to publication.
Way's first published work for Marvel was a two-part storyline in Spider-Man's Tangled Web, followed by Gun Theory, a mini-series with artist Jon Proctor under the revived Epic Comics imprint that was cancelled after only two issues. Way continued to work for Marvel; his subsequent work for the publisher includes Wolverine, Agent X, Venom, Sabretooth: Open Season, Bullseye: Greatest Hits, Ghost Rider, The Incredible Hulk, Supreme Power: Nighthawk and Wolverine: Origins.
After Deadpool appeared briefly in a Wolverine: Origins storyline, Way launched a new ongoing Deadpool series with artist Paco Medina. Artist Carlo Barberi joined the series after the Secret Invasion tie-in opening arc, followed by the Dark Reign tie-in storylines "How Low Can You Go?", which saw the return of Bob, Agent of Hydra, and "Magnum Opus", a four-issue crossover with Thunderbolts. In addition to writing the ongoing Deadpool series for four years, Way also contributed the script for the Deadpool video game, developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision in 2013, the same year Way wrote the new volume of the Thunderbolts series launched a part of the company-wide Marvel NOW! initiative.

Early work

  • Violent Lifestyle
  • * Despite being labeled as Volume One, Book One of Six, this issue was the only publication released in the series and by Mad American in general.
  • * Way wanted to remake the story with "an improved script" and a new artist Jon Proctor, but Way and Proctor ended up working on another project instead:
  • ** Gun Theory, a graphic novel that was turned into a 4-issue limited series after being picked up for publication via the short-lived revival of Marvel's Epic imprint.
  • *** Gun Theory #1–2
  • *** Bye-Bye, Harvey: A Gun Theory Short Story
  • **** This one-shot also featured a preview of Way's unreleased 5-issue limited series Heavier Than God
  • *** In 2013, Way and Proctor launched a Kickstarter campaign to release an "updated" and complete version of Gun Theory in the form of a graphic novel.
  • *** While the campaign failed to get funded, the graphic novel was eventually published by Dark Horse as ''Gun Theory''

    Marvel Comics

  • Spider-Man:
  • *Spider-Man's Tangled Web #16–17: "Heartbreaker"
  • ** Collected in Spider-Man's Tangled Web Volume 3
  • ** Collected in Spider-Man's Tangled Web Omnibus
  • *Venom #1–18, Sean Galloway and Skottie Young
  • ** Collected as Ultimate Collection: Venom by Daniel Way
  • ** Collected in Venomnibus Volume 3
  • X-Men:
  • *Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 1 includes:
  • ** Wolverine:
  • *** "Down the Road"
  • *** "Good Cop/Bad Cop"
  • *** "Chasing Ghosts"
  • *** "Origins and Endings"
  • ** Sabretooth: Open Season #1–4
  • ** I ♥ Marvel: My Mutant Heart: "The Promise"
  • *Agent X #12: "Out with a Bang"
  • ** Collected in Deadpool Classic Volume 10
  • ** Collected in Deadpool Classic Omnibus
  • *Wolverine: Origins, Mike Deodato, Jr., Yanick Paquette, Doug Braithwaite, Scot Eaton and Will Conrad collected as:
  • ** Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 1
  • ** Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 2
  • *** Includes the What If...? one-shot
  • ** Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 3
  • *** Includes the X-Men: Original Sin one-shot
  • *** Includes the "One Percenter" co-feature from Wolverine vol. 3 #74–75
  • ** Wolverine by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 4
  • *** Includes Dark Wolverine #85–86 as part of The Reckoning inter-title crossover.
  • *Deadpool vol. 2, Tan Eng Huat, Bong Dazo, Sheldon Vella, Jim Calafiore, Salvador Espin, Scott Koblish, John McCrea, Alé Garza, Matteo Lolli, Filipe Andrade collected as:
  • ** Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 1
  • ** Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 2
  • ** Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 3
  • ** Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Volume 4
  • ** Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Omnibus Volume 1
  • ** Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Omnibus Volume 2
  • *Dark Wolverine and Mirco Pierfederici collected as:
  • ** The Prince
  • ** My Hero
  • ** Siege: X-Men
  • ** Wolverine: The Reckoning
  • ** The Punisher: Franken-Castle
  • *Daken: Dark Wolverine and Marco Checchetto collected as:
  • ** Empire
  • ** Daken/X-23: Collision
  • *** Includes the "Brace for Impact" short story from Wolverine: Road to Hell
  • *Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #36–37, 39, 41, Sara Pichelli collected as Astonishing X-Men: Monstrous
  • *Deadpool vol. 3 #27: "The Space Racist" collected in Deadpool: The Wedding
  • *Deadpool: Nerdy 30: "No Chill Whatsoever"
  • Ant-Man
  • * Four issues were solicited before the series was pulled off schedule.
  • * A collected edition was solicited for a 2004 release but also subsequently cancelled: Ant-Man, Volume 1
  • Deathlok: Detour
  • * Two issues were solicited before the series was pulled off schedule.
  • * When reached for comment on the book's status in late 2011, Marvel responded that they're still "waiting for the right time to launch the title."
  • Bullseye: Greatest Hits #1–5 collected as Bullseye: Greatest Hits
  • Supreme Power: Nighthawk #1–6 collected as Supreme Power: Nighthawk
  • Punisher vs. Bullseye #1–5 collected as Punisher vs. Bullseye
  • The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #88–91: "Peace in Our Time" and Juan Santacruz
  • * Collected as The Incredible Hulk: Prelude to Planet Hulk
  • * Collected in Hulk: Planet Hulk Omnibus
  • Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #15: "The Man with X-Ray Eyes"
  • Ghost Rider vol. 4 and Mark Texeira collected as:
  • *Vicious Cycle
  • *Life and Death of Johnny Blaze
  • *Apocalypse Soon
  • *Revelations
  • *Ultimate Collection: Ghost Rider by Daniel Way
  • Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #30: "Doing More" collected in Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four: Monsters, Moles, Cowboys and Coupons
  • Starr the Slayer #1–4 collected as Starr the Slayer: A Starr is Born
  • Hit-Monkey: Bullets and Bananas collects:
  • *Hit-Monkey published in print as Hit-Monkey
  • *Hit-Monkey #1–3: "Year of the Monkey"
  • Thunderbolts vol. 2 collected as:
  • *No Quarter
  • *''Red Scare''

    Other publishers

  • Crossed: Badlands #44–49: "Grave New World" collected as Crossed Volume 9
  • EVE: True Stories #1–4, Alejandro Aragón, Federico Dallocchio and Daniel Warren Johnson collected as EVE: True Stories
  • Kill-Crazy Nymphos Attack!
  • Hit-Girl: Season Two #5–8: "Hong Kong" collected as ''Hit-Girl In Hong Kong''