J. Michael Straczynski bibliography


This is a bibliography of the American screenwriter Joseph Michael Straczynski who has written comics, plays, novels and non-fiction books for several different publishers.

Plays

Non-fiction

Comics

Early work at DC and Joe's Comics

Early in his career, Straczynski penned a few single-issue stories for series based on established franchises:
During the original series run of Babylon 5, Straczynski contributed opening issues to two tie-in series :
  • Babylon 5 #1: "In Darkness Find Me" collected in Babylon 5: The Price of Peace
  • Babylon 5: In Valen's Name #1 collected in Babylon 5: In Valen's Name
Between 1999 and 2006, Straczynski created, wrote and supervised original series under his own imprint Joe's Comics :

Exclusive contract with Marvel Comics

Between 2001 and 2008, Straczynski was under an exclusive contract with Marvel :

Brief tenure at DC Comics proper

Straczynski moved to DC, working on short or out-of-continuity stories following his experience with crossover events at Marvel:

Joe's Comics 2.0 and later work

After a decade of working almost exclusively on Big Two properties, Straczynski once again took on two series based on established multimedia franchises, The Terminator and The Twilight Zone:
In 2013, Straczynski revived the Joe's Comics brand :
  • Ten Grand collected as:
  • *Volume 1
  • *Volume 2
  • Sidekick collected as:
  • *Volume 1
  • *Volume 2
  • Protectors, Inc. #1–10
  • * Issues #1–6 are collected as Protectors, Inc. Volume 1
  • The Adventures of Apocalypse Al #1–4 collected as The Adventures of Apocalypse Al
  • Alone
  • Dream Police #1–12
In 2016, Straczynski announced his retirement from comics.
However, in 2018 he joined the "Creative Counsel" of the new publisher AWA Studios and penned a number of series for its superhero universe:
  • The Resistance:
  • *The Resistance #1–6 collected as The Resistance
  • *The Resistance: Reborns #1–5 published in print as The Resistance: Reborns
  • *The Resistance: Uprising #1–6 collected as The Resistance: Uprising
  • Moths #1–6 collected as Moths
  • Telepaths #1–6 collected as Telepaths
  • The Madness #1-6
  • U&I #1-6
During this period, Straczynski also contributed a few short stories for various anniversary publications by Marvel:

Novels and short story collections

  • Demon Night
  • Tales from the New Twilight Zone
  • Othersyde: A Novel
  • Tribulations
  • Straczynski Unplugged
  • Together We Will Go
  • 'The Glass Box'''''