Robert Kirkman bibliography
This is a bibliography of the comic book writer Robert Kirkman, the co-creator and writer of Invincible and The Walking Dead.
Early work
Titles published by Funk-O-Tron, a company established by Kirkman early in his career, include:- Battle Pope:
- *Battle Pope #1–4 collected as Battle Pope: Genesis
- *Battle Pope: Mayhem collects:
- ** Battle Pope: Mayhem #1–2
- ** Battle Pope: Shorts #1
- *Battle Pope: Shorts #2
- *Battle Pope Presents: Saint Michael #1–3 collected as Battle Pope: Saint Michael
- *Battle Pope: Shorts #3
- *Battle Pope Christmas Pope-tacular
- *Battle Pope: Wrath of God #1–3
- Inkpunks Quarterly #1–3 featuring:
- * "Pitchbright"
- * "Kung Foo Sally"
- * "Nautilus"
- * "Chaser's Moon"
- Double Take :
- * Issue #1 featured "Codename: Mayday!" and "Evil Waise"
- * The following three issues adopted the numbering of the Double [|Image] anthology, then-recently canceled by Image after its fifth issue.
- ** Issues #6–8 featured the continuation of the "Codeflesh" serial
- ** Issues #6–8 also featured the print debut of Matt Fraction with the "Rex Mantooth" serial
- * Issue #2 featured "Tommi Trek" and "Tales of the Realm"
- * Issue #3 featured "Legend of Stone Monkey" and "Vice Worlds"
Image Comics
- SuperPatriot :
- *SuperPatriot: America's Fighting Force #1–4 collected as SuperPatriot: America's Fighting Force
- *SuperPatriot: War on Terror #1–4
- Masters of the Universe :
- *Masters of the Universe: Dream Halloween: "Hope"
- *Masters of the Universe: TDK Promotional Comic: "The Battle Begins"
- *Masters of the Universe — Icons of Evil: Beastman
- ** The rest of the Icons of Evil one-shots, also scripted by Kirkman, were published after MVCreations became an imprint of CrossGen.
- ** Collected in Masters of the Universe: Icons of Evil
- Tech Jacket #1–6 collected as Tech Jacket: Lost and Found
- * Kirkman's plots for issues #7–8 were repurposed into a back-up feature in Invincible #71–75, 77–78 and 80
- * The back-up feature was collected into digital-only issues Tech Jacket #7–8 and included in Tech Jacket: Lift Off
- Invincible collected as:
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 1
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 2
- ** Includes the Invincible short story from the Free Comic Book Day 2004: Image Comics special
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 3
- ** Includes the fourth issue of the second volume of The Pact crossover limited series
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 4
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 5
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 6
- ** Includes the Invincible Returns one-shot
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 7
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 8
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 9
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 10
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 11
- *Ultimate Collection Volume 12
- *Compendium One
- *Compendium Two
- *Compendium Three
- Savage Dragon :
- *Savage Dragon #109–118: "Mighty Man"
- *Savage Dragon: God War #1–4
- Brit: Old Soldier collects:
- *Brit
- *Brit: Cold Death
- *Brit: Red, White, Black & Blue
- Capes #1–3
- * Continued as a back-up feature in Invincible #27–31, 34–38 and 40–41
- * The series, along with the back-up feature, is collected as Capes: Punching the Clock
- The Walking Dead:
- *The Walking Dead collected as:
- ** Book One
- *** Includes the Morgan Jones short story from Image Holiday Special 2005
- ** Book Two
- ** Book Three
- ** Book Four
- ** Book Five
- ** Book Six
- ** Book Seven
- ** Book Eight
- ** Book Nine
- ** Book Ten
- ** Book Eleven
- ** Book Twelve
- ** Book Thirteen
- ** Book Fourteen
- ** Book Fifteen
- ** Book Sixteen
- ** Compendium One
- ** Compendium Two
- ** Compendium Three
- ** Compendium Four
- *Playboy #2012–04: "Michonne's Story"
- *Liberty Annual '12: "Governor (The Walking Dead)|Governor]" collected in CBLDF Presents: Liberty
- *Free Comic Book Day 2013: The Walking Dead
- *Image Plus #1–16: "Here's Negan!" collected as The Walking Dead: Here's Negan
- *The Walking Dead: The Alien
- ** Published in print under Skybound as The Walking Dead: The Alien
- *Negan Lives!
- *Skybound X #1–5: "Rick Grimes 2000" collected as Rick Grimes 2000
- ** Issue #1 of the anthology also featured a Clementine short story which served as a prologue to the series of graphic novels, all written and drawn by Tillie Walden:
- *** Clementine Book One
- *** Clementine Book Two
- *Crossover #12 collected in Crossover: The Ten-Cent Plague
- Cloudfall :
- *Cloudfall
- *Cloudfall: Loose Ends
- Reaper
- Noble Causes: Extended Family #2: "Rite of Passage" collected in Noble Causes Archives Volume 2
- Battle Pope collected as:
- *Genesis
- *Mayhem
- *Pillow Talk
- *Wrath of God
- The Golden Agers
- Four Letter Worlds: "Blam"
- Loaded Bible :
- *Loaded Bible: Jesus vs. Vampires
- *Loaded Bible: Blood of Christ
- The Astounding Wolf-Man collected as:
- *Volume 1
- *Volume 2
- ** Includes the Wolf-Man short story from the Monster Pile-Up one-shot
- *Volume 3
- *Volume 4
- *Complete Collection
- Brit collected as:
- *AWOL
- *FUBAR
- Invincible Presents: Atom Eve and Rex Splode collects:
- *Invincible Presents: Atom Eve #1–2
- *Invincible Presents: Atom Eve and Rex Splode #1–3
- Haunt collected as:
- *Volume 1
- *Volume 2
- *Volume 3
- *The Immortal Edition: Book One
- *The Immortal Edition: Book Two
- Pilot Season :
- *Murderer
- * These one-shots were continued as series under Skybound:
- ** Demonic
- ** Stealth
- ** Stellar
- ** Hardcore
- Image United #1–3
- * The series was preceded by a 4-part prologue running as a back-up feature in Savage Dragon #153, Witchblade #131, Invincible #67 and Spawn #195
- * The prologue, written by Kirkman and drawn by Larsen, Portacio and Ryan Ottley, was reprinted as Image United #0 in an attempt to bridge the delays between the regular issues.
- * Another such attempt was Image United: Interlude, to be written by Kirkman and drawn by Ottley. This one-shot, along with the last three issues of the series, was never released.
- Sea Bear and Grizzly Shark: "The Origin of the Bear, and the Origin of the Shark"
- Outlaw Territory Volume 2: "Man on a Horse: A Dawson Brothers Tale"
- Spawn:
- *Spawn #200: "Prologue"
- *Gunslinger Spawn #1
[|Skybound]
- Guardians of the Globe:
- *Guarding the Globe #1–6 collected as Guarding the Globe: Under Siege
- *Guarding the Globe vol. 2 #1–6 collected as Guarding the Globe: Hard to Kill
- *Invincible Universe collected as:
- ** On Deadly Ground
- ** Above the Law
- Science Dog Special #1–2 collected as Science Dog
- * Reprints of the Science Dog stories previously published as back-up features in Invincible #25, 50 and 75 along with a new short story.
- * Three more Science Dog stories were published in Oblivion Song #25 and anthology series Skybound X #3 and Image! #12
- Super Dinosaur collected as:
- *Volume 1
- *Volume 2
- *Volume 3
- *Volume 4
- Witch Doctor :
- *Witch Doctor #1–4
- *Witch Doctor: The Resuscitation
- *Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #1–6
- The Infinite #1–4
- Thief of Thieves
- * Issues #1–7, co-written by Kirkman and Nick Spencer, are collected as Volume 1: I Quit
- * Issues #8–13, co-written by Kirkman and James Asmus, are collected as Volume 2: Help Me
- * Issues #14–19, co-written by Kirkman and Andy Diggle, are collected as Volume 3: Venice
- * The rest of the series, written by Diggle solo, is collected as:
- ** Volume 4: The Hit List
- ** Volume 5: Take Me
- ** Volume 6: Gold Rush
- * Issues #38–43, written by Brett Lewis, are collected as Volume 7: Closure
- Clone #1–20
- Ghosted #1–20
- The Art of Charlie Adlard
- Manifest Destiny #1–48
- * A short Manifest Destiny story was published in Skybound X #1
- Dead Body Road :
- *Dead Body Road #1–6
- *Dead Body Road: Bad Blood #1–6
- Tech Jacket vol. 2 collected as:
- *Lift Off
- *Touch the Sky
- *All Falls Down
- Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta collected as:
- *Book One
- *Book Two
- *Book Three
- *Book Four
- *Compendium
- Birthright #1–50
- * A short Birthright epilogue story was published in Skybound X #2
- Green Valley #1–9
- Horizon #1–18
- Demonic #1–6 collected as Demonic
- * Continuation of the Pilot Season: Demonic one-shot
- Evolution #1–18
- Extremity #1–12
- Redneck #1–ongoing
- * A short Redneck story was published in Skybound X #4
- Kill the Minotaur #1–6
- Gasolina #1–18
- * A short Gasolina story was published in Skybound X #5
- Slots #1–6
- Oblivion Song collected as:
- *Book One
- *Book Two
- *Book Three
- Crude #1–6
- Stellar #1–6 collected as Stellar
- * Continuation of the Pilot Season: Stellar one-shot
- Die!Die!Die! collected as:
- *Volume 1
- *Volume 2
- Outpost Zero #1–14
- Murder Falcon #1–8
- * A short Murder Falcon story was published in Skybound X #3
- Outer Darkness :
- *Outer Darkness #1–12
- *Outer Darkness/Chew #1–3
- Hardcore :
- *Hardcore #1–5 collected as Hardcore Volume 1
- *Hardcore Reloaded #1–5 collected as Hardcore Volume 2
- Assassin Nation #1–5
- * A short Assassin Nation story was published in Skybound X #3
- Excellence #1–12
- * A short Excellence story was published in Skybound X #4
- Reaver #1–11
- Heart Attack #1–6
- Stealth #1–6 collected as Stealth
- * Continuation of the Pilot Season: Stealth one-shot
- Fire Power collected as:
- *Prelude
- *Home Fire
- Stillwater #1–18
- * A short Stillwater story was published in Skybound X #2
- * The series was supplemented by Stillwater: The Escape which featured stories by Jason Loo, Ethan Young and Andrew Wheeler with Soo Lee.
- The Walking Dead Deluxe #1–ongoing
- Solid Blood #17
- Ultramega #1–4
- * A short Ultramega story was published in Skybound X #1
- Summoners War :
- *Summoners War: Legacy #1–6
- *Summoners War: Awakening #1–6
- Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #1–6
- * A short Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton story was published in Skybound X #5
- Skybound X :
- * "C.O.D.E."
- * "Battle Beast"
- Trover Saves the Universe #1–5
- Lego Ninjago: Garmadon #1–5
- I Hate This Place #1–ongoing
- Skybound Presents: Afterschool :
- * Issue #1 is co-written by Justin Benson with Aaron Moorhead and drawn by Greg Hinkle.
- * Issue #2 is co-written by Kate Herron with Briony Redman and drawn by Leila Leiz.
- * Issue #3 is written by Jill Blotevogel and drawn by Marley Zarcone.
- * Issue #4 is written by Leon Hendrix III and drawn by Eric Zawadzki.
- Impact Winter
- Creepshow :
- *Creepshow #1–5
- ** Issue #1 featured "Take One" and "Shingo"
- ** Issue #2 featured "The Gorgahmorahh Tree" and "Creator's Rites"
- ** Issue #3 featured "Hair" and "The Bridge"
- ** Issue #4 featured "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You are" and "La Mascara de la Muerte"
- ** Issue #5 featured "Thirst Trap" and "Husk
- *Creepshow vol. 2 #1–5
- Everyday Hero Machine Boy
- * A short Everyday Hero Machine Boy prelude story was published in Skybound X #2
- Sea Serpent's Heir
- * A short Sea Serpent's Heir prelude story was published in Skybound X #4
- Dark Ride #1–ongoing
- * A short Dark Ride prelude story was published in Skybound X #25
- Lastman Volume 1–ongoing
- Kroma #1–4
- * A short Kroma prelude story was published in Skybound X #25
- Scurry
- * A short Scurry prelude story was published in Skybound X #25
Marvel Comics
- Epic Anthology #1: "Sleepwalker: New Beginnings"
- * Originally written for an ongoing Sleepwalker series, the completed first issue was instead printed in this anthology, which in turn was cancelled after its first issue.
- X-Men Unlimited vol. 2 #2: "All the Rage" collected in Astonishing X-Men Companion
- Spider-Man Unlimited vol. 3 #4: "Love Withdrawal"
- Captain America vol. 4 #29–32: "Super Patriot" collected as Captain America Disassembled
- Marvel Knights 2099 collects:
- *Daredevil 2099
- *Black Panther 2099
- *Inhumans 2099
- *The Punisher 2099
- *Mutant 2099
- Jubilee #1–6 collected as Jubilee by Robert Kirkman
- Marvel Team-Up vol. 3, Paco Medina, Cory Walker, Andy Kuhn and Roger Cruz collected as:
- *The Golden Child
- *Master of the Ring
- *League of Losers
- *Freedom Ring
- Fantastic Four: Foes #1–6 collected as Fantastic Four: Foes
- The New Avengers and X-Men: America Supports You: "Time Trouble"
- Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #15: "Monstro"
- Marvel Zomnibus includes:
- *Marvel Zombies #1–5 also collected as Marvel Zombies
- *Marvel Zombies: Dead Days also collected in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days
- *Marvel Zombies 2 #1–5 also collected as Marvel Zombies 2
- What If...? (featuring Thor): "What If Thor was the Herald of Galactus?" collected in What If: Mirror Mirror
- Ultimate X-Men and Harvey Tolibao collected as:
- *Volume 7
- *Volume 8
- *Volume 9
- Ant-Man:
- *Civil War: Choosing Sides: "Conscientous Objector" collected in Civil War: Marvel Universe
- *The Irredeemable Ant-Man #1–12 collected as The Irredeemable Ant-Man
- Killraven vol. 2
- The Destroyer #1–5 collected as The Destroyer
- X-Force vol. 3 Annual #1 collected in ''X-Force by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost Volume 1''
Other publishers
- Dark Horse:
- *9-11 Volume 1
- *Star Wars Tales #19: "The Rebel Club" collected in Star Wars Tales Volume 5
- Sky Ape: All the Heroes
- MVCreations :
- *Masters of the Universe:
- ** Masters of the Universe: Icons of Evil series of one-shots, collected as Masters of the Universe: Icons of Evil
- *** Scripted by Kirkman from plots by Kirkman, Val Staples and Ian Richter; the first release in the series, Beastman, was published under Image:
- **** Masters of the Universe — Icons of Evil: Mer-Man
- **** Masters of the Universe — Icons of Evil: Trapjaw
- **** Masters of the Universe — Icons of Evil: Tri-Klops
- ** Masters of the Universe: Dream Halloween: "The Power of Fear"
- *Tales of the Realm #1–5 collected as Tales of the Realm
- *Space Ace #1–3
- ** Kirkman completed the script for issue #4 and plotted issues #5–6 before the series' cancellation.
- ** In 2009, Arcana reprinted and continued the series with #4–6 drawn by Maria Cristina Francisco and #5–6 scripted by Ryan Foley.
- Arcade:
- *Youngblood: Imperial #1–
- *Supreme Sacrifice
- Magdalena/Vampirella
- Tales of Army of Darkness: "Weekend Off"
- The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: "A Glimpse"
Novels
- The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor
- The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury
- The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor – Part I
- The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor – Part II
- The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor and the Road to Woodbury
- 'The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor – Parts I and II'''''