Warren Ellis bibliography


Warren Ellis is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter, best known as the co-creator of several original comic book series such as Transmetropolitan, Global Frequency, and Red, the latter of which was adapted into the 2010 feature film Red and its 2013 sequel Red 2. A prolific comic book writer, he has written several Marvel series, including Astonishing X-Men, Thunderbolts, Moon Knight, and the "Extremis" story arc of Iron Man, which was the basis for the 2013 film Iron Man 3. Ellis' other credits include The Authority and Planetary, both of which he co-created for Wildstorm, as well as runs on Hellblazer for Vertigo and James Bond for Dynamite. In addition to his comics work, Ellis wrote two prose novels, Crooked Little Vein and Gun Machine, as well as numerous short stories and novellas.
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Comics

Early work

Titles published by various British publishers include:

Marvel Comics

Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include:

Ultimate Comics

Titles published under the Ultimate Marvel label include:

[|Image] Comics

Titles published by Image include:
  • Wildstorm :
  • *Sword of Damocles #1–2
  • *Stormwatch, Michael Ryan, Jim Lee collected as:
  • ** Force of Nature
  • ** Lighting Strikes
  • ** Change or Die
  • ** A Finer World
  • ** Final Orbit
  • *** Includes the WildC.A.T.s/Aliens one-shot
  • ** Volume 1
  • ** Volume 2
  • *DV8 #1–6, ½, 7–8, Juvaun Kirby and Kevin West
  • ** DV8: Rave, a one-shot featuring interviews with Ellis and other creators as well as preliminary art and sketches, was released prior to the series' launch.
  • ** Issues #1–6 and ½ are collected as DV8: Neighborhood Threat
  • *Gen13 Annual #1 and Gen13 Bootleg Annual #1: "New York, London, Hell"
  • Celestine #1–2
  • Top Cow:
  • *Tales of the Witchblade #3–4: "Selena" collected in Witchblade: Distinctions
  • *Down #1–4 collected as The Best of Warren Ellis: Down
  • Rumble Girls: Silky Warrior Tansie #1–6
  • * Issues #5–6 featured short stories starring a character named Poppy
  • * One more story was planned for #7 before the series was canceled; another Poppy story was released online.
  • City of Silence #1–3 collected as City of Silence
  • Powers #7
  • * This issue features Warren Ellis as a character, and most of his dialogue consists of quotes from various From the Desk of essays.
  • Morning Dragons
  • Black Horses
  • Ministry of Space #1–3 collected as Ministry of Space
  • Fell #1–9
  • * Issue #10 was solicited for an October 2007 release but according to Ellis, Templesmith was unable to start drawing the script due to family issues.
  • * In 2021, Templesmith announced a conclusion in the form of a "single-volume work" which caused a backlash due to Ellis' prior allegations of misconduct.
  • * Issues #1–8 are collected as Fell: Feral City
  • Thought Bubble Anthology #2: "Soon" collected in Thought Bubble Anthology Collection
  • Trees :
  • *Trees collected as:
  • ** In Shadow
  • ** Two Forests
  • *Trees: Three Fates #1–5 collected as Trees: Three Fates
  • Supreme: Blue Rose #1–7 collected as Supreme: Blue Rose
  • Injection #1–15 collected as Injection
  • Heartless
  • Cemetery Beach #1–7 collected as ''Cemetery Beach''

[|DC Comics]

Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include:

Vertigo

Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:
  • Transmetropolitan collected as:
  • *Absolute Edition Volume 1
  • ** Includes the "Edgy Winter" short story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2
  • ** Includes the Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here one-shot
  • *Absolute Edition Volume 2
  • ** Includes the "Next Winters" short story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3
  • ** Includes the Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City one-shot
  • *Absolute Edition Volume 3
  • *Book One
  • *Book Two
  • *Book Three
  • *Book Four
  • *Book Five
  • Hellblazer #134–143, Tim Bradstreet, Javier Pulido and Marcelo Frusin
  • * Despite planning a longer run on the series, Ellis left the title soon after the cancellation of "Shoot".
  • * The story, fully drawn and lettered at the time of cancellation, was eventually printed in Vertigo Resurrected: Shoot.
  • * The entire 10-issue run, along with "Shoot", is collected in John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 13
  • Orbiter
  • ''Stealth Tribes''

[|Wildstorm]

Titles published by Wildstorm as a DC Comics imprint include:

[|Avatar] Press

Titles published by Avatar include:
  • Gravel:
  • *Gravel: Never a Dull Day collects:
  • ** Strange Kiss #1–3 also collected as Strange Kiss
  • ** Stranger Kisses #1–3 also collected as Strange Kisses
  • ** Strange Killings #1–3 also collected as Strange Killings
  • ** Strange Killings: Body Orchard #1–6 also collected as Strange Killings: Body Orchard
  • ** Strange Killings: Strong Medicine #1–3 also collected as Strange Killings: Strong Medicine
  • ** Strange Killings: Necromancer #1–6 also collected as Strange Killings: Necromancer
  • *Gravel collected as:
  • ** Bloody Liars
  • ** The Major Seven
  • ** The Last King of England
  • *Gravel: Combat Magician #0–4
  • Threshold #25–30: "Dark Blue" collected as Dark Blue
  • Night Radio
  • Scars #1–6 collected as Scars
  • Warren Ellis' Blackgas collects:
  • *Warren Ellis' Blackgas #1–3
  • *Warren Ellis' Blackgas 2 #1–3
  • Warren Ellis' Wolfskin:
  • *Volume 1 collects:
  • ** Warren Ellis' Wolfskin #1–3
  • ** Wolfskin Annual #1
  • *Volume 2 collects:
  • ** Wolfskin: Hundredth Dream #1–6
  • Black Summer #0–7 collected as Black Summer
  • Doktor Sleepless #1–13
  • * Ellis has expressed interest in giving the series a definite conclusion but after several delays the final issue failed to materialize.
  • * Issues #1–8 are collected as Doktor Sleepless: Engines of Desire
  • FreakAngels collected in print as:
  • *Volume 1
  • *Volume 2
  • *Volume 3
  • *Volume 4
  • *Volume 5
  • *Volume 6
  • Anna Mercury :
  • *Anna Mercury #1–5 collected as Anna Mercury: The Cutter
  • *Anna Mercury 2 began publishing in 2009 but went on hiatus after three issues. The final issue, announced for 2012, never materialized.
  • No Hero #0–7 collected as No Hero
  • Warren Ellis' Ignition City #1–5 collected as Warren Ellis' Ignition City Volume 1
  • Warren Ellis' Supergod #1–5 collected as Warren Ellis' Supergod
  • Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #1–4 collected as ''Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island''

Apparat

Titles published under Ellis' own label for standalone works include:

Other publishers

Titles published by various publishers around the world include:

Prose novels and short fiction

  • Nature vol. 408 no. 6810: "At the Zoo"
  • Available Light
  • Crooked Little Vein
  • Gun Machine
  • Dead Pig Collector
  • ': "Lich-House"
  • Brave New Now: "Foam"
  • Twelve Tomorrows Volume 3: "The Shipping Forecast"
  • Elektrograd: Rusted Blood
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  • Normal
  • Haunted Futures: "Ghostmakers"
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Nonfiction and newsletters

Newsletters:
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  • * In 2000, Avatar collected some of the essays that appeared in the newsletter from 1995 to 1999.
  • * The essays were published in the form of two 80-page volumes with spot illustrations by Jacen Burrows.
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  • * In 2003, Avatar collected all of the essays that appeared in the newsletter between 15 Jan 2001 and 8 Jan 2003.
  • * The essays were published in the form of two 64-page volumes again with spot illustrations by Jacen Burrows.
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Columns:
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  • Pulp vol. 5 #1–6: "Pacific Radio"
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  • * In 2001, Avatar published a 3-issue eponymous series with illustrations by Jacen Burrows.
  • * The series was eventually collected as Bad World
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  • Wired UK
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Works about Ellis