J. Michael Straczynski bibliography

Early in his career, Straczynski penned a few single-issue stories for series based on established franchises:

• DC Comics:
  • Teen Titans Spotlight #13: "Cyborg" (with Chuck Patton, 1987)
  • Star Trek vol. 3 #16: "Worldsinger" (with Gordon Purcell, 1991)
• The Twilight Zone vol. 2 #2: "Blind Alley" (with Todd Foxx, NOW, 1991)

During the original series run of Babylon 5, Straczynski contributed opening issues to two tie-in series (also published by DC Comics):

• Babylon 5 #1: "In Darkness Find Me" (with Michael Netzer, 1995)[3] collected in Babylon 5: The Price of Peace (tpb, 128 pages, 1998, ISBN 1-56389-467-X)
• Babylon 5: In Valen's Name #1 (of 3) (with Mike Collins, 1998)[3] collected in Babylon 5: In Valen's Name (tpb, 80 pages, Titan, 1998, ISBN 1-85286-981-X)

Between 1999 and 2006, Straczynski created, wrote and supervised original series under his own imprint Joe's Comics (published by Top Cow Productions):

• Rising Stars (with Keu Cha, Christian Zanier, Ken Lashley, Stuart Immonen (#14) and Brent Anderson, 1999–2005) collected as:
  • Born in Fire (collects #1–8, tpb, 192 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-58240-172-1)
  • Power (collects #9–16, tpb, 192 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-58240-226-4)
  • Fire and Ash (collects #17–24, tpb, 208 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-491-7)
  • Voices of the Dead and Bright (collects the Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead and Bright limited series,[4] tpb, 226 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-613-8)
  • Visitations and Untouchable (collects #0, ½, Prelude one-shot and the Rising Stars: Untouchable limited series,[4] tpb, 208 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-58240-268-X)
  • Rising Stars: The Complete Slipcased Edition (collects #0–24, ½ and the Prelude one-shot, hc, 624 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-58240-488-7)
  • Rising Stars Compendium (collects #0–24, ½, Prelude one-shot and the three spin-off series, hc, 1,008 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-032-9; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-58240-802-5)
• Midnight Nation #1–12 (with Gary Frank, 2000–2002) collected as Midnight Nation (tpb, 288 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-58240-272-8; hc, 304 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-040-X)
• Delicate Creatures (prose novel with illustrations by Michael Zulli, 56 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-58240-225-6)

Between 2001 and 2008, Straczynski was under an exclusive contract with Marvel (which nonetheless allowed him to continue writing for Joe's Comics until the launch of Icon):

• The Amazing Spider-Man (with John Romita, Jr., Mike Deodato, Jr., Fiona Avery (co-writer: vol. 2 #55–56), Mark Brooks (#515–518) and Ron Garney, 2001–2007) collected as:
  • Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 1 (collects vol. 2 #30–45, tpb, 392 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3893-5)
  • Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 2 (collects vol. 2 #46–58 and vol. 1 #500–502, tpb, 416 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3894-3)
  • Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 3 (collects vol. 1 #503–518, tpb, 408 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3895-1)
  • Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 4 (collects vol. 1 #519–528, tpb, 480 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3896-X)
    • Includes Marvel Knights Spider-Man #21 (script by Straczynski, art by Pat Lee, 2006) as part of The Other inter-title crossover.
    • Includes Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3 (script by Straczynski, art by Mike Wieringo, 2006) as part of The Other inter-title crossover.
  • Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 5 (collects #529–545, tpb, 536 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3897-8)
    • Includes Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24 (script by Straczynski, art by Joe Quesada, 2007) as part of the One More Day inter-title crossover.
    • Includes The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2 #41 (script by Straczynski, art by Joe Quesada, 2007) as part of the One More Day inter-title crossover.
  • The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus Volume 1 (collects vol. 2 #30–58 and vol. 1 #500–514, hc, 1,120 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-3029-1706-4)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus Volume 2 (collects vol. 1 #515–545 and the crossover issues, hc, 1,136 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-3029-2313-7)
• Squadron Supreme:
  • Supreme Power (with Gary Frank and Dan Jurgens (Hyperion limited series), Marvel MAX, 2003–2006) collected as:
    • Contact (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1224-3; hc, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3765-3)
    • Powers and Principalities (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1456-4; hc, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3772-6)
    • High Command (collects #13–18, tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1474-2; hc, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3773-4)
    • Hyperion (collects Supreme Power: Hyperion #1–5, tpb, 120 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1895-0; hc, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3774-2)
  • Squadron Supreme vol. 2 #1–7 (with Gary Frank, Marvel Knights, 2006)
    • Issues #1–5 are collected as Squadron Supreme: The Pre-War Years (hc, 168 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2282-6; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-1898-5)
  • Ultimate Power #4–6 (co-written by Straczynski, Jeph Loeb and Brian Michael Bendis, art by Greg Land, 2007) collected in Ultimate Power (hc, 232 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2366-0; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2367-9)
• Strange #1–6 (co-written by Straczynski and Samm Barnes, art by Brandon Peterson, Marvel Knights, 2004–2005) collected as Strange: Beginnings and Endings (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1577-3)
• Fantastic Four (with Mike McKone, 2005–2007) collected as:
  • Fantastic Four by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 1 (collects #527–532, hc, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2029-7; tpb, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1716-4)
  • The Life Fantastic (includes #533–535, tpb, 152 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1896-9)
  • The Road to Civil War (includes #536–537, tpb, 160 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-1974-4)
  • Civil War: Fantastic Four (includes #538–541, tpb, 176 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2227-3)
• Dream Police (with Mike Deodato, Jr., one-shot, Icon, 2005)
• The Book of Lost Souls #1–6 (with Colleen Doran, Icon, 2005–2006)
  • Collected as The Book of Lost Souls: Introductions All Around (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1940-X)
  • A second series was announced for 2014, planned to be published under the Joe's Comics imprint at Image.[5][6]
• Bullet Points #1–5 (with Tommy Lee Edwards, 2007) collected as Bullet Points (tpb, 120 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2010-6)
• Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Ham (featuring Wolverham) (with various artists, one-shot, 2007) collected in Secret Wars Too (tpb, 208 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-3029-0211-3)
• Silver Surfer: Requiem #1–4 (with Esad Ribić, Marvel Knights, 2007) collected as Silver Surfer: Requiem (hc, 104 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2848-4; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-1796-2)
• Thor vol. 3 (with Olivier Coipel and Marko Djurdjević, 2007–2009) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1–6, hc, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3011-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-1716-4)
  • Volume 2 (collects #7–12 and #600, hc, 200 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3034-9; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-1760-1)
  • Volume 3 (collects #601–603 and the Giant-Size Finale one-shot, hc, 112 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4269-X; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-2950-2)
  • Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus (collects #1–12, 600–603 and the Giant-Size Finale one-shot, hc, 520 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4029-8)
• The Twelve #1–12 (with Chris Weston, 2008–2012) collected as The Twelve (hc, 328 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-2715-1; tpb, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-5430-2)
• Marvel Comics #1000: "What Do You Regret?" (with Ed McGuinness, anthology, 2019)

Straczynski moved to DC, working on short or out-of-continuity stories following his experience with crossover events at Marvel:[7][8]

• The Brave and the Bold vol. 3 #27–35 (with Jesús Saiz, Chad Hardin + Justiniano (#31) and Cliff Chiang (#33), 2009–2010)
  • Straczynski expressed interest in writing a Lex Luthor/Swamp Thing team-up but the latter character was tied to Vertigo.[9]
  • Collected as Team-Ups of the Brave and the Bold (hc, 176 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2793-7; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2809-7)
• The Red Circle (series of one-shots intended to introduce the licensed Archie Comics superheroes into the DC Universe):
  • The Shield: Kicking Down the Door (tpb, 160 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2769-4) includes:
    • The Shield (with Scott McDaniel, 2009)
    • The Inferno (with Greg Scott, 2009)
  • The Hangman (with Tom Derenick, 2009)
  • The Web (with Roger Robinson, 2009)
• Samaritan X (graphic novel, announced for 2010)[10][11]
• Superman:
  • Superman #700–703, 705–706: "Grounded" (with Eddy Barrows and Wellington Diaz (#705), 2010–2011)
    • Straczynski left the title, and the storyline was continued by Chris Roberson until The New 52 relaunch.[12][13][14][15]
    • Collected in Superman: Grounded Volume 1 (hc, 168 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3075-X; tpb, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3076-8)
  • Superman: Earth One (series of graphic novels set in an alternate universe and published under its own imprint):
    • Volume 1 (with Shane Davis, hc, 136 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2468-7; sc, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-2469-5)
    • Volume 2 (with Shane Davis, hc, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3196-9; sc, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-3559-X)
    • Volume 3 (with Ardian Syaf, hc, 136 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-4184-0; sc, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5909-X)
• Wonder Woman #600–605: "Odyssey" (with Don Kramer and Eduardo Pansica, 2010–2011)
  • Straczynski left the title, and the storyline was continued by Phil Hester until The New 52 relaunch.[12][13][16]
  • Collected in Wonder Woman: Odyssey Volume 1 (hc, 168 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3077-6; tpb, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3078-4)
• Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan / Nite Owl (hc, 288 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3894-7, tpb, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4514-5) collects:
  • Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1–4 (with Andy and Joe Kubert, 2012)
  • Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1–4 (with Adam Hughes, 2012)
  • Before Watchmen: Moloch #1–2 (with Eduardo Risso, 2012)
• The Flash: Earth One (graphic novel, announced for 2016)[17]

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:

• Liberty Annual '11: "Separation of Church and State" (with Kevin Sacco, anthology, Image, 2011) collected in CBLDF Presents: Liberty (hc, 216 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6070-6937-7; tpb, 2016, ISBN 1-6070-6996-2)
• Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle (with Pete Woods, Dark Horse, 2013–2014) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1–6, tpb, 152 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6165-5499-1)
  • Volume 2 (collects #7–12, tpb, 152 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6165-5625-0)
• The Twilight Zone vol. 3 (with Guiu Vilanova, Dynamite, 2013–2015) collected as:
  • The Way Out (collects #1–4, tpb, 104 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6069-0505-8)
  • The Way In (collects #5–8, tpb, 120 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6069-0543-0)
  • The Way Back (collects #9–12, tpb, 104 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6069-0543-0)

In 2013, Straczynski revived the Joe's Comics brand (this time, the titles were published by Image Central):

• Ten Grand (with Ben Templesmith, C. P. Smith and Matthew Dow Smith (#12), 2013–2015) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6070-6831-1)
  • Volume 2 (collects #7–12, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5010-7)
• Sidekick (with Tom Mandrake, 2013–2015) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6070-6861-3)
  • Volume 2 (collects #7–12, tpb, 160 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6321-5026-3)
• Protectors, Inc. #1–10 (with Gordon Purcell, 2013–2014)
  • Issues #1–6 are collected as Protectors, Inc. Volume 1 (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6321-5049-2)
• The Adventures of Apocalypse Al #1–4 (with Sid Kotian, 2013–2014) collected as The Adventures of Apocalypse Al (tpb, 128 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6070-6980-6)
• Dream Police #1–12 (with Sid Kotian, 2014–2016)
• Alone #1–6 (with Bill Sienkiewicz, announced for 2014)[5]

In 2016, Straczynski announced his retirement from comics.[18]
However, in 2018 he joined the "Creative Counsel" of the new publisher AWA Studios[19] and penned the inaugural series for its superhero universe:

• The Resistance #1–6 (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 2020) collected as The Resistance (tpb, 144 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7334-9931-8)
• The Resistance: Reborns (with C. P. Smith, digital one-shot, 2020)
• The Resistance: Moths #1–6 (spin-off, initially planned for a 2020 release)[20]