Nick Spencer

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Nick Spencer
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Spencer at a signing at
Midtown Comics in Manhattan
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Morning Glories
Thief of Thieves
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
Iron Man 2.0
Secret Avengers
The Amazing Spider-Man
Superior Foes of Spider-Man
Ant-Man
Captain America: Steve Rogers
Secret Empire

Nick Spencer is a comic book writer known for his creator-owned titles at Image Comics, including Morning Glories, Thief of Thieves, Bedlam, The Fix; for his work on such DC Comics books as Action Comics, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and for his Marvel Comics on the series Secret Avengers, Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Avengers World, Ant-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, as well as his controversial run on Captain America that culminated in the 2017 event comic Secret Empire.

Career[edit]

While in college, Spencer wrote three pitches to Marvel Comics soon after the Marvel Knights imprint launched in 1998. According to Spencer, "Joe [Quesada] didn’t like the first two but the third one was a Black Cat pitch that was a Jackie Brown kind of Tarantino-esque thing. He said he liked that one but they weren’t going to do anything with anybody new at the time." After another pitch was rejected, this time by Oni Press, Spencer went on to work in politics. He twice ran for the Cincinnati City Council as a candidate of the progressive Charter Party. Spencer also worked for a Democratic politician.[1] He later moved to New York City and successfully pitched Existence 2.0 to Jim Valentino of Image Comics. The first issue was released in July 2009.[2] A second miniseries, Existence 3.0, followed in November.[3] In January 2010, Newsarama named Spencer one of ten creators to watch for the coming year.[4]

That March, Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to Existence 2.0, and a film was in development through Platinum Dunes with Miles Millar and Alfred Gough to adapt and executive produce.[5] Spencer also wrote Forgetless and Shuddertown at Image.[6] An A.V. Club review of Shuddertown stated that Spencer "has become one of the finest practitioners" of crime noir in comics.[7]

Spencer's first ongoing series, Morning Glories, was released in August 2010, that same year, he wrote a seven-part Jimmy Olsen co-feature for DC Comics beginning in September's Action Comics #893, which concluded in a one-shot[8] released March 30, 2011, and a T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents monthly series that debuted that November.[6]

In 2011, he took over as the writer of Supergirl in January with issue #60,[9] but DC announced two months later that he would only be co-scripting one issue.[10] Spencer wrote Iron Man 2.0, a War Machine ongoing series for Marvel Comics which debuted that February.[11] He also took over writing duties on Secret Avengers from Ed Brubaker with issue #13.[12] It was announced at the 2011 Emerald City Comic Con that Spencer had signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, one that would allow him to continue writing his existing titles at both DC and Image.[13]

In 2011, Spencer was one of three writers that worked on Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn, a relaunch of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel line, along with Jonathan Hickman and Brian Michael Bendis. Spencer wrote Ultimate Comics X-Men.[14]

In 2016, he became the writer of the ongoing series Captain America: Steve Rogers, in which Captain America has been replaced by a version of himself loyal to Hydra. In 2017, Spencer wrote the miniseries Secret Empire. The series was a commercial success, with issues #0 and 1 being the third best-selling comic books of April and May, respectively.[15][16][17]

In March 2018, it was announced that Spencer would be writing a relaunched The Amazing Spider-Man series that would premiere that year, replacing long-time writer Dan Slott, as part of the Fresh Start relaunch that July.[18] Spencer’s run concluded in 2021, with issue #74.

In June 2021, it was announced that Spencer was hired in an undisclosed leading capacity for Substack's new comics publishing initiative.[19][20]

Bibliography[edit]

Image Comics[edit]

  • Shadowline:
    • Existence 2.0 #1–3 and Existence 3.0 #1–4 (with Ron Salas, 2009–2010) collected as Existence 2.0/3.0 (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-6070-6299-2)
    • Forgetless #1–5 (with W. Scott Forbes, Jorge Coelho and Marley Zarcone, 2009–2010) collected as Forgetless (tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-6070-6361-1)
    • Fractured Fables: "Cinderella" (with Rodin Esquejo, anthology graphic novel, hc, 160 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-6070-6269-0; sc, 2012, ISBN 1-6070-6496-0)
    • Shuddertown #1–4 (with Adam Geen, 2010) collected as Shuddertown (hc, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-6070-6943-1)
      • Issue #5 was solicited for October 2010 but never released.[21]
    • Morning Glories (with Joe Eisma, 2010–2016) collected as:
    • The Infinite Vacation #1–5 (with Christian Ward and Kendall Bruns, 2011–2013) collected as The Infinite Vacation (hc, 192 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-6070-6721-8)
  • Thief of Thieves #1–7 (co-written by Spencer and Robert Kirkman, art by Shawn Martinbrough, Skybound, 2012) collected as Thief of Thieves: I Quit (tpb, 152 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-6070-6592-4)
  • Bedlam (with Riley Rossmo and Ryan Browne, 2012–2014) collected as:
  • Paradigms (with Butch Guice, unreleased ongoing series, announced for 2014)[22][23]
  • Cerulean (with Frazer Irving, unreleased ongoing series, announced for 2014)[22][24]
  • The Great Beyond (with Morgan Jeske, unreleased limited series, announced for 2014)[22][25]
  • The Fix (with Steve Lieber, 2016–2018) collected as:

Marvel Comics[edit]

Other publishers[edit]

References[edit]

Inline citations[edit]

  1. ^ Rich Johnston (October 13, 2010). "Nick Spencer – Politics, Business… Oh, And Comics Too". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Callan, Jonathan (June 15, 2009). "Image's New "Existence"". CBR.com. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  3. ^ Wigler, Josh (October 29, 2009). "Nick Spencer's 'Existence 3.0'". CBR.com. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  4. ^ Arrant, Chris (January 4, 2010). "Ten for '10: Things to Watch in the New Year - Creators". Newsarama. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015.
  5. ^ Nemiroff, Perri (March 16, 2010). "Paramount To Adapt The Comic Existence 2.0". Cinema Blend. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Ching, Albert (August 3, 2010). "Nick Spencer Takes Readers to School with 'Morning Glories'". Newsarama. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  7. ^ Handlen, Zack; Heller, Jason; Murray, Noel; Phipps, Keith; Pierce, Leonard; Robinson, Tasha (March 26, 2010). "Comics Panel". The A.V. Club (The Onion). Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  8. ^ a b Melrose, Kevin (October 9, 2010). "DiDio addresses fate of Jimmy Olsen, other DC co-features". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010.
  9. ^ DCE Editorial (October 8, 2010). "NYCC 2010: Meet your new SUPERGIRL creative team | DC Comics". DC Comics. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  10. ^ DCE Editorial (December 15, 2010). "A few teases for the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents fans | DC Comics". DC Comics. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  11. ^ Ching, Albert (October 20, 2010). "War Machine Gets an IRON MAN 2.0 Upgrade From Nick Spencer". Newsarama.com. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  12. ^ West, Josh (February 10, 2011). "NICK SPENCER TO TAKE ON THE SECRET AVENGERS". Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  13. ^ Montgomery, Paul (March 6, 2011). "ECCC 2011: NICK SPENCER GOES EXCLUSIVE WITH MARVEL COMICS". iFanboy. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  14. ^ "Kaare Andrews Covers Marvel's Ultimate Relaunch". CBR.com. May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  15. ^ Mueller, Matthew (5 May 2017). "Controversy Creates Cash: Marvel's Secret Empire #0 Tops April's Sales Charts". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  16. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (May 5, 2017). "April Sales: Secret Empire #0 Lifts Marvel; GNs fall". Comics Beat. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  17. ^ Yehl, Joshua (May 9, 2017). "Secret Empire or Batman: Deciding The Real Best-Selling Comic of April 2017". IGN. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  18. ^ Adams, Tim (March 1, 2018). "Amazing Spider-Man Being Relaunched By Spencer & Ottley". CBR.com. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  19. ^ Perlberg, Steve (June 9, 2021). "Substack just made a major new hire as it goes after comic-book writers and expands its fiction efforts". Business Insider. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  20. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (June 10, 2021). "Report: Substack is getting into comics with Nick Spencer at the helm". ComicsBeat. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  21. ^ Allstetter, Rob (July 21, 2010). "IMAGE COMICS FOR OCTOBER". Comics Continuum. Archived from the original on July 24, 2010.
  22. ^ a b c "Nick Spencer Brings Three All-New Series to Image". Image Comics. January 9, 2014. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014.
  23. ^ Meylikhov, Matthew (January 22, 2014). "The Year of Nick Spencer, Part 1: Image Expo, Boats and Paradigms [Interview]". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014.
  24. ^ Meylikhov, Matthew (January 23, 2014). "The Year of Nick Spencer, Part 2: Cerulean and the Next Big Mystery [Interview]". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on January 25, 2014.
  25. ^ Meylikhov, Matthew (January 24, 2014). "The Year of Nick Spencer, Part 3: The Great Beyond and Looking to the Future [Interview]". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014.
  26. ^ Richards, Dave (August 11, 2011). "Spencer & Cloonan Go to Hell in "Victor Von Doom"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015.
  27. ^ Melrose, Kevin (November 4, 2011). "Marvel cancels Victor Von Doom miniseries before its debut". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on November 6, 2011.
  28. ^ Allstetter, Rob (August 22, 2011). "MARVEL COMICS FOR NOVEMBER". Comics Continuum. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011.
  29. ^ Allstetter, Rob (September 27, 2011). "MARVEL COMICS FOR DECEMBER". Comics Continuum. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011.
  30. ^ Allstetter, Rob (October 21, 2011). "MARVEL COMICS FOR JANUARY". Comics Continuum. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011.
  31. ^ Phegley, Kiel (November 5, 2010). "Spencer Soars On "Supergirl"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010.
  32. ^ Phegley, Kiel (December 16, 2010). "Spencer Shifts Off "Supergirl"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on December 19, 2010.
  33. ^ Johnston, Rich (March 22, 201). "When Nick Spencer Left Supergirl". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017.

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Preceded by
 Secret Avengers writer
2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Rick Remender
(Volume 1)
 Secret Avengers writer
2013–2014
(with Ales Kot 2013–2014) 		Succeeded by
Ales Kot
(Volume 3)
Preceded by
Rick Remender
 Captain America writer
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 The Amazing Spider-Man writer
2018–2021 		Succeeded by
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