372- ] English Literature - Peter Milligan

372- ] English Literature

Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan (Creator)

Peter Milligan is a British comics writer long resident in London. Milligan has been active in comics since the early 1980s, first at 2000 AD and independent comics, later working for DC Comics (frequently at their Vertigo imprint) and Marvel Comics. Milligan has long been friends with Grant Morrison, and the two writers frequently use the same characters and make references to each other's work. Artists with whom Milligan has worked productively include Duncan Fegredo, Jamie Hewlett and Mike Allred.

Titles on which Peter Milligan has worked.

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Animal Man - Wrote the six issues immediately after Morrison wrapped up on the series.

Bad Company

Batman - First wrote the character in the early 1990s with Dark Knight, Dark City, a three-parter in which The Bus Came Back with The Riddler on it. Has done various stretches and arcs with the character since.

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Britannia - Valiant Comics limited series

Britannia: We Who Are About to Die

Britannia: Lost Eagles of Rome

The Eaters

Enigma - Miniseries that Comic Book Resources has cited as his best work.

Hellblazer

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Human Target

Infinity, Inc.

Justice League Dark

Justice League Dark (2011)

The Punisher MAX

Shade, the Changing Man - Series that brought Milligan's cult to the US, based on a then-obscure character created by Steve Ditko.

Shadowman - Wrote the later issues of the 2012 book

Sub-Mariner: The Depths

X-Force (Milligan & Allred)

X-Statix - Probably his definitive Marvel work, a Sequel Series to his X-Force run. Milligan has followed it with spinoff miniseries with Dead Girl and Doop.

X-Men - Not as Milligan-y as X-Statix, but he did create the character of Bling.

X-Cellent - A Sequel Series to X-Statix, in which Guy Smith is forced to create a new X-Statix team to fight X-Cellent, a villainous team run by his predecessor, Axel Cluney.

Tropes associated with Peter Milligan:

Gender Bender: Shade has to possess dead bodies to exist in this dimension, and one of them was a female murder victim. The body eventually defaulted to male, but he lived as a woman for a few issues. Fury from Infinity, Inc. also switched from male to female.

Genre Deconstruction: All over the place in both his superhero and sci-fi comics. Shade was known for much more picaresque plots than the standard superhero comic, as well as a psychologically fragile hero. His take on X-Force cast new heroes as the kind of C-list celebrities who struggle to get talk show bookings.

Identity Amnesia: A large part of Human Target, as well as Shade, the Changing Man. One story also dealt with a Bruce Wayne who had no evidence that he was Batman because he was actually a telepathic criminal who'd tried to hack Batman's brain.

Shoot the Dog: Heroes and antiheroes are faced with this a lot. Orphan gave a dangerous Reality Warper his dream come true by welcoming him into the X-Statix, then killed him. The Riddler also forced Batman to cut a baby's throat in "Dark Knight, Dark City", and while it was a lifesaving tracheotomy it was also for a Black Magic ritual.

X-Men by Peter Milligan Series

 

Goodreads

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Collects the Peter Milligan run in two volumes. X-Men by Peter Milligan, Vol. 1: Dangerous Liaisons and X-Men by Peter Milligan, Vol.

AI Overview

Writer Peter Milligan took over Marvel's adjectiveless X-Men (vol. 2) comic book series from issues #166 to #187 (2005–2006), with primary art by Salvador Larroca.

Key Storylines and Eras

Golgotha (Issues #165–170): The team investigates a brutal massacre in an Antarctic mutant colony where the word "Golgotha" is written in blood, dealing with psychological instability and Emma Frost's cryptic guidance.

Bizarre Love Triangle (Issues #171–174): Focuses on emotional tension and a strange relationship dynamic involving Rogue, Gambit, and Mystique (who requests X-Men membership).

Wild Kingdom Crossover (Issues #175–176): Storm and the team travel to Africa to investigate mutated animals alongside the Black Panther.

Decimation & Blood of Apocalypse (Issues #177–187): Set in the aftermath of House of M—which left only a tiny fraction of mutants with powers—the team deals with Sentinels guarding the mansion and the return of Apocalypse as he recruits new Horsemen.

Collection and Reception

Collected Editions: Milligan's run is gathered in two trade paperbacks: X-Men by Peter Milligan Vol. 1: Dangerous Liaisons (collecting X-Men #166–176 and Black Panther #8–9) and X-Men by Peter Milligan Vol. 2: Blood of Apocalypse (collecting X-Men #177–187).

Critical Reception: According to user consensus on Reddit, opinions on the run are generally polarized or critical, with many readers noting that classic characters like Rogue, Gambit, and Iceman felt out of character, though the run remains notable for tying directly into the Decimation status quo.

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371- ] English Literature

Peter Milligan

Four Colours & The Truth

The best non-superhero comics of all time: 71-80

Posted on June 7, 2014 Standard Reply

80. Y The Last Man by Brian Vaughan & Pia Guerra (Vertigo, 2002)

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This was an unabashedly loved series during it’s run, frequently being hailed as one of the greatest adventure serials in the medium’s history. While still enjoyable, (How Pia Guerra hasn’t landed a major series since this is beyond me), this series about the last man alive on a planet full of women loses some impact when read in one big fell swoop. That being said, it’s entertainment factor still holds up extremely well.

79. Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse (Pirahna Press, 1995)

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A groundbreaking work, on a lot of levels. A major landmark in the graphic bio genre, this ended up also being an important mainstream look into aspects of gay culture.  Cruse gives us a peek into growing up in 1960’s Birmingham, not exactly a hotbed for the gay folks at the time. His brutal honesty, in addition to the brilliant density of his cross hatching technique, makes this one of my favourite autobiographical comics.

78. The Nao Of Brown by Glyn Dillon (Harry N. Abrams, 2012)

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Part romantic comedy, part meditation on Buddhism, and all stunningly beautiful painting. That’s The Nao Of Brown, a deceptively deep look at the life of a half-Japanese woman struggling to find success in her career, in romance, and in life in general.

77. The Cowboy Wally Show by Kyle Baker (Marlowe & Company, 1996)

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Choosing just one of Kyle Baker’s graphic novels to include here might have been one of the more difficult tasks I set myself when putting together this list. One thing gave Cowboy Wally the nod over more well known works like King David, or Why I Hate Saturn: Laughs. Big time laughs. While the media landscape that this book savagely lampoons has drastically changed, the North American love affair with being famous at all costs is eternal. Cowboy Wally’s trappings may be a little dated, but it still holds up admirably well.

76. Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau (1968)

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You’re not going to find many strips on this list that have had the cultural or political footprint that Doonesbury has had. While it’s ability to influence public discourse has obviously diminished, it’s overall impact is still felt, and still significant.  Through wars & social unrest, through political scandals & cultural change, Doonesbury has been providing witty commentary to it all. And best of all? Still funny as hell.

75. Duncan The Wonder Dog by Adam Hines (AdHouse, 2010)

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A huge, sprawling graphic novel, ambitious in scope, but extremely detailed in approach. It’s the story of a world similar to our own, with one major exception: Animals have learned to talk. And so an already complicated discussion regarding our relationship to the food that we eat and the environment we live in, becomes even more complicated.  Hines is there every step of the way, providing arguments, counterarguments, and setting the stage for a series that hopefully matches the extremely high quality of this book.

74. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon, 2004)

Persepolis is arguably one of the two most important biographical graphic novels of this still new century, and probably the most influential. It’s  the story of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one teenaged girl and her family.  Heartbreaking & poignant, silly & sensitive, Persepolis is one of those rare graphic novels that broke through to mainstream audiences, spawning both a sequel, and a critically acclaimed film. Another one of those books to recommend to your friend that “doesn’t read comics”.

73. Human Target by Peter Milligan & various artists (Vertigo, 1999)

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This was a perfect blend of character & concept, and one of the best action comics ever created. This may seem like a strange Peter Milligan comic to pick considering how prolific he’s been as a creator, but so much of his work crosses over into the superhero world, in varying degrees.  An updated take on an obscure 1970’s DC Comics character, Milligan’s Christopher Chance is a tragic hero at heart. He’s so used to pretending to be the people that he’s trying to protect, that he’s lost all of his own sense of self. Considering their recent output, it’s hard to remember that DC comics ever made comics this good.

72. Afrodisiac by Brian Maruca & Jim Rugg (Adhouse, 2009)

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On the surface, Afrodisiac is pure blaxploitation, fitting nicely on the shelf alongside your Pam Grier & Rudy Ray Moore DVDs. But what it really is, is a love letter to comics of all types: superheroes, kung-fu, romance, you name it.  It’s all fair game for Maruca & Rugg. Our hero is a pheromone-laden pimp, complete with a myriad of origin stories that changes from chapter to chapter. He fights a motley cure of villains, including Hercules, God, Death, giant cockroaches, and worst of all: Richard Nixon. This comic is a tribute to style over substance, but it’s that very style that makes me go back to this comic again and again.

71. Beasts of Burden by Evan Dorkin & Jill Thompson (Dark Horse, 2009)

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I’m going to go out on a limb here, but this is the best comic book about a group of dogs (and one cat) that solves supernatural mysteries, ever made. Both Dorkin & Thompson have impressive back catalogues ripe for the picking for a list like this, but BoB has the perfect blend of heart & adventure for me. Thompson is one of the finest painters in the history of the medium, and Dorkin’s decades of experience spearheading seminal books like Milk & Cheese, give this series an emotional heft not often seen in modern comics.  

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The Greatest Peter Milligan Stories Ever Told!

 Brian Cronin

Published May 24, 2010, 11:51 PM EDT

CBR senior staff writer Brian Cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for twenty years now at CBR (primarily with his “Comics Should Be Good” series of columns, including Comic Book Legends Revealed). He has written two books about comics for Penguin-Random House – Was Superman a Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed and Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia! and one book, 100 Things X-Men Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, from Triumph Books. His writing has been featured at ESPN.com, the Los Angeles Times, About.com, the Huffington Post, Vulture and Gizmodo. He features legends about entertainment and sports and other pop culture features at Pop Culture References. Follow him on Twitter at @Brian_Cronin and feel free to e-mail him suggestions for stories about comic books that you'd like to see featured at brianc@cbr.com!

Every day in May we will reveal the greatest stories ever told starring a particular character or written/drawn by a particular creator (and throughout the month, you'll get daily chances to vote for NEXT week's lists). These lists are voted on by YOU, the reader!

Here is the list of characters/creators featured so far (along with the rules on how to vote).

Today's list is the Greatest Peter Milligan Stories Ever Told!

15. Human Target #1-6 "Strike Zones"

In these issues, the opening of the ongoing Human Target series by Milligan and Javier Pulido, we're treated to a number of small stories starring Christopher Chance, a man who impersonates people to protect them, but after how many impersonations can your original personality remain intact? Milligan touches on this idea as Chance impersonates a film producer, an accountant who faked his death on 9/11 and a baseball superstar.

14. The Extremist

The Extremist (a name that Brendan McCarthy came up with) shows a woman driven to insanity and murder by the death of her husband. As she slowly descends into becoming the Extremist, she discovers that all is not what it seems, but is it too late - has solving her husband's murder turned her into exactly what the murderer wants? Ted McKeever drew this dark mini-series.

13. Animal Man #27-32

Few situations are more unsung that following up a legendary run on a comic book title, and that's what Milligan had to deal with with his six-issue run on Animal Man following up Grant Morrison. And yet, in his issues, Milligan managed to continue in the same spirit of Morrison while providing unique offbeat stories himself. Chas Truog drew the issues.

12. Batman #452-454 "Dark Knight, Dark City"

Speaking of Morrison, the current "Return of Bruce Wayne" storyline in Batman involves the demon Barbathos, who made his debut in this acclaimed three-part story by Milligan and artist Kieron Dwyer that involves Batman versus a possessed-by-a-demon Riddler.

11. Skin

This graphic novel, done with artist Brendan McCarthy, was deemed too controversial to print by Fleetway, so after it went unpublished for a bit, Tundra stepped up and published it. It's an extremely raw and strangely compelling look at a young deformed skinhead in England during the 1970s. The "lead" of the book, Martin, is repulsive and not because of his deformity (he has seal-like stubs with hands on them rather than arms and hands) but because of his twisted ideology - and yet Milligan and McCarthy make it worth following his misadventures.

10. Spider-Man's Tangled Web #5-6 "Flowers for Rhino"

Milligan and Duncan Fegredo combined for this two-part story where they basically just put Rhino through a riff on "Flowers for Algernon." It works really quite well.

9. X-Force #121-129 "Final Chapter"

Working with a variety of artists (although Mike Allred as the "main" artist), Milligan further satirized the very fundamentals of superhero-dom with this final series of stories featuring the members of X-Force before the book relaunched as X-Statix. There's an especially compelling multi-part story where the three "main" members of the team, the Orphan, the Anarchist and U-Go-Girl, deal with the fact that one of them is "destined" to die. This series of stories also features a brilliant spotlight issue on U-Go-Girl drawn by Darwyn Cooke. Also, where else but in a Peter Milligan comic would the stars of a comic book series get sued by the team that they replaced in the title over the usage of the name "X-Force"? Classic.

8. 2000 AD #500-519 "Bad Company"

Bad Company debuted in the 500th issue of 2000 AD, so it was given a nice spotlight and it worked out nicely, as readers quickly took a liking to the series, which was written by Milligan and drawn by Brett Ewins. It told the story of a company of soldiers fighting a war with an alien race called the Krool on the faraway alien planet, Ararat. We follow young soldier Danny Franks as his own platoon is wiped out so he joins up with Bad Company, a bizarre group of soldiers led by Kano, a Frankenstein's monster-esque fellow. As the series' popularity grew, so too did Milligan's inventiveness with the stories. This is the series that really put Milligan on the map.

7. Shade the Changing Man #45-50 "A Season in Hell"

Chris Bachalo says goodbye to Shade the Changing Man after a long run as artist (although not every issue, of course, heck, he doesn't even draw every issue this arc) with this sad, odd, tragic, bizarre and enthralling epic that revolves around Shade getting Kathy pregnant, which is problematic for some folks who want the baby dead before it is ever born. Meanwhile, Lenny does not react well to Kathy's impending motherhood, and things get even ODDER when Lenny's DAUGHTER shows up! The whole thing wraps up in a devastatingly sad and poignant finale. If Shade had ended here, this would have been one hell of an ending. Milligan is brilliant here.

6. Rogan Gosh

Milligan and Brendan McCarthy spin a wild tale of twisted realities and identities in this one-shot (that originally appeared in Revolver as a serial) that is named after an Indian dish (Rogan Josh), which ties into the general plot of the series, which DOES involve an Indian restaurant, but so much more - including Rudyard Kipling, the Indian death goddess Kali, a futuristic India and lots of sex magic! It's a wild ride that Milligan and McCarthy take us on, while making us appreciate the very medium of comic books, as this story likely could not be done in any other media.

5. X-Force #116-120 "New Beginnings"

This is the series of stories that introduced the brand-new X-Force, who exist as a parody of both superheroes and celebrity culture. This is your post-reality television superhero team - a group of fame whores and misfits whose deaths are followed the way you would follow a baseball team's wins and losses. The first issue makes this very clear as the main hero does not exactly make his way through the first story. Mike Allred is brilliant on the art and Milligan makes these heroes compelling AND ridiculous at the same time, which is no easy feat!

4. Shade the Changing Man #1-6 "American Scream"

Sent to Earth to deal with a growing "madness" that threatens Earth and his own home, Rac Shade shows up on Earth by possessing the body of a serial killer who is about to be killed. Using his "Madness-Vest," which he can use to warp reality, Shade goes on the road along with Kathy George, a young woman whose parents were murdered by the man whose body Shade now resides in. As you can quite imagine, the two are quite the odd couple, as Kathy is dark and death obsessed while Shade is a bit of a naive poet at heart. Together they explore the evil "American Scream" that is infecting the Earth with madness based on American culture. An early example of this is when we learn the OTHER history of the Kennedy assassination. Using the American Scream as a jumping on point, Milligan used the series as an exploration of cultural themes in America and artist Chris Bachalo (working off of designs by Brendan McCarthy) began to show the skills that would eventually make him a comic art superstar.

3. Skreemer

Working with his Bad Company collaborator, Brett Ewins, Milligan made his DC Comics debut with Skreemer, a tale about the rise and fall of a violent giant of a man named Veto Skreemer who we follow from his early days as an assassin until he is one of the most powerful gangsters in the world, which is especially notable in this post-apocalyptic world where gangsters basically rule the country like kings. However, the days of lawlessness are not going to be here forever, and we see the beginnings of a new society through the counter-story in the volume, the Finnegan family (we follow them through many years). This series was noted for its brutal violence during a time, the late 80s, when such things were not quite as common.

2. Human Target (mini-series)

Milligan almost completely re-imagines the character of Christopher Chance in this mini-series with artwork by the late, great Edvin Biukovic. Chance is doing his standard "impersonating someone who is being threatened" deal, but HE is also threatened, so we discover that his assistant, Tom McPherson, is filling in for Chance himself!! As you might imagine, lines get blurry and things like "one's own identity" don't seem as clear cut as they normally are. The artwork is simply amazing. This eventually led to a great ongoing series by Milligan.

1. Enigma

Enigma is another brilliant look at the shifting reality of identity, as a young man encounters a fictional superhero in real life, and the encounter begins a change in the man's life - but IS it a change or is it just awakening something that was always there, hidden in the man's personality? That is the type of tricky question Enigma deals with, and as the title of the book lets you know - the answer is not a simple one. Duncan Fegredo does a wonderful job on the artwork. Our own Greg Burgas wrote extensively about this series here - check it out!

That's the list! I'm sure there is a lot of agreement and disagreement with the list out there! Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section! 

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Peter Milligan

What are Peter Milligan's essential works? 

I have read Enigma and Skreemer and have been blown away by the level of sophistication and nuance in the writing. Some of the best comics I have ever read. I have started Shade the changing man and again the writing is brilliant. What other works of Milligan am I missing out on?

Greek Street is not going to blow you away but it’s fine. I have a hard time judging Extremist. I really love the artist and I think that makes me like it more than I would if only judging the story.

As for his more recent work (last 10-15 years) I have found it forgettable or even bad. I feel I’m forgetting one of his classics though

Mekdinosaur

I think one of Milligan’s best works was his X-Force and X-Statix runs he did with Mike & Laura Allred.

His Human Target run was also fun.

Make Way For Tomorrow

 “Enigma” and “Shade” are my personal favorites, but pretty much anything from the early days of Vertigo (1993-1999) is worth a look IMO. If I had to narrow it down to ten essentials, I’d probably go with the following:

“Bad Company” with Brett Ewins

“The Extremist” with Ted McKeever

“Face” with Duncan Fegredo

“Girl” with Duncan Fegredo

“Hewligan’s Haircut” with Jamie Hewlett

“Human Target” with Edvin Biuković and others

“Rogan Gosh” with Brendan McCarthy

“Skin” with Brendan McCarthy

“Tank Girl: The Odyssey” with Jamie Hewlett

“X-Force/X-Statix” with Michael Allred

The caveat with Milligan is that he started phoning in his work a while ago (especially his superhero stuff), so his ratio of stinkers is relatively high. But while his more recent comics can be hit-or-miss, everything he produced between the mid-80s and the mid-00s is generally good to excellent (or at the very least interesting).

Check out Sacrament. I thought it was great. Five issues, just wrapped up a month or two ago

Face is one of my favorite books of all time.

His recent comic, Sacrament, was excellent too.

Then there are all the others people are posting. Outside of X-Force/X-Static/X-Cellent, I don’t find his superhero stuff as good. Feels like he’s doing it for the paycheck.

He’s one of my top five writers though. Can’t go wrong.

I think his Freakwave, with McCarthy, is one of the wildest fucking things ever published in comic book form. Mickey Death forever.

Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City

Shade the Changing Man

Limulemur

He has some great issues from Detective Comics.

Jonesjonesboy

I reckon between Enigma, Skreemer and Shade you've got a good start at coverage; personally for the absolute essentials I'd add X-Statix/X-Force and the Dark Horse collection of his collaborations with Brendan McCarthy

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Enigma, Shade, and X-Statix are classics and rightfully what most people will recommend.

Sub-Mariner the Dephts is a fantastic story, very different from most marvel comics.

The "Best of Milligan and McCarthy contains some masterful early work. Some of the most creative comics ever. The physical copy is very expensive though. You might be able to find it online.

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Shade, Extremist, X-Statix, and I am in the minority who quite enjoyed his Hellblazer run

Mekdinosaur

If you like Milligan, check out the work of Jamie Delano (Animal Man: Flesh & Blood, Hellblazer: Original Sins). I've always found his writing to be similar and often superior to PM. 

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The Pale Knight

by Peter Milligan

Overview

England, 1349. Sir Hugh de Grey, the Pale Knight, returns from war to find a land ravaged by the Black Death, and his son dying of the plague. When he prays to God to save his son's life, it is not God who answers - but Death himself. And Death is willing to cut a deal.

 The Pale Knight #4

by Peter Milligan 

Overview

The Plague Maiden is doomed to do Death's work, yet unable to die herself. But can Sir Hugh de Grey -- another unwilling worker for Death -- be the instrument of her release? Meanwhile, Aaron of Albi seeks death in the poison of a bubo. It's 1342. And there's a lot of death about.

The Pale Knight #5

by Peter Milligan 

Overview

England 1348. There is much poison in the air. The Pale Knight has a bubo. Lady Strange's guests poison themselves with alcohol rather than think of death. Plague sweeps though the household of Sir Maurice de Beauchamp. And Aaron of Albi discovers what might be the deadliest poison of all: human treachery.

The Pale Knight #6

by Peter Milligan

Overview

The Pale Knight's journey reaches its terrible end. But should a good man do a terrible thing even if it means the life of his son? And can Death be trusted to keep his side of a deal? Meanwhile Aaron finds that love can be as fickle as Death...and just as dangerous. All this and more in the concluding contagious issue of The Pale Knight.

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Shade, the Changing Man

by Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo Omnibus Vol.

 Overview

Madness Evolves--And So Does Shade Shade's body changes. His love fractures. His mind burns. From the alien absurdity of The Changing Woman to warping time alongside John Constantine, Shade's latest incarnation tests the boundaries of identity, perception, and sanity. As the Hotel Shade hosts celestial beings and cursed pregnancies, one thing is certain--this isn't your average hero journey. It's a transformative experience that deconstructs both narrative and the self, one surreal revelation at a time. Collects: Shade, The Changing Man #38-70, Vertigo Jam #1, and Vertigo X Preview #1. 

Overview

The fan-favorite Red Lanterns, full of rage and fury return in their very own series as part of the acclaimed DC relaunch "The New 52". With blood and rage of crimson red, they fill men's souls with darkest dread. They twist your minds to pain and hate. They'll burn you all--that is your fate! In space sector 666 Atrocitus leads his Red Lantern Corps. into bloody battles throughout the cosmos, delivering their own brand of justice focused on death and destruction. When a sudden plague rips through the Red Lantern Corps. and decaying their Power Battery, the source of the Red Lantern's powers, Atrocitus must go on a quest to unravel the mystery. Will the Red Lanterns home base quickly become a graveyard? This giant size omnibus contains the full Red Lanterns series from DC's relaunch "The New 52" Collects: Red

Red Lanterns #1

Written by Peter Milligan, art by Ed Benes & Rob Hunter

#140char Review: Red Lanterns #1 is a nadir of #DCNew52 reboot, a bad 90s flashback to XTREME bad guys like Carnage headlining pointless blood-bathed books.

I feel the need to caveat that I have never read a Rainbow Lantern book before and may have entirely missed the point of this entire endeavor.

Red Lanterns #1 is a comic full of interesting elements that work against each other as a whole. Peter Milligan can be terrific at manipulating oddball teams. The Ed Benes art was consistently awesome. Even the concept of a revenge-powered Lantern corps isn’t a turnoff for me.

The execution was simply off. Milligan’s been there before on his stultifying X-Men run. No amount of awesome art can save a badly conceived comic.

 

The opening torture scene can’t decide if it wants to be dire or comedic, and introducing a violent space-faring attack kitten with rippling muscles who is bleeding from his mouth would seem to peg this as a offbeat humor title, a la Lobo. The kitten continues to cough up blood all over its captors in what seemed like a mildly funny scene until it is saved in a display of over-the-top violence by a good (bad? (good?)) guy named “Atrocitus,” who proclaims, “What are you doing to my cat?”

Clearly a humor title, right?

Nay. Not when the unbearably lugubrious Atrocitus then launches into a totally emo inner monologue that takes up half the issue. It becomes obvious that this is not meant to be a laughing matter. Also, apparently all of the Red Lanterns exhale blood all the time, or blood-like red energy? That’s the impression I got when we saw a slew of them on panel, each more silly-looking than the last and all breathing blood. This includes a sexy blue-skinned babe with bone wings and a dental floss bikini bottom who can only speak in single word growls.

So, it’s a serious, violent, ultra-bloody, emo humor title with an unintelligible hot babe who craves only range and showing showing off her ass like it’s a trend? Well, they’ve got the pubescent boy demo locked down.

(The irony is that right now Marvel’s hands-down best book is the similarly-themed Uncanny X-Force, except there blend of brainy humor and continuity references alongside the blood, guts, and skin-tight outfits is done to dizzying perfection by Rick Remender. But, maybe a DC fan would hate it.)

Milligan’s scripting failures aside, Benes art is hard to deny – he’s really enjoyable throughout, especially on a tease of Hal Jordan in a flashback. However, the red on red on red color palette really begins to wear after a few pages with the RL gang. An Earthbound b-plot is a snooze, though I suppose it’s setting up an Earthling to be a Red Lantern.

DC returnees and longtime readers might really delight in the side-story behind Atrocitus, but without existing affection for the concept I think it really falls flat.

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Peter Milligan

 

Peter Milligan is a prominent British writer known for his innovative work in the comic book industry. Some of his most celebrated titles include Shade, The Changing Man, Enigma, and X-Statix. Milligan's work often explores complex themes such as identity, reality, and the human psyche, making him a distinctive voice in the realm of graphic novels. His contributions to both DC Comics and Marvel, among other publishers, have been influential in shaping modern comic narratives.

Born and raised in the UK, Milligan's career in comic writing began in the early 1980s, and he has since become renowned for his deeply psychological stories and his use of surrealism. His approach to character development and plot structure has won him several awards and nominations across the industry. Outside of comics, Milligan enjoys reading, travel, and spending time with his family, which continue to influence his creative process.

Peter Milligan is a prominent British writer known for his innovative work in the comic book industry. Some of his most celebrated titles include Shade, The Changing Man, Enigma, and X-Statix. Milligan's work often explores complex themes such as identity, reality, and the human psyche, making him a distinctive voice in the realm of graphic novels. His contributions to both DC Comics and Marvel, among other publishers, have been influential in shaping modern comic narratives.

Born and raised in the UK, Milligan's career in comic writing began in the early 1980s, and he has since become renowned for his deeply psychological stories and his use of surrealism. His approach to character development and plot structure has won him several awards and nominations across the industry. Outside of comics, Milligan enjoys reading, travel, and spending time with his family, which continue to influence his creative process.

Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan is a prominent British writer known for his innovative work in the comic book industry. Some of his most celebrated titles include Shade, The Changing Man, Enigma, and X-Statix. Milligan's work often explores complex themes such as identity, reality, and the human psyche, making him a distinctive voice in the realm of graphic novels. His contributions to both DC Comics and Marvel, among other publishers, have been influential in shaping modern comic narratives.

Born and raised in the UK, Milligan's career in comic writing began in the early 1980s, and he has since become renowned for his deeply psychological stories and his use of surrealism. His approach to character development and plot structure has won him several awards and nominations across the industry. Outside of comics, Milligan enjoys reading, travel, and spending time with his family, which continue to influence his creative process.

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Early work

Titles published by various American publishers in the earlier part of Milligan's career include:

Vanguard Illustrated (anthology, Pacific Comics):

"Freakwave!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #1–3, 1983–1984)

The concept was initially developed by Milligan and McCarthy as a film pitch;[7][8] further three episodes were published in Milligan/McCarthy/Brett Ewins' anthology series Strange Days.[9]

First episode of the Vanguard Illustrated strip and the entire Strange Days serial are collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)

"The God Run" (with George Freeman, in #6, 1984)

Strange Days #1–3 (anthology, Eclipse, 1984–1985) featuring:

"Freakwave" (with Brendan McCarthy and Brett Ewins)

"Johnny Nemo: The Orb of Harmony" (with Brett Ewins)

A spin-off 3-issue limited series, written by Milligan and drawn by Ewins, was published as The Johnny Nemo Magazine (Eclipse, 1985–1986) featuring:

"Johnny Nemo: The Spice of Death" (in #1–2)

"Johnny Nemo: New London Pride" (in #3)

"Sindi Shade" (in #1–3)

In 1989, a reprint of "The Orb of Harmony" and an expanded version of "New London Pride" (with an additional 8-page chapter drawn by Steve Dillon) were published in black-and-white in the UK magazine Deadline.

The Johnny Nemo stories from The Johnny Nemo Magazine and the black-and-white version of "The Orb of Harmony" are collected in The Complete Johnny Nemo (hc, 160 pages, Titan, 2014, ISBN 1-78276-070-9)

"Paradax!" (with Brendan McCarthy)

An untitled 1-page Paradax strip, written by Milligan and drawn by McCarthy, was published in the UK anthology volume Strip AIDS (56 pages, Willyprods/Small Time Ink, 1987, ISBN 0-9512522-0-8)

A spin-off 2-issue limited series, consisting of an issue featuring three new short stories and an issue reprinting the Strange Days serial with new colouring by McCarthy,[10] was published as Paradax! (Vortex, 1987)

The Strip AIDS strip, issue #1 of the Paradax! series and the Strange Days serial with the original colouring are collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)

"Tales from the 4th Dimension" (with Brett Ewins, 1-page strip in #1)

"Krazy Foam" (with Brendan McCarthy, 1-page strip in #1)

"3 Wise Men" (with Brett Ewins and Brendan McCarthy, 1-page strip in #2)

"Tales from Eutopia" (with Tony Riot, 1-page strip in #3)

"Einstein's Blue Baby of the Month" (text for an illustration by Brett Ewins, in #3)

Mister X Special: "Mister Insect X" (with Brett Ewins, one-shot, Vortex, 1990) collected in Mister X: The Brides of Mister X and Other Stories (hc, 320 pages, Dark Horse, 2011, ISBN 1-59582-645-9)

DC Comics

Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include:

Skreemer #1–6 (with Brett Ewins, 1989) collected as Skreemer (tpb, 176 pages, Vertigo, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-925-6)

Shade, the Changing Man vol. 2 #1–70 (with Chris Bachalo, Bill Jaaska (#10), Bryan Talbot (#14), Jan Duursema (#20), Brendan McCarthy (#22), Colleen Doran (#27–29, 31–32), Duncan Eagleson (#30), Glyn Dillon (#34, 38, 40–41, 45), Peter Gross (#36), Scot Eaton (#39), Philip Bond (#40, 43, 48), Steve Yeowell (#42), Mark Buckingham (#49–50, 54–57, 59–60), Sean Phillips (#51–53), Michael Lark (#56, 58–59), Richard Case (#61–63, 65–70), Andy Pritchett (#62) and Jamie Tolagson (#64 and 67); published under the Vertigo imprint starting with issue #33, 1990–1996) collected as:

The American Scream (collects #1–6, tpb, 168 pages, Vertigo, 2003, ISBN 1-84023-716-3)

The Edge of Vision (collects #7–13, tpb, 192 pages, Vertigo, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2539-X)

Scream Time (collects #14–19, tpb, 176 pages, Vertigo, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2768-6)

Shade, the Changing Man by Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo Omnibus Volume 1 (collects #1–37, hc, 992 pages, DC Black Label, 2025, ISBN 1-7995-0030-6)

Shade, the Changing Man by Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo Omnibus Volume 2 (collects #38–70, hc, 1,000 pages, DC Black Label, 2026, ISBN 1-7995-1052-2)

Includes "The Vision" short story (art by Mike Allred) from Vertigo Jam (anthology one-shot, 1993)

Includes the "One Girl's Crazy Story" short story (art by Mike Allred) from Vertigo X Anniversary Preview (promotional one-shot, 2003)

Batman:

Batman #452–454: "Dark Knight, Dark City" (with Kieron Dwyer, 1990)

Collected in Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City (tpb, 192 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5127-7)

Collected in Batman: The Caped Crusader Volume 3 (tpb, 328 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9427-8)

Detective Comics (with Jim Aparo and Tom Mandrake (#633), 1991–1992) collected as:

Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City (includes #629–633, tpb, 192 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5127-7)

Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Volume 6 (includes #629–633, tpb, 320 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-77951-330-5)

Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Volume 7 (includes #638 and 643, tpb, 280 pages, 2023, ISBN 1-77951-330-5)

Batman: The Caped Crusader Volume 5 (includes #639–640, tpb, 248 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-77950-601-5)

Also collects Batman #472–473 (written by Milligan, art by Norm Breyfogle, 1991) as part of "The Idiot Root" inter-title crossover.

Catwoman Defiant (with Tom Grindberg, graphic novel, 48 pages, 1992, ISBN 1-56389-071-2) collected in Catwoman: Life Lines (tpb, 600 pages, 2024, ISBN 1-7795-2846-9)

New Year's Evil: Scarecrow (with Duncan Fegredo, one-shot, 1998) collected in Batman: Scarecrow Tales (tpb, 176 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0443-0)

Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul (hc, 256 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1785-0; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2032-0) includes:

Batman Annual #26: "Resurrection Shuffle" (with David López, 2007)

Robin vol. 2 #168–169: "The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, Parts 1 and 5" (with Freddie Williams II (#168) and David Baldeon (#169), 2008)

Detective Comics #842: "The Suit of Sorrows" (with Dustin Nguyen, 2008) collected in Batman: Private Casebook (hc, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-2009-6; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2015-0)

Batman Confidential #31–35 (with Andy Clarke, 2009) collected as Batman: The Bat and the Beast (tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2794-5)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 2 #34–37: "Return of Batman..." (with Riccardo Burchielli, digital anthology, 2013)

First published in print as part of the twelfth and thirteenth issues of the Legends of the Dark Knight series in 2013.

Collected in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Volume 3 (tpb, 152 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4815-2)

Animal Man #27–32 (with Chas Truog and Steve Dillon (#29), 1990–1991)

Collected in Animal Man: Born to be Wild (tpb, 288 pages, Vertigo, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3801-7)

Collected in Animal Man by Tom Veitch and Steve Dillon Omnibus (hc, 688 pages, 2026, ISBN 1-7995-0790-4)

Generation Hex (with Adam Pollina, one-shot, Amalgam, 1997)

Collected in Return to the Amalgam Age of Comics Volume 1 (tpb, 160 pages, 1997, ISBN 1-56389-382-7)

Collected in DC vs. Marvel: The Amalgam Age Omnibus (hc, 1,216 pages, 2024, ISBN 1-77952-326-2)

JLA: Classified #37–41 (with Carlos D'Anda, 2007) collected as JLA: Kid Amazo! (tpb, 128 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1630-7)

The story was initially announced for a 2004 release[11] in the form of an original graphic novel titled JLA: Kid Amazo (hc, 96 pages, ISBN 1-4012-0048-6)

The graphic novel was cancelled soon after the announcement;[12] another delay occurred after the story was solicited to begin in JLA: Classified #26. The Programme (with C. P. Smith, Wildstorm, 2007–2008) collected as:

Volume 1 (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1815-6)

Volume 2 (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1998-5)

Infinity, Inc. vol. 2:

Luthor's Monsters (tpb, 128 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1815-6) collects:

"Luthor's Monsters" (with Max Fiumara and Travel Foreman (#3), in #1–5, 2007–2008)

"Persona" (with Matthew Southworth, co-feature in #3–5, 2008)

The Bogeyman (tpb, 128 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1998-5) collects:

"The Influencing Machines of Metropolis" (with Matt Camp, in #6–7, 2008)

"The Bogeyman" (with Pete Woods, in #8–10, 2008)

"Schizomania" (with Javier Aranda, in #11–12, 2008)

New Line Cinema's Tales of Horror: "The Texas Chainsaw Salesman" (with Tom Feister, co-feature in one-shot, Wildstorm, 2007)

Flashpoint: Secret Seven #1–3 (with George Pérez (#1) and Fernando Blanco, 2011) collected in Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Batman (tpb, 272 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3405-4)

Red Lanterns (with Ed Benes, Diego Bernard (#4–7), Jorge Jiménez (#8), Andres Guinaldo (#8 and 16), Tomás Giorello (#9), Miguel Sepulveda, Ardian Syaf (#0) and Will Conrad (#19–20), 2011–2013) collected as:

Blood and Rage (collects #1–7, tpb, 160 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3491-7)

Death of the Red Lanterns (collects #8–12 and Stormwatch vol. 5 #9, tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3847-5)

The Second Prophecy (collects #0 and 13–20, tpb, 272 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4414-9)

The New 52 Omnibus (includes #0–20 and Stormwatch vol. 5 #9, hc, 1,456 pages, 2026, ISBN 1-7995-0176-0)

Justice League Dark (with Mikel Janín, Admira Wijaya (#7) and Daniel Sampere (#7–8), 2011–2012) collected as:

In the Dark (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3704-5)

The Books of Magic (includes #7–8, tpb, 224 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4024-0)

The New 52 Omnibus (includes #1–8, hc, 1,648 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-77951-313-5)

The New 52 Compendium (includes #1–8, hc, 1,624 pages, 2026, ISBN 1-79950-667-3)

Stormwatch vol. 5 (with Miguel Sepulveda (#9), Ignacio Calero (#10–11), Eduardo Pansica (#11 and 16), Will Conrad, Julio Ferreira (#12 and 16) and Cliff Richards (#13–15), 2012–2013) collected as:

Enemies of Earth (includes #9–12 and Red Lanterns #10, tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3848-3)

Betrayal (collects #0 and 13–18, tpb, 176 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4315-0)

Includes the "Seoul Brothers" short story (art by Simon Bisley) from Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine's Day Special (anthology, 2013)

Adventures of Superman vol. 2 #34–36: "The Demolisher" (with Agustín Padilla, digital anthology, 2013)

First published in print as the twelfth issue of the Adventures of Superman series in 2014.

Collected in Adventures of Superman Volume 3 (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5330-X)

Vertigo

Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:

Enigma #1–8 (with Duncan Fegredo, 1993) collected as Enigma (tpb, 208 pages, 1995, ISBN 1-56389-192-1; hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2021, ISBN 1-5067-2069-2)

The Extremist #1–4 (with Ted McKeever, 1993)

Vertigo Voices (umbrella title for a series of one-shots):

Face (with Duncan Fegredo, 1995)

The Eaters (with Dean Ormston, 1996)

Bizarre Boys (unproduced one-shot — to be co-written by Milligan with Grant Morrison and drawn by Jamie Hewlett)[15]

Tank Girl:

Tank Girl: The Movie Adaptation (with Andy Pritchett, graphic novel, 64 pages, 1995, ISBN 1-56389-219-7)

Tank Girl: The Odyssey #1–4 (with Jamie Hewlett, 1995) collected as Tank Girl: The Odyssey (tpb, 104 pages, Titan, 2003, ISBN 1-84023-494-6)

Egypt #1–7 (with Glyn Dillon (#1–2) and Roberto Corona, 1995–1996)

A collected edition was solicited for a 2016 release but subsequently cancelled: Egypt (tpb, 192 pages, ISBN 1-4012-6136-1)

Vertigo Vérité: Girl #1–3 (with Duncan Fegredo, 1996) collected as Girl (tpb, 80 pages, DC Black Label, 2020, ISBN 1-77950-818-2)

Weird War Tales vol. 2 #4: "War + Peas" (with Duncan Fegredo, anthology, 1997)

The Minx (with Sean Phillips):

Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1: "Mazel Tov, Leo" (short story in the anthology, 1998)

The Minx #1–8 (1998–1999)

Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2 (framing sequence for the anthology, 1999)

Heart Throbs vol. 2 #3: "The Death of a Romantic" (with Eduardo Risso, anthology, 1999)

Human Target:

Human Target: Chance Meetings (tpb, 200 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2666-3) collects:

Human Target #1–4 (with Edvin Biuković, 1999) also collected as Human Target (tpb, 104 pages, 2000, ISBN 1-56389-693-1)

Human Target: Final Cut (with Javier Pulido, graphic novel, hc, 96 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-889-6; sc, 2003, ISBN 1-56389-904-3)

Human Target vol. 2 #1–21 (with Javier Pulido (#1–5, 11–13, 18), Cliff Chiang (#6–10, 14–16, 19–21) and Cameron Stewart (#17), 2003–2005)

Issues #1–10 are collected as Human Target: Second Chances (tpb, 256 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3061-X)

Weird Western Tales vol. 2 #4: "What a Man's Gotta Do" (with Duncan Fegredo, anthology, 2001)

Vertigo Pop! London #1–4: "My Generation" (with Philip Bond, 2003)

Hellblazer:

Hellblazer (with Eddie Campbell (#250), Giuseppe Camuncoli, Goran Sudžuka (#254–255), Simon Bisley (#259–260, 265–266, 271–274, 276, 282, 292) and Gael Bertrand (#280, 284, 291), 2009–2013) collected as:

John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 22 (collects #250–260, tpb, 392 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-4012-9568-1)

John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 23 (includes #261–266, tpb, 392 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-77950-305-9)

John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 24 (includes #267–275, tpb, 352 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-77950-952-9)

John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 25 (collects #276–291, tpb, 352 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-77951-029-2)

John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 26 (collects #292–300 and Annual #1, tpb, 352 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-77951-498-0)

House of Mystery Halloween Annual (with Giuseppe Camuncoli):

"Letter from a Suicide" (co-feature in #1, 2009) collected in House of Mystery: The Beauty of Decay (tpb, 160 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2756-2)

"Bonfire Night" (co-feature in #2, 2010) collected in House of Mystery: Conception (tpb, 160 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3264-7)

Greek Street (with Davide Gianfelice and Werther Dell'Edera (#12–14), 2009–2010) collected as:

Blood Calls for Blood (collects #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2573-X)

Cassandra Complex (collects #6–11, tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2847-X)

Madea's Luck (collects #12–16, tpb, 128 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3280-9)

Vertigo Crime: The Bronx Kill (with James Romberger, graphic novel, hc, 184 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-84856-418-X; sc, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2631-0)

Strange Adventures: "P•A•R•T•N•E•R•S" (with Sylvain Savoia, anthology one-shot, 2011) collected in Strange Adventures (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4393-2)

Time Warp: "She's Not There" (with M. K. Perker, anthology one-shot, 2013)

Vertigo Quarterly (series of bimonthly themed anthologies):

CMYK #2: "The Shoe in the Attic" (with Rufus Dayglo, 2014) collected in CMYK (tpb, 296 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5336-9)

SFX #1: "Pop Psychology" (with Celia Calle, 2015) collected in SFX (tpb, 296 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6147-7)

The Names #1–9 (with Leandro Fernández, 2014–2015) collected as The Names (tpb, 200 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5243-5)

New Romancer #1–6 (with Brett Parson, 2016) collected as New Romancer (tpb, 144 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6351-8)

Marvel Comics

Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include:

A1 vol. 2 #2–4: "King Leon" (with Jamie Hewlett, anthology, Epic, 1992)

X-Men:

Archangel: "Phantom Wings" (with Leonardo Manco, one-shot, 1996) collected in X-Men: The Road to Onslaught Volume 3 (tpb, 448 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9005-8)

The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1–4 (with John Paul Leon, 1996)

Collected as The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix (tpb, 112 pages, 1997, ISBN 0-7851-0556-5)

Collected in X-Men: The Rise of Apocalypse (tpb, 400 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-302-90069-2)

Magneto #1–4 (scripted by Jorge González from a plot by Milligan, drawn by Kelley Jones, 1996–1997)

X-Statix Omnibus (hc, 1,200 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5844-8) collects:

X-Force #116–129 (with Mike Allred, Darwyn Cooke (#124) and Duncan Fegredo (#129), 2001–2002)

Also collected as X-Force: Famous, Mutant and Mortal (hc, 288 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1023-2)

Also collected in X-Statix: The Complete Collection Volume 1 (tpb, 504 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-302-92403-6)

X-Statix (with Mike Allred, Paul Pope (#5), Philip Bond (#10) and Nick Dragotta (#20), 2002–2004) also collected as:

Good Omens (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1059-3)

Good Guys and Bad Guys (collects #6–10, tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1139-5)

Includes the 2-issue spin-off limited series Wolverine/Doop (written by Milligan, art by Darwyn Cooke, 2003)

Back from the Dead (collects #11–18, tpb, 192 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1140-9)

X-Statix vs. the Avengers (collects #19–26, tpb, 192 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1537-4)

I ♥ Marvel: My Mutant Heart: "How Love Works" (with Marcos Martín, anthology one-shot, 2006)

X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl #1–5 (with Nick Dragotta, Marvel Knights, 2006) also collected as X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl (tpb, 120 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2031-9)

Nation X #4: "Dooptopia" (with Mike Allred, anthology, 2010) also collected in Nation X (hc, 360 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3873-0; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4103-0)

X-Men vol. 2 (with Salvador Larroca and Roger Cruz (#180–181), 2005–2006) collected as:

X-Men by Peter Milligan: Dangerous Liaisons (collects #166–176, tpb, 320 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-302-91650-5)

X-Men by Peter Milligan: Blood of Apocalypse (collects #177–187, tpb, 336 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-302-93090-7)

All-New Doop #1–5 (with David Lafuente, Jacopo Camagni (#3) and Federico Santagati (#4–5), 2014) collected as All-New Doop (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-9042-2)

Legion #1–5 (with Wilfredo Torres and Lee Ferguson (#4–5), 2018) collected as Legion: Trauma (tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-302-91162-7)

The X-Cellent: Hereditary-X (tpb, 152 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-302-91698-X) collects:

Giant-Size X-Statix: "Hereditary-X" (with Mike Allred, 2019)

The X-Cellent #1–5: "New Blood, New World" (with Mike Allred, 2022)

The X-Cellent vol. 2 #1–5 (with Mike Allred, 2023) collected as The X-Cellent: Unsocial Media (tpb, 112 pages, 2023, ISBN 1-302-91699-8)

Elektra #1–13, -1 (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 1996–1997) collected in Elektra by Peter Milligan, Larry Hama and Mike Deodato, Jr.: The Complete Collection (tpb, 480 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-302-90433-7)

Spider-Man:

Spider-Man's Tangled Web #5–6: "Flowers for Rhino" (with Duncan Fegredo, anthology, 2001)

Collected in Spider-Man's Tangled Web Volume 1 (tpb, 144 pages, 2002, ISBN 0-7851-0803-3)

Collected in Spider-Man's Tangled Web Omnibus (hc, 560 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-302-90682-8)

Venom vs. Carnage #1–4 (with Clayton Crain, 2004)

Collected as Venom vs. Carnage (tpb, 96 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1524-2)

Collected in Carnage Omnibus (hc, 1,168 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-302-91227-5)

Collected in Venomnibus Volume 3 (hc, 1,088 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-302-92632-2)

Toxin #1–6 (with Darick Robertson, 2005) collected as Toxin: The Devil You Know (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1804-7)

Punisher:

Wolverine/Punisher #1–5 (with Lee Weeks, Marvel Knights, 2004) collected as Wolverine/Punisher (tpb, 120 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1432-7)

The Punisher: Official Movie Adaptation #1–3 (with Pat Olliffe, 2004) collected as The Punisher: Official Movie Adaptation (tpb, 120 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1410-6)

The Punisher: Frank Castle #75: "Father's Day" (with Goran Parlov, co-feature, Marvel MAX, 2009) collected in Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection Volume 5 (tpb, 504 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-302-90274-1)

Punisher MAX: Happy Ending (with Juan José Ryp, one-shot, Marvel MAX, 2010) collected in Punisher MAX: The Complete Collection Volume 6 (tpb, 376 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-302-90739-5)

Sub-Mariner: The Depths #1–5 (with Esad Ribić, Marvel Knights, 2008–2009) collected as Sub-Mariner: The Depths (hc, 120 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3329-1; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3337-2)

Moon Knight: Silent Knight (with Laurence Campbell, one-shot, 2009)

Collected in Moon Knight: The Death of Marc Spector (hc, 152 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3218-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3298-8)

Collected in Moon Knight by Huston, Benson and Hurwitz Omnibus (hc, 1,184 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-302-93456-2)

Thor: The Trial of Thor (tpb, 288 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-302-90795-6) includes:

Dark Reign: The Cabal: "Dinner with Doom" (with Tonči Zonjić, anthology one-shot, 2009) also collected in Siege Prelude (tpb, 264 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4310-6)

The Trial of Thor (with Cary Nord, one-shot, 2009)

Thor vol. 3 Annual #1: "The Hand of Grog" (with Tom Grindberg and Mico Suayan, 2009) also collected in Thor: Wolves of the North (tpb, 104 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5614-3)

The Rage of Thor (with Mico Suayan, one-shot, 2010)

The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange: "Melancholia" (with Frank Brunner, anthology one-shot, 2010) collected in Doctor Strange: The Flight of Bones (tpb, 192 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-302-90167-2)

Daredevil: Black and White: "Second Sight" (with Jason Latour, anthology one-shot, 2010)

5 Ronin #1–5 (with Tomm Coker (#1), Dalibor Talajić (#2), Laurence Campbell (#3), Goran Parlov (#4) and Leandro Fernández (#5), 2011) collected as 5 Ronin (hc, 136 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5632-1; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5101-X)

Fear Itself: Home Front #1–4: "The Age of Anxiety" (with Elia Bonetti, anthology, 2011) collected in Fear Itself: Home Front (hc, 240 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6389-1; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5667-4)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang vol. 2 (with Ramon Rosanas, unreleased 4-issue limited series intended for publication under the CrossGen imprint — initially announced for December 2011;[16] postponed indefinitely in March 2012)[17]

All-New Miracleman Annual: "Seriously Miraculous" (with Mike Allred, co-feature, 2015) collected in Miracleman: Olympus (hc, 328 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-5466-3)

Valiant Comics

Titles published by Valiant include:

Shadowman: The Deluxe Edition Book Two (hc, 304 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-68215-107-7) collects:

Shadowman vol. 4 #13X, 13–16 (with Diego Bernard (#13X) and Roberto de la Torre, 2013–2014) also collected as Shadowman: Fear, Blood and Shadows (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-939346-27-4)

Shadowman: End Times #1–3 (with Valentine De Landro, 2014) also collected as Shadowman: End Times (tpb, 104 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-939346-37-1)

Punk Mambo: "Mayhem and Revenge" (with Robert Gill, one-shot, 2014) also collected in Punk Mambo (tpb, 144 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-68215-330-4)

Bloodshot vol. 3 #25: "The Glitch" (with Lewis LaRosa, 2014) collected in Bloodshot: The Glitch and Other Tales (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-939346-71-1)

Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #1–3 (with Cary Nord, 2014–2015) collected as Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel (tpb, 104 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-939346-74-6)

Britannia:

Britannia: The Deluxe Edition (hc, 320 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-68215-320-7) collects:

Britannia #1–4 (with Juan José Ryp, 2016) also collected as Britannia (tpb, 112 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-68215-185-9)

Britannia: We Who are About to Die #1–4 (with Juan José Ryp, 2017) also collected as Britannia: We Who are About to Die (tpb, 112 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-68215-213-8)

Britannia: Lost Eagles of Rome #1–4 (with Robert Gill, 2018) also collected as Britannia: Lost Eagles of Rome (tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-68215-291-X)

Britannia: The Great Fire of Rome (with Alvaro Papagiani, one-shot, 2024)

Punk Mambo: The Punk Witch Project (with Andres Ponce, one-shot, 2024)

X-O Manowar: Black, White and Gold #1: "Visigoth Therapy" (with Sebastián Cabrol, anthology, 2026) collected in X-O Manowar: Black, White and Gold (hc, 112 pages, 2027, ISBN 1-9622-0175-9)

Other

Titles published by various American publishers after Milligan became an established Big Two writer:

Dark Horse:

Aliens vol. 2 #9–12: "Aliens: Sacrifice" (with Paul Johnson, strip in the magazine, 1993)

Collected by Dark Horse in Aliens Omnibus Volume 3 (tpb, 376 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-59307-872-2)

Collected by Marvel in Aliens: The Original Years Omnibus Volume 2 (hc, 1,032 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-302-92890-2)

Tomorrow #1–2 (of 5) (with Jesús Hervás, Berger Books, 2020)

The last three issues of the series were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The entire story was eventually published as a single volume titled Tomorrow (tpb, 128 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-5067-1803-5)

The Dark Gate: "The Hunger Artists" (with Brett Ewins, anthology graphic novel, 64 pages, Cyberosia, 2004, ISBN 0-9742713-6-5)

IDW Publishing:

Army of Two #1–6: "Across the Border" (with Dexter Soy, EA Comics, 2010) collected as Army of Two (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60010-739-7)

Kid Lobotomy #1–6 (with Tess Fowler, Black Crown, 2017–2018) collected as Kid Lobotomy: A Lad Insane (tpb, 152 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-68405-244-0)

Black Crown Quarterly #3: "Tales from the Raygun" (with Kristian Rossi, anthology, 2018) collected in Black Crown Omnibus (tpb, 240 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-68405-364-1)

After Dark #0–3 (script by Milligan based on the concept by Antoine Fuqua and Wesley Snipes, art by Jeff Nentrup and Leonardo Manco (#2–3), Radical, 2010–2011)

A collected edition was solicited for a 2011 release but subsequently cancelled: After Dark (tpb, 168 pages, ISBN 1-935417-45-2)

Image:

Madman 20th Anniversary Monster: "Tuning Up" (with Philip Bond, anthology graphic novel, 264 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-60706-472-3)

The Discipline #1–6 (with Leandro Fernández, 2016) collected as The Discipline (tpb, 160 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-63215-922-8)

Hit-Girl: Season Two #9–12: "India" (with Alison Sampson, 2019–2020) collected as Hit-Girl in India (tpb, 104 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-5343-1548-9)

Terminal Hero #1–6 (with Piotr Kowalski, Dynamite, 2014–2015) collected as Terminal Hero: The Death and Life of Rory Fletcher (tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-60690-697-6)

Ahoy Comics:

Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror Volume 1 (tpb, 192 pages, 2019, ISBN 0-9980442-3-7) includes:

Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror (anthology):

"The Fall of the White House of President Usher" (with Richard Case, in #5, 2019)

"William Wilson, Inc." (with Sarah Burrini, in #6, 2019)

Happy Hour #1–6 (with Michael Montenat, 2020–2021) collected as Happy Hour (tpb, 144 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-952090-05-9)

AWA Studios:

American Ronin #1–5 (with Aco, 2020–2021) collected as American Ronin (tpb, 128 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-953165-04-4)

Absolution #1–5 (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 2022) collected as Absolution (tpb, 128 pages, 2023, ISBN 1-953165-42-7)

Sacrament #1–5 (with Marcelo Frusin, 2022) collected as Sacrament (tpb, 128 pages, 2023, ISBN 1-953165-43-5)

Aftershock:

Out of Body #1–5 (with Inaki Miranda, 2021) collected as Out of Body (tpb, 120 pages, 2023, ISBN 1-949028-86-0)

God of Tremors (with Piotr Kowalski, one-shot, 2021) collected in Shock Treatment (tpb, 136 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-949028-92-5)

Dogs of London #1–5 (with Artecida, 2022) collected as Dogs of London (tpb, 128 pages, 2023, ISBN 1-956731-13-X)

Bad Idea:

Pyrate Queen #1–4 (with Adam Pollina, 2021–2022)

The Lot #3: "Monsters in My Life" (with Sarah Burrini, co-feature, 2021)

Werewolf (with Robert Gill, one-shot — distributed directly by the publisher via mail order,[22] 2021)

Burning Man #1 (of 2)[23] (with Juan José Ryp, 2022)

The storyline was supposed to continue in several co-features published in other titles by Bad Idea before concluding in Burning Man #2.[24]

Due to publishing delays and other undisclosed reasons, none of the further short installments or full issues of Burning Man eventually materialized.

Human Remains #1–8 (with Sally Cantirino, Vault, 2021–2022) collected as Human Remains: The Complete Series (tpb, 192 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-63849-110-0)

The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: "Humanity: Annual Report" (with Guillermo Ortego, anthology graphic novel, 352 pages, DK Publishing, 2021, ISBN 0-7440-4282-8)

Profane #1–5 (with Raül Fernández, Boom! Studios, 2024) collected as Profane (tpb, 128 pages, 2025, ISBN 979-8892151085)

Mad Cave Studios:

The Pale Knight #1–6 (with Val Rodrigues, 2025) collected as The Pale Knight (tpb, 152 pages, 2025, ISBN 1-5458-1260-8)

Liquidator #1–5 (with Piotr Kowalski, 2025–2026) collected as Liquidator (tpb, 120 pages, 2026, ISBN 1-9605-7873-1)

Heavy Metal Magazine #5: "Sick Futures: The Man Who Once Was" (with Goran Sudžuka, anthology, Massive Publishing, 2026)