365- ] English Literature - Peter Milligan

365- ] English Literature

Peter Milligan bibliography 

US publishers 

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)

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364- ] English Literature

Peter Milligan bibliography

Peter Milligan bibliography

Active period        1978–present

Publishers

2000 AD      1981–present

DC Comics 1989–present

Vertigo        1993–present

Marvel Comics     1996–present

This article is a bibliography of the British comic book writer Peter Milligan.

UK publishers

Titles published by various British publishers include:

Sounds: "The Electric Hoax" (with Brendan McCarthy, strip in the weekly music-themed newspaper, Spotlight Publications, 14 Oct 1978–24 Mar 1979)

Milligan joined McCarthy as the writer after the first few episodes;[1] both creators were credited under various pseudonyms for most of the strip's run.

Six episodes were reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)

2000 AD (anthology — published by IPC Media until 1986, Fleetway until 2000, and Rebellion since then):

Tharg's Future Shocks:

The Best of Tharg's Future Shocks (tpb, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-905437-81-1) includes:

"The Man Who Was Too Clever" (with Brett Ewins, in #216, 1981)

"The Subterraneans!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #365, 1984)

"Bill Tompkins Meets... Bill Tompkins!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #371, 1984)

"Bad Timing" (with Massimo Belardinelli, in #375, 1984)

"The Castaway!" (with Geoff Senior, in #390, 1984)

"60 Hours that Shook the World!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #391, 1984)

"Medusa!" (with Cliff Robinson, in #394, 1984)

"The Search for Spot" (with Jeff Anderson, in #398, 1984)

"Bad Maxwell!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #402, 1985)

"Crazy War" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #404, 1985)

"Extra! Extra!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #407, 1985)

"Nerves of Steel!" (with Will Simpson, in #408, 1985)

"But is It Art?" (with Eric Bradbury, in #409, 1985)

"Eggravation" (with Eric Bradbury, in #420, 1985)

"Grainger in Paradise!" (with Kev Hopgood, in #426, 1985)

"Car Wars" (with John Higgins) and "Speak No Evil" (with Eric Bradbury, in #434, 1985)

"The Long Sleep" (with Jeff Anderson, in #435, 1985)

"Project Salvation!" (with John Higgins, in #436, 1985)

"The War with the Slobb!" (with Barry Kitson, in #437, 1985)

"The Revenge of the Yallop Cringe!" (with Geoff Senior, in #438, 1985)

"Eric the Wild!" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #439, 1985)

"Prisoner of Conscience!" (with Barry Kitson, in #440, 1985)

"Doing Time!" (with Robin Smith, in #441, 1985)

"It's the Thought That Counts!" (with Steve Dillon, in #442, 1985)

"The Armageddon Game" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #462, 1986)

"The Possessed" (with Trevor Goring, in #375, 1984)

"The Ghost Outside the Machine!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #374, 1984)

"The Snikker Snack" (with Jeff Anderson, in #410, 1985)

Sooner or Later (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-78108-428-9) includes:

"Breathless" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #420, 1985)

"Do You Copy?" (with Brendan McCarthy, in Sci-Fi Special '85, 1985)

Sooner or Later:

Sooner or Later (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-78108-428-9) collects:

"Sooner or Later" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #468–496 and 498–499, 1986)

"Swifty's Return" (with Jamie Hewlett, in #614–617, 1989)

Rogue Trooper (with José Ortiz):

Rogue Trooper: Tales of Nu-Earth Volume 3 (tpb, 400 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-78108-068-2) includes:

"The Fanatics" (in Sci-Fi Special '86, 1986)

"Nort by Nortwest" (in Annual '87, 1986)

Bad Company:

The Complete Bad Company (tpb, 368 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-907519-46-7) collects:

"Bad Company" (with Brett Ewins, in #500–519, 1986–1987)

"Bad Company II: The Bewilderness" (with Brett Ewins, in #548–557, 1987–1988)

"Bad Company II: The Krool Heart" (with Brett Ewins, in #576–585, 1988)

"Young Men Marching" (with Brett Ewins, in Annual '89, 1988)

"Simply" (with Brett Ewins, in #601, 1988)

"Kano" (with Brett Ewins, in #828–837, 1993)

"Down Among the Dead Men" (with Brett Ewins, in Prog 2001, 2000)

"Bad Company 2002" (with Brett Ewins, in Prog 2002 and #1273–1277, 2001–2002)

"Ararat" (prose story with illustrations by Brett Ewins, in Annual '90, 1989)

"First Casualties" (with Rufus Dayglo, in #1950–1961, 2015) collected as Bad Company: First Casualties (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-78108-442-4)

"Terrorists" (with Rufus Dayglo, in #2061–2072, 2017–2018)

"The Torture Farm" (with Cam Smith, in #2400, 2024) collected in Judge Dredd: Nordland Rising (tpb, 112 pages, 2026, ISBN 1-83786-852-2)

The Dead (with Massimo Belardinelli, in #510–519, 1987)

Freaks (with John Higgins, in #542–547, 1987)

Judge Anderson: "Dear Diary" (prose story with illustrations by Eddy Cant, in Annual '88, 1987) collected in Judge Anderson: The Psi Files Volume 3 (tpb, 304 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-78108-106-9)

Tribal Memories (with Tony Riot, in #585–588, 1988) collected in 2000 AD Presents: Sci-Fi Thrillers (tpb, 320 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-78108-177-8)

Bix Barton (with Jim McCarthy, in #663–668, Sci-Fi Special '90, Winter Special '90, 723–728, 737–741, 761–766, Yearbook '93, Sci-Fi Special '93, Winter Special '94 and 912–917, 1990–1994)

Shadows (with Richard Elson, in #672–681, 1990)

Hewligan's Haircut (with Jamie Hewlett, in #700–707, 1990) collected as Hewligan's Haircut (hc, 64 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-904265-06-5; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-906735-98-0)

Judge Dredd: "Judge Planet" (with Shaky Kane, in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #4, 1991) collected in Judge Dredd: The Restricted Files Volume 3 (tpb, 288 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-907992-21-9)

Counterfeit Girl (with Rufus Dayglo, in #2000–2008 and 2010, 2016) collected as Counterfeit Girl (tpb, 64 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-78108-724-5)

The Devil's Railroad (with Rufus Dayglo, in #2352–2355 and 2357–2366, 2023–2024)

The Discarded (with Kieran McKeown, in #2463–2475, 2025–2026)

Intergalactic Quest (series of gamebooks illustrated by an uncredited artist and published by Macdonald and Co.):

Cosmic Triangle (32 pages, 1986, ISBN 0-361-07241-4)

Doomed World (32 pages, 1986, ISBN 0-361-07242-2)

Kidnap in Space (32 pages, 1986, ISBN 0-361-07243-0)

Slavers of Devron (32 pages, 1986, ISBN 0-361-07244-9)

IPC Media:

Battle Action Force #600: "The Fighting Magees" (with Francisco Solano López, anthology, 1986)

Eagle #242–258: "Clovis and Chowdhary: The Hard Men" (with Mike Western, anthology, 1986–1987)

News on Sunday Extra: "Summer of Love" (with Brendan McCarthy, strip in the monthly newspaper supplement, 1987)

Seven episodes were published between April and November 1987;[4] according to McCarthy, four more episodes were produced.[5]

The seven published episodes were reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)

Deadline (anthology, Deadline Publications):

"Johnny Nemo" (with Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon (#6 and 12), in #1–12 and 50, 1988–1989 + 1993)

The Johnny Nemo feature in issue #5 is a four-page prose story with an illustration by Ewins.

The stories in issues #7–9 are reprints of the strips originally published in Strange Days #1–3 (Eclipse, 1984–1985)

The stories in issues #10–11 are reprints of the strip originally published in The Johnny Nemo Magazine #3 (Eclipse, 1986)

The reprint in issue #11 omits the last page of the original strip, and the story in issue #12 presents an all-new 8-page ending for it.

The stories from issues #1–4, 6–9 and 50 are collected in The Complete Johnny Nemo (hc, 160 pages, Titan, 2014, ISBN 1-78276-070-9)

"The Writer" (two-page prose story with an illustration by Shaky Kane, in #1, 1988)

"The Golem" (two-page prose story with an illustration by Brett Ewins, in #2, 1988)

"Nobody" (three-page prose story, in #3, 1988)

"The Christmas My Great Uncle Spent with Hemingway and the Joyces" (three-page prose story, in #14, 1989)

A1 (anthology, Atomeka):

"The Hollow Circus" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #1, 1989) collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)

"Big Death" (with David Lloyd, in #2, 1990)

"The Temple of Sweat" (prose story with illustrations by John Higgins, in the True Life Bikini Confidential one-shot, 1990)

"In the Penal Colony" (adaptation of the short story by Franz Kafka; script by Milligan, art by Brett Ewins, in #5, 1991)

Fleetway:

Judge Dredd Annual '90: "Radical Cheek" (prose story with illustrations by Jamie Hewlett, co-feature, 1989)

Revolver #1–6: "Rogan Gosh: Star of the East" (with Brendan McCarthy, anthology, 1990)

Collected as Rogan Gosh: Star of the East (tpb, 80 pages, Vertigo, 1994, ISBN 1-56389-143-3)

The Vertigo collection was subsequently reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)

The Comic Relief Comic (among other writers and artists, one-shot, 1991)

Skin (with Brendan McCarthy, graphic novel, 48 pages, Tundra UK, 1992, ISBN 1-85809-000-8)

The story was initially slated to appear as a serial in Fleetway's Crisis anthology series, but ended up shelved due to its controversial subject matter.

The graphic novel was subsequently reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)

Titan:

The Complete Johnny Nemo: "The Make Over" (with Brett Ewins, Rufus Dayglo, Jock and Ashley Wood; story created for the collected edition, hc, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-78276-070-9)

The Mummy: Palimpsest #1–5 (with Ronilson Freire, Hammer Comics, 2016–2017) collected as The Mummy: Palimpsest (tpb, 128 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-78585-978-1)

Dan Dare vol. 2 #1–4 (with Alberto Foche, 2017–2018) collected as Dan Dare: He Who Dares (tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-78586-147-6)

The Prisoner vol. 2 #1–4 (with Colin Lorimer, 2018) collected as The Prisoner: The Uncertainty Machine (tpb, 112 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-78585-915-3)

Judge Dredd Megazine #378–379: "Judge Dredd: Psicho" (with Tiernen Trevallion, anthology, Rebellion, 2016–2017)

The Spirit Centenary Newspaper (with Duncan Fegredo, untitled 1-page story in the tabloid-sized anthology, LICAF, 2017)  

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363- ] English Literature

Peter Milligan

 Peter Milligan (born June 24, 1961) is an English comic book, film and television writer who wrote the comic Aliens: Sacrifice for Dark Horse International.

Biography

Milligan started his comic career with short stories for 2000 AD in the early 1980s. By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000 AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett Ewins and Brendan McCarthy. Bad Company was a science fiction war story in 2000 AD, it was immensely popular and helped Milligan become better known.

Concurrently, Milligan, Ewins and McCarthy had been working on the anthology title, Strange Days for Eclipse Comics. Strange Days featured three strips, Paradax, Freakwave and Johnny Nemo. Milligan, McCarthy and Ewins produced three issues of this psychedelic comic, it was not a great seller but it picked up a small, loyal readership. The most conventional strip, Johnny Nemo, had its own series while the more quirky Paradax had a two issue series published by Vortex Comics in 1987.

By 1989 Milligan was swapping between more conventional strips such as Bad Company, while still writing his more surreal efforts in 2000AD, such as Hewligan's Haircut with artist Jamie Hewlett. Milligan with artist Jim McCarthy created the Steve Ditko-inspired Bix Barton. This was first run as a black and white strip for its first outing ("Barton's Beasts") the second strip was called "Carry On Barton" (originally "Carry On Snuffing"), the strip was very popular and was a precursor of Devlin Waugh and others.

In 1989 he had his first work published by DC Comics. Skreemer was a six issue mini series with art by Brett Ewins that was somewhat lost in the midst of the so-called "British Invasion" of American comics of the time. A dark post-apocalyptic gangster story, it did receive critical acclaim but did not sell well. Milligan however was soon to become a regular writer for DC while still working on his more personal comics in the UK in comics such as 2000AD, and its spin off titles Crisis and Revolver.

Skin (art by Brendan McCarthy) was the story of a young thalidomide skinhead in 1970s London, and his attempts to deal with his disability and the world in general. The strip was due to feature in Crisis in 1990 but the publishers, Fleetway were worried by the controversial subject matter, plus they were concerned with the explicit use of language in the story. The printers refused to print it, blaming the graphic language and controversial subject matter as a reason. The story remained in limbo until eventually being published as a graphic novel by Tundra with little, or no controversy. It remains one of Milligan's most powerful and acclaimed works.

Milligan had started to revamp Steve Ditko's character Shade, the Changing Man for DC Comics in 1990. This proved to be his largest break into American comics and came at the end of the first wave of "The British Invasion" of comics. Milligan updated and adapted many of Ditko's concepts, while adding his own ideas to embark upon one of the most bizarre titles published by DC. In 1993, it was one of the first wave of Vertigo titles with issue 33. It was a steady seller but it was cancelled with issue 70. A one-off story for Vertigo's tenth anniversary was published in 2003.

Milligan also succeeded Grant Morrison on Animal Man for a six issue run in 1991, and became the regular writer of Batman in Detective Comics in the same year. It was during one meeting of Batman writers that Milligan came up with the initial idea which led to the Knightfall storyline which was to cross over all the Batman family of titles. Milligan however had finished writing Detective Comics and was not involved with the crossover.

Milligan also created the highly acclaimed Enigma, with artist Duncan Fegredo for Vertigo in 1993. In this, Milligan introduced a gay superhero and dealt with his subject manner in his usual surreal way. Milligan quickly followed this up with The Extremist with artist Ted McKeever. Both titles dealt with taboo subjects for a mainstream publisher, but were applauded by their handling of these subjects.

Milligan spent the remainder of the decade writing one-off specials such as Face and The Eaters, or mini-series like Egypt and Tank Girl with its creator Jamie Hewlett providing art as well as acting as advisory editor to Paul Honeyford's Fighting Figurines. Milligan and Brendan McCarthy's psychedelic classic Rogan Gosh was reprinted in a collected edition by Vertigo in 1996, after being first serialised six years earlier in Revolver.

Milligan rounded out the decade by writing a four issue mini series featuring The Human Target. Proving to be Milligan's most conventional title for DC so far, it was also very popular and brought him to the attention of many who had been unaware of him and his works.

In 2001 Marvel Comics was undergoing a revamp by its new editor-in-chief Joe Quesada and one of his aims was to revamp the X-Men family of titles. Milligan was given X-Force to write with issue 116, and right away he removed the Rob Liefeld style superheroics and replaced it with a more satirical tone. Milligan and artist Mike Allred also removed the traditional superhero names and replaced them with names which sounded more like product brand names. Characters such as the Orphan, the Anarchist, U-Go Girl, Phat, Vivisector, Venus Dee Milo, Dead Girl and Doop formed this new team. This was not well received by some fans of the title, and many wanted "their" X-Force back, a comment Milligan would later parody in the pages of the title. These criticisms aside, the title sold well and even received mainstream media coverage both in America and Europe.

Milligan's run was acclaimed for its different take on the super hero genre, however X-Force was cancelled with issue 129 so it could become X-Statix, with Allred still as artist. It was on X-Statix that Milligan would once again become controversial when a proposed plotline was to feature a resurrected Princess Diana as a superhero and X-Statix team member. News of this spread to the press, including the British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail who strongly objected to the idea. Eventually the character of Diana was altered, as were the references to the Royal Family but not before the story had been reported around the world. This aside, X-Statix was cancelled with issue 26, though several trade paperbacks were released.

Milligan's recent film work includes the screenplay for Pilgrim (a 2000 movie sometimes shown as Inferno), which stars Ray Liotta. He also scripted the 2002 adaptation of the Melvin Burgess novel An Angel for May. He was the regular writer on X-Men with artist Salvador Larroca in 2005, writing issues #166-187. Milligan returned to Human Target with a straight to graphic novel story "Final Cut", after which he wrote all of 21 issues of the ongoing series for Vertigo.

In 2006 he wrote a five issue mini series titled X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl with artist Nick Dragotta and co-creator Mike Allred for Marvel Comics.

In 2007, Milligan will write a continuing series featuring Infinity, Inc. Max Fiumara is scheduled to do art chores on the book. In July 2007 a Wildstorm series by Milligan started, called The Programme. It features the revival of a Soviet Cold War superhero. Milligan has also been involved in 2007's Batman crossover, The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, by writing the lead-in Batman Annual #26, as well as the parts of the series in the Robin monthly title. Milligan recently penned the script for the BBC interactive animated series "Meta4orce".

It was announced in October 2008 that Milligan would be taking over writing duties on the long-running Vertigo comic series Hellblazer. He also wrote the 2008 seasonal one-shot "Moon Knight: Silent Knight" with artist Laurence Campbell. At Vertigo he is also writing Greek Street, set in the London street of the same name. He also wrote the critically acclaimed miniseries Sub-Mariner: The Depths for Marvel's Marvel Knights imprint which ended in March 2008. 

362- ] English Literature - Peter Milligan

362- ] English Literature

Peter Milligan

 Peter Milligan is an often controversial writer who was part of the “British wave” of writers who worked for DC Comic’s adult Vertigo line. His notable work include Shade The Changing Man, the highly controversial Skin, The Extremist, and Enigma. His X-Statix was a hugely-popular re-imagining of the Marvel Comics’ X-Men world.

He has recently written Shadowman for Valiant Comics, Terminal Hero for Dynamic Forces, and a creator-owned series for Vertigo called The Names, besides writing a new Doop mini-series for Marvel Comics, Doop being the unexpected and absurd "breakout" character from the X-Statix hit.

Peter was also the longest writer on Hellblazer, telling the dark tales of now-TV character John Constantine.

His recent work includes New Romancer, the highly controversial THE DISCIPLINE, and soon-to-be-published Britannia.

Books by Peter Milligan

 

Happy Hour

Happy Hour

By Peter Milligan

Illustrated by Michael Montenat

In a near-future America, happiness isn’t just a right—it’s the law. A timely satire by superstar writer Peter Milligan (X-Statix, The Prisoner) and artist Michael Montenat (Dominion, Hellraiser Annual). 

361- ] English Literature - Peter Milligan

361- ] English Literature

Peter Milligan

About The Author

One-time Entertainment Weekly Man of the Year Peter Milligan was at the forefront of the revolution in comics for a more sophisticated, adult audience. Shade, the Changing Man for Vertigo offered a skewed look at American culture, while Enigma, Face and Rogan Gosh pushed the boundaries of what comic books could do. The hugely-popular X-Statix was a radical reworking of the X-Men paradigm that led to controversy when Milligan tried to recruit the late Diana Prince of Wales into his celebrity-obsessed bunch of heroes; described by Kevin Smith (Clerks, etc.) as “the most well-observed scholarly analysis of media-manipulation filtered through a pop-culture lens ever committed to the page." While the Princess Diana controversy raged, Milligan was perhaps the most hated man in Britain--at least among Daily Mail readers.

Milligan was the longest-running writer of the cult horror comic Hellblazer, and his take on Human Target inspired the TV series. His latest works include the critical hit Britannia, about an Ancient Roman detective, a retelling of The Mummy for Hammer/Titan, and the surreal Kid Lobotomy for IDW.  Currently he is writing a new take on the cult TV series The Prisoner for Titan. Milligan has written several screenplays.

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360- ] English Literature - Peter Milligan

360- ] English Literature

Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan is a British writer best known for his extensive work on X-Force/X-Statix and X-Men for Marvel, and Human Target, Shade, the Changing Man and a lengthy, and climatic, tenure on Hellblazer for DC/Vertigo.

Career

Comic Books

Peter Milligan has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd. Somehow in the midst of this he managed to carve out a second career as a superhero writer. His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix. Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC/Vertigo. Most of Milligan's Vertigo work have never been collected into trade paperback form; rendering the majority of his stronger output long out of print. Enigma has been collected and is long out of print. Shade, The Changing Man and Human Target are slowly getting collected in Trade Paperback formats.

Milligan seemingly takes vacations from the comic book industry here and there as, after the cancellation of his "X-Statix" opus and the end of his run on X-Men, it was a few years before he resurfaced with " The Programme" from Wildstorm. Since resurfacing, Milligan has been working steadily for the Big Two (Marvel and DC), with limited series such as Sub Mariner: The Depths. Currently, Milligan has finally been tapped to write DC Vertigo's Hellblazer; a project many have felt to be long overdue for him to take a crack at as he is pretty much the last notable British comic writer who has been active since the mid 80's, is known on both sides of the Pond, and has not yet written so much as a 1-2 issue stint for Hellblazer (the extent of Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison's work with the title). This has been negated as he has taken over as the writer for Hellblazer starting with issue #250.

Peter Milligan also has a habit of having series canceled short. His Minx and Greek Street series both got canceled early from Vertigo. Minx lasting 8 issues and Greek Street 16 issues. Greek Street would get canceled before the second trade would be released. Human Target would get canceled at 21 issues, falling short of reaching the two year mark.

Peter Milligan is finding his way back into mainstream comics as he is the primary writer of DC's new series, Red Lanterns. He also wrote Justice League Dark and Stormwatch. However these runs lasted shortly and he switched onto new things.

Milligan's new projects include All-New Doop with David Lafuente from Marvel; The Names (replacing The Discipline) with Leo Fernandez from Vertigo; Shadowman with Roberto de la Torre from Valiant; and Terminal Hero from Dynamite Entertainment.

Characters Created

DC/Vertigo/Wildstorm , Abysmus ,Adam Quill,Aisha,Alu,Amazing Woman,Anna Schwarz,Arkkon,Armquist,Baron Ghazz,Barry Cundy,Bear,Becky McFadden,Bethany McCade,Brenda Greaves

Brian , Bruno , Carew,Cassandra Quill,Charles Parkhurst-Hawk ,

Colonel Burke , Count Liib , Debbs Cundy , Declan Brady , Detective Sergeant Proctor ,Emerald , Emil ,Empathy ,Enigma ,

Envelope Girl , Epiphany Greaves ,Erin Keane ,Eva Brady ,Faeces McCartney , Fernby , Finn Brady , Gerald Keane , Gloria Gregg ,

Haines , Hal Blind , Harr , The Head , Helen Quill ,Inspector Dev ,

Jack Tanner -Janet Murphy-Jason Cundy-Jimmy Greaves-John Paul Smith-Joseph Keane-Jud-Judy Tanner-Julian-Kathy George

-Kerry-Kid Amazo-Kid Empty-Knapp-Lenny Shapiro-Mal Brady

-The Man of The Bronx Kill-Marley-Martin Keane-Martin Keane

-Meeta-Michael Smith-Mrs Cundy-Nite-Lik-Nora-Patrick-PC McCartney-Peggy-Phoebe Clifton-Avery-Polly-Rankorr-Reverend Earl James-Rixx-Rocky Quill-Rogan Gosh-Roy Constantine-Sadhu

-Sam McFadden-Sandra-Sara Shapiro-Sexdeath the Messiah-Shay Chesterton-Shirley-Simone Cundy-Singh-Sir Lawrence Downing-

Skorch-Skreemer-Steve Cundy-Terry Greaves-Titus Bird-Tom McFadden-Tony Murphy-Troy Grenzer-The Truth-Vincent Me

-Vikram Dhawan-Zo-Marvel-Agent Wright-American Samurai

-Anarchist-Anti-Matter-The Architect-Battering Ram-Blind Ali

-Bloke-Coach-Corkscrew-Dead Girl-Diego Ardilles-Doop-Dr. Randolph Stein-East Wind-El Guapo-Gerald O'Higgins-Gin Genie

Gottlieb-Henrietta Hunter-Hilda-Kate Sawyer-King Lau-Konrad Weiss-La Nuit-Lacuna-Lightning Bug-Louise Wright-Mant-McKinley Stewart-Mista-Mister Code-Miz Tree-Mysterious Fanboy

-Nina McCabe-North Wind-Obituary-Ocean-Optoman-Orchid-Orphan-Overkill-Oxford Blue-Ozone-Paco Perez-Patrick Mulligan

Phat-Pink Lady-Pitiful One-Plazm-Razorhead-Saint Anna-Sangrida

-Sharon Ginsberg-Shatterhead-Sluk-Smoke-Solomon O'Sullivan-South Wind-Spike-Spike Freeman-Surrender Monkey- Sycamore

-Toxin-Trudi Scarlotti-U-Go Girl-Venus Dee Milo-Vivisector-Wall

-Washout-West Wind-Zeitgeist-Indie-Androula-Big Tits-Crosseyed Ruby-Hewligan-Johnny Gorman-Johnny Nemo-Martin 'Atchet-Mirkin the Mystic-Paradax!-Scarlet O' Gasmeter-Sir Allard Cox-Boyd-Steve Bennet-Tina-Williams

Movie/TV Shows

He also wrote the scripts (screenplays) for the movies Pilgrim (2000) and An Angel for May (2002) and TV mini-series Meta4orce (2008).

Personal Life

His official website is: www.petermilligan.co.uk

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Peter Milligan

Born 24 June 1961 (age 65)

London, England

Area Writer

Notable works  Bad Company

Shade, the Changing Man

Enigma

Human Target

X-Force / X-Statix

Hellblazer

Awards    UK Comic Art Award for Best Writer, 1991, 1994

Peter Milligan (born 24 June 1961 is a British comic book writer who has written extensively for both British and American comic book industries. In the UK, Milligan has contributed to numerous anthology titles including 2000 AD, Revolver, Eagle and A1, and helped launch the magazine Deadline. In the US, he is best known for his frequent contributions to DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, which include the revamped DC properties Shade, the Changing Man and Human Target, a four-year run on the imprint's premier title Hellblazer, and original series Enigma, The Extremist, Egypt and Greek Street, as well as the Marvel series X-Statix, co-created by Milligan and artist Mike Allred.

Career

Milligan started his comic career with Sounds music paper's comic strip The Electric Hoax, with Brendan McCarthy, with whom he went to art school. Milligan later moved to write short stories for 2000 AD in the early 1980s. By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called "Bad Company", with artists Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy. "Bad Company" was a popular future war story and helped Milligan become better known.

Concurrently, Milligan, Ewins and Brendan McCarthy had been working on the anthology title, Strange Days for Eclipse Comics. Strange Days featured three strips, "Paradax", "Freakwave", and "Johnny Nemo". Milligan, McCarthy and Ewins produced three issues of this psychedelic comic, it was not a great seller but it picked up a small, loyal readership. The most conventional strip, "Johnny Nemo", had its own series, while the more quirky "Paradax" had a two-issue series published by Vortex Comics in 1987.

By 1989, Milligan was swapping between strips such as "Bad Company", while still writing material in 2000AD, such as "Hewligan's Haircut" with artist Jamie Hewlett. Milligan and artist Jim McCarthy created the Steve Ditko-inspired "Bix Barton". This was first run as a black and white strip for its first outing, "Barton's Beasts"; the second strip was called "Carry On Barton" (originally "Carry On Snuffing"). The strip was very popular and was a precursor of "Devlin Waugh" and others.

In 1989, he had his first work published by DC Comics. Skreemer was a six-issue mini-series (May 1989 – October 1989) drawn by Brett Ewins that was somewhat lost in the midst of the so-called "British Invasion" of American comics of the time. A dark post-apocalyptic gangster story, the series received critical acclaim, but did not sell well. Milligan was soon to become a regular writer for DC while still working on his more personal comics in the United Kingdom in comics such as 2000 AD, and its spin-off titles Crisis and Revolver.

The 1990s saw Milligan revamp Steve Ditko's character Shade, the Changing Man for DC Comics.This proved his most successful American comic, and came at the end of the first wave of the "British Invasion". With issue No. 33 (March 1993), it became part of the Vertigo imprint. It was cancelled with issue No. 70 (April 1996). A one-off story marking Vertigo's tenth anniversary was published in 2003.

Milligan succeeded Grant Morrison on Animal Man for a six-issue run in 1990–1991, and became the regular writer of Batman in Detective Comics in the same year. During an editorial meeting, Milligan presented the idea that led to the creation of Azrael, who became Batman during the "Knightfall" crossover.

Skin (art by Brendan McCarthy) was the story of a young thalidomide skinhead in 1970s London, and his attempts to deal with his disability and the world in general. The strip was due to feature in Crisis in 1990 but the publishers Fleetway were worried by the controversial subject matter, plus they were concerned with the use of explicit language in the story. The printers refused to print it, blaming the graphic language and controversial subject matter as a reason.The story remained in limbo until eventually being published as a graphic novel by Tundra Press to little controversy.

Milligan and artist Duncan Fegredo created Enigma for Disney Comics' planned Touchmark imprint. When the Touchmark line was cancelled, the project moved to DC's newly launched Vertigo line in 1993. Milligan quickly followed this up with The Extremist with artist Ted McKeever. Both titles dealt with taboo subjects for a mainstream publisher, but were applauded for their handling of these subjects.

Milligan and artist Mike Deodato launched the Elektra series for Marvel Comics in November 1996.Milligan spent the remainder of the decade writing one-off specials such as Face and The Eaters, or miniseries like Egypt and Tank Girl The Odyssey (with its co-creator Jamie Hewlett providing art), as well as acting as advisory editor to Paul Honeyford's Fighting Figurines. Milligan and Brendan McCarthy's psychedelic comic Rogan Gosh was reprinted in a collected edition by Vertigo in 1996,after being first serialised six years earlier in Revolver.

Milligan rounded out the decade by writing a The Human Target four-issue miniseries (April 1999 – July 1999).

Milligan's film work includes the screenplay for Pilgrim (2000, also known as Inferno), starring Ray Liotta. He scripted the 2002 adaptation of the Melvin Burgess novel An Angel for May.

In 2001, Marvel Comics' new editor-in-chief Joe Quesada began revamping the X-Men family of titles. Milligan and artist Mike Allred took over X-Force with issue No. 116 (July 2001), and immediately replaced the book's Rob Liefeld-styled team with a more satirical one: the Orphan, the Anarchist, U-Go Girl, Phat, Vivisector, Venus Dee Milo, Dead Girl and Doop. X-Force was cancelled with issue No. 129 (August 2002), and replaced by a new title, X-Statix, with Milligan and Allred continuing as the creative force.[18] Milligan proposed a character based on a resurrected Princess Diana. News spread to the British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail, which strongly objected. Eventually the character was altered, as were the references to the British royal family.[19] X-Statix was cancelled with issue No. 26 (Oct. 2004).

Milligan wrote issues #166–187 of X-Men, teamed with artist Salvador Larroca, in 2005. He returned to The Human Target with the graphic novel Final Cut, followed by all 21 issues of the subsequent series for Vertigo. In 2006, he wrote the X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl five-issue miniseries for Marvel collaborating with artist Nick Dragotta and co-creator Mike Allred. The following year he wrote an Infinity, Inc. limited series for DC and The Programme for Wildstorm, starring a Soviet Cold War superhero. Milligan was involved in 2007's Batman crossover, "The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul", by writing the lead-in Batman Annual No. 26, as well as the parts of the storyline in the Robin monthly title.

Milligan scripted for the BBC interactive animated series Meta4orce and the Sub-Mariner: The Depths limited series for Marvel's Marvel Knights imprint.

In late 2008, Milligan was named writer for the long-running Vertigo series Hellblazer, and wrote that imprint's Greek Street, Additionally, for Marvel, he wrote the 2008 one-shot Moon Knight: Silent Knight, with artist Laurence Campbell.

In 2010, Milligan was announced as the writer for Batman #703, a prelude to the "Bruce Wayne: The Road Home" crossover storyline, although he later clarified that he was not involved in the production of the issue.

Following DC's 2011 relaunch, Milligan became the writer of Red Lanterns, an ongoing series which debuted in September 2011. He wrote Justice League Dark, a spin-off of the Justice League franchise, starring John Constantine and Shade, the Changing Man. up to issue No. 8 (June 2012), following which he moved to Stormwatch from issue No. 9 (July 2012). In 2017 and 2018, he penned the revivals of two classic British properties for Titan Comics, Dan Dare and The Prisoner.

Awards

1991 UK Comic Art Award for Best Writer

1993 (nomination) UK Comic Art Award for Best Writer

1993 (nomination) UK Comic Art Award for Best Original Graphic Novel (Skin)

1994 UK Comic Art Award for Best Writer

Bibliography

Main article: Peter Milligan bibliography

See also: Category:Comics by Peter Milligan

Filmography

Pilgrim (also known as Inferno, 2000)

An Angel for May (2002)

Meta4force (2008)