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Fabian Nicieza (born Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 31, 1961) is an American comic book writer and editor. He is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable and Deadpool, NFL Superpro, Thunderbolts and New Thunderbolts New Warriors #1, July, 1990. ... New Warriors #1, July, 1990. ... The New Warriors is a Marvel Comics superhero team, traditionally consisting of young adult heroes. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... For other uses see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, one of many spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise. ... The New Warriors is a Marvel Comics superhero team, traditionally consisting of young adult heroes. ... Cable. ... NFL Superpro was a short-lived comic by Marvel Comics, produced in collaboration with the NFL, written by Fabian Nicieza. ... The Thunderbolts are a Marvel Comics superhero team, which consists mostly of former supervillains. ... The Thunderbolts are a team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe who were initially a team of supervillains posing as heroes in order to exploit public goodwill. ...

Biography

Early years

When Nicieza was three years old his family moved to the United States. Growing up in New Jersey, Nicieza learned to read and write from comic books. Later he studied at Rutgers University, interning at ABC Television before graduating in 1983 with a degree in Advertising and Public Relations. Then from 1983 - 1985 he worked for the Berkley Publishing Group, first in their production department, then as a managing editor. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 kmÂ²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ... Rutgers redirects here. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Commercialism redirects here. ... Public relations (PR) is the business, organizational, philanthropic, or social function of managing communication between an organization and its audiences. ... Berkely Publishing is a publishing company founded in 1955 that publishes mainly paperback novels, by authors such as Nora Roberts and Dean Koontz. ...

Early Marvel Days

In 1985 Nicieza joined the staff at Marvel Comics, initially as a manufacturing assistant, later moving over to the advertising department into a manager position. During this period he began to take his first freelance work for Marvel, writing short articles for Marvel’s promotional magazine Marvel Age. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment is also common. ... An essay is a short work of writing that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Marvel Age is an imprint of Marvel Comics intended for younger audiences, including children, established in 2003. ...

Nicieza's first published comic story came in 1987 with Psi-Force #9, a title in Marvel’s shortlived New Universe line. This led to his becoming that title’s regular writer at issue #16, which continued until its cancellation at #32 in early 1989. Psi-Force was a 32-issue comic book published by Marvel Comics under their New Universe imprint from 1986 to 1989. ... It has been suggested that White Event be merged into this article or section. ...

This work led to some small fill in work for the writer on titles such as Classic X-Men (for which he provided backup stories) and in the Marvel Annuals’ 1989 summer crossover Atlantis Attacks. Then in 1990 in the pages of Thor #412, Marvel’s then-Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco created the super-hero team The New Warriors (using pre-existing characters) and decided to give his new creations their own comic book. Nicieza was selected as writer of the project with artist Mark Bagley on pencils. He went on to write the book for most of its first 50 issues (initially with Bagley as artist, then with Darick Robertson and occasional fill-ins) to general critical and fan acclaim. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x627, 71 KB) Summary Cover to Nomad (Limited Series) #1 (November, 1990). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x627, 71 KB) Summary Cover to Nomad (Limited Series) #1 (November, 1990). ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Cover to Fantastic Four Annual #22. ... Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a fictional character and a superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. ... Tom DeFalco (June 26, 1950 - ) is one of the most prolific and well-known writers and editors in comic publishing today. ... The New Warriors are a Marvel Comics superhero team. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... Darick Robertson Cover to the first Transmetropolitan collection Darick W. Robertson is an artist from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. ...

Also in 1990 Nicieza began short runs on comics such as Alpha Flight (vol.1 #’s 87-90), Avengers (Vol.1 #317 –325) and Avengers Spotlight, as well as the miniseries Nomad, which in turn led him to write the ongoing Nomad (vol.2) series in 1992. That same year, Nicieza became editor for Marvel's comics line for young children – Star Comics. His time as editor was short, however, as he soon quit to concentrate on his burgeoning freelance writing career at the company. Alpha Flight is a Marvel Comics superhero team, noteworthy for being one of the few Canadian superhero teams. ... The Avengers are a fictional superhero team that appear in the Marvel Universe. ... Avengers Spotlight is an American comic book, published by Marvel Comics. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Nomad is the name of a number of superhero characters who have appeared in comic books published by Marvel Comics. ... Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1 one of the first titles published by the imprint. ...

Projects which Nicieza took on in this period included the National Football League-approved super-hero NFL Superpro (1991), and the ambitious miniseries The Adventures of Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty (1991), in which Nicieza (with artist Kevin Maguire) retold and reimagined Captain America’s 1940s origin. For other uses of National Football League, see National Football League (disambiguation). ... NFL Superpro was a short-lived comic by Marvel Comics, produced in collaboration with the NFL, written by Fabian Nicieza. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers[1], is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Defenders, as drawn by Maguire Kevin Maguire (born 1960) is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on the Justice League series in the late 1980s for DC Comics. ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ...

The X-Men Era

In 1991 Nicieza joined with artist Rob Liefeld in co-plotting and writing the final issues of the New Mutants title (vol.1 #’s 98-100). In those issues Liefeld and Nicieza created some key characters and concepts including Deadpool, Shatterstar and X-Force. Liefeld and Nicieza then produced an ongoing X-Force title, the first issue of which set sales records in the summer of 1991 (though it was quickly surpassed by X-Men vol. 2 #1 later that year). Nicieza initially worked on the title as scripter; after the departure of Liefeld in #12 he became its full writer which he remained until 1995. Rob Liefeld. ... New Mutants may also refer to the genetically engineered superhumans of Mutant X (TV series). ... Deadpool is a Marvel Comics anti-hero, although he is sometimes portrayed as a villain. ... Shatterstar (aka Gaveedra-Seven and Benjamin Russell) is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, one of many spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise. ... X-Men (vol 2) is a Marvel Comics series featuring the eponymous group of mutant superheroes. ...

Nicieza had been offered writing duties on Uncanny X-Men in early 1992 but refused citing his heavy schedule, the work eventually going to Scott Lobdell at Nicieza’s suggestion. However by the end of that year Nicieza has been convinced to come aboard the adjectiveless X-Men title beginning with #12, working with artist Andy Kubert throughout his run. For the next three years Nicieza, Lobdell (still on Uncanny X-Men) and editor Bob Harras steered the fortunes of Marvel’s most successful characters through stories such as the X-Cutioner's Song, Phalanx Covenant and Age of Apocalypse crossovers. Download high resolution version (425x688, 174 KB)X-Force #1 (August 1991), in original packaging. ... Download high resolution version (425x688, 174 KB)X-Force #1 (August 1991), in original packaging. ... X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, one of many spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise. ... Rob Liefeld. ... Scott Lobdell (born 1963) is an American comic book writer. ... Cover of Batman #655, the first issue of Batman & Son Andy Kubert is an American comic book artist, the son of Joe Kubert and brother of Adam Kubert, both of whom are also artists. ... Robert Bob Harras was editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1995 to 2000. ... X-Cutioners Song is crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in twelve parts from the November 1992 to early 1993. ... The Phalanx Covenant was a crossover event that ran through Marvel Comics X-Men family of books in September and October 1994. ... The Age of Apocalypse is a popular X-Men story arc. ... A fictional crossover occurs when otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media meet and interact with each other. ...

During this period Nicieza wrote the first (1992) Cable mini-series as well as the first few issues of the character’s ongoing (1993) Cable Series. He also wrote the first solo Deadpool series, Deadpool: the Circle Chase in 1993. These series expanded the characters' personalities and established key background information for both characters, all things which were later used by other writers on those characters’ subsequent ongoing books. Cable (Nathan Christopher Summers, a. ...

However in 1995, in a dispute with Harras over the future direction of his plotlines on X-Force, Nicieza quit the X-titles completely leaving X-Force with #43 and X-Men with #45.

Acclaim: VH2

After 1995, Nicieza's workload at Marvel began to fall dramatically. He wrote short runs of Captain Marvel (vol.2, 1995), Spider-Man: The Final Adventure (1995) and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers before leaving the company entirely in 1996. That year Nicieza did his first work for rival publisher DC Comics, co-writing Justice League: Midsummer Nightmare with Mark Waid which relaunched the Justice League as the JLA. He also worked for Twist and Shout Comics writing and pencilling back-up stories in X-Flies Special #1 and Dirtbag #7. Captain Marvel is the name of several unique fictional Marvel Comics superheros. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (MMPR) was an American live-action television series, created for the American market based on the sixteenth installment of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise, Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. ... The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Later in 1996 Nicieza joined Acclaim Comics as senior vice-president and editor-in-chief. He was charged with revamping the companies intellectual properties which had previously formed Valiant Comics Valiant Universe. Nicieza as editor oversaw the new version, dubbed "VH2", which re-imagined characters such as Solar, X-O Manowar and Ninjak using popular comic book writers of the period including Warren Ellis, Mark Waid and Kurt Busiek. Valiant Comics was a comic book publishing company founded by former Marvel Comics editor Jim Shooter and writer/artist Bob Layton in 1989. ... Valiant Comics is the comic book publishing company founded by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and renowned writer/artists Bob Layton and Barry Windsor-Smith in 1989. ... Solar was a fictional comic book character. ... // X-O Manowar (Aric Dacia) is a fictional Valiant Comics superhero created by legendary writer and former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, artist Bob Layton and Jon Hartz. ... Ninjak is the title of a 1990s comic book produced by Valiant Comics. ... Warren Ellis Warren Girade Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of comic books and graphic novels, well known for his acerbic personality and sociocultural commentaries, both through his online presence and his writing. ... Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. ... Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. ...

Nicieza himself wrote the re-imagined Turok title as well as a new concept, Troublemakers. Turok met with success as a video game adaptation, and Nicieza was promoted to President and Publisher of Acclaim Comics, Inc. in 1997. Nicieza even wrote a Turok novella during this period. However his success was short lived and after staff cuts and most of the lines’ cancellation, Nicieza left Acclaim in 1999. Turok #1 by Valiant Comics For the video game see Turok: Dinosaur Hunter; for the cosmologist with this surname, see Neil Turok. ... A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. ...

1999 – Present

Returning to freelance work, Marvel and the X-Men, Nicieza co-wrote the Magneto Wars crossover through Uncanny X-Men (#366-367) and X-Men (Vol. 2 #86-87) with artist Alan Davis in 1999. This then led into two successive Magneto limited series – Magneto Rex (1999) and Magneto: Dark Seduction (2000) as well as an ongoing Gambit (1999) series which he wrote for the first 24 issues of its 25 issue run. Download high resolution version (800x1198, 236 KB)New Thunderbolts #7 cover, art by Tom Grummett. ... Download high resolution version (800x1198, 236 KB)New Thunderbolts #7 cover, art by Tom Grummett. ... The Thunderbolts are a team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe who were initially a team of supervillains posing as heroes in order to exploit public goodwill. ... New Thunderbolts #7 cover by Grummett Thomas Tom Grummett is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. ... Alan Davis (born 1956) is a British writer and artist of comic books. ... Magneto is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... A gambit is a chess opening in which something, usually a pawn, but sometimes even a piece, is sacrificed in order to achieve an advantage. ...

Also in 1999 Nicieza took over the writing chores on Marvel’s Thunderbolts with #34, following the departure of Kurt Busiek. He continued to write the book (initially with old partner Mark Bagley on art, later with Patrick Zircher and Chris Batista) up until #75 when the title was revamped. The revamp was unsuccessful however and in 2004 the original version of the team was resurrected, initially in an Avengers/Thunderbolts miniseries, then later in the New Thunderbolts ongoing series with Nicieza again as writer and with Tom Grummett as penciller. The Thunderbolts are a Marvel Comics superhero team, which consists mostly of former supervillains. ... Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. ... Bagleys cover for Ultimate Spider-Man #65. ... Cover to Cable and Deadpool #12 by Zircher Patrick Zircher is a comic book artist and penciller. ... Cover to The Legion #33 by Batista Chris Batista is a comic book artist and penciller. ... Repair and Maintenance is fixing any sort of mechanical or electrical device should it get out of order or broken (repair) as well as performing the routine actions which keep the device in working order (maintenance) or prevent trouble from arising (preventive maintenance). ... New Thunderbolts #7 cover by Grummett Thomas Tom Grummett is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. ...

Since 1999 Nicieza has taken on many writing projects, mostly for Marvel. These include limited series such as Citizen V (2001), Citizen V and the V Battalion: Everlasting (2002), X-Men Forever (2001), and X-Force (Vol.2) as well as shortlived ongoing series such as Hawkeye (2003). At DC he has written the six issue mini-series Supermen of America (1999) and JLA: Created Equal (2000) as well as some issues of Justice League Adventures. Citizen V (the V pronounced as Vee, not Five), is the codename of several fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. ... The word Hawkeye may be applied in a number of ways: Hawkeye most commonly reffers to someone born in or from the state of Iowa (this is why Iowa is called the Hawkeye State and the University of Iowas sports teams are called the Hawkeyes James Fenimore Cooper invented...

In 2003 Nicieza branched out by co-creating with artist Stefano Raffaele a horror tinged, creator-owned mini-series The Blackburne Covenant which was published by Dark Horse Comics. That same year he also returned to two characters he had first written over ten years before, in the new ongoing Cable and Deadpool series for Marvel. Stefano Raffaele (born March 15, 1970) is an Italian comics book artist. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the reader. ... Creator ownership is an arrangement in which the creator or creators of a work of fiction retain full ownership of the material, regardless of whether it is self-published or by a corporate publisher. ... Cover of The Blackburne Covenant trade paperback Art by Stefano Raffaele The Blackburne Covenant is a four issue horror fiction comic book limited series published in 2003 by Dark Horse Comics. ... Dark Horse Comics logo Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American comic book publishers, behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ... Cable. ...

2006 saw the Nicieza-orchestrated mini-series "I (HEART) Marvel" hit stands around Valentine's Day. He penned one issue of the mini, which featured 3 characters from his old New Warriors series. Saint Valentines Day or Valentines Day is on February 14. ...

As a screenwriter, Fabian was a co-writer of the Hot Wheels World Race animated feature (with Mark Edens and Jeff Gomez), and The Black Belt Club (with Jeff Gomez and Dawn Barnes), a computer-animated feature based on the bestselling book series from Scholastic in development with Starlight Runner Entertainment. Hot Wheels Car â€” Dodge viper Hot Wheels is a brand of die cast toy car, introduced by American toymaker Mattel in 1968. ... Jeff Gomez is President and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, a leading producer of highly successful fictional worlds. ... Jeff Gomez is President and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, a leading producer of highly successful fictional worlds. ... Scholastic redirects here. ... Starlight Runner Entertainment, Inc. ...

In 2006 Nicieza returned to DC with a three issue arc in Action Comics #841-843 (July - September, 2006), co-written with Kurt Busiek. Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ...

Awards

He has received a good deal of recognition for his work, including a nomination for the Comics' Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 2000.

Selected works

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References

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