Jeph loeb biography

American writer

Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III () critique an American film and television penman, producer and comic book writer. Physiologist was a producer/writer on the Tube series Smallville and Lost, writer be directed at the films Commando and Teen Wolf, and a writer and co-executive grower on the NBC TV show Heroes from its premiere in 2006 match November 2008.^[4] From 2010 to 2019, Loeb was the Head of opinion Executive Vice President of Marvel Television.^[5][6]

A four-time Eisner Award winner and five-time Wizard Fan Awards winner, Loeb's absurd book work, which has appeared nuance the New York Times Best Merchant list, includes work on many vital characters, including Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Skeleton, Captain America, Cable, Iron Man, Showman, Supergirl, the Avengers, and Buffy leadership Vampire Slayer, much of which loosen up has produced in collaboration with master hand Tim Sale.

Early life

Jeph Loeb was raised in a Jewish family^[7][8] advocate Stamford, Connecticut.^[1][2] He began collecting incongruous books in mid-1970.^[9]

His stepfather was organized vice-president at Brandeis University, where Jeph met one of his mentors mount greatest influences in comic book scribble, the writer Elliot Maggin.^[10][11] Jeph overflowing with Columbia University,^[12][13] where he was smart member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.^[14] He graduated with a Pure of Arts and a Master's condition in Film.^[6][15] His instructors included Apostle Schrader.^[16]

Career

Film and television

Loeb's debut in filmmaking was his collaboration with Matthew Weisman in authoring the script of Teen Wolf. The film was released test August 23, 1985, and was organized notable starring role for Michael Specify. Fox. Loeb and Weisman then collaborated in writing the script of Commando. The film was released on Oct 4, 1985, and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.^[17] His next screen credit was description film Burglar, released on March 20, 1987. The plot was based beguile the novels of Lawrence Block make longer fictional burglarBernie Rhodenbarr. His collaborators were Weisman and Hugh Wilson.

The release was atypical for the time, featuring a female comedic role for prevailing actress Whoopi Goldberg.^[18] His second fell that year was Teen Wolf Too, a sequel of Teen Wolf, which was co-written by Weisman and Tim Kring. The film was released problem November 20, 1987. The film featured teen idolJason Bateman and veteran personality John Astin. Loeb would re-team walkout Kring almost two decades later rag the TV series Heroes. Four life later, Loeb was working on neat as a pin script for The Flash as splendid feature with Warner Bros. While magnanimity script deal fell through, Loeb fall down then publisher Jenette Kahn who intentionally Loeb to write a comic spot on for DC Comics.

In 2002, Jeph Loeb wrote the script for excellence episode of Smallville, entitled "Red", which introduced red kryptonite into the programme. He became a supervising producer roost has written many episodes since proliferate. He signed a three-year contract, splendid although producers Miles Millar and King Gough offered to keep him depletion for future seasons, Loeb left persecute care for his son, who difficult cancer (See Comics career below).^[19]

Loeb late became a writer/producer on the ABC TV series Lost during that show's second season. Leaving Lost, Loeb went on to become Co-Executive Producer discipline writer on the NBC drama Heroes, which his colleague Tim Kring difficult created. Loeb wrote the teleplay financial assistance the first-season episodes "One Giant Leap" and "Unexpected". The show prominently sovereign state the artwork of Tim Sale, Loeb's longtime comics collaborator.^[20]

The series was nominative for the 2007 Emmy Award engage Outstanding Drama Series, and a Writers Guild of America award for Total New Series. It won the People's Choice Award for Favorite New Telly Drama, as well the Saturn Jackpot for Best Network Television Series. Break away was also nominated for the Fortunate Globe Award for Best Dramatic Provoke Series.^[21]

Loeb and Tim Kring were debonair with the Jules Verne Award rent Artistic Achievement at the Jules Writer Festival in Paris, France, on Apr 22, 2007, for their work phrase Heroes.^[22] Loeb himself was also tingle with a belated 2005 Jules Writer Award for Best Writing for empress work on Smallville, which he difficult not previously been given because culminate trip to the Festival that era had been cancelled due to realm son's ill health.^[23]

On November 2, 2008, Daily Variety reported that Loeb unthinkable fellow Heroes co-executive producer, Jesse Vanquisher, were no longer employed on excellence series. In an interview with Comical Book Resources, Loeb stated, "As cut into today, Jesse Alexander and I take left Heroes. I'm incredibly proud quick have been a big part enterprise the success a show with echelon Emmy nods and a win that year for NBC.com. I will release the superb cast and writing rod and wish everyone the best." Presume the time, Loeb had completed scrawl and producing the third-season episode, "Dual".^[4][24]

On June 28, 2010, Marvel Entertainment, because part of its expansion into put through a mangle, appointed Loeb to the position holiday Executive Vice President, Head of Leader-writers of the newly created Marvel Meet, in which Loeb would work hear publisher Dan Buckley, to create both live-action and animated shows based tie up Marvel's catalog of characters.^[5][6] During tiara time as the head of Circumstance Television, he executive produced live-action shows within the Marvel Cinematic Universe much as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, and Inhumans, shows on Netflix much as Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, The Punisher, Luke Cage, and rectitude miniseries The Defenders, along with junior adult shows like Runaways and Cloak & Dagger, and other live go-slow or animated shows based on characters like M.O.D.O.K., The Gifted, Legion, Helstrom.

In October 2019, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was promoted detonation Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Distraction, which includes Marvel Television, prompting Physiologist to leave the company after close to a decade. Loeb had been prearrangement his departure, however, before Feige's promotion.^[25][26]

Comics career

Loeb is known for his accomplish use of narration boxes as monologues to reveal the inner thoughts short vacation characters, though the character interactions recognized writes are sparse in terms lift dialogue.^[16]

Jeph Loeb's first comic work was Challengers of the Unknown vol. 2 #1 – #8 (March – Oct 1991), which was the first befit many collaborations with Tim Sale.^[27] Their later collaborations included the "Year 1"-centered Batman: Legends of the Dark Equestrian Halloween Specials;^[28]Batman: The Long Halloween,^[29] topping 13-issue limited series; and Batman: Sunless Victory,^[30] a 14-issue limited series dilemma in the first years of righteousness hero's career. The Long Halloween was one of three noted comics ditch influenced the 2005 feature film Batman Begins, the others being Batman: Righteousness Man Who Falls and Batman: Vintage One.^[31] Other Loeb-Sale collaborations at DC include the Superman for All Seasons limited series^[32] and Catwoman: When hit down Rome.^[33]

At Marvel Comics, Loeb worked abundance the "Age of Apocalypse" crossover plot in 1995^[34] and co-created the erect X-Man with artist Steve Skroce.^[35] Physiologist wrote the "Heroes Reborn" version farm animals Captain America in 1996–1997.^[36] He instruct Tim Sale crafted several limited program for Marvel including Daredevil: Yellow^[37]Spider-Man: Blue,^[38] and Hulk: Gray.^[39]

Loeb became the scribbler of Superman with issue #151 (Dec. 1999). His tenure on the baptize, largely drawn by Ed McGuinness, make-believe the "Emperor Joker"^[40] and "Our Enormously at War"^[41] crossovers. He left Superman with issue #183 (August 2002). Chops the end of 2002, Loeb teamed with artist Jim Lee to sire the year-long story arc "Batman: Hush",^[42] which spawned three lines of toys, posters and calendars, and sat withdraw the #1 spot for eleven swallow the twelve months it was calculate publication. The following year, Loeb sports ground McGuinness launched Superman/Batman.^[43] Loeb's run added the title spawned a new current Supergirl series,^[44] and an animated single adapted from Loeb's "Public Enemies" anecdote arc.^[45]

After signing an exclusive contract engross Marvel in September 2005, Loeb launched Hulk with artist Ed McGuinness, require which he introduced the Red Hulk.^[46]

In 2006, Loeb chose his hometown bank Stamford, Connecticut, to be subject agree superhero destruction in the first exit of the 2006–2007 Marvel miniseries Civil War, the central title of rank crossover storyline of the same name.^[47][1] That same year, Marvel announced resolve untitled Spider-Man series by Loeb nearby J. Scott Campbell, to be unrestricted "sometime in 2007".^[48] The series was subsequently cancelled and then brought swing on the schedule in 2010, go through a 2011 article mentioning it was "still being worked on".^[49] In 2021, Campbell confirmed that the project has been cancelled despite having two without a doubt pencilled issues.^[50]

In 2007, Jeph wrote position miniseriesFallen Son: The Death of Foremost America, which used the five concluding stages of grief as a motif make explore reactions of various characters abide by the Marvel Universe to the privation of the assassinated Captain America.^[51] Illustriousness first issue ranked No. 1 fence in sales for April 2007,^[52] and greatness fifth and final issue, dated July 4, 2007, was the "Funeral sue Captain America", which was covered alongside the Associated Press and The Educator Post.^[53]

Loeb wrote two miniseries for influence Ultimate Marvel Universe. His work ice pick The Ultimates 3 in 2007, set about artist Joe Madureira, was panned moisten critics for its use of transgressive sexual and violent content for advertising value "without the political relevance humble epic pacing of the first four volumes." In 2008, Loeb returned inhibit the Ultimate Universe with artist King Finch for the critically reviled five-issue miniseries Ultimatum. Described in a 2015 Vulture retrospective as "one of loftiness biggest creative disasters in comics history", Ultimatum's gratuitous murder scenes permanently extreme sales across the entire Ultimate Nature and in the long run paralysed about its cancellation. "Over the universally of just five issues, 34 frost heroes and villains were murdered, generally by gruesome means: Doctor Strange was squeezed until his head exploded; Generator was decapitated; the Blob ate interpretation Wasp and, while holding her half-devoured corpse, belched out, 'Tastes like chicken'; and so on." The review dispose of Let's Be Friends Again described Ultimatum as "a base and insulting droll book." Critic Jason Kerouac wrote, "Ultimatum #5 could quite possibly be honourableness single worst piece of writing extort recorded history."^[54]

A Captain America: White with all mod cons series was announced in 2008 nevertheless only a #0 issue was available. The long-delayed project was scheduled come to get finally see print in September 2015.^[55]

Loeb shares his writing studio, The Empath Magic Tree House, with Geoff Artist and Allan Heinberg.^[56][57]

Personal life

Loeb's son, Sam, died on June 17, 2005, damage the age of 17, after splendid three-year battle with bone cancer. Confine June 2006, Sam had a draw published in Superman/Batman #26, which was nearly completed before his death. Authority father finished the work with glory help of 25 other writers advocate artists, all of whom were callers of Sam, including Geoff Johns, Lav Cassaday, Ed McGuinness, Joe Madureira, Depredate Liefeld, and Joss Whedon. The question also featured a tale titled "Sam's Story", dedicated to Sam, in which a boy named Sam serves gorilla the inspiration for Clark Kent adopt later become Superman.^[58]

Racial controversy

During Loeb's possession as the head of Marvel Ensure, the Netflix shows Daredevil, Iron Fist and The Defenders were criticized stand for promoting negative stereotypes of East Asians and East Asian culture.^[59][60][61] Following character controversy surrounding Iron Fist's casting, Physiologist defended the casting of white doer Finn Jones, emphasizing that Danny Rand's status as an "outsider" was trig vital theme of the show.^[62]

While trespass the second season of Iron Fist at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, Physiologist appeared on stage wearing a karate gi and headband as part incessantly a comic bit with Iron Fist actress Jessica Henwick, who forced him to remove the costume. The caper was heavily criticized as culturally insensitive.^[63][64][65]

During the #SaveDaredevilCon panel for Comic-Con@Home confined July 2020, Peter Shinkoda, a Conflict actor of Japanese descent who mannered recurring villain Nobu Yoshioka on Daredevil, suggested that Loeb forced the show's writers to drop proposed storylines fleshing out Nobu and fellow recurring profligate Madame Gao. Shinkoda accused Loeb be advantageous to explaining to writers that "there were three previous Marvel movies, a threesome called Blade that was made situation Wesley Snipes killed 200 Asians dressingdown movie. Nobody gives a shit unexceptional don't write about Nobu and Gao."^[66][67][68] Shinkoda also claimed that he subject Gao's actress Wai Ching Ho were not invited to the season 2 premiere of Daredevil and received futile payment than the extras. Co-star Squaddie or squaddy Walker said that Daredevil and Defenders showrunner Doug Petrie had previously critical a multiracial Asian American version round Iron Fist to Marvel Television dynasty early development, but was rejected strong Loeb.^[69][70]

Reception

Awards and nominations

Eisner Awards

• 1998 Best Prefer Series for Batman: The Long Halloween^[71]
• 1999 Best Reprint Graphic Album for Batman: The Long Halloween^[72]
• 2002 Best Reprint Bright Album for Batman: Dark Victory^[73]
• 2007 Unsurpassed Single Issue or One-Shot for Batman/The Spirit #1^[74]

Eisner Nominations

• 1999 Best Writer tend to Superman For All Seasons
• 1999 Best Unfathomable Series for Superman For All Seasons^[72]

Wizard Fan Awards

• 1997 Favorite One Shot exalt Mini-Series for Batman: The Long Halloween
• 1998 Favorite One Shot or Mini-Series financial assistance Superman For All Seasons
• 2003 Favorite Now Series for Batman
• 2003 Comics' Greatest Solemnity of the Year for Clayface recurrent as Jason Todd in Batman #617
• 2003 Favorite Supporting Character 2003 for Catwoman (in Batman)^[75]

Critical reaction

Many of Loeb's books, such as Batman: The Long Halloween, Superman For All Seasons, and grandeur Marvel "color" books (Daredevil: Yellow, Spider-Man: Blue, Hulk: Gray) have garnered depreciating praise,^[76] and have been adapted behaviour other media.^[31][45]

Hulk #1, in which Physiologist introduced the Red Hulk, was nobility #1 selling comic book for Jan 2008.^[77] Subsequent issues sold well,^[78][79][80] nevertheless received mixed to negative reviews.^{[81][82][83][84]} Issues #7–9 of the series, along interest King-Size Hulk #1, were collected goslow a trade paperback volume, Hulk: Make up and Green, which made the New York Times Graphic Books Best Vender List in May 2009 (as blunt Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, Volume 4, on which Loeb collaborated).^[85]

The first issue of Loeb's The Ultimates 3 continued the series' history appreciated ranking at No. 1 in sales,^[86] though the series was much regardless well-received critically than its predecessors.^{[87][88][89][90][91]}

The head issue of Ultimatum ranked No. 1 in sales for November 2008.^[92] Fatigued Weekly Comic Book Review, Andrew Proverbial saying. Murphy gave it a B+, sycophantic David Finch's art, while Ben Berger gave it a C, opining lapse there was too much exposition, however praising Finch's art.^[88] The rest dominate the series, however, received more contrary reviews.^[93]IGN's Jesse Schedeen gave the series' final issue a scathing review, apophthegm, "Ultimatum is one of the last comics I have ever read," turf called it "the ultimate nightmare."^[94] Figures of criticism among these reviews play a part the level of graphic violence, which included cannibalism, and the notion ditch the series was sold on class basis of its shock value,^[95] check on some reviewers singling out Loeb's talk, characterization and storytelling,^[76][96] others asserting rendering story's lack of originality,^[97][98] or opining that the series would've been holiday suited to someone who had before been more involved with the Utmost line, such as Brian Michael Bendis or Mark Millar.^[99]

In 2009 Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum were included on ComicsAlliance's list of The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade.^[100]

Loeb was also awarded an honorary doctorate by St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, and idea Inkpot Award.^[3]

Bibliography

DC Comics

• Challengers of the Unknown vol. 2 #1–8 (with Tim Deal, 1991)
  • Loeb and Sale produced prominence epilogue, intended for publication in prestige Justice League Quarterly series, but think it over title was cancelled before the narration saw print.^[101]
  • Loeb-written, Sale-drawn profile pages scheme appeared in Who's Who #1 (Challengers of the Unknown, 1990) and #16 (The New Challengers of the Unknown, 1992)
  • Collected (along with the epilogue) on account of Challengers of the Unknown Must Die! (tpb, 224 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0374-4; hc, 248 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7885-X)
• Batman:
  • Batman: Preoccupied Knight (tpb, 192 pages, 1996, ISBN 1-56389-273-1; Absolute Edition, hc, 336 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5122-6) collects:
  • Batman: The Long Halloween #1–13 (with Tim Sale, 1996–1997) unshaken as Batman: The Long Halloween (hc, 368 pages, 1998, ISBN 1-56389-427-0; tpb, 1998, ISBN 1-56389-469-6)
    • A four-page sequence cut shun the original limited series was threadbare careworn for and published in Batman: Magnanimity Long Halloween Absolute Edition (hc, Cardinal pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1282-4)
    • A black-and-white version reveal the original limited series with decency new sequence was published as Batman Noir: The Long Halloween (hc, 384 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4883-7)
  • Batman: Dark Victory #0–13 (with Tim Sale, 1999–2000) collected chimp Batman: Dark Victory (hc, 392 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56389-738-5; tpb, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-868-3)
    • Two new pages of story (one school in #6 and 7 each) were coined for and published in Batman: Black Victory Absolute Edition (hc, 408 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3510-7)
    • A black-and-white version of depiction original limited series with the additional pages was published as Batman Noir: Dark Victory (hc, 400 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7106-5)
  • Batman (with Jim Lee, 2002–2003) undisturbed as:
    • Hush Volume 1 (collects #608–612, hc, 128 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0061-3; tpb, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0060-5)
    • Hush Volume 2 (collects #613–619 and an interlude from Wizard #0, hc, 192 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0084-2; tpb, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0092-3)
    • A two-page origin story (originally published at dccomics.com) was first printed in Batman: Hush Absolute Edition (hc, 372 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0426-0)
    • The entire 12-issue run along with the origin chart and interlude in pencil form was published as Batman: Hush Unwrapped (hc, 320 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2992-1)
    • A black-and-white anecdote of the entire 12-issue run keep to with the origin story and intermission was published as Batman Noir: Hush (hc, 304 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5803-4)
    • A five-page coda by Loeb and Lee, noble "Prologue: The Aftermath", was first accessible in Batman: Hush 20th Anniversary Edition (hc, 376 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-77951-719-X)
  • Catwoman: Just as in Rome #1–6 (with Tim Move to an earlier time, 2004–2005) collected as Catwoman: When instruct in Rome (hc, 160 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0432-5; tpb, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-0717-0)
    • Batman: Dark Victory #13 is collected with all offprint editions of this limited series, together with Batman: Haunted Knight Absolute Edition (hc, 336 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5122-6)
    • Haunted Knight, The Long Halloween, Dark Victory and When in Rome are collected as Batman by Jeph Loeb and Tim Move to an earlier time Omnibus (hc, 1,176 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-8426-4)
  • Batman/The Spirit (with Darwyn Cooke, one-shot, 2006) collected in The Spirit by Darwyn Cooke Volume 1 (hc, 192 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1461-4; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1618-8)
  • All-Star Decorous and Robin, the Boy Wonder (with Jim Lee and Arthur Adams, postponed before release because of Loeb's recently signed exclusive contract with Marvel)^[102][103]
  • Batman: Greatness Long Halloween Special: "Nightmares" (with Tim Sale, 2021)
  • Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #0– (with Tim Sale, 2024–ongoing)
• Loose Cannon:
• Superman:
  • Superman stretch All Seasons #1–4 (with Tim Transaction, 1998) collected as Superman for Be at war with Seasons (hc, 206 pages, 1999, ISBN 1-56389-528-5; tpb, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-529-3)
  • Superman vol. 2:
    • Superman: The City of Tomorrow Volume 1 (tpb, 466 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9508-8) includes:
      • "We're Back!" (with Mike McKone, injure #151–153, 1999–2000)
      • "Y2K, Part Two: Whatever Case in point to the City of Tomorrow?" (with Ed McGuinness, in #154, 2000)
    • Superman: Probity City of Tomorrow Volume 2 (tpb, 504 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-77950-312-1) includes:
      • "Superman's Enemy Lois Lane" (with Ed McGuinness, in #155–157, 2000)
      • "Critical Condition, Part One: Little Big Man" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #158, 2000)
      • "Detour" (with Ed McGuinness and Paul Pelletier, in #159, 2000)
    • Superman: Emperor Joker (tpb, 256 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1193-3) includes:
      • "Arkham, Part One: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World!" (with Ed McGuinness, in #160, 2000)
      • Superman: Potentate Joker (co-written by Loeb and Joe Kelly, art by various artists, rare, 2000)
      • "Emperor Joker, Part One: You Assert You Want a Revolution?" (with Powerless McGuinness, in #161, 2000)
    • Superman: President Lex (tpb, 240 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-56389-974-4) includes:
      • "Where Monsters Lurk!" (with Ed McGuinness, in #162–163, 2000)
      • "Tales from the Bizarro World" (with Ed McGuinness and Carlo Barberi, in #164, 2001)
      • President Luthor: Concealed Files: "He's Coming, Mr. Lew-Thor!" (with Mike Wieringo, co-feature in one-shot, 2001)
      • Superman: Lex 2000 (with Tony Harris, Doug Mahnke, Ed McGuinness and Todd Nauck, one-shot, 2001)
      • "Help!" (with Ed McGuinness become more intense various artists, in #165, 2001)
    • Superman: Reappear to Krypton (tpb, 208 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0194-6) includes:
      • "Fathers" (with Ed McGuinness, in #166, 2001)
      • "Return to Krypton, Branch out One: Sliding Home" (with Ed McGuinness, in #167, 2001)
    • Batman: New Gotham Book 2 (tpb, 208 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7794-2) includes:
      • "With This Ring..." (with Get a lot out of McGuinness, in #168, 2001)
    • "Bad Dog!: Orderly Tale of Krypto the Superdog" (with Dale Keown, in #170, 2001)
    • Superman: Specialty Worlds at War (tpb, 512 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1129-1) includes:
    • "Every Blade perfect example Grass" (with Steve Lieber, in #174, 2001)
    • Superman/Doomsday (tpb, 412 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1107-0) includes:
      • "Joker's Last Laugh: Doomsday Rex" (with Ed McGuinness, in #175, 2001)
    • "A Little Help" (with Ian Churchill, teensy weensy #176, 2002)
    • Kevin Maguire, in #177, 2002)
    • "The American Way" (with Ed McGuinness, lessening #178, 2002)
    • "What Can One Icon Do?" (scripted by Loeb from a edifice by Loeb and Geoff Johns, intend by Ariel Olivetti, in #179, 2002)
    • "The House of Dracula" (scripted by Physiologist from a story by Loeb sit Geoff Johns, art by Ian Town, in #180, 2002)
    • "The Mirror Crack'd" (with Ed McGuinness, in #181, 2002)
    • "The Secret" (with Ed McGuinness, in #182–183, 2002)
    • Superman: Infinite Crisis (tpb, 128 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0953-X) includes:
      • "Lois' Photo Album" (with Tim Sale, short sequence in #226, 2006)
  • Metropolis Secret Files: "Unbearable Brightness sustenance Being" (with Jeff Matsuda, co-feature interchangeable one-shot, 2000)
  • Our Worlds at War: Covert Files: "The Eighth Day" (with Yvel Guichet, co-feature in one-shot, 2001)
  • Adventures of Superman #600: "Superman: The Dailies 2002 — The Daily Planet" (with Tim Sale, co-feature, 2002)
  • 9-11 Volume 2: "A Hard Day's Night" (with Carlos Pacheco, anthology graphic novel, 224 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-878-0)
  • Superman/Batman (with Ed McGuinness, Touch Lee (#7), Michael Turner, Carlos Pacheco and Ian Churchill (#18), 2003–2006) impassive as:
    • Volume 1 (collects #1–13, tpb, 336 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4818-7; also bit Absolute Edition Volume 1, hc, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4096-8)
    • Volume 2 (collects #14–26, tpb, 336 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5079-3; also in that Absolute Edition Volume 2, hc, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4817-9)
    • Omnibus Volume 1 (includes #1–26 title short story from the Secret Journal & Origins one-shot, hc, 1,208 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-77950-029-7)
  • Solo #1: "Prom Night" (with Tim Sale, anthology, 2004) collected absorb Solo (hc, 608 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3889-0)
  • Supergirl vol. 4 #0–5: "Power" (with Ian Churchill, 2005–2006) collected in Supergirl: Birth Girl of Steel (tpb, 304 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6093-4)
• The Witching Hour vol. 2 #1–3 (with Chris Bachalo, Vertigo, 1999) collected as The Witching Hour (hc, 160 pages, 2000, ISBN 1-56389-688-5; tpb, 2000, ISBN 1-56389-945-0)
  • An interview with Loeb impressive Bachalo, conducted by Shelly Roeberg, — "The Witching Hour Exposed" — was published in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3 (anthology, 2000)
• Orion #8: "Tales of dignity New Gods: Deadend" (with Rob Liefeld, co-feature, 2001) collected in Tales clone the New Gods (tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1637-4)
• JSA: All-Stars #2: "Same Shady Happens Every Night" (with Tim Move to an earlier time, co-feature, 2003) collected in JSA: All-Stars (tpb, 208 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0219-5)
• DC Comics Presents: The Flash: "The Fastest Person -- Dead!" (with Ed McGuinness, co-feature in one-shot, 2004)

Marvel Comics

• Cable:
  • Cable (with David Brewer, Steve Skroce, Ian Author, Arnie Jorgensen (#21), Salvador Larroca (#24), Randy Green + Rob Haynes (#26), Wilfred Santiago (#28) and Bernard Yangtze (#36), 1994–1997) collected as:
    • Cable Typical Volume 3 (includes #15 and 17–20, tpb, 208 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5972-X)
    • Cable gain X-Force Classic Volume 1 (includes #21–28, tpb, 344 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-8432-5)
    • Cable talented X-Force: Onslaught Rising (includes #29–31, tpb, 360 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-302-90949-5)
    • Cable and X-Force: Onslaught! (includes #32–39, tpb, 456 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-302-91619-X)
  • X-Man (with Steve Skroce, Phil Hester (#7), Scott McDaniel (#8) esoteric Rob Haynes (#9); John Rozum written #8 and John Ostrander scripted #9 from Loeb's plots, 1995) collected as:
    • X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse Omnibus (includes #1–4, hc, 1,072 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5982-7)
      • X-Men: The Complete Age contempt Apocalypse Volume 2 (includes #1, tpb, 376 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1874-8)
      • X-Men: The Draw to a close Age of Apocalypse Volume 3 (includes #2–3, tpb, 360 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2051-3)
      • X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Publication 4 (includes #4, tpb, 368 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2052-1)
    • X-Man: The Man Who Floor to Earth (includes #5–9, tpb, 320 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5981-9)
  • Askani'son #1–4 (dialogue; recounting by Scott Lobdell, art by Cistron Ha, 1996)
    • Collected as Askani'son (tpb, 96 pages, 1997, ISBN 0-7851-0565-4)
    • Collected in X-Men: The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix (tpb, 352 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8833-9)
  • Prophet/Cable (with Eric Stephenson — as "editor"; fated by Robert Place Napton, drawn timorous Mark Pajarillo and Rob Liefeld, anomaly, Maximum Press, 1997)
  • Avengers: X-Sanction #1–4 (with Ed McGuinness, 2012) collected as Avengers: X-Sanction (hc, 112 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5862-6; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5863-4)
• Uncanny X-Men:
  • "And Holdup Will Ever be the Same" (with Tim Sale, co-feature in Annual #18, 1994) collected in X-Men: The Uniting of Cyclops and Phoenix (tpb, 408 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6290-9)
  • "Warriors of the Negroid Night" (co-written by Loeb and Player Lobdell, art by Joe Madureira, establish #329–330, 1996) collected in X-Men: Dignity Road to Onslaught Volume 3 (tpb, 448 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9005-8)
• Generation X Annual '95 (co-written by Loeb and Adventurer Lobdell, art by Shawn McManus pointer Ashley Wood, 1995) collected in Generation X Classic Volume 2 (tpb, 248 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6686-6)
• Astonishing X-Men #3: "In Excess" (dialogue; story by Scott Lobdell, art by Joe Madureira, 1995)
  • Collected in X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse Omnibus (hc, 1,072 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5982-7)
  • Collected in X-Men: The Complete Age break into Apocalypse Volume 3 (tpb, 360 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2051-3)
• X-Force (with Adam Pollina, Toweling Dodson (#49), Luciano Lima (#51), Suffragist Castrillo and Kevin Lau (#61), 1995–1996) collected as:
  • Cable and X-Force Characteristic Volume 1 (includes #44–48, tpb, 344 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-8432-5)
  • Cable and X-Force: Onrush Rising (includes #49–56 and Annual '95, tpb, 360 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-302-90949-5)
  • Cable cranium X-Force: Onslaught! (includes #57–61, tpb, 456 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-302-91619-X)
• Wolverine:
  • Wolverine/Gambit: Victims #1–4 (with Tim Sale, 1995) collected in the same way Wolverine/Gambit (tpb, 96 pages, 2002, ISBN 0-7851-0896-3; hc, 112 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3802-1)
  • Wolverine:
    • "The Last Ronin" (scripted by Ralph Macchio from a plot by Loeb, tatty by Ed McGuinness, in Annual '96, 1996)
    • "Evolution" (with Simone Bianchi, in vol. 3 #50–55, 2007) collected as Wolverine: Evolution (hc, 152 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2255-9; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2256-7)
    • "Sabretooth Reborn" (with Simone Bianchi, in #310–313, 2012) collected orang-utan Wolverine: Sabretooth Reborn (hc, 112 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6325-5; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6326-3)
• Hulk:
  • The Savage Hulk: "Dinner" (with Tim Move to an earlier date, anthology one-shot, 1995) collected in The Incredible Hulk: Ghost of the Past (tpb, 480 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9299-9)
  • Hulk: Gray #1–6 (with Tim Sale, Marvel Knights, 2003–2004) collected as Hulk: Gray (hc, 160 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1314-2; tpb, 168 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-1346-0)
  • Hulk (with Ed McGuinness, Frank Cho (co-feature in #7–9), Section Adams (co-feature in #7–9), Ian Author (#14–17) and Whilce Portacio (#18), 2008–2010) collected as:
    • Hulk by Jeph Loeb: The Complete Collection Volume 1 (collects #1–12 and The Incredible Hulk #600, tpb, 432 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-8539-9)
      • Includes the King-Size Hulk one-shot (written incite Loeb, art by Frank Cho, Porch Adams and Herb Trimpe, 2008)
      • Includes honourableness "Puny Little Man" short story circumvent Wolverine vol. 3 #50 (written soak Loeb, art by Ed McGuinness, 2007)
    • Hulk by Jeph Loeb: The Complete Storehouse Volume 2 (collects #13–24, tpb, 440 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8551-8)
    • Hulk by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness Omnibus (collects #1–24, The Incredible Hulk #600, King-Size Hulk, Fall of the Hulks: Gamma and Wolverine vol. 3 #50, hc, 912 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-302-91805-2)
• Fantastic Four:
  • Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comic Magazine #4 (scripted by Loeb from a lot by Erik Larsen and Eric Businessman, art by Larsen, Ron Frenz, Keith Giffen and Shannon Denton, 2001)
  • Fantastic Four vol. 3 (scripted by Loeb pass up plots by Carlos Pacheco and Rafael Marín, art by Pacheco, Stuart Immonen (#42), Joe Bennett (#43) and Jeff Johnson, 2001–2002) collected as:
    • Fantastic Four: Heroes Return — The Complete Abundance Volume 3 (includes #38–45, tpb, 456 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-302-93075-3)
    • Fantastic Four: Heroes Resurface — The Complete Collection Volume 4 (includes #46–50 and Annual '01, tpb, 448 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-302-94593-9)
• Daredevil: Yellow #1–6 (with Tim Sale, Marvel Knights, 2001–2002) collected as Daredevil: Yellow (hc, Cardinal pages, 2002, ISBN 0-7851-0840-8; tpb, 168 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-0969-2)
• Spider-Man: Blue #1–6 (with Tim Sale, Marvel Knights, 2002–2003) collected orangutan Spider-Man: Blue (hc, 160 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1062-3; tpb, 168 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-1071-2)
• Stan Lee Meets Doctor Doom: "The Sleep of the Story" (with Ed McGuinness, co-feature in one-shot, 2006) collected mould Stan Lee Meets... (hc, 240 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2272-9)
• Captain America:
  • Fallen Son #1–5 (with Leinil Francis Yu, Ed McGuinness, John Romita, Jr., David Finch status John Cassaday, 2007) collected as Fallen Son (hc, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2799-2; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2842-5)
  • Captain America: White #0 (with Tim Sale, Marvel Knights, 2008) and 1–5 (2015–2016) collected as Captain America: White (hc, 160 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9419-3; tpb, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-3376-3)
• Nova: Origin (hc, 160 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6838-9; tpb, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-6605-X) collects:
• Avengers vs. X-Men: VS (tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6520-7) includes:
  • AvX: VS #3: "The Thing vs. Colossus" (with Ed McGuinness, anthology, 2012)
  • AvX: VS #6: "Spider-Woman vs. X-Women (Kinda)" (with Art Adams, anthology, 2012)
• A+X #1: "The Incredible Hulk + Wolverine" (with Dale Keown, anthology, 2012) collected entail A+X = Awesome (tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6674-2)
• Marvel Comics #1000: "The Go back of Not Brand Echh" (with Tim Sale, anthology, 2019) collected in Marvel Comics 1000 (hc, 144 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-302-92137-1)

Heroes Reborn

• Captain America vol. 2:
  • Heroes Reborn: Captain America (tpb, 352 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2339-3) includes:
    • Heroes Reborn #½: "Faith" (scripted by Loeb from systematic plot by Rob Liefeld, art dampen Dan Fraga, 1996)
    • "Courage" (scripted by Physiologist from a plot by Rob Liefeld (with Chuck Dixon credited for "assistance" in #1),^[104] art by Liefeld, burden #1–6, 1996–1997)
    • "Let It be" (with Joe Bennett and Ed Benes, in #12, 1997)
• The Avengers vol. 2 #4–7^[105] (scripted by Loeb from plots by Raid Liefeld, art by Chap Yaep dominant Ian Churchill, 1996–1997) collected in Heroes Reborn: The Avengers (tpb, 328 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2337-7)
• Iron Man vol. 2 #7–12 (with Whilce Portacio, Ryan Benjamin present-day Terry Shoemaker; issue #12 is written by Loeb from a plot spawn Jim Lee, 1997) collected in Heroes Reborn: Iron Man (tpb, 344 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2338-5)
• Onslaught Reborn #1–5 (with Drain Liefeld, 2007–2008) collected as Onslaught Reborn (hc, 136 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3134-5; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2191-9)

Ultimate Comics

• Ultimate Wolverine (with Archangel Turner, unproduced limited series — first announced for 2007,^[106][107] the project was soon scrapped in favor of choice, unspecified Loeb/Turner collaboration)^[108]
• Ultimate Power #7–9 (co-written by Loeb, J. Michael Straczynski good turn Brian Michael Bendis, art by Greg Land, 2007–2008) collected in Ultimate Power (hc, 232 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2366-0; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2367-9)
• The Ultimates 3 #1–5: "Sex, Lies, and DVD" (with Joe Madureira, 2008) collected as The Ultimates 3: Who Killed the Scarlet Witch? (hc, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3037-3; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2269-9)
• March on Ultimatum (hc, 176 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3814-5; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3564-2) includes:
• Ultimatum #1–5 (with David Finch, 2009) collected as Ultimatum (hc, 144 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3434-4; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-2945-6)
• Ultimate Comics: X #1–5 (with Art President, 2010–2011) collected as Ultimate X: Origins (hc, 136 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4014-X; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-4101-4)
• Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates #1–5 (with Frank Cho, 2010–2011) collected chimpanzee New Ultimates: Thor Reborn (hc, Cxx pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-3994-X; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-2482-9)

Awesome Entertainment

• Fighting American (scripted by Loeb steer clear of stories by Rob Liefeld):
  • Fighting American vol. 3 #1–2 (with Rob Liefeld and Stephen Platt, 1997)
  • Fighting American: Enlist of the Game #1–3 (with Stunted McGuinness, 1997–1998)
  • Fighting American: Cold War (with Rob Liefeld, unreleased one-shot)
• Coven (scripted through Loeb from stories by Ian Statesman, art by Churchill):
  • Coven vol. 1 #1–6 (1997–1998)
  • Coven: Fantom (one-shot, 1998)
  • Coven: Swarthy and White (one-shot, 1998)
    • The greatest two stories were colorized and reprinted as the Coven: Dark Origins caprice (1999)
    • Third story was colorized and reprinted as Coven vol. 2 #4 recess the flipside of Lionheart #2 (1999)
  • Coven vol. 2 #1–3 (1999)
  • Lionheart #1–2 (spin-off, 1999)
• Kaboom:
  • Kaboom (hc, 128 pages, Showing, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-125-2; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-126-0) collects:
    • Kaboom vol. 1 #1–3 (scripted near Loeb, story and art by Jeff Matsuda, 1997)
    • Awesome Holiday Special: "Babes jammy Toyland" (scripted by Loeb from well-ordered story by Jeff Matsuda, art by virtue of Matsuda, anthology, 1997)
    • Kaboom Prelude: "The Beginning..." (scripted by Loeb from a play a part by Jeff Matsuda, art by Matsuda and Sam Liu, 1998)
  • Savage Dragon #50: "Basic Training" (scripted by Loeb put on the back burner a story by Jeff Matsuda, sham by Matsuda, co-feature, Highbrow Entertainment, 1998)
  • Kaboom vol. 2 #1–3: "A New Hope" (scripted by Loeb from a building by Rob Liefeld, art by Keron Grant, 1999)
• Re:Gex #1, 0 (scripted from one side to the ot Loeb from a story by Plunder Liefeld and Eric Stephenson, art uncongenial Liefeld, 1998)
• Extreme Forces (scripted by Physiologist from a story by Rob Liefeld, art by Ian Churchill, unreleased)

Other publishers

• Hip Flask #½: "Jungle to the Zoo: Ivory Towers, Part 4 of 4" (scripted by Loeb from a account by Richard Starkings, art by Ian Churchill, Active Images, 1998)
  • This 8-page short story, originally published in representation, was colorized and reprinted as spruce feature in Elephantmen: The Pilot (one-shot, Image, 2007)
  • The colorized version was later on collected in Elephantmen: Fatal Diseases (hc, 312 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-088-4; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-177-5)
• The Darkness/Batman (co-written by Loeb impressive Scott Lobdell, art by Marc Silvestri, David Finch and Clarence Lansang, well-defined novel, 48 pages, Top Cow, 1999, ISBN 1-58240-098-9)
• Vampirella Monthly #18: "Looking for Projected. Goodwin" (with Tim Sale, Harris, 1999) collected in Vampirella Masters Series Notebook 4: Visionaries (tpb, 144 pages, Maximally, 2011, ISBN 1-60690-209-1)
• Dark Horse:
  • 9-11 Volume 1: "Please Stand by..." (with J. Adventurer Campbell, anthology graphic novel, 196 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-881-0)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Occasion Eight #20 (with Georges Jeanty, Eric Wight and Ethen Beavers, 2008) undisturbed in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Period Eight Volume 2 (hc, 320 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-59582-935-0)
• Michael Turner's Soulfire Preview, Beginnings, #0–4 (with Michael Turner, Aspen MLT, 2003–2005) collected as Michael Turner's Soulfire (hc, 160 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-9774821-0-3; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-9774821-2-X)
  • Issues #3–4 are written by J. T. Krul from Physiologist and Turner's plots.
• Smash Unleashed! (with Rifle Liefeld, unreleased one-shot intended for publicizing by Image, solicited for 2009)^{[112][113][114]}

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