Fred Van Lente is the New York Times-bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOK's 11, Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys & Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist. Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020). He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and some mostly ungrateful cats.
Series
Books
Marvel Zombies 3
2009
The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 3
Love and War
2009
The Con Artist
2018
The New Orleans Guidebook
1997
Hulk
Season One
2012
The Incredible Hercules
Smash of the Titans
2009
Halo
Blood Line
2011
Weapon X, Vol. 4
Russian Revolution
2018
Bloodshot
2025
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Gauntlet, Vol. 1: Electro & Sandman
2010
Never Sleep
2023
The Art of Troma
2018
Wolverine
First Class #1
2008
Captain America & Thor
Avengers! #1
2011
Marvel-Verse
Iron Man
2019
Weapon X, Vol. 5
Weapon X-Force
2019
King Kirby
A play by Crystal Skillman & Fred Van Lente
2014
Marvel Noir
Wolverine & The X-Men
2013
Halo
Legacy Collection
2013
Project Black Sky
Secret Files
2014
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Gauntlet, Vol. 2: Rhino & Mysterio
2010
Captain America
First Vengeance
2011
Comic Book History of Comics
2012
Ant-Man
2015
Action Presidents #1
George Washington!
2018
Amadeus Cho
Genius At Work
2016
Iron Man (Marvel Age)
Heart of Steel
2008
Action Philosophers! Giant-Sized Thing, Vol. 1
2006
The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 2
Secret Invasion
2008
Deadpool Vs Punisher TP
2017
Action Philosophers!
the lives and thoughts of history's A-list brain trust
2009
Ten Dead Comedians
A Murder Mystery
2017
Iron Man (Marvel Age)
Web of Lies
2010
Action Presidents #2
Abraham Lincoln!
2018
The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 1
Against the World
2008
Action Presidents #2
Abraham Lincoln!
2018
Odd Is on Our Side
2010
HULK
INCREDIBLE ORIGINS
2019
The Best Archie Comic Ever (FCBD 2022)
2022
The Amazing Spider-Man
Big Time - The Complete Collection, Vol. 1
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
Spider-Island
2012
Eternals, Vol. 2
Manifest Destiny
2009
Captain America
The First Avenger #1: First Vengeance
2011
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Gauntlet, Vol. 3: Vulture & Morbius
2010
Lobezno
Primera Clase Vol. 1
2009
