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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.
The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games
2025
2025
2025
Zen & the Kabballah!
2025
2024
2023
2022
The Definitive Shang-Chi
2021
Shang-Chi
2021
Theodore Roosevelt!
2020
Iron Man
2019
INCREDIBLE ORIGINS
2019
Weapon X-Force
2019
2018
2018
2018
Russian Revolution
2018
2018
2018
2018
John F. Kennedy!
2018
2018
2018
2018
Comics For All
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
Green Genes #1
2018
George Washington!
2018
Abraham Lincoln!
2018
2018
Uteruje iskonski strah
2018
2018
Comics For All #1
2017
2017
Sea of Death
2017
2017
Super Heroes (2008-2010) #6
2017
2017
2017
A Murder Mystery
2017
We are the Future
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
A Witch Shall Be Born
2016
