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Fred Van Lente
Author · 115 books

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 book cover

Marvel Zombies 3

2009

The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 3 book cover

The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 3

Love and War

2009

The Con Artist book cover

The Con Artist

2018

Marvel Adventures Iron Man (2007-2008) #1 book cover

Marvel Adventures Iron Man (2007-2008) #1

2007

The New Orleans Guidebook book cover

The New Orleans Guidebook

1997

The Incredible Hercules #125 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #125

2009

Action Presidents #3 book cover

Action Presidents #3

Theodore Roosevelt!

2020

Hulk Family book cover

Hulk Family

Green Genes #1

2018

Hulk book cover

Hulk

Season One

2012

The Incredible Hercules book cover

The Incredible Hercules

Smash of the Titans

2009

Halo book cover

Halo

Blood Line

2011

The Amazing Spider-Man book cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Gauntlet, Vol. 4: Juggernaut

2010

Weapon X, Vol. 4 book cover

Weapon X, Vol. 4

Russian Revolution

2018

Marvel-Verse book cover

Marvel-Verse

Shang-Chi

2021

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005-2010) #33 book cover

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005-2010) #33

2008

Bloodshot book cover

Bloodshot

2025

The Amazing Spider-Man book cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Gauntlet, Vol. 1: Electro & Sandman

2010

Never Sleep book cover

Never Sleep

2023

The Art of Troma book cover

The Art of Troma

2018

Hercules book cover

Hercules

2015

Action Philosophers #5 book cover

Action Philosophers #5

Zen & the Kabballah!

2025

Incredible Hulk #601 book cover

Incredible Hulk #601

2011

Wolverine book cover

Wolverine

First Class #1

2008

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #604 book cover

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #604

2009

The Amazing Spider-Man book cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Fantastic Spider-Man

2011

Wolverine book cover

Wolverine

First Class #11

2009

Marvel Zombies 4 book cover

Marvel Zombies 4

2009

Prince of Power #3 book cover

Prince of Power #3

2010

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #603 book cover

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #603

2009

Free Comic Book Day 2014 book cover

Free Comic Book Day 2014

Project Black Sky #5

2015

Captain America & Thor book cover

Captain America & Thor

Avengers! #1

2011

Marvel's The Avengers Prelude - Black Widow Strikes book cover

Marvel's The Avengers Prelude - Black Widow Strikes

2012

Action Presidents #4

John F. Kennedy!

2018

Marvel-Verse book cover

Marvel-Verse

Iron Man

2019

The Incredible Hercules #129 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #129

2009

Comic Book History of Comics book cover

Comic Book History of Comics

Comics For All

2018

Weapon X, Vol. 5 book cover

Weapon X, Vol. 5

Weapon X-Force

2019

Conan, Vol. 17 book cover

Conan, Vol. 17

Shadows Over Kush

2015

Big Trouble in Little China #19 book cover

Big Trouble in Little China #19

2015

King Kirby book cover

King Kirby

A play by Crystal Skillman & Fred Van Lente

2014

Marvel Noir book cover

Marvel Noir

Wolverine & The X-Men

2013

Halo book cover

Halo

Legacy Collection

2013

Wolverine book cover

Wolverine

First Class #12

2009

Action Philosophers #10 book cover

Action Philosophers #10

Hume, Kirkgaard & John Stuart Mill

2009

Project Black Sky book cover

Project Black Sky

Secret Files

2014

The Incredible Hercules #121 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #121

2008

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #616 book cover

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #616

2009

Big Trouble in Little China #25 book cover

Big Trouble in Little China #25

2016

Weapon X #1 book cover

Weapon X #1

2017

The Amazing Spider-Man book cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Gauntlet, Vol. 2: Rhino & Mysterio

2010

Halo book cover

Halo

Blood Line #2

2010

Captain America book cover

Captain America

First Vengeance

2011

The Incredible Hercules #124 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #124

2008

The Amazing Spider-Man book cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

24/7

2009

Big Trouble in Little China #22 book cover

Big Trouble in Little China #22

2016

Comic Book History of Comics book cover

Comic Book History of Comics

2012

Ant-Man book cover

Ant-Man

2015

Action Presidents #1 book cover

Action Presidents #1

George Washington!

2018

Dark Horse Presents #31 book cover

Dark Horse Presents #31

2013

Big Trouble in Little China #21 book cover

Big Trouble in Little China #21

2016

Amadeus Cho book cover

Amadeus Cho

Genius At Work

2016

Iron Man (Marvel Age) book cover

Iron Man (Marvel Age)

Heart of Steel

2008

Action Philosophers! Giant-Sized Thing, Vol. 1 book cover

Action Philosophers! Giant-Sized Thing, Vol. 1

2006

Action Philosophers #3 book cover

Action Philosophers #3

St. Augustine & St. Thomas Aquinas

2009

Action Philosophers #8 book cover

Action Philosophers #8

Descartes & Sartre!

2009

Action Philosophers #1 book cover

Action Philosophers #1

The Pre-socratics and Plato!

2006

Dark Horse Presents #23 book cover

Dark Horse Presents #23

2015

Marvel Platinum book cover

Marvel Platinum

The Definitive Shang-Chi

2021

Big Trouble in Little China #20 book cover

Big Trouble in Little China #20

2016

Big Trouble in Little China #23 book cover

Big Trouble in Little China #23

2016

Action Philosophers Giant-Size Thing, Vol. 3 book cover

Action Philosophers Giant-Size Thing, Vol. 3

2007

The Incredible Hercules #126 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #126

2009

The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 2 book cover

The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 2

Secret Invasion

2008

Deadpool Vs Punisher TP book cover

Deadpool Vs Punisher TP

2017

Assassin's Creed book cover

Assassin's Creed

Free Comic Book Day 2016

2016

Conan, Vol. 20 book cover

Conan, Vol. 20

A Witch Shall Be Born

2016

Action Philosophers! book cover

Action Philosophers!

the lives and thoughts of history's A-list brain trust

2009

Ten Dead Comedians book cover

Ten Dead Comedians

A Murder Mystery

2017

Iron Man (Marvel Age) book cover

Iron Man (Marvel Age)

Web of Lies

2010

Big Trouble in Little China #15 book cover

Big Trouble in Little China #15

2015

Tales from the Crypt #7 book cover

Tales from the Crypt #7

Something Wicca This Way Comes

2009

Wolverine book cover

Wolverine

First Class #9

2008

Slapstick book cover

Slapstick

2017

Deadpool vs. The Punisher #1 book cover

Deadpool vs. The Punisher #1

2017

Halo book cover

Halo

Blood Line #1

2009

Action Presidents #2 book cover

Action Presidents #2

Abraham Lincoln!

2018

Dark Horse Presents #24 book cover

Dark Horse Presents #24

1986

Action Philosophers #6 book cover

Action Philosophers #6

Marx & Nietzsche!

2009

Iron Man book cover

Iron Man

Golden Avenger #1

2008

The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 1 book cover

The Incredible Hercules, Vol. 1

Against the World

2008

Action Presidents #2 book cover

Action Presidents #2

Abraham Lincoln!

2018

Action Philosophers #13 book cover

Action Philosophers #13

Digital Exclusive!

2012

Odd Is on Our Side book cover

Odd Is on Our Side

2010

HULK book cover

HULK

INCREDIBLE ORIGINS

2019

The Incredible Hercules #139 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #139

2009

The Best Archie Comic Ever (FCBD 2022) book cover

The Best Archie Comic Ever (FCBD 2022)

2022

Deadpool Team Up Vol. 3 book cover

Deadpool Team Up Vol. 3

Mytho Mais Logique

2016

Incredible Hulk #605 book cover

Incredible Hulk #605

2009

The Amazing Spider-Man book cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

Big Time - The Complete Collection, Vol. 1

2012

The Incredible Hercules #122 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #122

2008

The Incredible Hercules #116 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #116

2008

The Amazing Spider-Man book cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

Spider-Island

2012

The Incredible Hercules #128 book cover

The Incredible Hercules #128

2009

Eternals, Vol. 2 book cover

Eternals, Vol. 2

Manifest Destiny

2009

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #622 book cover

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #622

2010

Tales from the Crypt #6 book cover

Tales from the Crypt #6

You Tomb

2009

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #647 book cover

Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) #647

2010

All-New Savage She-Hulk #3 book cover

All-New Savage She-Hulk #3

2009

Captain America book cover

Captain America

The First Avenger #1: First Vengeance

2011

The Amazing Spider-Man book cover

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Gauntlet, Vol. 3: Vulture & Morbius

2010

Incredible Hulk #603 book cover

Incredible Hulk #603

2009

Captain America Spotlight book cover

Captain America Spotlight

2011

Action Philosophers #7 book cover

Action Philosophers #7

Machiavelli & Thomas Jefferson

2009

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005-2010) #35 book cover

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005-2010) #35

2008

Lobezno book cover

Lobezno

Primera Clase Vol. 1

2009

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