
Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers. Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc; Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. During this time, Busiek also had many letters published in comic book letter columns, and originated the theory that the Phoenix was a separate being who had impersonated Jean Grey, and that therefore Grey had not died—a premise which made its way from freelancer to freelancer, and which was eventually used in the comics. During the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. 1983). Busiek has worked on a number of different titles in his career, including Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Iron Man, The Liberty Project, Ninjak, The Power Company, Red Tornado, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and the award-winning Marvels and the Homage Comics title Kurt Busiek's Astro City. In 1997, Busiek began a stint as writer of Avengers alongside artist George Pérez. Pérez departed from the series in 2000, but Busiek continued as writer for two more years, collaborating with artists Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer and others. Busiek's tenure culminated with the "Kang Dynasty" storyline. In 2003, Busiek re-teamed with Perez to create the JLA/Avengers limited series. In 2003, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics, which he wrote for four years. In December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. During DC's Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a "One Year Later" eight-part story arc (called Up, Up and Away) that encompassed both Superman titles. In addition, he began writing the DC title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis from issues 40-49. Busiek was the writer of Superman for two years, before followed by James Robinson starting from Superman #677. Busiek wrote a 52-issue weekly DC miniseries called Trinity, starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Each issue (except for issue #1) featured a 12-page main story by Busiek, with art by Mark Bagley, and a ten-page backup story co-written by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art from various artists, including Tom Derenick, Mike Norton and Scott McDaniel. Busiek's work has won him numerous awards in the comics industry, including the Harvey Award for Best Writer in 1998 and the Eisner Award for Best Writer in 1999. In 1994, with Marvels, he won Best Finite Series/Limited Series Eisner Award and the Best Continuing or Limited Series Harvey Award; as well as the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story (for Marvels #4) in 1995. In 1996, with Astro City, Busiek won both the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best New Series. He won the Best Single Issue/Single Story Eisner three years in a row from 1996–1998, as well as in 2004. Busiek won the Best Continuing Series Eisner Award in 1997–1998, as well as the Best Serialized Story award in 1998. In addition, Astro City was awarded the 1996 Best Single Issue or Story Harvey Award, and the 1998 Harvey Award for Best Continuing or Limited Series. Busiek was given the 1998 and 1999 Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Writer, with additional nominations in 1997 and every year from 2000 to 2004. He has also received numerous Squiddy Awards, having been selected as favorite writer four years in a row from 1995 to 1998,
Series
Books

Astro City, Vol. 8
Shining Stars
2010

Marvels 25th Anniversary
2020

New Thunderbolts #4
2016

Astro City, Vol. 15
Ordinary Heroes
2017

Astro City, Vol. 3
Family Album
1997

Astro City, Vol. 12
Lovers Quarrel
2015

The Wizard's Tale
1997

Superman (1939-2011) #652
2006

Trinity, Vol. 1
2008

Avengers Assemble, Vol. 2
2005

Astro City, Vol. 5
Local Heroes
2004

Avengers (1998-2004) #46
2001

Spider-Man
New York Stories
2011

Avengers (1998-2004) #19
1999

Astro City, Vol. 9
Through Open Doors
2014

Avengers
Die ruhmreichen Rächer
2018

Avengers (1998-2004) #43
2001

Avengers
Forever, Part 1
1998

Batman
Creature of the Night (2017-) #1
2017

Avengers Forever #7
1999

What If? (1989-1998) #60
2015

Conan
Book Of Thoth
2006

Avengers/Thunderbolts, Vol. 2
Best Intentions
2004

Avengers (1998-2004) #47
2001

Marvel Tales
Thunderbolts #1
2022

JLA, Vol. 17
Syndicate Rules
2005

Marvels (1994) #0
1994

Iron Man #14
2016

Superman
The Third Kryptonian
2008

Konan, Vol. 0
Rođen na bojnom polju
2008

Conan (2004-2008) #11
2013

Conan (2004-2008) #18
2005

Conan (2004-2008) #5
2004

Avengers Forever (1998-2001) #11
1999

Superman (1939-2011) #674
2008

Superman (1939-) #664
2007

X-Men
The Wedding of Cyclops & Phoenix
2012

Superman
Camelot Falls, Vol. 2: The Weight of the World
2008

Avengers Forever #8
1999

Superman (1939-2011) #662
2007

Superman (1939-2011) #663
2007

Marvels Annotated #3
2019

Iron Man #10
2016

Conan
Book of Thoth #4
2007

Superman (1939-2011) #661
2007

Avengers Forever #5
1999

Superman
Secret Identity
2004

Astro City, Vol. 2
Confession
1997

JLA
Syndicate manda, tomo 1 de 2
2005

Savage Dragon
Team-Ups
1999

I vendicatori
L'attacco dello squadrone supremo
2005

Superman (1939-2011) #672
2008

Marvels
1993

Trinity, Vol. 2
2009

Dracula
The Company of Monsters Vol. 3
2011

Avengers (1998-2004) #7
1998

The Liberty Project
2003

Conan 16. Sul colle Uskuth
2005

Avengers Forever
1998

Conan 10. Il Tempio di Kallian Publico
2004

Darkman vs. Army of Darkness
2007

Conan 14. L'Ibis e il Serpente
2013

Avengers (1998-2004) #50
2002

Conan (2004-2008) #3
2013

Incredible Hulk (1962-1999) #378
2016

Marvels Epilogue #1
2019

Vampirella Masters Series Vol, 4
Visionaries
2011

Astro City, Vol. 1 #1
2013

Batman Creature of the Night
The Deluxe Edition
2020

New Thunderbolts #2
2016

Thunderbolts (2006-2012) #150
2010

Conan (2004-2008) #2
2003

Dracula
The Company of Monsters Vol. 1
2011

Conan (2004-2008) #25
2006

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 1
2009

Vampirella Masters Series Vol, 5
Kurt Busiek
2011

Conan (2004-2008) #21
2005

Avengers
Ultron Unlimited
2000

New Thunderbolts #5
2016

The Autumnlands, Vol. 1
Tooth and Claw
2015

Wednesday Comics
2010

Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus
2012

Astro City, Vol. 7
The Dark Age, Book Two: Brothers in Arms
2010

Dracula
The Company of Monsters Vol. 2
2011

Conan (2004-2008) #19
2005

Avengers (1998-2004) #56
2002

Will Eisner's The Spirit
The New Adventures
2009

Marvel Platinum
The Definitive Avengers Rebooted
2019

Arrowsmith, Vol. 1
So Smart In Their Fine Uniforms
2004

Avengers (1998-2004) #52
2002

Vampirella (2019-) #0
2019

Superman (1939-2011) #658
2007

Superman
Shadows Linger
2009

Supergirl
Beyond Good and Evil
2008

Marvels Annotated #1
2019

Astro City (1996-2000) #½
2013

Avengers #3
Avengers por siempre, parte 2
2018

Marvel Platinum
The Definitive Avengers Redux
2018

Marvel
2021

Superman (1939-2011) #675
2008

Astro City, Vol. 14
Reflections
2017

Spider-Man Family #1
2018

Miracleman Apocrypha
Stories That Never Were, Tales That Never Could Be
1993

Astro City, Vol. 11
Private Lives
2015

Avengers (1998-2004) #21
1999

Iron Man #9
2016

Astro City, Vol. 4
The Tarnished Angel
2000

Avengers
I Am An Avenger, Vol. 2
2010

Superman (1939-2011) #651
2006

Superman
Redemption
2008

Batman
Creature of the Night (2017-) #2
2017

Conan (2004-2008) #24
2006

The Heroic Age
2010

Iron Man Annual 1999
2018

Arrowsmith, Vol. 2
Behind Enemy Lines
2022

Superman
Up, Up, and Away!
2006

New Year's Evil (2019) #1
2019

Astro City, Vol. 10
Victory
2014

Marvel Platinum
The Definitive Avengers Reloaded
1656

Avengers (1998-2004) #48
2001

Conan (2004-2008) #46
2007

Superman
Camelot Falls, Vol. 1
2008

Conan (2004-2008) #7
2009

Conan (2004-2008) #15
2013

Superman (1939-2011) #653
2006

Avengers
The Morgan Conquest
2000

Iron Man #6
2016

Iron Man #4
2016

Justice League of America (1960-1987) #224
1984

Coleção Definitiva Homem-Aranha, Vol. 25
Um Dia a Mais
2018

Avengers (1998-2004) #25
2000

Avengers Forever #4
1999

Superman
Back in Action
2007

Conan (2004-2008) #9
2004

Avengers Forever (1998-2001) #12
1999

Konan, Vol. 1
Kći ledenog diva i druge priče
2005

Action Comics (1938-2011) #850
2007

Astro City, Vol. 13
Honor Guard
2016

Spider-Man
Goblin Moon
1999

Superman
3-2-1 Action!
2008

Best of Marvel '96
1996

Avengers Assemble Vol. 2 (Avengers
2005

Astro City, Vol. 1
Life in the Big City
1996