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KURT BUSIEK

Active: 1983–2025

594

AS WRITER

1

AS ARTIST

36

KEY ISSUES

98

SERIES

Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer. His work includes the Marvels limited series, his own series titled Astro City, a four-year run on The Avengers, Thunderbolts, and Superman.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Shattered Image #4 cover

Shattered Image

#4

Earliest catalogued appearance of Vampirella.

Marvels #3 cover

Marvels

#3

Earliest catalogued appearance of Phil Urich.

Civil War Files #1 cover

Civil War Files

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Noh-Varr and Tarantula (Vasquez).

Thunderbolts #1 cover

Thunderbolts

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Jolt and Dallas Riordan.

Avengers #8 cover

Avengers

#8

Earliest catalogued appearances of 3-D Man (Garrett) and Silverclaw.

Shattered Image #1 cover

Shattered Image

#1

Earliest catalogued appearances of Grail and Savant.

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Mark Bagley 91 issues togetherFabian Nicieza 66 issues togetherArt Thibert 50 issues togetherBrent Anderson 42 issues togetherGeorge Pérez 36 issues togetherCarlos Pacheco 29 issues togetherPat Olliffe 25 issues togetherAndy Owens 24 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

SupermanIron ManWonder WomanBatmanCaptain AmericaSpider-ManScarlet WitchHank PymHawkeyeLois Lane

Credits

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36 ISSUES

Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #40 cover
W

Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis

#40

Astro City #1 cover
W

Astro City

#1

Astro City: Beautie #1 cover
W

Astro City: Beautie

#1

Avengers #8 cover
W

Avengers

#8

Civil War Files #1 cover
W

Civil War Files

#1

Conan #7 cover
W

Conan

#7

Conan #9 cover
W

Conan

#9

Green Lantern Annual #3 cover
W

Green Lantern Annual

#3

Iron Man #12 cover
W

Iron Man

#12

Iron Man #4 cover
W

Iron Man

#4

JLA #107 cover
W

JLA

#107

JLA #61 cover
W

JLA

#61

Kirby: Genesis #0 cover
W

Kirby: Genesis

#0

Kurt Busiek's Astro City 3-D Special #1 cover
W

Kurt Busiek's Astro City 3-D Special

#1

Marvels #1 cover
W

Marvels

#1

Marvels #3 cover
W

Marvels

#3

Marvel Super-Heroes #9 cover
W

Marvel Super-Heroes

#9

Maximum Security Dangerous Planet #1 cover
W

Maximum Security Dangerous Planet

#1

Power Man and Iron Fist #92 cover
W

Power Man and Iron Fist

#92

Power Man and Iron Fist #93 cover
W

Power Man and Iron Fist

#93

Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2001-2002 #1 cover
W

Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2001-2002

#1

Shattered Image #1 cover
W

Shattered Image

#1

Shattered Image #2 cover
W

Shattered Image

#2

Shattered Image #4 cover
W

Shattered Image

#4

Spider-Man Family #1 cover
W

Spider-Man Family

#1

Superman #671 cover
W

Superman

#671

The Avengers Annual #19 cover
W

The Avengers Annual

#19

Thunderbolts #1 cover
W

Thunderbolts

#1

Thunderbolts #19 cover
W

Thunderbolts

#19

Thunderbolts #3 cover
W

Thunderbolts

#3

Trinity #1 cover
W

Trinity

#1

Trinity #8 cover
W

Trinity

#8

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1 cover
W

Untold Tales of Spider-Man

#1

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #2 cover
W

Untold Tales of Spider-Man

#2

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #8 cover
W

Untold Tales of Spider-Man

#8

What The--?! #17 cover
W

What The--?!

#17