Canadian comic book artist
Steven McNiven is a
Canadian
comic book artist . He first gained prominence on
CrossGen 's
Meridian , before moving onto books such as
Ultimate Secret ,
Marvel Knights 4 ,
New Avengers , and
Civil War , illustrating storylines such as "
Old Man Logan ."
Early life
Steven McNiven is a native of
Halifax, Nova Scotia .
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Career
McNiven sketching at the
New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 10, 2010
McNiven first came into prominence after he took over as a
penciller of
CrossGen 's
Meridian title following the departure of
Josh Middleton .[
citation needed ]
He subsequently gained worked for
Marvel Comics as the penciller of
Marvel Knights 4 ,
Ultimate Secret and
New Avengers .[
citation needed ]
In August 2005 he was named one of Marvel's "Young Guns", a group of artists that, according to Marvel Editor-in-Chief
Joe Quesada , have the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller". Other "Young Guns" include
Olivier Coipel ,
David Finch ,
Trevor Hairsine ,
Adi Granov and
Jim Cheung .[
citation needed ]
McNiven was the penciller of the Marvel mini-series
Civil War working with
Mark Millar . He followed this by provided the art for the
Wolverine storyline "
Old Man Logan " and the
Icon Comics mini-series
Nemesis , both with Millar.
[2]
In 2011 Marvel relaunched a new volume of
Captain America , with McNiven as artist.
[3]
[4] In 2012 he provided the
Marvel NOW! poster for
New York Comic Con . the art which feature The Avengers in an iconic New York setting.
In 2013 he drew the
Guardians of the Galaxy ongoing series with writer
Brian Michael Bendis .
[5]
[6]
McNiven drew the
Uncanny Avengers from issue 14 to issue 17.
[7] McNiven was the artist for Marvel Comics'
Limited series
Death of Wolverine .
In 2015 McNiven redesign costume of Black Bolt, Human Torch during Charles Soule's run on Uncanny Inhumans. he also penciled issue 0 to 4.
[8]
In 2017 McNiven penciled issues #1 and 10 of the Marvel miniseries
Secret Empire . The series was a commercial success, with issues #0 and 1 being the third best-selling comic books of April and May, respectively.
[9]
[10]
[11]
In 2018 he worked on the miniseries
Return of Wolverine with writer
Charles Soule , as a follow-up to Death of Wolverine and Hunt For Wolverine .
[12]
Bibliography
Interior work
CrossGen
Meridian #6-7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-21, 23-26, 29-30, 33-36 (with
Barbara Kesel , 2001–03)
Mystic #7 (with
Ron Marz , 2000)
Archard's Agents: Deadly Dare (with
Chuck Dixon ,
one-shot , 2004)
Sigil #6 (with Barbara Kesel, 2000)
Marvel
Marvel Knights 4 #2 cover art
The Amazing Spider-Man #546-548: "
Brand New Day " (with
Dan Slott , 2008)
AvX: VS #2: "Captain America vs. Gambit" (script and art, 2012)
Avengers Finale (with
Brian Michael Bendis , among other artists, one-shot, 2005)
Captain America , vol 6, #1-5: "American Dreamers" (with
Ed Brubaker , 2011)
Captain America: Peggy Carter, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (with various artists, 2014)
Civil War #1-7 (with
Mark Millar , 2006–07)
Death of Wolverine #1-4 (with
Charles Soule , 2014)
Marvel Knights 4 #1-7 (with
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa , 2004)
Guardians of The Galaxy , vol. 3, #0.1-3 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2013)
Monsters Unleashed #1, (with
Cullen Bunn , 2017)
Nemesis , miniseries, #1-4 (with Mark Millar,
Icon , 2010–11)
Secret Empire #1, #10, (with
Nick Spencer , 2017)
New Avengers Vol. 1 (with Brian Michael Bendis):
"The Sentry" (in #7-10, 2005)
"The Collective" (in #16, 2006)
"Dark Reign" (with
Billy Tan and various artists, in #50, 2009)
New Avengers Vol. 2 #16 (with Brian Michael Bendis,Marvel, 2011)
Return of Wolverine #1 (with
Charles Soul , Marvel, 2018)
Ultimate Secret #1-2 (with
Warren Ellis , Marvel, 2005)
Uncanny Avengers #14-17 (with
Rick Remender , 2013-2014)
Uncanny Inhumans #0-4 (with
Charles Soule , 2015–16)
Wolverine #66-72 (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2008–09)
Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2009)
Cover work
Marvel Knights 4 #8–12, 15, 17, 19 (
Marvel , 2004–2005)
District X #1-6, 8 (Marvel, 2004–2005)
Spider-Man Unlimited #3 (Marvel, 2004)
New Avengers #1, 17–18 (Marvel, 2005–2006)
Powerless #6 (Marvel, 2005)
What If... Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers? (Marvel, 2005)
Ultimate Secret #3–4 (Marvel, 2005)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13–18 (Marvel, 2005)
Witchblade #95 (
Top Cow , 2006)
Civil War Files #1 (Marvel, 2006)
Daredevil #82 (Marvel, 2006)
Red Sonja #8, 15 (
Dynamite , 2006)
Battlestar Galactica #0 (Dynamite, 2006)
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #4 (Marvel, 2007)
The Order #1 (Marvel, 2007)
Kick-Ass #1 (
Icon , 2008)
Wonderlost #2 (
Image , 2008)
The Last Defenders #1 (Marvel, 2008)
Secret Invasion #1–4 (Marvel, 2008)
Marvel Comics Presents #9 (Marvel, 2008)
The Marvels Project #1–8 (Marvel, 2009–2010)
Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (Marvel, 2009)
Wolverine vol. 4 #1 (Marvel, 2010)
Superior #2 (Icon, 2011)
Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #154, 158 (Marvel, 2011)
Fear Itself #1–7 (Marvel, 2011)
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38 (Marvel, 2011)
Deadpool Annual #1 (Marvel, 2011)
Incredible Hulks Annual #1 (Marvel, 2011)
The Avengers vol. 4 #24.1 (Marvel, 2012)
Avengers Assemble #9 (Marvel, 2012)
Avenging Spider-Man #6 (Marvel, 2012)
A+X #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2012)
Wolverine vol. 1, #305 (Marvel, 2012)
Infinity #1 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2013)
Captain America #25 (variant cover only, Marvel, 2014)
Civil War II #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014)
SHIELD #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014)
Wolverine vol. 6, #8–12 (Marvel, 2014)
Legendary Star-Lord #1 (Marvel, 2014)
Original Sin #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2014)
Uncanny Inhumans #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2015)
Empress #1 (variant cover, Icon, 2016)
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Return of Wolverine #2–3 (Marvel, 2018)
Old Man Hawkeye #1 (variant cover, Marvel, 2018)
Nemesis Reloaded #1–5 (Image, 2023)
Notes
^ Knox, Carsten (June 14, 2011).
"Halifax comic artist on new Captain America title" .
The Coast . Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ Renaud, Jeffrey (December 4, 2009).
" "Nemesis" Asks: What if Batman was The Joker?" .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved December 6, 2009 .
^ Khouri, Andy (May 30, 2011).
"Steve Rogers Returns to Duty with Brubaker & McNiven in Captain America #1" .
ComicsAlliance . Archived from
the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2011 .
^
Captain America vol. 6 at the
Grand Comics Database
^ Khouri, Andy (May 30, 2011).
"NYCC: Bendis, McNiven & Wacker Relaunch the "Guardians of the Galaxy" " .
ComicsAlliance . Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
^ Richards, Dave (October 14, 2012).
"NYCC: Bendis, McNiven & Wacker Relaunch the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' " .
Comic Book Resources .
^
Uncanny Avengers vol. 1 at the
Grand Comics Database
^ Brett White Tim (September 4, 2015).
"LOOK: Steve McNiven Shows Off "Uncanny Inhumans" Sketches, Designs" .
Comic Book Resources . Retrieved August 12, 2020 .
^ Mueller, Matthew (5 May 2017).
"Controversy Creates Cash: Marvel's Secret Empire #0 Tops April's Sales Charts" .
ComicBook.com . Retrieved 31 August 2017 .
^ MacDonald, Heidi (May 5, 2017).
"April Sales: Secret Empire #0 Lifts Marvel; GNs fall" .
Comics Beat . Retrieved September 13, 2017 .
^ Yehl, Joshua (May 9, 2017).
"Secret Empire or Batman: Deciding The Real Best-Selling Comic of April 2017" .
IGN . Retrieved 31 August 2017 .
^ Adams, Tim (June 5, 2018).
"Marvel Officially Announces Wolverine’s New Series, Creative Team" Comic Book Resources.
^ Aguilar, Matthew (February 19, 2016).
"Mark Millar & Stuart Immonen Reveal Empress Variant Covers" .
ComicBook.com . Retrieved February 19, 2016 .
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