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Brian Michael Bendis

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Brian Michael Bendis is a famous comic book creator. He is known for being one of the defining writers of Marvel Comics in the 2000s, transforming the Avengers franchise and penning acclaimed runs on Daredevil, Spider-Man, and Alias and a numerous amount of Marvel events including House of M, Secret Invasion, Siege and Age of Ultron.

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Ultimate Spider-Man
189
Marvel Comics
Ultimate Spider-Man
2000 - 2009
The New Avengers
101
Marvel Comics
The New Avengers
2004 - 2010
Daredevil
75
Marvel Knights
Daredevil
1998 - 2011
All-New X-Men
60
Marvel Comics
All-New X-Men
2012 - 2015

Credited Characters

Aaron Davis
Aaron Davis
Earth-1610
Abraham Erskine
Earth-1610
Adrian Toomes
Adrian Toomes
Earth-1610
Agent Bradley
Agent Bradley
Earth-1610
Agent X
Nijo
Agent X
Earth-58163
Akira
Akira
Prime Earth
Alex Lannin
Alex Lannin
Earth-1610
Alexander Summers
Alexander Summers
Earth-1610
Alisa Jones
Alisa Jones
Earth-616
Alison Blaire
Alison Blaire
Earth-13729
Alison Blaire
Alison Blaire
Earth-58163
Alison Green
Alison Green
Earth-616
Amadeus Cho
Amadeus Cho
Earth-1610
Amanda Armstrong
Amanda Armstrong
Earth-616
Amara Perera
Amara Perera
Earth-616
Amaxon Thunder
Cassie Sandsmark
Amaxon Thunder
Earth 3
Amy LaFuente
Amy LaFuente
Earth-1610
Anaconda
Anaconda
Earth-1610
Ancient One
Yao
Ancient One
Earth-1610
Angel
Warren Worthington III (Time-Displaced)
Angel
Earth-616
Angel
Warren Worthington III
Angel
Earth-1610
Angela del Toro
Angela del Toro
Earth-616
Animax
Blake Schiel
Animax
Earth-616
Annabelle
Annabelle
Prime Earth
Annie
Annie
Earth-616
Annie Deacons
Earth-616
Anthony Masters
Anthony Masters
Earth-1610
Apocalypse
En Sabah Nur
Apocalypse
Earth-10082
Arnim Zola III
Arnim Zola III
Earth-1610
Arrowette
Cissie King-Jones
Arrowette
Prime Earth
Arthur Molekevic
Arthur Molekevic
Earth-1610
Artie Jillette
Artie Jillette
Earth-1610
Arune Singh
Arune Singh
Prime Earth
Asp
Asp
Earth-1610
Augustus Beezer
Augustus Beezer
Earth-1610
Avi Arad
Avi Arad
Earth-1610
Ayla Ranzz
Ayla Ranzz
Prime Earth
Azari T'Challa
Azari T'Challa
Earth-10943
Azari T'Challa (Earth-10071)
Azari T'Challa (Earth-10071)
Alterniverse
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Earth-616
Barbara Rodriguez
Barbara Rodriguez
Earth-616
Barbara Rodriguez
Spawn
Barbara Sanchez
Barbara Sanchez
Earth-616
Barbara Sanchez
Barbara Sanchez
Earth-1610
Batroc the Leaper
Georges Batroc
Batroc the Leaper
Earth-1610
Batwoman
Stephanie Brown
Batwoman
Earth 3
Beast
Henry McCoy (Time-Displaced)
Beast
Earth-616
Beast
Henry McCoy
Beast
Earth-13729
Beast
Henry McCoy (Skrull)
Beast
Earth-616
Beetle
Beetle
Earth-1610
Ben Parker
Ben Parker
Earth-1610
Ben Reilly
Ben Reilly
Earth-1610
Ben Urich
Ben Urich
Earth-1610
Ben Urich (Earth-12121)
Ben Urich (Earth-12121)
Alterniverse
Benjamin Deeds
Benjamin Deeds
Earth-616
Benjamin Deeds (Earth-14923)
Benjamin Deeds (Earth-14923)
Alterniverse
Betty Brant
Earth-58163
Betty Brant
Betty Brant
Earth-1610
Bishop
Earth-1610
Black Bolt
Blackagar Boltagon (Skrull)
Black Bolt
Earth-616
Black Cat
Felicia Hardy
Black Cat
Earth-58163
Black Cat
Felicia Hardy
Black Cat
Earth-1610
Black Mamba
Janis
Black Mamba
Earth-1610
Blackstarr
Rachel Berkowitz
Blackstarr
Prime Earth
Blade
Eric Brooks
Blade
Earth-1610
Blake Schiel
Blake Schiel
Earth-616
Blink
Clarice Ferguson
Blink
Earth-1610
Blob
Frederick Dukes
Blob
Earth-58163
Blok
Blok
Future State
Bloodstar
Bloodstar
Prime Earth
Bobby Drake (Time-Displaced)
Bobby Drake (Time-Displaced)
Earth-616
Bombshell
Lana Baumgartner
Bombshell
Earth-1610
Bombshell
Lori Baumgartner
Bombshell
Earth-1610
Bonebreaker
Bonebreaker
Earth-1610
Boomerang
Frederick Myers
Boomerang
Earth-1610
Bouncing Boy
Charles Taine
Bouncing Boy
Future State
Bradley Costello
Bradley Costello
Earth-616
Brainiac 5
Querl Dox
Brainiac 5
Prime Earth
Brainiac 7
Querl Dox
Brainiac 7
Future State
Brian Michael Bendis (Crossover)
Brian Michael Bendis (Crossover)
Britney Amber Fox
Britney Amber Fox
Earth-1610
Brooke
Brooke
Earth-1610
Brownlee
Brownlee
Earth-616
Bruce Banner
Bruce Banner
Earth-1610
Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood
Earth-616
Bruiser
Molly Hayes
Bruiser
Earth-13729
Brutus
Brutus
Prime Earth
Bulldozer
Henry Camp
Bulldozer
Earth-1610
Bullseye
Benjamin Poindexter
Bullseye
Earth-1610
Bullseye
Lester (Earth-12121)
Bullseye
Alterniverse
Burglar
Burglar
Earth-1610
Camellia
Camellia
Earth-1610
Captain America
Pitt'o Nili
Captain America
Earth-616
Captain Marvel
Noh-Varr
Captain Marvel
Earth-200080
Carl Lucas
Carl Lucas
Earth-58163
Carmen Cruise
Earth-616
Carnage
Gwen Stacy (Clone)
Carnage
Earth-1610
Carnage (Symbiote)
Carnage (Symbiote)
Earth-1610
Carolina Washington
Carolina Washington
Earth-616
Cassie Sandsmark
Earth 3
Celestial Destructor
Celestial Destructor
Earth-616
Ceres Goldstein
Ceres Goldstein
Earth-616
Chameleon
Chameleon
Earth-1610
Chameleon Boy
Reep Daggle
Chameleon Boy
Prime Earth
Chameleon Boy
Reep Daggle
Chameleon Boy
Future State
Chen
Chen
Earth-1610
Christian Walker (Powers)
Christian Walker (Powers)
Christopher Muse
Christopher Muse
Earth-616
Cindy Moon
Earth-61610
Clay Quartermain
Clay Quartermain
Earth-1610
Clea Strange
Clea Strange
Earth-1610
Cloak
Tyrone Johnson
Cloak
Earth-1610
Cloak
Tyrone Johnson
Cloak
Earth-58163
Colleen
Colleen
Prime Earth
Colleen Wing
Colleen Wing
Earth-1610
Colossal Boy
Gim Allon
Colossal Boy
Prime Earth
Colossal Boy
Gim Allon
Colossal Boy
Future State
Colossus
Piotr Rasputin
Colossus
Earth-58163
Connely
Connely
Earth-616
Conner-El
Prime Earth
Conrad Marcus
Conrad Marcus
Earth-1610
Cosmic Boy
Rokk Krinn
Cosmic Boy
Prime Earth
Cruise
Earth-1610
Crusher Hogan
Joseph Hogan
Crusher Hogan
Earth-1610
Cyclops
Scott Summers (Time-Displaced)
Cyclops
Earth-616
Scott Summers (Earth-10071)
Cyclops
Alterniverse
Cyclops
Scott Summers (Earth-14923)
Cyclops
Alterniverse
Cyclops
Scott Summers (Prime)
Cyclops
Earth-61610
Cynthia von Doom (Mephisto's Simulacrum)
Cynthia von Doom (Mephisto's Simulacrum)
Earth-616
Daemon Rose
Leonardo Lane
Daemon Rose
Prime Earth
Dagger
Tandy Bowen
Dagger
Earth-1610
Daisy Johnson
Daisy Johnson
Earth-616
Danielle Cage
Danielle Cage
Earth-21923
Danielle Cage-Jones
Danielle Cage-Jones
Earth-616
Danika Hart
Danika Hart
Earth-616
Danny Rand
Danny Rand
Earth-1610
Daredevil
Matt Murdock
Daredevil
Earth-1610
Daredevil
Matt Murdock (Earth-12121)
Daredevil
Alterniverse
Daredevil
Timothy Urich (Earth-12121)
Daredevil
Alterniverse
Dark Phoenix
Scott Summers
Dark Phoenix
Earth-616
Darryl Conners
Prime Earth
David Bond
David Bond
Earth-616
David Marquez
David Marquez
Earth-1610
Dawnstar Gr'ell
Dawnstar Gr'ell
Prime Earth
Dazzler
Alison Blaire
Dazzler
Earth-1610
Deadpool
Wade Wilson
Deadpool
Earth-13729
Deadpool
Wadey Wilson
Deadpool
Earth-1610
Death
James Howlett
Death
Earth-10082
Death Adder
Death Adder
Earth-1610
Deathlok
Luther Manning
Deathlok
Earth-1610
December Sevenbergen
December Sevenbergen
Prime Earth
Dee
Dee
Prime Earth
Deena Pilgrim (Powers)
Deena Pilgrim (Powers)
Demogoblin
Mary Jane Watson
Demogoblin
Earth-1610
Derek Bishop
Derek Bishop
Earth-1610
Derek Young
Derek Young
Earth-616
Director Davis
Earth-616
Divineq
Divineq
Prime Earth
Doctor Doom
Victor von Doom (Earth-10071)
Doctor Doom
Alterniverse
Doctor Octopus
Otto Octavius
Doctor Octopus
Earth-1610
Doctor Strange
Stephen Strange Jr.
Doctor Strange
Earth-1610
Doctor Strange
Stephen Strange
Doctor Strange
Earth-1610
Dominator Qq
Dominator Qq
Prime Earth
Donald Roxxon
Donald Roxxon
Earth-1610
Dor'tu Char
Dor'tu Char
Prime Earth
Dr. Glory
Dr. Glory
Prime Earth
Dragon
Dragon
Prime Earth
Drake
Tim Drake
Drake
Prime Earth
Drake
Tim Drake
Drake
Earth 3
Dro'ge Fenu Edu
Dro'ge Fenu Edu
Earth-616
Druid
Sebastian Druid
Druid
Earth-616
Duo Damsel
Luornu Durgo
Duo Damsel
Future State
Maya Lopez
Echo
Earth-1610
Ed Gross
Earth-616
Eddie Brock Jr.
Eddie Brock Jr.
Earth-1610
Eddie Brock Sr.
Eddie Brock Sr.
Earth-1610
Eden Fesi
Eden Fesi
Earth-616
Edward Cross (Lago)
Earth-616
Edwin Jarvis (Skrull)
Edwin Jarvis (Skrull)
Earth-616
Eisno Alkor
Eisno Alkor
Prime Earth
Electro
Max Dillon
Electro
Earth-1610
Elektra
Siri
Elektra
Earth-616
Elektra
Pagon
Elektra
Earth-616
Elektra Natchios
Elektra Natchios
Earth-1610
Element Lad
Jan Arrah
Element Lad
Future State
Emma Frost
Emma Frost
Earth-1610
Emma Frost
Emma Frost
Earth-61112
Emma Frost (Skrull)
Emma Frost (Skrull)
Earth-616
Emma Frost-Summers
Emma Frost-Summers
Earth-58163
Enid Richards
Enid Richards
Earth-1610
Eric Lynch
Eric Lynch
Earth-616
Ertzia
Ertzia
Earth-616
Eva Bell
Eva Bell
Earth-616
Fabio Medina
Fabio Medina
Earth-616
Famine
Wanda Maximoff
Famine
Earth-10082
Fancy Dan
Dan Rubinstein
Fancy Dan
Earth-1610
Fang III
Fang III
Earth-616
Ferro Lad
Andrew Nolan
Ferro Lad
Future State
Ferro Lad
Andrew Nolan
Ferro Lad
Prime Earth
Fire Lad
Staq Mavlen
Fire Lad
Future State
Firestar
Liz Allan
Firestar
Earth-1610
Flash Thompson
Flash Thompson
Earth-1610
Fongji Wu
Fongji Wu
Earth-616
Frank Castle (Earth-12121)
Frank Castle (Earth-12121)
Alterniverse
Frank Castle Jr.
Earth-1610
Frank Oliver
Earth-1610
Frank Quaid
Frank Quaid
Earth-1610
Franklin Storm
Franklin Storm
Earth-1610
Galan (Earth-10071)
Galactus
Alterniverse
Galana Rodoso
Galana Rodoso
Prime Earth
Gambit
Remy LeBeau
Gambit
Earth-58163
Ganke Lee
Ganke Lee
Earth-1610
Garth Ranzz
Garth Ranzz
Prime Earth
Gary Richards
Gary Richards
Earth-1610
Geldoff
Geldoff
Earth-1610
Hank Pym (Earth-10071)
Giant-Man
Alterniverse
Gladiator
Melvin Potter
Gladiator
Earth-1610
Gloria Morales
Gloria Morales
Earth-1610
Gold Lantern
Kala Lour
Gold Lantern
Prime Earth
Goldballs
Fabio Medina
Goldballs
Earth-616
Golgug
Golgug
Earth-616
Golog
Golog
Earth-1610
Green Goblin
Norman Osborn
Green Goblin
Earth-1610
Green Lantern
Iorl
Green Lantern
Prime Earth
Greg McDuffie
Greg McDuffie
Prime Earth
Greg Watson
Greg Watson
Earth-1610
Groot
Earth-15513
Gwen Parker
Gwen Parker
Earth-58163
Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy
Earth-1610
Gwen Stacy (Clone)
Gwen Stacy (Clone)
Earth-1610
H.E.R.B.I.E.
H.E.R.B.I.E.
Earth-TRN526
Hack
Keli Quintela
Hack
Earth 3
Hala
Hala
Earth-616
Hammerhead
Joseph
Hammerhead
Earth-61112
Hank Pym
Hank Pym
Earth-58163
Harold Driver
Earth-616
Harry Osborn
Harry Osborn
Earth-1610
Havok
Alexander Summers
Havok
Earth-1610
Hawkeye
Lester
Hawkeye
Earth-616
Hawkeye
Clint Barton (Skrull)
Hawkeye
Earth-616
Hawkeye
Francis Barton (Earth-10071)
Hawkeye
Alterniverse
Hawkeye
Francis Barton
Hawkeye
Earth-10943
Hawkslayer
Tohru Nodu
Hawkslayer
Prime Earth
Heather Douglas (Earth-10071)
Alterniverse
Hellfire
J.T. Slade
Hellfire
Earth-616
Henry Gyrich
Henry Gyrich
Earth-1610
Henry McCoy
Henry McCoy
Earth-58163
Henry McCoy (Time-Displaced)
Henry McCoy (Time-Displaced)
Earth-616
Henry Pym Jr. (Earth-10071)
Alterniverse
Hex
Jinny Hex
Hex
Earth 3
Hijack
David Bond
Hijack
Earth-616
Hive
Hive
Earth-616
Hobgoblin
Harry Osborn
Hobgoblin
Earth-1610
Hulk
Bruce Banner
Hulk
Earth-1610
Human Torch
Johnny Storm
Human Torch
Earth-TRN526
Ice Thing
Robert Drake
Ice Thing
Earth-13729
Iceman
Bobby Drake (Time-Displaced)
Iceman
Earth-616
Imra Ardeen
Prime Earth
Imra Ardeen
Imra Ardeen
Future State
Invisible Woman
Susan Storm-Richards (Skrull)
Invisible Woman
Earth-616
Invisible Woman
Susan Storm-Richards (Temporal Paradox)
Invisible Woman
Earth-61112
Susan Storm-Richards
Invisible Woman
Earth-61112
Iorl
Prime Earth
Iron Fist
Daniel Rand
Iron Fist
Earth-58163
Iron Fist
Danny Rand
Iron Fist
Earth-1610
Iron Fist
Fongji Wu
Iron Fist
Earth-616
Iron Man
Riri Williams
Iron Man
Earth-616
Iron Man
Victor von Doom
Iron Man
Earth-616
Iron Man
Tony Stark
Iron Man
Earth-1610
Iron Man
Tony Stark (Skrull)
Iron Man
Earth-616
Iron Man
Tony Stark (Earth-10071)
Iron Man
Alterniverse
Iron Man
Tony Stark (Third A.I.)
Iron Man
Earth-616
Iron Patriot
Norman Osborn
Iron Patriot
Earth-616
Iron Spider
Aaron Davis
Iron Spider
Earth-1610
Ironheart
Riri Williams
Ironheart
Earth-616
J. Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson
Earth-1610
J. Jonah Jameson (Earth-12121)
J. Jonah Jameson (Earth-12121)
Alterniverse
J.T. Slade
Earth-616
Jake Palento
Jake Palento
Earth-1610
James Evans
James Evans
Earth-616
James Howlett
James Howlett
Earth-21923
James Rhodes
James Rhodes
Earth-1610
James Rogers
James Rogers
Earth-10943
James Rogers (Earth-10071)
James Rogers (Earth-10071)
Alterniverse
Jamie Brock
Jamie Brock
Earth-1610
Jan Arrah
Future State
Jane Jones
Earth-616
Janet Van Dyne
Janet Van Dyne
Earth-58163
Jean DeWolff
Jean DeWolff
Earth-1610
Jean Grey (Skrull)
Earth-616
Jean Grey (Time-Displaced)
Jean Grey (Time-Displaced)
Earth-616
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
Earth-1610
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
Earth-65
Jen McDuffie
Jen McDuffie
Prime Earth
Jennifer Grünwald
Jennifer Grünwald
Earth-1610
Jerry Sledge
Earth-616
Jessica Drew
Jessica Drew
Earth-1610
Jessica Drew
Jessica Drew
Earth-58163
Jessica Jones
Jessica Jones
Earth-616
Jessica Jones
Jessica Jones
Earth-1610
Jesus Hayek
Jesus Hayek
Earth-1610
Jewel
Jessica Jones
Jewel
Earth-616
Jewel
Jessica Jones (Skrull)
Jewel
Earth-616
Jimmy Woo
Jimmy Woo
Earth-1610
Jinny Hex
Jinny Hex
Prime Earth
Jinny Hex
Earth 3
Joanne Lucas
Earth-616
John Skrtic
John Skrtic
Earth-1610
John Stacy
John Stacy
Earth-1610
John Stewart
Earth 42
Johnny Storm
Johnny Storm
Earth-1610
Jonathan Hickman
Jonathan Hickman
Earth-1610
Joseph Sinnott
Joseph Sinnott
Earth-1610
Joy Corrigan
Joy Corrigan
Jude
Jude
Earth-616
Judge
Judge
Earth-1610
Cain Marko (Earth-10071)
Juggernaut
Alterniverse
Jupiter (Naomi's Universe)
Jupiter (Naomi's Universe)
Elseworlds
Justin
Justin
Earth-1610
Justin Hammer
Justin Hammer
Earth-1610
K.C. McRory
Spawn
Kaine
Kaine
Earth-1610
Kala Lour
Prime Earth
Kangaroo
Frank Oliver
Kangaroo
Earth-1610
Karadick
Karadick
Earth-616
Karate Kid
Val Armorr
Karate Kid
Prime Earth
Karen Page
Karen Page
Earth-1610
Karma
Xuân Cao Mạnh
Karma
Earth-1610
Kat Farrell
Kat Farrell
Earth-58163
Katherine Cross
Earth-616
Katherine Pryde
Katherine Pryde
Earth-58163
Katie Bishop
Katie Bishop
Earth-1610
Keen Coy
Prime Earth
Keli Quintela
Keli Quintela
Prime Earth
Keli Quintela
Earth 3
Kendra Saunders
Earth 42
Kenneth McFarlane
Kenneth McFarlane
Earth-1610
Kilgore
Kilgore
Prime Earth
Killer Shrike
Simon Maddicks
Killer Shrike
Earth-1610
Kamandi
King
Prime Earth
Kingpin
Wilson Fisk
Kingpin
Earth-1610
Kraven the Hunter
Sergei Kravinoff
Kraven the Hunter
Earth-1610
Kwan Wu
Earth-1610
Kyle (Bully)
Kyle (Bully)
Prime Earth
Lana Baumgartner
Lana Baumgartner
Earth-1610
Lane-El
Prime Earth
Laraz-El
Prime Earth
Layla Miller
Layla Miller
Earth-58163
Layla Miller
Layla Miller
Earth-1610
Leiko Wu
Earth-1610
Leonardo Lane
Prime Earth
Lester (Earth-12121)
Lester (Earth-12121)
Alterniverse
Leviathan
Mark Shaw
Leviathan
Prime Earth
Li'l Green Lantern
John Stewart
Li'l Green Lantern
Earth 42
Li'l Hawkgirl
Kendra Saunders
Li'l Hawkgirl
Earth 42
Lightning Lad
Garth Ranzz
Lightning Lad
Prime Earth
Lightning Lass
Ayla Ranzz
Lightning Lass
Prime Earth
Lisa Castle
Earth-1610
Liz Allan
Liz Allan
Earth-1610
Lizard
Curt Conners
Lizard
Earth-1610
Lori Baumgartner
Lori Baumgartner
Earth-1610
Lorna Dane
Lorna Dane
Earth-1610
Lorna Magnus
Lorna Magnus
Earth-58163
Lucas Bishop
Lucas Bishop
Earth-58163
Lucia von Bardas
Lucia von Bardas
Earth-616
Luornu Durgo
Prime Earth
Luornu Durgo
Future State
Luthor-El
Luthor-El
Earth 3
Madame Web
Cassandra Webb
Madame Web
Earth-1610
Maestro
Bruce Banner (Earth-10071)
Maestro
Alterniverse
Maestro
Bruce Banner
Maestro
Earth-10943
Max Eisenhardt (Earth-10071)
Magneto
Alterniverse
Malcolm Colcord
Malcolm Colcord
Earth-1610
Man-Thing
Theodore Sallis
Man-Thing
Earth-1610
Manifold
Eden Fesi
Manifold
Earth-616
Marc Spector
Earth-58163
Marc Spector
Marc Spector
Earth-1610
Marc Spector (Prime)
Earth-61610
Maria Castle
Maria Castle
Earth-1610
Maria Hill
Maria Hill
Earth-616
Maria Hill
Maria Hill
Earth-1610
Maria Stark
Earth-1610
Marion Jones
Marion Jones
Earth-1610
Marisol Leone
Marisol Leone
Prime Earth
Mark Raxton
Mark Raxton
Earth-1610
Marlene Alraune
Marlene Alraune
Earth-1610
Martha Osborn
Martha Osborn
Earth-1610
Marvel Girl
Jean Grey (Time-Displaced)
Marvel Girl
Earth-616
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson
Earth-1610
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson
Earth-58163
Mary Lambow
Mary Lambow
Earth-1610
Mary Parker
Mary Parker
Earth-1610
Mary Richards
Mary Richards
Earth-1610
Mary Watson
Mary Watson
Earth-1610
Matt Murdock
Matt Murdock
Earth-58163
Matthew Malloy (Earth-14923)
Matthew Malloy (Earth-14923)
Alterniverse
Maxilin
Earth-616
May Parker
Earth-58163
May Parker
May Parker
Earth-1610
McMurph
McMurph
Prime Earth

More on Brian Michael Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis was born on August 18, 1967 in Cleveland, Ohio to a Jewish-American family. Bendis grew up in University Heights where, despite rebelling against a religious upbringing, he attended the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, a private, modern Orthodox religious school for boys. He decided he wanted to be a comic book industry professional when he was 13, working on his own comics, including a Punisher versus Captain America story that he revised several times. A fan of Marvel Comics in particular, he emulated idols such as George Pérez, John Romita, Sr., John Romita, Jr., Jack Kirby and Klaus Janson. He later discovered crime comics by Jim Steranko and José Munoz, which he traced back via Jim Thompson's work to the source novels of both Thompson and Dashiell Hammett, which helped cement his love for crime stories. These in turn led him to discover the documentary Visions of Light, which taught him the explicit visual rules of film noir, an important influence on him creatively.

While in high school, he submitted for a "Creative Writing assignment" a novelization of Chris Claremont's X-Men and the Starjammers story, which gained him an A+ grade for imagination and inventiveness. At 19, Bendis began attending the Cleveland Institute of Art, while working at a downtown comic book store where he eventually sold some of his early work. Between the ages of 20 and 25, he sent in a large number of submissions to comics companies, although he ultimately stopped his attempts to break into the industry this way, considering it too much of a "lottery.

Best known as a writer, Bendis started out as an artist, doing work for local magazines and newspapers, including caricature work. He worked at The Plain Dealer as an illustrator. Although he did not enjoy caricature work, it paid well and funded his interest in writing crime fiction for graphic novels. He eventually moved into both writing and illustrating his work, before he began producing work for Caliber Comics, including Spunky Todd.

Through Caliber, he met many of his longtime friends and collaborators within the comics industry, including Mike Oeming, Dave Mack and Marc Andreyko, and began the first in a series of independent noir fiction crime comics when he published two issues of Fire in 1993 and five issues of A.K.A. Goldfish in 1994 with Caliber. In 1995 he illustrated Flaxen, from a script by James Hudnall, with David Mack providing inks to the story featuring former Playboy Playmate Susie Owens as mascot of the Golden Apple Comics chain [of comic shops] in Los Angeles.

Bendis' best-known early work, Jinx, starring the titular bounty hunter in a crime noir version of the Sergio Leone film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, began publication in 1996, and ran seven issues from Caliber. Most of these early works share a common universe, with Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso and (stories from) Total Sell Out sharing characters and settings as well as tone.

He characterizes much of this period of his professional life in terms of working as "a graphic artist for almost twelve years," undergoing a period within that of "nine years" living as a stereotypical 'starving artist.'

In 1996/1997, Bendis moved from Caliber to Image Comics, where Jinx and his other previous crime comics were published by Image's Shadowline arm in trade paperback. At Image, he also produced five more issues of Jinx.

Impressed with A.K.A. Goldfish, Image founder Todd McFarlane sought out Bendis, which led to his writing Sam and Twitch. Although set in the Spawn universe, Bendis approached Sam and Twitch primarily as a crime comic. He wrote Sam and Twitch for twenty issues, as well as most of the first ten issues of Hellspawn, another Spawn spin-off title. This non-creator-owned work allowed him to, in the words of Rich Kriener in The Comics Journal, "[add] the responsibility of caretaker to his resume, in that he would answer to a vested owner about developing a property as a tangible asset with the future in mind," rather than only working on his own characters under his own terms.

In 1998, Bendis co-wrote and illustrated the Eliot Ness-starring Torso with Marc Andreyko, again for Image, and in 2000 he produced three issues of the autobiographical Fortune and Glory for Oni Comics.

That same year saw the debut of the superhero police/noir detective series Powers, co-created with and drawn by Michael Avon Oeming and published by Image. Powers won major comics industry awards, including Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Awards.

Around the time Bendis began Sam and Twitch, his friend David Mack began working for Joe Quesada's Marvel Knights imprint, of which Bendis was a fan. Based on Bendis' work on Jinx, Quesada invited him to pitch ideas for Marvel Knights, which included a planned, but ultimately unproduced, Nick Fury story.

Marvel Comics President Bill Jemas, on the recommendation of Quesada, hired Bendis to write Ultimate Spider-Man, which debuted in 2000, and was targeted at the new generation of comic readers. Bendis adapted the 11-page origin story of Spider-Man from 1962's Amazing Fantasy #15 into a seven issues story arc, with Peter Parker becoming the titular hero after the fifth issue, making the book a bestseller, often surpassing in sales those of the mainstream Marvel universe title The Amazing Spider-Man. The Bendis/Bagley partnership of 111 consecutive issues made their partnership one of the longest in American comic book history, and the longest run by a Marvel creative team, beating out Stan Lee and Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four. Bendis subsequently wrote other books in the Ultimate line, including Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, which Bendis pitched to Marvel as a follow-up to Ultimate Spider-Man, as well as Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Origins, Ultimate Six, the first three issues of Ultimate Power, and the Ultimate Comics: Doomsday metaseries. In 2011, Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli created the Miles Morales character as the new version of the Ultimate Spider-Man. Bendis wrote every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man, including its second iteration, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man.

Quesada offered Bendis the writing duties on Daredevil, which he took over in 2001, writing most of the subsequent 55 issues until 2006, collaborating mostly with artist Alex Maleev. As a major Daredevil author, Bendis' name is one of the names used for boxers mentioned by a corrupt boxing manager in the 2003 Daredevil movie. Also in 2001, Bendis helped launch Marvel's non-Comics Code-approved, adult MAX imprint with Alias, featuring former superhero Jessica Jones operating as a private investigator. The series ran for 28 issues before many of the characters moved to Bendis' mainstream Marvel Universe series The Pulse. In 2004 Powers moved from Image to Marvel's creator-owned imprint Icon, where it was relaunched as Powers Vol. 2 alongside another ex-Image series, David Mack's Kabuki.

Also in 2004, Bendis oversaw the closing issues of The Avengers as part of the crossover storyline "Avengers Disassembled." This led directly to the Bendis-helmed relaunch of one version of the eponymous team in the pages of The New Avengers. Bendis' work on this storyline included the death of Avenger Hawkeye, which proved controversial. In 2005, with artist Olivier Coipel, Bendis wrote the New Avengers / X-Men crossover, "House of M", which would retroactively be considered the second act of a three-act super-event beginning with "Avengers Disassembled" and culminating in the Bendis-written 2008 storyline "Secret Invasion". Bendis also wrote Secret War, which was serialized between 2004 and 2005. The series, which was not connected to the 1984 miniseries Secret Wars, served as a prelude to Secret Invasion. After Marvel's 2006 "Civil War" storyline, Bendis helmed another Avengers revival, launching Mighty Avengers with Frank Cho in 2007.

Post-"Secret Invasion", Bendis left Mighty Avengers with issue #20 and wrote Secret Invasion: Dark Reign, a one-shot that preceded another ongoing Avengers series, Dark Avengers. In 2009, Bendis and former Daredevil collaborator Maleev launched the long-delayed Spider-Woman, following up on her role in the Secret Invasion storyline. Spider-Woman was the first comic book to be offered simultaneously on the Internet as a "motion comic" and in comic stores in print form.

Bendis re-teamed with House of M's Coipel for the 2009 crossover series "Siege", which brought the "Dark Reign" storyline to a close, and with it Dark Avengers. Springboarding out of Siege, Bendis relaunched both Avengers and New Avengers as part of the "Heroic Age".

Also in 2010, Bendis launched Scarlet through Icon Comics, his first new creator-owned comic book in over a decade, re-teaming once again with Maleev. In February 2011, Icon released the all-ages graphic novel Takio by Bendis and his Powers collaborator Mike Oeming and in mid-2011 a maxiseries called Brilliant with artist Bagley. Bendis' other 2011 projects included a new Moon Knight series with Maleev, which concluded with issue 12. In 2012, in conjunction with Marvel Studios' feature film The Avengers, Bendis began writing a new Avengers comic, Avengers Assemble. Bendis wrote the first eight issues of Avengers Assemble, a series that premiered in March 2012 that featured a new incarnation of the Zodiac, as well as the return of the Guardians of the Galaxy, which teamed with the Avengers against Thanos.

Bendis concluded his stint on Avengers and New Avengers in 2012 with the "End Times" arc. His final issue of Avengers, released September 2012, was a "jam issue", featuring splash pages by Marvel artists including Walt Simonson, Jim Cheung, and Leinil Francis Yu.

Following Marvel's "Marvel NOW!" relaunch of its titles, Bendis took on writing duties on All New X-Men, which saw the return of the original 1960's X-Men to the present, Uncanny X-Men, whose focus shifts to Cyclops' team of X-Men going rogue after the events of "Avengers Vs. X-Men", and Guardians of the Galaxy, picking up where his Avengers Assemble run left off.

Bendis wrote the "Age of Ultron" crossover storyline, which included an eponymous 10-issue miniseries, that was published between March and June 2013. Issue 10 saw the introduction of the Neil Gaiman character Angela into the Marvel Universe.

In November 2017, Bendis announced via Twitter that he would be working exclusively with DC Comics. His DC debut was in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018). Ivan Reis drew the first issue of Bendis' The Man of Steel limited series and collaborated with Bendis on the relaunched Superman ongoing series in 2018. Bendis took over writing Action Comics following its 1,000th issue.

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