Brian Michael Bendis

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August 18, 1967 in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

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A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 55,756 ratings · 2,668 reviews · 253 distinct works

	Powers, Vol. 1: Who Killed Retro Girl? by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming 4.02 avg rating — 2,687 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions	My rating:
	House of M by Brian Michael Bendis, Olivier Coipel 3.75 avg rating — 2,387 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Power and Responsibility by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley 3.97 avg rating — 1,959 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch 3.90 avg rating — 1,943 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 2: Learning Curve by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley (Illustrator), Art Thibert (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 1,272 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Civil War: The Road to Civil War by Brian Michael Bendis, J. Michael Straczynski, Alex Maleev 3.72 avg rating — 1,186 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 3: Double Trouble by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 866 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Powers, Vol. 2: Roleplay by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming 3.98 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Alias, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, Jeph Loeb (Introduction) 4.14 avg rating — 767 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 4: Legacy by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley 3.95 avg rating — 716 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by Brian Michael Bendis

Powers (13 books)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming

4.06 avg rating — 8,405 ratings

The New Avengers (13 books)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Leinil Francis Yu

3.69 avg rating — 6,181 ratings

Alias trade paperbacks (4 books)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos

4.21 avg rating — 1,830 ratings

Ultimate Spider-Man hardcovers (11 books)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley

4.09 avg rating — 1,448 ratings

Dark Avengers (4 books)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Bachalo (Illustrator), Mike Deodato (Illustrator)

3.65 avg rating — 1,165 ratings

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Quotes by Brian Michael Bendis

“Ah, man, when Wolverine grows his face back, he's really gonna be pretty upset.”
― Brian Michael Bendis, The New Avengers, Vol. 2: Sentry

tags: humor , spiderman , wolverine

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“Please don't be dead. Because then I'd have to be the Sorcerer Supreme and there's no way I could rock the 'stache.”
― Brian Michael Bendis, New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis - Volume 3

tags: humor , spiderman

3 people liked it

“There, there are no chicken wings”
― Brian Michael Bendis, Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 18: Ultimate Knights

tags: humor , moon-knight

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