Keith Giffen





Keith Giffen

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November 30, 1952 in Queens, New York, New York, The United States

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Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his w...more


Average rating: 3.75 · 11,221 ratings · 606 reviews · 130 distinct works
Justice League Internationa...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 995 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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Annihilation: Book One
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Blue Beetle Vol. 1: Shellsh...
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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Annihilation: Book Three
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Blue Beetle Vol. 2: Road Trip
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2007
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Annihilation: Book Two
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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Formerly Known as the Justi...
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Annihilation: Conquest - Bo...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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I Luv Halloween, #1
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Justice League International (6 books)
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3.9614906832298136 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,610 ratings
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Blue Beetle (6 books)
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3.7849223946784925 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 902 ratings
I Luv Halloween, #1 I Luv Halloween, #2 I Luv Halloween, #3
I Luv Halloween (3 books)
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3.829192546583851 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Generation Lost (2 books)
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3.9936708860759493 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Midnighter (4 books)
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3.452513966480447 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 179 ratings
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