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Van Lente was raised by a mystery-loving mother (who preferred Dorothy Sayers to Agatha Christie, but we won't hold that against her) and a wisecracking Woody Allen-lookalike scientist father in what appears to be some kind of genetic experiment to write his first novel, TEN DEAD COMEDIANS, even though neither parent nor the son himself would know it for many years.

Van Lente spent his time between birth and authoring Ten Dead Comedians becoming the #1 New York Times best selling writer of graphic novels like Cowboys & Aliens (the basis of the feature film), Odd is on Our Side with Dean R. Koontz, and the gorily funny Marvel Zombies series.

He did some other things too, but they hardly seem worth mentioning.

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	Captain America: The First Avenger #1: First Vengeance by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Luke Ross (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 2,095 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marvel Zombies 3 by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Kev Walker (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 1,308 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Archer & Armstrong, Volume 1: The Michelangelo Code by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Clayton Henry (Artist) , Matt Milla (Colourist) 3.92 avg rating — 979 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halo: Blood Line by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Francis Portela 4.09 avg rating — 651 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X-Men Noir by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Dennis Calero (Illustrations) 3.08 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery 3.19 avg rating — 861 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Archer & Armstrong, Volume 2: Wrath of the Eternal Warrior by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Emanuela Lupacchino (Artist) , Guillermo Ortego (Artist) 3.94 avg rating — 577 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marvel Zombies 4 by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Kev Walker (Illustrations) 3.37 avg rating — 754 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Share Your Universe Invincible Iron Man by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), James Cordeiro (Illustrator) , Michael Golden (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Book 3 - Vulture & Morbius by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Mark Waid , Luke Ross 3.74 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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PSI-LORDS signing tour this week!

Hey NYC! My latest from Valiant Comics, PSI-LORDS, drops tomorrow, Wednesday June 19, and I am embarking on a ONE-STATE SIGNING TOUR! Four locations in four days, culminating in a fun afternoon event at October Country in New Paltz. Check it out:

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Action Philosophers (5 books)
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Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author)

4.02 avg rating — 1,379 ratings

Ivar, Timewalker (3 books)
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Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author) (Writer),

Pere Pérez (Artist)

Raul Allen (Cover Artist)

3.78 avg rating — 915 ratings

Comic Book History of Comics (2 books)
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Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author)

4.14 avg rating — 545 ratings

Wolverine: First Class (5 books)
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Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author),

Francis Portela

Scott Koblish (Illustrations)

Hugo Petrus (Illustrations)

Marc Sumerak

Dave Williams (Illustrations)

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“Float like a corpse sting like a lemon.”
― Fred Van Lente, Deadpool Team-Up, Volume 1: Good Buddies

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“Myths, legends and stories are the signposts previous generations have left us so we don't have to figure out our own personal journey in solitude!

They have to be metaphorical, because their interpretation will be different for each individual life!”
― Fred Van Lente, Action Philosophers! Giant-Sized Thing, Vol. 1

tags: history, history-of-philosophy, history-of-science, joseph-campbell, journey-of-life, legends, metaphor, myths, religion

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“Fandom has a nasty tendency to absorb the surface appearances of a thing without ever bothering to internalize its underlying message.

Huh. I guess it is just like a religion”
― Fred Van Lente, The Con Artist

tags: appearances, comics, deeper-meaning, fandom, geek-culture, religion, underlying-message

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