During DC's Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a 'One Year Later' eight-part story arc (called Up, Up and Away) that encompassed both Superman titles.

In December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. In 2003, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics, which he wrote for four years. In 2003, Busiek re-teamed with Perez to create the JLA/Avengers limited series.

Busiek's tenure culminated with the 'Kang Dynasty' storyline. Pérez departed from the series in 2000, but Busiek continued as writer for two more years, collaborating with artists Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer and others. In 1997, Busiek began a stint as writer of Avengers alongside artist George Pérez. 1983).īusiek has worked on a number of different titles in his career, including Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Iron Man, The Liberty Project, Ninjak, The Power Company, Red Tornado, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and the award-winning Marvels and the Homage Comics title Kurt Busiek's Astro City. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. During this time, Busiek also had many letters published in comic book letter columns, and originated the theory that the Phoenix was a separate being who had impersonated Jean Grey, and that therefore Grey had not died-a premise which made its way from freelancer to freelancer, and which was eventually used in the comics.ĭuring the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series.

He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers.īusiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them.

Astro City, Vol. 5 by Kurt Busiek