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Fred Van Lente

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Tacoma, WA (Fort Lewis), The United States

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Fred Van Lente is the New York Times-bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer & Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOK's 11, Amazing Spider-Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys & Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist.

Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple-award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020).

He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and som ...more

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	Captain America: The First Avenger #1: First Vengeance by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Luke Ross (Artist) 4.03 avg rating — 3,199 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 Adventures Iron Man (2007-2008) #1 by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), James Cordeiro (Illustrator), Michael Golden (Illustrator), Scott Koblish (Illustrator), Marte Gracia (Illustrator), Marte Garcia (Illustrator), Ronan Cliquet (Illustrator), Rafa Sandoval (Illustrator), more… 4.21 avg rating — 1,722 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Marvel Zombies 3 by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Kevin Walker (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 1,601 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 — 1,578 ratings — published 2017 — 14 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, Vol. 1: The Michelangelo Code by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Clayton Henry (Artist), Matt Milla (Colourist) 3.90 avg rating — 1,183 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
	Captain America & Thor: Avengers! #1 4.14 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Wolverine: First Class #1 by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Andrea Di Vito (Illustrator), Salvador Espin (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 2008 — 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 4 3.38 avg rating — 960 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
	Halo: Blood Line by Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author), Frances Portela (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 786 ratings — published 2011 — 10 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 (Illustrator) 3.05 avg rating — 972 ratings — published 2009 — 9 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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King Kirby: All Episodes Now Available!

Heroes aren't born, they're made. I am excited to announce that all episodes of the podcast drama King Kirby, the audio adaptation of the New York Times Critics' Pick play I wrote with my wife Crystal Skillman, is available now for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and everywhere else you get your podcasts. You can also listen directly on the Broadway Podcast Network web site.

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Series by Fred Van Lente

Archer & Armstrong (2012) (7 books)
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Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author) (Writer),

Ray Fawkes (Goodreads Author) (Writer),

Ramon Villalobos (Artist),

Andy Kuhn (Artist),

Rafer Roberts (Artist),

Juan Doe (Artist),

Khari Evans (Artist),

Barry Kitson (Artist),

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3.90 avg rating — 3,752 ratings

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

Pere Pérez (Artist),

Raúl Allén (Cover Artist)

3.75 avg rating — 1,251 ratings

Comic Book History of Comics (2 books)
by

Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author),

Ryan Dunlavey (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

4.11 avg rating — 764 ratings

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

Francis Portela (Illustrator),

Dave Williams (Illustrator),

Scott Koblish (Illustrator),

Gurihiru (Illustrator),

Hugo Petrus (Illustrator),

Marc Sumerak (Contributor)

3.65 avg rating — 719 ratings

Generation Zerø (2 books)
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Fred Van Lente (Goodreads Author),

Diego Bernard (Contributor),

Javier Pulido (Contributor)

3.59 avg rating — 293 ratings

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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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“The Punisher: If there are no consequences to your mistakes...there are no reason not to make them...”
― Fred Van Lente, Deadpool Vs Punisher TP

tags: anti-hero, good-vs-evil, hero, mistakes, pride, regrets, remorse

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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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