Christos Gage

Christos Gage
Gage at a signing at Midtown Comics Times Square, June 21, 2010
Born	Christos N. Gage July 17 New York
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Union Jack Stormwatch: PHD The Authority: Prime WildCats
Official website

Christos N. "Chris" Gage is an American comic book writer and screenwriter.

Early life

Gage is the son of author and journalist Nicholas Gage. He was born in New York, and grew up in Athens, Greece, and then North Grafton, Massachusetts. He attended Brown University where he majored in American Civilization.^[1]

Career

Gage with Rebekah Isaacs at the 2011 New York Comic Con.

Gage wrote The Breed and the 2002 film Teenage Caveman.

Since joining the comic book industry in December of 2004, he has written a number of series including a 2006 Union Jack mini-series with Mike Perkins.^[2]

Gage wrote a comic book series based on the Man with No Name for Dynamite Entertainment^[3][4][5] and wrote some fill-ins for Thunderbolts for Marvel, with three one-shots^[6] before, starting with #122, writing the four-issue tie-in with Secret Invasion.^[7] Also at Marvel he wrote Civil War: House of M.^[8] Gage wrote the "Secret Invasion" tie-in War Machine: Weapon of SHIELD^[9][10] and with the "Dark Reign" tie-in, Avengers: The Initiative, he became the main writer for the series.^[11]

At Wildstorm he wrote The Authority: Prime with Darick Robertson^[12][13][14] and then worked on a number of Wildstorm titles, Wildstorm: Armageddon,^[14][15] Wildstorm: Revelations^[16] and the Wildcats: Worlds End^[17] which allowed a number of titles to be relaunched.^[18]

Other projects include Absolution for Avatar Press,^[19] G.I. Joe: Cobra at IDW Publishing.^[20][21] and Area Ten at Vertigo.^[22]

Personal life

Gage is married to Ruth Fletcher Gage, with whom he often collaborates in screenwriting projects.^[1]

Works

TV and film

• The Breed (2001)
• Teenage Caveman (2002)
• Law and Order: Special Victims Unit:
  • "Mercy" (2003)
  • "Ritual" (2004)
• Numb3rs: "Bones of Contention " (2005)
• Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider: "A Complicated Woman" (with Jim Lee, 2007, forthcoming)

Comics

• Deadshot (with pencils by Steven Cummings and inks by Jimmy Palmiotti, 5-issue mini-series, DC Comics, 2005)

• Legends of the Dark Knight (DC Comics):
  • #201-203: "Cold Case" (with pencils by Ron Wagner and inks by Bill Reinhold, 2006)
  • #214: "Superstitious and Cowardly" (with Phil Winslade, 2007)

• Union Jack (with pencils by Mike Perkins and inks by Drew Hennessy, 4-issue mini-series, November 2006 - February 2007, Marvel Comics, tpb London Falling, 96 pages, July 2007, ISBN 0785121811)
• Worldstorm (with Doug Mahnke, 2-issue mini-series, Wildstorm, 2006–2007)

• Stormwatch: Post Human Division #1-12 (Wildstorm, 2006-2007) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (with Doug Mahnke, tpb collects #1-4 & 6-7, 160 pages, July 2007, ISBN 9781401215002) ^[23]
  • Volume 2 (with Matthew Dow Smith and Andy Smith, collects #5 and #8-12, 144 pages, April 2008, ISBN 1401216781)^[24]

• World War Hulk: X-Men #1-3 (with Andrea Di Vito, mini-series, Marvel Comics)
• Midnighter #8 (with John Paul Leon, Wildstorm, June 2007)
• Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar (with Mike Lilly, Marvel Comics, September–December 2007, tpb, January 2008, 96 pages, ISBN 0785127186)
• New Line Cinema's House of Horror #1 (DC Comics, September 2007) ^[25]
• House of M: Avengers (with Mike Perkins, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, November 2007) ^[26]
• The Authority: Prime (with Darick Robertson, Wildstorm, 2007, tpb collects The Authority Vol. 4 #5-11, Titan Books, August 2008, ISBN 1845768612, Wildstorm, July 2008, ISBN 1401218342)^[27]

• Thunderbolts: Secret Invasion (168 pages, Marvel Comics, March 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2394-6) collects:
  • "Breaking Point" (with Brian Denham, one-shot, January 2008)
  • "International Incident" (with Ben Oliver, one-shot, February 2008)
  • "Reason in Madness" (with Ben Oliver, one-shot, May 2008)
  • "Running the Asylum" (with Fernando Blanco, 4-issue Secret Invasion tie-in, Thunderbolts #122-125, September–December, 2008)

• Avengers: The Initiative #8-35 (with co-author Dan Slott and art by Stefano Caselli and Harvey Montecillo Tolibao, Marvel Comics, 2008–2010)
• Wildstorm: Armageddon (with various artists, 6-issues, Wildstorm, tpb, 144 pages, April 2008, ISBN 1401217036)^[28]
• Wildstorm: Revelations (with co-author Scott Beatty, and art by Wes Craig, Wildstorm, 2008, tpb, 296 pages, July 2008, Titan Books, ISBN 1845769333, Wildstorm, ISBN 1401218679)^[29]
• The Man with No Name: The Good, The Bad, and The Uglier (with Wellington Dias, Dynamite Entertainment, 2008)^[30]
• Wildcats: World's End #1-18 (with Neil Googe and Trevor Hairsine, Wildstorm, 2008–2009) collected as:
  • Wildcats: World's End (136 pages, August 2009, ISBN 140122363X)
• Civil War: House of M (with Andrea Di Vito, 5-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, September 2008)
• Iron Man: Director of SHIELD #33-35: "War Machine: Director of SHIELD" (with Sean Chen, Marvel Comics, 2008)
• Absolution (with Roberto Viacava, Avatar Press, August 2009, ongoing)
• X-Men/Spider-Man (with art by Mario Alberti, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2008–2009)
• G.I. Joe: Cobra (with co-author Mike Costa and art by Antonio Fuso, 4-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, March 2009, forthcoming)
• House of M: Masters of Evil (with art by Manuel Garcia, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics 2009-2010)
• Avengers Academy #1- (with Mike McKone, ongoing series, Marvel Comics, June 2010–present)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Biography page at Christos Gage's official website". Web.mac.com. http://web.mac.com/christosgage/iWeb/christosgage.com/About%20Me.html. Retrieved 2010-12-26. 
2. ^ Battler of Britain: Gage talks "Union Jack", Comic Book Resources, May 17, 2006
3. ^ Christos Gage on Dynamite's The Man with No Name, Newsarama, July 12, 2007
4. ^ Christos Gage on The Man with No Name, Newsarama, May 20, 2008
5. ^ Christos Gage on The Man With No Name, Newsarama, August 15, 2008
6. ^ Christos Gage Talks Thunderbolts: International Incident, Newsarama, February 4, 2008
7. ^ Monsters and Marvels: Gage Talks “Thunderbolts”, Comic Book Resources, April 25, 2008
8. ^ Magnetized: Gage talks "Civil War: House of M", Comic Book Resources, June 20, 2008
9. ^ Iron Man: Director of SHIELD #33-35 (2008)
10. ^ WW Philly '08: Christos Gage Talks War Machine, Newsarama, June 1, 2008
11. ^ Gage: Taking The Initiative Under a Dark Reign, Newsarama, December 10, 2008
12. ^ Getting Some Authority: Christos Gage On His Upcoming Authority Arc. Newsarama, April 5, 2007
13. ^ AUTHORITY COMPLEX: Gage & Robertson Talk "Prime", Comic Book Resources, July 12, 2007
14. ^ ^{a b} Gage Takes Wildstorm: Talking Midnighter: Armageddon & Authority: Prime, July 16, 2007, at Newsarama
15. ^ Armageddon Man: Christos Gage on Wildstorm: Armageddon, Newsarama, December 10, 2007
16. ^ Gage & Beatty on Wildstorm: Revelations, Newsarama, January 4, 2008
17. ^ Christos gage on Wildcats: World End, Newsarama, April 24, 2008
18. ^ NYCC '08: LIVING IN THE RUINS: WS Editor Ben Abernathy on 'Worlds End', Newsarama, April 19, 2008
19. ^ CCI: Christos Gage discusses "Absolution", Comic Book Resources, July 23, 2008
20. ^ IDW Announces GI Joe Plans, Newsarama, September 9, 2008
21. ^ G.I. Joe Roundtable, Part 1: Hama, Dixon, Gage & More, Newsarama, September 12, 2008
22. ^ Exploring Area Ten with Christos Gage, Vertigo Spotlight, Comics Bulletin, September 10, 2009
23. ^ "''Stormwatch: Post Human Division'' Volume 1 trade details". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=7516. Retrieved 2010-12-26. 
24. ^ "''Stormwatch: Post Human Division'' Volume 2 trade details". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=8901. Retrieved 2010-12-26. 
25. ^ "''House of Horror'' profile at DC Comics". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=8037. Retrieved 2010-12-26. 
26. ^ UNLOCKING THE CAGE: Gage talks "House of M: Avengers", Comic Book Resources, September 4, 2007
27. ^ "''The Authority: Prime'' trade profile". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=9567. Retrieved 2010-12-26. 
28. ^ "''Wildstorm: Armageddon'' trade profile". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=9044. Retrieved 2010-12-26. 
29. ^ "''Wildstorm: Revelations'' trade profile". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=9576. Retrieved 2010-12-26. 
30. ^ Man With No Name: The Good, The Bad And The Uglier #1, Newsarama, March 25, 2008

References

• Christos N. Gage at the Internet Movie Database
• Christos N. Gage at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Warren Ellis

Thunderbolts writer 2008–

Succeeded by Andy Diggle

Persondata
Name	Gage, Christos N.
Alternative names
Short description	American comic book writer and screenwriter
Date of birth	July 17
Place of birth	New York
Date of death
Place of death