2011 in comics

January

• January 4 Axel Alonso
  Axel Alonso
  Axel Alonso is American comic book creator, known primarily as an editor at DC Comics from 1994–2000, and at Marvel Comics from 2000 to the present. At DC, he edited a number of books published under their Vertigo line, such as Doom Patrol, Animal Man, Hellblazer, Preacher and 100 Bullets...
  
   is named editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics
  Marvel Comics
  Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
  
  , replacing Joe Quesada
  Joe Quesada
  Joseph "Joe" Quesada is an American comic book editor, writer and artist. He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom...
  
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September

• During the whole month of September DC Comics
  DC Comics
  DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
  
   released 52 brand new titles as part of their The New 52
  The New 52
  The New 52 is a 2011 revamp and relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero books, in which all of its existing titles were cancelled, and 52 new series debuted in September 2011 with new #1 issues. Among the series being renumbered are Action Comics and Detective Comics,...
  
   publishing scheme after canceling all titles in August.

Conventions

• July 2–3 - Armageddon
  Armageddon
  Armageddon is, according to the Bible, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location...
  
   Christchurch Expo Addington Raceway - Christchurch
• October 28–31 Armageddon Auckland Expo ASB Showgrounds

First issues by title

Release: November by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

. Writer: Zeb Wells

Zeb Wells

Zeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, as well as his work on Robot Chicken.-Career:Wells is an Emmy and Annie Award winning writer and actor for the TV show Robot Chicken, including the Emmy-nominated Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II.Wells has written...

 Artist: Joe Madureira

Release: March by Marvel Comics. Writer: Matt Fraction

Matt Fraction

Matt Fritchman, better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of The Invincible Iron Man, The Immortal Iron Fist and Uncanny X-Men for Marvel Comics and Casanova for Image Comics.-Career:Fraction wrote two...

 Artist: Stuart Immonen

Stuart Immonen

Stuart Immonen is a Canadian comic book artist. He is best known for his work on Nextwave, Ultimate X-Men, The New Avengers and Ultimate Spider-Man...

"Watch the FULL Marvel Press Conference!", Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

, December 21, 2010

Release: October by Vertigo. Writer: Brian Azzarello

Brian Azzarello

Brian Azzarello is an American comic book writer. He came to prominence with the hardboiled crime series 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo.-Career:...

 Artist: Eduardo Risso

Eduardo Risso

Eduardo Risso is an Argentine comic book artist. In the United States he is probably best known for his work with writer Brian Azzarello on the Vertigo title 100 Bullets, while in Argentina and Europe he is noted for his collaborations with Ricardo Barreiro and Carlos Trillo...

Release: April by Image Comics

Image Comics

Image Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...

 (Skybound

Skybound

Skybound is a comics publishing imprint founded by Robert Kirkman in 2010, after he became a partner in Image Comics in 2008. It is the first new studio established in connection with Image Comics since the company was founded in the early 1990s, joining Highbrow Entertainment, Todd McFarlane...

 imprint). Writer: Robert Kirkman

Robert Kirkman

Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead and Invincible for Image Comics, and Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt...

 Artist: Jason Howard

Release: October by Marvel Comics. Writer: Jason Aaron

Jason Aaron

Jason Aaron is an American comic book writer, known for his work on titles such as The Other Side, Scalped, Ghost Rider, Wolverine and PunisherMAX.-Early life:Jason was born in Jasper, Alabama...

 Artist: Chris Bachalo

Chris Bachalo

Chris Bachalo is an American comic book illustrator known for his quirky, cartoon-like style. He became well known for stints on DC Comics’ Shade, the Changing Man and Neil Gaiman's two Death series...

Ongoing series

• Action Comics
  Action Comics
  Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...
  
   - #897-904, #1-4
• The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously until it was...
  
   - #651-674
• American Vampire
  American Vampire
  American Vampire is an Eisner Award-winning comic book series created by writer Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque.The series imagines vampires as a population made up of many different secret species, and charts moments of vampire evolution and inter-species conflict throughout history...
  
   - #11-22
• Animal Man
  Animal Man
  Animal Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . As a result of being in proximity to an exploding extraterrestrial spaceship, Buddy Baker acquires the ability to temporarily “borrow” the abilities of animals...
  
   - #1-4
• Astonishing X-Men
  Astonishing X-Men
  Astonishing X-Men is the name of three X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics, the first two of which were limited series. The ongoing series began in 2004, with its first run written by Joss Whedon and art by John Cassaday. It was then written by Warren Ellis with art by Phil Jimenez. Daniel...
  
   - #36-45
• Avengers - #9-20
• Batman
  Batman
  Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
  
   - #706-713, #1-4
• Captain America
  Captain America
  Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
  
   - #1-6
• Daredevil
  Daredevil
  Daredevil may refer to:*A stunt performerIn comics and their spin-offs:*Daredevil , a Marvel comic book superhero* Daredevil , a 2003 film starring Ben Affleck as the Marvel character...
  
   - #1-7
• Detective Comics
  Detective Comics
  Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...
  
   - #873-881, #1-4
• DMZ - #61-72
• Fables - #101-112
• Fantastic Four/Future Foundation
  Fantastic Four
  The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...
  
   - #587-588, #1-11
• Ghost Rider - #1-7
• Hellblazer
  Hellblazer
  Hellblazer is a contemporary horror comic book series, originally published by DC Comics, and subsequently by the Vertigo imprint since March 1993, the month the imprint was introduced, where it remains to this day...
  
   - #275-286
• House of Mystery
  House of Mystery
  The House of Mystery is the name of several horror-mystery-suspense anthology comic book series. It had a companion series, House of Secrets.-Genesis:...
  
   - #33-42
• Hulk
  Hulk
  - Ships :* Hulk , a ship that is afloat, but incapable of sailing** Prison ship, a vessel used to hold prisoners* Hulk , an early European coastal craft.- People :* Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler...
  
   - #29-45
• Incredible Hulk - #1-3
• Incredible Hulks - #621-635
• Invincible Iron Man - #500-511, #500.1
• iZombie
  IZOMBIE
  iZOMBIE is a comic book series created by writer Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, published by DC Comics's Vertigo imprint beginning in 2010...
  
   - #9-20
• Jonah Hex
  Jonah Hex
  Jonah Woodson Hex is a Western comic book antihero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and personality, Hex is bound by a personal...
  
   - #63-70
• Locke & Key
  Locke & Key
  Locke & Key is a comic book series written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez and published by IDW Publishing.- Publication history :...
  
   - Keys to the Kingdom #4-6, Clockworks #1-4
• The Mighty Thor - #1-8
• Moon Knight
  Moon Knight
  Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...
  
   - #1-7
• Morning Glories - #6-14
• New Avengers - #8-19
• Northlanders
  Northlanders
  Northlanders is an American comic book series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint. The stories are fictional but set in and around historical events during the Viking Age....
  
   - #36-47
• The Punisher - #1-6
• PunisherMAX
  PunisherMAX
  PunisherMAX is the second comic book ongoing series published under the MAX imprint of Marvel Comics featuring the vigilante anti-hero the Punisher.-Publication history:...
  
   - #10-20
• Scalped
  Scalped
  Scalped is a critically acclaimed ongoing crime/western comic book series written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by R. M. Guéra, published monthly by Vertigo Comics...
  
   - #45-55
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  S.H.I.E.L.D.
  S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage and a secret military law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Strange Tales #135 , it often deals with superhuman threats....
  
   - Vol. 1 #6, Vol. 2 #1-4, Infinity (one-shot)
• The Sixth Gun - #8-17
• Sweet Tooth
  Sweet tooth
  Sweet Tooth may refer to:* Sweet Tooth , a character in the Twisted Metal video game series* Sweet Tooth , a strip in the British comic Whizzer and Chips, and later Buster...
  
   - #17-28
• Superboy
  Superboy
  Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....
  
   - #3-11, #1-4
• Swamp Thing
  Swamp Thing
  Swamp Thing, a fictional character, is a plant elemental in the created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson. He first appeared in House of Secrets #92 in a stand-alone horror story set in the early 20th century . The Swamp Thing then returned in his own series, set in the contemporary world and in...
  
   - #1-4
• T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
  T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
  T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents is a fictional team of superheroes that appeared in comic books originally published by Tower Comics in the 1960s. They were an arm of the United Nations and were notable for their depiction of the heroes as everyday people whose heroic careers were merely their day jobs...
  
   - #3-10
• Uncanny X-Men
  Uncanny X-Men
  Uncanny X-Men, first published as The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics comic book series for the X-Men franchise. It is the mainstream continuity featuring the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes...
  
   - #532-544, #534.1, #1-3
• The Unwritten
  The Unwritten
  The Unwritten is an American comic book ongoing series written by Mike Carey with art by Peter Gross and published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. The book follows Tom Taylor, who was the inspiration for a series of hugely successful children's fantasy novels in the vein of Harry Potter...
  
   - #21-32, 31.5, 32.5
• Wolverine and the X-Men
  Wolverine and the X-Men
  Wolverine and the X-Men is an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation. It is the fourth animated adaptation of the X-Men characters, the other three being Pryde of the X-Men, X-Men: The Animated Series, and X-Men: Evolution.-Plot:...
  
   - #1-3
• X-Men
  X-Men
  The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
  
   - #7-22
• X-Men: Legacy - #244-260