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Ann Nocenti


 
 

Ann Nocenti is an AmericanUnited States

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 journalistJournalist

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, writerWriter

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 and editorEditing

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 known for her work on comic books and magazineMagazine

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s.

Biography

Ann Nocenti was born on January 17, 1957. She is most noted as an editor for Marvel ComicsMarvel Comics

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, for whom she edited New MutantsNew Mutants

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and The Uncanny X-Men. She made her comics writing debut on a brief run of Spider-WomanFacts About Spider-Woman

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(#47-50) and subsequently wrote a long run of DaredevilDaredevil (Marvel Comics)

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(1st series) #236-291 (minus #237) from 1986 to 1991, directly following on from Frank Miller'sFrank Miller (comics)

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 definitive storyline. She also wrote the 1986 LongshotLongshot

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 limited series for Marvel, and in the same year produced the Someplace StrangeSomeplace Strange

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graphic novel in collaboration with artist John BoltonJohn Bolton (comic book artist)

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. She wrote "the Inhumans Graphic Novel" in 1988. In 1993, she wrote the 16-issue run of Kid EternityKid Eternity

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for the DC ComicsDC Comics

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 imprint Vertigo.

She is noted for her left-wing political views which, particularly during her run on Daredevil, caused some controversy among fans who didn't agree with her politics.

She created several popular characters, including Typhoid MaryTyphoid Mary (comics)

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, BlackheartBlackheart

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, LongshotLongshot

Longshot is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as a member of the X-Men....
 and MojoMojo (comics)

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, and wrote the 1998 X-MenX-Men

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 novel Prisoner X.

Although Nocenti left comic books in the '90s after the industry sales collapsed, she later returned to the field, penning stories such as 2004's BatmanBatman

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 & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows
.

She edited High TimesHigh Times

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magazine for one year (2004) under the name Annie Nocenti and is the former editor of the screenwriting magazine Scenario.

Trivia

  • In Ultimate X-MenUltimate X-Men

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    , a reimagination of the X-Men comic, the character Longshot, who was invented by her, has the civil name Arthur Centino. His last name, Centino, is an anagram of Nocenti and a homage to Nocenti. The name Arthur is for the co-creator of Longshot Arthur AdamsArt Adams

    Arthur "Art" Adams, born in 1963 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is an American writer and artist noted for his work on comic boo...
     who was Ann Nocenti's artist on the Longshot Mini Series.


  • In Incredible Hulk #291, an issue that had written on the cover "BEWARE! It's Assistant Editors' month!", Ann Nocenti made a cameo appearance, talking to Dr. Bruce Banner, in a history written by Bill MantloBill Mantlo

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    , drawn by Sal BuscemaSal Buscema Overview

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    and inked by Carlos Garzón and Joe Sinnot. That time Ann Nocenti was Assistant Editor for Larry Hama on Incredible Hulk and X-MenX-Men

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    .

Selected works

  • New MutantsNew Mutants

    The New Mutants is the name of two defunct Marvel Comics superhero teams, as well as the title of two series featuring those...
     Summer Special
    (1990)


  • Someplace StrangeSomeplace Strange

    Someplace Strange is a graphic novel, published in 1988 by Marvel Comics under that company's Epic Comics imprint....
    graphic novel


  • InhumansInhumans

    The Inhumans are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics universe, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby....
    graphic novel


  • WolverineWolverine

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    : Evolution



  • BatmanBatman

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     & Poison IvyPoison ivy

    Poison ivy is a plant in the family Anacardiaceae....
    : Cast Shadows



  • Batman & CatwomanCatwoman Overview

    Catwoman is a DC Comics character, associated with the Batman franchise and created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane....
    : Trail of the Gun
    2 issues


  • Kid EternityKid Eternity

    Kid Eternity is a comic book superhero who first premiered in Hit Comics #25, published by Quality Comics in December, 1...
    16 issues


  • Typhoid 4 issues


  • LongshotLongshot Summary

    Longshot is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as a member of the X-Men....
    6 issues (collected on TPB)


  • Nightmare 4 issues


  • VenomVenom

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    : The Madness
    3 issues


  • Beauty and the Beast (1985 Marvel) 4 issues


  • Spider-WomanSpider-Woman

    Spider-Woman is the codename of several fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe....
    (1978) #47-50


  • DaredevilDaredevil (Marvel Comics)

    Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter developed by 3D Realms and released on January 29 1996 by Apogee Software, featu...
    #236,238-245,247-257,259-291


  • Web of Spider-ManSpider-Man Overview

    Spider-Man is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko....
    Annual #1 & 2


  • Spider-Man (1990-1998) #17 & 29-31


  • Spectacular Spider-Man #133,213 & 214


  • The All New Exiles #9-10


  • Star WarsStar Wars

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    (1977 Marvel) #89


  • Doctor StrangeDoctor Strange

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    (1974) #64


  • What If (1989) #40


  • DefendersDefenders (comics)

    The Defenders are a Marvel Comics superhero group usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" each kno...
    (1972) #127


  • Toxic Crusaders #7


  • Spider-Man: Mad Dog Ward a 3 part story on Web of Spider-Man 33, Amazing Spider-Man 295 & Spectacular Spider-Man 133


  • LongshotLongshot

    Longshot is a Marvel Comics superhero, best known as a member of the X-Men....
    : Dreamwalk
    on Marvel Comics Presents #16


  • ColossusColossus

    Colossus may refer to:...
    : God's Country
    on Marvel Comics Presents #10-17 (collected on TPB)


  • WolverineWolverine

    The wolverine is the largest terrestrial species of the Mustelidae or weasel family, and is also called the glutton o...
    : Typhoids Kiss
    on Marvel Comics Presents #109-116 (collected on TPB)


  • Ghost Rider: Walking Wounded on Marvel Comics Presents #123-130


  • Bloody Mary on Marvel Comics Presents #150-151


  • the backup stories on Classic X-Men #25,27-34,36,38,39,44


  • stories on Marvel Fanfare (1982) in #30(Real to Reel),40(Chiaroscuro) & 60(The Mission)


  • story The Streak on Bizarre Adventures #32


  • backup story on Gotham Knights #38

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