Mark Ellis (writer)

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Mark Ellis is an American novelist and comic-book writer who under the pen name James Axler has written scores of books for the Outlanders paperback novel series and other books, as well as numerous independent comics series.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Adventure Publications

Before becoming a full-time freelance writer in 1986, Ellis worked as a journalist, newspaper columnist, advertising copywriter and refrigeration engineer.[citation needed] In 1980, he married Melissa Martin, a graphic designer and writer who serves as his business partner.[1]

In the mid-to-late 1980s Ellis worked as the primary writer for Adventure Publications' line of comic magazines, scripting such diverse titles as Ninja Elite, Warriors, Netherworlds, and Star Rangers, working with longtime comics artist Jim Mooney on the latter title.

In 1987–1988 Ellis created and scripted Adventure Publications' Death Hawk, a series that featured the first published work of comics artist Adam Hughes.

For other comics publishers he wrote The Justice Machine, a Dynamo story for a T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents revival, as well as short stories for the occasional anthology, such as "A Trip To Necropolis," penciled and inked by Jim Mooney.

[edit] Millennium Publications

Outlanders novel by Ellis as James Axler.

In 1990, Ellis co-founded Millennium Publications, serving as editor, with his wife and co-founder Melissa Martin[1] as art director. Millennium gave early exposure to such comics artists as Mike Wieringo and Darryl Banks, and utilized such industry veterans as Jim Mooney and Don Heck. Its projects included H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu: The Whisperer in Darkness and a twelve-issue adaptation of Anne Rice's The Mummy or Ramses the Damned.

For his company, Ellis conceived and scripted Nosferatu: Plague of Terror, a four-part series that provided a complete story of the title character's origin quite apart from the Dracula legend. Ellis also adapted the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Wild Wild West, and the horror film It! The Terror from Beyond Space into comics. As well, he adapted the pulp fiction hero Doc Savage into the four-part miniseries Doc Savage: The Monarch of Armageddon.

[edit] "Outlanders" and James Axler

Leaving Millennium in 1993, Ellis went on to create the "Outlanders" series for Harlequin Enterprises's Gold Eagle imprint in 1996, the first entry of which appeared in 1997.

As of 2011, Ellis is the author of 47 books, most of them under the pen name James Axler. Although the Axler pseudonym is shared with other writers, primarily the multiple contributors to Gold Eagle's Deathlands series, Ellis has authored more novels as "James Axler" than any other writer.[2]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] As James Axler

  • Stoneface (Deathlands) (1996)
  • Demons of Eden (Deathlands) (1997)
  • Nightmare Passage (Deathlands) (1997)
  • Exile to Hell (1997)
  • Destiny Run (1997)
  • Savage Sun (1997)
  • Omega Path (1998)
  • Parallax Red (1998)
  • Doomstar Relic (1998)
  • Iceblood (1998)
  • Hellbound Fury (The Lost Earth Saga, Book 1) (1999)
  • Night Eternal (The Lost Earth Saga, Book 2) (with Mel Odom) (1999)
  • Outer Darkness (The Lost Earth Saga, Book 3) (1999)
  • Armageddon Axis (1999)
  • Encounter (with Laurence James & Alan Philipson) (1999)
  • Wreath of Fire (with Mel Odom) (2000)
  • Shadow Scourge (2000)
  • Hell Rising (2000)
  • Doom Dynasty (The Imperator Wars, Book 1) (2000)
  • Tigers of Heaven (The Imperator Wars, Book 2) (2001)
  • Purgatory Road (The Imperator Wars, Book 3) (2001)
  • Tomb of Time (2001)
  • Devil in the Moon (The Dragon Kings, Book 1) (2002)
  • Dragoneye (The Dragon Kings, Book 2) (2002)
  • Far Empire (2002)
  • Equinox Zero (2002)
  • Talon and Fang (Heart of the World, Book 1) (2003)
  • Sea of Plague (Heart of the World, Book 2) (2003)
  • Mad God's Wrath (2004)
  • Mask of The Sphinx (2004)
  • Evil Abyss (2005)
  • Children of The Serpent (2005)
  • Cerberus Storm (2005)
  • Aftermath (2006)
  • Rim of The World (2006)
  • Hydra's Ring (2006)
  • Skull Throne (2007)
  • Satan's Seed (2007)
  • Dark Goddess (2007)
  • Grailstone Gambit (2008)
  • Ghostwalk (2008)
  • Warlord of the Pit (2009)
  • Audio Guide to Outlanders (2011)

[edit] Other books

[edit] Comics and graphic novels

  • The Justice Machine: Object of Power (2011) (Moonstone Books)
  • Death Hawk: The Soulworm Saga (2008) (Millennial Concepts/Transfuzion)
  • H.P. Lovecraft's The Miskatonic Project: The Whisperer in Darkness(2008) (Millennial Concepts/Transfuzion)
  • Mr. Holmes & Dr. Watson: Their Strangest Cases (2008) (Millennial Concepts/Transfuzion)
  • The New Justice Machine:Top Gear Edition, Volume One(2009)(Millennial Concepts)
  • H.P. Lovecraft's The Miskatonic Project: Bride of Dagon(2009) (Millennial Concepts/Transfuzion)
  • Nosferatu: Plague of Darkness (2009) (Millennial Concepts)
  • Star Rangers: The Spur (2011) (Millennial Concepts)
  • Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Deluxe)
  • Star Rangers(Adventure Publications)
  • Ninja Elite (Adventure Publications)
  • Warriors(Adventure Publications)
  • Death Hawk (Adventure Publications)
  • Netherworlds(Adventure Publications)
  • Adventurers Book II (Adventure Publications)
  • The New Justice Machine, Volume One (Innovation)
  • Angry Shadows (Innovation)
  • The Wild Wild West (Millennium Publications)
  • Doc Savage (Millennium Publications)
  • H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu (Millennium Publications)
  • The Mummy Archives (Millennium Publications)
  • Weird Tales Illustrated (Millennium Publications)
  • The New Justice Machine, Volume Two (Millennium Publications)
  • It! The Terror from Beyond Space (Millennium Publications)
  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Millennium Publications)
  • Nosferatu: Plague of Terror (Millennium Publications)
  • The Collector's Dracula (Millennium Publications)
  • Paladin Alpha (Firstlight Publications)
  • Thresherz(Firstlight Publications)
  • R.A.Z.E.(Firstlight Publications)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Rafter, Dan. "Conquering Comics ... and Marriage, Too", Firefox News, October 9, 2007. WebCitation archive.
  2. ^ "The Books", JamesAxler.com

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