Andy Lanning
Lanning at theNew York Comic Con in Manhattan, 10 October 2010
Nationality	British
Area	Writer,Inker
Notable works	Legion of Super-Heroes Nova Sleeze Brothers

Andy Lanning is an English comic book writer andinker, known for his work forMarvel Comics andDC Comics, and for his collaboration withDan Abnett.

Lanning works primarily atMarvel Comics andDC Comics as an inker. He has alsopencilled books, such as his creationThe Sleeze Brothers.

Lanning's writing has included his and Abnett's 2000 relaunch of DC's titleLegion of Super-Heroes. The two co-created theResurrection Man character with artistJackson Guice in 1997.^[1]

Lanning and Abnett also collaborated on an ongoingNova series for Marvel, which premiered in 2007. The duo previously authored aNova miniseries as a tie-in for the Marvel crossoverAnnihilation,^[2] starring Richard Rider, now the only member of the Xandarian Nova Corps. This led into their piloting the "Annihilation: Conquest" storyline,^[3] and the core characters from this went on to form the newGuardians of the Galaxy.^[4]

Lanning teamed up with Abnett to relaunchThe Authority,^[5] withSimon Coleby on art, as part of the World's End relaunch of the coreWildstorm titles.^[6]

It was announced atWizard World Chicago in June 2008 that Abnett and Lanning had signed an exclusive deal with Marvel, which they hoped would give them time to work on the "cosmic" characters they dealt with, as well as more earth-based ones. The contract allows them to finish existing commitments, so they will be able to finish their fifteen issue run onThe Authority.^[7] Their first major work which followed this was "War of Kings", which depicted the "cosmic" aftermath ofSecret Invasion.^[8] He also wrote the three-issue Marvel/Top Cow crossover miniseriesFusion.^[9]

In 2020 Lanning collaborated withRon Marz on the nine-issueDC Comicscrossover storyline "Endless Winter", which would debut that December.^[10]

• The Sleeze Brothers (with John Carnell,Epic Comics, 1989–1990)
• Judge Anderson: "Exorcise Duty" (withDan Abnett, and art byAnthony Williams, inJudge Dredd Annual 1991)
• Death's Head II (inks, with Dan Abnett, and art byLiam Sharp, mini series and ongoing series,Marvel UK, 1991–1993)

Dreadlands Epic comics with co author Steve White and art by Phil Gascoine, 4 issue miniseries Epic comics 1992

• Digitek (with co-authorJohn Tomlinson and art byDermot Power, 4-issue mini-series,Marvel UK, 1992)
• Codename: Genetix (with co-author Graham Marks, pencils byPhil Gascoine and inks byRobin Riggs, 4-issue mini-series,Marvel UK, 1993)
• The Punisher: Year One (with co-author Dan Abnett, pencils byDale Eaglesham and inks byScott Koblish, 4-issue mini-series,Marvel Comics, 1994–1995)
• Force Works (with co-author Dan Abnett,Marvel Comics, 1994)
• Resurrection Man (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byJackson Guice,DC, 1997–1999)
• Batman: "Two Faces" (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byAnthony Williams, one shotElseworlds story, DC, 1998)
• Superman:
  • "Prime Time" (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art by Graham Higgins), a 10-page short story inSuperman 80-Page Giant No. 1 (Feb. 1999)
  • "The Superman Monster" (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byTom Palmer andAnthony Williams,one-shotElseworlds story, DC, 1999)
  • Return to Krypton (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byKarl Kerschl,DC, 2004,Titan Books,ISBN 1-84023-798-8)
  • Strange Attractors (with co-authorsGail Simone and Dan Abnett, and art byJohn Byrne,DC, 2006,Titan Books,ISBN 1-84576-249-5, DC,ISBN 1-4012-0917-3)
• Legion Lost (inks, with co-author Dan Abnett, pencils byOliver Coipel andPascal Alike,DC, 2000–2001)
• Wonder Woman vol. 2 No. 174 (inks, 2001)
• The Legion (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byChris Batista, Chip Wallace, Leonard Kirk,Dave Cockrum,Tony Harris, Tom Feister, Paul Rivoche and Eric Wight,DC, 2001–2004, tpb,Foundations, collects #25–30, 176 pages, 2004,ISBN 1-4012-0338-8)
• Star Trek: Voyager: The Collection (with co-authors Dan Abnett and Jeffrey Moy, and art byDrew Struzan, 2002,Titan Books,ISBN 1-84023-320-6)
• Iceman (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byKarl Kerschl, Marvel Comics, 2002,ISBN 0-7851-0889-0)
• iCandy (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byKalman Andrasofszky, DC Comics, 2003–2004)
• Majestic (with co-author Dan Abnett):
  • Volume 1: Strange New Visitor (withKarl Kerschl, collectsAction Comics No. 811,Adventures of Superman No. 624,Superman No. 201 andMajestic 4-issue mini-series, 2004,DC, 2005,ISBN 1-4012-0483-X)
  • While You Were Out (withNeil Googe,Georges Jeanty and Trevor Scott, collectsMajestic #1–7,Wildstorm, 2005,ISBN 1-4012-0850-9)
  • Volume 2 (with Neil Googe,Georges Jeanty and Trevor Scott, collectsMajestic #8–12,Wildstorm, 2006,ISBN 1-4012-0989-0)
  • Volume 3: Final Cut (with Neil Googe, Diego Olmos,Kevin West and others, collectsMajestic #13–17 andWildstorm Winter Special,Wildstorm, January 2007)
• Annihilation:Nova (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byKev Walker,Marvel, 4-issue mini-series, 2006)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art byWesley Craig,Wildstorm, November 2006)
• Nova (with co-author Dan Abnett, Marvel Comics, 2007-ongoing)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (with co-author Dan Abnett and art byPaul Pelletier, Marvel Comics, May 2008, ongoing)
• The Authority #1–17 (with co-author Dan Abnett, and art bySimon Coleby,Wildstorm, 2008–2010) collected as:
  • World's End (136 pages, August 2009,ISBN 1-4012-2362-1)
  • Rule Britannia (192 pages, February 2010,ISBN 1-4012-2667-1)
• War of Kings (with co-author Dan Abnett and art byPaul Pelletier, Marvel Comics, March–August 2009)
• Fusion (with co-author Dan Abnett and pencils byTyler Kirkham, Marvel Comics/Top Cow Productions, May 2009-ongoing)
• Realm of Kings (with co-author Dan Abnett):
  • Realm of Kings (withMahmud Asrar/Leonardo Manco, one-shot, Marvel Comics, January 2010)
  • Realm of Kings:Imperial Guard (withKev Walker, five-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, January–May 2010, tpb, 120 pages, June 2010,ISBN 0-7851-4597-4)
  • Realm of Kings:Inhumans (with pencils byPablo Raimondi and inks byAndrew Hennessy, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, January–May 2010)
• Hypernaturals (with co-authorDan Abnett and art by Brad Walker, Andres Guinaldo and Mark Irwin, 12-issue mini-series,BOOM! Studios, July 2012-June 2013)

Wikimedia Commons has media related toAndy Lanning.

• Andy Lanning at 2000 AD online
• Andy Lanning on Marvel.com
• Andy Lanning at the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)
• Abnett & Lanning: On the Eve of Nova's Return to Monthly Fun,Comics Bulletin, 9 April 2007
• Galactus, and Surfer and Skrulls – Oh My! Abnett & Lanning on Nova,Newsarama, 10 April 2008
• Exclusive: interview with "Legion Lost" writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning!", Legione dei Super-Eroi. 26 July 2011

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