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Benjamin Percy | |
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 Percy in 2006 | |
| Alma mater | Brown University; Southern Illinois University |
| Genre | Novel, Short Story |
| Spouse | Lisa Percy |
| Relatives | Jennifer Percy(sister) |
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Benjamin Percy is an Americanauthor of novels and short stories,essayist,comic book writer, andscreenwriter.
Benjamin Percy has published four novels,The Dark Net,The Dead Lands,Red Moon, andThe Wilding, as well as two books of short fiction:Refresh, Refresh andThe Language of Elk. In 2016, he published his first book of non-fiction, a collection of essays on writing and genre fiction:Thrill Me.
Percy's first work forDC Comics was writingDetective Comics #35 – 36 in 2014, which was part of the company'sNew 52 branding. He eventually took over as writer on the company'sGreen Arrow series, beginning with issue 41, and continuing until issue 52, when that series was cancelled in preparation for DC's 2016DC Rebirth initiative, which involved restarting its monthly titles with new #1 issues. Percy would continue as writer onGreen Arrow with its new series in 2016, beginning with the one-shotGreen Arrow: Rebirth, which sold over 90,000 copies when it was released in May 2016. It was the highest-selling issue with Green Arrow as the main character in recent comics history, and received a second-printing. In comparison, the final issues of the previousGreen Arrow series sold between 21,000 and 22,000 copies, the lastGreen Arrow #1, from the New 52 launch, sold 55,512 copies, andKevin Smith'sGreen Arrow #1 from 2001 sold 85,046 copies.[1]
Since 2019, Percy has written numerous series forMarvel Comics, includingX-Force,Wolverine,Ghost Rider,Predator vs. Wolverine,Predator vs. Black Panther,Predator vs. Spider-Man, andPredator Kills the Marvel Universe.
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| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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| "Refresh, Refresh" | 2005 | Percy, Benjamin (2005)."Refresh, Refresh".The Paris Review.175. Retrieved2015-08-27. | Percy, Benjamin (2007).Refresh, Refresh. Graywolf Press.ISBN 978-1-55597-485-5. |
| "Writs of Possession" | 2011 | Percy, Benjamin (Spring 2011)."Writs of Possession".Virginia Quarterly Review.87 (2). Retrieved2015-03-08. | Henderson, Bill, ed. (2013). ""Writs of Possession"".The Pushcart Prize XXXVII : best of the small presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 217–231. |
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| Preceded by | Wolverine writer 2020–2024 | Succeeded by |
