Mike Carey
Carey at theNew York Comic Con in Manhattan, 10 October 2010
Born	Michael James Carey 1959 (age 65–66) Liverpool, England
Nationality	British
Area	Writer
Notable works	Lucifer Hellblazer The Unwritten X-Men: Legacy The Girl with All the Gifts
Awards	Inkpot Award (2012)[1]

Mike Carey (born 1959), also known by his pen nameM. R. Carey, is a British writer of comic books, novels and films, whose credits include the long-runningThe Sandman spin-off seriesLucifer, a three-year stint onHellblazer, as well as his creator-owned titlesCrossing Midnight andThe Unwritten forDC Comics'Vertigo imprint, a lengthy run onMarvel'sX-Men, the 2014 novelThe Girl with All the Gifts and its 2016film adaptation.

Carey was born inLiverpool, England, in 1959. He describes his young self as "one of those ominously quiet kids... [who] lived so much inside my own head I only had vestigial limbs". As a child, he maintained an interest in comics, writing and drawing primitive stories to entertain his younger brother.^[2] He studied English atSt Peter's College, Oxford^[3] and, upon graduation, became a teacher. He taught for 15 years before moving on to writing comics.

After a series of one-off jobs for independent comics companies, including a biographicalOzzy Osbourne comic and a fantasy tale starring the bandPantera, Carey became a contributor to the British comics anthology2000 AD, where he co-created the original seriesThirteen andCarver Hale, and wrote two series forThe Sandman Presents line published byDC Comics'Vertigo imprint,Lucifer andPetrefax.Lucifer was subsequently extended into an ongoing series, which Carey wrote for its entire 75-issue run.^[4] Further work for Vertigo includes a 40-issue run on the imprint's flagship titleHellblazer^[5] as well as the spin-offgraphic novelAll His Engines,^[6] several creator-owned endeavors, such as the six-part mini-seriesFaker with art byJock^[7][8] and the ongoing seriesCrossing Midnight with artistJim Fern,^[9][10] and two moreThe Sandman spin-offs in the form of graphic novels,The Sandman Presents: The Furies andGod Save the Queen, both created with artistJohn Bolton. In 2009, Carey launched his longest creator-owned series to date,The Unwritten, co-created with theLucifer collaboratorPeter Gross and featuring covers byYuko Shimizu.^[11][12]

Other work for DC Comics includes the long-delayed reboot ofWildstorm'sWetworks^[13][14] and two graphic novels for theMinx imprint aimed at the teenage female audience, one of which was co-written by Carey with his daughter Louise.^[15] In 2003, Carey was announced as the new writer of theFirestorm ongoing series,^[16] however, he left the project few months after the announcement as the editors wanted to take it in a different direction.^[17] The series was launched in 2004 withDan Jolley as the writer.

In 2006, Carey took over the writing duties ofMarvel'sX-Men series, which was soon rebranded intoX-Men: Legacy.^[18] He saw the title through a number of inter-title crossovers between the variousX-Men books such as "Endangered Species", "Messiah Complex", "Original Sin" (a crossover betweenX-Men: Legacy andWolverine: Origins that was tentatively titled "Dark Deception")^[19][20] and "Age of X".^[21] Carey wroteX-Men: Legacy for six years^[22] and contributed a number of X-Men stories to other publications, such as two tie-ins to the "Secret Invasion" crossover storyline, the four-issue mini-seriesSecret Invasion: X-Men and an eight-page story in theone-shotanthologySecret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? featuringAbigail Brand ofS.W.O.R.D.,^[23][24] a retelling ofBeast'sorigin story as part of theX-Men: Origins line^[25] and anIceman serial in theX-Men: Manifest Destiny anthology series.^[20][26] Other work for Marvel includes the comic book adaptation ofOrson Scott Card'sEnder's Shadow.^[27]

Carey's first novel,The Devil You Know, was released in the UK by Orbit books in April 2006, and as a hardcover in the US in July 2007. Its sequel,Vicious Circle, was published in October 2006, and the following three novels in the series,Dead Men's Boots,Thicker Than Water, andThe Naming of the Beasts, followed in September 2007, March 2009 and September 2009, respectively. What would have been Carey's first feature film, the erotic ghost storyFrost Flowers, was reported to be in pre-production in June 2006, with filming to begin that September under the direction of Andrea Vecchiato.^[14] Carey was also reported to work on the TV adaptation of his comic book seriesThe Stranded, a co-production betweenVirgin Comics and theSyfy network.^[28] Also for Virgin, Carey took part in the short-lived Coalition Comix project created in association withMyspace, where users could suggest ideas for a comic which then would be used during its production.^[29][30]

In 2014, Carey published another novel,The Girl with All the Gifts. That same year,the screenplay of the same name, written by Carey concurrently with the novel, appeared on theBrit List.^[31] Filming began in May 2015, withColm McCarthy directing andGemma Arterton,Paddy Considine,Glenn Close andSennia Nanua starring.^[32] The story, depicting a dystopian future where most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection, focuses on the struggle of a scientist, a teacher and two soldiers who embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.^[33]

• Toxic! #30–31: "Aquarius" (withKen Meyer, Jr.,anthology,Apocalypse Ltd, 1991)
• Rock-It Comix:
  • Ozzy Osbourne: "The Comeback" (withTom Kyffin,one-shot, 1993)
  • Pantera: "Power in the Darkness" (withTrevor Goring, one-shot, 1994)
• Caliber:
  • Inferno #1–5 (withMichael Gaydos, 1995–1996) collected asInferno (tpb, 144 pages,Titan, 2003,ISBN 1-84023-764-3)
  • Negative Burn #49: "Suicide Kings" (withP. J. Holden, anthology, 1997)
  • Dr. Faustus (withMike Perkins, one-shot,Tome Press, 1997)
• 2000 AD (anthology,Fleetway/Rebellion):
  • Pulp Sci-Fi:
    • "Eggs is Eggs" (withCliff Robinson, in #1145, 1999)
    • "Doin' Time" (withBen McCloud, in #1147, 1999)
  • Tharg's Future Shocks (withJohn Charles, in #1230 and 1287, 2001–2002)
  • Carver Hale (with Mike Perkins, in #1236–1240 and 1247–1249, 2001) collected asCarver Hale: Twisting the Knife (hc, 44 pages, 2005,ISBN 1-904265-62-6)
  • Tharg the Mighty: "A Night 2 Remember" (withAnthony Williams, one page in2000 AD's 25th anniversary strip featuring aD. R. & Quinch cameo, in #1280, 2002)
  • Thirteen (withAndy Clarke, in #1289–1299, 2002) collected asThirteen (tpb, 96 pages,DC Comics, 2005,ISBN 1-904265-36-7)
• Just 1 Page (series of charity benefit anthology one-shots self-published byAdrian Brown forComic Festival):
  • Just 1 Page: Heroes: "Little Nemo" (with Adrian Brown, one-page strip, 2001)
  • Just 1 Page: Brits: "Wham! andSmash!" (text article detailing the history of the eponymous comics magazines, 2003)
• 9-11 Volume 1: "In the House of Light" (withMike Collins, anthologygraphic novel, 196 pages,Dark Horse, 2002,ISBN 1-56389-881-0)

• The Sandman Presents (Vertigo):
  • The Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1–3: "The Morningstar Option" (withScott Hampton, 1999)
  • The Sandman Presents: Petrefax #1–4: "Travels in Malegrise" (withSteve Leialoha, 2000)
  • The Sandman Presents: The Furies (withJohn Bolton, graphic novel, hc, 96 pages, 2002,ISBN 1-56389-935-3; sc, 2003,ISBN 1-4012-0093-1)
• Lucifer (withChris Weston (#1–3),Warren Pleece (#4),Peter Gross,Dean Ormston,David Hahn (#41),Ted Naifeh (#45),P. Craig Russell (#50),Marc Hempel (#55),Ronald Wimberly (#58),Colleen Doran (#62),Michael Kaluta (#66) andZander Cannon (#70), Vertigo, 2000–2006) collected as:
  • Book One (collects #1–13 andThe Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1–3, tpb, 392 pages, 2013,ISBN 1-4012-4026-7)
  • Book Two (collects #14–28, tpb, 416 pages, 2013,ISBN 1-4012-4260-X)
  • Book Three (collects #29–45, tpb, 400 pages, 2014,ISBN 1-4012-4604-4)
    • Includes theLucifer: Nirvana one-shot (written by Carey, art byJon J Muth, 2002)
  • Book Four (collects #46–61, tpb, 392 pages, 2014,ISBN 1-4012-4605-2)
  • Book Five (collects #62–75, tpb, 352 pages, 2014,ISBN 1-4012-4945-0)
  • Omnibus Volume 1 (collects #1–35,The Sandman Presents: Lucifer #1–3 andLucifer: Nirvana, hc, 1,000 pages, 2019,ISBN 1-4012-9476-6)
  • Omnibus Volume 2 (collects #36–75, hc, 1,040 pages, 2020,ISBN 1-77950-564-7)
• Flinch #16: "The Wedding Breakfast" (withCraig Hamilton, anthology, Vertigo, 2001) collected inFlinch Book Two (tpb, 192 pages, 2016,ISBN 1-4012-6139-6)
• Hellblazer:
  • 9-11 Volume 2: "Exposed" (withMarcelo Frusin, anthology graphic novel, 224 pages, 2002,ISBN 1-56389-878-0) collected inJohn Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 25 (tpb, 352 pages, 2021,ISBN 1-77951-029-2)
  • Hellblazer (withSteve Dillon (#175–176, 200), Marcelo Frusin,Jock (#181),Lee Bermejo (#182–183),Doug Alexander (#187–188),Leonardo Manco,Chris Brunner (#196),Giuseppe Camuncoli (#206),Frazer Irving (#213) andJohn Paul Leon (#227), Vertigo, 2002–2007) collected as:
    • John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 16 (collects #175–188, tpb, 328 pages, 2017,ISBN 1-4012-6909-5)
    • John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 17 (collects #189–201, tpb, 328 pages, 2017,ISBN 1-4012-7366-1)
    • John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 18 (collects #202–215, tpb, 328 pages, 2018,ISBN 1-4012-7538-9)
    • John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 19 (includes #229, tpb, 328 pages, 2018,ISBN 1-4012-8080-3)
  • Hellblazer: All His Engines (with Leonardo Manco, graphic novel, hc, 128 pages, Vertigo, 2005,ISBN 1-4012-0316-7; sc, 2006,ISBN 1-4012-0317-5) collected inJohn Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 20 (tpb, 328 pages, 2019,ISBN 1-4012-8569-4)
• Batman:
  • Batman: Gotham Knights #37: "Fear is the Key" (withSteve Mannion, co-feature, 2003) collected inBatman: Black and White Volume 3 (hc, 288 pages, 2007,ISBN 1-4012-1531-9; tpb, 2008,ISBN 1-4012-1354-5)
  • Detective Comics #801–804: "The Barker: When You're Strange" (withJohn Lucas, co-feature, 2005)
• My Faith in Frankie #1–4 (withSonny Liew, Vertigo, 2004) collected asMy Faith in Frankie (tpb, 112 pages, 2004,ISBN 1-4012-0390-6)
• Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere #1–9 (withGlenn Fabry, Vertigo, 2005–2006) collected asNeil Gaiman's Neverwhere (tpb, 224 pages, 2007,ISBN 1-4012-1007-4)
• Wetworks vol. 2 (withWhilce Portacio, Peter Gross (#7–8) andDave Taylor (#9),Wildstorm, 2006–2008) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1–5, tpb, 136 pages, 2007,ISBN 1-4012-1375-8)
    • Includes the 6-page untitled preview story (art by Whilce Portacio) from theCoup d'Etat: Afterword one-shot (2004)
  • Volume 2 (includes #6–9, tpb, 160 pages, 2008,ISBN 1-4012-1639-0)
• Crossing Midnight (withJim Fern,Inaki Miranda (#7),Eric Nguyen (#10–12) andGabriel Hernández Walta +Mateo Guerrero (#16), Vertigo, 2007–2008) collected as:
  • Cut Here (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2007,ISBN 1-4012-1341-3)
  • A Map of Midnight (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2008,ISBN 1-4012-1645-5)
  • The Sword in the Soul (collects #13–19, tpb, 168 pages, 2008,ISBN 1-4012-1966-7)
• God Save the Queen (with John Bolton, graphic novel, hc, 96 pages, Vertigo, 2007,ISBN 1-4012-0303-5; sc, 2008,ISBN 1-4012-0304-3)
• Re-Gifters (with Sonny Liew, graphic novel, 176 pages,Minx, 2007,ISBN 1-4012-0371-X)
• Confessions of a Blabbermouth (co-written by Carey and his daughter Louise, art byAaron Alexovich, graphic novel, 176 pages, Minx, 2007,ISBN 1-4012-1148-8)
• Faker #1–6 (withJock, Vertigo, 2007–2008) collected asFaker (tpb, 160 pages, 2008,ISBN 1-4012-1663-3)
• The Unwritten (Vertigo):
  • The Unwritten (with Peter Gross,Jimmy Broxton (#10–11),Kurt Huggins (#12),Ryan Kelly (#17),Vince Locke (#19–23, 27–30, 33.5),Al Davison (#24),M. K. Perker (#31–35), Michael Kaluta +Rick Geary +Bryan Talbot (#31.1), Dean Ormston (#32.5, 45–46, 52–54),Gary Erskine (#34.5), Gabriel Hernández Walta (#35.5),Rufus Dayglo (#36) andMark Buckingham (#50–54), 2009–2013) collected as:
    • Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity (collects #1–5, tpb, 144 pages, 2010,ISBN 1-4012-2565-9)
    • Inside Man (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2010,ISBN 1-4012-2873-9)
    • Dead Man's Knock (collects #13–18, tpb, 160 pages, 2011,ISBN 1-4012-3046-6)
    • Leviathan (collects #19–24, tpb, 144 pages, 2011,ISBN 1-4012-3292-2)
    • On to Genesis (collects #25–30, tpb, 144 pages, 2012,ISBN 1-4012-3359-7)
    • Tommy Taylor and the War of Words (collects #31–35 and 31.5–35.5, tpb, 240 pages, 2012,ISBN 1-4012-3560-3)
    • The Wound (collects #36–41, tpb, 144 pages, 2013,ISBN 1-4012-3806-8)
    • Orpheus in the Underworlds (collects #42–49, tpb, 176 pages, 2014,ISBN 1-4012-4301-0)
    • The Unwritten Fables (collects #50–54, tpb, 144 pages, 2014,ISBN 1-4012-4694-X)
  • The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice (with Peter Gross, graphic novel, hc, 160 pages, 2013,ISBN 1-4012-2976-X; sc, 2014,ISBN 1-4012-2977-8)
  • The Unwritten: Apocalypse (with Peter Gross, Al Davison (#5) and Vince Locke (#9), 2014–2015) collected as:
    • The Unwritten: War Stories (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2014,ISBN 1-4012-5055-6)
    • The Unwritten: Apocalypse (collects #6–12, tpb, 176 pages, 2015,ISBN 1-4012-5348-2)
• House of Mystery Halloween Annual #2: "Infernal Bargains: Just Say No!" (with Peter Gross, co-feature, Vertigo, 2010) collected inHouse of Mystery: Conception (tpb, 160 pages, 2012,ISBN 1-4012-3264-7)
• Vertigo Quarterly:SFX #2: "Schrödinger's Catflap" (withTana Ford, anthology, 2015) collected inSFX (tpb, 296 pages, 2016,ISBN 1-4012-6147-7)
• Dollhouse Family #1–6 (with Peter Gross and Vince Locke,Hill House, 2020) collected asDollhouse Family (hc, 160 pages, 2020,ISBN 1-77950-464-0; tpb, 2021,ISBN 1-77951-319-4)

• Ultimate Marvel:
  • Ultimate Elektra #1–5 (withSalvador Larroca, 2004–2005) collected asUltimate Elektra: Devil's Due (tpb, 120 pages, 2005,ISBN 0-7851-1504-8)
  • Ultimate Fantastic Four (withJae Lee (#19–20),Stuart Immonen + Frazer Irving (Annual #2),Pasqual Ferry,Mark Brooks,Tyler Kirkham andEric Basaldua (#56), 2005–2008) collected as:
    • Volume 2 (includes #19–20, hc, 240 pages, 2006,ISBN 0-7851-2058-0)
    • Volume 4 (collects #33–41 andAnnual #2, hc, 320 pages, 2007,ISBN 0-7851-2872-7)
      • Includes the 2-issue spin-off limited seriesUltimate X4 (written by Carey, art by Pasqual Ferry andLeinil Francis Yu (#2), 2006)
    • Volume 5 (collects #42–53, hc, 288 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-3082-9)
    • Volume 6 (includes #54–57, hc, 256 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3781-5)
  • Ultimate Vision #1–5 (withBrandon Peterson, 2007–2008) collected asUltimate Vision (tpb, 160 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-2173-0)
• Spellbinders #1–6 (with Mike Perkins, 2005) collected asSpellbinders: Signs and Wonders (tpb, 144 pages, 2012,ISBN 0-7851-6488-X)
• Fantastic Four:
  • Fantastic Four: The Movie (withDan Jurgens, one-shot, 2005) collected inFantastic Four: The Movie (tpb, 120 pages, 2005,ISBN 0-7851-1809-8)
  • Marvel Holiday Special (anthology):
    • Marvel Holiday Special 2005: "Christmas Day in Manhattan" (with Mike Perkins, 2006) collected inMarvel Holiday Digest (tpb, 144 pages, 2006,ISBN 0-7851-2300-8)
    • Marvel Holiday Special 2006: "A is for Annihilus" (with Mike Perkins, 2007)
    • Marvel Holiday Special 2007: "The Meaning of Christmas" (withNelson DeCastro, 2008)
  • What If...? (featuring the Fantastic Four): "What If the Fantastic Four were Cosmonauts?" (withMarshall Rogers, one-shot, 2006) collected inWhat If: Mirror Mirror (tpb, 152 pages, 2006,ISBN 0-7851-1902-7)
  • Fantastic Four: Negative Zone: "Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Science" (withStefano Caselli, co-feature in one-shot, 2019) collected inFantastic Four: Thing vs. Immortal Hulk (tpb, 120 pages, 2020,ISBN 1-302-91725-0)
• X-Men:
  • X-Men vol. 2 (rebranded asX-Men: Legacy starting with issue #208; art byChris Bachalo (#188–190, 192–193, 197–200, 205–207),Clayton Henry (#191),Humberto Ramos (#194–196, 200–203),Mark Brooks (Annual #1),Scot Eaton (co-features in #200 and 204 + issues #208–215, 217–218, 220–224), Mike Perkins (co-feature in #203),Mike Choi (#204),John Romita, Jr. (#208),Billy Tan (#209),Greg Land (#210, 235–237),Brandon Peterson (#211),Mike Deodato, Jr. (#212),Ken Lashley (#214),Marco Checchetto (#215),Philippe Briones (#216, 219, 225),Dustin Weaver (#226–227),Daniel Acuña (#228–230,X-Men: Legacy Annual #1),Mirco Pierfederici (#230,X-Men: Legacy Annual #1),Clay Mann (#231–233, 238–241, 245–247),Yanick Paquette (#234),Tom Raney (#241),Paul Davidson (#242–243),Harvey Tolibao (#244),Jorge Molina (#248),Rafa Sandoval (#249),Khoi Pham (#250–253, 257, 259–260) andSteve Kurth (#250, 254–256, 258), 2006–2012) collected as:
    • X-Men: Supernovas (collects #188–199 andX-Men vol. 2Annual #1, hc, 336 pages, 2007,ISBN 0-7851-2514-0; tpb, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-2319-9)
    • X-Men: Blinded by the Light (collects #200–204, tpb, 144 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-2544-2)
    • X-Men: Endangered Species (includes the co-features from #200 and 203–204, hc, 192 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-3012-8; tpb, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-2820-4)
      • Also collects theX-Men: Endangered Species one-shot (written by Carey, art by Scot Eaton, 2007)
      • Also collects the "Endangered Species" chapters originally published as co-features inUncanny X-Men #488–489 (written by Carey, art byMark Bagley (#488) and Mike Perkins (#489), 2007)
      • Also collects the "Endangered Species" chapters originally published as co-features inX-Factor vol. 3 #21–22 (written by Carey, art by Mark Bagley (#21) and Mike Perkins (#22), 2007)
      • Also collects the "Endangered Species" chapter originally published as the co-feature inNew X-Men vol. 2 #42 (written by Carey, art Mike Perkins, 2007)
    • X-Men: Messiah Complex (includes #205–207, hc, 352 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-2899-9; tpb, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-2320-2)
    • X-Men: Legacy – Divided He Stands (collects #208–212, hc, 120 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-3000-4; tpb, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-3001-2)
    • X-Men: Legacy – Sins of the Father (collects #213–216, hc, 168 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-3002-0; tpb, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3003-9)
    • X-Men: Original Sin (includes #217–218, hc, 144 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3038-1; tpb, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-2956-1)
      • Includes theX-Men: Original Sin one-shot (co-written by Carey andDaniel Way, art by Scot Eaton and Mike Deodato, Jr., 2008)
    • X-Men: Legacy – Salvage (collects #219–225, hc, 168 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-4173-1; tpb, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3876-5)
    • Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (includes #226–227, hc, 368 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-4233-9; tpb, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-4234-7)
    • X-Men: Legacy – Emplate (collects #228–230 andX-Men: Legacy Annual #1, hc, 112 pages, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-4020-4; tpb, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-4115-4)
    • X-Necrosha (includes #231–234, hc, 448 pages, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-4674-1; tpb, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-4675-X)
      • Also collects "The Foretelling" short story (art byLaurence Campbell) fromX-Necrosha (anthology one-shot, 2009)
    • X-Men: Second Coming (includes #235–237, hc, 392 pages, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-4678-4; tpb, 2011,ISBN 0-7851-5705-0)
      • Also collects theX-Men: Second Coming – Prepare free promotional one-shot (written by Carey, art byStuart Immonen, 2010)
      • Also collects Carey's chapter of the epilogue fromX-Men: Second Coming #2 (art byEsad Ribić, 2010)
    • X-Men: Legacy – Collision (collects #238–241, hc, 168 pages, 2011,ISBN 0-7851-4668-7; tpb, 2011,ISBN 0-7851-4669-5)
    • X-Men: Age of X (includes #245–247, hc, 256 pages, 2011,ISBN 0-7851-5289-X; tpb, 2012,ISBN 0-7851-5290-3)
      • Also collects theAge of X Alpha one-shot (written by Carey, art by Mirco Pierfederici, Gabriel Hernández Walta,Carlo Barberi,Paco Diaz and Paul Davidson, 2011)
      • Also collectsNew Mutants vol. 3 #22–24 (written by Carey, art by Steve Kurth, 2011)
    • X-Men: Legacy – Aftermath (collects #242–244 and 248–249, hc, 120 pages, 2011,ISBN 0-7851-5635-6; tpb, 2012,ISBN 0-7851-5636-4)
    • X-Men: Legacy – Lost Legions (collects #250–253, hc, 112 pages, 2011,ISBN 0-7851-5291-1; tpb, 2012,ISBN 0-7851-5292-X)
    • X-Men: Legacy – Five Miles South of the Universe (collects #254–260, hc, 160 pages, 2012,ISBN 0-7851-6067-1; tpb, 2012,ISBN 0-7851-6068-X)
  • Wolverine: Firebreak (withScott Kolins, co-feature in one-shot, 2008) collected inWolverine: Dangerous Games (hc, 144 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-3471-9; tpb, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3472-7)
  • X-Men: Divided We Stand (tpb, 136 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-7851-3265-1) includes:
    • X-Men: Divided We Stand (anthology):
      • "Danger Room" (with Brandon Peterson, in #1, 2008)
      • "Lights Out" (with Scot Eaton, in #2, 2008)
  • Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?: "In Plain Sight" (withTimothy Green II, anthology one-shot, 2008) collected inSecret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (tpb, 176 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3409-3)
  • Secret Invasion: X-Men #1–4 (withCary Nord andMiguel Sepulveda (#3–4), 2008–2009) collected asSecret Invasion: X-Men (tpb, 136 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3343-7)
  • Uncanny X-Men: Manifest Destiny (hc, 208 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3817-X; tpb, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-2451-9) includes:
    • Free Comic Book Day 2008: X-Men: "Pixies and Demons" (with Greg Land, one-shot, 2008)
    • X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1–5: "Kill or Cure" (withMichael Ryan, anthology, 2008–2009)
  • X-Men: Origins (hc, 192 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3451-4; tpb, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-3452-2) includes:
    • X-Men: Origins – Beast (withJ. K. Woodward, one-shot, 2008)
    • X-Men: Origins – Gambit (withDavid Yardin, one-shot, 2009)
  • Breaking into Comics the Marvel Way! #2: "Butterfly Blade" (withShaun Turnbull, anthology, 2010)
  • X-Men: No More Humans (withSalvador Larroca, graphic novel, 128 pages, 2014,ISBN 0-7851-5402-7)
  • X-Men: Legacy #300 (co-written by Carey,Christos Gage andSimon Spurrier, art byTan Eng Huat, Steve Kurth and Rafa Sandoval, 2014) collected inX-Force: Hide/Fear (tpb, 120 pages, 2015,ISBN 0-7851-9027-9)
• Legion of Monsters:Werewolf by Night: "Smalltown Girl" (with Greg Land, co-feature in one-shot, 2007) collected inLegion of Monsters (hc, 280 pages, 2007,ISBN 0-7851-2754-2)
• Ultimate Collection: Ender's Shadow (tpb, 256 pages, 2012,ISBN 0-7851-6338-7) collects:
  • Ender's Shadow: Battle School #1–5 (withSebastian Fiumara, 2009) also collected asEnder's Shadow: Battle School (hc, 128 pages, 2009,ISBN 0-7851-3596-0)
  • Ender's Shadow: Command School #1–5 (with Sebastian Fiumara, 2009–2010) also collected asEnder's Shadow: Command School (hc, 128 pages, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-3598-7)
• The Torch #1–8 (script by Carey from a story by Carey,Alex Ross andJim Krueger, art byPatrick Berkenkotter andAnthony Tan (#7–8), 2009–2010) collected asThe Torch (tpb, 200 pages, 2010,ISBN 0-7851-4068-9)
• The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange: "Duel in the Dark Dimension" (prose story with illustrations byMarcos Martín, anthology one-shot, 2010) collected inDoctor Strange: The Flight of Bones (tpb, 192 pages, 2016,ISBN 1-302-90167-2)
• Thor: Wolves of the North (with Mike Perkins, one-shot, 2011) collected inThor: The Trial of Thor (tpb, 288 pages, 2017,ISBN 1-302-90795-6)
• Sigil vol. 2 #1–4 (withLeonard Kirk,CrossGen, 2011) collected asSigil: Out of Time (tpb, 96 pages, 2011,ISBN 0-7851-5622-4)
• Miracleman #0: "Whisper in the Dark" (with Paul Davidson, co-feature, 2022)

• Compa(ñ)ero Leonardo: "El Genio Eterno de Leonardo" (withVictor Santos, anthology graphic novel, 120 pages,Semana Negra de Gijón, 2004)
  • The story was first published in English as "The Timeless Genius of Leonardo" (with new art byM. D. Penman) inThought Bubble Anthology #1 (Image, 2011)
  • The English language version was subsequently collected by Image inThought Bubble Anthology Collection (tpb, 136 pages, 2016,ISBN 1-5343-0067-8)
• 24-Minute Comic #1–2 (drawn by various artists over Carey-written couplets, self-published by Adrian Brown atUK Web & Mini Comix Thing, 2005–2006)
• Dynamite:
  • Red Sonja vol. 3 #0–6 (co-written by Carey andMichael Avon Oeming, art byMel Rubi, 2005–2006)
    • Collected asRed Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword (hc, 200 pages, 2006,ISBN 1-933305-36-3; tpb, 2006,ISBN 1-933305-11-8)
    • Collected inRed Sonja Omnibus Volume 1 (tpb, 464 pages, 2010,ISBN 1-60690-101-X)
  • Barbarella (withKenan Yarar,Jorge Fornés (#4 and 12) andDonny Hadiwidjaja (#8), 2017–2018) collected as:
    • Red Hot Gospel (collects #1–4, tpb, 128 pages, 2018,ISBN 1-5241-0752-2)
    • Hard Labor (collects #5–8, tpb, 160 pages, 2019,ISBN 1-5241-0836-7)
    • Burning Down the House (collects #9–12, tpb, 120 pages, 2019,ISBN 1-5241-1191-0)
• Vampirella: Revelations #0–3 (withMike Lilly,Harris, 2005–2006)
  • Collected asVampirella: Revelations (tpb, 88 pages, 2006,ISBN 0-910692-92-0)
  • Collected inVampirella Masters Series Volume 8: Mike Carey (tpb, 88 pages,Dynamite, 2013,ISBN 1-60690-432-9)
• Virgin:
  • Voodoo Child #1–6 (script by Carey based on the concept byNicolas Cage and his son Weston, art byDean Hyrapiet, 2007) collected asVoodoo Child (hc, 144 pages, 2008,ISBN 0-9814808-0-2; tpb, 2008,ISBN 1-934413-13-5)
  • The Stranded #1–5 (withSid Kotian, 2007–2008) collected asThe Stranded (tpb, 144 pages, 2008,ISBN 1-934413-25-9)
  • Queen's Rook (withEdison George, 22-pagewebcomic published atMyspace, 2008)
• Negative Burn vol. 2 #14: "Red Shift" (withDavid Windett, anthology,Desperado Publishing, 2007)
• Liquid City Volume 1: "Face" (with Sonny Liew, anthology graphic novel, 312 pages,Image, 2008,ISBN 1-60706-027-2)
• Untouchable (co-written by Carey andSamit Basu, art byAshok Bhadana, graphic novel, 56 pages,Liquid, 2010,ISBN 1-60690-226-1)
• Houses of the Holy #1–9 (withDave Kendall,digital/motion comic,Madefire, 2013–2014)
• Boom! Studios:
  • Suicide Risk (withElena Casagrande,Joëlle Jones (#5),Jorge Coelho (#10),Filipe Andrade (#14),Haemi Jang (#18) andGiorgia Sposito (#19–21, 25), 2013–2015) collected as:
    • Grudge War (collects #1–4, tpb, 128 pages, 2013,ISBN 1-60886-332-8)
    • Nightmare Scenario (collects #5–9, tpb, 160 pages, 2014,ISBN 1-60886-360-3)
    • Seven Walls and a Trap (collects #10–13, tpb, 128 pages, 2014,ISBN 1-60886-399-9)
    • Jericho (collects #14–17, tpb, 128 pages, 2015,ISBN 1-60886-461-8)
    • Scorched Earth (collects #18–21, tpb, 128 pages, 2015,ISBN 1-60886-721-8)
    • The Breaking of So Great a Thing (collects #22–25, tpb, 128 pages, 2016,ISBN 1-60886-814-1)
  • Rowans Ruin #1–4 (with Mike Perkins, 2015–2016) collected asRowans Ruin (tpb, 112 pages, 2016,ISBN 1-60886-902-4)
• IDW Publishing:
  • Love is Love: "Triolet for Orlando" (poem illustrated by Craig Hamilton, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, 2016,ISBN 1-63140-939-5)
  • Darkness Visible #1–6 (co-written by Carey andArvind Ethan David, art byBrendan Cahill andLivio Ramondelli (#3 and 6), 2017) collected asDarkness Visible (tpb, 152 pages, 2017,ISBN 1-63140-979-4)
  • The Highest House #1–6: "Obsidian's Bargain" (with Peter Gross, 2018) collected asThe Highest House (tpb, 188 pages, 2018,ISBN 1-68405-354-4)
  • Femme Magnifique: "Rosalind Franklin" (withEugenia Koumaki, anthology graphic novel, 240 pages, 2018,ISBN 1-68405-320-X)
• Shock Volume 1: "Escape from the Lost World" (withSzymon Kudranski, anthology graphic novel, 160 pages,Aftershock, 2018,ISBN 1-935002-65-1)
• TechnoFreak vol. 2 #1: "The Baboushka Gambit" (withTom Newell, co-feature,American Mythology, 2021)
• Orc Island #1: "Ark Story" (withKano, co-feature,Bad Idea, 2022)

• Mike Carey atIMDb
• Mike Carey at Orbit Books
• Mike Carey at Barney
• Mike Carey at theGrand Comics Database
• Mike Carey at the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)
• Mike Carey at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
• Mike Carey chronological bibliography at Enjolra's World

• "In Depth With Mike Carey: Marvel, Vertigo & More",Comic Book Resources, 3 January 2006
• Life After Lucifer (cached), April 2006
• Interview with Mike Carey onBookBanter, 15 September 2009
• Interview with Mike Carey on Marvel.com, 9 November 2006
• Get Carey'd Away With Mike: A Look Back At 2006, Comic Book Resources, 20 December 2006
• Mike Carey Celebrates The Present In "Re-Gifters", Comic Book Resources, 10 April 2007
• X-POSITION Week 19: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, 4 October 2007
• Mike Carey two-part interview at LiveWire Review, LiveWireWorld.com, 24 and 25 October 2007
• X-POSITION Week 28: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, 4 December 2007
• X-POSITION Week 36: Mike Carey, Comic Book Resources, 29 January 2008
• XPOSITION: Mike Carey's "Legacy", Comic Book Resources, 25 March 2008
• X-POSITION: Mike Carey Builds his "Legacy", Comic Book Resources, 10 June 2008
• Podcast interview with cIndyCenter.com 2008 – Part 1
• Podcast interview with cIndyCenter.com 2008 – Part 2
• X-Men Nation: Mike Carey on Professor X and X-Men Legacy
• Interview with Mike Carey, Comicbook Bin, 14 February 2010

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