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* ArtShift: He likes experimenting with it. In many of his titles, scenes that happen in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks past]] [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks eras]] actually imitate the art styles of when those scenes would have taken place. In ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', scenes that happens in Norman Osborn's mind are illustrated by Greg Horn, instead of the comic's regular artist, Mike Deodato Jr, and in ''Mighty Avengers'' scenes in the middle ages are painted by Marko Djurdjevic in order to imitate old frescoes.

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* ArtShift: He likes experimenting with it. In many of his titles, scenes that happen in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks past]] [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks eras]] actually imitate the art styles of when those scenes would have taken place. In ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', scenes that happens in Norman Osborn's mind are illustrated by Greg Horn, instead of the comic's regular artist, Mike Deodato Jr, and in ''Mighty Avengers'' scenes in the middle ages are painted by Marko Djurdjevic in order to imitate old frescoes. In ''{{ComicBook/Alias}}'', flashbacks to Jessica's initial encounter with the Purple Man are drawn in a clean superhero style by Mark Bagley, contrasting Michael Gaydos' gritty realism in the contemporary art and emphasizing the great loss of innocence the Purple Man has inflicted on Jessica.
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In 2017, he became an exclusive Creator/DCComics creator, leaving Marvel after 17 years, where he chart the course of the Superman comics for the next three years, as well as develop the ''Wonder Comics'' line for DC, which included Bendis having stints on relaunches of ''Young Justice'' and a new character called ''Naomi''. In 2019, Bendis was given a reboot of the ''Legion of Superheroes''

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In 2017, he became an exclusive Creator/DCComics creator, leaving Marvel after 17 years, where he would chart the course of the Superman comics for the next three years, as well as develop the ''Wonder Comics'' line for DC, which included Bendis having stints on relaunches of ''Young Justice'' and a new character called ''Naomi''. In 2019, Bendis was given a reboot of the ''Legion of Superheroes''
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In 2017, he became an exclusive Creator/DCComics creator, leaving Marvel after 17 years.

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In 2017, he became an exclusive Creator/DCComics creator, leaving Marvel after 17 years.
years, where he chart the course of the Superman comics for the next three years, as well as develop the ''Wonder Comics'' line for DC, which included Bendis having stints on relaunches of ''Young Justice'' and a new character called ''Naomi''. In 2019, Bendis was given a reboot of the ''Legion of Superheroes''

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* ArtShift: He likes experimenting with it. In many his titles, scenes that happen in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks past]] [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks eras]] actually imitate the art styles of when those scenes would have taken place. In ComicBook/DarkAvengers, scenes that happens in Norman Osborn's mind are illustrated by Greg Horn, instead of comics regular artist, Mike Deodato Jr, and in ''Mighty Avengers'' scenes in the middle ages are painted by Marko Djurdjevic in order to imitate old frescoes.

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* ArtShift: He likes experimenting with it. In many of his titles, scenes that happen in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks past]] [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks eras]] actually imitate the art styles of when those scenes would have taken place. In ComicBook/DarkAvengers, ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', scenes that happens in Norman Osborn's mind are illustrated by Greg Horn, instead of comics the comic's regular artist, Mike Deodato Jr, and in ''Mighty Avengers'' scenes in the middle ages are painted by Marko Djurdjevic in order to imitate old frescoes.



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* BreakTheCutie: Jessica Jones, Spider-Woman, Daredevil, and Tigra. And poor poor White Tiger, who [[spoiler: is murdered in cold blood by a police officer after being falsely accused of murder]]
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* BreakTheCutie: Jessica Jones, Spider-Woman, Daredevil, and Tigra. And poor poor White Tiger, who [[spoiler: is [[spoiler:is murdered in cold blood by a police officer after being falsely accused of murder]]
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* RunningGag: Each time he writes a scene at a police station, there are some cops in the background detaining some nutcase, cosplayed as a superhero and shouting nonsenses, which actually make reference to some comic book event elsewhere (for example, a Scarlet Witch shouting "[[ComicBook/HouseOfM No more mutants! No more mutants!]]", or a Carol Danvers shouting "[[ComicBook/CivilWar Choose your side! Choose your side!]]"). In Defenders 9, the nutcase is modeled after him, and shouts "A 17-year running gag is not easy to pull off!"

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* RunningGag: Each time he writes a scene at a police station, there are some cops in the background detaining some nutcase, cosplayed as a superhero and shouting nonsenses, which actually make makes a reference to some comic book event elsewhere (for example, a Scarlet Witch shouting "[[ComicBook/HouseOfM No more mutants! No more mutants!]]", or a Carol Danvers shouting "[[ComicBook/CivilWar Choose your side! Choose your side!]]"). In Defenders 9, ''Defenders'' #9, the nutcase is modeled after him, Bendis himself, and shouts "A 17-year running gag is not easy to pull off!"
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** He appears at the beginning of a ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' arc, about a FreakyFridayFlip between Spider-Man and Wolverine, to excuse himself because the plot is too weird.
** He also appears in one of the last issues of ''The Defenders'', detained at the police station. He was about to leave to DC Comics. While arrested, he said that "A 17-year running gag is not easy to pull off!" (see the RunningGag entry for details). In this scene, he was being pulled off by artist David Marquez and colorist Justin Ponsor.
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* ShrugOfGod: When solicits announced that Deadpool would show up in ''Defenders'', there was a lot of WMG about his role in the story. [[https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-gets-back-basics-deadpool-guest-appearance-defenders-marvel-legacy/ His answer?]] "His involvement is a big clue to who ends up being the new Kingpin. Don't worry, it's not him :-) Oh wait, maybe it should be. That's not a totally terrible idea. Deadpool is the new kingpin? Hmmmm… :)"
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* AuthorAppeal: ''ComicBook/TheDefenders2017'', a crime comic, had an unexpected character showing up: [[spoiler:Deadpool]]. He did not fit the tone of the comic, but Bendis was about to leave to DC Comics and it was one of the few Marvel characters he had not used so far, so why not?

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The X-Men arcs started by ''House of M'' concluded in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', and Cyclops kills Charles Xavier at the end of that story. This kickstarted the events of ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', Bendis' run with the X-Men, where the original team (the teenagers Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel and Iceman) are time-displaced to the modern day. He also scripted the X-Men BatFamilyCrossover ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom.

Remember Ultimate Spider-Man? Bendis kept writing it all this time, and even achieved with Mark Bagley the record of the longest writer-artist collaboration in a comic, previously held by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby in ComicBook/FantasticFour. At one point, he made a huge change to the book: [[TheHeroDies Peter Parker died]] and a new guy, ComicBook/MilesMorales, became the new Spider-Man. It was not a character from the existing cast but a completely new one, with his own set of secondary characters. The MilestoneCelebration for the 50th year of Spider-Man was celebrated with ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'', a crossover between the regular Spider-Man from the Marvel Universe and Miles Morales. Morales was one of the most popular characters of the whole Ultimate Marvel universe, to the point that ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', the crossover that ended it after 15 years, transferred him and his cast to the regular Marvel universe. Bendis wrote a pair of tie-ins for this event, ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'' and ''ComicBook/OldManLogan2015''. He then continued working with Miles, now in the Marvel universe, in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2016''. One his last stories in Marvel was ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'', which revealed that the Ultimate Universe has been off-screen brought back to existence at some point.

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The X-Men arcs started by ''House of M'' concluded in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', and Cyclops kills Charles Xavier at the end of that story. This kickstarted the events of ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', Bendis' run with the X-Men, where the original team (the teenagers Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel and Iceman) are time-displaced to the modern day. He also scripted the X-Men BatFamilyCrossover ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom. This comic also made crossovers with ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', that he was also writing.

Remember Speaking of that... remember Ultimate Spider-Man? Bendis kept writing it all this time, and even achieved with Mark Bagley the record of the longest writer-artist collaboration in a comic, previously held by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby in ComicBook/FantasticFour. At one point, he made a huge change to the book: [[TheHeroDies Peter Parker died]] and a new guy, ComicBook/MilesMorales, became the new Spider-Man. It was not a character from the existing cast but a completely new one, with his own set of secondary characters. The MilestoneCelebration for the 50th year of Spider-Man was celebrated with ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'', a crossover between the regular Spider-Man from the Marvel Universe and Miles Morales. Morales was one of the most popular characters of the whole Ultimate Marvel universe, to the point that ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', the crossover that ended it after 15 years, transferred him and his cast to the regular Marvel universe. Bendis wrote a pair of tie-ins for this event, ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'' and ''ComicBook/OldManLogan2015''. He then continued working with Miles, now in the Marvel universe, in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2016''. One his last stories in Marvel was ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'', which revealed that the Ultimate Universe has been off-screen brought back to existence at some point.

After ''Secret Wars'', he worked with Iron Man. His run soon led to another crossover, ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'', where Iron Man died. He introduced a LegacyCharacter, Riri Williams, and also Dr. Doom of all people took the identity in ''Infamous Iron Man'' (he has a HeelFaceTurn after Secret Wars). Tony Stark eventually returned, and Iron Man #600 was Bendis' last comic for Marvel.

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* ''ComicBook/ActionComics''
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes2020''
* ''{{ComicBook/Naomi}}''

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* ''ComicBook/ActionComics''
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes2020''
* ''{{ComicBook/Naomi}}''

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** ''ComicBook/YoungJustice2019''
** ''{{ComicBook/Naomi}}''
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* ''ComicBook/{{Powers}}'' (2009)



* ''ComicBook/{{Powers}}''
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* ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''

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* Creator/MarvelComics
** ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
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** * ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
*** ** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' (2000-2015)



*** ''Ultimate Comics: Fallout'' (2011)



*** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' (2003-2004)
*** ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' (2004)
** Creator/MarvelKnights
*** ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' (2001-2006)
** Creator/MarvelMAX
*** ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'' (2001-2004)
** Franchise/MarvelUniverse
*** ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (2004-2005)
*** ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' (2004-2006)
*** ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''

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*** ** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' (2003-2004)
*** ** ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' (2004)
** ''Ultimate Power'' (2006-2007)
** ''ComicBook/UltimateOrigins'' (2008)
** ''Ultimate Comics: Doomsday'' (2011)
** ''ComicBook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand'' (2013-2014)
** ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'' (2015)
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Creator/MarvelKnights
*** ** ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' (2001-2006)
** * Creator/MarvelMAX
*** ** ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'' (2001-2004)
** * Franchise/MarvelUniverse
*** ** ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (2004-2005)
*** ** ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' (2004-2006)
*** ** ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''



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*** ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' (2012)
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''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' (2005)(2005)
** ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' (2008)
** ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'' (2009)
** ''''Comicbook/SpiderWoman'' (2009-2010)
** ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' (2010)
** ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'' (2011-2012)
** ''ComicBook/XMen''



*** ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' (2013)



** ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' (2013)
** ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' (2013-2017)
** ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'' (2016)
** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2016''
*** ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'' (2017)
** ''ComicBook/IronMan''
*** ''Invincible Iron Man'' (2015-2018)
*** ''International Iron Man'' (2016-2017)
*** ''Infamous Iron Man'' (2016-2017)
** ''ComicBook/JessicaJones'' (2016-2018)
** ''ComicBook/TheDefenders2017''
** Other
*** ''ComicBook/HaloUprising'' (2007) (set in the Franchise/{{Halo}} universe)
*** ''ComicBook/OldManLogan2015'' (set in [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Battleworld]])



* ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''



* ''ComicBook/TheDefenders2017''
* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''
* ''ComicBook/HaloUprising''



* ''ComicBook/MoonKnight''



* ''ComicBook/OldManLogan2015''



* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''
* ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2016''
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII''
* ''Comicbook/SpiderWoman''



* ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd''
* ''ComicBook/UltimateOrigins''
* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' (2013)
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* LegacyCharacter: Miles Morales is the best-known example, but also Riri Williams for Iron Man. ComicBook/{{Bombshell}} is a special case, as she followed the steps of her mother, but both characters were introduced at the same time.

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* Creator/MarvelComics
** ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
*** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' (2000-2015)
**** ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvelTeamUp'' (2001-2002)
**** ''Ultimate Six'' (2003-2004)
**** ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'' (2012)
*** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' (2003-2004)
*** ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' (2004)
** Creator/MarvelKnights
*** ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' (2001-2006)
** Creator/MarvelMAX
*** ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'' (2001-2004)
** Franchise/MarvelUniverse
*** ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (2004-2005)
*** ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' (2004-2006)
*** ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''
**** ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'' (2004)
**** ''Comicbook/NewAvengers'' (2005-2010)
**** ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' (2007-2009)
**** ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' (2009-2010)
*** ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' (2005)
*** ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' (2012-2015)
**** ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' (2014)
[[/index]]



* ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}''
* ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen''
* ''Comicbook/TheAvengers''
* ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled''



* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}''



* ''ComicBook/HouseOfM''



* ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers''



* ''Comicbook/NewAvengers''



* ''ComicBook/ThePulse''



* ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (2004)



* ''ComicBook/SpiderMen''



* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvelTeamUp''



* ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan''
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Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is a American comic book writer. He started writing crime/noir independent comics, and then joined Creator/MarvelComics. Marvel had a project to relaunch its characters in a new universe, the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and to make it feel fresh they hired new writers with new styles, such as Bendis and Creator/MarkMillar, instead of using the established ones. Bendis started in 2000 with ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', a DecompressedComic starred by a teenager Peter Parker, that started with his OriginStory and reconstructed all the Spider-man mythos from scratch. He also wrote ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvelTeamUp'', making team-ups of Spider-Man and other reimagined characters, to provide further WorldBuilding. Bendis and Millar, who had started ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' and ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' (a remake of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''), joined forces to relaunch another classic Marvel team in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour''.

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Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is a American comic book writer. He started writing crime/noir independent comics, in Caliber and Creator/ImageComics, and then joined Creator/MarvelComics. Marvel had a project to relaunch its characters in a new universe, the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and to make it feel fresh they hired new writers with new styles, such as Bendis and Creator/MarkMillar, instead of using the established ones. Bendis started in 2000 with ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', a DecompressedComic starred by a teenager Peter Parker, that started with his OriginStory and reconstructed all the Spider-man mythos from scratch. He also wrote ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvelTeamUp'', making team-ups of Spider-Man and other reimagined characters, to provide further WorldBuilding. Bendis and Millar, who had started ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' and ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' (a remake of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''), joined forces to relaunch another classic Marvel team in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour''.
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Brian Michael Bendis is a American comic book writer. He started writing crime/noir independent comics, and then joined Creator/MarvelComics. Marvel had a project to relaunch its characters in a new universe, the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and to make it feel fresh they hired new writers with new styles, such as Bendis and Creator/MarkMillar, instead of using the established ones. Bendis started in 2000 with ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', a DecompressedComic starred by a teenager Peter Parker, that started with his OriginStory and reconstructed all the Spider-man mythos from scratch. He also wrote ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvelTeamUp'', making team-ups of Spider-Man and other reimagined characters, to provide further WorldBuilding. Bendis and Millar, who had started ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' and ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' (a remake of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''), joined forces to relaunch another classic Marvel team in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour''.

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Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is a American comic book writer. He started writing crime/noir independent comics, and then joined Creator/MarvelComics. Marvel had a project to relaunch its characters in a new universe, the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and to make it feel fresh they hired new writers with new styles, such as Bendis and Creator/MarkMillar, instead of using the established ones. Bendis started in 2000 with ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', a DecompressedComic starred by a teenager Peter Parker, that started with his OriginStory and reconstructed all the Spider-man mythos from scratch. He also wrote ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvelTeamUp'', making team-ups of Spider-Man and other reimagined characters, to provide further WorldBuilding. Bendis and Millar, who had started ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' and ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' (a remake of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''), joined forces to relaunch another classic Marvel team in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour''.
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* DecompressedComic: The poster boy. Sometimes, it works, sometimes not so much.

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* DecompressedComic: The poster boy. Sometimes, it works, sometimes not so much.Bendis is one of the author that popularized this style during the turn of the century.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Scarlet Witch's confrontation with Magneto in ''House of M'' #7
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Bendis takes joy in killing characters? Better to leave it out unless an actual source proves it


* AnyoneCanDie: Bendis' stories tend to have high body counts, with Bendis being quite open with the joy he takes in killing off popular second and third string characters. Sometimes, it's because he doesn't like the character (Vision), had prior plans to kill the character (Scott Lang), or doesn't want to deal with the character, but a lot of the time, it seems he just does it because he ''can'' (Wasp [[spoiler:and recently Ares]]).
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* AcceptableTargets: In-Universe, Male chauvinists in ''Mighty Avengers'' and once in ''New Avengers'' - Ares and his views of women are used for pure comedic reason. When Ares joined the DarkerAndEdgier team of Dark Avengers, this was quickly dropped.



* BuffySpeak: Fond of doing this with teenagers in ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan, as well as the 616 version of Spidey.



* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Scott Lang, who Bendis killed off in the opening pages of his Avengers run by way of having a ''zombie'' Jack Of Hearts suicide bomb him.
* EtTuBrute: Everyone's reaction to Iron Man in New Avengers and Mighty Avengers since Civil War. Also "Hank Pym's" betrayal of Captain America in New Avengers #21 when Captain America tried to recruit him to fight Iron Man.



* PrivateEyeMonologue used as a part of Alias noir-ish stylings.



* TookALevelInBadass: The Skrull Empire, who through a miracle, Bendis was able to turn from being the punching bag of the Marvel Universe, into a truly legitimate threat to Earth. At least until the EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion trope kicked in.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Norman Osborn in ''Dark Reign''.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Bendis based the plot of his last comic of Miles Morales on his own near-death experience (see [[https://www.cbr.com/bendis-miles-morales-near-death-experience/ here]]).

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He moved to the ''Comicbook/XMen'' franchise in 2012. In 2017, he became an exclusive Creator/DCComics creator, leaving Marvel after 17 years.

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He moved The X-Men arcs started by ''House of M'' concluded in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', and Cyclops kills Charles Xavier at the end of that story. This kickstarted the events of ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', Bendis' run with the X-Men, where the original team (the teenagers Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel and Iceman) are time-displaced to the ''Comicbook/XMen'' franchise modern day. He also scripted the X-Men BatFamilyCrossover ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom.

Remember Ultimate Spider-Man? Bendis kept writing it all this time, and even achieved with Mark Bagley the record of the longest writer-artist collaboration
in 2012. a comic, previously held by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby in ComicBook/FantasticFour. At one point, he made a huge change to the book: [[TheHeroDies Peter Parker died]] and a new guy, ComicBook/MilesMorales, became the new Spider-Man. It was not a character from the existing cast but a completely new one, with his own set of secondary characters. The MilestoneCelebration for the 50th year of Spider-Man was celebrated with ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'', a crossover between the regular Spider-Man from the Marvel Universe and Miles Morales. Morales was one of the most popular characters of the whole Ultimate Marvel universe, to the point that ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', the crossover that ended it after 15 years, transferred him and his cast to the regular Marvel universe. Bendis wrote a pair of tie-ins for this event, ''ComicBook/UltimateEnd'' and ''ComicBook/OldManLogan2015''. He then continued working with Miles, now in the Marvel universe, in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2016''. One his last stories in Marvel was ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'', which revealed that the Ultimate Universe has been off-screen brought back to existence at some point.

In 2017, he became an exclusive Creator/DCComics creator, leaving Marvel after 17 years.


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He also made a complete revamp of ComicBook/TheAvengers, a team with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters at the time. He closed that period of the team with ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', and then relaunched it as the ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''. This team had a smaller cast, including Marvel's flagship characters Spider-Man (who had only been in the Avengers for small times in the past) and Wolverine (who had never been a member). He also included Spider-Woman, and also Luke Cage, another forgotten character of the 1970s that he also brought back to the spotlight.

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He also made a complete revamp of ComicBook/TheAvengers, a team with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters at the time. He closed that period of the team with ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', and then relaunched it as the ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''. This team had a smaller cast, including Marvel's flagship characters Spider-Man (who had only been in the Avengers for small times in the past) and Wolverine (who had never been a member). He also included Spider-Woman, and also Luke Cage, another forgotten character of the 1970s that he also brought back to the spotlight. Shortly after he wrote ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', a CrisisCrossover that removed the powers of a big number of mutants, a storyline that impacted the ComicBook/XMen comics for years. The New Avengers disbanded in ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', divided about signing a SuperRegistrationAct or not. From then on, Bendis wrote two comics: "New Avengers" with a new team that did not sign the act, and ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' with those that did. He wrote a new crossover, ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', and Iron Man was removed as head honcho of SHIELD and replaced by the villain Norman Osbourne. "Mighty Avengers" was closed and replaced by ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', a team of villains posing as heroes. The whole arc ended in ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He intended to relaunch Jessica Drew (a forgotten character at the time) as a private investigator that used to be a superhero. Marvel had plans to relaunch the character the standard way, so Bendis modified some details of his unfinished comic, and she became a new character instead, Jessica Jones.

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Brian Michael Bendis is a American comic book writer. After previously writing crime/noir comics, he started writing for Creator/MarvelComics in 2001 for the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel line, particularly, ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan''. From there, he moved onto ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' and helped launched Marvel's MAX imprint with ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}'', starring Comicbook/JessicaJones (whom he also created). He is most known as being the architect for the ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' line since 2004 before being moved to the ''Comicbook/XMen'' franchise in 2012. In 2017, he became an exclusive Creator/DCComics creator, leaving Marvel after 17 years.

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Brian Michael Bendis is a American comic book writer. After previously He started writing crime/noir independent comics, he started writing for Creator/MarvelComics and then joined Creator/MarvelComics. Marvel had a project to relaunch its characters in 2001 for a new universe, the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel line, particularly, ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan''. From there, universe, and to make it feel fresh they hired new writers with new styles, such as Bendis and Creator/MarkMillar, instead of using the established ones. Bendis started in 2000 with ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', a DecompressedComic starred by a teenager Peter Parker, that started with his OriginStory and reconstructed all the Spider-man mythos from scratch. He also wrote ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvelTeamUp'', making team-ups of Spider-Man and other reimagined characters, to provide further WorldBuilding. Bendis and Millar, who had started ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' and ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' (a remake of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''), joined forces to relaunch another classic Marvel team in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour''.

The success of the Ultimate comics led to Marvel using Bendis at comics set in the mainstream universe as well. In 2001
he moved onto wrote ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' for the Creator/MarvelKnights line. He also started the Creator/MarvelMAX line, and helped launched his first comic would be a relaunch of ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Jessica Drew, a 1970s characters that got the ChuckCunninghamSyndrome) turned into a private investigator, but Marvel had plans to make a standard relaunch of the character. So Bendis changed some details of his new comic, and introduced it as a completely new character instead: ComicBook/JessicaJones. Jessica Jones started in the comic book ''ComicBook/{{Alias}}'', and then continued in ''ComicBook/ThePulse''.

He also made a complete revamp of ComicBook/TheAvengers, a team with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters at the time. He closed that period of the team with ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', and then relaunched it as the ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''. This team had a smaller cast, including
Marvel's MAX imprint with ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}'', starring Comicbook/JessicaJones (whom flagship characters Spider-Man (who had only been in the Avengers for small times in the past) and Wolverine (who had never been a member). He also included Spider-Woman, and also Luke Cage, another forgotten character of the 1970s that he also created). He is most known as being brought back to the architect for the ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' line since 2004 before being spotlight.

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moved to the ''Comicbook/XMen'' franchise in 2012. In 2017, he became an exclusive Creator/DCComics creator, leaving Marvel after 17 years.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-Universe, Bendis's take on Scarlet Witch.
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