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He also worked on ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Steel}}'', ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'', other books in the '90s Valiant universe (particularly ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar]]'' and the aforementioned ''Quantum and Woody''), and other, less popular/successful characters and teams (including ''ComicBook/TheCrew'').

When he returned to comics in 2016 to write ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'', he garnered an Eisner nomination. As a result, in 2017 DC made him the main writer for ''Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}'' until the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice'' anyway. His later works include ''ComicBook/{{Inhumans}}: Once and Future Kings'', ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' and a five-issue ''ComicBook/USAgent'' mini-series.

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He also worked on ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Steel}}'', ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'', other books in the '90s Valiant universe (particularly ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar]]'' and the aforementioned ''Quantum and Woody''), and other, less popular/successful characters and teams (including ''ComicBook/TheCrew'').

''ComicBook/TheCrew2003'').

When he returned to comics in 2016 to write ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'', ''ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth'', he garnered an Eisner nomination. As a result, in 2017 DC made him the main writer for ''Franchise/{{Justice ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}'' until the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice'' anyway. His later works include ''ComicBook/{{Inhumans}}: Once and Future Kings'', ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' and a five-issue ''ComicBook/USAgent'' mini-series.






!!Notable works by Christopher Priest:
* ''ComicBook/BlackAdam''
* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther''
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''
* ''ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth''
* ''ComicBook/InhumansOnceAndFutureKings''
* ''ComicBook/IronFist''
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueTaskForce''
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice''
* ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody''
* ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar]]''
* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963''
* ''ComicBook/PowerManAndIronFist''
* ''ComicBook/{{Steel}}''
* ''ComicBook/TheCrew2003''
* ''ComicBook/TheLazarusContract''
* ''ComicBook/TheRay''
* ''ComicBook/TheTerminusAgenda''
* ''ComicBook/UnknownSoldier''
* ''ComicBook/USAgent''
* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}''
* ''ComicBook/WakandaForever''

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* BettyAndVeronica: Done in ComicBook/TheRay, with Jenny as Betty and Black Canary as Veronica.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Done in ComicBook/TheRay, ''ComicBook/TheRay'', with Jenny as Betty and Black Canary as Veronica.



** Gender flipped in ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody. Quantum was Betty, Woody was Veronica, and Amy Fishbein was Archie.

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** Gender flipped in ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody.''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody''. Quantum was Betty, Woody was Veronica, and Amy Fishbein was Archie.



* BreakingTheFourthWall: ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, even moreso than usual. To elaborate, in his first Deadpool story, Deadpool is admitted to a retirement community, in which all the other residents are the protagonists of other Priest titles which had been cancelled. They assure Deadpool that he'll be cancelled as well. Priest's run ends with Deadpool murdering Priest and throwing his body in a tar pit, accompanied by the cheers of all of Priest's old characters.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'', even moreso than usual. To elaborate, in his first Deadpool story, Deadpool is admitted to a retirement community, in which all the other residents are the protagonists of other Priest titles which had been cancelled. They assure Deadpool that he'll be cancelled as well. Priest's run ends with Deadpool murdering Priest and throwing his body in a tar pit, accompanied by the cheers of all of Priest's old characters.



** In ''ComicBook/TheCrew'', the Call knows where you live, and will show up there with a couple of dangerous renegade superheroes in tow.

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** In ''ComicBook/TheCrew'', ''ComicBook/TheCrew2003'', the Call knows where you live, and will show up there with a couple of dangerous renegade superheroes in tow.



** ''ComicBook/TheCrew'' has a decently epic one, as well, although we never really get to see it play all the way out on account of the book being too good to last.

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** ''ComicBook/TheCrew'' ''ComicBook/TheCrew2003'' has a decently epic one, as well, although we never really get to see it play all the way out on account of the book being too good to last.



* HesBack: Priest returned in 2014 for a ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'' miniseries, subsequently going on to do a ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' ongoing in 2016.

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* HesBack: Priest returned in 2014 for a ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'' miniseries, subsequently going on to do a ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' ''ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth'' ongoing in 2016.



** Most of the cast of ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' are awful people at the very least, title character included.

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** Most of the cast of ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' ''ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth'' are awful people at the very least, title character included.



* VitriolicBestBuds: ComicBook/PowerManAndIronFist, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica & ComicBook/TheFalcon, ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody, Quantum and the other Woody, Ray and Triumph, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and Constrictor... Priest likes this trope.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: ComicBook/PowerManAndIronFist, [[ComicBook/LukeCake Power Man]] & ComicBook/IronFist, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica & ComicBook/TheFalcon, ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody, Quantum and the other Woody, Ray and Triumph, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and Constrictor... Priest likes this trope.



** Little Mogadishu, from ''ComicBook/TheCrew''.

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** Little Mogadishu, from ''ComicBook/TheCrew''.''ComicBook/TheCrew2003''.

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His most famous works are ''ComicBook/{{Quantum And Woody}}'' (about two dysfunctional best friends turned superheroes), ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] And ComicBook/IronFist'' (about two dysfunctional superheroes turned best friends), ''ComicBook/TheRay'' (which was ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' ten years before Invincible, only with lots more TimeTravel and [[ThePlan Gambitting]]), and perhaps most famously, his ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' relaunch, considered by many (if not most) fans to be the definitive take on Panther, and is largely credited with legitimizing the character beyond being "that black guy in the back of the Avengers team photos".

He also worked on ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Steel}}'', ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'', other books in the '90s Valiant universe (particularly ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar]]'' and the aforementioned ''Quantum and Woody''), and other, less popular/successful characters and teams (including his doomed-from-the-starting-gate epic, ''ComicBook/TheCrew''.) He never really got a crack at writing Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/{{Superman}}, or any other A-list character. Reports of how bitter (or not) he was over this vary. While a lot of his fans like to claim racism is responsible, Priest himself has always taken the high road, focusing more on just exactly how difficult it is to truly break through in the industry, particularly if your first or second project isn't an enormous success, and the tendency of DC and Marvel to give their flagship books to flagship talent.

In a neat bit of irony, when he returned to comics in 2016 to write ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'', he ''was'' a flagship talent, even garnering an Eisner nomination. As a result, in 2017 DC made him the main writer for ''Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}'' until the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice'' anyway.

He's been a notorious victim and/or perpetrator of ExecutiveMeddling.

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His most famous works are ''ComicBook/{{Quantum And Woody}}'' (about two dysfunctional best friends turned superheroes), ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] And ComicBook/IronFist'' (about two dysfunctional superheroes turned best friends), ''ComicBook/TheRay'' (which was ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' ten years before Invincible, only with lots more TimeTravel and [[ThePlan Gambitting]]), and perhaps most famously, his ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' relaunch, considered by many (if not most) fans to be the definitive take on Panther, and is largely credited with legitimizing the character beyond being "that black guy in the back of the Avengers team photos".relaunch.

He also worked on ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Steel}}'', ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'', other books in the '90s Valiant universe (particularly ''[[ComicBook/DoctorSolar Solar]]'' and the aforementioned ''Quantum and Woody''), and other, less popular/successful characters and teams (including his doomed-from-the-starting-gate epic, ''ComicBook/TheCrew''.) He never really got a crack at writing Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/{{Superman}}, or any other A-list character. Reports of how bitter (or not) he was over this vary. While a lot of his fans like to claim racism is responsible, Priest himself has always taken the high road, focusing more on just exactly how difficult it is to truly break through in the industry, particularly if your first or second project isn't an enormous success, and the tendency of DC and Marvel to give their flagship books to flagship talent.

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The absolute king of the {{Beat Panel}}.

His more recent works include ''Deathstroke'' and ''Justice League'' for ComicBook/DCRebirth, as well as ''ComicBook/{{Inhumans}}: Once and Future Kings'' for Marvel. Currently, he's writing a run on ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' and a five-issue ''ComicBook/USAgent'' mini-series.


Christopher James Priest (born James Christopher Owsley, June 30, 1961), is a comic book writer. He's famous mostly for things that have very little to do with his comics (namely, his race and various inter-office pissing contests), which is a shame, because as far as the people who read his work are concerned, he may be one of the very best the industry has ever seen.

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Christopher James Priest (born James Christopher Owsley, June 30, 1961), is a comic book writer. He's famous mostly for things that have very little to do with his comics (namely, his race and various inter-office pissing contests), which is a shame, because as far as the people who read his work are concerned, he may be one of the very best the industry has ever seen.
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* CreatorThumbprint: At least as of his Black Panther run and onwards in other comics, he likes to use TitleIn panels with black backgrounds and white letters with the same font.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: A trend in his works is that, rather than swear (or even SymbolSwearing) characters will use euphemisms in their place. In the latter end of his ''Black Panther'' run, New York City Police officers all repeatedly say "spit" instead of "shit", which at ''first'' could be mistaken for NYC police slang, but then you notice that characters in his ''Justice League'' work say it, too, along with "Blast it", "azz", and other similar.

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* GoshDangItToHeck: A trend in his works is that, rather than swear (or even SymbolSwearing) characters will use euphemisms in their place. In the latter end of his ''Black Panther'' run, New York City Police officers all repeatedly say "spit" instead of "shit", which at ''first'' could be mistaken for NYC police slang, but then you notice that characters in his ''Justice League'' work say it, too, along with "Blast it", "azz", and other similar.similar euphemisms.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: His truncated run as ''Spider-Man'' editor tried to push the line in this direction, most famously with the "Death of Jean DeWolff" storyline.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: His truncated run as ''Spider-Man'' editor tried to push the line in this direction, most famously with the "Death of Jean DeWolff" storyline.
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* AngryBlackMan: Almost all of his works go to great lengths to avoid this, and it's frequently subverted, averted, and deconstructed. In the case of [[ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody Quantum]], it's averted, subverted, double-subverted, deconstructed, and then just generally beaten to death and fed to a goat.

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