Author guide
Ed Brubaker Books in Order
Ed Brubaker (born 1966) is an American comic-book writer and cartoonist whose career began in alternative comics before expanding into major superhero titles and creator-owned crime fiction. His notable collaborations include Sean Phillips, Steve Epting, Michael Lark, and Marcos Martín. He has also written for television, including Westworld and Too Old to Die Young.
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Criminal: Coward
The clearest entry point into Brubaker's defining creator-owned crime collaboration with Sean Phillips.
Scene of the Crime: A Little Piece of Goodnight
A concise early noir graphic work that establishes Brubaker's crime-fiction voice.
Captain America
The foundational superhero espionage work of Brubaker's Marvel career.
Read in order
Books by series
comic-series · complete
Lowlife
Semi-autobiographical alternative-comics series written and drawn by Brubaker.
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A Complete LowlifeAmazon ↗Book 1 · graphic-work · 1997
comic-series · complete
Scene of the Crime
Crime-noir comic series about a private investigator searching for a missing girl.
- 1 Scene of the Crime: A Little Piece of GoodnightAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-work · 2000
comic-series · complete
Deadenders
Vertigo science-fiction and mystery comic series co-created with Warren Pleece.
- 1
DeadendersAmazon ↗Book 1 · graphic-work · 2000
comic-series · complete
The Dead Boy Detectives
Supernatural mystery limited series set in the Sandman universe.
- 1 The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy DetectivesAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-work · 2001
- 1
BatmanAmazon ↗Book 1 · comic-series · 2000
- 1 CatwomanAmazon ↗
Book 1 · comic-series · 2002
comic-series · complete
Gotham Central
Police procedural comic series co-written with Greg Rucka and illustrated by Michael Lark and others.
- 1 Gotham CentralAmazon ↗
Book 1 · comic-series · 2003
- 1
SleeperAmazon ↗Book 1 · comic-series · 2003
comic-series · ongoing
Criminal
Creator-owned crime series co-created with Sean Phillips, including multiple story arcs and original graphic novels.
- 1 Criminal: CowardAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-work · 2007
- 2 Criminal: LawlessAmazon ↗
Book 2 · graphic-work · 2007
- 3 Criminal: The Dead and the DyingAmazon ↗
Book 3 · graphic-work · 2008
- 4 Criminal: Bad NightAmazon ↗
Book 4 · graphic-work · 2009
- 5 Criminal: The SinnersAmazon ↗
Book 5 · graphic-work · 2010
- 6 Criminal: The Last of the InnocentAmazon ↗
Book 6 · graphic-work · 2011
- 7 Criminal: Wrong Time, Wrong PlaceAmazon ↗
Book 7 · graphic-work · 2016
- 8
My Heroes Have Always Been JunkiesAmazon ↗Book 8 · graphic-work · 2018
- 9 Criminal: Bad WeekendAmazon ↗
Book 9 · graphic-work · 2019
- 10 Criminal: Cruel SummerAmazon ↗
Book 10 · graphic-work · 2020
- 11 Criminal: The KnivesAmazon ↗
Book 11 · graphic-work · 2025
- 12 Criminal: Five Gears in ReverseAmazon ↗
Book 12 · graphic-work · 2025
- 1 IncognitoAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-work · 2008
comic-series · complete
Daredevil
Brubaker's 2006–2009 run on Marvel's Daredevil series, primarily with Michael Lark.
- 1 DaredevilAmazon ↗
Book 1 · comic-series · 2006
comic-series · complete
Captain America
Brubaker's 2005–2012 run on Captain America and related stories.
comic-series · complete
The Immortal Iron Fist
Marvel series co-written by Brubaker and Matt Fraction.
- 1 Uncanny X-MenAmazon ↗
Book 1 · comic-series · 2006
- 1
VelvetAmazon ↗Book 1 · comic-series · 2013
- 1
FataleAmazon ↗Book 1 · comic-series · 2012
- 1
The Fade OutAmazon ↗Book 1 · comic-series · 2014
- 1
Kill or Be KilledAmazon ↗Book 1 · comic-series · 2016
graphic-novel-series · ongoing
Reckless
Series of standalone 1980s Los Angeles crime graphic novels co-created with Sean Phillips.
- 1
RecklessAmazon ↗Book 1 · graphic-work · 2020
- 2 Reckless: Friend of the DevilAmazon ↗
Book 2 · graphic-work · 2021
- 3 Reckless: Destroy All MonstersAmazon ↗
Book 3 · graphic-work · 2021
- 4 Reckless: The Ghost in YouAmazon ↗
Book 4 · graphic-work · 2022
- 5 Reckless: Follow Me DownAmazon ↗
Book 5 · graphic-work · 2022
comic-series · complete
Friday
Supernatural mystery series co-created with Marcos Martín and Muntsa Vicente.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Other (17)
- Pajama ChroniclesAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1987
- Purgatory U.S.A.Amazon ↗
graphic-work · 1989
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An Accidental DeathAmazon ↗graphic-work · 1993
- Prez: Smells Like Teen PresidentAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1995
- At the SeamsAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1997
- DetourAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 1997
- The FallAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 2001
- Batman: Gotham NoirAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 2001
- Coup d'EtatAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 2004
- Point BlankAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 2002
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The Marvels ProjectAmazon ↗graphic-work · 2009
- Secret AvengersAmazon ↗
comic-series · 2010
- X-Men: Deadly GenesisAmazon ↗
graphic-work · 2005
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PulpAmazon ↗graphic-work · 2020
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Night FeverAmazon ↗graphic-work · 2023
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Where the Body WasAmazon ↗graphic-work · 2024
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Houses of the UnholyAmazon ↗graphic-work · 2024