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Zeb Wells

American writer (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zeb Wells
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Zeb Wells (born April 28, 1977) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, director, and voice actor. He is known for his controversial Amazing Spider-Man comic book run and New Mutants comic book from Marvel Comics, as well as being a writer, director, and voice actor on the Adult Swim animated series Robot Chicken. He is also the co-creator and executive producer of SuperMansion, as well as the voice of Robobot and Groaner.

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Early life

Zeb Wells grew up in Littleton, Colorado, and attended Columbine High School.[citation needed]

Career

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Wells is an Emmy and Annie Award-winning writer and actor for the TV show Robot Chicken, including the Emmy-nominated Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II.[3] He later directed the sixth and seventh seasons of Robot Chicken.

Wells has written numerous titles for Marvel Comics, including Heroes for Hire, Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways, and various Spider-Man titles.[4] In 2006, Wells signed an exclusive contract with Marvel.[5] He then wrote Venom: Dark Origin telling the origin of Eddie Brock and the eponymous symbiote,[6] as well as the Dark Reign: Elektra tie-in series.[7]

He wrote twenty of the first twenty-one issues of the third volume of New Mutants, a series he launched with artist Diogenes Neves, including a tie-in to the "Necrosha" storyline.[8] Being published in parallel with that series was Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom – New Ways To Live.[9]

Wells launched the series Avenging Spider-Man with artist Joe Madureira in November 2011.[10] He later wrote two Carnage miniseries with artist Clayton Crain: Carnage: Family Feud and Carnage: U.S.A.

In 2015 Wells co-created the stop-motion animated comedy television series SuperMansion and directed the first season.

In 2021, Wells was announced as one of the writers for the Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond storyline.[11] In April 2022, Wells took over as lead writer for The Amazing Spider-Man along with artist John Romita Jr.[12] The book was relaunched with a new #1 after the Beyond storyline, making it the sixth new #1 for the title. Wells' run has come under scrutiny from both fans and critics, particularly for the dissolution of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson's relationship, Mary Jane's new love interest Paul Rabin, and Ms. Marvel's death and subsequent resurrection, which has been criticized as fridging.[13] Andrew Cutler of Comic Book Resources claimed that the series "needs a course correction" and that "the creative team must make changes to improve the overall quality of the storytelling".[14]

In May 2025, it was announced that Wells would be penning the crossover one-shot Deadpool/Batman. The one-shot, illustrated by Greg Capullo, would mark the first time Marvel and DC's characters would properly crossover with each other since JLA/Avengers. It is set to be published by Marvel on September 17 that same year. It will be accompanied by another one-shot, published by DC, entitled Batman/Deadpool, written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dan Mora.[15]

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Controversy

In a 2023 interview, Wells claimed that Marvel Editorial warned him not to attend any comic conventions after the release of The Amazing Spider-Man #26 due to a surprising plot twist in the issue (later revealed to be the death of Ms. Marvel).[16] The move was widely criticized as fridging.[17]

Personal life

Wells was married to Saturday Night Live cast member Heidi Gardner from 2010 to 2023.[18][19]

Bibliography

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  • Snake Woman:
    • Snake Woman (with Shekhar Kapur, Michael Gaydos, Dean Ruben Hyrapiet and Vivek Shinde, 2006–2007) collected as:
    • Snake Woman: Tale of the Snake Charmer #1–6 (with Vivek Shinde, 2007) collected as SW: TotSC (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-934413-20-8)
    • Snake Woman: Curse of the 68 #1–4 (with Pradip Ingale, Manu P. K. and M Subramanian, 2008)
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Filmography

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References

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