Charles Soule

Charles Soule
Born	Milwaukee, United States
Occupation	Writer, musician, attorney
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania Columbia University Law School
Period	2009–present
Notable works	Daredevil Superman/Wonder Woman Letter 44 Death of Wolverine She-Hulk
Website
www.charlessoule.com

Charles Soule is a Brooklyn, New York-based New York Times best-selling^[1][2][3] comic book writer, musician, and attorney. He is best known writing Daredevil, She-Hulk, Death of Wolverine, and various Star Wars comics from Marvel Comics, and his creator-owned series Letter 44 from Oni Press. As of early 2016, Soule writes Daredevil, Uncanny Inhumans, Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin, All-New Inhumans for Marvel, and Letter 44 for Oni Press.

Early life

Charles Soule attended the University of Pennsylvania,^[4] where he received his undergraduate degree in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, with a concentration in Chinese language and history.^[5] He later graduated from Columbia Law School.^[6]

Career

Soule currently practices law in New York City, focusing primarily on immigration and corporate law.^[6][7]

In 2009 SLG Publishing published Soule's graphic novel Strongman which focuses on a luchador-turned-hero. A sequel to Strongman subtitled Oaxaca Tapout was completed in 2011 but remains unreleased. His other creator-owned projects include Strange Attractors, about complexity theory applied to New York City by two genius mathematicians, released by Archaia in May 2013, and Letter 44, from Oni Press, a real-world sci-fi political thriller involving a manned space mission to investigate an anomaly in the asteroid belt. Letter 44 is an ongoing series, the first issue of which debuted in October 2013.^[8] Letter 44 was optioned for development by the SyFy network in early 2014.^[9]

In January, 2013, DC Comics announced that Soule would take over writing duties for Swamp Thing starting with issue #19, after Scott Snyder's departure.^[10] In addition, he was the writer for Red Lanterns commencing with issue #21^[11] and continuing through issue #37. Starting in October 2013, Soule originated Superman/Wonder Woman, illustrated by Tony Daniel.^[12]

Soule was the writer for Marvel Comics' ongoing titles She-Hulk and Inhuman, as well as the writer of The Death of Wolverine published in September 2014. Additional Marvel Comics titles written by Soule include Uncanny Inhumans, Daredevil, Lando, Obi-Wan & Anakin and the Secret Wars event tie-in book Civil War.

On January 2016, Soule was announced as the writer of a Marvel ongoing series focusing on the Poe Dameron character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with Phil Noto as artist.^[13]

Awards & Recognition

Soule's series Letter 44, illustrated by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, was an official selection of the 2016 Festival International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France, recognizing it as one of the finest graphic titles published in the French language in the preceding year.^[14]

Power Couple, volume 1 Superman/Wonder Woman, of received the 2015 Stan Lee Exceelsior Award.^[15]

Both Soule's series Twenty-Seven (with Renzo Podesta) and She-Hulk (with Javier Pulido and Ron Wimberley) were included on the "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" list from the Young Adult Library Services Association in 2012^[16] and 2016,^[17] respectively.

Bibliography

SLG Publishing

• Strongman (graphic novel, with Allen Gladfelter, 120 pages, March 2009, ISBN 1-59362-152-3)
• Strongman Volume Two: Oaxaca Tapout (graphic novel, with Allen Gladfelter, 144 pages, July 2014, ISBN 1-59362-206-6)

Image Comics

• Twenty-Seven (4-issue limited series, with Renzo Podesta, December 2010 – March 2011, collected in First Set, tpb, 136 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-60706-382-4)
• Twenty Seven: Second Set (4-issue limited series, with Renzo Podesta, September–December 2011, collected in Volume 2: Second Set, tpb, 112 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-60706-521-5)
• Skullkickers #18: "Son of Tavern Tales" (2012, collected in Skullkickers Treasure Trove Volume 2, hc, 320 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60706-794-3)

Archaia Studios Press

• Strange Attractors (5-issue limited series, with Greg Scott, December 2012 – April 2013, collected in Strange Attractors, hc, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-93639-362-X)

DC Comics

• Swamp Thing Vol. 5 #19–40 (April 2013–March 2015)
  • Volume 4: Seeder (tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4639-7) collects:
    • "Urban Jungle" (with Kano, in #19, 2013)
    • "This Green Hell" (with Kano, in #20, 2013)
    • "The Murder Poet" (with Jesús Saíz, in #21, 2013)
    • "The Whisky Tree" (with Kano and David Lapham,in #22–23, 2013)
    • "The Patchwork History" (with Jesús Saíz, in #23.1, 2013)
  • Volume 5: The Killing Field (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5052-1) collects:
    • "Seeder" (with Andrei Bressan, in #24, 2013)
    • "Lessons Learned" (with Javier Piña and Kano, in Annual #2, 2013)
    • "Two Enter... One Leaves!" (with Jesús Saíz, in #25, 2014)
    • "Victor: Spoiled" (with Jesús Saíz, in #26, 2014)
    • "My Green Heaven" (with Jesús Saíz, in #27, 2014)
  • Volume 6: The Sureen (tpb, 176 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5490-X) collects:
    • "Salting the Earth" (with Javier Piña, in #28, 2014)
    • "The Gift of the Sureen" (with Jesús Saíz, in #29–31, 2014)
    • "In The Muck" (written by Jeff Parker and drawn by Paul Pelletier and Álvaro Martínez, in Aquaman vol. 7 #31, 2014)
    • "Blue/Green" (with Jesús Saíz, in #32, 2014)
    • "The Wolf and the Lady" (with Javier Piña, in #33–34, 2014)
  • Volume 7: Season's End (tpb, 200 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-5770-4) collects:
    • "The Zeugma" (with Jesús Saíz, in Swamp Thing: Futures End #1, 2014)
    • "All Stories End, My Friend" (with Javier Piña, in Annual #3, 2014)
    • "Configuration" (with Jesús Saíz, in #35, 2014)
    • "Calibration" (with Jesús Saíz, in #36, 2014)
    • "Upgrades" (with Jesús Saíz, in #37, 2014)
    • "Decompilation" (with Javier Piña, in #38, 2015)
    • "Failure Modes" (with Jesús Saíz, in #39, 2015)
    • "Reboot" (with Jesús Saíz, in #40, 2015)
• Red Lanterns #21–37 (June 2013–December 2014)
  • Volume 4: Blood Brothers (tpb, 176 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4742-3) collects:
    • "The New Blood" (with Alessandro Vitti, in #21, 2013)
    • "The King is Red" (with Alessandro Vitti, in #22, 2013)
    • "The Butcher's Bill" (with Alessandro Vitti and Jim Calafiore, in #23, 2013)
    • "Lights Out, Part Four: Blood Brothers" (with Alessandro Vitti, in #24, 2013)
    • "Lights Out, Part Five: The Source" (written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Sean Chen, in Green Lantern Annual vol. 5 #2, 2013)
    • "Sphere Of Influence" (with Alessandro Vitti, in #25, 2014)
    • "Red. Dead." (with Jim Calafiore, in #26, 2014)
  • Volume 5: Atrocities (tpb, 272 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5090-4) collects:
    • "Hot And Cold" (with Alessandro Vitti and Jim Calafiore, in #27, 2014)
    • "Red Alter" (with Robert Venditti and Billy Tan, in #28 and Green Lantern #28, 2014)
    • "Forever" (with Alessandro Vitti, in #29, 2014)
    • "Judgement Day" (with Tony Bedard, Emanuela Lupacchino, Alessandro Vitti and Jim Calafiore, in #30–31 and Supergirl vol. 6 #31, 2014)
    • "Atrocities" (with Jim Calafiore, Alessandro Vitti and Miguel Sepúlveda, in #32–34 and Annual #1, 2014)
  • New Gods: Godhead (hc, 424 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5847-6) collects:
    • "Godhead Act I, Part V: God Is Red" (with Jim Calafiore, in #35, 2014)
    • "Godhead Act II, Part IV: Boom" (with Jim Calafiore, in #36, 2014)
    • "Godhead Act III, Part IV: Forged In Blood" (with Jim Calafiore, in #37, 2014)
• Action Comics vol. 2 #23.3 (with Raymund Bermudez, November 2013)
• Green Lantern vol. 5 #23.3 (with Alberto Ponticelli), November 2013)
• Superman/Wonder Woman #1–12 (October 2013–November 2014):
  • Volume 1: Power Couple (hc, 192 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4898-5) collects:
    • "Power Couple" (with Tony Daniel, in #1, 2013)
    • "Gods and Monsters" (with Tony Daniel, in #2, 2014)
    • "Zod" (with Tony Daniel, in #3, 2014)
    • "What Any Man Would Do" (with Tony Daniel, in #4, 2014)
    • "Reflections" (with Tony Daniel, in #5, 2014)
    • "Until the End" (with Tony Daniel, in #6, 2014)
    • "Rise" (with Paulo Siqueira, Eddy Barrows, Barry Kitson, in #7, 2014)
  • Volume 2: War & Peace (hc, 224 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5347-4) collects:
    • "Infected, Chapter 2: Evolutions" (with Tony Daniel, in #8, 2014)
    • "Enemy of the Sate, Chapter 2: Escape" (with Tony Daniel, in #9, 2014)
    • "Superdoom, Chapter 2: Distance" (with Tony Daniel and Pascal Alixe, in #10, 2014)
    • "Last Sun, Chapter 2: Assimilation" (with Thony Silas, in #11, 2014)
    • "Last Sun, Chapter 3: The Promise" (with Ed Benes, Tony Daniel, Pascal Alixe, Cliff Richards and Jack Herbert, in Annual #1, 2014)
    • "Metaphormorphosis" (with Cliff Richards, in #12, 2014)
    • "Old Soldiers" (with Rags Morales, in Wonder Woman: Futures End #1, 2014)
    • "War & Peace" (with Bart Sears, in Superman/Wonder Woman: Futures End #1, 2014)
• Superman: Doomed #1–2 (among with other artists, May 2014–September 2014) collected in Superman: Doomed (hc, 544 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5240-0)

Marvel Comics

• Thunderbolts vol. 2 #12–26 (July 2013–May 2014)
  • #12 "Untitled" (with Steve Dillon, 2013) collected in Volume 2: Red Scare (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6695-5)
  • Volume 3: Infinity (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-6696-3) collects:
    • "Untitled" (with Phil Noto, in #13, 2013)
    • "Infinity" (with Jefte Palo, in #14–18, 2013)
    • "Road Trip" (with Gabriel Hernández Walta, in #19, 2013)
  • Volume 4: No Mercy (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8982-3) collects:
    • "No Mercy" (with Carlo Barbieri, in #20–22, 2014)
    • "Untitled" (with Kim Jacinto and Paco Diaz, in #23–26, 2014)
• She-Hulk vol. 3 #1-12 (February 2014 – February 2015)
  • Volume 1: Law and Disorder (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-9019-8) collects:
    • "Motion" (with Javier Pulido, in #1, 2014)
    • "...and?" (with Javier Pulido, in #2, 2014)
    • "He Who Wouldn't Be King" (with Javier Pulido, in #3, 2014)
    • "The Zealous Advocate" (with Javier Pulido, in #4, 2014)
    • "Blue" (with Ron Wimberley, in #5–6, 2014)
  • Volume 2: Disorderly Conduct (tpb, 136 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9020-1) collects:
    • "Small Victories" (with Javier Pulido, in #7, 2014)
    • "The Good Old Days" (with Javier Pulido, in #8–10, 2014)
    • "Titanium Blues" (with Javier Pulido, in #11, 2014)
    • "Final Verdict" (with Javier Pulido, in #12, 2014)
• Inhuman #1–14 (April 2014–April 2015)
  • Volume 1: Genesis (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8577-1) collects:
    • "Genesis" (with Joe Madureira, in #1, 2014)
    • "The Queen in the Sky" (with Joe Madureira, in #2, 2014)
    • "They Fall" (with Joe Madureira, in #3, 2014)
    • "A Thunder God in Attilan" (with Ryan Stegman, in #4, 2014)
    • "Empty Throne" (with Ryan Stegman, in #5, 2014)
    • "Trial by Fire" (with Ryan Stegman, in #6, 2014)
  • Volume 2: Axis (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-8780-4) collects:
    • "Out Of The Darkness" (with Pepe Larraz, in #7, 2014)
    • "Comes the Light" (with Pepe Larraz, in #8, 2014)
    • "Ennilux" (with Ryan Stegman, in #9, 2014)
    • "The Dark Queen" (with Ryan Stegman, in #10, 2014)
    • "Escapes" (with Ryan Stegman, in #11, 2015)
  • Volume 3: Lineage (tpb, 104 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9804-0) collects:
    • "Disunion" (with Ryan Stegman, in #12, 2015)
    • "Lineage" (with André Lima Araújo, in #13, 2015)
    • "Linkages" (with André Lima Araújo, in #14, 2015)
    • "Legacy" (with Ryan Stegman, in Annual #1, 2015)
• Original Sins #3: "Whispers of War" (with Ryan Browne, 2014)
• Death of Wolverine #1–4 (September 2014−October 2014)
  • Death of Wolverine (hc, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9351-0) collects:
    • "The End" (with Steve McNiven, in #1, 2014)
    • "Poison" (with Steve McNiven, in #2, 2014)
    • "Seppuku" (with Steve McNiven, in #3, 2014)
    • "History" (with Steve McNiven, in #4, 2014)
• Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #1, 7 (2014–2015)
• Death of Wolverine: The Weapon X Program #1–5 (November 2014–January 2015)
  • Death of Wolverine: The Weapon X Program (tpb, 136 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9260-3) collects:
    • "Phase One: Question" (with Salvador Larroca, in #1, 2014)
    • "Hypothesis" (with Salvador Larroca, in #2, 2014)
    • "Experimentation" (with Salvador Larroca, in #3, 2014)
    • "Analysis" (with Angel Unzueta, in #4, 2014)
    • "Conclusion" (with Angel Unzueta and Iban Coello, in #5, 2015)
• Wolverines (January 2015–May 2015)
  • Volume 1: Dancing with the Devil #1, 3, 5 (with Nick Bradshaw, Juan Doe and Jonathan Marks, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9286-7)
  • Volume 2: Claw, Blade and Fang #7, 9 (with Kris Anka, Peter Nguyen, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9287-5)
  • Volume 3: The Living and the Dead #11, 13 (with Ariela Kristantina and Jason Masters, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9735-4)
  • Volume 4: Destiny #16, 19–20 (with Ario Anindito, Ariela Kristantina and Juan Doe, tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9767-2)
• Uncanny Inhumans #0–ongoing (April 2015–ongoing)
  • Volume 1: Time Crush #0-4 (with Steve McNiven, tpb, 144 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9706-0)
• Inhumans: Attilan Rising #1–5 (May–September 2015)
  • Inhumans: Attilan Rising (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9875-X) collects:
    • "The Voice Unheard" (with John Timms, in #1, 2015)
    • "The Quiet Room" (with John Timms, in #2, 2015)
    • "Whispers of Defiance" (with John Timms, in #3, 2015)
    • "The Silent Horror" (with John Timms, in #4, 2015)
    • "The Dying of the Light" (with John Timms, in #5, 2015)
• Civil War vol. 2 (5-issue limited series, with Leinil Francis Yu, July 2015–October 2015, collected in Civil War: Warzones!, tpb, 120 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9866-0)
• Star Wars: Lando (5–issue limited series, with Alex Maleev, July 2015–October 2015, collected in Star Wars: Lando, tpb, 112 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9319-7)
• All-New Inhumans #1–... (with James Asmus and Stefano Caselli, November 2015–ongoing)
• Daredevil #1–... (with Ron Garney, December 2015–ongoing)
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin (5-issue limited series, with Marco Chechetto, January 2016–May 2016, collected in Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin, tpb, 112 pages, 2016, ISBN 07-851-9679-X)
• Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1–... (with Phil Noto, forthcoming, April 2016)

Idaho Comics Group

• Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1 (August 2014) (Idaho Comics Group; Contains a snippet of the as yet unpublished Strongman Volume Two: Oaxaca Tapout)

Dynamite Entertainment

• Pathfinder: Goblins! #2: "The Glorious Demise of Gurgle & Deep" (with Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, September 2013)

Oni Press

• Letter 44 #1–... (with Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, October 2013–ongoing) collected as:
  • Volume 1: Escape Velocity (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-62010-133-5)
  • Volume 2: Redshift (collects #7–14, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-62010-206-4)
  • Volumen 3: Dark Matter (collects #15–20, tpb, 160 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-62010-272-2)

Notes

1. "Best Sellers". The New York Times. February 8, 2015
2. http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2016-02-07/paperback-graphic-books/list.html
3. http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-04-26/hardcover-graphic-books/list.html
4. Chinen, Nate (August 27, 2004). "Alumni: Profiles: Composer for Hire". Pennsylvania Gazette. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
5. Grove, Erik (June 24, 201). "Home » Comics » Essential 8 Questions With Charles Soule – ‘We’re In The Middle of a Renaissance, There’s No Doubt About It’Essential 8 Questions With Charles Soule – 'We're In The Middle of a Renaissance, There's No Doubt About It'". Bleeding Cool.
6. "Attorney Profiles". Law Offices of Charles D. Soule. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
7. "Law Offices of Charles D. Soule". soulelaw.net. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
8. ECCC: Soule Alburquerque Head To Space For Letter 44
10. Io9 Announces New Swamp Thing Creative Team
11. Venditti, Jensen & Soule Replace Fialkov On "Green Lantern" Titles
12. DC Comics Announced Superman/Wonder Woman

References

• Charles Soule at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Charles Soule's Professional Law site
• Charles Soule's personal blog
• Charles Soule at the Comic Book DB
• Charle Soule's creator page on Image Comics website
• Interview with Charles Soule, io9
• Interview, via Nerdist, with Charles Soule and Jon Benjamin
• interview with Charles Soule about Swamp Thing, Comic Vine
• Interview with Charles Soule about his comic 27, Comic Book Resources
• Inverview with Charles Soule about his upcoming comic Strange Attractors, Newsarama