Greg Rucka is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series Whiteout, Queen & Country, Stumptown and Lazarus, as well as lengthy runs on such titles as Detective Comics, Wonder Woman, Elektra and Wolverine. Rucka has written a substantial amount of supplemental material for a number of DC Comics' line-wide and inter-title crossovers, including "No Man's Land", "Infinite Crisis" and "New Krypton". Rucka has also co-created, along with writer Ed Brubaker and artist Michael Lark, the acclaimed comic book series Gotham Central, which takes the perspective of ordinary policemen working in Gotham City.
Novels Atticus Kodiak Series of novels starring the professional bodyguard Atticus Kodiak, including: Keeper (hc, 275 pages, Bantam Books, 1996, ; sc, 332 pages, 1997, ) Finder (hc, 288 pages, Bantam Books, 1997, ; sc, 352 pages, 1998, ) Smoker (hc, 320 pages, Bantam Books, 1998, ; sc, 432 pages, 1999, ) Shooting at Midnight (hc, 368 pages, Bantam Books, 1999, ; sc, 400 pages, 2000, ) Critical Space (hc, 440 pages, Bantam Books, 2002, ; sc, 528 pages, 2003, ) Patriot Acts (hc, 352 pages, Bantam Books, 2007, ; sc, 416 pages, 2008, ) Walking Dead (hc, 320 pages, Bantam Books, 2009, ; sc, 400 pages, 2010, )
Other early work Novelizations, original stories within established franchises and other work, including: Batman: No Man's Land (hc, 448 pages, Pocket Books, 2000, ) Grendel: Past Prime (sc, 208 pages, Dark Horse Books, 2000, ) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer Volume 1: "A Good Run" (anthology sc, 280 pages, Simon Spotlight, 2001, ) A Fistful of Rain (hc, 320 pages, Bantam Books, 2003, ; sc, 400 pages, 2004, )
Queen & Country Series of novels set in the world of Rucka's comic book series Queen & Country, including: A Gentleman's Game (hc, 352 pages, Bantam Books, 2004, ; sc, 528 pages, 2005, ) Private Wars (hc, 432 pages, Bantam Books, 2005, ; sc, 544 pages, 2006, ) The Last Run (hc, 272 pages, Bantam Books, 2010, ; sc, 352 pages, 2011, )
Perfect Dark Series of novels set in the world of the Perfect Dark video game, including: Perfect Dark: Initial Vector (sc, 352 pages, Tor Books, 2005, ) Perfect Dark: Second Front (sc, 368 pages, Tor Books, 2007, )
Jad Bell Series of novels starring the ex-Delta Force operative Jad Bell, including: Alpha (hc, 304 pages, Mulholland Books, 2012, ; sc, 368 pages, 2015, ) Bravo (hc, 304 pages, Mulholland Books, 2014, ; sc, 368 pages, 2015, )
Star Wars Series of young adult novels set in the current canon of Star Wars, including: Star Wars: Smuggler's Run (hc, 192 pages, Lucasfilm Press, 2015, ) Star Wars: Before the Awakening (hc, 224 pages, Lucasfilm Press, 2015, ) Star Wars: Guardians of the Whills (hc, 240 pages, Lucasfilm Press, 2017, )
Comics
Oni Press Titles published by Oni Press include: Whiteout (with Steve Lieber): Whiteout Compendium (tpb, 240 pages, 2017, ) collects: Whiteout #1–4 (1998) also collected as Whiteout (tpb, 128 pages, 1999, ) Whiteout: Melt #1–4 (1999–2000) also collected as Whiteout: Melt (tpb, 120 pages, 2000, ) Whiteout: Night (initially announced for late 2007 as Whiteout: Thaw; reportedly moved closer to the release of the film adaptation) In 2009, Lieber stated there was only one completed issue so far. In a 2012 interview, Rucka mentioned "one and a half" completed issues. Oni Press Color Special '00: "Weenout" (a Barry Ween/Whiteout crossover co-written by Rucka and Judd Winick, art by Winick, anthology, 2000) Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition Volume 1 (tpb, 376 pages, 2007, ) collects: Oni Press Color Special '01: "Broken Ground" (with Stan Sakai, anthology, 2001) "Operation: Broken Ground" (with Steve Rolston, in #1–4, 2001) "Operation: Morningstar" (with Brian Hurtt, in #5–7, 2002) "Operation: Crystal Ball" (with Leandro Fernández, in #8–12, 2002) The Definitive Edition Volume 2 (tpb, 344 pages, 2008, ) collects: "Operation: Blackwall" (with Jason Shawn Alexander, in #13–15, 2003) "Operation: Stormfront" (with Carla Speed McNeil, in #16–20, 2003) "Operation: Dandelion" (with Mike Hawthorne, in #21–24, 2003–2004) The Definitive Edition Volume 3 (tpb, 408 pages, 2008, ) collects: "Untitled" (with Steve Rolston, in #25, 2004) "Operation: Saddlebags" (with Mike Norton, in #26–28, 2004) "Operation: Red Panda" (with Chris Samnee, in #29–32, 2006–2007) The Definitive Edition Volume 4 (tpb, 296 pages, 2009, ) collects: Queen & Country: Declassified #1–3 (with Brian Hurtt, 2002–2003) Queen & Country: Declassified vol. 2 #1–3 (with Rick Burchett, 2005–2006) Queen & Country: Declassified vol. 3 #1–3 (written by Antony Johnston, drawn by Christopher Mitten, 2005) Everest: Facing the Goddess (with Scott Morse, 12-issue maxi-series initially announced for August 2004) A 7-page sketch preview was published in the Free Comic Book Day 2004: Love Fights special. Rucka has stated he's still interested in producing the series as recently as December 2011. Stumptown: Stumptown #1–4 (with Matthew Southworth, 2009–2010) collected as Stumptown: The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo but Left Her Mini (hc, 144 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2017, ) Stumptown vol. 2 #1–5 (with Matthew Southworth, 2012–2013) collected as Stumptown: The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case (hc, 152 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2018, ) Stumptown vol. 3 (with Justin Greenwood, 2014–2016) collected as: The Case of the King of Clubs (collects #1–5, hc, 144 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2018, ) The Case of a Cup of Joe (collects #6–10, hc, 152 pages, 2016, ; tpb, 2019, )
DC Comics Titles published by DC Comics include: Batman: The Batman Chronicles (anthology): "Random Encounters" (with Sal Buscema, in #14, 1998) collected in Batman: Road to No Man's Land Volume 1 (tpb, 288 pages, 2015, ) "An Answer in the Rubble" (with Roger Cruz, in #15, 1998) collected in Batman: Road to No Man's Land Volume 2 (tpb, 200 pages, 2016, ) Batman: No Man's Land: Volume 1 (tpb, 544 pages, 2011, ) includes: Batman #565 + Detective Comics #732: "Mosaic" (with Frank Teran, 1999) The Batman Chronicles #16: "Two Down" (with Jason Pearson, anthology, 1999) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #118: "Balance" (with Jason Pearson, 1999) Volume 2 (tpb, 512 pages, 2012, ) includes: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #119 + Batman: Shadow of the Bat #87: "Claim Jumping" (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 1999) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120: "Assembly" (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 1999) Batman: Shadow of the Bat #88 + Batman #568 + Detective Comics #735: "Fruit of the Earth" (with Dan Jurgens, 1999) Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant: "Echoes Past" (with Rick Burchett, anthology one-shot, 1999) Volume 4 (tpb, 552 pages, 2012, ) includes: Batman #572 + Detective Comics #739: "Jurisprudence" (with Damion Scott, 1999) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125: "Falling Back" (with Rick Burchett, 1999) Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93: "Assembly Redux" (with Paul Ryan, 1999) Batman: No Man's Land #0: "Ground Zero" (co-written by Rucka and Jordan B. Gorfinkel, art by Greg Land, 1999) Batman #573 + Detective Comics #740: "Shellgame" (with Sergio Cariello, 1999) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126 + Batman #574 + Detective Comics #741: "Endgame" (co-written by Rucka and Devin K. Grayson, art by Dale Eaglesham and Damion Scott, 1999) Batman: Shadow of the Bat #94: "Endgame (epilogue): Days of Auld Lang Syne" (with Pablo Raimondi, 1999) Detective Comics (with Shawn Martinbrough, John Watkiss (#745–746), Will Rosado (#747), Phil Hester (#748–749), Brad Rader + Steve Mannion (#753), Koi Turnbull (#756), Rick Burchett (#757, 762, 765, 775), Scott McDaniel (#766), Steve Lieber (#767–771, 773–774) and Sergio Cariello (#772), 2000–2002; with J. H. Williams III (#854–860), Jock (#861–863) and Scott Kolins (#863), 2009–2010) collected as: Batman: New Gotham Volume 1 (collects #742–753, tpb, 336 pages, 2017, ) Batman: New Gotham Volume 2 (collects #755–765, tpb, 296 pages, 2018, ) Batman: Bruce Wayne — Murderer? (includes #766–770, tpb, 624 pages, 2014, ) Includes the Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure one-shot (written by Rucka, art by Rick Burchett, 2002) Batman: Bruce Wayne — Fugitive (includes #771–775, tpb, 432 pages, 2014, ) Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J. H. Williams III (collects #854–863, tpb, 256 pages, 2017, ) Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood #1–6 (with Rick Burchett, 2000) collected as Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood (tpb, 144 pages, 2002, ) Batman: Turning Points #1 (with Steve Lieber) and #5 (with Paul Pope, 2001) collected in Batman: Turning Points (tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ) Batman: Officer Down (tpb, 168 pages, 2001, ) includes: Batman #587: "Part One: These are Your Rights" (with Rick Burchett, 2001) Batman: Gotham Knights #13: "Part Seven: The End" (with Rick Burchett, 2001) Gotham Central (with Michael Lark, Greg Scott (#17–18), Stefano Gaudiano (#28–31), Steve Lieber (#32 and 37) and Kano, 2003–2006) collected as: Issues #1–2, 12–15 and 33–36 are co-written by Rucka and Ed Brubaker. In the Line of Duty (includes #1–2 and 6–10, hc, 240 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2011, ) Jokers and Madmen (includes #12–15 and 17–18, hc, 288 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2011, ) On the Freak Beat (includes #23–25 and 28–31, hc, 224 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) Corrigan (collects #32–40, hc, 224 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2012, ) Omnibus (includes #1–2, 6–10, 12–15, 17–18, 23–25, 28–40, hc, 957 pages, 2016, ) Batman: Death and the Maidens (tpb, 224 pages, 2004, ; hc, 240 pages, 2017, ) collects: Detective Comics #783: "Death and the Maidens: Prologue" (with Klaus Janson, co-feature, 2003) Batman: Death and the Maidens #1–9 (with Klaus Janson, 2003–2004) DCU Infinite Holiday Special: "Lights" (with Christian Alamy, anthology one-shot, 2007) Detective Comics #1027: "Rookie" (with Eduardo Risso, co-feature, 2020) Flinch #8: "Guts" (with James Romberger, anthology, Vertigo, 1999) collected in Flinch Book One (tpb, 192 pages, 2015, ) Weird War Tales Special: "Esprit de Corps" (with Danijel Žeželj, anthology one-shot, Vertigo, 2000) Weird Western Tales vol. 2 #1: "This Gun for Hire" (with Rick Burchett, anthology, Vertigo, 2001) Superman: Superman: President Lex (tpb, 240 pages, 2003, ) includes: President Luthor Secret Files & Origins (co-features in one-shot, 2001): "The Why" (with Matthew Clark) "Most Suitable Person" (with Dale Eaglesham) Superman: Lex 2000: "One or the Other" (with Dwayne Turner, co-feature in one-shot, 2000) Adventures of Superman (with Matthew Clark, Renato Guedes, Paul Pelletier (#632), Rags Morales (#636) and Karl Kerschl, 2004–2006) collected as: Superman: Unconventional Warfare (collects #627–632 and co-features from #625–626, tpb, 160 pages, 2005, ) Superman: That Healing Touch (collects #633–638, tpb, 168 pages, 2005, ) Superman: Ruin Revealed (collects #640–641 and 644–647, tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ) Issues #642–643 are collected in Superman: Sacrifice (tpb, 192 pages, 2006, ) Issues #644–645 and 647 are scripted by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir from Rucka's plots. Issue #648, also scripted by DeFilippis and Weir from a story by Rucka, remains uncollected. Superman Secret Files 2004: "Pipolar Reorder" (with Jon Bogdanove, co-feature in one-shot, 2004) Supergirl vol. 4 #6: "Candor, Part One" (with Ed Benes, 2006) collected in Supergirl: The Girl of Steel (tpb, 304 pages, 2016, ) Rucka joined the series as the new regular writer, but left after one full issue. Issue #7 is scripted by Joe Kelly from Rucka's plot for "Candor". Solicitations for Rucka-written issues #7 and 8 (resolicited twice before Kelly was named as the new writer) are still available online. Action Comics (with Eddy Barrows, Sidney Teles (#876–877), Diego Olmos (#878–879), Julian López (#880) and Pere Pérez, 2009–2010) collected as: Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird Volume 1 (collects #875–879 and Annual #12, hc, 168 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, )