Sam Humphries

Sam Humphries (born March 16, 1977) is an American comic book and video game writer located in Los Angeles. He is also the co-host of DC Daily on the DC Universe streaming platform.

Sam Humphries
Born	Samuel Ryan Humphries (1977-03-16) March 16, 1977 Maryland, U.S.
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Legendary Star-Lord Green Lanterns Harley Quinn Jonesy Blackbird Dial H for Hero

Early life

Humphries was born in Maryland and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On March 3, 1994, Humphries appeared on stage in a high school production of Music Man. He played the pre-pubescent Winthrop Paroo.[1]

Career

Sam Humphries began his career in the American comic book market by self-publishing. In 2011 he self-published Our Love Is Real and Sacrifice which brought him to the attention of comic book publishers. His first work for Marvel was an adaptation of John Carter: The Gods of Mars with artist Ramon Perez and colorist Jordie Bellaire. After the departure of Jonathan Hickman from the Ultimate Comics: Ultimates, Humphries took the writing of that title. He followed up with the series Uncanny X-Force and Avengers A.I. In 2014, he wrote The Legendary Star-Lord and led the crossover event Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex.

During this time, Humphries wrote the mobile fighting game Marvel: Contest of Champions developed by Kabam. During the publishing event Secret Wars, Humphries wrote the tie in series Planet Hulk and Starlord and Kitty Pride.

In 2016, Humphries began work at DC Comics, writing Green Lanterns during the company's "Rebirth" initiative. Humphries also wrote "The Untouchable" arc for Nightwing. In July 2018, Humphries took over Harley Quinn, beginning a new run on the character. In January 2019, it was announced Humphries would resurrect the Silver Age title Dial H for Hero for Wonder Comics, the DC-published imprint curated by Brian Michael Bendis.

Humphries' creator-owned original comics include Blackbird,[2] co-created with Jen Bartel for Image Comics, Jonesy co-created with Caitlin Rose Boyle for Boom! Studios, and Goliath Girls, co-created with Alti Firmansyah for Comixology.

Bibliography

Boom! Studios

• CBGB (anthology, with among other artists, collected in CBGB, tpb, 112 pages, November 2010, ISBN 1-60886-024-8)
• Fanboys vs. Zombies #1–12 (April 2012 – March 2013)
  • Volume 1: Wrecking Crew 4 Lyfe #1–4 (with Jerry Gaylord, tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60886-289-5)
  • Volume 2: Appetite for Destruction #5–8 (with Jerry Gaylord and Bryan Turner, tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60886-307-7)
  • Volume 3 #9–12 (with Shane Houghton, Jerry Gaylord and Bryan Turner, tpb, 112 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60886-335-2)
• Higher Earth #1–9 (May 2012 – August 2013)
  • Volume 1 #1–5 (with Francesco Biagini, tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60886-290-9)
  • Volume 2 #6–9 (with Francesco Biagini, tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-60886-304-2)
• Jonesy #1-present (February 2016 – present)
  • Jonesy #1–4 (with Caitlin Rose Boyle, tpb, 112 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-60886-883-4)

Self-published

• Our Love is Real (graphic novel with Steven Sanders, July 2011)
• Sacrifice (6-issue limited series with Dalton Rose, December 2011 – March 2013 collected in Sacrifice, hc, 168 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-59582-985-7, Dark Horse Comics)

Marvel Comics

• John Carter: The Gods of Mars (5-issue limited series, with Ramón K. Pérez, March–July 2012, collected in John Carter: The Gods of Mars, 112 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6513-4)
• Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #10–24 (May 2012 – April 2013)
  • Ultimate Comics Ultimates by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 2 (tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-78515-720-4) collects:
    • "Two Cities. Two Worlds" (with Jonathan Hickman, Luke Ross and Ron Garney, in #10–12, 2012)
  • Ultimate Comics Divided We Fall, United We Stand (hc, 408 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6781-1) collects:
    • "Divided We Fall" (with Billy Tan and Timothy Green II, in #13–15, 2012)
    • "United We Stand" (with Luke Ross, in #15–18, 2012)
  • Ultimate Comics Ultimates By Sam Humphries Vol. 1 (tpb, 152 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6174-0) collects:
    • "Point One" (with Dale Eaglesham, in #18.1, 2012)
    • "Reconstruction" (with Scot Eaton and Joe Bennett, in #19–24, 2012–2013)
• Uncanny X-Force vol. 2 #1–17 (January 2013 – January 2014)
  • Volume 1: Let it Bleed (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6739-0) collects:
    • "Let It Bleed" (with Ron Garney, in #1, 2013)
    • "Gimme Shelter" (with Ron Garney, in #2, 2013)
    • "Sweet Virginia" (with Ron Garney, in #3, 2013)
    • "Street Fighting Man" (with Ron Garney, in #4, 2013)
    • "Shine A Light" (with Adrian Alphona and Dexter Soy, in #5, 2013)
    • "Untitled" (with Adrian Alphona and Dexter Soy, in #6, 2013)
  • Volume 2: Torn and Frayed (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6740-4) collects:
    • "Untitled" (with Adrian Alphona, Dalibor Talajic and Ramón K. Pérez, in #7–12, 2013)
  • Volume 3: The Great Corruption (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8985-8) collects:
    • "Untitled" (with Phil Briones, Ángel Unzueta and Dalibor Talajic, in #13–15, 2013)
    • "Vendeta" (with Harvey Tolibao, in #16–17, 2014)
• Avengers A.I. #1–12 (July 2013 – April 2014)
  • Volume 1: Human After All (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8491-0) collects:
    • "Initiate" (with Andre Lima Araujo and Valerio Schiti, in #1–6, 2013)
  • Volume 2: 12,000 A.D. (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8492-9) collects:
    • "Initiate" (with Andre Lima Araujo, in #7.INH, #8–12, 2013–2014)
• Legendary Star-Lord vol. 1 #1–11 (with Paco Medina and Freddie Williams II, July 2014 – May 2015)
  • Volume 1: Face It, I Rule #1–5 (tpb, 112 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9159-3)
  • Volume 2: Rise of the Black Vortex #6–10 (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9160-7)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex (hc, 312 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9770-2) collects:
    • "The Black Vortex: Chapter 1" (with Ed McGuiness and Kris Anka, in Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex Alpha, 2015)
    • "The Black Vortex: Chapter 3" (with Paco Medina, in #9, 2015)
    • "The Black Vortex: Chapter 6" (with Mike Mayhew, in Guardians Team-up #3, 2015)
    • "The Black Vortex: Chapter 9" (with Paco Medina, in #10, 2015)
    • "The Black Vortex: Chapter 12" (with Paco Medina, in #11, 2015)
    • "The Black Vortex: Chapter 13" (with Ed McGuiness and Javier Garrón, in Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex Omega, 2015)
• Avengers vol. 5 #34.2, "Big City" (with Bengal, January 2015) collected in Avengers World Vol. 4: Before Time Runs Out (tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9252-2)
• Planet Hulk #1–5 (May 2015 – September 2015)
  • Planet Hulk: Warzones (tpb, 120 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9881-4) collects:
    • "Part One: The Oath" (with Marc Laming, in #1, 2015)
    • "Part Two: The Path" (with Marc Laming, in #2, 2015)
    • "Part Three: The Storm" (with Marc Laming, in #3, 2015)
    • "Part Four: The Kingdom" (with Marc Laming, in #4, 2015)
    • "Part Five: The Chronicle" (with Marc Laming, in #5, 2015)
• Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde (3-issue limited series with Alti Firmansyah, July–September 2015, collected in Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde, 128 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9843-1)
• Star-Lord vol. 1 #1–8 (November 2015 – June 2016)
  • Volume 3: First Fly (tpb, 112 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9624-2) collects:
    • "Year One, Chapter One: Free Falling" (with Javier Garrón, in #1, 2015)
    • "Year One, Chapter Two: Space Pirates of the Galaxy" (with Javier Garrón, in #2, 2015)
    • "Year One, Chapter Three: Into the Great Wide Open" (with Javier Garrón, in #3, 2016)
    • "Year One, Chapter Four: The Bout on the Boat" (with Javier Garrón, in #4, 2016)
    • "Year One, Chapter Five: From the Earth to the Star-Lord" (with Javier Garrón, in #5, 2016)
  • Volume 4: Out of Orbit (tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9625-0) collects:
    • "Out of Orbit, Chapter One: You Are My Sunshine" (with Javier Garrón, in #6, 2016)
    • "Out of Orbit, Chapter Two: We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together" (with Javier Garrón, in #7, 2016)
    • "Out of Orbit, Chapter Three: You're Gonna Carry That Weight" (with Javier Garrón and Will Robson, in #8, 2016)
• Weirdworld vol. 2 #1–6 (December 2015 – May 2016)
  • Volume 1: Where Lost Things Go (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-3029-0043-9) collects:
    • "Where The Lost Can Be Found" (with Mike del Mundo, in #1, 2015)
    • "Belly of the Catbeast" (with Mike del Mundo, in #2, 2016)
    • "In the Forge of the Grand Mechanic" (with Mike del Mundo, in #3, 2016)
    • "Happily Ever After" (with Mike del Mundo, in #4, 2016)
    • "Weird War" (with Mike del Mundo, in #5, 2016)
    • "Happily Ever After" (with Mike del Mundo, in #6, 2016)

Image Comics

• Citizen Jack (6-issue limited series with Tommy Patterson, November 2015 – May 2016, collected in Citizen Jack, tpb, 168 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-63215-705-5)
• Blackbird (with Jen Bartel, October 2018 – March 2019, collected in Blackbird, tpb, 168 pages, 2019, ISBN 978-1-5343-1259-3)

DC Comics

• Green Lanterns #1-#32(June 2016 – October 2017)
  • Volume 1: Rage Planet (tpb, 168 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-6775-0) collects:
    • "Green Lanterns: Rebirth" (with Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver and Ed Benes, in Green Lanterns: Rebirth #1, 2016)
    • "Rage Planet" (with Robson Rocha, Tom Derenick, Jack Herbert, Neil Edwards, Ed Benes and Eduardo Pansica, in #1–6, 2016)
  • Volume 2: The Phantom Lantern (tpb, 184 pages, 2017) collects:
• Harley Quinn #45-Present (September 2018 – Present)
• Nightwing # 35-#41 (February 2018 – May 2018)
• Legion of Super-Heroes/Bugs Bunny Special #1 (August 2017)

References

1. Sam Humphries [@samhumphries] (March 3, 2019). "For personal reasons, I realize that 25 years ago tonight I appeared on stage in a high school production of The Music Man. My role was pre-pubescent Winthrop Paroo. Please update my Wikipedia. Thanks" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. Brown, Tracy (September 5, 2018). "See Exclusive 'Blackbird' Art from Sam Humphries and Jen Bartel's Comic Series Set in L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 18, 2019.

External links

• Interview with Sam Humphries in Comic book Resources