Craig Kyle

Craig Kyle
Born	(1971-11-03) November 3, 1971 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Area(s)	Screenwriter, producer
Pseudonym(s)	J.D. Murray
Notable works	X-23: Innocence Lost X-23: Target X X-Force Thor (Marvel Comics) Thor: The Dark World Thor: Ragnarok Hulk VS Planet Hulk Doctor Strange New X-Men

Craig Paul Kyle (born November 3, 1971) is an American writer for Marvel Comics. He is best known for his creation of the character X-23. He has also produced several of Marvel's direct-to-DVD animated films and worked on several aspects of the Thor film series.

Life and career

Kyle was born in Houston, Texas. He is a frequent collaborator with Christopher Yost, and they are perhaps best known for the creation of mutant character X-23, teenage female clone of Wolverine. In 2003, Kyle and Yost co-wrote the episodes of X-Men: Evolution that introduced X-23 to the X-Men: Evolution universe. Marvel executives were impressed with X-23's reception on TV, and subsequently asked Yost and Kyle to adapt the character into comics, first by writing the character into a six issue eponymous mini-series, and then by taking over writing chores (as of issue #20) on the New X-Men (formerly New X-Men: Academy X) title, bringing X-23 in as a regular character. The success of X-23's first miniseries (X-23: Innocence Lost) prompted Marvel to order a second six-issue miniseries with Kyle and Yost at the helm, titled X-23: Target X.

Kyle and Yost concluded their stint on the New X-Men title after the events of "X-Men: Messiah Complex" when the title turned into Young X-Men. Chris Yost and Kyle co-wrote the revamped X-Force with Clayton Crain on pencils; the cast featured Wolverine, Warpath, Wolfsbane, and X-23 as black ops agents on assassination missions per the orders of Cyclops. The series ended in 2010 and was replaced by Uncanny X-Force, written by Rick Remender.

Filmography

Film

Theatrical

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Writer	Producer
2011	Thor	No	Executive	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
2013	Thor: The Dark World	No	Executive	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
2017	Thor: Ragnarok	Yes	No	Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; writer with Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Writer	Producer
2006	Ultimate Avengers:The Movie	Story	Yes	Released as part of the Marvel Animated Features collection
	Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther	Yes	Executive
2007	The Invincible Iron Man	Story	Executive
	Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme	Story	Executive
2008	Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow	Story	Yes
2009	Hulk vs Thor	Story	No
	Hulk vs Wolverine	Yes	Yes
2010	Planet Hulk	No	Yes
2011	Thor: Tales of Asgard	Story	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Writer	Producer
2000–2003	X-Men: Evolution	Yes	Yes	8 episodes
2003	Spider-Man: The New Animated Series	No	Associate
2006	Fantastic Four	No	Yes
2007	Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes	Story	No
2009	Wolverine and the X-Men	Yes	Yes
2021	Pacific Rim: The Black	Yes	Executive	Web series Showrunner, alongside Greg Johnson

References

• Craig Kyle at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

• Craig Kyle at IMDb