Craig Kyle

Craig 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.

Craig Kyle
Born	November 3, 1971 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	American
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

Life and career

Kyle was born in Houston, Texas. He is a frequent collaborator Christopher Yost 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	TBA	Executive	Web series; post-production Creator, alongside Greg Johnson

Sources

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

External links

• Craig Kyle at IMDb
• Craig Kyle at TV.com