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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, ISBN 0-5531-0244-3; sc, 332 pages, 1997, ISBN 0-5535-7428-0) Finder (hc, 288 pages, Bantam Books, 1997, ISBN 0-5531-0098-X; sc, 352 pages, 1998, ISBN 0-5535-7429-9) Smoker (hc, 320 pages, Bantam Books, 1998, ISBN 0-5531-0716-X; sc, 432 pages, 1999, ISBN 0-5535-7829-4) Shooting at Midnight (hc, 368 pages, Bantam Books, 1999, ISBN 0-5531-0720-8; sc, 400 pages, 2000, ISBN 0-5535-7827-8) Critical Space (hc, 440 pages, Bantam Books, 2002, ISBN 0-7862-3836-4; sc, 528 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-5535-8179-1) Patriot Acts (hc, 352 pages, Bantam Books, 2007, ISBN 0-5538-0473-1; sc, 416 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-5535-8899-0) Walking Dead (hc, 320 pages, Bantam Books, 2009, ISBN 0-5538-0474-X; sc, 400 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-5535-8900-8) Other early work Novelizations, original stories within established franchises and other work, including: Batman: No Man's Land (hc, 448 pages, Pocket Books, 2000, ISBN 0-6710-3828-1) Grendel: Past Prime (sc, 208 pages, Dark Horse Books, 2000, ISBN 1-5697-1398-7) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer Volume 1: "A Good Run" (anthology sc, 280 pages, Simon Spotlight, 2001, ISBN 0-7434-0045-3) A Fistful of Rain (hc, 320 pages, Bantam Books, 2003, ISBN 0-5538-0135-X; sc, 400 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-5535-8182-1) 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, ISBN 0-5538-0276-3; sc, 528 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-5535-8492-8) Private Wars (hc, 432 pages, Bantam Books, 2005, ISBN 0-5538-0277-1; sc, 544 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-5535-8493-6) The Last Run (hc, 272 pages, Bantam Books, 2010, ISBN 0-5538-0475-8; sc, 352 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-5535-8901-6) 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, ISBN 0-7653-1571-8) Perfect Dark: Second Front (sc, 368 pages, Tor Books, 2007, ISBN 0-7653-1572-6) Jad Bell Series of novels starring the ex-Delta Force operative Jad Bell, including: Alpha (hc, 304 pages, Mulholland Books, 2012, ISBN 0-3161-8228-1; sc, 368 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-3161-8227-3) Bravo (hc, 304 pages, Mulholland Books, 2014, ISBN 0-3161-8230-3; sc, 368 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-3161-8229-X) 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, ISBN 1-4847-2495-X) Star Wars: Before the Awakening (hc, 224 pages, Lucasfilm Press, 2015, ISBN 1-4847-2822-X) Star Wars: Guardians of the Whills (hc, 240 pages, Lucasfilm Press, 2017, ISBN 1-4847-8081-7) Comics Oni Press Titles published by Oni Press include: Whiteout (with Steve Lieber): Whiteout Compendium (tpb, 240 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-6201-0448-2) collects: Whiteout #1–4 (1998) also collected as Whiteout (tpb, 128 pages, 1999, ISBN 0-966712-71-4) Whiteout: Melt #1–4 (1999–2000) also collected as Whiteout: Melt (tpb, 120 pages, 2000, ISBN 1-929998-03-1) 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, ISBN 1-932664-87-4) 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, ISBN 1-932664-89-0) 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, ISBN 1-932664-96-3) 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, ISBN 1-934964-13-1) 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, ISBN 1-934964-37-9; tpb, 2017, ISBN 1-6201-0440-7) 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, ISBN 1-934964-89-1; tpb, 2018, ISBN 1-6201-0480-6) Stumptown vol. 3 (with Justin Greenwood, 2014–2016) collected as: The Case of the King of Clubs (collects #1–5, hc, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-620102-01-3; tpb, 2018, ISBN 1-6201-0539-X) The Case of a Cup of Joe (collects #6–10, hc, 152 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6201-0301-X; tpb, 2019, ISBN 1-6201-0579-9) 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, ISBN 1-4012-5827-1) "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, ISBN 1-4012-6063-2) Batman: No Man's Land: Volume 1 (tpb, 544 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3228-0) includes: Batman #565 + Detective Comics #732: "Mosaic.... 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