Charles Soule

Charles Soule attended the University of Pennsylvania,[1] where he received his undergraduate degree in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, with a concentration in Chinese language and history.[2] He graduated from Columbia Law School in 2000.[3]

Soule worked in New York City for the firm Ropes & Gray, LLP before starting his own practice in 2004. At his firm, he practiced immigration law, transactional law and corporate law.[3][4]

His first comic book was 27:First Set which was inspired by the well-known urban legends about rock stars who die at age 27.

In 2009 SLG Publishing published Soule's graphic novel Strongman which focuses on a luchador-turned-hero. A sequel to Strongman subtitled Oaxaca Tapout was completed in 2011 but remains unreleased. His other creator-owned projects include Strange Attractors, about complexity theory applied to New York City by two genius mathematicians, released by Archaia in May 2013, and Letter 44, from Oni Press, a real-world sci-fi political thriller involving a manned space mission to investigate an anomaly in the asteroid belt. Letter 44 is an ongoing series, the first issue of which debuted in October 2013.[5] Letter 44 was optioned for development by the SyFy network in early 2014.[6]

Soule (right) with (from left) fellow writers Joe Infurnari and Jeffrey Burandt at a signing at JHU Comics in Manhattan

In 2013, Soule took over writing duties for Swamp Thing with issue #19, after Scott Snyder's departure.[7] In addition, he was the writer for Red Lanterns commencing with issue #21[8] and continuing through issue #37. Starting in October 2013, Soule originated Superman/Wonder Woman, illustrated by Tony Daniel.[9]

Soule was the writer for Marvel Comics' ongoing titles She-Hulk and Inhuman, as well as the writer of The Death of Wolverine published in September 2014. Additional Marvel Comics titles written by Soule include Uncanny Inhumans, Daredevil, Lando, Obi-Wan & Anakin and the "Secret Wars" storyline tie-in book Civil War.

In January 2016, Soule was announced as the writer of a Marvel ongoing series focusing on the Poe Dameron character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with Phil Noto as artist.[10]

In January 2017, his ongoing series Curse Words with co-creator Ryan Browne began publication from Image Comics.[11]

In January 2018 it was reported that Soule would be writing a 40-page one-shot titled Hunt for Wolverine, which would span multiple genres in exploring the mystery behind the character's return from the dead in 2017's Marvel Legacy #1.[12]

Soule's debut novel, The Oracle Year, was released on April 3, 2018 from Harper Perennial.[13][14]

In June 2018, Marvel announced Soule would be writing the series Return of Wolverine, as a follow-up to Death of Wolverine and Hunt For Wolverine.[15]

Soule's series Letter 44, illustrated by Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, was an official selection of the 2016 Festival International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France, recognizing it as one of the finest graphic titles published in the French language in the preceding year.[16]

Superman/Wonder Woman: Power Couple, the first collected trade paperback of the monthly series, received the 2015 Stan Lee Excelsior Award.[17]

Both Soule's series 27: First Set (with Renzo Podesta) was included on the "Great Graphic Novels" list from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) in 2012.[18] In 2016, Soule's run on She-Hulk (with Javier Pulido and Ronald Wimberly) were included on YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens.[19]

Soule is based in Brooklyn, New York.[20]

• Charles Soule at the Grand Comics Database

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• Charles Soule's Professional Law site
• Charles Soule's personal blog
• Charles Soule at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Charle Soule's creator page on Image Comics website
• Interview with Charles Soule, io9
• Interview, via Nerdist, with Charles Soule and Jon Benjamin
• interview with Charles Soule about Swamp Thing, Comic Vine
• Interview with Charles Soule about his comic 27, Comic Book Resources
• Inverview with Charles Soule about his upcoming comic Strange Attractors, Newsarama