Donny Cates

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  • Bibliography:
    62 Books
  • First Book:
    May 2016
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Marvel's Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange: Damnation: The Complete Collection ()
Doctor Strange by Donny Cates Vol. 1: God of Magic (Jun-2018)
Doctor Strange by Donny Cates (Apr-2019)

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy by Donny Cates Vol. 1: The Final Gauntlet (Sep-2019)
Guardians of the Galaxy by Donny Cates Vol. 2: Faithless (Mar-2020)

Marvel's Ghost Rider

Cosmic Ghost Rider: Baby Thanos Must Die (Jan-2019)

Marvel's Thor

Thor By Donny Cates Vol. 1: The Devourer King (Nov-2020)

Book List in Order: 62 titles

  • The Paybacks Volume 1

    Heroism doesn’t come cheap, so when superheroes borrow money to finance their genetic enhancements or crime-fighting supercomputers, their debts make student loans look like IOUs. Enter the Paybacks, a repo squad composed of bankrupt former heroes ...

  • God Country Vol. 1

    SOUTHERN BASTARDS meets American Gods in a high-stakes fantasy series that masterfully blends high-octane action and jaw-dropping worldbuilding. In GOD COUNTRY, readers meet Emmett Quinlan, an old widower rattled by dementia. Emmett isn't just a prob...

  • Buzzkill

    Ruben is an unconventional superhero who gets his powers through the consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs. On one fateful day, facing a world-ending threat, Reuben drank so much that he blacked out. He saved the world...but he has no idea how or ...

  • Redneck Volume 1: Deep In The Heart

    The Bowmans are VAMPIRES who have quietly run the local barbecue joint in their small town for years, living off cows’ blood. Their peaceful coexistence ends as generations of hate, fear, and bad blood bubble to the surface -- making it impossible ...

  • Redneck Volume 2: Eyes Upon You

    After leaving Sulphur Springs behind in a bloody hurry, the Bowmans are lying low from the law with a new member of the family in tow. But there are rules to being a vampire…and when the rules are broken, the family will surely suffer…. Collects ...

  • Doctor Strange by Donny Cates Vol. 1: God of Magic

    Marvel's Doctor Strange

    Collects Doctor Strange #381-385. Evil is everywhere, and the world needs the Sorcerer Supreme more than ever. But the Sorcerer Supreme is now…Loki?! Say hello to the Master of the Mischief Arts! The Norse lord of lies has the cloak, the spells --...

  • Thanos Wins by Donny Cates

    Collects Thanos (2016) #13-18 And Thanos Annual (2018) #1. Ask the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe how they fear the universe will end, and in their most honest moment, they will answer with two words: “Thanos wins.” And now, it looks...

  • The Paybacks Collection

    From the team that delivered the smash-hit God Country and critically acclaimed Buzzkill, comes a repo squad composed of bankrupt former heroes here to foreclose on everybody's secret lairs!This superhero parody explores the idea that heroism doesn't...

  • BABYTEETH, Volume 1

    Sadie Ritter is sixteen years old, nine months pregnant, and scared out of her sweet nerdy mind. Having a baby that young is tough. But with the support of her loving family behind her, everything should be okay. OH YEAH, and also her baby is the ant...



  • Venom By Donny Cates Vol. 1: Rex

    Collects Venom (2018) #1-12. Rising star Donny Cates and blockbuster artist Ryan Stegman transform the world of Venom! An ancient and primordial evil has surfaced beneath the streets of New York. With it, something equally disturbing has been awakene...

  • Death of the Inhumans

    Collecting Death of the Inhumans #1-5. The alien Kree are on a killing spree, leaving behind a message: Join or die. Thousands of Inhumans have already made their choice _the evidence floats, bleeding, in space. Attilan died screaming without its kin...

  • Cosmic Ghost Rider: Baby Thanos Must Die

    Marvel's Ghost Rider

    Collecting Cosmic Ghost Rider #1-5. You knew him as the Punisher. Then Frank Castle made a deal with the devil that made him the Ghost Rider. A deal with Galactus made him cosmic. And a deal with Thanos made him?ead?! Not to worry, Castle doesn? die ...

  • Redneck Volume 3: Longhorns

    With life at its absolute lowest for the Bowman family, they’re forced to turn to a clan Bartlett had hoped to avoid for the rest of his very long life. Why? Because it’s led by his ex, July… Collects REDNECK #13-18...

  • Doctor Strange by Donny Cates

    Marvel's Doctor Strange

    Collects Doctor Strange (2017) #381-390, Doctor Strange: Damnation (2018) #1-4. Duplicity and Damnation! Evil is everywhere, and the world needs the Sorcerer Supreme more than ever. But the Sorcerer Supreme is now…Loki?! Say hello to the Master of ...

  • Venom By Donny Cates Vol. 2: The Abyss

    Collects Venom (2018) #16-25. From ABSOLUTE CARNAGE to “Venom Island,” Donny Cates continues his sensational shake-up of the symbiotic mythos! With the serial killer Cletus Kasady on the warpath, Eddie Brock must protect his son, Dylan, at all co...

  • Marvel Knights 20th

    Collects Marvel Knights 20th #1-6. In celebration of the legendary imprint founded two decades ago, a new crop of talented creators unveils a groundbreaking story in the hard-hitting Marvel Knights style! In the cemetery, the blind man doesn’t know...

  • Interceptor

    The rich and powerful traded a vampire-infested planet Earth for luxurious life among the stars. When they send their emissary Poli back with a mech-suit and a mission, she discovers they may have left a few people behind. THERE'S AN ENTIRE PLANET OF...

  • Interceptor Volume 1

    Poli has a mech suit and a mission. Weep has machine guns and a temper. Together they lead a band of freedom fighters on a planet populated exclusively by blood-sucking vampires. A planet called Earth. Donny Cates (Venom, God Country) and Dylan Burne...

  • Thanos By Donny Cates

    Collects Thanos (2016) #13-18, Annual; Cosmic Ghost Rider #1-5, Thanos Legacy #1. Ask the most powerful beings in the galaxy how they fear the universe will end, and in their most honest moment, they will answer with two words: “Thanos wins.” Now...



  • Guardians of the Galaxy by Donny Cates Vol. 1: The Final Gauntlet

    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

    WHO WILL STAND? The universe is on fire. Hundreds of worlds are at war. Never has there been such hatred and division across the cosmos. And in spite of all this, Thanos of Titan is still dead...or is he? Now, more than ever, the cosmos need the Guar...

  • Venom Unleashed Vol. 1

    Collects Web of Venom: Ve'Nam #1, Web of Venom: Carnage Born #1, Web of Venom: Venom Unleashed #1, Web of Venom: Funeral Pyre #1. Sinister tales from the web of Venom! First, journey back in time to the United States’ struggles in the Vietnam War. ...

  • Babyteeth Vol. 3

    The story of the Antichrist and the people who love him continues as we enter into the most terrifying chapter of our journey so far: THE TERRIBLE TWOS! With almost every horrible truth laid bare for the Ritter family, the journey to save Clark and H...

  • Venom Vol. 3: Unleashed

  • Redneck Volume 4: Lone Star

    In the wake of their darkest day, it’s time to say goodbye to The Lone Star State as the Bowman family searches for salvation… in the shadows of Mexico. Collects REDNECK #19-24...

  • Silver Surfer: Black

    Collects Silver Surfer: Black #1-5. Is this the end of Norrin Radd? In GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, the cosmos’ greatest defenders were thrown through a black hole -- including the Silver Surfer! But his story doesn’t end there! To beat back oblivi...

  • Absolute Carnage

    Collects Absolute Carnage (2019) #1-5. Paint the town red - blood red! Carnage, the psychotic offspring of Venom, has returned -- and he plans to slaughter everyone who’s ever worn a symbiote! Cletus Kasady has skirted the periphery of the Marvel...

  • Venom By Donny Cates Vol. 3: Absolute Carnage

    Collects Venom (2018) 16-20. Eddie Brock has his hands more than full! With the serial killer symbiote Carnage on the loose, Venom must protect his son, Dylan, at all costs! But Venom and Carnage aren’t the only two symbiotes around -- and that o...

  • Guardians of the Galaxy by Donny Cates Vol. 2: Faithless

    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

    Collects Guardians Of The Galaxy (2019) #7-12, Guardians of the Galaxy Annual (2019) #1. The death of Rocket? The Guardians of the Galaxy are taking some well-deserved R&R -- but their vacation will soon be cut short when a familiar, radically ...

  • Venom Vol. 5: Absolute Carnage



  • Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 4: Venom Island

    Collect Venom (2018) #21-25. Donny Cates’ symbiotic saga continues in grand fashion! In the aftermath of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, Eddie Brock finds himself on the ominous Island of Bones. But this is no relaxing vacation: Cletus Kasady may be gone, but th...

  • Venom: Rex Marvel Select Edition

    Collects Venom (2018) #1-6. Continuing the series of graphic novels handpicked by Marvel Editorial to showcase pivotal storylines written and drawn by some of Marvel’s most acclaimed creators! Beneath the streets of New York, an ancient and primord...

  • Venom Vol. 6: Venom Island

  • Thor By Donny Cates Vol. 1: The Devourer King

    Marvel's Thor

    Collects Thor (2020) #1-6. A new legend begins! The prince is now a king. All of Asgard lies before Thor, the God of Thunder, and the Ten Realms are finally at peace. But the skies above the Realm Eternal are never clear for long. The Black Winter is...

  • Guardians of the Galaxy by Donny Cates

    Collects Guardians of the Galaxy (2019) #1-12, Guardians of the Galaxy Annual (2019) #1. Donny Cates’ complete Guardians saga in one stellar collection! Hundreds of worlds are at war. More than ever, the galaxy needs the Guardians -- but in the a...

  • Marvel Cosmic Universe by Donny Cates Omnibus Vol. 1

    Blockbuster writer Donny Cates (VENOM, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, THOR) unleashes cosmic chaos! Ask the galaxy's most powerful beings how they fear the universe will end, and they will answer with two words: Thanos wins. Now, that disturbing though...

  • Reactor Vol. 1

    A year has passed since Poli landed on Earth with the mission to kill every damn vampire that drove humans off-planet. A year since Weep, a teenage girl, showed Poli that in fact not everyone made it to the stars. And now, standing before King Luc’...

  • Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 5: Venom Beyond

    Collects Venom (2018) #26-30 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2020 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1. When a dangerous armored foe named Virus erupts into Venom’s life, he threatens to rip away everything Eddie Brock holds dear. His son, his symbiote -- ...

  • Redneck Volume 5: Tall Tales

    The Bowmans are vampires who have quietly run the local barbecue joint in their small town for years, living off cow's blood. Their peaceful coexistence ends as generations of hate, fear, and bad blood bubble to the surface -- making it impossible to...

  • Crossover Vol. 1: Kids Love Chains

    Imagine everything you thought was fantasy...was real. And now join us, in a world where reality is dead...and anything is possible...  The powerhouse creative team of DONNY CATES (Venom, Thor), GEOFF SHAW (GOD COUNTRY, Thanos Wins), DEE CUNNIFF...



  • Crossover, Volume 1: Kids Love Chains

    DONNY CATES and GEOFF SHAW reunite for an epic and historic series that’s AVENGERS: ENDGAME meets CLOVERFIELD with a good dose of the questing of THE DARK TOWER series thrown in for good measure.Imagine everything you thought was fantasy......

  • King in Black

    Collects King In Black (2020) #1-5. Darkness reigns! After a campaign of terror across the galaxy, Knull reaches Earth -- and he hasn’t come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a f...

  • Thor By Donny Cates Vol. 2: Prey

    Collects Thor (2020) #7-14. Something is wrong with Mjolnir! All-Father Thor needs his hammer now more than ever before…and yet the Uru grows heavier with each passing day. What will it take for the God of Thunder to hold on to one of the most powe...

  • Venom By Donny Cates Vol. 6: King In Black

    Collects Venom (2018) #31-34, 200. Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman bring their three-year saga to a stunning close! The horrifying threat of the King in Black, all-powerful god of the symbiote race, has loomed large for years. Now, after millennia of im...

  • Carnage

    Collects Carnage: Black, White & Blood (2021) #1-4. Carnage is back, carving a path of chaos crafted by some of Marvel's greatest creators! Beware, True Believers: These spine-chilling tales are not for the faint of heart - and they are prese...

  • Thor by Donny Cates Vol. 3: Revelations

    Collects Thor (2020) #15-18, Thor Annual (2021) #1 (A story). Odin has returned! But an air of tension now sits upon the throne. Father and son. All-Father and All-Father. Odin and Thor. Is this relationship forever doomed, and what does it mean for ...

  • BABYTEETH: Volume 4

    From Donny Cates, the writer of Crossover, Venom, Thanos, Redneck and the breakout hit God Country, come the long-awaited final chapters in this pulse-pounding hit series with art from THE REVISIONIST’s Garry Brown! This impressive volume colle...

  • Crossover Vol. 2: The Ten-Cent Plague

    Five years ago, the realm of comic book fiction collapsed into our very real world. And now, amidst the chaos, a new threat has risen. Someone, or something, is killing comic book writers and artists all over the country. Watch as the mystery of this...

  • Crossover, Volume 2: The Ten Cent Plague

    Five years ago the realm of comic book fiction collapsed into our very real world. And now, amidst the chaos, a new threat has risen. Someone, or something, is killing comic book writers and artists all over the country. Watch as the mystery of this ...

  • Redneck Volume 6

    The Bowmans are vampires who have quietly run the local barbecue joint in their small town for years, living off cow's blood. Their peaceful coexistence ends as generations of hate, fear, and bad blood bubble to the surface—making it impossible ...



  • BABYTEETH: YEAR TWO HC

    Crazy Warlock dudes, super secret cabals, inter-dimensional portals, new assassins, and the horrors of airline travel with a (demonic hellspawn sent to destroy the universe) baby! Plus: Marty, your new favorite demon-racoon-thing friend! Year Two...

  • Thor By Donny Cates Vol. 4: God Of Hammers

    Collects Thor (2020) #19-24. Mjolnir has gone missing! Nobody, not even the all-seeing Lady Sif, is able to locate the powerful Uru hammer Thor has wielded in battle for centuries. So Thor must turn to the last person he wants help from: Odin. For un...

  • Hulk By Donny Cates Vol. 1: Smashtronaut!

    Collects Hulk (2021) #1-6 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2021 (Avengers/Hulk). Look to the stars as the next exciting era of HULK begins! The gamma-powered creative team of Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley takes on the Hulk - and the results are su...

  • Hulk Vs. Thor: Banner Of War

    Collects Hulk vs. Thor: Banner of War Alpha (2022) #1, Thor (2020) #25-26 and Hulk (2021) #7-8. A cataclysmic crossover destined to be a smash hit! Hulk and Thor have both undergone massive changes recently, but one thing remains constant: their heat...

  • Marvel Knights: Make the World Go Away

    Collects Marvel Knights 20TH #1-6. In celebration of the legendary imprint founded more than two decades ago, a new crop of talented creators unveils a groundbreaking story in the hard-hitting Marvel Knights style! In the cemetery, the blind man does...

  • Vanish Volume 1

    Oliver Harrison was a mythical hero who slayed the greatest threat to his realm before even hitting puberty. But that was then. As an adult, Oliver leads an average cookie-cutter suburban life—aside from the fact that he's mentally unstable, ma...

  • COSMIC GHOST RIDER BY DONNY CATES

    Collects THANOS (2016) #13-18; COSMIC GHOST RIDER (2018) #1-5; GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2019) #1-6; and material from REVENGE OF THE COSMIC GHOST RIDER #1, THANOS ANNUAL (2018) #1, THANOS LEGACY and WOLVERINE: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #3. Thanos' new...

  • Thor By Donny Cates Vol. 5: The Legacy Of Thanos

    Collects Thor (2020) #27-28, Thanos: Death Notes (2022) #1, Thor (2020) #29-30. A clash of mighty Marvel monarchs! Thor, King of Asgard vs. Eddie Brock, King in Black! Hammer vs. tongue! Lightning vs. symbiote! Golden hair vs. pointy teeth! But whate...

  • Thor By Donny Cates Vol. 5

    Collects Thor (2020) #27-28, Thanos: Death Notes (2022) #1, Thor (2020) #29-30. A clash of mighty Marvel monarchs! Thor, King of Asgard vs. Eddie Brock, King in Black! Hammer vs. tongue! Lightning vs. symbiote! Golden hair vs. pointy teeth! But w...

  • Hulk By Donny Cates Vol. 2: Hulk Planet

    Collects Hulk (2021) #9-14. Journey to a Hulk Planet! Thoroughly shaken by his battle with Thor - and by Titan's impact on his friends - Bruce Banner finds what should be the ultimate paradise: an entire planet of Hulk-like creatures thriving under t...

  • Vanish Volume 2

    Members of superhero group, The Prestige, continue to attack Oliver Harrison as his sanity and sobriety hang in the balance. While Oliver’s power grows and he holds his ground, we gain vital insight into the mystic realm of Everkeep and evil Ba...

  • Thor By Donny Cates Vol. 6: BLOOD OF THE FATHERS

    Collects Thor (2020) #31-35. The gates to Valhalla are broken, and the souls of all who inhabit it have vanished! On a quest for answers, Thor must face Doctor Doom in a battle of wits, morals and might! Doom's latest plot lies deep in Asgard's histo...

  • Doctor Strange: Damnation: The Complete Collection

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    Marvel's Doctor Strange

    It’s DAMNATION NATION! Mephisto’s on a hot streak that won’t stop! Every team that’s faced him has fallen, while more of the country falls under his influence. There’s just one card left to play: Wong versus Mephisto…ALONE! Who escapes al...

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Donny Cates has published 62 books.

Donny Cates does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Vanish Volume 2, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Donny Cates, The Paybacks Volume 1, was published in May 2016.

No. Donny Cates does not write books in series.
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