Karl Kesel

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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1998
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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DC Comics: Batman

Batman & Superman: World's Finest (Nov-2003)

DC Comics: Superman

Batman & Superman: World's Finest (Nov-2003)
Superman Blue, Volume 1 (Jul-2018)

Famous Characters: Batman

Batman & Superman: World's Finest (Nov-2003)

Famous Characters: Superman

Batman & Superman: World's Finest (Nov-2003)
Superman Blue, Volume 1 (Jul-2018)

Marvel's Captain America

Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip (Dec-2010)
Captain America: Patriot (Feb-2011)

Marvel's Spider-Man

Spider-Man Family: Itsy-Bitsy Battles (Oct-2008)
Spider-Man: New York Stories (May-2011)
Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 3 (May-2013)

Book List in Order: 23 titles

  • The Final Night

    Darkness envelops the DC Universe, as the aptly named alien known as the Sun-Eater plunges the Earth into permanent night-and along with it, freezing temperatures and ecological disaster. Can DC’s greatest heroes and scientists save the day? And wh...

  • Batman & Superman: World's Finest

    DC Comics: Batman
    DC Comics: Superman
    Famous Characters: Batman
    Famous Characters: Superman

  • Tangent Comics Volume 2

    Written by Karl Kesel, John Ostrander, Chuck Dixon and Dan Jurgens Art by Sean Chen, Klaus Janson, Matt Haley and others Cover by Dan Jurgens & Kevin Conrad Collecting more of DC's Tangent titles, presenting a group of strange new heroes with very fa...

  • Spider-Man Family: Itsy-Bitsy Battles

    Marvel's Spider-Man

  • Harley Quinn: Preludes and Knock-Knock Jokes

    The Joker's lovable partner in crime takes the spotlight in this new hardcover volume collecting HARLEY QUINN #1-7, written by Karl Kesel (SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL) with art by the fan-favorite team of Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson (WONDER WOMAN)!...

  • Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip

    Marvel's Captain America

    Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Uncovered at last: The 1940s daily newspaper comic strip starring Captain America that you never knew about! Travel with us through the mists of time to the tumultuous days of World War II, when skinny Steve Rogers wa...

  • Captain America: Patriot

    Marvel's Captain America

    1941. Captain America puts on his mask and shield for the first time-- and instantly inspires an entire nation, including Jeff Mace-a rough-and-tumble reporter-who quickly dons his own star-spangled suit and calls himself the PATRIOT! It's a decision...

  • Spider-Man: New York Stories

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    SPIDER-MAN'S FIRST MEETING WITH CAPTAIN AMERICA! An Untold Tale of Spider-Man reveals the web-head's very first meeting with the Avenger! Find out the secret history of how the Marvel Universe's two biggest icons save the world fromthe ROGUE SCHOLARS...

  • Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 3

    Marvel's Spider-Man

    Leaping off the Disney XD screen and into your hands, it's the Ultimate Spider-Man! Watch as Spidey takes on the unstoppable ancient monster Gardoom the Gargantuan, and teams up with the White Tiger to stop the culinary capers of...Simple Simon the P...



  • Harley Quinn: Night and Day

    In this second HARLEY QUINN collection, Harley gets fed up with crime and decides to switch sides -- much to the chagrin of Batman and company. Then, with her gang threatening to mutiny, Harley must whip them into shape while battling Killer Croc. Co...

  • Harley Quinn: Welcome to Metropolis

    Having played out every trick on the fine citizens of Gotham City, Harley Quinn--the Joker's former girlfriend--decides that another city deserves her attention. After all, why menace one city when you can menace two? Especially if the second has a M...

  • Human Torch by Karl Kesel & Skottie Young: The Complete Collection

    Johnny Storm is the youngest member of the world-famous Fantastic Four, with the powers and temperament of fire itself. Impulsive, restless and thrill-seeking by nature, the Torch doesn't need to wait for the rest of the FF. He can get into trouble a...

  • Marvel Zombies: The Complete Collection Volume 3

    Zombies on infinite earths! First, it's monkey on the menu as the original Marvel Zombies invade the dimension of the Marvel Apes! Then, to uncover an antidote to the zombie plague, Machine Man and Howard the Duck set out across the multiverse, battl...

  • X-Files: Year Zero

    • When a blue-collar worker from New Jersey passes prophetic messages to the FBI from a mysterious “Mr. Zero,” Mulder is convinced it is the same otherworldly entity that contacted the FBI through a suburban housewife in the 1940s. This si...

  • Battlestar Galactica: Gods & Monsters

    The reimagined Battlestar Galactica, beloved by sci-fi fans for its gripping drama and tense action, returns with an all-new tale! Gaius Baltar, the Galactica's resident genius and self-serving narcissist, believes he was chosen by God - and now move...

  • Harley Quinn By Karl Kesel And Terry Dodson: The Deluxe Edition Book One

    From authors Karl Kesel (BATMAN & SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST) and Terry Dodson (TEEN TITANS EARTH ONE) comes a deluxe edition of Harley Quinn’s journey without the Joker in HARLEY QUINN BY KARL KESEL AND TERRY DODSON: THE DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE.
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  • Superboy Book One: Trouble in Paradise

    Spinning out of the classic graphic novels DEATH OF SUPERMAN and REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN, Superman's clone is flying solo in his own series, SUPERBOY BOOK ONE: TROUBLE IN PARADISE! Collected for the first time ever, Superman writer and artists Karl Kes...

  • Superman Blue, Volume 1

    DC Comics: Superman
    Famous Characters: Superman

    The Man of Steel has been through many unexpected transformations in his time, but no change was ever as shocking as this! Clark Kent is newly married to the love of his life, Lois Lane … but something strange is happening to his secret identity. S...

  • Harley Quinn by Karl Kesel and Terry Dodson: The Deluxe Edition Book Two

    Collecting her first solo series by Karl Kesel and Terry Dodson in hardcover for the first time, it's your favorite killer cutie you can't help but love, Harley Quinn, in Harley Quinn by Karl Kesel and Terry Dodson: The Deluxe Edition Book 2. This ...



  • Section Zero Vol. 1: There Is No Section Zero

    A team of fearless adventurers band together to protect humankind from everything that doesn’t exist. If JACK KIRBY had created The X-Files, it would look a lot like SECTION ZERO! This graphic novel from one of comics’ classic creative teams -- K...

  • Section Zero Volume 1: There Is No Section Zero

    A team of fearless adventurers band together to protect mankind from everything that doesn't exist! Aliens! Monsters! Lost Civilizations! If JACK KIRBY created the X-FILES it would have been SECTION ZERO!

  • Impossible Jones

    Impossible Jones is a fast-paced superhero adventure series written by Karl Kesel (Harley Quinn), with art by David Hahn (Spider-man Loves Mary Jane), Karl Kesel, and Tony Aviña (Batman), and published by Scout Comics.Isabelle Castillo is a thie...

  • HUMAN TORCH

    See Human Torch and the rest the FF on the big screen in FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, in theaters July 25th, 2025!Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four, better known as the red-hot high-flying Human Torch, stars in his own solo adventures!Johnny Sto...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Karl Kesel has published 23 books.

The next book by Karl Kesel, HUMAN TORCH, will be published in May 2025.

The first book by Karl Kesel, The Final Night, was published in April 1998.

No. Karl Kesel does not write books in series.
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