History Creator / JonathanHickman

Hickman began his career as a graphic designer, and originally illustrated his own comics (something he hopes to return to at some point). He first made the mini-series ''The Nightly News'' before beginning a lucrative career at Marvel. After becoming one of the premier writers at Marvel, he has begun to focus more on his creator-owned books.

* WritingForTheTrade: Not just the trade, but the [[UpToEleven omnibus]]. His works count several trades as being part of an "arc" that make up a saga that lasts multiple years. Generally, an arc lasts five issues, and the acts have five arcs to them, and there are three acts that make up each saga. That benefit is that his stories are well planned-out and epic in-scope, if a little hard for someone just joining in to get attached.

* AlternateHistory: Hickman often plays with these. ''East of West'' is an alternate history but set in the future, ''Pax Romana'' is about the creation of alternate history, and ''The Manhattan Projects'' is an alternate history on crack.

** ''ComicBook/{{Infinity}}'': A spinoff from the Avengers story, this follows Stark's team as they face a small scale invasion, and Cap's team as they take an intergalactic journey to face an ancient enemy of staggering power.

** He also seems to have a soft spot for monochrome women. A prime example is Black Swan, an EvilAlbino wearing all black from an AmazonBrigade with pitch black skin that all wear white.

* RunningTheAsylum: When Hickman was hired to write the Ultimates, he said this: "I was pretty excited. When I first started at Marvel, one of the gigs I had looked at as a king of homerun job was the Ultimates. I loved how Brian and Mark had started things off - how real and large the world felt - and I always thought there was a logical next step to be taken. So here we are, one small step..."

* RunningTheAsylum: When Hickman was hired to write the Ultimates, he said this: "I was pretty exited. When I first started at Marvel, one of the gigs I had looked at as a king of homerun job was the Ultimates. I loved how Brian and Mark had started things off - how real and large the world felt - and I always thought there was a logical next step to be taken. So here we are, one small step..."

** ''ComicBook/{{Infinity}}'' A spinoff from the Avengers story, this follows Stark's team as they face a small scale invasion, and Cap's team as they take an intergalactic journey to face an ancient enemy of staggering power.

** ComicBook/FantasticFour has "Solve everything" and "All hope lies in Doom."
** ComicBook/TheAvengers has "It was an Avengers World" and "we were Avengers."
** ComicBook/NewAvengers has "Everything dies."

* ''ComicBook/SHIELD2010'': Intersecting all of his other marvel series, this book tells the secret history of SHIELD. Hint: it involves Leonardo Da Vinci.

* ''ComicBook/{{FF}}'': Spinning out from his ''Fantastic Four'' run, this book features a new team, based around education, comprised of a number of children of many species, the Fantastic Four, and Spider-man.

** ''ComicBook/NewMutants2019'': Hickman will co-write the first arc of the relaunch with Ed Brisson, after which a new writer will take over. This sees the team take a more sci-fi direction by going to space and teaming up with the Starjammers to find Cannonball.

[[caption-width-right:350:The man who laughs]]

* ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'': With the X-Men becoming a pillar of Marvel once again, Hickman will write the stories ''House of X'' and ''Powers of X'', both set to redefine the X-Men's place in the Marvel Universe. Notably, all ongoing ''X-Men'' series are being cancelled to make room for him and give Hickman total control, something that no writer has had on the franchise since Creator/ChrisClaremont. Afterwards, the series will "[[SoftReboot reboot]]" in a new status quo known as the ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'', which will start with six new titles in the wake of the two stories. Hickman will continue to write the flagship title, as well as the ''ComicBook/NewMutants'', while being the architect of the overall relaunch.

* ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'': With the X-Men becoming a pillar of Marvel once again, Hickman will write the stories ''House of X'' and ''Powers of X'', both set to redefine the X-Men's place in the Marvel Universe. Notably, all ongoing ''X-Men'' series are being cancelled to make room for him and give Hickman total control, something that no writer has had on the franchise since Creator/ChrisClaremont.

* ''ComicBook/{{FF}}'' Spinning out from his ''Fantastic Four'' run, this book features a new team, based around education, comprised of a number of children of many species, the Fantastic Four, and Spider-man.

* ''ComicBook/UltimateHawkeye'' and ''ComicBook/UltimateThor'', released at the time of The Ultimates, mentioned above.

* ''ComicBook/SHIELD2010'' Intersecting all of his other marvel series, this book tells the secret history of SHIELD. Hint: it involves Leonardo Da Vinci.

* ''The Nightly News'' A sniper starts targeting reporters which turns out to be the first shot in a war between the media and a mysterious, cult-like terrorist cell.
* ''ComicBook/PaxRomana'' In the far future, the catholic church sends a military/religious team back in time to the late Roman empire in hopes of building a better future.
* ''ComicBook/TheManhattanProjects'' A black comedy sci-fi take on historical scientists, beginning with the men behind the atom bomb and stretching forward to the cold war.
* ''ComicBook/EastOfWest'' A sci-fi western set in an alternate future where Death (of the four horsemen) sets out to do battle with the other three. In the mix is Death's family, an apocalypse cult, the seven nations occupying north America and, of course, the world.

* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' A massive story featuring a battle between five cities, a league of alternate Reed Richards, a future version of the team, and a threat far larger than anyone knows.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' Hickman wrote the title's relaunch under the title ''Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates'' with artist Esad Ribic (who would later work with Hickman on ''Secret Wars''). Despite it being the best regarded ComicBook/UltimateMarvel title since Creator/MarkMillar's original run, it was buried when DC put out their New 52 book. Thus the book was cancelled early and had a rushed ending by another author.

* ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'' Following the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' even, Nick Fury realizes there has been an enemy manipulating him for years. In response, he forms the titular team of off-the-record children of supervillains to fight a war so secret, his team may not know who they are fighting.

* ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers''

** ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' The finale of his dual Avengers run and the basis for a linewide crossover, this series recounts the creation of a patchwork world made of alternate Marvel worlds and the eventual war between the government of this "Battleworld" and those who remember a world before.
* ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'' With the X-Men becoming a pillar of Marvel once again, Hickman writes the stories ''House of X'' and ''Powers of X'', both set to redefine the X-Men's place in the Marvel Universe.

** Other words sprinkled throughout his Marvel series include "wheel(s)", "build(er)", "idea" and "forever".

** Other words sprinkled throughout his Marvel series include "wheels" and "builder".

** Other words sprinkled throughout his Marvel series include "wheels" and "builder"