Jed MacKay

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Jed MacKay
BornJed MacKay
Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Notable works
 Black Cat , Taskmaster , Moon Knight , The Death of Doctor Strange , Avengers , X-Men

Jed MacKay is a Canadian comics writer mainly known for his work at Marvel Comics, writing characters such as the Black Cat, Moon Knight, and Doctor Strange.

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Career

Jed MacKay's first professional comic was an eight-page story in 2011's X-Men: To Serve and Protect #4. Four years later, he was invited to do another eight-page story in 2015's Spider-Verse #2 and then another story in 2018's Edge of Spider-Geddon #1. [1] After that, he began getting steady work, writing a five-issue Man Without Fear mini-series and a Marvel Digital Original for the Daughters of the Dragon. [1]

In 2019, he was announced as the writer for the first Black Cat ongoing series, with artwork by Travel Foreman. [2] "We're meeting Felicia fresh as she gets drawn into a big and daring new scheme, but we're also digging into some unknown history—who put her on the thief's life, the connection between the Hardy family and the Drake clan, and how that past will tumble into Felicia's future." [3] In August of 2020, it was announced that the book was going on hiatus after issue 12, [4] but it was then subsequently relaunched as part of a tie in to Marvel's "King in Black" crossover. [5] [6] This book came to an end after ten issues, but MacKay continued writing the character of Black Cat in a one-shot called Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond [7] [8] that then became a mini-series spinning out of the Spider-Man/X-Men "Dark Web" crossover. [9] [10] In 2022, MacKay also wrote a mini-series teaming up Black Cat and Iron Man titled Iron Cat. [11]

In April of 2021, MacKay and artist Alessandro Cappucio were announced as the new creative team for a relaunched Moon Knight book spinning out of Jason Aaron's Avengers "Age of Khonshu" arc. [12] [13] The book went on for thirty issues before ending in the death of Moon Knight. [14] [15] The book was then relaunched as Vengeance of the Moon Knight, with MacKay returning to the same characters, but with a mysterious new character posing as Moon Knight. [16] [17] In 2024, after the MacKay-written event Blood Hunt , the book was again relaunched as Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu, with a newly resurrected Moon Knight. [18] [19]

In September of 2021, MacKay and artist Lee Garbett were announced as the creative team for The Death of Doctor Strange . [20] [21] This event then led into the ten-issue Strange, about Clea Strange taking over the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme. [22] [23] The book was then relaunched in 2023 with artist Pasqual Ferry as Doctor Strange, with a resurrected Strange and Clea as leads. [24] [25] Also in 2023, MacKay and artist C.F. Villa were announced as the creative team for the new Avengers relaunch. [26] [27] MacKay was then the main writer and architect of the 2024 summer crossover, Blood Hunt , with artist Pepe Larraz. [28] Blood Hunt would get "extra gory" Red Band editions available only in comic shops. [29] [30] The end of Blood Hunt also saw the end of MacKay's Doctor Strange, as the title came to an end with 18 issues. [31]

In 2021, MacKay was announced as the initial writer for Boom!'s new Magic comic, based on the Magic: The Gathering TCG. [32] [33]

In 2024, MacKay and artist Ryan Stegman were announced as the new creative team for X-Men , one of the main books of the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch. [34] [35] This will make MacKay the first person to write both the main Avengers and X-Men titles since Roy Thomas. [36]

Personal Life

MacKay is a former junior high school teacher [36] who grew up in Stanley Bridge, P.E.I., and now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [37]

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