Steve Foxe

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Steve Foxe
BornSteve Foxe
Area(s)Writer, Editor
Notable works
X-Men '92: House of XCII , Dark X-Men, Dead X-Men, Spider-Woman, X-Men: Heir to Apocalypse, Chasm: Curse of Kaine
www.stevefoxe.com

Steve Foxe is an American comics writer, editor, children's book author, and journalist. He is best known for his work on the X-Men and Spider-Woman and for editing a number of horror comics by James Tynion IV, as well as co-creating Razorblades: The Horror Magazine. He has been nominated for the Eisner and Ringo Awards. He is the co-creator of Web-Weaver, Marvel's first gay Spider-hero, with Kris Anka. [1]

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Career

Foxe was a comics journalist for Paste Magazine from 2015 through 2019. [2] He has written "more than fifty comics and children's books for properties including Pokémon, Batman, Transformers, Adventure Time, Steven Universe, and Grumpy Cat." [3]

In 2021, he was announced as the writer for Spider-Ham: Great Power, No Responsibility, a children's graphic novel from Scholastic. [4] In 2022, he became the writer for X-Men '92: House of XCII, a reinterpretation of House of X and Powers of X and the Krakoan Age through the lens of X-Men: The Animated Series with artist Salva Espin. [5] He also co-created and digitally self-published Razorblades: The Horror Magazine with James Tynion IV, which gained critical acclaim. [6] [7] The horror magazine featured stories by Ram V, Marguerite Bennett, Nick Robles, DaNi, Lonnie Nadler, and more, along with interviews of other comics creators such as Scott Snyder. He also became the writer for Archer & Armstrong Forever, a four-issue series from Valiant Entertainment. [8]

In June 2022, it was announced that he would be writing Marvel's first gay male Spider-hero, Web-Weaver, in Edge of Spider-Verse #5 [9] [10] and then in December, it was announced that Party and Prey, the queer horror comic he co-write with Steve Orlando, was optioned for a movie by Legendary. [11]

In 2023, he wrote X-Men Annual (2023) #1, along with artist Andrea Di Vito, an issue focusing on Firestar, [12] [13] before being announced as the writer for the Fall of X mini-series Dark X-Men with artist Jonas Scharf [14] and Spider-Woman with artist Carola Borelli. [15] He was also announced to be the writer for another Fall of X mini-series, Dead X-Men, [16] as well as X-Men '97, a four-issue mini-series that served as a prequel to the animated show [17] [18] and X-Men: Heir to Apocalypse, a post-Krakoa mini-series that bridges the gap before the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch. [19]

In 2024, Foxe also wrote Chasm: Curse of Kaine , a mini-series about the former and current Scarlet Spiders meeting each other. [20] In May of 2024, he became the writer for the all ages comic Spider-Man: Homeroom Heroes. [21] In September of 2024, he was announced as the writer of New Champions, a book focusing on teen heroes originally introduced through variant covers, [22] [23] and Timeslide, a one-shot issue about Cable and Bishop which would foreshadow upcoming Marvel storylines. [24]

Personal life

He is gay [25] and lives in Queens, New York, with his partner and dog. [26]

Bibliography

Children's Books

Marvel Comics

Other Companies

AfterShock Comics

  • Rainbow Bridge (2021) (co-written with Steve Orlando)
  • Party and Prey (2020) (co-written with Steve Orlando)

Boom! Studios

Dark Horse Comics

  • All Eight Eyes #1-4 (2023)
  • Blue Book #4 (2023) (co-written with James Tynion IV)
  • Let This One Be a Devil #1-4 (2025) (co-written with James Tynion IV)

Image Comics

Limerence Press

  • Cheat(er) Code (2020) (as S.A. Foxe)

Z2 Comics

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