Parker also wrote X-Men: First Class, another series aimed at younger audiences which retold the earliest adventures of X-Men. Parker's other work of the period includes Walk-In and the second volume of Gamekeeper for Virgin Comics. In 2006, he revived the Octopus Press branding to publish Dear John, a book collecting 25 years of correspondence between comic book retailer John Hitchcock and the legendary artist Alex Toth. In 2009, Parker launched two creator-owned series: Mysterius the Unfathomable with artist Tom Fowler, published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint, and Underground with artist Steve Lieber, published by Image. Upon its completion, Underground was posted in its entirety on the "Comics and Cartoons" subsection of the imageboard website 4chan, which attracted the attention of Lieber, who joined the thread discussing the series and held an impromptu Q&A session with the anonymous users of the website. According to Parker and Lieber, this particular instance of comic book piracy led to a noticeable rise in sales of the series' collected edition. In 2021, Parker launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his next creator-owned project, the graphic novel Blighter: Tracker of the Realm with art by Drew Moss. In 2010, Parker took over the writing duties of the ongoing series Hulk, launched two years prior by Jeph Loeb. That same year, Parker became the writer of the long-running series Thunderbolts. After seeing the titular team through the company-wide crossover storyline "Siege", Parker revamped the title as part of the "Heroic Age" initiative which promised lighter tone for Marvel's superhero offerings. In 2013, Parker helmed the launch of the comic book continuation of the 1960s Batman television series for DC Comics in the form of the digital-first series Batman '66. The following year, he began writing the Aquaman ongoing series. 2016 saw the release of Future Quest, written by Parker and drawn by Evan Shaner, the flagship series of DC Comics' short-lived attempt at reimagining various Hanna-Barbera characters for the modern audiences. In 2021, Parker and artist Javier Pulido launched a new volume of the Ninjak series for Valiant, although Pulido was taken off the title after three issues for undisclosed reasons. Influences Parker cites Alex Toth, Milton Caniff, Harvey Kurtzman, Carl Barks and Alan Moore among his influences. Bibliography Early work Malibu: Giant-Size Freex: "Quite Contrary" (as artist, written by Gerard Jones, co-feature in one-shot, 1994) Solitaire #7–12 (as artist — with Stephen B. Jones (#7)