Mike Costa
Introduction '''Mike Costa''' is an American comic book and television writer. His first published work was 2008's ''The Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor'' with artist Fiona Staples for WildStorm. He also wrote ''Resistance'', a comic book series based on the Resistance video games. Costa has written ''Transformers'' for IDW. Costa is currently writing IDW Publishing’s ''G.I. Joe: Cobra'' and ''Blackhawks'' for DC Comics.His work on the GI Joe franchise was critically acclaimed and lauded by Brian K. Vaughan as an example of a licensed comic equal in quality to mainstream or creator-owned works.He began writing for the FOX TV show ''Lucifer'' in its first season, and became a producer after it moved to Netflix during the fourth season.
Bibliography ===Wildstorm===*''Secret History of The Authority: Hawksmoor'' (limited series, March 2008-August 2008)**''Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ) collects:*** "Uptown & Downtown" (with Fiona Staples, in #1, 2008)*** "Housing & Development" (with Fiona Staples, in #2, 2008)*** "Bridge & Tunnel" (with Fiona Staples, in #3, 2008)*** "Parks & Recreation" (with Fiona Staples, in #4, 2008)*** "Highways & Byways" (with Fiona Staples, in #5, 2008)*** "Town & Country" (with Fiona Staples, in #6, 2008)*''Resistance'' (limited series, January 2009-May 2009)**''Resistance'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2010, ) collects:*** "Dancers On A Plane" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #1, 2009)*** "False Start" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #2, 2009)*** "Fool's House" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #3, 2009)*** "Untitled" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #4, 2009)*** "Target With Five Faces" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #5, 2009)*** "White Flag" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #6, 2009)===IDW Publishing===*''G.I. Joe: Cobra'' vol. 1 (limited series, March 2009-June 2009)** ''volume 1'' (tpb, 132 pages, 2009, ) collects:*** "Charmer" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #1, 2009)*** "In The Grass" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #2, 2009)*** "Oil" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #3, 2009)*** "Eyes" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #4, 2009)*** "Cobra" (with Antonio Fuso, in ''G.I. Joe: Cobra Special'' #1, 2009)*''The Transformers: All Hail Megatron'' #13, "Uneasy Lies the Head", #16, "The Man of Steel (with Chee Yang Ong and Guido Guidi, July–October 2009) collected in ''Volume 4'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2010, )*''The Transformers'' #1-31 (November 2009-December 2011)**''Volume 1: For All Mankind'' (tpb, 152 pages, 2010, ) collects:*** "...For All Mankind" (with Don Figueroa, in #1, 2009)*** "Things Fall Apart" (with Don Figueroa, in #2-5, 2009-2010)**''Volume 2: International Incident'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ) collects:*** "All His Engines" (with E. J. Su, in #7, 2010)*** "Scrapper" (with Javier Saltares, in #8, 2010)*** "International Incident" (with Guido Guidi, in #9-12, 2010)**''Volume 3: Revenge of the Decepticons'' (tpb, 148 pages, 2011, ) collects:*** "Heart Like A Wheel" (with Nick Roche, in #13, 2010)*** "Revenge of the Decepticons" (with Don Figueroa and Alex Milne, in #14-18, 2010-2011)**''Volume 5: Chaos Theory'' (tpb, 124 pages, 2011, ) collects:*** "Space Opera" (with Guido Guidi, in #19-21, 2011)*** "Chaos Theory" (with Alex Milne, in #22-23, 2011)**''Volume 6: Police Action'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2012, ) collects:*** "Police Action" (with Brendan Cahill, in #25, #27, #29, 2011)*** "Ride-Along" (with E. J. Su, in ''The Transformers: Spotlight - Prowl'', 2010)**''Volume 7: Chaos'' (tpb, 124 pages, 2012, ) collects:*** "Chaos" (with James Roberts and Livio Ramondelli, in #24, #26, #28, #30, 2011)*** "Pax Cybertronia" (with Casey W. Coller, in #31, 2011) *''G.I. Joe: Cobra'' vol. 2 #1-13 (January 2010-February 2011)**''Volume 2'' (tpb, 122 pages, 2010, ) collects:*** "Forked Tongue" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #1, 2010)*** "Scales" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #2, 2010)*** "Fangs" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #3, 2010)*** "Cold-Blooded" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #4, 2010)*** "Chameleon: Changing Colors; Speed Trap" (with Antonio Fuso, in ''G.I. Joe: Cobra Special'' #2, 2010)**''Volume 3'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ) collects:*** "Serpent's Tale, Part 1: The Nest" (with Christos Gage and Sergio Carrera, in #5, 2010)*** "Serpent's Tale Part 2: The Nest" (with Christos Gage and Sergio Carrera, in #6, 2010)*** "Serpent's Tale part 3: Green Dreams" (written by Christos Gage and drawn by Sergio Carrera, in #7, 2010)*** "Serpent's Tale Part 4: Viper's Nest" (with Christos Gage and Sergio Carrera, in #8, 2010)*** "Serpent's Tale, Part 5: Viper's Nest" (with Christos Gage and Sergio Carrera, in #9, 2010)**''Volume 4'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2011, ) collects:*** "Sidewinder" (with Christos Gage, Antonio Fuso and S.L. Gallant, in #10, 2010)*** "Constrictor" (with Christos Gage, Antonio Fuso and Chee Yang Ong, in #11, 2010)*** "Rattler" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #12, 2011)*** "King Cobra" (with Christos Gage and Antonio Fuso, in #13, 2011)*''The Transformers: Ironhide'' (limited series, May 2010-August 2010) **''The Transformers: Ironhide'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2010, ) collects:*** "The Iron Age" (with Casey W. Coller, in #1, 2010)*** "Iron In The Blood" (with Casey W. Coller, in #2, 2010)*** "Ironing Out the Details" (with Casey W. Coller, in #3, 2010)*** "Any Old Iron" (with Casey W. Coller, in #4, 2010)*''G.I. Joe: Cobra'' vol. 3 #0-21 (May 2011-January 2013)**''G.I. Joe: Cobra Civil War Compendium'' (tpb, 564 pages, 2013, 1-61377-561-X) collects:*** "G.I. Joe: Cobra Civil War" #0 (with Chuck Dixon and Agustin Padilla, 2011)*** "Cobra Civil War Part 3" (with Antonio Fuso, in #1, 2011)*** "Cobra Civil War Part 6" (with Antonio Fuso, in #2, 2011)*** "Cobra Civil War Part 9" (with Antonio Fuso, in #3, 2011)*** "Cobra Civil War Part 12" (with Antonio Fuso, in #4, 2011)*** "Cobra Civil War Part 15" (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #5, 2011)*** "Cobra Civil War Part 18" (with  Werther Dell'Edera, in #6, 2011)*** "Cobra Civil War Part 21" (with Antonio Fuso, in #7, 2011)*** "Cobra Civil War Part 24" (with Antonio Fuso and  Werther Dell'Edera, in #8, 2011)**''G.I. Joe: Complete Cobra Command'' (tpb, 328 pages, 2013, ) collects:*** "Cobra Command Part 3" (with Alex Cal, in #9, 2012)*** "Cobra Command Part 6" (with Alex Cal, in #10, 2012)*** "Cobra Command Part 9" (with Alex Cal, in #11, 2012)*** "The Last Laugh: Cobra Command Aftermath" (with Antonio Fuso, in #12, 2012)**''G.I. Joe: Cobra - Son of the Snake'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2013, ) collects:*** "Son of the Snake, Part 1: A New Era" (with Antonio Fuso, in #13, 2012)*** "Son of the Snake, Part 2: G.I. Joe Underground" (with Antonio Fuso and Werther Dell'Edera, in #14, 2012)*** "Son of the Snake, Part 3: Lies and Betrayals" (with Antonio Fuso and Werther Dell'Edera, in #15, 2012)*** "Son of the Snake, Part 4; The Hunt is On!" (with Antonio Fuso, in #16, 2012)**''G.I. Joe: Cobra - Oktober Guard'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ) collects:*** "Oktober Guard, Part 1: Blood Lines" (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #17, 2012)*** "Oktober Guard, Part 2: Oktober is Coming!" (with Antonio Fuso, in #18, 2012)*** "Oktober Guard, Part 3: The Ocktober Guard" (with Antonio Fuso and Atilio Rojo, in #19, 2012)*** "Oktober Guard, Part 4: Oktober is Burning!" (with Antonio Fuso and Werther Dell'Edera, in #20, 2012)*** "Oktober Guard, Part 5: Oktober Ends!" (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #21, 2013)*''Smoke and Mirrors'' (5-issue limited series, with Jon Armstrong and Ryan Browne, March–August 2012, collected in ''Smoke and Mirrors'', tpb, 128 pages, 2012, )*''Haunted Horror'' #2-3, #5-8 (with Antonio Fuso, December 2012-December 2013)*''G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files'' #1-9 (April 2013-December 2013)**''Volume 1'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2013, ) collects:*** "Snakes and Tigers" (with Antonio Fuso, in #1-4, 2013)**''Volume 2'' (tpb, 124 pages, 2014, ) collects:*** "The Boy Most Likely To....." (with Werther Dell'Edera, in #5-6, 2013)*** "The House Always Wins" (with Antonio Fuso, in #7-9, 2013)*''G.I. JOE: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra'' (limited series, January 2015-May 2015)**''G.I. JOE: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra'' (tpb, 120 pages, 2015, ) collects:*** "Part One: The Tin Man" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #1, 2015)*** "Part Two: The Dark Sister" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #2, 2015)*** "Part Three: The Lost Boy" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #3, 2015)*** "Part Four: Knight Errant" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #4, 2015)*** "Part Five: The Silent Warrior" (with Paolo Villainelli, in #5, 2015)===DC Comics===*''Blackhawks'' #1-6 (September 2011-April 2012)**''Volume 1: The Great Leap Forward'' (tpb, 192 pages, 2012, ) collects:*** "Blackhawks" (with Graham Nolan, in #1, 2011)*** "Blades" (with Graham Nolan, in #2, 2011)*** "Beauty" (with Graham Nolan, in #3, 2011)*** "Bones" (with Graham Nolan, in #4, 2011)*** "Burial" (with CAFU, in #5, 2012)*** "Obsolescence Part 1: Technical" (with CAFU, in #6, 2012)*** "Obsolescence Part 2: Functional" (with CAFU and Carlos Rodriguez, in #7, 2012)*** "Obsolescence Part 3: Planned" (with CAFU, in #8, 2012)===Marvel Comics===*''A+X'' #6, "The Thing + Gambit" (with Stefano Caselli, March 2013) collected in ''Volume 1: =Awesome'', tpb, 144 pages, 2013, )*''All-New X-Men/Indestructible Hulk/Superior Spider-Man Team-Up: The Arms of the Octopus'' (3-issue limited series, with Kris Anka, Jake Wyatt and Michael Dialynas, October 2013, collected in ''All-New X-Men/Indestructible Hulk/Superior Spider-Man: The Arms of the Octopus'', tpb, 96 pages, 2014, )*''Scarlet Spiders'' (limited series, November 2014-January 2015)** ''Spider-Verse'' (hc, 648 pages, 2015, ) collects:*** "The Widow" (with Paco Díaz, in #1, 2014)*** "The Other" (with Paco Díaz, in #2, 2014)*** "The Hero" (with Paco Díaz, in #3, 2015)*''Avengers: Millennium'' (6-issue limited series, with Carmine Di Giandomenico, February–March 2015, collected in ''Avengers: Millennium'', tpb, 136 pages, 2015, )*''Spider-Verse'' vol. 2 (5-issue limited series with Andre Lima Araujo and Steven Sanders, May–September 2015, collected in ''Spider-Verse: Warzones'', tpb, 120 pages, 2015, )*''Web Warriors'' #1-11 (November 2015-September 2016)**''Volume 1: Electroverse'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2016, ) collects:*** "Static" (with David Baldeón, in #1, 2015)*** "Charge" (with David Baldeón, in #2, 2015)*** "Capacity" (with David Baldeón, in #3, 2016)*** "Resistance" (with David Baldeón, in #4, 2016) *** "Insulation" (with David Baldeón, in #5, 2016)**''Volume 2: Spiders Vs.'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, ) collects:*** "Nobody Knows Nothing"  (with David Baldeón, in #6, 2016)*** "Tangled States - Part One: Anarchy" (with David Baldeón, in #7, 2016)*** "Tangled States - Part Two: Technocracy" (with David Baldeón, in #8, 2016)*** "Tangled States - Part Three: Brave New World" (with David Baldeón, in #9, 2016)*** "Tangled States - Part Four: Monarchy" (with David Baldeón and Jay Fosgitt, in #10, 2016)*** "Tangled States - Part Five: Democracy" (with David Baldeón, in #11, 2016)*''Venom'' vol. 3 #1-6 (November 2016-April 2017)**''Volume 1: Homecoming'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2017, ) collects:*** "Homecoming" (with Gerardo Sandoval, Juanan Ramírez and Iban Coello in #1-6, 2016-2017)*''Venom'' vol. 1 #150-165 (May 2017 – June 2018)*''Venom: First Host'' #1-5 (October 2018-November 2018)===Avatar Press===*''God Is Dead'' #1-48 (with Jonathan Hickman, Di Amorim, Juan Frigeri, German Erramouspe, Omar Francia, Emiliano Urdinola, Michael DiPascale and Nahuel Lopez, September 2013-March 2016) **''Volume 1'' #1-6 (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, )**''Volume 2'' #7-12 (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, )**''volume 3'' #13-18 (tpb, 160 pages, 2014, )**''Volume 4'' #19-24 (tpb, 144 pages, 2015, )**''Volume 5'' #25-30 (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, )**''Volume 6'' #31-36 (tpb, 144 pages, 2015, )**''Volume 7'' #37-42 (tpb, 144 pages, 2016, )**''Volume 8'' #43-48 (tpb, 160 pages, 2016, )===Boundless Comics===*''Belladonna'' #0 (with Ignacio Calero, December 2015)*''Lookers'' #0 (with Renato Camilo, June 2016)
Personal life Mike Costa lives in Los Angeles, California where he is a writer and producer on ''Lucifer''.
Notes
External links *  Interview with Mike Costa (Comic Book Resources, January 2009)* *