John Ridley

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1997
  • Latest Book:
    November 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Soledad "Bullet" O'Roark

1 - Those Who Walk in Darkness (May-2003)
2 - What Fire Cannot Burn (Jan-2006)

Books in Order: 28 titles

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  • Superman: Action Comics: Superstars Vol. 2

    Superstars continues with an unforgettable tale about Superman's greatest gift to the world...hope in two great arcs.Arc One by writer, John Ridley and artist, Inaki Miranda: A mystery is unfolding as Clark Kent is on the verge of discovering who is ...

  • Justice League: The Atom Project

    After Amanda Waller stole the powers of every superhero and villain on Earth, not everyone got their abilities back. Enter the super-heroic scientists Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi, both known as the Atom! Together, they are crafting the world’s first s...

  • Absolute Power: Origins

    Uncover the untold story of Amanda Waller’s journey and the formation of the Trinity of Evil. Her cat-astrophic attack on Earth’s metahumans left both heroes and villains powerless, but what led the Wall to this pivotal moment? Explore the defini...

  • The Ministry of Compliance, Vol. 1

    The Devolution’s invasion of Earth will be thwarted by coups and conspiracy unless Avigail can unite her extraterrestrial brethren. Comics’ next sci-fi epic begins in this oversized series from John Ridley. Thirty-seven years ago, Earth was secre...

  • I Am Batman Vol. 3: The Right Question

    Following the brutal, random killing of a FoxTech employee, the Foxes gather in New York for a family dinner to try to do the one thing they have been unable to do for years: tell each other the truth about all their secrets and lies. The shocking fi...

  • GCPD: The Blue Wall

    No one said protecting a city like Gotham would be easy.Still relatively early in her tenure as GCPD commissioner, Renee Montoya sets out to rebuild her department and restore public faith in the historically troubled PD during some of the worst cond...

  • Batman: One Bad Day: Penguin

    When the Penguin’s criminal empire is stolen by a former associate, Batman faces both Cobblepot and THE UMBRELLA MAN on the burning streets of Gotham! John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli are ready to bring us ONE BAD DAY!2023 Eisner Nominee - Be...

  • Black Panther Vol. 3: All This And The World, Too

    Collects BLACK PANTHER (2021) #11-15. T'Challa has been banished from his homeland! Searching for purpose, the Black Panther returns to the Avengers - just in time for a mysterious group of terrorists to seize control of global communications! And wh...

  • I Am Batman Vol. 2: Welcome to New York

    Jace Fox’s baptism of fire as Batman during “Fear State” was the first step toward his next great challenge: a relocation to the Big Apple! Joining his mother and sisters as they arrive in the city, Jace will find new adventure, a rekindled lov...



  • Black Panther Vol. 2: Range Wars

    Collects Black Panther (2021) #6-10. Betrayal casts its shadow on the Black Panther's reign! The reveal of T'Challa's darkest secret has led to the Hatut Zeraze hunting him as a traitor, with orders to kill him on sight. The Panther must escape these...

  • Batman - One Bad Day: Penguin

    BUILD YOUR EMPIRE BACK. The Penguin’s criminal enterprise and the Iceberg Lounge have been stolen out from under him by his former associate the Umbrella Man. The Umbrella Man has removed all the rules for crime in Gotham City that the Penguin put ...

  • I Am Batman Vol. 1

    In the throes of Future State, the streets of Gotham City cry for justice and Jace Fox answers the call! With a new and improved Batsuit, Jace hits the streets to inspire and protect as he seeks out the voice of misinformation and violence-the anarch...

  • Black Panther Vol. 1: The Long Shadow Part One

    Collects Black Panther (2021) #1-5. If the truth comes out, it could cost him everything! Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Marvel Stormbreaker artist Juann Cabal launch an all-new BLACK PANTHER series with an action-pac...

  • Superman Red & Blue

    Around the world, everyone knows that when they see a red-and-blue streak in the sky, it�s not a bird�it�s not a plane...it�s Superman. Collected for the first time in its entirety, this unforgettable anthology series showcases fresh new visi...

  • Other History of the DC Universe

    The long-awaited miniseries written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) and beautifully illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi is now available in one volume! The Other History of the DC Uni...

  • The Next Batman: Second Son

    Discover the origin of the new Dark Knight, Tim “Jace” Fox! The estranged son of billionaire Lucius Fox returns to Gotham City and takes on the mantle of Batman after being away for years. Where has the eldest son of one of Gotham’s premier fam...

  • Batman by John Ridley The Deluxe Edition

    Light the Bat-Signal! Legendary screenwriter John Ridley takes over Gotham City in a new way! Writing the world’s most popular superhero, Batman, Ridley brings his storytelling expertise to DC! Whether his story is told in black and white or captur...

  • Future State: The Next Batman

    The first Future State collections are here! Giant, sprawling future Gotham City is under martial law, protected and regulated by a private security force led by the infamous Peacekeepers. Their mandate is to maintain the safety of the citizens of Go...

  • American Way: Those Above and Below

    The Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave returns for an all-new chapter in his alternate history of The American Way! In 1962 Jason Fisher was given astonishing powers by the United States government -- powers he used to defend the nation...



  • American Way

    Academy Award-winning author John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Three Kings) presents an alternative U.S. history with the Civil Defense Corps, a team of superheroes, and their handlers, the FDAA (Federal Disaster Assistance Administration). The FDAA sta...

  • What Fire Cannot Burn

    Soledad "Bullet" O'Roark - 2

    LAPD'S top mutant-hunter, Soledad O'Roark has outfought telepaths, human flamethrowers, men with steel skin, and every other kind of freakish super-powered thing. But her high-tech firepower is no match for teammate-- and rival--Eddi Aoki's attempts ...

  • The Authority: Human on the Inside

    From acclaimed novelist and screenwriter John Ridley (Three Kings, Everybody Smokes in Hell) and hot new artist Ben Oliver (Puncture) comes the WildStorm event of the year! The Authority, Earths last defense, have performed godlike acts in defense of...

  • Those Who Walk in Darkness

    Soledad "Bullet" O'Roark - 1

    Soledad "Bullet" O'Roark writes her own rules. Usually it gets her in trouble. On her first day with the L.A.P.D.'s elite MTAC squad, Soledad takes down an outlawed super-powered freak with a k weapon she designed herself--i a definite violation. Her...

  • The Drift

    He was Charles Harmon, a black man “living white” and living well -- beautiful wife, German car, big house -- in an upper-upper-middle-class suburb of Los Angeles.

    He is Brain Nigger Charlie, a train tramp eking out a ragged existence on ...

  • A Conversation with the Mann

    What do you want? "I want the Ed Sullivan Show." At the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, like a lot of black Americans, comedian Jackie Mann wanted to be somebody. And for him there was only one way to achieve that: to make it big. Make it, no ma...

  • Everybody Smokes in Hell

    Hollywood nights are for people with name tags. Call them employees. Losers. Or call them Paris Scott. He microwaves hot dogs at a twenty-four-hour convenience store. His girlfriend just dumped him. And everyone is working his last nerve. Until a sur...

  • Love Is a Racket

    In his first novel since Stray Dogs, John Ridley offers up a brilliant noir farce about a small-time con man who finally gets it right just before it all goes wrong.
            
    Everything's a racket for Jeffty Kittridge, a thirty- seven-y...

  • Stray Dogs

    "It's the heat that makes you crazy. I don't know what it is, but it works that way for man and animal alike. I've seen some peculiar things on a hot day too. I've seen a scorpion sting itself to death. It just keeps drivin' its tail into its body ag...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Ridley has published 28 books.

John Ridley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Superman: Action Comics: Superstars Vol. 2, was published in November 2025.

The first book by John Ridley, Stray Dogs, was published in May 1997.

Yes. John Ridley has 1 series.
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