Christopher Yost

Christopher Yost
Born	February 21, 1973 St. Louis, MO
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	New X-Men X-Force The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
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Christopher Yost is a film, animation and comic book writer best known as the head writer of the Marvel animated series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and co-writer (with his frequent collaborator Craig Kyle) of the comic book series New X-Men and X-Force.

Career

Yost began his career in 2002 as an intern in Marvel Comics' west coast office. His spec film scripts got attention from Marvel executives who hired Yost to write episodes of the TV series X-Men: Evolution. In 2003, Yost and Kyle co-wrote the episodes that introduced mutant character X-23, female clone of the popular X-Men character Wolverine. Marvel executives were impressed with X-23’s reception on TV, and asked Yost and Kyle to adapt the character into comics, first by writing a six-issue mini-series titled X-23: Innocence Lost, and then by taking over writing chores (as of issue #20) on the New X-Men title, bringing X-23 in as a regular character. Yost and Kyle also co-wrote a second X-23 six-issue miniseries, titled X-23: Target X.

Yost co-wrote X-Force with Craig Kyle after the New X-Men title ended at issue #46. Yost also wrote a five-issue mini-series titled Emperor Vulcan, a spin-off mini from the Uncanny X-Men story arc "The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire", featuring the third Summers brother, Gabriel (alias Vulcan), in his quest to bring stability to the struggling Shi'ar Empire after his successful coup d'etat against previous empress Lilandra.^[1][2] He followed this up with the Kingbreaker mini-series,^[3] which sets the scene for the War of Kings storyline^[4] Yost also wrote Ender's Game: Battle School, the first in a series of adaptations of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game by Marvel.^[5]

Outside of Marvel, Yost has written several other comics including Red Robin from DC Comics^[6] and his own creator owned series Killer of Demons from Image Comics^[7]

Yost has also written for such animated shows as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Batman and was the story editor and head writer on the Fantastic Four animated series that aired on Cartoon Network in 2006 as well as Iron Man: Armored Adventures. He is the head writer of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes currently airing from on Disney XD from Marvel Animation.

Yost is currently working in the Marvel Feature Film Writers Program.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

Comics

• Marvel Comics
  • X-23
    • X-23: Innocence Lost #1-6 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by Billy Tan, 2005)
    • X-23: Target X (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by Mike Choi, 2007)
  • X-Force
    • X-Force #1-28 (with co-writer Craig Kyle, Marvel Comics, 2008–2010)
    • X-Force/Cable: Messiah War #1 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by Mike Choi, 2009)
    • X-Force: Sex and Violence #1-3 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by Gabriele Del'Otto, 2010)
  • X-Men
    • X-Men Unlimited Vol. 2 #11 (first story only, with pencils by Billy Dallas Patton, 2005)
    • New X-Men #20-46 (with co-writer Craig Kyle, 2006–2008)
    • X-Men: Emperor Vulcan #1-5 (with pencils by Paco Diaz and Vincente Cifuentes, 2008)
    • X-Men Origins: Colossus #1 (with penciles by Trevor Hairsine, 2008)
    • X-Men: Divided We Stand #1 (Gentle and Hellion stories only, 2008)
    • X-Men: Worlds Apart #1-4 (art by Diogene Neves, Marvel Comics, 2008–2009)
    • X-Men: Kingbreaker #1-4 (with Dustin Weaver, Marvel Comics, 2008–2009)
    • Dark X-Men: The Confession #1 (with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by Yanick Paquette, 2009)
    • Psylocke #1-4 (art by Harvey Tolibao, 2009–2010)
    • Nation X #1, 3 (#1 Iceman story only; #3 Box & Diamond Lil story only, 2010)
    • X-Men: Second Coming #1-2 (#1 with co-writer Craig Kyle and art by David Finch; #2 with co-writers Matt Fraction, Mike Carey and Zeb Wells and art by Adi Granov, 2010)
    • X-Men: Second Coming – Revelations: Hellbound #1-3 (with Harvey Tolibao, 2010)
    • X-Men: To Serve and Protect #1-4 (X-Vigilante's story only 2010-2011)
    • X-Men Giant Size #1 (First to Last Part 1, art by Paco Medina and Dalibor Talajic, 2011)
    • X-Men #12-15 (First to Last, art by Paco Medina and Dalibor Talajic, 2011)
  • Other Marvel
    • Spider-Man Unlimited Vol. 3 #9 (first story only, with pencils by Drew Johnson, 2005)
    • Wolverine: Killing Made Simple (first story only, with pencils by Koi Turnbull, 2008)
    • Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1-3 (art by Takeshi Miyazawa, 2008)
    • Runaways Vol. 3 #10 (with co-writer James Asmus and art by Sara Pichelli & Emma Rios, Marvel Comics, 2009)
    • Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular #2 (writer of the Elsa Bloodstone story, Marvel Comics, 2009)
    • Ender's Game: Battle School #1-5 (art by Pasqual Ferry, 2009)
    • Ender's Game: Command School #1-5 (art by Pasqual Ferry, 2009–2010)
    • Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way! #1 (X-Men story only with art by Paul Davidson, 2010)
    • The Many Loves of The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Black Cat story only with art by Michael Ryan, 2010)
    • Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1-4 (art by Scott Wegener, 2010–2011)
    • Fear Itself: Spider-Man #1-3 (art by Mike McKone, 2011)
    • Spider-Island: Avengers #1 (art by Mike McKone, 2011)
    • "Battle Scars" #1-6 (art by Scot Eaton, 2011)
    • "Point One" #1 (art by Ryan Stegman, 2011)
    • "Scarlet Spider" #1-Present (art by Ryan Stegman, 2012)

• DC Comics
  • Batman: Battle for the Cowl - The Underground #1 (with art by Pablo Raimondi, 2009)
  • Red Robin #1 - 12 (with art by Ramon Bachs, 2009–2010)
  • Titans #16 (with art by Angel Unzueta, 2009)
  • Batman: Streets of Gotham #5-6 (main feature, with art by Dustin Nguyen, 2009)

• Image Comics
  • Killer of Demons #1-3 (Art by Scott Wegener 2009)

Film and television

• X-Men: Evolution TV Series (writer)
  • 3.11 - X23 (story by Craig Kyle, co-written with Craig Kyle), 2003
  • 3.12 - Dark Horizon Part 1 (co-written with Craig Kyle), 2003
  • 3.13 - Dark Horizon Part 2 (co-written with Craig Kyle), 2003
  • 4.03 - Target X (co-written with Craig Kyle), 2003
• The Batman TV Series (writer)
  • 1.07 - The Big Heat (co-written with J.D Murray), 2004.
  • 2.02 - Riddled (co-written with J.D Murray), 2005
  • 2.06 - The Pets (co-written with J.D Murray), 2005
  • 3.04 - RPM, 2005
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (writer)
  • 3.19 - Reality Check, 2005
  • 3.22 - The Real World Part 1, 2005
  • 3.25 - Exodus Part 1, 2005
  • 4.01 - Cousin Sid, 2005
  • 4.06 - Grudge Match, 2005
  • 4.09 - Aliens Among Us, 2005
  • 4.13 - Samurai Tourist, 2005
  • 4.17 - Outbreak, 2006
  • 4.20 - The Return of Savanti Romero Part 1, 2006
  • 4.21 - The Return of Savanti Romero Part 2, 2006
  • 4.24 - Good Genes Part 1, 2006
  • 4.25 - Good Genes Part 2, 2006
  • 5.01 - Lap of the Gods, 2008
  • 5.04 - More Worlds Than One, 2008
  • 5.07 - Membership Drive, 2008
  • 5.12 - Enter the Dragons Part 1, 2008
  • 5.13 - Enter the Dragons Part 2, 2008
• Legend of the Dragon (writer)
  • 1.16 - Shell Game, 2006
• Alien Racers (writer)
  • 1.18 - Skrash and Burn, 2006
• Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (head writer, story editor)
  • 1.03 - Doomsday (story by Craig Kyle), 2006
  • 1.12 - Annihilation (story by Craig Kyle), 2007
  • 1.18 - The Cure (story by Craig Kyle & Dan Slott), 2007
  • 1.26 - Scavenger Hunt, 2007
• Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (writer), 2008
• Wolverine and the X-Men (writer)
  • 1.07 - Wolverine vs. Hulk, 2008 (story by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost)
  • 1.09 - Future X, 2008 (story by Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.10 - Greetings From Genosha, 2008 (story by Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.12 - Excessive Force, 2008 (story by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost)
  • 1.13 - Battle Lines, 2009 (story by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost)
  • 1.14 - Stolen Lives, 2009 (story only, with Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.15 - Hunting Grounds, 2009 (story only, with Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.16 - Badlands, 2009 (story only, with Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
  • 1.18 - Backlash, 2009 (story by Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost)
  • 1.19 - Guardian Angel, 2009 (story only, with Greg Johnson & Craig Kyle)
• Hulk Vs (co-written with Craig Kyle), 2009
• Iron Man: Armored Adventures (head writer, story editor)
  • 1.01 - Iron Forged in Fire Part 1, 2009
  • 1.02 - Iron Forged in Fire Part 2, 2009
  • 1.12 - Seeing Red, 2009
  • 1.19 - Technovore, 2009 (story only)
  • 1.25 - Tales of Suspense Part 1, 2009
  • 1.26 - Tales of Suspense Part 2, 2009
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (head writer, story editor)
  • 1.05 - The Man in the Ant Hill, 2010
  • 1.06 - Breakout Part 1, 2010
  • 1.07 - Breakout Part 2, 2010
  • 1.14 - Masters of Evil, 2010
  • 1.25 - The Fall of Asgard, 2011
  • 1.26 - A Day Unlike Any Other, 2011
  • 2.01 - The Private War of Doctor Doom, 2012

Notes

1. ^ Chris Yost on X-Men: Lord Vulcan, Newsarama, June 15, 2007
2. ^ X-POSITION Week 22: Christopher Yost, Comic Book Resources, October 25, 2007
3. ^ Chris Yost Talks X-Men: Kingbreaker, Newsarama, August 23, 2008
4. ^ CCI: DnA and Rosemann on “War of Kings”, Comic Book Resources, July 27, 2008
5. ^ Chris Yost: Bringing Ender Wiggin to Comics, Newsarama, October 6, 2008
6. ^ Christopher Yost Talks Red Robin, Comic Book Resources, April 13, 2009
7. ^ Down the Creator-Owned Road: Chris Yost on Killer of Demon, Newsarama, December 23, 2008

References

• Christopher Yost at the Grand Comics Database
• Christopher Yost at the Big Comic Book DataBase

External links

• Chris Yost at the Internet Movie Database
• Christopher Yost at the Comic Book DB
• ComicCon Interview with Chris Yost
• X-POSITION: Christopher Yost, Comic Book Resources, September 30, 2008
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Name	Yost, Christopher
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Date of birth	February 21, 1973
Place of birth	St. Louis, MO
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