Stephanie Phillips

Stephanie Phillips
Phillips at a signing for Daredevil at
Midtown Comics in Manhattan
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Notable works
Harley Quinn, Sensational Wonder Woman, Grim, Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider, Phoenix

Stephanie Phillips is an American comics writer known for her work on various series for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, including Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman, Spider-Gwen, and Phoenix, as well as her creator-owned series, Grim, which was published by Boom! Studios.

Early life

Stephanie Phillips grew up in Tampa, Florida.[1] She attended the University of South Florida, where she earned a PhD in rhetoric and composition[2] and an MA in English.[3]

Career

Phillips taught writing and communication at the University at Buffalo, the University of South Florida, and the University of Tampa.[3] She worked as a technical writer, an editor, and a journalist,[4] as well as a competitive Muay Thai fighter.[5]

In 2018, Phillips published The Devil Within through Black Mask Studios with artist Maan House, a book about a demonic possession in the Philippines that was based on a true story.[4] Later that year, she and artist Jamie Jones published Kicking Ice through Ominous Press in partnership with the National Women's Hockey League, a book about a group of female hockey players, which involved real hockey players like Kelsey Koelzer and Jillian Dempsey.[6]

In 2019, she published Descendent through AfterShock Comics[7] and The Butcher of Paris, based on the true story of Marcel Petiot, a serial killer who targeted Jews in Nazi-occupied France, through Dark Horse Comics.[8] In 2020, she published two books through AfterShock, Cold War thriller Red Atlantis[9][10] and time-traveling sci-fi Artemis and the Assassin,[11] the pirate comic (starring Anne Bony and Mary Read) A Man Among Ye from Top Cow,[12] and Taarna: The Last Taarakian for Heavy Metal.[13] It was also announced that she would write Nuclear Family, about an alternate timeline where the Cold War became hot, from AfterShock.[14]

In 2021, it was announced that she would write the two issue Future State: Harley Quinn[15] and the new Harley Quinn ongoing series relaunched as part DC's relaunch of its comics line, Infinite Frontier, with artist Riley Rossmo.[16] She also wrote the digital-first comic Sensational Wonder Woman[17] and the eight-issue miniseries Wonder Woman: Evolution.[5][18] In November 2021, it was announced that she would publish We Only Kill Each Other, about Jewish gangsters fighting Nazis in 1930s New York, through ComiXology Originals.[19]

In 2022, she launched Grim, a monthly creator-owned series at Boom! Studios about a grim reaper navigating the afterlife,[20] and Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137 through Oni Press.[21] In October 2022, it was announced at the San Diego Comic-Con "Women of Marvel" panel that she would write a new Rogue & Gambit miniseries as part of the Destiny of X relaunch of the X-Men line of books,[22] and in November, it was announced that she would write a new Cosmic Ghost Rider miniseries for that same publisher.[23][24]

In 2023, she was reporter to be the writer for Capwolf and the Howling Commandos,[25] and in 2024, she became the writer for a Black Widow & Hawkeye miniseries[26][27][28] and a new Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider ongoing series.[29][30] In April, it was announced that she would be a part of the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch, writing the monthly series Phoenix.[31]

In August of that year, she wrote Red Before Black, which was published by Boom! Studios,[32][33] and listed as one of nine independent comics for 2024.[34]

In November 2025, it was announced that Philips would write a new Daredevil series with artist Lee Garbett. The series follows Matt Murdock as he becomes a law professor at Empire State University while facing a new enemy named Omen,[35] whom Phillips explained is derived from elements of Greek tragedy and Gothic literature.[36] The series debuted on April 1, 2026 to positive reviews.[37]

Phllips attracted a base of followers on TikTok, where she discusses her writing process, participates in Q&A sessions, relates behind-the-scenes anecdotes, provides insight and advice for aspiring writers, and delves into comics culture and criticism.[38]

Personal life

Phillips is bisexual.[39]

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

DC Comics

  • Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, short story "Multitudes" (2021)
  • Batman:
    • Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 2 #4 (2021)
    • Batman: Urban Legends #1, short story "New Roots" (2021)
    • Detective Comics #1044-1046, backup stories (2021)
    • Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 2 #4 (2021)
    • Shadow War Zone #1, short story "Ninjas! at the Arcade" (2022)
  • Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Green Arrow #1 (2022)
  • DC Cybernetic Summer #1, short story "Summer Camp" (2020)
  • DC Pride 2022 #1, short story "Bat's in the Cradle" (2022)
  • DC's Crimes of Passion #1, short story "Pulling Punches" (2020)
  • Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant #1, short story "For the Sky is Red" (2021)
  • Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, short story "Who Watches the Watchtower" (2021)
  • Harley Quinn:
    • Future State: Harley Quinn #1-2 (2021)
    • Harley Quinn vol. 4 #1-27, Annual 2021, Annual 2022 (2021–2023)
    • Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1, short story "How to Train Your Hyena" (2022)
  • Infinite Frontier Secret Files #1, short stories "Seeing Red" and "Truly Two" (2021)
  • Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1, short story "Because the Night" (2022)
  • Strange Love Adventures #1, short story "Lightning in a Bottle" (2022)
  • Superman Red and Blue #2, short story "My Best Friend, Superman" (2021)
  • Superman: Man of Tomorrow #17 (2020)
  • Wonder Woman:
    • Sensational Wonder Woman #1 (2021)
    • Sensational Wonder Woman Special #1, short story "Swapped" (2022)
    • Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, short story "Immortal Mysteries" (2021)
    • Wonder Woman: Evolution #1-8 (2021–2022)

Other comics

AfterShock Comics

  • Artemis and the Assassin #1-5 (2020)
  • Descendent #1-5 (2019)
  • Nuclear Family #1-5 (2021)
  • Red Atlantis #1-5 (2020–2021)

A Wave Blue World

  • Averee #1-5 (2021)
  • Maybe Someday: Stories of Promise, Visions of Hope, short story "The Garden" (2020)

Black Mask Studios

  • Devil Within #1-4 (2018)

Boom! Studios

  • Grim #1-20 (2022–2024)
  • Red Before Black #1-6 (2024–2025)

ComiXology Originals

  • Black Sight #1-5 (2023–2024)
  • Mark Dawson's Beatrix Rose: Vigilante #1-5 (2022)
  • We Only Kill Each Other #1-5 (2021–2022)

Dark Horse Comics

  • The Butcher of Paris #1-5 (2019–2020)

DSTLRY

Heavy Metal

  • Heavy Metal Magazine #296, short story "The Language of Revolution" (2019)
  • Taarna: The Last Taarakian #1-5 (2020)

Humanoids

  • Eight Limbs (2023) (Life Drawn)

Mad Cave Studios

  • Grimm Tales from the Cave (2021)

Oni Press

  • Cruel Universe #2, short story "Organ1c" (2024) (EC Comics)
  • Epitaphs from the Abyss #1, short story "Family Values" (2024) (EC Comics)
  • Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137 #1-4 (2022)

Image Comics

  • A Man Among Ye #1-8 (2020–2022) (Top Cow)
  • Postal: Night Shift (2020) (Top Cow)
  • The Silver Coin #12 (2022)

Other

  • GodSlap #1-5 (2022–2024) (Meatier Productions)
  • Kicking Ice (2018) (Ominous Press)
  • Octobriana With Love (2021) (Dead Good Comics)

References

  1. ↑ Cordas, Jacob (July 13, 2021). "INTERVIEW: Stephanie Phillips talks A MAN AMONG YE's return". Comics Bookcase. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Stephanie Phillips Interview: USF English". University of South Florida. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Stephanie Phillips: About the Author". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on May 26, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Quaintance, Zack (September 7, 2018). "Five Questions With Creators: Stephanie Phillips". Comics Bookcase. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Arrant, Chris (August 13, 2021). "Wonder Woman: Evolution writer Stephanie Phillips reveals how the character helped her in competitive Muay Thai fighting". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  6. ↑ Scully, Kyle (February 27, 2019). "Interview: "Kicking Ice" Creators Stephanie Phillips & Jamie Jones". Puck Junk. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  7. ↑ Quaintance, Zack (April 30, 2019). "REVIEW: Descendent #1 is driven by deep mysteries and authentic characters". Comics Bookcase. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  8. ↑ Reich, Aaron (December 8, 2019). "New comic depicts a serial killer targeting Jews in Nazi Paris". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  9. ↑ Quaintance, Zack (March 3, 2020). "Stephanie Phillips, Robert Carey team on RED ATLANTIS". Comics Beat. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  10. ↑ McMillan, Graeme (March 3, 2020). "Modern Cold War Comic 'Red Atlantis' Launching in June". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  11. ↑ Téo, Danilo (March 19, 2020). "Comic Review: Artemis & The Assassin #1". Sequential Planet. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  12. ↑ Spry, Jeff (March 1, 2020). "Set sail into our first look at Image/Top Cow's new pirate fantasy, A Man Among Ye #1". SyFy. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  13. ↑ Baska, Ariel (December 4, 2020). "INTERVIEW: Stephanie Phillips talks HEAVY METAL, Taarna, and more". Comics Bookcase. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  14. ↑ McMillan, Graeme (November 10, 2020). "Alternate History Comic 'Nuclear Family' in the Works". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  15. ↑ Calamia, Kat (December 4, 2020). "Future State delivers a darker and more independent Harley Quinn according to Stephanie Phillips". GamesRadar+. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  16. ↑ Grunenwald, Joe (January 26, 2021). "INTERVIEW: A new direction for HARLEY QUINN with writer Stephanie Phillips". Comics Beat. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  17. ↑ Doran, Michael (December 16, 2020). "DC launches new digital-first Sensational Wonder Woman series that will also be made available in print". GamesRadar+. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  18. ↑ Coplan, Chris (November 16, 2021). "Stephanie Phillips, Mike Hawthorne talk growth and heroism in 'Wonder Woman: Evolution'". AIPT. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  19. ↑ Marston, George (November 12, 2021). "Meet the Jewish mobster who is punching Nazis in We Only Kill Each Other". GamesRadar+. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  20. ↑ Cornelius, Luke (February 10, 2022). "BOOM! To Explore the Afterlife in "Grim"". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  21. ↑ Puc, Samantha (May 18, 2022). "Rick and Morty's summer gets extra weird in new variant covers". GamesRadar+. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  22. ↑ "NYCC 2022: Everything Announced at the 'Women of Marvel' Panel". Marvel Comics. October 9, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  23. ↑ Polo, Susana (November 15, 2022). "The best version of the Punisher returns to Marvel Comics in 2023". Polygon. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  24. ↑ Brooke, David (November 15, 2022). "'Cosmic Ghost Rider' returns in 2023 by Stephanie Phillips and Juann Cabal". AiPT. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  25. ↑ Brooke, David (July 18, 2023). "Werewolf Captain America returns in 'Capwolf & the Howling Commandos' #1". AiPT. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  26. ↑ McGuire, Liam (November 7, 2023). "Marvel Announces New Hawkeye And Black Widow Series... With A Venom Connection". Looper. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  27. ↑ Dar, Taimur (November 2, 2023). "Black Widow & Hawkeye reunite in new 60th anniversary limited series". Comics Beat. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  28. ↑ Brooke, David (November 2, 2023). "'Black Widow & Hawkeye' coming March 2024". AiPT. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  29. ↑ "'Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider' Is Trapped in the 616... For Good!". Marvel Comics. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  30. ↑ Dar, Taimur (December 19, 2023). "Spider-Gwen becomes a permanent resident in 616 Universe in new ongoing series". Comics Beat. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  31. ↑ Johnston, Rich (April 10, 2024). "New Phoenix X-Men Series by Stephanie Phillips & Alessandro Miracolo". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  32. ↑ "RED BEFORE BLACK Series Announcement". Boom! Studios. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  33. ↑ Coplan, Chris (August 6, 2024). "Stephanie Phillips talks redemption, trauma, and Florida in 'Red Before Black' feature". AiPT. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  34. ↑ Lynch, Mark (January 7, 2025). "9 independent comic books you have to read this year". Bam Smack Pow. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  35. ↑ Jennings, Collier (April 1, 2026). "'Daredevil' #1 is a visually stunning, character-driven start to a new era". AIPT. Archived from the original on April 2, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  36. ↑ Drum, Nicole (April 3, 2026). "Daredevil Writer Breaks Down Matt's Fresh Start (And We Have a First Look at Issue #2)". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2026. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  37. ↑ "Daredevil #1". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on April 2, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  38. ↑ Johnston, Rich (December 25, 2025). "Stephanie Phillips, Queen Of Comic Book TikTok". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on February 13, 2026. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  39. ↑ Literary, Brink; Bartholomew, Suzie (September 20, 2021). "Harley Quinn and Mental Health: An Interview with Stephanie Phillips". F(r)iction. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
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