Editing Joss Whedon (section)

====Marvel Comics====
In 2004, Whedon created the comic book line ''[[Astonishing X-Men]]''.<ref name="in 2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/15/ign-assemble-75-the-one-looking-back-on-astonishing-x-men|title=IGN Assemble! #75 – The One Looking Back on Astonishing X-Men|first=Joey|last=Esposito|website=IGN|date=March 15, 2013| access-date= May 11, 2015|archive-date=October 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013031834/http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/15/ign-assemble-75-the-one-looking-back-on-astonishing-x-men|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="New York ENTERTAINMENT; astonishing x-men">{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/9218/|title=Whedon, Ink|first=Gavin|last=Edwards|work=New York|date=May 27, 2004 |access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=March 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322213851/http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/9218/|url-status=live}}</ref> He finished a 24 issue run in 2008 and then handed over the reins as a writer to [[Warren Ellis]].<ref name="24 issue run">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/24/astonishing-x-men-24-review|title=Astonishing X-Men #24 Review|first=Daniel|last=Crown|date=January 23, 2008|website=IGN|access-date=May 11, 2015|archive-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820062231/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/24/astonishing-x-men-24-review|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="the writing reins">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsarama.com/Comic-Con_07/Marvel/AXMEllis.html|title=SDCC '07: Ellis Does Astonishing X-Men|first=Chris|last=Arrant|year=2007|work=Newsarama|access-date=May 11, 2015|archive-date=June 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623103614/http://www.newsarama.com/Comic-Con_07/Marvel/AXMEllis.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> One storyline from the comic, the notion of a cure for mutation being found, was also an element in the third X-Men film, ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]''.<ref name="CBR; astonishing x-men">{{cite web|url= https://www.cbr.com/x-men-the-last-stand-dave-gorder-the-super-associate-producer/|title='X-Men: The Last Stand' – Dave Gorder – The Super-Associate Producer|first=George A.|last=Tramountanas|date=February 23, 2006|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|access-date=June 9, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213110407/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=6498|archive-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="COMINGSOON .NET; astonishing x-men">{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=14688|title=X-Men: The Last Stand|first=Scott|last=Chitwood|date=May 24, 2006|publisher=comingsoon.net|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=December 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211094113/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=14688|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2009 ''Astonishing X-Men'' #6, which depicted the return of [[Colossus (character)|Colossus]] to the title and concluded Whedon's first story arc, was named by readers as #65 in Marvel's Top 70 Comics of all time.<ref name="MARVEL; top 70">{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/seventy_years/countdown/winners/comics/rank/65|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090318152002/http://marvel.com/seventy_years/countdown/winners/comics/rank/65|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 18, 2009|title=Marvel's Top 70|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]|access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

Taking over after series creator [[Brian K. Vaughan]] completed his run on the series, Whedon became the second writer of the Marvel comic ''[[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]]''.<ref name="Rolling Stone; runaways">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/pictures/from-buffy-to-the-avengers-joss-whedons-best-and-worst-projects-20120502/18-runaways-0359743|title=From 'Buffy' to 'The Avengers': Joss Whedon's Best and Worst Projects|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 2, 2012|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=May 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525022417/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/pictures/from-buffy-to-the-avengers-joss-whedons-best-and-worst-projects-20120502/18-runaways-0359743|url-status=live}}</ref> Having already been a committed reader, he had a letter published in the first volume, which was included in the Volume 1 hardcover edition.<ref name="IGN; runaways">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/12/joss-whedon-escapes-with-runaways|title=Joss Whedon Escapes With Runaways|date=September 12, 2006|website=IGN|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222094815/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/12/joss-whedon-escapes-with-runaways|url-status=live}}</ref> He also wrote short pieces for ''[[Stan Lee Meets...|Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man]]'' and ''Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men'' #1,<ref name="stan lee meets spider-man">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/07/stan-lee-meets-spider-man-first-look|title=Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man First Look|date=September 7, 2006|website=IGN|access-date=May 1, 2015|archive-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820173048/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/07/stan-lee-meets-spider-man-first-look|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MARVEL; giant size x-men">{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/comics/issue/20674/giant-size_astonishing_x-men_2008_1|title=Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men (2008) #1|publisher=Marvel Comics|access-date=December 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131206210817/http://marvel.com/comics/issue/20674/giant-size_astonishing_x-men_2008_1|archive-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref> and he was the subject of an issue of the comic book, ''[[Marvel Spotlight]]'' (alongside artist [[Michael Lark]]).<ref name="COMIC VINE; marvel spotlight">{{cite web|url=http://www.comicvine.com/marvel-spotlight-joss-whedon-michael-lark/4050-25654/lists/|title=Marvel Spotlight: Joss Whedon & Michael Lark|publisher=comicvine.com|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=December 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211235739/http://www.comicvine.com/marvel-spotlight-joss-whedon-michael-lark/4050-25654/lists/|url-status=live}}</ref> As part of a panel of writers, he contributed to Marvel Comics' ''[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]'' crossover event lending advice on how to tell the story and also how to end it.<ref name="IGN; civil war">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/02/interview-joss-whedon?page=4|title=Interview: Joss Whedon|first=Richard|last=George|date=March 2, 2007|website=IGN|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222094853/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/02/interview-joss-whedon?page=4|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Whedon contributed a story for the 75th anniversary issue of ''[[Captain America]]: [[Falcon (comics)|Sam Wilson]]'' with ''Astonishing X-Men'' collaborator [[John Cassaday]].<ref name="guardian; captain america 75">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/04/joss-whedon-captain-america-75th-anniversary-story-marvel-comics|title=Joss Whedon to write 75th-anniversary Captain America story for Marvel Comics|first=Allison|last=Flood|date=March 4, 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=August 3, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722212014/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/04/joss-whedon-captain-america-75th-anniversary-story-marvel-comics|archive-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> He introduced several new characters into the [[Marvel Universe]] such as the villainous [[Ord (comics)|Ord]],<ref name="MARVEL; ord">{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/universe/Ord|title=Ord|publisher=Marvel Comics|access-date=December 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216140733/http://marvel.com/universe/Ord|archive-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref> X-Men [[Blindfold (comics)|Ruth "Blindfold" Aldine]] and [[Armor (comics)|Hisako "Armor" Ichiki]],<ref name="MARVEL; blindfold">{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/universe/Blindfold|title=Blindfold|publisher=Marvel Comics|access-date=December 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509233722/http://www.marvel.com/universe/Blindfold|archive-date=May 9, 2006}}</ref><ref name="MARVEL; armor">{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/universe/Armor_%28Hisako_Ichiki%29|title=Armor|publisher=Marvel Comics|access-date=December 6, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928025901/http://marvel.com/universe/Armor_(Hisako_Ichiki)|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> Runaway [[Klara Prast]],<ref name="COMIC VINE; klara prast">{{cite web|url=http://www.comicvine.com/klara-prast/4005-54555/|title=Klara Prast|publisher=comicvine.com|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=April 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424110129/http://www.comicvine.com/klara-prast/4005-54555|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Abigail Brand|Special Agent Abigail Brand]] along with [[S.W.O.R.D.]], the organization Brand commands.<ref name="COMIC VINE; abigail brand">{{cite web|url=http://www.comicvine.com/abigail-brand/4005-4441/|title=Abigail Brand|publisher=comicvine.com|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=April 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404090443/http://www.comicvine.com/abigail-brand/4005-4441/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="COMIC VINE; s.w.o.r.d.">{{cite web|url=http://www.comicvine.com/sword/4060-41666/|title=S.W.O.R.D.|publisher=comicvine.com|access-date=December 6, 2013|archive-date=April 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404232733/http://www.comicvine.com/sword/4060-41666/|url-status=live}}</ref>