Craig Kyle

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| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

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| area = Screenwriter, producer

| alias =J.D. Murray

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| notable works = X-23: Innocence Lost
X-23: Target X
X-Force
Thor (Marvel Comics)
Thor: The Dark World
Thor: Ragnarok
Hulk VS
Planet Hulk
Doctor Strange
New X-Men

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Craig Paul Kyle (born November 3, 1971) is an American writer for Marvel Comics. He is best known for his creation of the character X-23. He has also produced several of Marvel's direct-to-DVD animated films and worked on several aspects of the Thor film series.

Life and career

Kyle was born in Houston, Texas. He is a frequent collaborator with Christopher Yost, and they are perhaps best known for the creation of mutant character X-23, teenage female clone of Wolverine. In 2003, Kyle and Yost co-wrote the episodes of X-Men: Evolution that introduced X-23 to the X-Men: Evolution universe. Marvel executives were impressed with X-23's reception on TV, and subsequently asked Yost and Kyle to adapt the character into comics, first by writing the character into a six issue eponymous mini-series, and then by taking over writing chores (as of issue #20) on the New X-Men (formerly New X-Men: Academy X) title, bringing X-23 in as a regular character. The success of X-23's first miniseries (X-23: Innocence Lost) prompted Marvel to order a second six-issue miniseries with Kyle and Yost at the helm, titled X-23: Target X.

Kyle and Yost concluded their stint on the New X-Men title after the events of "X-Men: Messiah Complex" when the title turned into Young X-Men. Chris Yost and Kyle co-wrote the revamped X-Force with Clayton Crain on pencils; the cast featured Wolverine, Warpath, Wolfsbane, and X-23 as black ops agents on assassination missions per the orders of Cyclops. The series ended in 2010 and was replaced by Uncanny X-Force, written by Rick Remender.

Filmography

= Film =

Theatrical

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2011 \|Thor \|{{no}} \|{{yes\|Executive}} \|Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
2013 \|Thor: The Dark World \|{{no}} \|{{yes\|Executive}} \|Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
2017 \|Thor: Ragnarok \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; writer with Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson

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2011

|Thor

|{{no}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

|Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

2013

|Thor: The Dark World

|{{no}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

|Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

2017

|Thor: Ragnarok

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe;
writer with Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson

Direct-to-video

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rowspan="2"\|2006 \|Ultimate Avengers:The Movie \|{{yes\|Story}} \|{{yes}} \|rowspan="9"\|Released as part of the Marvel Animated Features collection
Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther \|{{yes}} \|{{yes\|Executive}}
rowspan="2"\|2007 \|The Invincible Iron Man \|{{yes\|Story}} \|{{yes\|Executive}}
Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme \|{{yes\|Story}} \|{{yes\|Executive}}
2008 \|Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow \|{{yes\|Story}} \|{{yes}}
rowspan="2"\|2009 \|Hulk vs Thor \|{{yes\|Story}} \|{{no}}
Hulk vs Wolverine \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}}
2010 \|Planet Hulk \|{{no}} \|{{yes}}
rowspan="2"\|2011 \|Thor: Tales of Asgard \|{{yes\|Story}} \|{{yes}}

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rowspan="2"|2006

|Ultimate Avengers:The Movie

|{{yes|Story}}

|{{yes}}

|rowspan="9"|Released as part of the Marvel Animated Features collection

Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

rowspan="2"|2007

|The Invincible Iron Man

|{{yes|Story}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme

|{{yes|Story}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

2008

|Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

|{{yes|Story}}

|{{yes}}

rowspan="2"|2009

|Hulk vs Thor

|{{yes|Story}}

|{{no}}

Hulk vs Wolverine

|{{yes}}

2010

|Planet Hulk

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

rowspan="2"|2011

|Thor: Tales of Asgard

|{{yes|Story}}

|{{yes}}

= Television =

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2000–2003 \|X-Men: Evolution \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \| 8 episodes
2003 \|Spider-Man: The New Animated Series \|{{no}} \|{{yes\|Associate}} \|
2006 \|Fantastic Four \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|
2007 \|Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes \|{{yes\|Story}} \|{{no}} \|
2009 \|Wolverine and the X-Men \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|
2021 \|Pacific Rim: The Black \|{{yes}} \|{{yes\|Executive}} \| Web series Showrunner, alongside Greg Johnson

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2000–2003

|X-Men: Evolution

|{{yes}}

| 8 episodes