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Mike Wolfer

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Mike Wolfer
Known forGravel
Issues credited192
Active1989–2022
Primary rolecover pencils

Mike Wolfer is an American comic book writer and artist whose prolific output spans more than three decades of work in the industry. He honed his craft at The Kubert School, the prestigious New Jersey institution founded by veteran artist Joe Kubert, where he studied for two years before making his way into professional comics.

Active from 1989 through at least 2021, Wolfer accumulated credits as artist, inker, letterer, and writer across some 192 issues, demonstrating a versatility that allowed him to shape projects at nearly every production stage. His most frequently associated titles include *Gravel*, *Stitched*, *Widow X*, *Fangs of the Widow*, *Strange Killings: Necromancer*, and *Garth Ennis' Streets of Glory* — a body of work that clusters consistently around dark, often viscerally violent genre material. His collaborations with writer Garth Ennis in particular gave him sustained visibility within the mature-readers market, where his linework proved well suited to gritty, horror-inflected storytelling.

The *Widow* titles, including *Widow X* and *Fangs of the Widow*, represent some of his longer-running personal investments in a single character, suggesting a creator equally comfortable building a franchise as executing someone else's vision. No major awards are on record for Wolfer in the available sources, but his consistent presence across a wide range of roles marks him as a durable and adaptable professional voice in independent and small-press comics.

Full bibliography · 80 series

Fangs of the Widow (1995) · 12
Widow X (1999) · 12
Strange Killings: The Body Orchard (2002) · 6
Strange Killings: Necromancer (2004) · 6
Garth Ennis' Streets of Glory (2007) · 6
Wolfskin: Hundredth Dream (2010) · 5
Gravel: Combat Magician (2013) · 5
Widow (1992) · 4
Night of the Living Dead (2010) · 4
Skin Trade (2013) · 4
Casper's Spooksville (2019) · 4
Widow: Kill Me Again (1993) · 3
Widow: Metal Gypsies (1995) · 3
Widow the Origin (1997) · 3
Strange Kiss (1999) · 3
Stranger Kisses (2000) · 3
Strange Killings (2002) · 3
Strange Killings: Strong Medicine (2003) · 3
Lady Death (2010) · 3
Edgar Rice Burroughs' the Land That Time Forgot (2016) · 3
The Moon Maid: The Three Keys (2021) · 3
Daikazu (1987) · 2
Widow: Bound by Blood (1996) · 2
Razor Till I Bleed Daylight (2000) · 2
Razor X (2002) · 2
Escape of the Living Dead: Airborne (2006) · 2
Daughters of the Dark Oracle: Orgy of the Vampires (2016) · 2
Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot: See-Ta the Savage (2018) · 2
The Land That Time Forgot: The Official Motion Picture Adaptation (2019) · 2
Zorro: Sacrilege (2019) · 2
Carson of Venus: The Eye of Amtor (2020) · 2
Daikazu versus Gugoron (1991) · 1
#1
True Stories of Adult Film Stars - Alicia Rio (1994) · 1
#1
Poizon (1995) · 1
Razor: Burn (1995) · 1
#5
Widow Cinegraphic Special: Daughter of Darkness (1996) · 1
#1
Widow / Luxura: Blood Lust Alpha (1996) · 1
Widow: Progeny (1997) · 1
#1
Pandora: Demonography (1997) · 1
#3
Harpy: Prize of the Overlord (1996) · 1
#5
Pandora / Widow (1997) · 1
#1
Pandora / Widow: Arachnephobia (1998) · 1
#1
Faust 777: The Wrath - Darkness in Collision (1998) · 1
#4
Avatar Illustrated (1998) · 1
Strange Kiss Collected (2000) · 1
Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths (2003) · 1
#2
Strange Killings: Body Orchard (2003) · 1
Escape of the Living Dead Fearbook (2006) · 1
Plague of the Living Dead Special (2007) · 1
#1
Escape of the Living Dead Annual (2007) · 1
#1
Garth Ennis' Streets of Glory Preview (2007) · 1
Escape of the Living Dead Resurrected (2008) · 1
Warren Ellis' Wolfskin Annual (2008) · 1
#1
Streets of Glory (2009) · 1
Warren Ellis Wolfskin Collection (2009) · 1
#1
Night of the Living Dead: New York (2009) · 1
#1
Lady Death Premiere (2010) · 1
Night of the Living Dead Holiday Special (2010) · 1
#1
Night of the Living Dead 2011 Annual (2011) · 1
War Goddess (2011) · 1
#0
Lady Death Free Comic Book Day (2012) · 1
Lady Death: Apocalypse (2015) · 1
#4
Crypt of Screams (2017) · 1
#1
Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot/Pellucidar: Terror from the Earth's Core (2017) · 1
#1
Casper the Friendly Ghost (2017) · 1
#2
The Three Stooges Matinee Madness (2018) · 1
#1
Casper & Hot Stuff (2018) · 1
#1
Edgar Rice Burroughs The Land That Time Forgot (2018) · 1
#1
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Carson of Venus: Fear on Four Worlds (2018) · 1
#1
Pink Panther Presents the Ant & the Aardvark (2018) · 1
#1
Casper's Ghostland (2018) · 1
#1
Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Moon Maid: Fear on Four Worlds (2018) · 1
#1
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Genesis (2018) · 1
Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot: Fear on Four Worlds (2018) · 1
#1
Casper's Spooksville FCBD Edition (2019) · 1
#1
Pellucidar (2019) · 1
#1
Zorro in The Land That Time Forgot (2020) · 1
#1
The Monster Men: Isle of Terror (2022) · 1
#3

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