(? - ) US publisher and writer much of whose creative work – since beginning his career in the 1980s with storylines for {STAR RANGERS} and other Comics – has been tied closely to visual projects, including Graphic Novels such as H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu: The Whisperer in Darkness (1991-1992 H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu: The Whisperer in Darkness; 1993). He is of sf interest primarily for his creation of and contributions to the long Outlanders sequence, under the House Name James Axler, beginning with its first title Outlanders: Exile to Hell (1993). In the sequence, a Ruined Earth – some decades after a terminal Holocaust – is subject to exorbitant Alien technologies as a cadre of warriors attempts to free the devastated planet from slavery; there is much male violence and an emphasis on martial arts and weaponry typical of Survivalist Fiction, though Ellis has been commended for his frequent use of proactive women protagonists. The majority of the fifty-plus volumes of the sequence (see Checklist below) are by Ellis, most of the remainder being by Victor Milán. [JC/DRL]
Mark Ellis
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Deathlands
Outlanders (only titles by Ellis are listed)
- Outlanders #1: Exile to Hell
(Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1997) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring] - Outlanders #2: Destiny Run (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1997) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #3: Savage Sun (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1997) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #4: Omega Path (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1998) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #5: Parallax Red (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1998) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #6: Doomstar Relic (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1998) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #7: Iceblood (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1998) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Aftermath (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2006) as by James Axler [omni of Deathlands #38: The Mars Arena by Mel Odom and the above title: Deathlands: Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #8: Hellbound Fury – The Lost Earth Saga Book 1 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1999) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #9: Hellbound Fury – The Lost Earth Saga Book 2 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1999) with Mel Odom, as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #10: Outer Darkness – The Lost Earth Saga Book 3 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1999) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #11: Armageddon Axis (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 1999) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #13: Shadow Scourge (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2000) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #14: Hell Rising (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2000) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #15: Doom Dynasty – The Imperator Wars Book 1 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2000) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #16: Tiger of Heaven – The Imperator Wars Book 2 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2001) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #17: Purgatory Road – The Imperator Wars Book 3 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2001) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #18: Tomb of Time (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2001) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/Michael Herring]
- Outlanders #21: Devil in the Moon: The Dragon Kings, Book 1 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2002) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #22: Dragoneye: The Dragon Kings, Book 2 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2002) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #23: Far Empire (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2002) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #24: Equinox Zero (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2002) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #25: Talon and Fang: Heart of the World: Book 1 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2003) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #26: Sea of Plague: Heart of the World: Book 2 (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2003) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #28: Mad God's Wrath (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2004) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #30: Mask of the Sphinx (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2004) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #31: Evil Abyss (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2005) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #33: Children of the Serpent (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2005) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #35: Cerberus Storm (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2005) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #37: Rim of the World (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2006) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #39: Hydra's Ring (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2006) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #41: Skull Throne (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2007) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #42: Satan's Seed (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2007) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #43: Dark Goddess (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2007) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #44: Grailstone Gambit (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2008) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #45: Ghostwalk (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2008) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
- Outlanders #51: Warlord of the Pit (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2009) as by James Axler [Outlanders: pb/]
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