Brian Michael Bendis has written DC comics.
Brian Michael Bendis ( born August 18 , 1967 ) is an American comic book writer and artist . With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar , Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe , launching Ultimate Spider-Man in 2000 , on which he continues as writer . He relaunched the Avengers franchise with New Avengers in 2004 , and has also written the Marvel `` event '' storylines `` Secret War '' ( 2004-2005 ) , `` House of M '' ( 2005 ) , `` Secret Invasion '' ( 2008 ) , `` Siege '' ( 2010 ) and `` Age of Ultron '' ( 2013 ) . In addition to writing comics he has worked in television , video games and film , and began teaching writing at University of Oregon in Fall 2013 . Secret War is a 2004 -- 2005 five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics .