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{{Short description|British journalist and comics writer (born 1975)}}
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| caption       = Gillen at the 2011 [[New York Comic Con]]
| birth_name    = Kieron Michael Gillen<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/1wWouadzZbNtX0xoIB3lz9KEBic/appointments|title=Kieron Michael GILLEN - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|access-date=6 July 2019|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706113620/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/1wWouadzZbNtX0xoIB3lz9KEBic/appointments|url-status=live}}</ref>
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1975|09|30|df=yes}}
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| nationality   = [[United Kingdom|British]]
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| notable works = ''[[Phonogram (comics)|Phonogram]]''<br/>''[[Uncanny X-Men]]''<br/>''[[Young Avengers]]''<br/>''[[The Wicked + The Divine]]''<br/>''[[Star Wars: Doctor Aphra]]''
| awards        = [[Inkpot Award]] (2016)<ref name="Inkpot 2016">{{Cite web |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |title=Inkpot Award |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129155249/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website       = {{URL|http://kierongillen.com}}
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'''Kieron Michael Gillen''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|l|ə|n}}; born 30 September 1975)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/93893382597/nine-world-schedule-for-kieron-gillen-age-38-34|title=Nine World Schedule For Kieron Gillen (Age 38 3/4)|website=Another Way To Breathe|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219144635/http://kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/93893382597/nine-world-schedule-for-kieron-gillen-age-38-34|url-status=live}}</ref> is a British [[comic book writer]] and former [[video game journalist|video game]] and [[music journalist]]. In comics, Gillen is known for his [[creator-owned]] series such as ''[[Once & Future]]'' (2019–2022), ''[[Die (comics)|Die]]'' (2018–2021), ''[[Phonogram (comics)|Phonogram]]'' (2006–2016), and ''[[The Wicked + The Divine]]'' (2014–2019), the latter two co-created with artist [[Jamie McKelvie]] and published by [[Image Comics|Image]]. He is also known for numerous [[Marvel Comics]] projects, such as ''[[Journey into Mystery]]'', ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'', and ''[[Young Avengers]]'' in the early 2010s and ''[[Star Wars comics|Star Wars]]'' comics in the mid-to-late 2010s including ''[[Star Wars: Darth Vader|Darth Vader]]'', ''[[Star Wars (2015 comic book)|Star Wars]]'', and co-creation of the character [[Doctor Aphra]] who starred in her own ongoing spin-off comic series ''[[Star Wars: Doctor Aphra]]'' of which Gillen wrote the first 19 issues. He returned to the [[X-Men]] in the 2020s with multiple series during the [[Krakoan Age]] for the ''[[Destiny of X]]'', ''[[Sins of Sinister]]'' and ''[[Fall of X]]'' storylines.

Gillen has won the [[British Fantasy Award]] twice for ''Die''. He has been nominated for a [[Hugo Award]] seven times, once for ''The Wicked + The Divine'', three times for ''Once & Future'', and three times for ''Die''. He also has been nominated five times for a [[GLAAD Media Award]], winning once for ''Young Avengers''.

==Career==
===Journalism===
As a reviewer, Gillen has written for publications such as ''[[Amiga Power]]'' (under the pseudonym "C-Monster"), ''[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer UK]]'', ''[[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]]'', ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[Edge (games magazine)|Edge]]'', ''[[Game Developer Magazine|Game Developer]]'', ''[[Develop (UK magazine)|Develop]]'', ''[[MCV/Develop]]'', ''[[GamesMaster (magazine)|GamesMaster]]'', ''[[Eurogamer]]'' and ''[[PC Format]]'',{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} as well as the [[PC gaming]]-oriented website ''[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-04-08|title=The Secret History Of Rock Paper Shotgun - Part One: Matters Of Import|work=Rock Paper Shotgun|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/08/the-secret-history-of-rock-paper-shotgun-part-one-matters-of-import/|access-date=2022-09-15|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928093723/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/08/the-secret-history-of-rock-paper-shotgun-part-one-matters-of-import/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, Gillen became the first-ever video game journalist to receive an award from the [[Periodical Publishers Association]], for New Specialist Consumer Journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ppa.co.uk/cgi-bin/wms.pl/710|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216232059/http://www.ppa.co.uk/cgi-bin/wms.pl/710|archive-date=16 February 2008|title=PPA &#124; PTC New Journalist of the Year Awards|date=16 February 2008|language=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gillen is a fan of the work of the [[video game developer]] [[Warren Spector]], having written positive pieces on several Spector's games, most notably ''[[Deus Ex (video game)|Deus Ex]]'' and ''[[Thief: Deadly Shadows]]'', both produced by [[Ion Storm]].

In addition to his work as a reviewer, Gillen has acted as a guest speaker at numerous video game industry conferences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nextwave.org.au/freeplay/05speakers.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822095052/http://www.nextwave.org.au/freeplay/05speakers.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 August 2006|title=FREE PLAY 2005|date=22 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://animex.tees.ac.uk/speakers_details.cfm?speaker_id=79|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824013855/http://animex.tees.ac.uk/speakers_details.cfm?speaker_id=79|url-status=dead|title=Animex International Festival of Animation & Computer Games|archive-date=24 August 2006}}</ref> In video game journalism, he created the [[New Games Journalism]] manifesto.<ref name="ten-unmissable">{{cite web |last=Stuart |first=Keith |date=2005-03-03 |title=Ten unmissable examples of New Games Journalism |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2005/mar/03/tenunmissable |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014230303/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2005/mar/03/tenunmissable |archive-date=2014-10-14 |access-date=2014-10-07 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Yusuf |first=Omar |date=2009-07-16 |title=The Racial Slur That Changed Games Journalism |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/the-racial-slur-which-changed-games-journalism/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Bitmob |publisher=[[VentureBeat]] |language=en-US |archive-date=28 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228041809/https://venturebeat.com/games/the-racial-slur-which-changed-games-journalism/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://alwaysblack.com/blackbox/ngj.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019012425/http://alwaysblack.com/blackbox/ngj.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2004|title=www.alwaysblack.com home|date=19 October 2004}}</ref><ref name="ngj-manifesto">{{cite web |author=Gillen, Kieron |author-link=Kieron Gillen |date=23 March 2004 |title=The New Games Journalism |url=http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/assorted-essays/the-new-games-journalism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007031932/http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/assorted-essays/the-new-games-journalism/ |archive-date=7 October 2014 |access-date=2014-10-07 |work=Kieron Gillen's Workblog}} Originally published as: {{cite web |author=Gillen, Kieron |title=The NGJ Manifesto |url=http://alwaysblack.com/blackbox/ngj.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019012425/http://alwaysblack.com/blackbox/ngj.html |archive-date=October 19, 2004 |access-date=2006-12-30}}</ref>

He co-founded the British video game journalism website ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' in July 2007.<ref>{{cite web |author=RPS |date=13 July 2007 |title=The Website That Saved The World |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/07/13/the-website-that-saved-the-world/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630124602/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/07/13/the-website-that-saved-the-world/ |archive-date=30 June 2019 |access-date=30 June 2019 |website=Rock Paper Shotgun}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pearson |first=Dan |date=3 May 2017 |title=Gamer Network acquires Rock, Paper, Shotgun |url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-05-03-gamer-network-acquires-rock-paper-shotgun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503141138/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-05-03-gamer-network-acquires-rock-paper-shotgun |archive-date=3 May 2017 |access-date=3 May 2017 |work=[[GamesIndustry.biz]]}}</ref> In a September 2010 post at ''Rock Paper Shotgun'', Gillen announced he was leaving full-time video game journalism to devote his time to comic book writing.<ref>Gillen, Kieron. [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/30/half-life-on-turning-35-and-leaving-rps/ "Half-Life: On Turning 35 And Leaving RPS"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009190019/http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/30/half-life-on-turning-35-and-leaving-rps/ |date=9 October 2012 }}. Rock, Paper Shotgun, 30 September 2010</ref>

===Comics===

==== 2003–2013 ====
Gillen's earliest work in comics was published in various [[British small press comics|British small-press anthologies]] and ''[[Warhammer Monthly]]''. ''[[The Guardian]]'' highlighted that Gillen and the artist [[Jamie McKelvie]] "met in 2003 at a convention where Gillen was selling his first photocopied comics".<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Mackay |first=Emily |date=2015-08-10 |title=Florence the superhero: the comics giving pop stars superpowers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/10/phonogram-comics-wicked-and-divine-immaterial-girl-kieron-gillen-jamie-mckelvie-interview |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902104132/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/10/phonogram-comics-wicked-and-divine-immaterial-girl-kieron-gillen-jamie-mckelvie-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 2003 and 2007, Gillen collaborated with McKelvie on a comic strip for ''[[PlayStation Official Magazine – UK]]'', entitled "Save Point", following up with the pop music-themed [[urban fantasy]] series ''[[Phonogram (comics)|Phonogram]]'',<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=2021-01-15 |title=Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie take on Batman |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/batman-kieron-gillen-jamie-mckelvie/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |language=en |archive-date=28 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228050342/https://www.gamesradar.com/batman-kieron-gillen-jamie-mckelvie/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilly |first=Casey |date=2015-04-03 |title=ECCC: Gillen, McKelvie & Wilson on What It Means to be "Wicked + Divine" |url=https://www.cbr.com/eccc-gillen-mckelvie-wilson-on-what-it-means-to-be-wicked-divine/ |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> which was described by Gillen as his "first real comic".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.phonogramcomic.com/blog/?page_id=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312052423/http://www.phonogramcomic.com/blog/?page_id=3|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 March 2007|title=Phonogram|date=12 March 2007}}</ref> Veteran comics writer [[Warren Ellis]] dubbed the series "one of the few truly essential comics of 2006."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070414205451/http://www.newsarama.com/ImageComics/Phonogram/Phonogram01Pre.html "PREVIEWING TEN PAGES OF IMAGE COMICS' PHONOGRAM #1"], [[Newsarama]]. Accessed 8 April 2023.</ref> The first issue, published by [[Image Comics]], went on sale in August 2006, with the first series running for six issues. The sequel, a series of one-shots subtitled ''The Singles Club'', launched in December 2008.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18138 "SINGLES CLUB: Gillen & McKelvie on Phonogram 2"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619153939/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18138 |date=19 June 2009 }}. [[Comic Book Resources]]. 22 September 2008.</ref>

On 14 April 2008, it was announced Gillen would collaborate with artist Greg Scott to expand on Warren Ellis' ''[[newuniversal]]'' series with "a story about killing the future" set in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/1612/newuniversal-1959/|title=Newuniversal 1959|access-date=10 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002025634/http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/1612/newuniversal-1959/|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> That year, he authored ''Crown of Destruction'', a ''[[Warhammer Fantasy (setting)|Warhammer Fantasy]]'' comic.<ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/100813-Gillen-Warhammer.html "Kieron Gillen on Warhammer: Crown of Destruction"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830062324/https://www.gamesradar.com/newsarama/ |date=30 August 2023 }}. Newsarama.com. 13 October 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/124103261280146.htm "Kieron Gillen: 'Like A Particularly Geeky Grant Morrison Character'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626121724/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/124103261280146.htm |date=26 June 2009 }}. [[Comics Bulletin]]. 29 April 2009.</ref> Further Marvel assignments included a [[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Dazzler]] short story and a [[Beta Ray Bill]] one-shot, which was followed by a three-issue mini-series.<ref>[http://mindlessones.com/2009/08/03/3-conversations-with-kieron-gillen-phonogram-music-and-comics/ 3 conversations with Kieron Gillen: Phonogram, music and comics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830062336/http://mindlessones.com/2009/08/03/3-conversations-with-kieron-gillen-phonogram-music-and-comics/ |date=30 August 2023 }}, Mindlessones.com. 3 August 2009.</ref>

Gillen's workload at Marvel increased in late 2009. At [[HeroesCon]], it was announced he would be writing a tie-in to the "[[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]]" storyline, the mini-series ''[[Ares (Marvel Comics)|Dark Avengers: Ares]]'',<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21682 HeroesCon: Kieron Gillen Talks "Dark Avengers: Ares"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830062323/https://www.cbr.com/?page=article&id=21682 |date=30 August 2023 }}, Comic Book Resources (21 June 2009).</ref> and, during the 2009 [[Chicago Comic Con]], it was announced he would collaborate with Steven Sanders on ''[[S.W.O.R.D. (comics)|S.W.O.R.D]]'', an [[X-Men]] spin-off  series.<ref>{{cite web|author1=George, Richard|author2=Schedeen, Jesse|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/10/taking-control-of-sword|title=Taking Control of S.W.O.R.D.|publisher=IGN|date=10 August 2009|access-date=16 August 2009|archive-date=8 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008180655/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/10/taking-control-of-sword|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Marc|last=Strom|url=http://marvel.com/news/story/9122/chicago_con_09_sword_ongoing|title=Chicago Con '09: S.W.O.R.D. Ongoing|publisher=Marvel.com|date=10 August 2009|access-date=16 August 2009|archive-date=17 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017194551/http://marvel.com/news/story/9122/chicago_con_09_sword_ongoing|url-status=live}}</ref> Gillen took over ''[[Thor (comic book)|Thor]]'' following a run by [[J. Michael Straczynski]], writing issues #604<ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Richards|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22662|title=Kieron Gillen Talks Thor|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=24 August 2009|access-date=12 October 2009|archive-date=22 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622193325/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22662|url-status=live}}</ref> to 614.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Richards|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26337|title=Gillen Sends "Thor" to Hell|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=21 May 2010|access-date=31 July 2010|archive-date=26 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026235244/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late 2010, Gillen launched another X-Men spin-off ''[[Generation Hope (comics)|Generation Hope]]'' that picked up plot threads from the end of the "[[Second Coming (comics)|Second Coming]]" storyline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicsalliance.com/kieron-gillen-on-young-avengers-its-my-teenage-symphony-to/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106001233/http://comicsalliance.com/kieron-gillen-on-young-avengers-its-my-teenage-symphony-to/|url-status=dead|title=Kieron Gillen On 'Young Avengers': 'It's My Teenage Symphony To God' [NYCC 2012]|first=Chris|last=Sims|archive-date=6 November 2014|website=ComicsAlliance}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Richards|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27392|title=CCI EXCLUSIVE: Gillen Ushers in "Generation Hope"|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=23 July 2010|access-date=8 November 2010|archive-date=24 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924142058/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27392|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jesse|last=Schedeen|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/07/25/sdcc-10-the-next-gen-of-x-men|title=SDCC 10: The Next Gen of X-Men|publisher=IGN|date=25 July 2010|access-date=8 November 2010|archive-date=11 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011023042/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/07/25/sdcc-10-the-next-gen-of-x-men|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Albert|last=Ching|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/generation-hope-kieron-gillen-100729.html|title=SDCC 2010: GENERATION HOPE Gets An Ongoing in November|publisher=Newsarama|date=29 July 2010|access-date=8 November 2010|archive-date=1 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801130832/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/generation-hope-kieron-gillen-100729.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Albert|last=Ching|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/kieron-gillen-introduces-generation-hope-101103.html|title=Kieron Gillen Introduces the Five Lights of GENERATION HOPE|publisher=Newsarama|date=3 November 2010|access-date=8 November 2010|archive-date=22 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622072706/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/kieron-gillen-introduces-generation-hope-101103.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gillen wrote the title for twelve issues before passing it to [[James Asmus]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Richards|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35486|title=ONE TO: James Asmus Part 1 – "Generation Hope"|publisher=Comic Book Resources|date=23 November 2011|access-date=12 September 2012|archive-date=25 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025024734/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35486|url-status=live}}</ref> After co-scripting a few issues of ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' with outgoing writer [[Matt Fraction]], Gillen took over the series with issue #534.1.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Dave |date=18 January 2011 |title=Gillen Prepares His 'Uncanny' Solo |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30381 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222191844/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30381 |archive-date=22 February 2011 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref> His time on the title saw the book through the 2011 "[[Fear Itself (comics)|Fear Itself]]" storyline, a renumbering to #1 in the wake of the "[[X-Men: Schism|Schism]]" storyline, and a tie-in with the "[[Avengers vs. X-Men]]" storyline. After finishing his run with issue #20, Gillen penned a five-issue epilogue miniseries ''AvX: Consequences'' that dealt with the aftermath of that event.<ref name=consequences>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/kieron-gillen-avx-consequences-uncanny-x-men.html|first=Albert|last=Ching|title=Leaving UNCANNY X-MEN has CONSEQUENCES for Kieron Gillen|date=4 September 2012|access-date=12 September 2012|archive-date=7 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907060649/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/kieron-gillen-avx-consequences-uncanny-x-men.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2011, Gillen returned to [[Asgard (comics)|Marvel's Asgard]] with a run on ''[[Journey into Mystery]]'' (the original name of the ''Thor'' series, continuing its original numbering), starting with issue #622 and finishing with #645 in October 2012. As part of the [[Marvel NOW!]] relaunch, Gillen wrote two books: ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' (again taking over from Fraction) with art by his frequent ''Uncanny X-Men'' collaborator Greg Land, and ''[[Young Avengers]]'' with Jamie McKelvie.<ref name=consequences/><ref>{{cite web|author=Richards, Dave|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=41439|title=Gillen & McKelvie Assemble New Volume of 'Young Avengers'|date=9 October 2012|access-date=9 October 2012|archive-date=26 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026235244/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== 2014–present ====
Between 2014 and 2019, Gillen and McKelvie collaborated on ''[[The Wicked + The Divine]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Gods Are ReIncarnated in THE WICKED AND THE DIVINE|url=https://imagecomics.com/news/the-gods-are-reincarnated-in-the-wicked-and-the-divine|access-date=20 December 2020|website=Image Comics|language=en|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129051006/https://imagecomics.com/news/the-gods-are-reincarnated-in-the-wicked-and-the-divine|url-status=live}}</ref> This Image series won "Best Comic" at the 2014 [[British Comic Awards]]<ref name="BCA ref">{{cite web |title=BCA 2014 Winers Announced |url=http://britishcomicawards.com/bca-2014-winners-announced/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129022553/http://britishcomicawards.com/bca-2014-winners-announced/ |archivedate=29 November 2014 |accessdate=17 November 2014 |website=British Comic Awards}}</ref> and received multiple award nominations such as the 2015 [[Eisner Award]] for "Best New Series",<ref name="2015 Eisner Nominations">{{Cite web|date=2015-06-13|title=2015 Eisner Award Nominations|publisher=[[Comic-Con International: San Diego]]|url= http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2015-eisner-award-nominations|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=13 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613194937/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/2015-eisner-award-nominations}}</ref> the 2018 Eisner Award for "Best Continuing Series"<ref name="2018 Eisner Nominations">{{cite web |title=2018 Eisner Award Nominations |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2018-eisner-awards-nominations |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613194937/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2018-eisner-awards-nominations |archivedate=13 June 2015 |accessdate=8 January 2019 |website=Comic-Con}}</ref> and the 2020 [[Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 April 2020|title=2020 Hugo Awards|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/|access-date=20 December 2020|website=The Hugo Awards|language=en-US|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407224006/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, the duo also returned to ''Phonogram'' after a long hiatus with the third and final volume titled ''The Immaterial Girl''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-09 |title=Phonogram for summer return - Image Expo |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/comics/a620406/phonogram-immaterial-girl-arriving-in-summer-2015-image-expo/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=28 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228051716/https://www.digitalspy.com/comics/a620406/phonogram-immaterial-girl-arriving-in-summer-2015-image-expo/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Shiach |first=Kieran|date=2017-01-19 |title=The Impact Of Gillen, McKelvie And Wilson's 'Phonogram' |url=https://comicsalliance.com/impact-music-comics-phonogram-mckelvie-gillen-wilson/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=ComicsAlliance |language=en |archive-date=24 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224141652/https://comicsalliance.com/impact-music-comics-phonogram-mckelvie-gillen-wilson/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":7" /> ''[[ComicsAlliance]]'' highlighted that there was a three year delay between the volume announcement and its release "as everyone involved had rightly become superstars, but it was more than worth the wait".<ref name=":6" /> Gillen's other creator-owned work included ''[[Three (comics)|Three]]'' (2013), a mini-series about the [[helot]]s of [[Sparta]],<ref name="denofgeek">{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Leader|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/books-comics/11410/kieron-gillen-and-jamie-mckelvie-interview|title=Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie interview|publisher=Den of Geek|date=3 November 2009|access-date=3 November 2009|archive-date=22 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722225316/http://www.denofgeek.com/books-comics/11410/kieron-gillen-and-jamie-mckelvie-interview|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbooked.com/kieron-gillen-talks-creator-owned/|first=Nick|last=Cavicchio|publisher=Comicbooked.com|access-date=29 October 2012|date=28 October 2012|title=Kieron Gillen Talks Creator-Owned|archive-date=30 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030024011/http://www.comicbooked.com/kieron-gillen-talks-creator-owned/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Orf |first=Darren |date=22 April 2014 |title=Kieron Gillen Closes the Door on Three, Greets The Wicked + The Divine |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/04/kieron-gillen-closes-the-door-on-three-greets-the.html?a=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904041143/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/04/kieron-gillen-closes-the-door-on-three-greets-the.html?a=1 |archive-date=4 September 2014 |access-date=28 February 2024 |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref> and ''The Ludocrats'', initially announced in 2015 as a collaboration between writers Gillen and [[Jim Rossignol]] and artist [[David Lafuente]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Kamen |url=http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-01/08/ludocrats-exclusive |title=Exclusive: Image Comics attacks normalcy with 'The Ludocrats' |publisher=[[Wired UK]] |date=8 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111083844/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-01/08/ludocrats-exclusive |archive-date=11 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The series was eventually published in 2020 with art by Jeff Stokely.<ref>{{cite web |first=Karama |last=Horne |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/indie-comics-spotlight-ludocrats-kieron-gillen-jim-rossignol |title= Indie Comics Spotlight: Why the insanity of Ludocrats is exactly what we need right now  |publisher=[[Syfy Wire]] |date=29 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601123212/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/indie-comics-spotlight-ludocrats-kieron-gillen-jim-rossignol |archive-date=1 June 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 2015 to 2016, Gillen wrote the 25-issue ''[[Star Wars: Darth Vader]]'' series for Marvel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Darth Vader (2015 – present) &#124; Comics |url=http://marvel.com/comics/series/19379/darth_vader_2015_-_present |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220170214/http://marvel.com/comics/series/19379/darth_vader_2015_-_present |archive-date=February 20, 2016 |access-date=December 20, 2016 |publisher=Marvel}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Jaffe |first=Alex |date=2022-05-24 |title=Star Wars comics: A complete guide to the ongoing Star Wars comic saga |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/star-wars-complete-guide-comics-saga |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Popverse |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923040502/https://www.thepopverse.com/star-wars-complete-guide-comics-saga |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Riesman |first=Abraham Josephine |date=2016-08-30 |title=Marvel’s Darth Vader Comic Is Star Wars at Its Best |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/08/darth-vader-marvel-comic.html |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929151240/https://www.vulture.com/2016/08/darth-vader-marvel-comic.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This series introduced the character [[Doctor Aphra]]; Gillen had originally planned to have Vader kill Aphra during the story, but realized a way that she could escape and still keep the integrity of both characters.<ref name="Gillen & Spurrier">{{Cite web |last=Lavorgna |first=Bria |date=April 26, 2018 |title=Doctor Aphra Creator Kieron Gillen, Co-Writer Si Spurrier Discuss What's Next for the Fan Favorite |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/doctor-aphra-creator-kieron-gillen-co-writer-si-spurrier-discuss-whats-next-for-the-fan-favorite-rogue |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503051532/https://www.starwars.com/news/doctor-aphra-creator-kieron-gillen-co-writer-si-spurrier-discuss-whats-next-for-the-fan-favorite-rogue |archive-date=May 3, 2020 |access-date=July 3, 2020 |website=[[StarWars.com]]}}</ref> Between 2016 and 2018, he wrote ''Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' #1–#13,<ref name="PW 1">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=''Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' #1 |url=http://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/OCT160975 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |website=Previews World |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924025702/https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/OCT160975 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=''Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' #13 |url=https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/AUG171003 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |website=Previews World |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317003133/https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/AUG171003 |url-status=live }}</ref> and then cowrote #14–#19 with [[Simon Spurrier]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=''Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' #14 |url=https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP170980 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |website=Previews World |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317003150/https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP170980 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=''Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' #19 |url=https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/FEB180912 |access-date=May 21, 2019 |website=Previews World |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317003230/https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/FEB180912 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gillen also took over writing the ''[[Star Wars (2015 comic book)|Star Wars]]'' ongoing series in November 2017 with issue #38; his final issue was #67 in June 2019.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-14 |title=Marvel’s current Star Wars architect Kieron Gillen set to end his run |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/marvels-current-star-wars-architect-kieron-gillen-set-to-end-his-run |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=SYFY Official Site |language=en-US |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128234711/https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/marvels-current-star-wars-architect-kieron-gillen-set-to-end-his-run |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gillen and [[Stephanie Hans]] began discussing a collaboration on a creator-owned ongoing comic following their collaboration on ''Journey Into Mystery''. While they started with a different idea, they eventually settled on an idea which would become ''[[Die (comics)|Die]]''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Kanayama |first=Kelly |date=2018-10-07 |title=NYCC ’18 Interview: Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans on "DIE!" – Jumanji For Sensitive Metalheads |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-18-interview-kieron-gillen-and-stephanie-hans-on-die-jumanji-for-sensitive-metalheads/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=The Beat |language=en-US |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011144552/http://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-18-interview-kieron-gillen-and-stephanie-hans-on-die-jumanji-for-sensitive-metalheads/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It premiered in December 2018 and was published by Image Comics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2018-09-10 |title=Image Comics’ New Series ‘Die’ Takes Fantasy and Gaming Into New Realms (Exclusive Images) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/image-comics-new-series-die-takes-fantasy-gaming-new-realms-images-1141026/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506173304/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/image-comics-new-series-die-takes-fantasy-gaming-new-realms-images-1141026/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Spencer |first=Alex |date=2018-12-10 |title=We played Die, the ‘Goth Jumanji’ game fueling Kieron Gillen’s new RPG comic book |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/10/18131140/die-kieron-gillen-rpg-image-comics |access-date=2021-04-14 |work=Polygon |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703070943/https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/10/18131140/die-kieron-gillen-rpg-image-comics |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Spry |first=Jeff |date=2019-04-29 |title=Exclusive preview: Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans roll out new RPG-inspired horror series, DIE |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/kieron-gillen-stephanie-hans-die-image-comics |access-date=2021-03-29 |work=SyFy |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130847/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/kieron-gillen-stephanie-hans-die-image-comics |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2021, the series ended its run with twenty issues total.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dar |first=Taimur |date=2021-02-18 |title=Gillen & Hans’s DIE begins its final story arc in May |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/image-comics-die-comic-finale-kieron-gillen-stephanie-hans/ |access-date=2021-04-13 |work=Comics Beat |archive-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506171902/https://www.comicsbeat.com/image-comics-die-comic-finale-kieron-gillen-stephanie-hans/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Die'' won the 2021 [[British Fantasy Award]] for "Best Comic / Graphic Novel"<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2021-02-23 |title=Stephanie Hans and Kieron Gillen Win British Fantasy Award For Die |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/stephanie-hans-and-kieron-gillen-win-british-fantasy-award-for-die/ |access-date=2021-04-13 |work=Bleeding Cool |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319142250/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/stephanie-hans-and-kieron-gillen-win-british-fantasy-award-for-die/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and it was a finalist for the [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic|Best Graphic Story or Comic]] three times.<ref name="2020Hugo" /><ref name="Hugo21" /><ref name="Hugo22" /> In 2018, Gillen announced that he was preparing a role-playing game based on ''Die''.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Musings">{{Cite news |date=2018-11-12 |title=From D&D Cartoon Musings, to Your Next Favourite RPG Story: Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans on DIE - WWAC |url=https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2018/11/from-dd-cartoon-musings-to-your-next-favourite-rpg-story-kieron-gillen-and-stephanie-hans-on-die/ |access-date=2021-11-08 |work=WWAC |language=en-US |archive-date=28 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228015058/https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2018/11/from-dd-cartoon-musings-to-your-next-favourite-rpg-story-kieron-gillen-and-stephanie-hans-on-die/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gillen developed the game and the comic concurrently; ideas he developed for one would then crossover into the other.<ref name="CB Interview on Die Kickstarter">{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2022 |title=DIE: The RPG Launches New Kickstarter |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/die-rpg-kickstarter-interview-kieron-gillen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512161514/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/die-rpg-kickstarter-interview-kieron-gillen/ |archive-date=2022-05-12 |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitson |first=Hank |date=2022-06-03 |title=DIE Interview: Kieron Gillen and Grant Howitt Discuss Influences, Aspirations, and More About Kickstarter TTRPG |url=https://gamerant.com/die-interview-kieron-gillen-grant-howitt-kickstarter-ttrpg-adaptation-influences-aspirations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606222652/https://gamerant.com/die-interview-kieron-gillen-grant-howitt-kickstarter-ttrpg-adaptation-influences-aspirations/ |archive-date=2022-06-06 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=Game Rant |language=en-US}}</ref> The hardcover edition of the ''[[DIE: The Roleplaying Game]]'' was released by British publisher Rowan, Rook and Decard in June 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dohm-Sanchez |first=Jeffrey |date=May 17, 2023 |title=Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans' 'DIE: The Roleplaying Game' Heads to Retail |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54131/kieron-gillen-stephanie-hans-die-the-roleplaying-game-heads-retail |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523001850/https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54131/kieron-gillen-stephanie-hans-die-the-roleplaying-game-heads-retail |archive-date=May 23, 2023 |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=ICv2 |language=en}}</ref> following a successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign in May 2022 where the game was fully funded within 24 hours.<ref name="CB Interview on Die Kickstarter" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2022-05-16 |title=Making 'Die' come to life: Kieron Gillen and Grant Howitt talk 'Die: The RPG' |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2022/05/16/die-the-rpg-kieron-gillen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025163525/https://aiptcomics.com/2022/05/16/die-the-rpg-kieron-gillen/ |archive-date=2022-10-25 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=AIPT |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitson |first=Hank |date=2022-06-03 |title=Author and Designer Kieron Gillen Talks Trauma, Metafiction, and Thematic Depth In DIE TTRPG |url=https://gamerant.com/die-tabletop-rpg-interview-kieron-gillen-trauma-metafiction-themes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025163525/https://gamerant.com/die-tabletop-rpg-interview-kieron-gillen-trauma-metafiction-themes/ |archive-date=2022-10-25 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Game Rant |language=en-US}}</ref>

Between August 2019 and October 2022, Gillen wrote the 30-issue creator-owned series ''[[Once & Future]]'' with artist Dan Mora.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-27 |title=Indie Comics Spotlight: Kieron Gillen's Once & Future is an Arthurian story with a badass grandma |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/indie-comics-spotlight-kieron-gillens-once-future-is-an-arthurian-story-with-a-badass |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=SYFY Official Site |language=en-US |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211060310/https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/indie-comics-spotlight-kieron-gillens-once-future-is-an-arthurian-story-with-a-badass |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stachelczyk |first=Emily |date=2022-07-21 |title=Once & Future: Award-Winning King Arthur Horror Comic To End This Fall |url=https://screenrant.com/once-future-comic-king-arthur-ending-fall-2022/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924230745/https://screenrant.com/once-future-comic-king-arthur-ending-fall-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Justin |date=2022-10-12 |title=Once & Future #30 review |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2022/10/12/once-future-30-review/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=AIPT |language=en-us |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207175318/https://aiptcomics.com/2022/10/12/once-future-30-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This series was a finalist for the Hugo Award in "Best Graphic Story or Comic" three times.<ref name="Hugo21" /><ref name="Hugo22" /><ref name="Hugo2023">[https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2023-hugo-awards/ 2023 Hugo Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101042234/https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2023-hugo-awards/ |date=1 November 2023 }}, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved July 20, 2023</ref> In June 2020, Marvel announced that Gillen would write the limited series ''[[Warhammer 40,000 comics#Marvel Comics|Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar]]'', the first series in a line of ''[[Warhammer 40,000|Warhammer]]'' comics published by the company.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoffer |first=Christian |date=25 June 2020 |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/marvel-warhammer-40000-comic-gillen-burrows/|title=Marvel Announces Warhammer 40,000 Comic by Kieron Gillen, Jacen Burrows|publisher=ComicBook.com |access-date=20 July 2020|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627012147/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/marvel-warhammer-40000-comic-gillen-burrows/}}</ref> In 2021, Gillen and McKelvie reunited with ''[[Batman Black and White|Batman: Black and White]]'' #5 for [[DC Comics]]. ''[[GamesRadar+]]'' highlighted that they "have worked together on-and-off for the past 17 years" and that the [[Batman]] short story was their "first major project together since the conclusion of ''The Wicked + The Divine'' in 2019".<ref name=":5" /> Gillen commented that he started to do more "work for hire again" due to the impact of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] – "I didn't possibly think my brain could do creator-owned work, with everything that entailed. [...] So, I was certainly open to more work for hire (amongst other projects) and I've been enjoying it".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Dave |date=2022-01-06 |title=Immortal X-Men: Gillen Teases Sinister's Backstabbing Plans for Krakoa |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-gillen-immortal-x-men-interview/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=CBR |language=en |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229173847/https://www.cbr.com/marvel-gillen-immortal-x-men-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Also in 2021, Gillen began writing the ''[[Eternals (comics)|Eternals]]'' ongoing series, illustrated by [[Esad Ribić]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-the-eternals-kieron-gillen-interview/|publisher=[[ComicBook.com]]|author=Lovett, Jamie|title=The Eternals: Kieron Gillen Reveals Plans to Redefine Marvel's Cosmic Mythology|date=24 August 2020|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919141215/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-the-eternals-kieron-gillen-interview/}}</ref> This culminated in the 2022 crossover event ''[[A.X.E.: Judgment Day]]'' which focused on conflict between the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]], the X-Men and the Eternals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2022 |title='Judgment Day' writer Kieron Gillen explains how to build a Marvel crossover worth reading |url=https://ew.com/books/judgment-day-kieron-gillen-how-to-build-a-marvel-crossover/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004020542/https://ew.com/books/judgment-day-kieron-gillen-how-to-build-a-marvel-crossover/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2022, as part of the ''[[Destiny of X]]'' relaunch following ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day'', Gillen began writing the ''[[Immortal X-Men]]'' series with artist Lucas Werneck which focused on the Quiet Council of [[Krakoa]];<ref>{{cite web |author=Blum, Jeremy |date=December 8, 2021 |title=New Immortal X-Men Series Brings Kieron Gillen Back to Marvel's Mutants |url=https://www.cbr.com/immortal-xmen-new-marvel-series-2022-gillen-werneck/ |access-date=January 2, 2023 |work=CBR |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231020206/https://www.cbr.com/immortal-xmen-new-marvel-series-2022-gillen-werneck/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Adams, Timothy |date=December 8, 2021 |title=Marvel Announces Immortal X-Men Creative Team, Focus on Krakoa's Quiet Council |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/immortal-x-men-creative-team-krakoa-quiet-council/ |access-date=January 2, 2023 |work=Comicbook |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519105955/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/immortal-x-men-creative-team-krakoa-quiet-council/ |url-status=live }}</ref> this series built plot points for the 2023 event ''[[Sins of Sinister]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author= |date=December 8, 2022 |title=Secrets From Mutant History Are Unleashed and Vicious Betrayals Threaten Krakoa's Future in ''Immortal X-Men'' |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/immortal-x-men-kieron-gillen-lucas-werneck-full-announcement |access-date=January 2, 2023 |work=Marvel |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320224806/https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/immortal-x-men-kieron-gillen-lucas-werneck-full-announcement |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Lovett, Jamie |date=December 7, 2022 |title=X-Men: Kieron Gillen Sets the Stage for Sins of Sinister (Exclusive) |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/x-men-sins-of-sinister-kieron-gillen-interview-marvel/ |access-date=January 2, 2023 |work=Comicbook |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223140536/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/x-men-sins-of-sinister-kieron-gillen-interview-marvel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The final part of [[Krakoan Age]] of the X-Men, the ''[[Fall of X]]'', began in 2023 following ''Sins of Sinister''. Gillen is writer on multiple series in this era such as the ongoing ''Immortal X-Men'' conclusion, the limited series ''Rise of the Powers of X'' (January 2024) with artist R.B. Silva and the limited series ''X-Men: Forever'' (March 2024) with artist Luca Maresca.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Dave |date=2024-01-05 |title=Rise of the Powers of X Writer Says Goodbye to X-Men's Krakoan Age |url=https://www.cbr.com/x-men-forever-rise-of-powers-of-x-kieron-gillen-interview/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=CBR |language=en |archive-date=19 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119144334/https://www.cbr.com/x-men-forever-rise-of-powers-of-x-kieron-gillen-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jonathan |date=2023-02-03 |title=X-Men's Epic New FALL OF X Era Begins This Spring With BEFORE THE FALL One-Shots |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-before-fall-one-shots-fall-of-x/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420194952/https://screenrant.com/xmen-before-fall-one-shots-fall-of-x/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jonathan |date=2023-11-14 |title=The Final Mysteries of X-Men's Krakoa Era Revealed in X-Men: Forever |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-forever-final-mysteries-krakoa-era-answers/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=14 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114164603/https://screenrant.com/xmen-forever-final-mysteries-krakoa-era-answers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

At [[Emerald City Comic Con]] 2024, Gillen announced a new Image series titled ''The Power Fantasy'' with artist Caspar Wijngaard and [[letterer]] Clayton Cowles; the first issue released in August 2024. It is set in an [[alternate history]] from 1945 to 1999 and focuses on six super powered people who must never come into conflict.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=2024-03-01 |title=Kieron Gillen Launching ‘The Power Fantasy’ Comic Book |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kieron-gillen-launching-the-power-fantasy-comic-1235840258/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2024-03-01 |title=HBO meets the X-Men in Marvel mutant writer Kieron Gillen's new series The Power Fantasy with Caspar Wijngaard |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/the-power-fantasy-caspar-wijngaard-kieron-gillen-image-comics-2024-superheroes-hbo-x-men |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Popverse |language=en}}</ref> On the creative origins, Gillen stated that "''The Power Fantasy'' emerged in a similar way to ''The Wicked + The Divine''. I was doing a book at Marvel, and became aware of exactly the sort of things I could do with the reins taken off. As ''The Wicked + the Divine'' was to ''Young Avengers'', this is to ''Immortal X-Men''".<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2024-03-01 |title='The Power Fantasy' is new subversive work between 'The Boys' and 'Watchmen' • AIPT |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/03/01/the-power-fantasy-august-2024/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=AIPT |language=en-us}}</ref> In 2025, ''The Power Fantasy'' was nominated for Best New Series at the Eisner Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Heidi |author-link=Heidi MacDonald |date=May 15, 2025 |title=2024 Eisner nominations announced, led by Fantagraphics and Tom King |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/2024-eisner-nominations-announced-led-by-fantagraphics-and-tom-king/ |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref> Gillen collaborated again with artist Hans on the original [[Image Comics|Image]] graphic novel ''[[We Called Them Giants]]'' which was released in October 2024.<ref name=":62">{{Cite web |last=Fang |first=Sam |date=August 21, 2024 |title=First Look At X-Men and Star War Writer's Upcoming Graphic Novel |url=https://www.cbr.com/we-call-them-giants-image-kieron-gillen-preview/ |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":52">{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=September 6, 2024 |title=We Called Them Giants: Preview One of the Biggest New Graphic Novels of Fall 2024 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/we-called-them-giants-preview-image-comics-kieron-gillen |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=[[IGN]] |language=en}}</ref> It was nominated for the "Best Graphic Story or Comic" Hugo Award in 2025.<ref name="2025 Hugo Noms" /> Sean Dillon of ''[[Comics Beat|The Beat]]'' opined that the "postapocalyptic genre" of ''We Called Them Giants'' "serves Gillen better than the Alternate History of ''The Power Fantasy''. For all his interest in history, Gillen remains a writer intensely tied to the present".<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Dillon |first=Sean |date=November 14, 2024 |title=Graphic Novel Review: Gillen and Hans' WE CALL THEM GIANTS is a truly stellar work |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-we-call-them-giants-is-a-truly-stellar-work/ |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=[[Comics Beat|The Beat]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Dillon viewed "the post-apocalypse" as benefiting "Gillen's skills as a writer"; he also noted that while "Gillen is an author known primarily for writing stories about young people fucking around and finding out, there remains no one better in this line of work at writing crotchety old women" as seen in the graphic novel's Beatrice.<ref name=":12" />

==Awards and accolades==
Gillen was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Arts by [[Staffordshire University]] in 2019 for his work both as a journalist and a comic book writer.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.staffs.ac.uk/news/2019/06/community-champions-to-join-staffordshire-universitys-class-of-2019 |title=Community champions to join Staffordshire University's Class of 2019|date=6 June 2019|publisher=[[Staffordshire University]]|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=15 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615031751/https://www.staffs.ac.uk/news/2019/06/community-champions-to-join-staffordshire-universitys-class-of-2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
! class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2000
|[[Periodical Publishers Association]]
|New Specialist Consumer Journalist
|{{N/A}}
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kieron Gillen - Honorary Graduate |url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/honorary-graduates/kieron-gillen |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Staffordshire University |language=en-GB |archive-date=28 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228041811/https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/honorary-graduates/kieron-gillen |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2010
|[[Eagle Awards|Eagle Award]]
|[[List of Eagle Award nominees and winners#2010|Favourite Newcomer Writer]]
|{{N/A}}
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Rich |title=Eagle Awards Nominations Announced |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/eagle-awards-nominations-announced/ |website=[[Bleeding Cool]] |publisher=[[Avatar Press]] |language=en |date=23 May 2010 |access-date=24 September 2021 |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924164949/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/eagle-awards-nominations-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
|[[25th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Awards]]
|[[GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book|Outstanding Comic Book]]
|''[[Young Avengers]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=25th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Winners Announced |url=https://deadline.com:80/2014/04/25th-annual-glaad-media-awards-winners-unveiled-714054/ |magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124021612/http://deadline.com/2014/04/25th-annual-glaad-media-awards-winners-unveiled-714054/ |archive-date=November 24, 2017 |date=April 12, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[British Comic Awards]]
|Best Comic
|rowspan=2|''[[The Wicked + The Divine]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref name="BCA ref"/>
|-
|2015
|[[Eisner Award]]
|Best New Series
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="2015 Eisner Nominations"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|[[Inkpot Award]]
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{won}}
|<ref name="Inkpot 2016"/>
|-
|[[27th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Awards]]
|Outstanding Comic Book
|rowspan=2|''The Wicked + The Divine''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khatchatourian |first1=Maane |title=2016 GLAAD Awards Nominations: Full List of Nominees |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/glaad-awards-nominations-2016-nominees-full-list-1201689856/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205818/https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/glaad-awards-nominations-2016-nominees-full-list-1201689856/ |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |date=January 27, 2016 |url-status=live |issn=0042-2738}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|Eisner Award
|Best Continuing Series
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="2018 Eisner Nominations"/>
|-
|2019
|[[30th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Awards]]
|rowspan=2|Outstanding Comic Book
|''[[Star Wars: Doctor Aphra]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramos |first1=Dino-Ray |title=GLAAD Media Awards Nominations: 'Love, Simon', 'Crazy Rich Asians', And 'Pose' Recognized For LGBTQ Inclusion |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/glaad-media-awards-nominees-love-simon-crazy-rich-asians-pose-the-favourite-lgbtq-1202541232/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125201016/https://deadline.com/2019/01/glaad-media-awards-nominees-love-simon-crazy-rich-asians-pose-the-favourite-lgbtq-1202541232/ |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |date=January 25, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|2020
|[[31st GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Awards]]
|''The Wicked + The Divine''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gardner |first1=Chris |last2=Howard |first2=Annie |title=GLAAD Media Awards: 'Booksmart,' 'Bombshell,' 'Rocketman' Among Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/glaad-media-award-nominations-2020-full-list-nominees-1267736/item/outstanding-video-game-glaad-media-award-nominations-2020-1267833 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]] |access-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218122114/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/glaad-media-award-nominations-2020-full-list-nominees-1267736/item/outstanding-video-game-glaad-media-award-nominations-2020-1267833 |archive-date=February 18, 2020 |date=January 8, 2020 |url-status=live |issn=0018-3660}}</ref>
|-
|[[British Fantasy Award]]
|Best Comic / Graphic Novel
|''[[Die (comics)|Die]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref name="BFA20">{{cite magazine |date=February 22, 2021 |title=2020 British Fantasy Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-british-fantasy-awards-winners/ |magazine=[[Locus Online]] |access-date=26 April 2021 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615195946/https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-british-fantasy-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }} Awarded in 2021 for 2020 works.</ref>
|-
|[[Hugo Award]]
|[[Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story|Best Graphic Story or Comic]]
|''The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: "Okay"''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="2020Hugo">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/|title=2020 Hugo Awards|publisher=[[Hugo Awards]]|date=2020|access-date=15 November 2020|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407224006/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2020-hugo-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Hugo Award
|Best Graphic Story or Comic
|''Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="2020Hugo" />
|-
|rowspan=3|2021
|British Fantasy Award
|Best Comic / Graphic Novel
|''Die, Volume 2: Split the Party''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2020 British Fantasy Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-british-fantasy-awards-winners/ |magazine=[[Locus Online]] |date=22 February 2021 |access-date=26 April 2021 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615195946/https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-british-fantasy-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }} Awarded in 2021 for 2020 works.</ref>
|-
|Hugo Award
|Best Graphic Story or Comic
|''Die, Volume 2: Split the Party''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="Hugo21">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/ |title=2021 Hugo Awards |date=January 2021 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2021-04-13 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205231/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Hugo Award
|Best Graphic Story or Comic
|''[[Once & Future|Once & Future, Volume 1: The King is Undead]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="Hugo21" />
|-
|rowspan=4|2022
|British Fantasy Award
|Best Comic / Graphic Novel
|rowspan=2|''Die, Volume 4: Bleed''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |date=September 19, 2022 |title=2022 British Fantasy Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/09/2022-british-fantasy-awards-winners/ |website=[[Locus Online]] |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920202925/https://locusmag.com/2022/09/2022-british-fantasy-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|Hugo Award
|Best Graphic Story or Comic
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="Hugo22">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2022-hugo-awards/ |title=2022 Hugo Awards |date=September 2022 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2023-10-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919211513/https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2022-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=September 19, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|Hugo Award
|Best Graphic Story or Comic
|''Once & Future, Volume 3: The Parliament of Magpies''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="Hugo22" />
|-
|[[Dragon Awards]]
|Best Comic Book
|''[[Immortal X-Men]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-09-07 |title=2022 Dragon Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/09/2022-dragon-awards-winners/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=September 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907180719/https://locusmag.com/2022/09/2022-dragon-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|rowspan=4|2023
|[[34th GLAAD Media Awards|GLAAD Media Awards]]
|Outstanding Comic Book
|''Immortal X-Men''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="GLAAD23">{{cite web |url=https://glaad.org/mediaawards/34/nominees |title=34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees |date=June 2023 |publisher=GLAAD |access-date=2023-10-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923081943/https://glaad.org/mediaawards/34/nominees/ |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Hugo Award
|Best Graphic Story or Comic
|''Once & Future, Volume 4: Monarchies in the UK''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="Hugo2023"/>
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|[[ENNIE Awards]]
|Best Production Values
|''[[DIE: The Roleplaying Game|DIE: The Roleplaying Game Special Edition]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name="2023 ENNIEs">{{Cite web |title=2023 Nominations – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/2023-nominees/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=[[ENNIE Awards]] |language=en-US |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818014940/https://ennie-awards.com/2023-nominees/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Origins Awards]]
|Best Role-playing Game Core Product
|''DIE: The Roleplaying Game''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Origins Awards finalists |url=https://www.originsgamefair.com/origins-award-winners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622153621/https://www.originsgamefair.com/origins-award-winners |archive-date=2024-06-22 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=[[Origins Game Fair]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="2023 Origins Winners">{{Cite press release |title=2023 ORIGINS AWARD Winners |date=June 22, 2024 |publisher=[[Origins Game Fair]] |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9d19e5fd679331583528a6/t/6676ffb526bde82046e682cb/1719074742155/2023+ORIGINS+AWARD+WINNERS.pdf |access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref>
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|rowspan=2|2025
|Hugo Award
|Best Graphic Story or Comic
|''[[We Called Them Giants]]''
|{{pending}}
|<ref name = "2025 Hugo Noms">{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-04-07 |title=These are the Finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards |url=https://bookriot.com/2025-hugo-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=BOOK RIOT |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Eisner Award
|Best New Series
|''[[The Power Fantasy ]]''
|{{pending}}
|<ref name = "2025 Eisner Nomineess">{{Cite web |title=Nominees Announced for 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/ |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=San Diego Comic-Con|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|}

==Bibliography==
===Early work===
*''Hit'' (with Brian Laframboise (#1–2), Natalie Sandells (#3), Jeff Coleman (#4) and Andy Dale (#5), [[webcomic]], 2002–2003)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hit |url=http://nextcomics.com/index.php?page=comics&comicnum=24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020430115421/http://nextcomics.com/index.php?page=comics&comicnum=24 |archive-date=April 30, 2002 |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=Next Comics}}</ref>
** The first five episodes were published in print as a mini-comic compiled and distributed by Gillen himself.<ref>{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Rees |url=http://www.zumcomics.info/h/hit.html |title=Hit |publisher=ZUM! Comics |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030915040031/http://www.zumcomics.info/h/hit.html |archive-date=15 September 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** The sixth episode (drawn by Wilson Hall) has appeared in ''Variance Anthology'' (Variance Press, 2004)
*''Spectators'' (with Tim Twelves, short 3-page story published online via OPi8, 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spectators |url=http://www.opi8.com/sequence/display.php?id=164 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021208171003/http://www.opi8.com/sequence/display.php?id=164 |archive-date=December 8, 2002 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=OPi8}}</ref>
*''Panel Bleed'' ([[fanzine|e-zine]] co-created by Gillen and Charlie Chu, 2002–2004)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Panel Bleed |url=http://panelbleed.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040831080112/http://panelbleed.com/ |archive-date=31 August 2004 |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
*''Everybody Be Cool'' (column published at Ninth Art, 2002–2003)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everybody Be Cool |url=http://www.ninthart.com/authorindex.php?author=Kieron+Gillen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030219232403/http://www.ninthart.com/authorindex.php?author=Kieron+Gillen |archive-date=19 February 2003 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=Ninth Art}}</ref>
* Webcomics created solely by Gillen and published via [[Big Robot]]:
**''Big Robots Cry Too'' (9-page short story, 2003)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Big Robots Cry Too |url=http://www.big-robot.com/gillen/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030603202117/http://www.big-robot.com/gillen/ |archive-date=3 June 2003 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=[[Big Robot]]}}</ref>
**''Negativeland'' ([[photo comics|photocomic]], 2003–2004)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Negativeland |url=http://www.big-robot.com/image/gillen/archive.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041208002826/http://www.big-robot.com/image/gillen/archive.html |archive-date=8 December 2004 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=[[Big Robot]]}}</ref>
*''[[Warhammer Monthly]]'' ([[anthology]], [[Black Library]]):
** "Herd Instinct" (with David Millgate, in #74, 2003)
** "The Chosen" (with [[Steve Pugh]], in #83, 2004)
*''[[Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine]]'' #42–89: "Save Point" (with [[Jamie McKelvie]], [[comic strip|half-page strip]], [[Future Publishing]], 2003–2007)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Save Point |url=http://gillen.cream.org/sp.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050429025204/http://gillen.cream.org/sp.html |archive-date=29 April 2005 |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
*''Variance Anthology'': "Something's Wrong" (with Charity Larrison, anthology [[graphic novel]], 105 pages, Variance Press, 2004)
*''Commercial Suicide'' (self-published anthology — co-edited by Gillen and [[Alex de Campi]]):
**''Commercial Suicide'': "Minister Drill-cock!" (with Asif Khan, 2004)
**''Commercial Suicide Volume 2'': "Chimplants" (with Daniel Heard, 2004)
**''Commercial Suicide Volume 3'': "Ultimate Pol Pot" (with William Cogan, 2005)
*''[[Chaos League]]'' (with Thomas Veauclin, free [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]] distributed with various gaming magazines, [[Digital Jesters]], 2004)
*''Homo Depressus'' (with Mark Nicoll, short 5-page story published online via Always Black, 2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homo Depressus |url=http://www.alwaysblack.com/blackout/firstdegree_00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414225516/http://www.alwaysblack.com/blackout/firstdegree_00.html |archive-date=14 April 2005 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=Always Black}}</ref>
*''Busted Wonder'' (with Charity Larrison, webcomic, 2005–2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Busted Wonder |url=https://bustedwonder.com/ |access-date=27 February 2024 |archive-date=31 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231214521/http://bustedwonder.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''Exterminus'' (with Charity Larrison, [[infinite canvas|infinite canvas webcomic]], 2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exterminus |url=https://www.bustedwonder.com/exterminus/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060417104228/https://www.bustedwonder.com/exterminus/ |archive-date=17 April 2006 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=Busted Wonder}}</ref>
* Short stories (drawn by Andy Bloor) in anthology graphic novels published by Accent UK:
**''Zombies'': "Zombies" (168 pages, 2007, {{ISBN|0-9555764-0-7}})
**''Robots'': "Robot" (204 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|0-9555764-1-5}})
**''Western'': "The Men Who Built the West" (192 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|0-9555764-2-3}})

===[[Boom! Studios]]===
*''[[Warhammer Fantasy (setting)|Warhammer: Crown of Destruction]]'' #1–4 (with Dwayne Harris, 2008)
** Collected as ''Warhammer: Crown of Destruction'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-78496-466-2}})
** Collected in ''Warhammer: Blood of the Empire Omnibus'' (tpb, 400 pages, 2008, {{ISBN|1-934506-72-9}})
*''[[CBGB OMFUG]]'' #1: "A NYC Punk Carol" (with Marc Ellerby, anthology, 2010) collected in ''CBGB OMFUG'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2010, {{ISBN|1-60886-024-8}})
*''Fresh Romance Volume 1'': "First, Last, Always" (with [[Christine Norrie]], story created for the tpb, 224 pages, [[Rosy Press]], 2016, {{ISBN|1-62010-346-X}})
*''[[Once & Future]]'' (with Dan Mora, 2019–2022) collected as:
** ''The King is Undead'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-68415-491-X}})
** ''Old English'' (collects #7–12, tpb, 160 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-68415-637-8}})
** ''The Parliament of Magpies'' (collects #13–18, tpb, 160 pages, 2021, {{ISBN|1-68415-703-X}})
** ''Monarchies in the UK'' (collects #19–24, tpb, 160 pages, 2022, {{ISBN|1-68415-829-X}})
** ''The Wasteland'' (collects #25–30, tpb, 160 pages, 2023, {{ISBN|1-68415-862-1}})

===[[Image Comics]]===
*''[[Phonogram (comics)|The Complete Phonogram]]'' (hc, 504 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-5343-0151-8}}) collects:
**''[[Phonogram (comics)#Volume 1: Rue Britannia|Phonogram]]'' #1–6 (with Jamie McKelvie, 2006–2007) also collected as ''Phonogram: Rue Britannia''  (tpb, 152 pages, 2007, {{ISBN|1-58240-694-4}})
**''[[Phonogram (comics)#Volume 2: The Singles Club|Phonogram: The Singles Club]]'' #1–7 (with Jamie McKelvie, 2008–2009) also collected as ''Phonogram: The Singles Club'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2010, {{ISBN|1-60706-179-1}})
*** Each issue featured one or more short stories (named "[[b-side]]s" by Gillen and McKelvie) which are not included in the trade paperback collection:
**** Issue #1 featured "She Who Bleeds for Your Entertainment" (art by Laurenn McCubbin) and "The Power of Love" (art by Marc Ellerby)
**** Issue #2 featured "Wuthering Heights" (art by [[Emma Vieceli]]) and "The Singer" (art by Daniel Heard)
**** Issue #3 featured "David Kohl: Phonomancer" (art by Leigh Gallagher) and "Control" (art by [[Lee O'Connor (comics)|Lee O'Connor]])
**** Issue #4 featured "The Roses" (art by [[David Lafuente]]) and "Theory and Practice" (art by Charity Larrison)
**** Issue #5 featured "Ska Attack Squad" (art by Dan Boultwood)
**** Issue #6 featured "Your Song" (art by [[P. J. Holden]]) and "Altantis to Interzone" (art by [[Adam Cadwell]])
**** Issue #7 featured "The Queen is Dead" (art by Nikki Cook) + "Blood Mountain" (art by [[Becky Cloonan]]) + "30" (art by Andy Bloor) + "Once in a Lifetime" (art by Sean Azzopardi)
**''[[Phonogram (comics)#Volume 3: The Immaterial Girl|Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl]]'' #1–6 (with Jamie McKelvie, 2015–2016) also collected as ''Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-63215-679-2}})
*** As with the previous series, each issue featured one or more short stories which are not included in the trade paperback collection:
**** Issue #1 featured "Everything and Nothing" (art by Sarah Gordon) and "Blurred" (art by Clayton Cowles)
**** Issue #2 featured "The Ice Storm" (art by Jamaica Dyer)
**** Issue #3 featured "Black Parade" (art by Christian Wildgoose)
**** Issue #4 featured "I Hate Myself" (art by Julia Scheele) and "Come Out 2nite" (art by Luis Sopelana)
**** Issue #5 featured "Shiny Black Taxi Cab" (art by Rosy Higgins)
**** Issue #6 featured "Modern Love" (art by Tom Humberstone)
*''[[This is a Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint & Shirley Lee]]'': "Sweeping the Nation" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology graphic novel, 208 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|1-60706-048-5}})
*''[[Liberty Comics|Liberty Annual]]'' '12: "Unleashed" (with Nate Bellegarde, anthology, 2012) collected in ''CBLDF Presents: Liberty'' (hc, 216 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-60706-937-7}}; tpb, 2016, {{ISBN|1-60706-996-2}})
*''[[Three (comics)|Three]]'' #1–5 (with [[Ryan Kelly (comics)|Ryan Kelly]], 2013–2014) collected as ''Three'' (tpb, 146 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-60706-963-6}})
*''[[The Wicked + The Divine]]'' (with Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown (#12), [[Tula Lotay]] (#13), [[Stephanie Hans]] (#15), Leila del Duca (#16) and [[Brandon Graham (comics)|Brandon Graham]] (#17), 2014–2019) collected as:
**''Year One'' (collects #1–11, hc, 400 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-63215-728-4}})
**''Year Two'' (collects #12–22, hc, 400 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-5343-0220-4}})
**''Year Three'' (collects #23–33, hc, 400 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5343-0857-1}})
**''Year Four'' (set of two hcs, 510+170 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-5343-1358-3}})
*** The first volume collects #34–45 and four spin-off one-shots:
**** ''The Wicked + The Divine: 1831'' (with Stephanie Hans, 2016)
**** ''The Wicked + The Divine: 455 A.D.'' (with André Lima Araújo, 2017)
**** ''The Wicked + The Divine: 1923'' (with Aud Koch, 2018)
**** ''The Wicked + The Divine: 1373'' (with Ryan Kelly, 2018)
*** The second volume collects two more spin-off one-shots:
**** ''The Wicked + The Divine Christmas Annual'' (with [[Kris Anka]], Rachael Stott, [[Chynna Clugston Flores]], Emma Vieceli and [[Carla Speed McNeil]], 2017)
**** ''The Wicked + The Divine: The Funnies'': "The Wicked + The Canine" (with [[Erica Henderson]]) and "Secret Origin" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology, 2018)
***** Also includes a number of stories from various other creators:
****** "The Wicker + The Divine" (written and drawn by Lizz Lunney)
****** "The Lost God" (written and drawn by [[Chip Zdarsky]])
****** "Gentle Annie vs. the World" (written by Chrissy Williams, drawn by Clayton Cowles)
****** "Making a Difference" (written by [[Romesh Ranganathan]], drawn by Julia Madrigal)
****** "5 Things Everyone Who's Lived with Sakhmet Will Understand" (written and drawn by Hamish Steele)
****** "13 Go Mad in Wiltshire" (written and drawn by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris)
****** "Guilty Pleasure Song" (written by [[Kate Leth]], drawn by Margaux Saltel)
*''[[2017 Las Vegas shooting|Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas]]'': "Critics" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology graphic novel, 336 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5343-0822-9}})
*''[[Grenfell Tower fire|24 Panels]]'': "Introduction" (with Sean Azzopardi; Gillen was also the curator of this project, anthology graphic novel, 112 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5343-1126-2}})
*''[[Die (comic)|Die]]'' #1–20 (with Stephanie Hans, 2018–2021) collected as ''Die'' (hc, 656 pages, 2022, {{ISBN|1-5343-2344-9}})
*''The Ludocrats'' #1–5 (co-written by Gillen and [[Jim Rossignol]], art by Jeff Stokely, 2020) collected as ''The Ludocrats'' (tpb, 152 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-5343-1703-1}})
*''Image!'' #7–9: "Closer" (with [[Steve Lieber]], anthology, 2022)
*''The Power Fantasy'' #1–ongoing (with Caspar Wijngaard, 2024–present)

===[[Marvel Comics]]===
*''[[newuniversal|newuniversal: 1959]]''  (with Greg Scott, one-shot, 2008)
*[[X-Men]]:
**''[[X-Men: Manifest Destiny]]'' #5: "[[Dazzler (Marvel Comics)|Solo]]" (with [[Sara Pichelli]], anthology, 2009) collected in ''X-Men: Manifest Destiny'' (hc, 200 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|0-7851-3818-8}}; tpb, 2009, {{ISBN|0-7851-3951-6}})
**''[[Sabretooth (character)|X-Men: Origins — Sabretooth]]'' (with [[Dan Panosian]], one-shot, 2009) collected in ''X-Men: Origins'' (hc, 192 pages, 2010, {{ISBN|0-7851-3451-4}}; tpb, 2010, {{ISBN|0-7851-3452-2}})
**''[[Cabal (comics)|Dark Reign: The Cabal]]'': "[[Namor|The Judgment of Namor]]" (with [[Carmine Di Giandomenico]], anthology one-shot, 2009) collected in ''Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia'' (hc, 368 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|0-7851-4233-9}}; tpb, 2010, {{ISBN|0-7851-4234-7}})
**''[[S.W.O.R.D. (comics)|S.W.O.R.D.]]'' #1–5 (with Steven Sanders and Jamie McKelvie (co-feature in #1), 2010) collected as ''S.W.O.R.D.: No Time to Breathe'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2010, {{ISBN|0-7851-4076-X}})
**''[[Hope Summers (comics)|Generation Hope]]'' (with Salvador Espin, Jamie McKelvie (#5 and 9), [[Tim Seeley]] (#10–11) and Steven Sanders (#12), 2011) collected as:
*** ''The Future is a Four-Letter Word'' (collects #1–5, tpb, 152 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|0-7851-4719-5}})
*** ''[[X-Men: Schism|Schism]]'' (collects #6–12, tpb, 168 pages, 2012, {{ISBN|0-7851-5242-3}})
**''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' (with [[Greg Land]], [[Carlos Pacheco]], [[Terry Dodson]] (#535–538), Ibraim Roberson (#539), [[Brandon Peterson]] (vol. 2 #4), Dustin Weaver (vol. 2 #14), [[Daniel Acuña]] (vol. 2 #15–17), [[Ron Garney]] (vol. 2 #18) and [[Dale Eaglesham]] (vol. 2 #19), 2011–2012) collected as:
*** ''Uncanny X-Men by Matt Fraction: The Complete Collection Volume 3'' (includes vol. 1 #531–534, tpb, 336 pages, 2013, {{ISBN|0-7851-8450-3}})
**** Issues #531–534 are co-written by Gillen and [[Matt Fraction]].
*** ''Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 1'' (collects vol. 1 #534.1, 535–544, vol. 2 #1–3 and ''S.W.O.R.D'' #1–5, tpb, 504 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-302-91649-1}})
**** Includes the ''[[X-Men: Regenesis]]'' one-shot (written by Gillen, art by [[Billy Tan]], 2011)
*** ''Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 2'' (collects vol. 2 #4–20, tpb, 496 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-302-92277-7}})
**** Includes the 5-issue limited series ''[[Avengers vs. X-Men|AvX: Consequences]]'' (written by Gillen, art by [[Tom Raney]] (#1), Steve Kurth (#2), [[Scot Eaton]] (#3), [[Mark Brooks (comics)|Mark Brooks]] (#4) and Gabriel Hernández Walta (#5), 2012–2013)
**''[[Origin (comics)|Origin II]]'' #1–5 (with [[Adam Kubert]], 2014) collected as ''Wolverine: Origin II'' (hc, 216 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-8481-3}}; tpb, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-9032-5}})
**''[[Immortal X-Men]]'' (with Lucas Werneck, Michele Bandini (#4–5 and 8), 2022–2023) collected as:
*** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 184 pages, 2022, {{ISBN|1-302-92801-5}})
*** ''Volume 2'' (collects #7–10, tpb, 112 pages, 2023, {{ISBN|1-302-92802-3}})
*** ''Volume 3'' (collects #11–13, tpb, 120 pages, 2023, {{ISBN|1-302-95100-9}})
**** Includes the ''[[Fall of X|X-Men: Before the Fall — Sinister Four]]'' one-shot (written by Gillen, art by Paco Medina, 2023)
*** ''Volume 4'' (collects #14–18, tpb, 120 pages, 2024, {{ISBN|1-302-95342-7}}) [upcoming]
**''[[Sins of Sinister]]'' (hc, 344 pages, 2023, {{ISBN|1-302-95082-7}}) includes:
*** ''Sins of Sinister'' (with Lucas Werneck, one-shot, 2023)
*** ''Immoral X-Men'' #1–3 (with Paco Medina (#1), [[Andrea Di Vito]] (#2) and Alessandro Vitti (#3), 2023)
*** ''Sins of Sinister: Dominion'' (with Paco Medina and Lucas Werneck, one-shot, 2023)
*''Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2009, {{ISBN|0-7851-4232-0}}) collects:
**''[[Secret Invasion|Secret Invasion Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill — The Green of Eden]]'' (with [[Dan Brereton]], one-shot, 2009)
**''[[Beta Ray Bill|Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter]]'' #1–3 (with [[Kano (comics)|Kano]], 2009)
*''[[Ares (Marvel Comics)|Dark Avengers: Ares]]'' #1–3 (with Manuel García, 2009–2010) collected as ''Dark Avengers: Ares'' (tpb, 192 pages, 2010, {{ISBN|0-7851-4406-4}})
*''Ultimate Collection: Thor by Kieron Gillen'' (tpb, 312 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|0-7851-5922-3}}) collects:
**''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]]'' #604–614 (with Billy Tan, [[Richard Elson]] and [[Doug Braithwaite]] (#610, 612, 614), 2010)
**''[[New Mutants]]'' vol. 3 #11: "Hel's Valkyrie" (with [[Niko Henrichon]], 2010)
**''[[Siege (comics)|Siege: Loki]]'' (with Jamie McKelvie, one-shot, 2010)
*''[[Doctor Strange|The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange]]'': "The Cure" (with [[Frazer Irving]], anthology one-shot, 2010) collected in ''Doctor Strange: The Flight of Bones'' (tpb, 192 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-302-90167-2}})
*''[[World War Hulks|World War Hulks: Spider-Man vs. Thor]]'' #1–2 (with [[Jorge Molina (comics)|Jorge Molina]] and [[Paul Pelletier]] (#2), 2010) collected in ''Incredible Hulks: World War Hulks'' (hc, 448 pages, 2012, {{ISBN|0-7851-6215-1}})
*''[[Captain America|Captain America and Batroc]]'' (with Renato Arlem, one-shot, 2011) collected in ''Captain America: Allies and Enemies'' (hc, 136 pages, 2011, {{ISBN|0-7851-5502-3}})
*''[[Journey into Mystery]]'' (with Doug Braithwaite, Richard Elson, [[Whilce Portacio]] (#628–629, 631), Mitch Breitweiser (#632), Carmine Di Giandomenico (#637–638, 642–644) and Stephanie Hans (#645), 2011–2012) collected as:
**''Journey into Mystery by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 1'' (collects #622–636, tpb, 392 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-8557-7}})
**''Journey into Mystery by Kieron Gillen: The Complete Collection Volume 2'' (collects #637–645, tpb, 456 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-8574-7}})
*** Includes the ''Exiled'' one-shot and ''[[New Mutants]]'' vol. 3 #42–43 (co-written by Gillen and [[Dan Abnett]] with [[Andy Lanning]], art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, 2012) as part of the "Exiled" inter-title crossover.
*** Includes ''[[The Mighty Thor]]'' #18–21 (co-written by Gillen and Matt Fraction, art by [[Alan Davis]] and Carmine Di Giandomenico (#19–20), 2012) as part of the "Everything Burns" inter-title crossover.
*''[[Avengers vs. X-Men]]'' (hc, 568 pages, 2012, {{ISBN|0-7851-6317-4}}) and ''[[Avengers vs. X-Men|Avengers vs. X-Men: VS]]'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2013, {{ISBN|0-7851-6520-7}}) include:
**''AvX: VS'' #2: "The Amazing Spider-Man vs. Colossus" (with [[Salvador Larocca]], anthology, 2012)
**''AvX: VS'' #6: "Hope vs. Scarlet Witch" (with [[Jim Cheung]], anthology, 2012)
*''Young Avengers by Gillen and McKelvie'' (''Omnibus'', hc, 360 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-9171-2}}; ''The Complete Collection'', tpb, 360 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-302-92568-7}}) collects:
**''[[Marvel NOW!|Marvel NOW! Point One]]'': "[[Miss America (America Chavez)|The New World]]" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology one-shot, 2012)
**''[[Young Avengers]]'' vol. 2 #1–15 (with Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown (#6), Emma Vieceli + [[Christian Ward]] + [[Annie Wu (artist)|Annie Wu]] (#14) and Becky Cloonan + [[Ming Doyle]] + Joe Quinones (#15), 2013–2014)
*[[Iron Man]]:
**''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' vol. 5 (with Greg Land, Dale Eaglesham (#9–12), [[Carlo Pagulayan]] (#15–17), [[Joe Bennett (artist)|Joe Bennett]], Agustín Padilla (#20.INH), [[Luke Ross]] (#23–26) and Cliff Richards (#27–28), 2013–2014) collected as:
*** ''Believe'' (collects #1–5, hc, 136 pages, 2013, {{ISBN|0-7851-6833-8}}; tpb, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-6665-3}})
*** ''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark Book One'' (collects #6–11, hc, 136 pages, 2013, {{ISBN|0-7851-6834-6}}; tpb, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-6666-1}})
*** ''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark Book Two'' (collects #12–17, hc, 136 pages, 2013, {{ISBN|0-7851-6835-4}}; tpb, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-6667-X}})
*** ''Iron Metropolitan'' (collects #19–22 and 20.INH, hc, 136 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-8942-4}}; tpb, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-8943-2}})
*** ''Rings of the Mandarin'' (collects #23–28, hc, 112 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-5482-5}}; tpb, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-8944-0}})
**''Iron Man: Fatal Frontier'' (hc, 240 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-8456-2}}) includes:
*** ''[[Infinite Comics|Iron Man: Fatal Frontier]]'' #1–2 and 10 (scripted by [[Al Ewing]] from a story by Gillen and Ewing, art by [[Lan Medina]], 2013)
*** ''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' vol. 5 ''Annual'': "Two Cities" (with Álvaro Martínez) — "Orbital" (with Agustín Padilla) — "By Moonlight" (with Marcos Marz, 2014)
**''[[Original Sin (comics)|Original Sin]]'' #3.1–3.4: "[[Hulk|Hulk vs. Iron Man]]" (co-written by Gillen and [[Mark Waid]], art by [[Mark Bagley]] and Luke Ross, 2014)
*** Collected as ''Original Sin: Hulk vs. Iron Man'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-9156-9}})
*** Collected in ''Original Sin Companion'' (hc, 968 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-9212-3}})
*''[[A+X]]'' #5: "Loki + Mister Sinister" (with Joe Bennett, anthology, 2013) collected in ''A+X = Awesome'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2013, {{ISBN|0-7851-6674-2}})
*''[[Dark Angel (Marvel Comics)|Revolutionary War: Dark Angel]]'' (with [[Dietrich Smith (comics)|Dietrich Smith]], one-shot, 2014) collected in ''Revolutionary War'' (tpb, 184 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|0-7851-9016-3}})
*[[Angela (character)|Angela]]:
**''[[Asgard (comics)|Angela: Asgard's Assassin]]'' #1–6 (2014–2015) collected as ''Angela: Asgard's Assassin — Priceless'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|0-7851-9356-1}})
*** The main story is written by Gillen and drawn by [[Phil Jimenez]]; the substory is co-written by Gillen with [[Marguerite Bennett]] and drawn by Stephanie Hans.
**''[[Secret Wars (2015 comic book)|Secret Wars]]: [[1602 (comics)|1602 — Witch Hunter Angela]]'' #1–4 (2015) collected as ''Secret Wars — Warzones: 1602 — Witch Hunter Angela'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|0-7851-9860-1}})
*** Gillen and Marguerite Bennett co-wrote the short segments in each issue — drawn by [[Marguerite Sauvage]] (#1), [[Irene Koh]] (#2), Frazer Irving (#3) and [[Kody Chamberlain]] (#4)
*''[[Secret Wars (2015 comic book)|Secret Wars]]'': ''[[Siege (comics)|Siege]]'' #1–4 (with Filipe Andrade, 2015) collected as ''Secret Wars — Battleworld: Siege'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|0-7851-9549-1}})
*[[Star Wars comics|Star Wars]]:
**''[[Darth Vader|Star Wars: Darth Vader]]'' (with Salvador Larroca, [[Mike Norton]] (co-feature in #20) and Max Fiumara (co-feature in #25); issues #14–15 are co-written by Gillen and [[Jason Aaron]], 2015–2016) collected as:
*** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1–12, hc, 296 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-302-90195-8}})
*** ''Volume 2'' (collects #13–25 and ''Annual'' #1, hc, 440 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-302-90220-2}})
**** Includes the ''[[Star Wars: Vader Down]]'' one-shot and ''[[Star Wars (2015 comic book)|Star Wars]]'' vol. 4 #13–14 (co-written by Gillen and Jason Aaron, art by [[Mike Deodato, Jr.]], 2016) as part of the "Vader Down" inter-title crossover.
*** ''Omnibus'' (collects #1–25, ''Annual'' #1, ''Star Wars'' vol. 4 #13–14 and the ''Star Wars: Vader Down'' one-shot, hc, 736 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-302-90821-9}})
**''[[Star Wars (2015 comic book)|Star Wars]]'' vol. 4 ''Annual'' #1 (with [[Angel Unzueta]], 2016) collected in ''Star Wars Volume 2'' (hc, 288 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-302-90374-8}})
**''[[Star Wars: Doctor Aphra]]'' (with [[Kev Walker]], [[Andrea Broccardo]] (#7–8) and Emilio Laiso; issues #14–19 are co-written by Gillen and [[Simon Spurrier]], 2016–2018) collected as:
*** ''Aphra'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 2017, 144 pages, {{ISBN|1-302-90677-1}})
*** ''[[Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel]]'' (includes #7–8, tpb, 152 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|0-7851-9789-3}})
**** Also collects the ''Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel'' one-shot (co-written by Gillen and Jason Aaron, art by Marco Checchetto, 2017)
*** ''Doctor Aphra and the Enormous Profit'' (collects #9–13 and ''Annual'' #1, tpb, 168 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-302-90763-8}})
*** ''Remastered'' (collects #14–19, tpb, 136 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-302-91152-X}})
*** ''Omnibus'' (includes #1–19, ''Annual'' #1 and the ''Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel'' one-shot, hc, 1,240 pages, 2021, {{ISBN|1-302-92843-0}})
**''[[Star Wars (2015 comic book)|Star Wars]]'' vol. 4 (with Salvador Larroca, [[Giuseppe Camuncoli]] (#50), Andrea Broccardo (#56, 61–62) and Angel Unzueta, 2018–2019) collected as:
*** ''The Ashes of Jedha'' (collects #38–43, tpb, 2018, 136 pages, {{ISBN|1-302-91052-3}})
*** ''Mutiny at Mon Cala'' (collects #44–49, tpb, 2018, 144 pages, {{ISBN|1-302-91053-1}})
*** ''Hope Dies'' (collects #50–55, tpb, 2019, 120 pages, {{ISBN|1-302-91054-X}})
*** ''The Escape'' (collects #55–61, tpb, 136 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-302-91449-9}})
*** ''The Scourging of Shu-Torun'' (collects #62–67, tpb, 144 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-302-91450-2}})
*''[[Thanos]]'' vol. 2 ''Annual'' #1: "Exhibition" (with André Lima Araújo, co-feature, 2018)
** Collected in ''Thanos by Donny Cates'' (hc, 312 pages, 2019, {{ISBN|1-302-91803-6}})
** Collected in ''Cosmic Ghost Rider Omnibus'' (hc, 848 pages, 2021, {{ISBN|1-302-92963-1}})
*''[[Marvel Mystery Comics|Marvel Comics]]'' #1000: "[[Loki (Marvel Comics)|The Journey]]" (with Doug Braithwaite, anthology, 2019) collected in ''Marvel Comics 1000'' (hc, 144 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-302-92137-1}})
*''[[Warhammer 40,000 comics#Marvel Comics|Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar]]'' #1–5 (with [[Jacen Burrows]], 2020–2021) collected as ''Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2021, {{ISBN|1-302-92478-8}})
*[[Eternals (comics)|Eternals]]:
**''Eternals'' vol. 5 (with [[Esad Ribić]] and Guiu Vilanova (#9 and 11), 2021–2022) collected as:
*** ''Only Death is Eternal'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2021, {{ISBN|1-302-92547-4}})
*** ''Hail Thanos'' (collects #7–12, tpb, 152 pages, 2022, {{ISBN|1-302-92548-2}})
**''Eternals: A History Written in Blood'' (tpb, 112 pages, 2023, {{ISBN|1-302-95080-0}}) collects:
*** ''Eternals: Thanos Rises'' (with Dustin Weaver, one-shot, 2021)
*** ''Eternals: Celestia'' (with Kei Zama, one-shot, 2021)
*** ''Eternals: The Heretic'' (with Ryan Bodenheim and Edgar Salazar, one-shot, 2022)
*''Marvel's Voices: Pride'': "[[Prodigy (David Alleyne)|Colossus]]" (with Jen Hickman, anthology one-shot, 2021) collected in ''Marvel's Voices: Pride'' (tpb, 184 pages, 2022, {{ISBN|1-302-93369-8}})
*''[[A.X.E.: Judgment Day|Avengers/X-Men/Eternals: Judgment Day]]'':
**''A.X.E.: Judgment Day'' (tpb, 240 pages, 2023, {{ISBN|1-302-94792-3}}) collects:
*** ''[[Free Comic Book Day|Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men]]'': "Of Deviation and Mutation" (with Dustin Weaver, co-feature in one-shot, 2022)
*** ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day'' #1–6 (with Valerio Schiti and Ivan Fiorelli (#6), 2022)
*** ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day — Avengers'' (with Federico Vicentini, one-shot, 2022)
*** ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day — X-Men'' (with Francesco Mobili, one-shot, 2022)
*** ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day — Eternals'' (with [[Pasqual Ferry]], one-shot, 2022)
**''A.X.E.: Judgment Day Companion'' (tpb, 224 pages, 2023, {{ISBN|1-302-94700-1}}) includes:
*** ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day: Eve of Judgment'' (with Pasqual Ferry, one-shot, 2022)
*** ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day — Death to the Mutants'' #1–3 (with Guiu Vilanova, 2022)
*** ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day — Starfox'' (with Daniele di Nicuolo, one-shot, 2022)
*** ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega'' (with Guiu Vilanova, one-shot, 2023)

===Avatar Press===
*''[[Über (comics)|Über]]'':
**''Über'' (with Canaan White, Gabriel Andrade (#12–14) and Daniel Gete, 2013–2015) collected as:
*** ''Volume 1'' (collects #0–5, tpb, 176 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-59291-218-4}})
*** ''Volume 2'' (collects #6–11, tpb, 160 pages, 2014, {{ISBN|1-59291-237-0}})
*** ''Volume 3'' (collects #12–17, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-59291-251-6}})
*** ''Volume 4'' (collects #18–22, tpb, 160 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-59291-257-5}})
**** Includes the ''Über Special'' (written by Gillen, art by Gabriel Andrade and Daniel Gete, 2014)
*** ''Volume 5'' (collects #23–27 and ''[[Free Comic Book Day|Über FCBD 2014]]'', tpb, 160 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-59291-268-0}})
**''Über: Sieglinde'' (with Gabriel Andrade, one-shot, 2014)
**''Über: Invasion'' #1–17 (with Daniel Gete, 2016–2018)
*** In 2018, the series went on an indefinite hiatus before the release of the last four issues.<ref>{{cite web |first=Kieron |last=Gillen |url=https://tinyletter.com/KieronGillen/letters/086-we-have-cats |title=086: we have cats. |publisher=[[TinyLetter]] |date=31 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906161404/https://tinyletter.com/KieronGillen/letters/086-we-have-cats |archive-date=6 September 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Kieron |last=Gillen |url=https://kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/187897214762/when-it-comes-to-uber-is-there-any-possibility-of |title=When it comes to uber, is there any possibility of publishing under a publisher other than avatar? |publisher=[[Tumblr]] |date=23 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906162130/https://kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/187897214762/when-it-comes-to-uber-is-there-any-possibility-of |archive-date=6 September 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*** Issues #1–7 are collected as ''Über Volume 6'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-59291-332-6}})
*''[[God Is Dead (comics)|God is Dead: Book of Acts Omega]]'': "Alastor: Hell's Executioner" (with German Nobile, anthology one-shot, 2014)
*''[[Crossed: Badlands]]'' #75–80 (with Rafa Lopez, 2015) collected as ''Crossed Volume 14'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-59291-269-9}})
*''Mercury Heat'' (with Omar Francia (#1–3) and Nahuel Lopez, 2015–2017) collected as:
**''Volume 1'' (collects #1–6 and the ''[[Free Comic Book Day|Mercury Heat: Debut]]'' one-shot, tpb, 160 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-59291-278-8}}) 
**''Volume 2'' (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-59291-285-0}})
*''Cinema Purgatorio'' #1–18: "Modded" (with Ignacio Calero (#1–5) and Nahuel Lopez, anthology, 2016–2019)

===Other publishers===
*''[[StarCraft (series)|StarCraft: Frontline]] Volume 2'': "A Ghost Story" (with Hector Sevilla Luján, anthology graphic novel, 192 pages, [[Tokyopop]], 2009, {{ISBN|1-4278-0831-7}})
*[[IDW Publishing]]:
**''[[Love Is Love (comics)|Love is Love]]'' (untitled one-page story, with Sarah Gordon, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-63140-939-5}})
**''Femme Magnifique'': "[[Björk]]" (with Annie Wu, anthology graphic novel, 240 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-68405-320-X}})
*[[DC Comics]]:
**''[[American Vampire|American Vampire Anthology]]'' #2: "England's Dreaming" (with Leila del Duca, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], 2016) collected in ''American Vampire Omnibus Volume 2'' (hc, 928 pages, [[DC Black Label]], 2022, {{ISBN|1-77951-688-6}})
**''[[Batman: Black and White]]'' vol. 3 #5: "[[Riddler|The Riddle]]" (with Jamie McKelvie, anthology, 2021) collected in ''Batman: Black and White'' (hc, 312 pages, 2021, {{ISBN|1-77951-196-5}}; tpb, 2022, {{ISBN|1-77951-057-8}})
*[[Dynamite Entertainment|Dynamite]]:
**''[[James Bond 007: Service|James Bond: Service]]'' (with Antonio Fuso, one-shot, 2017) collected in ''James Bond: Case Files'' (hc, 152 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5241-0678-X}})
**''[[Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt]]'' vol. 3 #1–5 (with Caspar Wijngaard, 2019) collected as ''Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt'' (hc, 124 pages, 2020, {{ISBN|1-5241-1279-8}})
*''[[Comic book convention|Pros and (Comic) Cons]]'': "The Oral History of the Thought Bubble Dancefloor" (with Julia Scheele, anthology graphic novel, 200 pages, [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], 2019, {{ISBN|1-5067-1167-7}})
*''The Most Important Comic Book on Earth'': "Melody" (script by Gillen based on the concept by [[Cara Delevingne]], art by [[Sean Phillips]], anthology graphic novel, 352 pages, [[DK (publisher)|DK]], 2021, {{ISBN|0-7440-4282-8}})

=== Game design ===

* ''[[DIE: The Roleplaying Game]]'' (2023, {{ISBN|978-1-913032-25-8}})
* ''Die Scenarios Volume 1: Bizarre Love Triangles'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1790666426983833634 |user=kierongillen |title=Out today! DIE SCENARIOS 1: BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLES. Shipping to folks who've pre-ordered, and the PDF is available for download (and purchase, if you want) immediately. $15 for the book and PDF, $7.50 for the PDF. We're really proud of this #dierpg [Link] |first=Kieron |last=Gillen |author-link=Kieron Gillen |date=May 15, 2024 |access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref>
* ''Die Scenarios Volume 2: Love is a Battlefield'' (2024) [upcoming]

==References==
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