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Author Description Ann Nocenti is most noted as an editor for Marvel Comics, for whom she edited <i>New Mutants</i> and <i>The Uncanny X-Men</i>. She made her comics writing debut on a brief run of <i>Spider-Woman</i> (#47-50) and subsequently wrote a long run of <i>Daredevil</i> (1st series) #236-291 (minus #237) from 1986 to 1991, directly following on from Frank Miller's definitive Born Again storyline. She also wrote the 1986 <i>Longshot</i> limited series for Marvel, and in the same year produced the <i>Someplace Strange</i> graphic novel in collaboration with artist John Bolton. She wrote "the Inhumans Graphic Novel" in 1988. In 1993, she wrote the 16-issue run of <i>Kid Eternity</i> for the DC Comics imprint Vertigo.<br /><br />In <i>Incredible Hulk</i> #291, published in September 1983 (cover date January 1984), Ann Nocenti made a cameo appearance, talking to Dr. Bruce Banner, in a history written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by Sal Buscema and inked by Carlos Garzón and Joe Sinnot. That time Ann Nocenti was Assistant Editor for Larry Hama on <i>Incredible Hulk</i> and <i>X-Men</i>.<br /><br />She is noted for her left-wing political views which, particularly during her run on <i>Daredevil</i>, caused some controversy among some fans who didn't agree with her politics.<br /><br />She created several popular characters, including Typhoid Mary, Blackheart, Longshot and Mojo, and wrote the 1998 X-Men novel <i>Prisoner X</i>.<br /><br />Although Nocenti left comic books in the '90s after the industry sales collapsed, she later returned to the field, penning stories such as 2004's <i>Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows</i>.<br /><br />In <i>Ultimate X-Men</i>, a reimagination of the X-Men comic, the character Longshot, who was invented by her, has the civil name Arthur Centino. His last name, Centino, is an anagram of Nocenti and a homage to Nocenti. The name Arthur is for the co-creator of Longshot Arthur Adams who was Ann Nocenti's artist on the <i>Longshot</i> Mini Series.<br /><br />She edited <i>High Times</i> magazine for one year (2004) under the name Annie Nocenti and is the former editor of the screenwriting magazine <i>Scenario</i>.<br />

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