Ethan Sacks

Writer, Marvel Comics, AWA Studios, DC Comics, NBC News

United States

Ethan Sacks has become one of the most prolific new voices in comics, writing for Marvel, DC, AWA Studios, and other publishers.

Ethan Sacks is the comic book writer behind Marvel's "Old Man Hawkeye," "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge,""Silver Surfer," "Midnight Suns," and "Star Wars: Bounty Hunters." His "Covid Chronicles" and "Climate Crisis Chronicles" for AWA Studios and NBC News combined his love of the medium with his background in journalism to tell the stories of real life heroes at the center of the global pandemic and climate change.

He is currently working with his daughter, Naomi, and artist Marco Lorenzana on "A Haunted Girl," a creator-owned, supernatural horror series that deals with real life issues of depression and suicidal ideation.

Before switching careers, Ethan covered movies, television, comic books and geek culture at the New York Daily News. He's profiled a who's who of Hollywood personalities from Affleck to Ziyi Zhang, traveled to New Zealand to be filmed with performance capture technology, “directed” Steven Spielberg and broke the story of Marvel Comics' decision to kill off Captain America, a scoop picked up by more than 4,000 outlets around the world.

He has run an award-winning breaking news team, organized charity screenings of the Marvel movies with Chris Pratt, Pharrell, Paul Rudd, and Robert Downey Jr. popping up to surprise movie theaters full of kids, and run live chats with the likes of Kristen Wiig, 50 Cent, and Hugh Jackman.

He also worked for NBC News as a reporter, covering pop culture, obituaries, science news, and COVID-19.

Portfolio
NBC News
04/18/2020
This is what life could be like after Americans 'flatten the curve'

After flattening the curve, Americans should expect a number of curveballs. Once the immediate crush of COVID-19 cases subsides, epidemiologists say a "post-peak" purgatory lies ahead until a vaccine can be discovered and disseminated that would allow a return to normalcy.

NBC News
04/14/2021
Bernie Madoff, mastermind behind largest Ponzi scheme in history, dies at 82

Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street con artist who masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history and bilked thousands of investors out of billions of dollars, has died in prison. He was 82. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Madoff's death Wednesday. He died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina.

NBC News
10/19/2019
Who watches the 'Watchmen'? That's the question for show

If TV viewers were able to traverse space and time like the omnipotent Dr. Manhattan in "Watchmen," they would spy a 13-year-old Damon Lindelof reading the seminal comic series for the first time in his New Jersey, home back in 1986.

Marvel
05/06/2018
Silver Surfer Annual

The Silver Surfer, ever on the search for new planets for his master, Galactus, to consume, makes his biggest mistake.

NY Daily News
'Guardians of the Galaxy' star surprises kids at charity screening

It turns out the star of "Guardians of the Galaxy" is extremely down to Earth. Actor Chris Pratt beamed down to our sector of the universe Monday night to surprise an auditorium full of deserving kids in a special New York Daily News and Disney Studios sponsored charity screening of the superheroes-in-space flick.

NY Daily News
Captain America Takes the Cake

Chris Evans surprised a packed Manhattan movie theater full of young volunteers Wednesday for a special charity screening of his new movie.

NY Daily News
Matt Damon is bigger hero than 'Jason Bourne' off screen

"Jason Bourne" star Matt Damon is on a mission with global consequences. That's not the plot of his new spy thriller - rather the work of his charity, Water.org, which has provided 4.3 million people access to safe water and sanitation across 12 developing countries.

NY Daily News
06/03/2013
An Invite to the Red Wedding

George R.R. Martin and the stars give an inside look at the shocking 'Game of Thrones' episode.

New York Daily News
07/03/2012
The Avengers assemble

: Marvel's master plan to bring Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor together on screen is finally here.

NY Daily News
It's a hard 'Hobbit' to break

Orlando Bloom knew his adventure had come to an end when familiar music suddenly blared as he was about to plunge his dagger into a green ball - that looks a lot more fearsome after the CG programmers' wizardry in the finished "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies."

New York Daily News
09/18/2016
'Kevin Can Wait' brings Kevin James home in Long Island's first sitcom

His new show is called "Kevin Can Wait," but the comedian really can't. Kevin James is reminded of the expectations every time he spies himself adorning a billboard as the series premiere nears its debut Monday night at 8:30. And he sure sees a lot of them driving around in his native Long Island.

Google Docs
10/01/2008
Michael Turner obit for Wizard Magazine

The comic book dynamo, who succumbed to cancer at 37, might be remembered as a superstar artist, but to his peers, his legacy remains his indomitable spirit.

US Holocaust Museum
07/07/2021
Captain America: Still Fighting Nazis, Decades Later

One year before the attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II, a pair of comic book guys mobilized their own metaphorical strike against Nazi Germany. Their weapon of choice? Captain America. "A lot of people don't realize that Hitler came first," co-creator Joe Simon said in a 2011 interview for the New York Daily News .

Wizard
05/02/2009
Hayao Miyazaki Profile

The Japanese genius behind ‘Spirited Away’ prepares to retake the States

Film Ink Australia
07/01/2011
What If I Directed a Blockbuster

Asking four of the best directors never to tackle a sci-fi or superhero blockbuster what they would do at the helm of a film with a hypothetical budget of $150 million.

Wizard
Wrath of Tron

'Tron: Legacy' promises major upgrade for 2.0 version of beloved Disney cult classic.

NY Daily News
Jet Li goes out with one last slam-bang

Even before almost drowning in the Dec. 26, 2004, tsuna- mi that devastated South Asia, Jet Li insists that he was planning on making his latest film, “Fearless,” his final martial-arts movie.