Editing Jeph Loeb (section)

==Career==
===Film and television===
Loeb's debut in filmmaking was his collaboration with Matthew Weisman in authoring the script of ''[[Teen Wolf]]''. The film was released on August 23, 1985, and was a notable starring role for [[Michael J. Fox]]. Loeb and Weisman then collaborated in writing the script of ''[[Commando (1985 film)|Commando]]''. The film was released on October 4, 1985, and starred [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marnell|first=Blair|title=Marvel Creates New TV Development Department, Jeph Loeb Named Executive V.P.|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2596965/marvel-creates-new-tv-development-department-jeph-loeb-named-executive-vp/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=MTV News|language=en|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830164557/http://www.mtv.com/news/2596965/marvel-creates-new-tv-development-department-jeph-loeb-named-executive-vp/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His next screen credit was the film ''[[Burglar (film)|Burglar]]'', released on March 20, 1987. The plot was based on the novels of [[Lawrence Block]] about fictional [[burglar]] [[Bernie Rhodenbarr]]. His collaborators were Weisman and [[Hugh Wilson (director)|Hugh Wilson]].

The film was atypical for the time, featuring a female [[comedic]] role for starring actress [[Whoopi Goldberg]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeph Loeb {{!}} TV Guide|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jeph-loeb/credits/293661|access-date=2020-08-19|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809233752/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jeph-loeb/credits/293661/|url-status=live}}</ref> His second film that year was ''[[Teen Wolf Too]]'', a sequel of ''Teen Wolf'', which was co-written by Weisman and [[Tim Kring]]. The film was released on November 20, 1987. The film featured [[teen idol]] [[Jason Bateman]] and veteran actor [[John Astin]]. Loeb would re-team with Kring almost two decades later for the TV series ''Heroes''. Four years later, Loeb was working on a script for ''[[Flash (comics)|The Flash]]'' as a feature with [[Warner Bros.]] While the script deal fell through, Loeb met then publisher [[Jenette Kahn]] who asked Loeb to write a comic book for [[DC Comics]].

In 2002, Jeph Loeb wrote the script for the episode of ''[[Smallville]]'', entitled "Red", which introduced red [[kryptonite]] into the series. He became a supervising producer and has written many episodes since then. He signed a three-year contract, and although producers Miles Millar and Alfred Gough offered to keep him on for future seasons, Loeb left to care for his son, who had cancer (''See Comics career below'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kryptonsite.com/loeb0805.htm|title=Interview with Loeb at Kryptonsite|publisher=Kryptonsite.com|access-date=October 14, 2010|archive-date=February 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222050040/http://www.kryptonsite.com/loeb0805.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Loeb later became a writer/producer on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] TV series ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' during that show's second season. Leaving ''Lost'', Loeb went on to become Co-Executive Producer and writer on the NBC drama ''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'', which his colleague Tim Kring had created. Loeb wrote the teleplay for the first-season episodes "[[Heroes season 1#ep3|One Giant Leap]]" and "[[Unexpected (Heroes)|Unexpected]]". The show prominently features the artwork of Tim Sale, Loeb's longtime comics collaborator.<ref>George, Richard (October 26, 2010). [https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/26/loeb-talks-heroes "Loeb Talks Heroes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613175908/https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/26/loeb-talks-heroes |date=June 13, 2020 }}, IGN.com; accessed June 13, 2020.</ref>

The series was nominated for the 2007 [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Drama Series, and a [[Writers Guild of America]] award for Best New Series. It won the [[People's Choice Award]] for Favorite New TV Drama, as well the [[Saturn Award]] for Best Network Television Series. It was also nominated for the [[Golden Globe]] Award for Best Dramatic Television Series.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heroes|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/heroes|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Television Academy|language=en|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803091437/https://www.emmys.com/shows/heroes|url-status=live}}</ref>

Loeb and Tim Kring were presented with the [[Jules Verne Award]] for Artistic Achievement at the [[Jules Verne Festival]] in [[Paris]], France, on April 22, 2007, for their work on ''Heroes''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.julesvernefestival.com/jva/spip.php?article472&lang=en |title=Jules verne aventures, festival film aventure, festival film documentaire, film aventure, film documentaire |access-date=September 23, 2007 |archive-date=October 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009145614/http://www.julesvernefestival.com/jva/spip.php?article472&lang=en |url-status=dead }} </ref> Loeb himself was also presented with a belated 2005 Jules Verne Award for Best Writing for his work on ''Smallville'', which he had not previously been given because his trip to the Festival that year had been cancelled due to his son's ill health.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--38uoHK6eE| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801092245/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--38uoHK6eE| archive-date=2013-08-01 | url-status=dead|title=Video of Loeb being presented with the award at YouTube|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=April 23, 2007|access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref>

On November 2, 2008, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]]'' reported that Loeb and fellow ''Heroes'' co-executive producer, [[Jesse Alexander]], were no longer employed on the series. In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Loeb stated, "As of today, Jesse Alexander and I have left ''Heroes''. I'm incredibly proud to have been a big part of the success a show with eight Emmy nods and a win this year for NBC.com. I will miss the superb cast and writing staff and wish everyone the best." At the time, Loeb had completed writing and producing the third-season episode, "[[Dual (Heroes)|Dual]]".<ref name=Variety/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/heroes-shake-up-loeb-alexander-out/|title='Heroes' Shake-Up, Loeb & Alexander Out|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=November 2, 2008|access-date=October 14, 2010|archive-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819234704/https://www.cbr.com/heroes-shake-up-loeb-alexander-out/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 28, 2010, Marvel Entertainment, as part of its expansion into television, appointed Loeb to the position of Executive Vice President, Head of Television of the newly created [[Marvel Television]], in which Loeb would work with publisher Dan Buckley, to create both live-action and animated shows based on Marvel's catalog of characters.<ref name=MarvelTV/><ref name=ICV2/> During his time as the head of Marvel Television, he executive produced live-action shows within the Marvel Cinematic Universe such as ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]'', and ''[[Inhumans (TV series)|Inhumans]]'', shows on [[Netflix]] such as ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]'', ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'', ''[[Iron Fist (TV series)|Iron Fist]]'', ''[[The Punisher (TV series)|The Punisher]]'', ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'', and the miniseries ''[[The Defenders (miniseries)|The Defenders]]'', along with younger adult shows like ''[[Runaways (TV series)|Runaways]]'' and ''[[Cloak & Dagger (TV series)|Cloak & Dagger]]'', and other live action or animated shows based on Marvel characters like ''[[M.O.D.O.K. (TV series)|M.O.D.O.K.]]'', ''[[The Gifted (American TV series)|The Gifted]]'', ''[[Legion (TV series)|Legion]]'', ''[[Helstrom (TV series)|Helstrom]]''.

In October 2019, [[Marvel Studios]] President [[Kevin Feige]] was promoted to Chief Creative Officer of [[Marvel Entertainment]], which includes Marvel Television, prompting Loeb to leave the company after nearly a decade. Loeb had been planning his departure, however, before Feige's promotion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holloway |first1=Daniel |last2=Donnelley |first2=Matt |title=Does Kevin Feige's Marvel Promotion Mean Ike Perlmutter's Endgame? |url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/kevin-feige-ike-perlmutter-marvel-disney-1203377802/ |access-date=October 22, 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 22, 2019 |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022151526/https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/kevin-feige-ike-perlmutter-marvel-disney-1203377802/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldberg |first1=Leslie |title=Marvel TV Topper Jeph Loeb to Exit |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/marvel-tv-topper-jeph-loeb-exit-1247867 |access-date=October 22, 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 22, 2019 |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022180851/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/marvel-tv-topper-jeph-loeb-exit-1247867 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Comics career===
Loeb is known for his extensive use of narration boxes as monologues to reveal the inner thoughts of characters, though the character interactions he writes are sparse in terms of dialogue.<ref name=Salisbury/>

Jeph Loeb's first comic work was ''[[Challengers of the Unknown]]'' vol. 2 #1 – #8 (March – October 1991), which was the first of many collaborations with Tim Sale.<ref>[http://www.comics.org/search/advanced/process/?target=issue&method=icontains&logic=False&order1=date&order2=series&order3=&start_date=&end_date=&title=&feature=&job_number=&pages=&script=Jeph+Loeb&pencils=Tim+Sale&inks=&colors=&letters=&story_editing=&genre=&characters=&synopsis=&reprint_notes=&notes=&pub_name=&country=us&pub_notes=&brand=&brand_notes=&indicia_publisher=&is_surrogate=None&ind_pub_notes=&series=&series_notes=&tracking_notes=&issue_count=&language=en&issues=&volume=&issue_title=&variant_name=&issue_date=&indicia_frequency=&price=&issue_pages=&format=&issue_editing=&isbn=&barcode=&issue_notes=&is_indexed=None Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale collaborations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153231/http://www.comics.org/search/advanced/process/?target=issue&method=icontains&logic=False&order1=date&order2=series&order3=&start_date=&end_date=&title=&feature=&job_number=&pages=&script=Jeph+Loeb&pencils=Tim+Sale&inks=&colors=&letters=&story_editing=&genre=&characters=&synopsis=&reprint_notes=&notes=&pub_name=&country=us&pub_notes=&brand=&brand_notes=&indicia_publisher=&is_surrogate=None&ind_pub_notes=&series=&series_notes=&tracking_notes=&issue_count=&language=en&issues=&volume=&issue_title=&variant_name=&issue_date=&indicia_frequency=&price=&issue_pages=&format=&issue_editing=&isbn=&barcode=&issue_notes=&is_indexed=None |date=September 24, 2015 }} at the [[Grand Comics Database]]</ref> Their later collaborations included the [[Batman: Year One|"Year 1"]]-centered ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight|Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials]]'';<ref>{{cite book|last1=Manning|first1= Matthew K.|editor-last=Dolan|editor-first=Hannah|chapter= 1990s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2010 |location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 261 |quote = Editor Archie Goodwin was on to something when he paired Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale on the first holiday special of the popular ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' series.}}</ref> ''[[Batman: The Long Halloween]]'',<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: "The acclaimed team of writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale reunited to chronicle a dark year of the Dark Knight's past with ''Batman: The Long Halloween'', a thirteen-part limited series."</ref> a 13-issue [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]]; and ''[[Batman: Dark Victory]]'',<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 289: "The superstar team of writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale was back, and just as dark as ever. In this thirteen-issue [sic] sequel to the pair's acclaimed ''Batman: The Long Halloween'' maxiseries, the creative team picked up right where they left off during Batman's early years."</ref> a 14-issue limited series set in the first years of the hero's career. ''The Long Halloween'' was one of three noted comics that influenced the 2005 feature film ''[[Batman Begins]]'', the others being ''[[Batman: The Man Who Falls]]'' and ''Batman: Year One''.<ref name=BatmanBegins>This is mentioned inside the front cover of the ''Batman Begins'' mini [[digest size|digest]] comic book that reprints portions of these three stories that comes with the DVD.</ref> Other Loeb-Sale collaborations at DC include the ''[[Superman for All Seasons]]'' limited series<ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 284: "This four-issue prestige-format series was a bright counterpoint to Loeb and Sale's noir Batman collaborations."</ref> and ''[[Catwoman: When in Rome]]''.<ref>Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 315: "Writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale returned to the Batman universe for a six-issue murder mystery starring Catwoman."</ref>

At Marvel Comics, Loeb worked on the "[[Age of Apocalypse]]" crossover storyline in 1995<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Manning|first1 = Matthew K.|editor-last= Gilbert|editor-first= Laura|chapter= 1990s|title = Marvel Chronicle: A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 272|isbn =978-0-7566-4123-8|quote= Creatives working on this storyline included Warren Ellis, Jeph Loeb, Mark Waid, Joe Madureira, Chris Bachalo, and Andy and Adam Kubert.}}</ref> and co-created the character [[Nate Grey|X-Man]] with artist [[Steve Skroce]].<ref>Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 273: "Created by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Steve Skroce, X-Man was perhaps the most popular character to emerge out of the 'Age of Apocalypse' event."</ref> Loeb wrote the "[[Heroes Reborn (1996 comic)|Heroes Reborn]]" version of [[Captain America]] in 1996–1997.<ref>Manning "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 280: "Steve Rogers earned a fresh start in the Heroes Reborn universe by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Rob Liefeld."</ref> He and Tim Sale crafted several limited series for Marvel including ''[[Daredevil: Yellow]]'',<ref>Manning "2000s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 306: "The creative team of writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale...examined the early life of some of Marvel's iconic characters. First they tackled Daredevil in this six-issue miniseries."</ref> ''[[Spider-Man: Blue]]'',<ref>Manning "2000s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 312: "Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale reunited for their second examination of the origins of Marvel's icons with this six-issue miniseries."</ref> and ''[[Hulk: Gray]]''.<ref>Manning "2000s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 317: "The team of writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale united once again for this six-issue miniseries retelling the Hulk's origin."</ref>

Loeb became the writer of ''[[Superman vol. 2|Superman]]'' with issue #151 (Dec. 1999). His tenure on the title, largely drawn by [[Ed McGuinness]], included the "Emperor Joker"<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 296: "A nine-part saga that stretched over all the Superman titles, starting in ''Superman'' #160 with script by Jeph Loeb and art by Ed McGuinness."</ref> and "[[Our Worlds at War]]"<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 300: "The multipart story 'Our Worlds at War' dominated the Superman books for the August and September [2001] cover dates...The opening chapter, written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Ed McGuinness, began with Superman investigating the missing Pluto."</ref> crossovers. He left ''Superman'' with issue #183 (August 2002). At the end of 2002, Loeb teamed with artist [[Jim Lee]] to create the year-long story arc "Batman: Hush",<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 307: "The 'Hush' story arc [begun] in ''Batman'' #608 was artist Jim Lee's first major work since he joined DC...Written by Jeph Loeb, 'Hush' brought profound changes to the life of the Dark Knight."</ref> which spawned three lines of toys, posters and calendars, and sat at the #1 spot for eleven of the twelve months it was in publication. The following year, Loeb and McGuinness launched ''[[Superman/Batman]]''.<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 311: "Writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness created a tale befitting such A-list characters in 'Public Enemies', the six-part story that launched the new series."</ref> Loeb's run on the title spawned a new ongoing ''[[Supergirl (comic book)|Supergirl]]'' series,<ref>Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 321: "Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El received her own title. Written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Ian Churchill, the fourth [ongoing] series featured a Supergirl still getting accustomed to her life on Earth."</ref> and an [[Superman/Batman: Public Enemies|animated film]] adapted from Loeb's "Public Enemies" story arc.<ref name="PublicEnemies">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/tv/060929-PublicEnemies.html |title=Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Hits 9.29.09 |date=June 29, 2009 |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702014049/http://www.newsarama.com/tv/060929-PublicEnemies.html |archive-date=July 2, 2009 |url-status=dead  |access-date=March 18, 2012 }}</ref>

After signing an exclusive contract with Marvel in September 2005, Loeb launched ''[[The Incredible Hulk (comic book)#Relaunches|Hulk]]'' with artist Ed McGuinness, in which he introduced the [[Red Hulk]].<ref>Manning "2000s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 340: "The Hulk's adventures began anew in this ongoing series by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness."</ref>

In 2006, Loeb chose his hometown of [[Stamford, Connecticut]], to be subject to [[superhero]] destruction in the first issue of the 2006–2007 Marvel miniseries ''[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]'', the central title of the [[Fictional crossover|crossover]] storyline of the same name.<ref>{{Citation |last=Lockhart |first=Brian |title=An explosion of INK: Stamford comic shop destroyed in pages of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Stamford)|The Advocate]] |pages=1, A4 |date=June 3, 2006 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-146579113.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518232436/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-146579113.html |archive-date=May 18, 2013 }} </ref><ref name="Cupo">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/wwla-cup-o-jeph/|last=Tabu|first=Hannibal|title=WWLA: Cup o' Jeph|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=March 14, 2008|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613162631/https://www.cbr.com/wwla-cup-o-jeph/|url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, Marvel announced an untitled ''[[Spider-Man]]'' series by Loeb and [[J. Scott Campbell]], to be released "sometime in 2007".<ref>{{cite web|first= |last= |url=http://www.newsarama.com/WWLA06/Marvel/SoupMarvel.htm |title=J. Scott Campbell Signs Exclusive with Marvel |publisher=[[Newsarama]]|date=March 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323213934/http://www.newsarama.com/WWLA06/Marvel/SoupMarvel.htm |archive-date=March 23, 2006 |url-status= dead}}</ref> The series was subsequently cancelled and then brought back on the schedule in 2010, with a 2011 article mentioning it was "still being worked on".<ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Arrant |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36059 |title=Comics' Most Notorious No-Shows, Part 1|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=December 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104192722/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36059 |archive-date=January 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2021, Campbell confirmed that the project has been cancelled despite having two fully pencilled issues.<ref>{{cite web|first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/j-scott-campbell-finished-two-issues-of-spider-man-with-jeph-loeb/ |title=J Scott Campbell Finished Two Issues Of Spider-Man With Jeph Loeb |publisher=[[Bleeding Cool]] |date=May 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503140243/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/j-scott-campbell-finished-two-issues-of-spider-man-with-jeph-loeb/ |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |url-status= live}}</ref>

In 2007, Jeph wrote the [[miniseries]] ''[[Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America]]'', which used the [[five stages of grief]] as a motif to explore reactions of various characters of the Marvel Universe to the loss of the assassinated Captain America.<ref>Manning "2000s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 336: Written by Jeph Loeb with art by Leinil Yu, Ed McGuinness, John Romita, Jr., David Finch, and John Cassady, the specials dealt with the five stages of grieving.</ref> The first issue ranked No. 1 in sales for April 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/10618.html |title=Top 300 comic books for April 2007 icv2.com; May 22, 2007 |publisher=Icv2.com |date=May 22, 2007 |access-date=October 14, 2010 |archive-date=December 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201232454/http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/10618.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the fifth and final issue, dated July 4, 2007, was the "Funeral for Captain America", which was covered by the [[Associated Press]] and ''[[The Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/30/AR2007063000511.html |title=Marvel Comics Buries Captain America |first=Colleen |last=Long |date=July 1, 2007 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107210338/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/30/AR2007063000511.html |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 18, 2012  }}</ref>

Loeb wrote two miniseries for the [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate Marvel Universe]]. His work on ''[[The Ultimates 3]]'' in 2007, with artist Joe Madureira, was panned by critics for its use of transgressive sexual and violent content for shock value "without the political relevance or epic pacing of the first two volumes." In 2008, Loeb returned to the Ultimate Universe with artist David Finch for the critically reviled five-issue miniseries ''[[Ultimatum (Ultimate Marvel comics)|Ultimatum]]''. Described in a 2015 [[Vulture.com|Vulture]] retrospective as "one of the biggest creative disasters in comics history", ''Ultimatum'''s gratuitous murder scenes permanently damaged sales across the entire Ultimate Universe and in the long run brought about its cancellation. "Over the course of just five issues, 34 different heroes and villains were murdered, often by gruesome means: Doctor Strange was squeezed until his head exploded; Magneto was decapitated; the Blob ate the Wasp and, while holding her half-devoured corpse, belched out, 'Tastes like chicken'; and so on." The review site Let's Be Friends Again described ''Ultimatum'' as "a base and insulting comic book." Critic Jason Kerouac wrote, "''Ultimatum'' #5 could quite possibly be the single worst piece of writing in recorded history."<ref>{{Citation |last=Reisman |first=Abraham |title=The Secret History of Ultimate Marvel, the Experiment That Changed Superheroes Forever |magazine=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]] |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/secret-history-of-ultimate-marvel.html |publisher=New York Magazine |date=May 25, 2015 |access-date=June 5, 2021 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607005240/https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/secret-history-of-ultimate-marvel.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A ''[[Captain America: White]]'' limited series was announced in 2008 but only a #0 issue was published. The long-delayed project was scheduled to finally see print in September 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/loeb-sales-long-delayed-captain-america-white-scheduled-for-september/|title= Loeb & Sale's Long-Delayed ''Captain America: White'' Scheduled for September|first= Albert|last= Ching|date= June 12, 2015|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150725004702/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/long-delayed-captain-america-white-scheduled-for-september|archive-date= July 25, 2015|url-status= live|quote= Originally announced in 2008, ''Captain America: White'' is now officially on its way to readers. Marvel.com announced Friday that issues #1 and #2 of the long-awaited Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale collaboration are scheduled for release this September...A #0 issue came out later in 2008 and will be reprinted inside of September's issue #1, but the rest of the series had yet to be released.}}</ref>

Loeb shares his writing studio, The Empath Magic Tree House, with [[Geoff Johns]] and [[Allan Heinberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=249|title= Jeph Loeb: When at Marvel – Part II|first= Frederik|last= Hautain|date= October 12, 2005|publisher= BrokenFrontier.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090108180700/http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=249|archive-date= January 8, 2009|url-status= dead|access-date= March 18, 2012}} </ref><ref>Rich Sands. "Future Tense" ''[[TV Guide]]''; January 12, 2009; Page 39.</ref>