Editing Warren Ellis (section)

===Return to superhero titles===
Ellis returned to Marvel Comics as part of the company's "[[Revolution (2000 comic book)|Revolution]]" event, to head the "[[Counter-X]]" line of titles. This project was intended to revitalise the [[X-Men]] spin-off books ''[[Generation X (comics)|Generation X]]'', ''[[X-Man]],'' and ''[[X-Force]]'', but it was not successful and Ellis stayed away from mainstream superhero comics for a time.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In 2002, Ellis started ''[[Global Frequency]]'', a 12-issue [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] for Wildstorm, and continued to produce work for various publishers, including DC, [[Avatar Press]], [[AiT/Planet Lar]], [[Cliffhanger (comics)|Cliffhanger]] and [[Homage Comics]].

In 2004, Ellis came back to mainstream superhero comics. He took over ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'' and ''[[Iron Man]]'' for Marvel under a temporary exclusive [[work for hire]] contract.

Toward the end of 2004, Ellis released the "[[Apparat Singles Group]]", which he described as "An imaginary line of comics singles. Four imaginary first issues of imaginary series from an imaginary line of comics, even". The Apparat titles were published by Avatar, but carried only the Apparat logo on their covers.

In 2006, Ellis worked for DC on ''[[Jack Cross]]'', which was not well received and was subsequently cancelled. For Marvel, he worked on ''[[Nextwave]]'', a 12-issue limited series. He also worked on the [[Ultimate Galactus]] trilogy. Ellis also took over the ''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]'' monthly title, which deals with the aftermath of the Marvel Civil War crossover.<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=86724 CONFIRMED: ELLIS & DEODATO ON THUNDERBOLTS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030154603/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=86724 |date=30 October 2006 }}, [[Newsarama]]</ref>

In honour of the 20th anniversary of Marvel's [[New Universe]] in 2006, Ellis and illustrator [[Salvador Larroca]] created a new series that reimagines the New Universe under the title ''[[newuniversal]]''. The first issue was released on 6 December 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/cci-day-4-ellis-talks-newuniversal/ |title= CCI, Day 4: Ellis talks "newuniversal"|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=23 July 2006 |access-date=26 June 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126090222/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7950 |archive-date=26 November 2009}}</ref>

Ellis continued to work on several projects for different publishers, including ''[[Desolation Jones]]'' (for DC/Wildstorm) and ''[[Blackgas]]'' and ''[[Black Summer]]'' (for Avatar Press).<ref>Avatar #01</ref> Ellis also wrote an episode of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' entitled "Dark Heart".