Niles at a book signing for Mystery Society #1 at Midtown Comics Times Square, May 29, 2010. The book did not sell well, according to Niles, but it was then that film producers took notice of it, and optioned it to be adapted into a film in 2000 or 2001. Niles and illustrator Ben Templesmith produced the first issue for free.

When IDW Publishing formed, Niles sent his 'reject list' to Ted Adams, who selected 30 Days of Night as a concept he was interested in. Niles attempted to shop around his screenplay for 30 Days of Night, but was met with rejection in Hollywood. He also collaborated on Hellspawn with illustrator Ashley Wood after Brian Michael Bendis's departure, and did journalism work for Kiss Magazine, interviewing members of the band Kiss. He worked for a year on Disney's Toy Story Web Adventures, and later worked for Todd McFarlane Productions where he wrote several issues of Spawn, Spawn: The Dark Ages. He then wrote several titles for Fantaco in the early 1990s, including Bad Moon, Fly in My Eye, and a set of lithographs for Clive Barker's Book of Blood. Niles published, edited, and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics, working on I Am Legend in 1991. Niles' start in the comics industry began with the formation of his self publishing company, Arcane Comix. He had no formal education in writing following high school, explaining that he learned to write through copious reading. Romero, John Carpenter and Bernie Wrightson, the latter two of whom he would later work with.

Other influences included Richard Matheson's book I Am Legend, and the works of George A. In 2004 Count Gore wrote the introduction to the graphic novel Aleister Arcane, which is about the horror host of the same name. He often credited late night television horror host, Count Gore De Vol, who was the local horror host on Channel 20, as an early influence. He worked in several comic book stores and played in the punk bands Gray Matter and Three, both of which released records on Dischord Records label in the 1980s and 1990s. suburbs, developing various creative interests in music, writing, and making amateur films. Niles was born in Jackson, New Jersey on June 21, 1965. He is credited among other contemporary writers as bringing horror comics back to prominence. Steve Niles (born June 21, 1965) is an American comic book author and novelist, known for works such as 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, and Batman: Gotham County Line.

Giant Monster by Steve Niles