Brooks' first published work was in
10th Muse, written by
Marv Wolfman for
Image Comics, in which he penciled the Atlas back-up stories in 2001. His first cover was a variant for the Atlas #1 one-shot from
Avatar Press, which he also penciled. His other early work included illustrating the covers for Transformers: More Than Meet the Eyes for
Dreamwave Productions, G.I Joe vs. the Transformers for
Devil's Due Publishing, and Ultraman Tiga for
Dark Horse Comics. In 2004, Brooks penciled and provided the cover art for a number of issues of
Marvel Age Spider-Man, his first collaboration with Marvel. He then worked on
Cable & Deadpool for two issues before moving on to illustrate the first arc of
Amazing Fantasy (vol.2) featuring
Anya Corazon. He signed an exclusive contract with Marvel the same year. Since then he has worked on various projects including penciling issues of
The Amazing Spider-Man,
Ultimate Spider-Man Annual,
Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Fantastic Four, and providing cover art for titles such as
Araña: The Heart of the Spider,
Avengers: The Initiative,
Dark Reign: Young Avengers, and
X-Men: Legacy. In 2014, Brooks was awarded the Inkpot Award. In 2016, Brooks gained critical acclaim and was nominated for the
Eisner Award in two categories, best penciler/inker and best limited series, for his work in the
Han Solo miniseries with writer
Marjorie Liu, set between the
original Star Wars film and
The Empire Strikes Back. In 2017, Brooks was the main cover artist for the 12-issue
Secret Empire crossover storyline written by
Nick Spencer. In 2022, Brooks was the main cover artist for the
Judgment Day crossover event written by
Kieron Gillen. ==Awards and recognition==