Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic-book industry.

History[link]

Newsarama began in summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared comic-book news items he had found across the World Wide Web. As these postings became more regularly and widely read, he gave them the title "Prodigy Comic Book Newswire".

In January 1997, Doran began to post a version of the column, titled "The Comics Newswire", on Usenet's various rec.arts.comics communities. The name of the column evolved to "The Newswire" and then "CBI Newsarama" before finally becoming simply "Newsarama" in 1998.

The postings quickly became popular, as the speed of reporting on the Internet meant that Doran could break stories faster than most other comic-book news sources, which appeared in printed publications that had to be fully edited weeks before they were released. By the time other online comics journalists came on the scene, Newsarama had become an established brand. Although the column in its earliest forms reported both news and rumors, it later adopted a standard journalistic news approach.^{[citation needed]}

Doran's postings left Usenet in 1998, becoming a "Newsarama" column on such websites as Mania.com, AnotherUniverse.com and Fandom.com (all defunct as of 2007) and Comicon.com before becoming a semi-autonomous site — Newsarama, hosted by Kevin Smith's ViewAskew.com network of sites — in August 2002.

Three months later, Doran left Newsarama — by now its own website — to take a staff position at Marvel Comics. Matt Brady, a writer who had written extensively for the site, took over. Doran later returned to working at Newsarama, with Brady continuing as primary writer. The site left the ViewAskew.com network and became independent in early April 2006. It was acquired by the Imaginova corporation in October 2007. When Brady stood down in July 2009, Doran and Lucas Siegel stepped up to run the site.^[1] The site was acquired, along with Space.com and LiveScience.com, by TopTenREVIEWS in October 2009.^[2]

Newsarama has been quoted as a source of comics news by the mainstream media, including The New York Times.^[3] In 2006, Entertainment Weekly listed Newsarama as one of its "25 favorite online entertainment sites"^[4] and the American Library Association lists it as a digital resource in the field of comics.^[5] A subsequent Entertainment Weekly story also included Newsarama in its list "100 Greatest Websites".^[6]

Newsarama maintains a registered-member forum, talk@Newsarama, with over 25,000 registered users.^[7]

Columnists[link]

Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada's column "Joe Fridays" (renamed "New Joe Fridays" in 2006 as a joke regarding Marvel's penchant for relaunching titles with the prefix "new") appeared weekly until 2008, when the column moved to MySpace. Quesada then began writing the column "Cup of Joe" on Comic Book Resources. DC Comics editor Michael Siglain's contributed the weekly "5.2 About 52", and in 2007, DC executive editor Dan Didio announced^{[citation needed]} he would write a column similar to "New Joe Fridays", focusing on the series Countdown. Didio has participated in the weekly "10 Answers and 1 Question" column for the site.^{[citation needed]}

Regular columns have included "Animated Shorts" by Steve Fritz; "Write or Wrong" by Dirk Manning; "Best Shots" by reviewers from ShotgunReviews.com; "10 Answers and 1 Question with Dan Didio"; "Weekly Webbing"; "Right to Assemble", covering Marvel's Avengers, titles by Troy Brownfield; "Column . . . for JUSTICE" by Brownfield, covering Justice League titles; "Getting Animated" and "Friday Flashback" by Brownfield; ; "Dial H for History" by David Pepose, covering recaps on comic book characters and trends; and "Agent of S.T.Y.L.E." by Alan Kistler, covering the evolution of costumes and designs for different comic book characters. Newsarama also runs a series of "Post Game" columns, offering coverage and commentary of popular genre-related television programs on a regular basis; covered shows include "Lost", "Smallville", "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", "Fringe", "FlashForward", and others.^{[citation needed]}

Criticism[link]

Persistent criticism of the Newsarama has come from Rich Johnston, a rival comic-book industry columnist. Johnston has repeatedly used his columns to comment on the site^{[8][9][10][11]} and has suggested that Newsarama has an inappropriately close relationship to some of the major American comic book publishers.^[12][13]

One incident he cited involved Newsarama's coverage of a Marvel Comics publicity stunt that sought to briefly mislead comic book fans. While publicizing a new series in 2001 Marvel announced that it had uncovered a previously forgotten character, the Sentry, whose adventures the company claimed it originally published in the 1960s.^[14] The company issued a press release with this information, which quoted writers and artists and contained a false history of the character's 1960s creative origins. Though the character was in actuality a new creation with an entirely manufactured history, Newsarama (and other comic book industry news outlets, such as Wizard) reported on the story and quoted from the release without criticizing or challenging its claims.^{[citation needed]}

Johnston then criticized Newsarama and the other news outlets for publishing information they knew to be intentionally misleading.^[15]

In November 2005, Michael Dean in the The Comics Journal studied Internet comic-book industry news sources and evaluated Newsarama's journalistic performance.^[16] The study praised the site for the depth of coverage provided in some articles but criticized its reliance on press releases and the "softness" of the questions asked in its interviews. Dean focused on one story in particular, "Diamond Changes Thresholds" by Matt Brady.^[17] Though he found the piece qualified as "journalism", Dean also found it "contained factual inaccuracies, failed to get multiple points of view and sucked up to its corporate subject". The Brady story itself was eventually corrected of its factual inaccuracies by its author after Rich Johnston and others pointed out the errors.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2008 the site underwent numerous design and content-related changes,^[18] and decreased its traffic compared to the previous months.^[19]

The new format launched with multiple articles on comic books, television shows, movies and video games. These changes have been questioned by readers in the comment section of some articles^[20][21][22] Brady defended the changes.^[23]

Awards[link]

The site has been the recipient of a number of awards and award nominations, including:

• 1999 Eagle Award nomination for "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)"
• 2000 Eagle Award nomination for "Favourite Comics-Related Website (professional)"
• 2004 Eagle Award for "Favourite Comics E-Zine"
• 2005 Eagle Award nomination for "Favourite Comics-Related Website"
• 2006 Eagle Award for "Favourite Comics-Related Website"
• 2007 Eagle Award nomination for "Favourite Comics Related Website"
• 2008 Eisner Award for "Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Newsarama
• Newsarama on Twitter
• Newsarama on Facebook
• Alexa site statistics for Newsarama.com

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Richard Hatch
Hatch at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010
Born	Richard Lawrence Hatch (1945-05-21) May 21, 1945 (age 67) Santa Monica, California, United States
Website
http://www.richardhatch.com/

Richard Hatch (born May 21, 1945, in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica television series, and also as Tom Zarek in the remake of Battlestar Galactica.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Hatch began his theatrical career with the Los Angeles Repertory Theater. In the late 1960s, he starred Off Broadway in several plays and musicals and won the Obie Award for his work in PS Your Cat is Dead in Chicago.

Television[link]

Hatch began working in television in 1970 when he starred as Philip Brent in the daytime soap opera All My Children, a role he played for two years.

Karen Lynn Gorney and Hatch in All My Children

For some years, he then made guest appearances in primetime series such as Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Hawaii Five-O, and The Waltons, as well as appearing in several made-for-TV movies such as The Hatfields and The McCoys with Jack Palance, Addie and the Kings of Hearts with Jason Robards, Last of the Belles with Susan Sarandon, and Deadman's Curve in which he portrayed Jan Berry of the musical group Jan and Dean.

In 1976, Hatch gained his first major television role as Inspector Dan Robbins on the detective series The Streets of San Francisco, a replacement for Michael Douglas (who played Insp. Steve Keller) who had left the series that year. Though the role was only for one season, Hatch won Germany's Bravo Youth Magazine Award for the role.^[1] Following this, he had a recurring role on the series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, also for one season. By this time, Hatch had become something of a pin-up and regularly appeared in teen-oriented magazines such as Teen Beat, 16 Magazine, and Tiger Beat.

Hatch then gained his first starring role in Glen A. Larson's sci-fi series, Battlestar Galactica (1978), though this too proved to be for only a single season as the series was cancelled in 1979. Hatch was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the role.^[1]

Throughout the 1980s, Hatch made guest appearances on various television series such as Hotel, Murder She Wrote, The Love Boat, and Fantasy Island. In 1984, he appeared in several episodes of the prime time soap opera Dynasty, which was at the top of the ratings at the time.

In 1990, Hatch returned to daytime soap operas and appeared on Santa Barbara originating the character Steven Slade. He continued to make guest appearances on prime time series such as Jake and the Fatman and Baywatch, but roles were becoming few and far between.

Hatch's next prominent role would be as Tom Zarek in the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica, in which he made semi-regular appearances from 2004 to 2009.

Films[link]

Hatch has made several low-key theatrical film releases, including Best Friends (1975), Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981), and Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983). An abridged version of the pilot episode of Battlestar Galactica was also released in cinemas, initially overseas and then for a limited run in the U.S., as was a sequel film, Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack, which was also made from episodes of the series.

Battlestar Galactica revival attempt[link]

For many years, Hatch attempted to revive Battlestar Galactica. In the 1990s, he began writing novels based on the series, and also wrote, co-directed and executive-produced a trailer called The Second Coming in the hopes of enticing Universal Studios (the rights holders for the franchise) into producing a new series that would have been a direct continuation of the original 1978 series (ignoring the events of the failed spin-off Galactica 1980 in which Hatch did not appear). Original actors John Colicos (Baltar), Terry Carter (Col. Tigh) and Jack Stauffer (Bojay) appeared in the trailer along with Hatch himself. Hatch also believed that he could persuade Dirk Benedict to return and play Starbuck.

Although the trailer won acclaim at science-fiction conventions, Universal was not interested in Hatch's vision to revive Battlestar Galactica, and instead opted for a remake rather than the sequel for which Hatch had campaigned. Initially, Hatch (who claimed to have remortgaged his house to make the trailer) was bitterly disappointed by this turn of events and was highly critical of the prospective new series on his web site.

Hatch at Gatecon 2005

In 2004, he stated to Sci-Fi Pulse that he had felt resentment over the failure of his planned Galactica continuation and was left "exhausted and sick... I had, over the past several years, bonded deeply with the original characters and story... writing the novels and the comic books and really campaigning to bring back the show".

Battlestar Galactica re-imagining[link]

Despite his resentment, Hatch developed a respect for Ronald D. Moore, the new series' writer and producer, when he appeared as a featured guest at Galacticon (the Battlestar Galactica 25th anniversary convention, hosted by Hatch) and answered questions posed by a very hostile audience. [1]. Later, in 2004, Hatch was offered and accepted a recurring role in the new Battlestar Galactica series. He played Tom Zarek, a terrorist turned politician, who spent twenty years in prison for blowing up a government building; Hatch has said the character was presented to him as a Nelson Mandela figure, and that he views Zarek as challenging the status quo and working for the common man. Hatch/Zarek spends most of his first episode in heated debate with Captain Apollo (played by Jamie Bamber), the role that Hatch had played in the original series. He has appeared in several further episodes of the series as a guest star until 2009. After accepting the Zarek role, Hatch stated "it was a very deep and profound struggle for me to let go and realize that I was not the creator of the series and it didn’t belong to me... I’ve finally come to terms with and accepted that."

Other work[link]

Alongside his attempts to revive the original Battlestar Galactica, Hatch created his own space opera entitled The Great War of Magellan. He has written a comic book series and a role-playing game in support of this, and is presently working a novel trilogy with Brad Linaweaver (who co-authored many of Hatch's Battlestar Galactica novels).

Most recently, Hatch has been working on a new reality TV series called Who the Frak?, which he created and appears in as himself. The series is touted as "the world's first social network reality drama".

Hatch can also be heard in numerous television commercials and other voice-overs.

Personal life[link]

When not acting, Hatch lectures and conducts workshops on acting, self-expression, and communication throughout the world although his website doesn't seem to have been updated since 2006. He appears annually at the San Diego Comic Con International to sign autographs and host a panel to discuss his career and his upcoming projects.

Battlestar Galactica bibliography[link]

1. Armageddon (August 1, 1997)
2. Warhawk (September 1, 1998)
3. Resurrection (July 1, 2001)
4. Rebellion (July 1, 2002)
5. Paradis (July 1, 2003)
6. Destiny (June 29, 2004)
7. Redemption (November 25, 2005)

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Richard Hatch

• Official website
• Richard Hatch at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Hatch at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Richard Hatch at TV Guide
• Sci-Fi Pulse interview from 2004
• Richard Hatch's Great War of Magellan
• Who the Frak is the Real Richard Hatch?

Greg Capullo
Capullo at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born	March 30, 1962
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Inker

Gregory “Greg” Capullo (born March 30, 1962) is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on Quasar (1991–1992), X-Force (1992–1993), Angela (1994) and Spawn (1993–1999, 2003–2004).

Greg Capullo also published his own creator-owned comic, The Creech, published through Image Comics. These were two three-issue miniseries.

Apart from comics, Capullo has been involved in several projects such as pencilling for the Korn album Follow the Leader and the Disturbed album, Ten Thousand Fists, and being part of the crew who worked on the animated sequences in the 2002 film The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.

Career[link]

Capullo started off as an aspiring self-taught artist. He was influenced by John Buscema who Capullo has referred to as “the master of the human figure.”^{[citation needed]} He began his artistic career with a job in commercial advertising but soon was noticed for his talent as an inker and penciller and began on projects involving his artwork.

His first comic work was a publication called Gore Shriek, which was picked up and published by a comic book store in Albany, New York, called Fantaco Enterprises. Gore Shriek was a horror comic book specifically labeled Not Intended for Children because of the violent and graphic nature of it. Due to the success of the small comic series, when it had ended, Capullo began work for Marvel Comics where he worked on Quasar, X-Force, and What If?. He worked with Marvel Comics for three years on various works, before moving on to other publications and projects with different companies.

Briefly after Capullo had started work with Marvel, he had begun smaller indie projects away from the company. He had started involvement with separate labels and anyone who would hire him for miscellaneous odd-jobs that needed completion.

Todd McFarlane, who had left Marvel Comics to co-found Image Comics, noticed Capullo’s work on X-Force, and convinced him become the penciller on McFarlane’s comic, Spawn. Capullo's first issue of the book was #16, then took over as pencil artist with issue #26. Capullo has since done the coverart and pencils] for many Image publications, including various Spawn tie-ins and variants, and Capullo’s own miniseries, The Creech. Capullo helped McFarlane in creating the artwork now seen on the two Halo 3-themed controllers.

Capullo provides layouts for Image's Haunt, which debuted in October 2009. The pencils for the layouts were done by Ryan Ottley up until issue 6 where Greg Capullo then took over pencilling for the series and has become the regular penciller, inks are all done by Todd McFarlane.^[1]

In June 2011, as part of DC's announcement that they will be relaunching their entire superhero line, Capullo was announced as the artist on a new Batman #1, with writer Scott Snyder.^[2] As such, he will be leaving the ongoing Haunt title.^[3]

The Art of Greg Capullo is a hardcover book published by Image Comics that showcases Capullo’s artwork, ranging from widely recognized cover art to unknown never released pencils, early submissions samples and personal sketches.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Greg Capullo

• Greg Capullo at the Comic Book DB
• Greg Capullo. Comic Art Community

Todd McFarlane
McFarlane at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born	(1961-03-16) March 16, 1961 (age 51) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Inker, Publisher
Notable works	The Amazing Spider-Man Infinity, Inc Spawn Spider-Man
Awards	Inkpot Award, 1992 National Cartoonists Society Award, 1992 National Football League Artist of the Year, 2005
Official website

Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s. Spawn was a popular hero in the 1990s and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties.

Since leaving inking duties on Spawn with issue #70 (February 1998), McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio. In September, 2006, it was announced that McFarlane will be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by major league baseball pitcher Curt Schilling.^[1] McFarlane used to be a co-owner of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers but sold his shares to Daryl Katz.^[2] He is also a high-profile collector of history-making baseballs.

Early life and education[link]

McFarlane was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He graduated from William Aberhart High School. As a 17-year-old teenager, he discovered comic books^[3] and was a fan of stars such as fellow Canadian John Byrne^[3] and Americans Jack Kirby, Frank Miller and George Pérez^[3] (as well as the writing of Alan Moore),^[3] but was especially drawn to the more atypical art of Michael Golden and Katsuhiro Ōtomo, creator of the manga Akira. Gil Kane was also a major influence on McFarlane.^{[citation needed]}

In the early-1980s, McFarlane attended Eastern Washington University on a baseball scholarship, and studied graphic art. He sought to play baseball professionally after graduation but suffered a career-ending ankle injury in his junior year.^[4] During his time at EWU, McFarlane worked at a comic book shop in Spokane, Washington. Drawings he did of Marvel and DC superheros were sold at local shops. McFarlane also attended the Alberta College of Art and Design.

Career[link]

Early work and Marvel[link]

McFarlane's first published work was a 1984 backup story in Epic Comics' Coyote. He soon began drawing for both DC Comics and Marvel, with his first major body of work being a two-year run (1985–1987) on DC's Infinity, Inc. In 1987, McFarlane also illustrated several issues of Detective Comics' "Batman: Year Two" storyline.^[5] From there, he moved to Marvel's Incredible Hulk, which he drew from 1987–1988.

In 1988, McFarlane joined writer David Michelinie on Marvel's The Amazing Spider-Man beginning with issue 298. McFarlane changed Spider-Man's webbing from what used to be essentially X's between two lines, into what is now dubbed as "spaghetti webbing".^[6] McFarlane was also the first artist to draw the first, full appearance of Eddie Brock, the first original incarnation of the popular villain Venom. He has been credited as the character's co-creator, though this has been a topic of dispute within the comic book industry. (See Eddie Brock: Creation and conception.)

McFarlane's work on Amazing Spider-Man turned him into an industry superstar. His cover art for Amazing Spider-Man #313, for which he was originally paid $700 in 1989, for example, would later sell for $71,200 in 2010.^[7] In 1990, after a 28-issue run of Amazing Spider-Man, McFarlane told editor Jim Salicrup he'd grown tired of drawing other people's stories and would be leaving the book with issue #328 to write his own work. Salicrup offered McFarlane a new Spider-Man book, prompting the launch of a new monthly title simply called Spider-Man, which McFarlane both wrote and illustrated. Spider-Man #1 sold 2.5 million copies, partially due to the variant covers that were used to encourage collectors into buying more than one edition. McFarlane wrote and illustrated Spider-Man's first 14 issues, as well as #16; many issues of which were crossovers with characters such as Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider. After issue #16 (Nov. 1991), McFarlane left the book due to creative clashes with new editor Danny Fingeroth.^[8] He was replaced on the title by future Image Comics co-founder Erik Larsen.

Image Comics[link]

McFarlane then left Marvel with six other popular artists to form Image Comics, an umbrella company under which each owned a publishing house. McFarlane's studio, Todd McFarlane Productions, published his creation, the occult-themed Spawn. Upon release, Spawn #1 sold 1.7 million copies, still a record for an independent comic book.^[9]

Spawn was launched in 1992 with McFarlane as artist/writer for the first 7 issues. Guest writers Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Dave Sim and Frank Miller were brought on for issues 8 to 11 (respectively) while McFarlane continued as the artist. In order to concentrate on the 1994 Spawn/Batman crossover (with Miller writing), he brought on Grant Morrison (as writer) and Greg Capullo (penciller) from issues #16-#18. Then Andrew Grossberg and Tom Orzechowski took over writing issues #19 and 20 with Capullo still penciling. McFarlane returned as writer/artist for issue 21 and remained so until issue 24. Greg Capullo took over as pencil artist with issue 26, McFarlane remained writer and inker on the book until issue 70.

McFarlane eventually would hand off scripting duties (while still overseeing plotlines) to other writers, and the book continued to retain a respectable following. He has story input and inks covers on occasion.

In 2006 McFarlane announced plans for Spawn/Batman with artist Greg Capullo, which McFarlane wrote and inked, which paid tribute to Jack Kirby. He also began taking an active role in comics publishing again, publishing collections of his Spawn comics in paperback form. Spawn Collection Volume 1 collecting issues 1-12 minus issue 9 (due to royalty issues with Neil Gaiman) and 10 (due to a vow he made to Sim) was released in December 2005. The first volume achieved moderate success, ranking 17 in the top one hundred graphic novels, with pre-order sales of 3227 for that period.^[10]

Haunt, an ongoing series co-created by McFarlane and Robert Kirkman, was first announced in 2007, and launched October 7, 2009.^[11] The comic is written by Kirkman, penciled by Ryan Ottley, inked by McFarlane, with Greg Capullo providing layouts.^[12]

McFarlane Entertainment[link]

Todd McFarlane Productions has also published multiple Spawn spin-off mini-series. McFarlane increasingly concentrated his own personal attention to those other ventures, which resulted in irregular work as an illustrator. By 1994, he ceased to be the regular illustrator of his own "signature" book, and would only re-visit Spawn sporadically, or as a promotional stunt for the title.

That same year, McFarlane created McFarlane Toys. Its line of meticulously sculpted Spawn action figures changed the entire industry by focusing on more mature consumers and non-traditional action figure inspirations such as musicians. The company has licensed the right to produce action figures of athletes in all four major North American sports — baseball, hockey, football and basketball — and several recent, successful film franchises, including The Terminator, The Matrix and Shrek. He has also created figures of rock musicians, including the members of Kiss, Alice Cooper, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix and toys related to video games, like Halo 3.

In 1996, McFarlane founded Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio. In collaboration with New Line Cinema, it produced the 1997 Spawn film and a new Spawn movie, planned in 2008.^[13] Spawn, while critically panned, was a modest box office success, earning $54.97 million domestically, a little over $69 million worldwide. It also produced the animated series Todd McFarlane’s Spawn, (featuring voice work by actor Keith David) which aired on HBO from 1997 until 1999. The animated series received significantly more positive press than the film, received two Primetime Emmy awards (including "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming More Than One Hour))," and was a moderate success when eventually released on DVD.

The studio has produced acclaimed music videos for Pearl Jam's "Do the Evolution" (1998), KoЯn's "Freak on a Leash" (1999) and Disturbed's "Land of Confusion" (2006). They also produced an animated segment of the film The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002). He also fully animated "The Guy", the mascot for Disturbed.

On July 21, 2011 at San Diego Comic-Con International, McFarlane and Stan Lee will debut their new comic, Blood Red Dragon. The series is a collaboration with musician Yoshiki and stars a fictionalized version of him.^[14]

Sports[link]

McFarlane is an avid baseball fan; he briefly tried to achieve a pro career in the sport as a young adult. McFarlane has bought, at auction, multiple balls from Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's 1998 race to establish a record for the greatest number of home runs hit in a single season. McFarlane owns Sosa's 33rd, 61st and 66th home run balls, and McGwire's first, 63rd, 67th, 68th, 69th and 70th. (McGwire's 61st was the ball which tied Roger Maris' then-record, while McGwire's 70th, bought by McFarlane at auction for US $3 million, set a new record at the time — broken in 2001 by Barry Bonds.) He later purchased Bonds' record setting 73rd home run ball for $450,000.

As well as being a former part owner of the Edmonton Oilers, McFarlane also designed the logo used on the team's alternate (third) jerseys. This jersey has not been worn since 2007.

Recently, baseball pitcher Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox has teamed up with McFarlane, forming 38 Studios (formerly Green Monster Games), LLC. This gaming studio will feature McFarlane's art direction and will also feature R.A. Salvatore as creative director. The studio's focus will be massive multiplayer online games of which Schilling is an avid fan.

Other media[link]

McFarlane chatting at the Image Comics booth at the New York Comic Con.

For the release of Halo 3, McFarlane was enlisted to design a series of action figures.^[15][16]

McFarlane also created the character Necrid for the console versions of the video game Soul Calibur II.^{[citation needed]} Spawn appears as a playable character in the Xbox version of SCII.

A PlayStation 2 game, McFarlane's Evil Prophecy, was released in 2004 by Konami. In it, players battle creatures based on a line of Todd McFarlane's action figures including classic movie monsters such as Frankenstein's monster and Dracula.

In January 2005, McFarlane announced that he was set to produce a half-hour anthology television series for Fox called Twisted Tales, based on the Bruce Jones' comic book to which McFarlane had purchased the rights.^[17]

In December 2002, Todd McFarlane directed the music video "Breathe" for Canadian hip-hop group Swollen Members that featured Nelly Furtado. He later drew both the Canadian and International covers for their next album Heavy, released October 2003.

Todd McFarlane is also the cartoonist responsible for the cover art of the albums Ten Thousand Fists, released in September 2005 and Indestructible, released June 2008 by metal band Disturbed, and the art in their single "Land of Confusion", as well as that of metal band Iced Earth's 1996 Spawn-based concept album The Dark Saga and Korn's third studio album Follow the Leader, which was released in 1998.

McFarlane is also doing artwork for the Lord of Vermilion game published by Square Enix.^{[citation needed]}

In "Spidey Cents", a fourth season episode of the History reality television series Pawn Stars, which aired in May 2011, a man tries to sell McFarlane's original artwork for page 25 of The Amazing Spider-Man #316 (June 1989) for $20,000 to the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas. Because the seller lacked the paper work authenticating the artwork, Gold & Silver manager Corey Harrison would only pay $1,000 for the page, an offer that the seller declined.^[7]

Media about Todd McFarlane[link]

Stan Lee interviewed McFarlane in the documentary series The Comic Book Greats.

In 2000, McFarlane was the subject of a National Film Board of Canada documentary Devil You Know: Inside the Mind of Todd McFarlane, directed by Kenton Vaughan.^[18] The film first aired on CBC-TV's Life and Times biography series on January 23, 2001. ^[19]

Lawsuits[link]

McFarlane lost judgments in two lawsuits in the 2000s. The first was a 2002 suit in which McFarlane contested with writer Neil Gaiman over the rights to some supporting Spawn characters created by Gaiman in issue #9 of the Spawn series and over payment for later works featuring those characters. In 1997 the two signed a deal in which Gaiman would give his share of characters Angela, Medieval Spawn and Cogliostro to McFarlane in exchange of McFarlane's share of British superhero Marvelman (in reality, what McFarlane actually owned were two trademarks for Miracleman logos, not the character, which would become clear only after the lawsuit concluded). However, this deal was broken by McFarlane, which motivated Neil Gaiman to start the lawsuit. The jury was unanimous in favor of Gaiman. The two were involved in a lengthy dispute over ownership of Miracleman, but no lawsuit has been filed in that dispute. In 2009, Marvel Comics brought resolution to the matter by purchasing the property.^[20]

The second was a December 2004 suit in which hockey player Tony Twist sued Todd McFarlane because he named a mobster character in Spawn after Twist.^[21][22]

Awards[link]

McFarlane's work has won him numerous awards over the years, including:

• a 1992 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book.
• a 1992 Inkpot Award
• the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video for "Freak on a Leash".
• McFarlane received the National Football League's Artist of the Year award for 2005, for his work on program covers for the Baltimore Ravens.
• McFarlane was inducted into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame, on June 18, 2011 at the Joe Shuster Awards in Calgary.^[23]

Bibliography[link]

Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:

DC[link]

• All-Star Squadron #47 (along with Mike Clark) (1985)
• Detective Comics #576-578 (Batman: Year Two) (1987)
• Infinity, Inc #14-37 (full art); Annual #1-2 (among other artists) (1985–87)
• Invasion!, miniseries, #1-2 (1989)

Image[link]

• Cyberforce #8 (1994)
• Image Comics Summer Special #1 (2004)
• Spawn #1-15, 21-24 (full art); #26-33 (along with Greg Capullo) (1992–95); #190, 200 (among other artists) (2010)
• Spawn/Batman #1 (1994)

Marvel[link]

• Amazing Spider-Man #298-323, 325, 328 (1988–90)
• Coyote #11-14 (1985)
• Daredevil #241 (1987)
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #60 (1987)
• G.I. Joe Special #1 (1995)
• Incredible Hulk #330-334, 336-345 (1987–88)
• Marvel Holiday Special (Spider-Man) 2004
• Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #10 (1990)
• Spider-Man #1-14, 16 (1990–91)
• Spitfire And The Troubleshooters #4 (1987)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Todd McFarlane

• Official website — including a biography and info about McFarlane's work
• Todd McFarlane at the Comic Book DB
• Press release on Twist issue
• Latest on Twist issue
• Comic Book Awards Almanac
• Todd McFarlane's work on Marvel.com^{[dead link]}
• Watch Devil You Know: Inside the Mind of Todd McFarlane, National Film Board of Canada

Interviews[link]

• Audio Interview by Gary Groth (1992)
• SuicideGirls
• Now Playing magazine
• Todd McFarlane talks to Maxim.com (July 2008)

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Geoff Johns
Johns at the August 31, 2011 midnight signing of Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1 at Midtown Comics Times Square.
Born	1973 Detroit, Michigan
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	52 Action Comics Blackest Night The Flash Green Lantern Infinite Crisis JSA Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Teen Titans
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Geoff Johns (born 1973)^[1] is an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics, where he has been Chief Creative Officer since February 2010, in particular for characters such as Green Lantern, The Flash and Superman. He is also a television writer, who has written episodes of Smallville, and a comic book retailer^[2] who co-owns Earth-2 Comics in Northridge, California with Carr D'Angelo and Jud Meyers.^[3]

Johns shares a writing studio, The Empath Magic Tree House, with writers Jeph Loeb and Allan Heinberg.^[4][5]

Early life[link]

A Lebanese-American,^[6] Johns was born in Detroit, Michigan,^[3][7] son of Barbara and Fred Johns of Clarkston,^[8] and grew up in the suburbs of Grosse Pointe and Clarkston.^[3][9] As a child, Johns and his brother first discovered comics through an old box of comics they found in their grandmother's attic, which included copies of Flash, Superman, Green Lantern, Batman from the 1960s and 1970s. Johns eventually began to patronize a comics shop in Traverse City, recalling that the first new comics he bought were Crisis on Infinite Earth #3 or 4 and Flash #348 or 349, as the latter was his favorite character. As Johns continued collecting comics, he gravitated toward DC Comics and later Vertigo Comics, and also drew comics.^[3] After graduating from Clarkston High School in 1991,^[8] he studied media arts, screenwriting, film production and film theory at Michigan State University.^[7] After graduating from Michigan State in 1995,^[10] Johns moved to Los Angeles, California.^[3][8]

Career[link]

Film production and comics[link]

In Los Angeles, Johns cold-called the office of director Richard Donner, whose films Johns adored, in particular The Goonies and the first two Superman films, which Johns felt captured the essence of that character, and were, in Johns' view, among the best films of all time. According to Johns, who called Donner's office for an internship, he was transferred until Donner picked up the phone by accident, leading to a conversation, and the internship Johns sought. Johns started off copying scripts, and after about two months, was hired as a runner, or production assistant for Donner, whom Johns regards as his mentor.^[3][4]

While working on production of Donner's 1997 film Conspiracy Theory, Johns visited New York City, where he met DC Comics personnel such as Eddie Berganza, reigniting his childhood interest in comics.^[3]

Berganza invited Johns to tour the DC Comics offices, and offered Johns the opportunity to pitch ideas, which led to Johns pitching Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., a book based on the second Star-Spangled Kid and her stepfather, to editor Chuck Kim a year later. Johns expected to write comics "on the side", until he met David Goyer and James Robinson, who were working on JSA. After looking at Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., Robinson offered Johns co-writing duties on JSA in 2000, and Johns credits both him and Mike Carlin with shepherding him into the comics industry.^[3] That same year, Johns also became the regular writer on the ongoing series The Flash. John's work on The Flash represents one example of his modeling of various elements in his stories after aspects of his birth town, explaining, "When I wrote 'The Flash', I turned Keystone City into Detroit, made it a car town. I make a lot of my characters from Detroit. I think self-made, blue-collar heroes represent Detroit. Wally West flash was like that. I took the inspiration of the city and the people there and used it in the books."^[9]

After writing The Avengers United in 2001 and Avengers Icons: The Vision in 2002 for Marvel Comics, Johns oversaw the re-launch of the Hawkman series and in 2003, and the re-launch of the DC title Teen Titans.

Johns was responsible for the return of Hal Jordan in 2005 as the writer of the Green Lantern: Rebirth mini-series and subsequent Green Lantern ongoing title, helming its critically acclaimed "Sinestro Corps War" storyline.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} Johns was also the writer of the DC Comics crossover event Infinite Crisis beginning in 2005, a sequel to 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths. Following this, Johns was one of four writers, with Mark Waid, Grant Morrison, and Greg Rucka, on the 2006-2007 weekly series 52.

Johns holding up a Bobblehead figure of Aquaman, one of the titles he wrote as part of The New 52.

In 2006, Johns reunited with Richard Donner on the Superman title Action Comics, with Donner co-plotting the series with his former assistant. In August 2007 Johns and cowriter Jeff Katz re-launched the new Booster Gold series. At the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics announced that Johns would be teamed with artist Ethan Van Sciver on the miniseries 2009 The Flash: Rebirth, which centered on the return of Barry Allen as the Flash.^[16] He also wrote the Final Crisis one-shot Rage of the Red Lanterns with artist Shane Davis,^[17] and is retold Superman's origin story with his former Action Comics artist Gary Frank in 2009's Superman: Secret Origin.^[18] Johns and Frank will also collaborate on an original graphic novel starring Batman called Batman: Earth One, an out of continuity story set for release in mid-2012.^[19] It will be the first in a series of graphic novels that will redefine Batman.^[20]

Johns was named DC Comics' new Chief Creative Officer on February 18, 2010,^[21] a position that Johns stated will not affect his writing.^[22]

In a 2010 interview, Johns named Steve McNiven as an artist he hasn't yet worked with who he'd like to do so, J. Michael Straczynski's run on Thor as his then-favorite ongoing comic book, and The Flash as his favorite of all time, as he owns every issue of it. He also credits reading James Robinson's The Golden Age as the book responsible for his love for the characters in that book, and for his decision to accept writing duties on JSA.^[3]

In September 2011, following the conclusion of Johns' miniseries, Flashpoint, and the crossover storyline of the same name, DC Comics instituted a program called The New 52, in which the publisher cancelled all of its superhero titles and relaunched 52 new series with #1 issues, wiping out most of the then-current continuity. Johns and artist Jim Lee, DC Comics' Co-Publisher, were the architects of the relaunch, which was initiated with a new Justice League series, written and illustrated by Johns and Lee, respectively. The series' first story arc was a new origin of the Justice League, which depicted the return of DC's primary superheroes to the team.^[23] Johns' contributions to The New 52 also includes an ongoing Shazam! backup feature in Justice League that began with issue #7, as well as the relaunched Aquaman and Green Lantern monthly titles.^[24][25][26]

Television, film, and computer games[link]

In 2006, Johns wrote the Justice League Unlimited episode "Ancient History", which starred Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Vixen, Shadow-Thief and the John Stewart Green Lantern.

With Goyer, Johns co-wrote the pilot for the Spike TV television series Blade, which premiered in summer 2006. Johns served as one of the writing staff on the television show.

In the fall of 2006, Johns teamed up with Matthew Senreich of Robot Chicken fame to write the screenplay for a holiday family-friendly movie titled Naughty or Nice for Dimension Films. Johns and Senreich are also billed as directors of the movie, with actor/producer Seth Green set to provide a lead voice as well as serving as voice director on the film. This association also led to Johns contributing material to the fourth season of Robot Chicken.^[27]

"Recruit", a 2005 episode of Smallville, on which Johns' studio mate Jeph Loeb was a writer-producer, featured a villain by the name of Geoff Johns. In 2008, Johns wrote "Legion", the 11th episode of the eighth season, in which he introduced the three core members of the Legion of Superheroes.^[28] At Comic-con 2009 he announced that he was writing another Smallville episode, titled "Society," based on the Justice Society of America. The success of his first episode and the ambitious nature of his follow-up episode enabled the producers to transform it into a two-part story, which subsequently aired as a feature-length episode titled "Absolute Justice".^[29]

Johns is the principal writer of the DC Universe Online massively multiplayer online role-playing game.^[30]

Johns served as a co-producer for the 2011 Green Lantern film directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds.^[31]

Personal life[link]

Johns lives in Los Angeles, near his fellow writers and collaborators James Robinson, Jeph Loeb and Sterling Gates.^[32]

His younger sister Courtney was among the 230 people who died on TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996. The DC Comics character Courtney Whitmore, whom Johns created, is based on her.^[33]

Bibliography[link]

DC Comics[link]

Titles published by DC Comics include:

• Star Spangled Comics: "...A Terrifying Hour!" (with Chris Weston, 1999) collected in The Justice Society Returns (tpb, 256 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0090-7)
• Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (with Chris Weston, Lee Moder and Scott Kolins, 1999-2000) collected as:
  • JSA Presents: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., vol.1 (collects #1-8, tpb, 192 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1390-1)
  • JSA Presents: Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., vol.2 (collects #0 & 9-14, tpb, 192 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1631-5)
• Day of Judgment #1-5 (with Matthew Dow Smith, 1999)
• Justice Society of America:
  • JSA:
    • Justice Be Done (tpb, 160 pages, 2000, ISBN 1-56389-620-6) includes:
      • "Grounded" (with David S. Goyer and Derec Aucoin, in #5, 1999)
    • Darkness Falls (tpb, 232 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56389-739-3) collects:
      • "Justice, Like Lightning..." (with David S. Goyer and Marcos Martín, in #6, 2000)
      • "Darkness Falls" (with David S. Goyer and Stephen Sadowski, in #7-9, 2000)
      • "Wild Hunt" (with David S. Goyer and Stephen Sadowski, in #10, 2000)
      • "Split" (with David S. Goyer, Michael Bair and Buzz Setzer, in #11-12, 2000)
      • "The Hunt for Extant" (with David S. Goyer and Stephen Sadowski, in #13-15, 2000)
    • "Sisters" (with Aldrin Aw, in Annual #1, 2000)
    • The Return of Hawkman (tpb, 256 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-912-4) collects:
      • "Injustice Be Done" (with David S. Goyer, Stephen Sadowski and Steve Yeowell, in #16-20, 2000-2001)
      • "Guardian Angels" (with David S. Goyer and Aldrin Aw, in #21, 2001)
      • "Lost Friends" (with David S. Goyer, Michael Bair and Rags Morales, in #22, 2001)
      • "The Return of Hawkman" (with David S. Goyer and Stephen Sadowski, in #23-25, 2001)
    • JSA: Our Worlds at War: "The All-Stars" (with Javier Saltares, one-shot, 2001)
    • Fair Play (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-56389-959-0) collects:
      • "Who Do You Trust?" (with Rags Morales, in #26, 2001)
      • "Thunderstruck" (with Rags Morales, in #27, 2001)
      • "Breaking Storms" (with David S. Goyer and Javier Saltares, in JSA Secret Files #2, 2001)
      • "Face-Off" (with Stephen Sadowski, in #28, 2001)
      • "Joker: Last Laugh — Kids" (with Peter Snejbjerg, in #29, 2001)
      • "Fair Play" (with Stephen Sadowski, in #30, 2002)
      • "Making Waves" (with Peter Snejbjerg, in #31, 2002)
    • Stealing Thunder (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-56389-994-9) collects:
      • "Stealing Thunder Prologue" (with Peter Snejbjerg, in #32, 2002)
      • "Stealing Thunder" (with David S. Goyer, Keith Giffen and Leonard Kirk, in #33-37, 2002)
      • "Father's Day" (with David S. Goyer and Stephen Sadowski, in #38, 2002)
    • Savage Times (tpb, 168 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0253-5) collects:
      • "Power Crush" (with David S. Goyer and Patrick Gleason, in #39, 2002)
      • "...Do No Harm" (with Leonard Kirk, in #40, 2002)
      • "Yesterday's War" (with Leonard Kirk, in #41-44, 2002-2003)
      • "Princes of Darkness Prologue" (with Leonard Kirk, in #45, 2003)
    • JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice (with David S. Goyer and Carlos Pacheco, graphic novel, hc, 96 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-937-X)
    • Princes of Darkness (tpb, 256 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0469-4) collects:
      • "Princes of Darkness" (with David S. Goyer, Sal Velluto and Leonard Kirk, in #46-50, 2003)
      • "Justice Eternity" (with Leonard Kirk, in #51, 2003)
      • "Brand New Day" (with Don Kramer, in #52-53, 2003)
      • "Virtue, Vice & Pumpkin Pie" (with Don Kramer, in #54, 2004)
      • "Be Good for Goodness Sake" (with Leonard Kirk, in #55, 2004)
    • JSA: All Stars #1-8 (with David S. Goyer, Sal Velluto, Phil Winslade, Barry Kitson, Mike McKone, Adam DeKraker, Stephen Sadowski, Michael Chabon, Michael Lark and Dave Ross, 2003-2004) collected as JSA: All Stars (tpb, 208 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0219-5)
    • Black Reign (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0480-5) collects:
      • "Black Reign, Parts One, Three & Five" (with Don Kramer, in #56-58, 2004)
      • "Black Reign, Parts Two, Four & Six" (with Rags Morales, in Hawkman #23-25, 2004)
    • Lost (tpb, 208 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0722-7) collects:
      • "Time and Time and Time Again" (with Sean Phillips, in #59, 2004)
      • "Redemption Lost" (with Don Kramer and Tom Mandrake, in #60-62, 2004)
      • "Waking the Sandman" (with Jerry Ordway, in #63-64, 2004)
      • "Out of Time" (with Don Kramer, in #65-66, 2004)
      • "The Autopsy" (with Dave Gibbons, in #67, 2005)
    • Black Vengeance (tpb, 208 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0966-1) collects:
      • "JSA/JSA" (with Don Kramer, in #68-72, 2005)
      • "Black Vengeance" (with Don Kramer and Leonard Kirk, in #73-75, 2005)
    • Mixed Signals (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0967-X) includes:
      • "In Search of..." (with David Lopez, in #76, 2005)
      • "Mixed Signals" (with Don Kramer, in #77, 2005)
      • "My Heroes" (with Dale Eaglesham, in #81, 2006)
    • JSA Classified #1-4 (with Amanda Conner, 2005) collected in Power Girl (tpb, 176 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0968-8)
  • Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant #1: "Sorrow Even More" (with David S. Goyer and Phil Winslade, 1999)
  • Sins of Youth: Starwoman and the JSA Jr.: "Stars and Tykes" (with Drew Johnson, one-shot, 2000) collected in Young Justice: Sins of Youth (tpb, 320 pages, 2000, ISBN 1-56389-748-2)
  • Justice Society of America:
    • The Next Age (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1444-4; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1585-8) collects:
      • "The Next Age" (with Dale Eaglesham, in #1-4, 2007)
    • Justice League of America: The Lightning Saga (hc, 224 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1652-8; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-1869-5) includes:
      • "The Lightning Saga, Parts Two and Four" (with Fernando Pasarin and Dale Eaglesham, in #5-6, 2007)
    • Thy Kingdom Come, vol.1 (hc, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1690-0; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-1741-9) collects:
      • "Indestructible" (with Dale Eaglesham, in #7, 2007)
      • "Belles & Whistles" (with Fernando Pasarin, in #8, 2007)
      • "Thy Kingdom Come Prologue" (with Dale Eaglesham, in #9, 2007)
      • "Thy Kingdom Come, Parts 1-3" (with Alex Ross and Dale Eaglesham, in #10-12, 2007-2008)
    • Thy Kingdom Come, vol.2 (hc, 192 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1914-4; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-1946-2) collects:
      • "Thy Kingdom Come, Parts 4-6" (with Alex Ross, Fernando Pasarin and Dale Eaglesham, in #13-15, 2008)
      • "One World, Under Gog, Parts 1-3" (with Alex Ross, Fernando Pasarin, Dale Eaglesham and Jerry Ordway, in #16-18, 2008)
      • "Earth 2" (with Jerry Ordway, in Annual #1, 2008)
    • Thy Kingdom Come, vol.3 (hc, 224 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2166-1; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2167-X) includes:
      • "One World, Under Gog, Parts 4-7" (with Alex Ross, Fernando Pasarin, Dale Eaglesham and Jerry Ordway, in #19-22, 2008-2009)
      • JSA Kingdom Come Special: Magog (with Peter Tomasi, Scott Kolins and Fernando Pasarin, one-shot, 2009)
      • JSA Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom (with Alex Ross and Fernando Pasarin, one-shot, 2009)
    • Black Adam and Isis (hc, 160 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2530-6; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2531-4) includes:
      • "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" (with Jerry Ordway, in #23-25, 2009)
      • "Black Adam Ruined My Birthday!" (with Dale Eaglesham, Stephen Sadowski and Peter Snejbjerg, in #26, 2009)
• Teen Titans:
  • The Titans Annual #1: "The Way of the Warrior/Immortal Justice: The Legacy of Bushido" (with Ben Raab, Josue Rivera and Rick Mays, 2000)
  • Teen Titans:
    • Teen Titans by Geoff Johns Omnibus vol.1 (hc, 560 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3319-8) collects:
      • "Teen Titans" (with Mike McKone, in #1, 2003)
      • "Child's Play" (with Mike McKone, in #2, 2003)
      • "A Kid's Game" (with Mike McKone, in #3, 2003)
      • "Breaking the Rules" (with Mike McKone, in #4, 2003)
      • "A Day After..." (with Judd Winick, Carlo Barberi and Ivan Reis, in Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files #1, 2003)
      • "Clash of the Teen Titans!" (with Mike McKone, in #5, 2004)
      • "War and Peace" (with Mike McKone, in #6, 2004)
      • "Wednesday" (with Tom Grummett, in #7, 2004)
      • "Family Lost" (with Tom Grummett, in #8, 2004)
      • "Raven Rising" (with Mike McKone, in #9-14, 2004)
      • "Beast Boys & Girls" (with Tom Grummett, in #13-15, 2004)
      • "The Ravager" (with Ivan Reis, in #1/2, 2004)
      • "Passenger 15B" (with Ben Raab and Josue Rivera, in Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #2, 1999)
      • "Shifting Gears" (with Ben Raab and Georges Jeanty, in Titans Secret Files #2, 2000)
      • Beast Boy #1-4 (with Ben Raab and Josue Rivera, 2000)
    • The Future is Now (tpb, 224 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0475-9) collects:
      • "Superboy and the Legion, Part One" (with Mike McKone, in #16, 2004)
      • "Superboy and the Legion, Part Two" (with Mark Waid, Joe Prado and Ivan Reis, in Teen Titans/Legion Special, one-shot, 2004)
      • "Titans Tomorrow" (with Mike McKone, in #17-19, 2005)
      • "Hiding" (with Tom Grummett, in #20, 2005)
      • "Lights Out" (with Mike McKone, in #21-23, 2005)
    • Teen Titans/Outsiders: The Insiders (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0926-2) includes:
      • "The Insiders, Parts One & Three" (with Matthew Clark, in #24-25, 2005)
      • "Soul Searching" (with Tony Daniel, in #26, 2005)
    • Life and Death (tpb, 208 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0978-5) includes:
      • "Life and Death" (with Tony Daniel, in #29, 2005)
      • "Lost and Found" (with Tony Daniel and Todd Nauck, in #30-31, 2006)
      • "Doom's Day" (with Todd Nauck, in #32, 2006)
      • "The Brave and the Bold" (with Marv Wolfman and Todd Nauck, in #33, 2006)
      • "Love & War" (with Marv Wolfman, Dale Eaglesham, Ed Benes, Tom Grindberg and Elton Ramalho, in Annual #1, 2006)
    • Titans Around the World (tpb, 192 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1217-4) collects:
      • "The New Teen Titans" (with Tony Daniel, in #34-37, 2006)
      • "Titans Around the World" (with Carlos Ferreira, Tony Daniel, Ryan Benjamin and Paco Diaz, in #35-41, 2006-2007)
    • Titans East (tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1447-9) collects:
      • "Devil May Care" (with Peter Snejbjerg, in #42, 2007)
      • "Titans East" (with Adam Beechen, Tony Daniel and Alejandro Barrionuevo, in #43-46, 2007)
      • "Of Clowns and Clones" (with Chris Batista, in #47, 2007)
    • Titans of Tomorrow (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1807-5) includes:
      • "Friday Night Lights" (with Mike McKone, in #50, 2007)
• The Flash:
  • Impulse #61: "The Sidekick Swap" (with Eric Battle and Mariko Shindo, 2000)
  • The Flash v2:
    • Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus vol.1 (hc, 448 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3068-7) collects:
      • "Wonderland" (with Angel Unzueta, in #164-169, 2000-2001)
      • "Blood Will Run" (with Scott Kolins, in #170-173, 2001)
      • "Moving Right Along" (with Scott Kolins, in #174, 2001)
      • "Birth Right" (with Scott Kolins, in #175-176, 2001)
      • The Flash: Iron Heights (with Ethan van Sciver, one-shot, 2001)
      • The Flash: Our Worlds at War (with Angel Unzueta, one-shot, 2001)
      • "Rogues" (with Scott Kolins, in The Flash Secret Files #3, 2001)
    • Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus vol.2 (hc, 648 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3391-0) collects:
      • "Event Horizon" (with Scott Kolins, in #177, 2001)
      • "Caged" (with Scott Kolins, in #178, 2001)
      • "Joker: Last Laugh — Smile for the Camera" (with Scott Kolins, in #179, 2001)
      • "Peekaboo" (with Scott Kolins, in #180, 2002)
      • "Fallout" (with Scott Kolins, in #181, 2002)
      • "Absolute Zero" (with Scott Kolins, in #182, 2002)
      • "Crossfire" (with Scott Kolins, in #183-188, 2002)
      • "Messengers" (with Rick Burchett, in #189, 2002)
      • "Rat Race" (with Josue Rivera, in #190, 2002)
      • "The Brave and the Beaten" (with Scott Kolins, in #191, 2002)
      • "Run Riot" (with Scott Kolins, in #192-194, 2003)
      • "Off Balance" (with Scott Kolins, in #195, 2003)
      • "Helpless" (with Phil Winslade, in #196, 2003)
      • "Blitz" (with Scott Kolins, in #197-200, 2003)
      • DC First: Superman/Flash (with Rick Burchett, one-shot, 2002)
    • Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus vol.3 (hc, 640 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3717-7) collects:
      • "Ignition" (with Alberto C. Dose and Howard Porter, in #201-206, 2003-2004)
      • "Rush Hour" (with Howard Porter, in #207-208, 2004)
      • "Fast Friends" (with Howard Porter, in #209, 2004)
      • "Reconnected" (with Howard Porter, in #210, 2004)
      • "Animal House" (with Howard Porter, in #211, 2004)
      • "Mirror, rorriM on the Wall" (with Steven Cummings, in #212, 2004)
      • "Sins of the Father" (with Howard Porter, in #213-216, 2004-2005)
      • "Post-Crisis" (with Howard Porter, in #217, 2005)
      • "Rogue Profile: Heatwave" (with Peter Snejbjerg, in #218, 2005)
      • "Truth or Dare, Part One" (with Josue Rivera, in #219, 2005)
      • "Rogue War Prologue" (with Josue Rivera, in #1/2, 2005)
      • "Rogue War" (with Howard Porter, in #220-225, 2005)
  • Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #1-3 (with Scott Kolins, 2008) collected as Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge (hc, 144 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2333-8; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2334-6)
  • The Flash v3:
    • Rebirth (hc, 168 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2568-3; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3001-6) collects:
      • The Flash: Rebirth #1-6 (with Ethan van Sciver, 2009-2010)
    • The Dastardly Death of the Rogues (hc, 228 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2970-0; tpb, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3195-0) collects:
      • "Running to the Past" (with Scott Kolins, in Secret Files and Origins #1, 2010)
      • "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues" (with Francis Manapul and Scott Kolins, in #1-6, 2010-2011)
      • "What Goes Around, Comes Around" (with Scott Kolins, in #7, 2011)
    • The Road to Flashpoint (hc, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3279-5) collects:
      • "Reverse-Flash: Rebirth" (with Scott Kolins, in #8, 2011)
      • "Case Two: The Road to Flashpoint" (with Francis Manapul and Scott Kolins, in #9-12, 2011)
    • Flashpoint (hc, 176 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3337-6) collects:
      • Flashpoint #1-5 (with Andy Kubert, 2011)
• Silver Age: Showcase: "Showcase Presents the 7 Soldiers of Victory" (with Dick Giordano, one-shot, 2000)
• 9-11 vol.2: "A Burning Hate" (with David S. Goyer and Humberto Ramos, 2002, graphic novel, tpb, 224 pages, ISBN 1-56389-878-0)
• Superman:
  • Superman: The Man of Steel:
    • "Diamonds and Steel" (with Todd Nauck, in #121, 2002)
    • "Lost Hearts, Part Three: Giving In" (with Tom Derenick, in #133, 2003)
  • Superman:
    • "What Can One Icon Do?" (with Jeph Loeb and Ariel Olivetti, in #179, 2002)
    • "The House of Dracula" (with Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill, in #180, 2002)
    • Return to Krypton (tpb, 208 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0194-6) includes:
      • "Rising Son" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #184, 2002)
    • Superman Returns: The Movie and Other Tales of the Man of Steel (tpb, 168 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0950-5) includes:
      • "The Second Landing" (with Brent Anderson, in #185, 2002)
    • Ending Battle (tpb, 192 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2259-5) includes:
      • "Morning Twilight" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #186, 2002)
      • "After School Special" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #187, 2002)
    • "Lost Hearts, Part One: Lost" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #189, 2003)
  • Action Comics:
    • Up, Up and Away! (tpb, 192 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0954-8) collects:
      • "Up, Up and Away!, Parts One, Three, Five & Seven" (with Kurt Busiek and Pete Woods, in Superman #650-653, 2006)
      • "Up, Up and Away!, Parts Two, Four, Six & Eight" (with Kurt Busiek, Pete Woods and Renato Guedes, in #837-840, 2006)
    • Beyond Good and Evil (tpb, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1850-4) includes:
      • "Family" (with Kurt Busiek and Renato Guedes, in #850, 2006)
    • Last Son (hc, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1343-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-1586-6) collects:
      • "Last Son" (with Richard Donner and Adam Kubert, in #844-846, 851 & Annual #11, 2006-2008)
    • Escape from Bizarro World (hc, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1794-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2033-9) collects:
      • "Escape from Bizarro World" (with Richard Donner and Eric Powell, in #855-857, 2007)
    • Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes (hc, 168 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1819-9; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-1904-7) collects:
      • "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" (with Gary Frank, in #858-863, 2008)
    • "Batman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" (with Joe Prado, in #864, 2008)
    • World's Finest (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2797-X) includes:
      • "The Terrible Toyman" (with Jesus Merino, in #865, 2008)
    • Brainiac (hc, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2087-8; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2088-6) collects:
      • "Brainiac" (with Gary Frank, in #866-870, 2008)
    • New Krypton, vol.1 (hc, 176 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2329-X; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2330-3) includes:
      • "New Krypton, Part Four: Beyond Doomsday" (with Pete Woods, in #871, 2009)
      • Superman: New Krypton Special (with Sterling Gates, James Robinson and Gary Frank, 2008)
    • New Krypton, vol.2 (hc, 160 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2319-2; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2320-6) includes:
      • "New Krypton, Part Seven: Brainiac Lives" (with Pete Woods, in #872, 2009)
      • "New Krypton, Part Ten: Birth of a Nation" (with Pete Woods and Renato Guedes, in #873, 2009)
    • New Krypton, vol.3 (hc, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2636-1; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2637-X) includes:
      • "The Many Deaths of Superman" (with Richard Donner and Art Adams, in Annual #10, 2007)
      • "Who is Clark Kent's Big Brother?" (with Richard Donner and Eric Wight, in Annual #10, 2007)
      • "Mystery Under the Blue Sun" (with Richard Donner and Joe Kubert, in Annual #10, 2007)
      • "Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude" (with Richard Donner and Phil Jimenez, in Annual #10, 2007)
      • "The Criminals of Krypton" (with Richard Donner and Rags Morales, in Annual #10, 2007)
      • "Superman's Top 10 Most Wanted" (with Richard Donner and Tony Daniel, in Annual #10, 2007)
      • "The Deadliest Forms of Kryptonite" (with Richard Donner and Gary Frank, in Annual #10, 2007)
    • "Friday Night in the 21st Century" (with Gary Frank, in #900, 2011)
  • Superman: Secret Origin #1-6 (with Gary Frank, 2009-2010) collected as Superman: Secret Origin (hc, 224 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2697-3; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3299-X)
  • Adventure Comics #0-3, 5-6 (with Francis Manapul, 2009-2010) collected as Superboy: The Boy of Steel (hc, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2772-4; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2773-2)
• Hawkman #1-6, 8-25 (with James Robinson, Rags Morales, Patrick Gleason, Ethan van Sciver, Don Kramer, José Luis García-López and Scot Eaton, 2002-2004) collected in Hawkman Omnibus vol.1 (hc, 688 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3222-1)
• Batman:
  • Batman #606-607: "Death Wish for Two" (with Ed Brubaker and Scott McDaniel, 2002) collected in Bruce Wayne: Fugitive vol.3 (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0079-6)
  • Batman: Gotham Knights #49: "Fear is the Key" (with Tommy Castillo, 2004) collected in Batman: Black and White vol.3 (hc, 288 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1531-9; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1354-5)
  • DC Comics Presents: Batman: "Batman of Two Worlds" (with Carmine Infantino, one-shot, 2004)
  • Batman: Earth One (with Gary Frank, graphic novel, hc, 128 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3208-6)
• Green Lantern:
  • Rebirth #1-6 (with Ethan van Sciver, 2004-2005) collected as GL:R (hc, 176 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0710-3; tpb, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-0465-1)
  • Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1-6 (with Dave Gibbons and Patrick Gleason, 2005-2006) collected as GLC:R (tpb, 160 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0962-9)
  • Green Lantern v4:
    • No Fear (hc, 176 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0466-X; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1058-9) collects:
      • "Flight" (with Darwyn Cooke, in Secret Files and Origins #1, 2005)
      • "Airborne" (with Ethan van Sciver and Carlos Pacheco, in #1, 2005)
      • "No Fear" (with Carlos Pacheco, in #2, 2005)
      • "Flight Delay" (with Carlos Pacheco, in #3, 2005)
      • "Alienated" (with Ethan van Sciver, in #4, 2005)
      • "Feeding Frenzy" (with Ethan van Sciver, in #5, 2005)
      • "Black Sheep" (with Simone Bianchi, in #6, 2006)
    • Revenge of the Green Lanterns (hc, 176 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1167-4; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-0960-2) collects:
      • "A Perfect Life" (with Carlos Pacheco, in #7-8, 2006)
      • "Branded" (with Ethan van Sciver, in #9, 2006)
      • "Revenge of the Green Lanterns" (with Ivan Reis, in #10-13, 2006)
    • Wanted: Hal Jordan (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1339-1; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-1590-4) collects:
      • "Wanted: Hal Jordan" (with Ethan van Sciver and Carlos Pacheco, in #14-17, 2006-2007)
      • "Mystery of the Star Sapphire" (with Daniel Acuña, in #18-20, 2007)
    • The Sinestro Corps War, vol.1 (hc, 176 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1650-1; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-1870-9) includes:
      • "Sinestro Corps War Prologue: The Second Rebirth" (with Ethan van Sciver, in Sinestro Corps Special #1, 2007)
      • "Sinestro Corps War, Parts Two, Four & Six" (with Ivan Reis, in #21-23, 2007)
    • The Sinestro Corps War, vol.2 (hc, 192 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1800-8; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2036-3) includes:
      • "Sinestro Corps War, Parts Eight & Eleven" (with Ivan Reis and Ethan van Sciver, in #24-25, 2007-2008)
    • Tales of the Sinestro Corps (hc, 200 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1801-6; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2326-5) includes:
      • "The Greatest Once, the Greatest Again" (with Dave Gibbons, in Sinestro Corps Special #1, 2008)
      • "Despotellis Spreads Fear" (with Dave Gibbons, co-feature, in #19, 2007)
      • "Never Alone Again" (with Dave Gibbons, co-feature, in #19, 2007)
      • "The Fear Within" (with Dave Gibbons, co-feature, in #20, 2007)
    • Secret Origin (hc, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1990-X; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2017-7) collects:
      • "Secret Origin" (with Ivan Reis, in #29-35, 2008)
    • Rage of the Red Lanterns (hc, 176 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2301-X; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2302-8) collects:
      • "Sinestro Corps War Epilogue: The Alpha Lanterns" (with Mike McKone, in #26-28, 2008)
      • Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns (with Shane Davis, one-shot, 2008)
      • "Rage of the Red Lanterns" (with Ivan Reis, in #36-38, 2009)
    • Agent Orange (hc, 128 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2421-0; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2420-2) collects:
      • "Agent Orange" (with Philip Tan and Eddy Barrows, in #39-42, 2009)
  • Blackest Night:
    • Blackest Night (hc, 304 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2693-0; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2953-0) collects:
      • Blackest Night #0-8 (with Ivan Reis, 2009-2010)
    • Blackest Night: Green Lantern (hc, 272 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2786-4; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2952-2) collects:
      • Green Lantern v4 #43-52 (with Doug Mahnke, Ed Benes and Marcos Marz, 2009-2010)
    • Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (hc, 176 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2790-2; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2807-0) includes:
      • Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1-3 (with Peter Tomasi, Jerry Ordway, Doug Mahnke, Rags Morales, Eddy Barrows and Gene Ha, 2009)
      • Green Lantern v4 #49: "The Birth of Nekron" (with Jerry Ordway, co-feature, 2010)
    • Rise of the Black Lanterns (hc, 256 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2789-9; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2806-2) includes:
      • Blackest Night: The Atom and Hawkman #46: "Bye Bye Birdie!" (with Ryan Sook, 2010)
    • Black Lantern Corps vol.2 (hc, 240 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2785-6; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2803-8) includes:
      • Blackest Night: Flash #1-3 (with Scott Kolins, 2009-2010)
  • Brightest Day:
    • Brightest Day vol.1 (hc, 256 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2966-2; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3276-0) collects:
      • Brightest Day #0-7 (with Peter Tomasi and Ivan Reis, 2010)
    • Brightest Day vol.2 (hc, 240 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3083-0) collects:
      • Brightest Day #8-16 (with Peter Tomasi and Ivan Reis, 2010-2011)
    • Brightest Day vol.3 (hc, 280 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3216-7) collects:
      • Brightest Day #17-24 (with Peter Tomasi and Ivan Reis, 2011)
    • Green Lantern: Brightest Day (hc, 256 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3181-0) collects:
      • Green Lantern v4 #53-62 (with Doug Mahnke, 2010-2011)
    • War of the Green Lanterns (hc, 240 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3234-5) includes:
      • Green Lantern v4 #63-67 (with Doug Mahnke, 2011)
  • Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special: "Aren't Orange You Glad It's Christmas?!" (with Brett Booth, 2011)
  • Green Lantern Movie Prequel: Hal Jordan: "Being Human" (with Greg Berlanti and Jerry Ordway, one-shot, 2011)
  • Green Lantern Movie Prequel: Sinestro: "The Chosen One" (with Michael Goldenberg and Jerry Ordway, one-shot, 2011)
  • Green Lantern v5:
    • Sinestro: Rebirth (hc, 160 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3454-2) collects:
      • "Sinestro" (with Doug Mahnke, in #1-5, 2011-2012)
      • "The Other Hero" (with Mike Choi, in #6, 2012)
• Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 (with Greg Rucka, Judd Winick, Ed Benes, Rags Morales, Ivan Reis, Phil Jimenez and Jesus Saiz, 2005)
• Justice League of America:
  • JLA #115-119 (with Allan Heinberg and Chris Batista, 2005) collected in JLA: Crisis of Conscience (tpb, 126 ppages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0963-7)
  • Justice League #1-ongoing (with Jim Lee, 2011-...)
• Infinite Crisis #1-7 (with Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Jerry Ordway, Ivan Reis and Joe Bennett, 2005-2006) collected as Infinite Crisis (hc, 264 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0959-9; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1060-0)
• 52 (with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid, 2006-2007) collected as:
  • Volume 1 (collects #1-13, tpb, 304 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1353-7)
  • Volume 2 (collects #14-26, tpb, 304 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1364-2)
  • Volume 3 (collects #27-39, tpb, 304 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1443-6)
  • Volume 4 (collects #40-52, tpb, 326 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1486-X)
• Booster Gold (with Jeff Katz and Dan Jurgens, 2007-2008) collected as:
  • 52 Pick-Up (collects #1-6, hc, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1787-7; tpb, 2009, 1-4012-2006-1)
  • Blue & Gold (collects #0, 7-10 and 1,000,000, hc, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1956-X; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-84576-970-8)
• Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #1-5 (with George Pérez, 2008-2009) collected as Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds (hc, 176 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2324-9; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2325-7)
• Aquaman #1-ongoing (with Ivan Reis, 2011-...)

Marvel Comics[link]

Titles published by Marvel include:

• Ultimate X-Men #1/2: "Burial Service" (with Aaron Lopresti, 2002) collected in Ultimate X-Men vol.6 (hc, 256 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-7851-2104-8)
• Morlocks #1-4 (with Shawn Martinbrough, 2002)
• The Thing: Freakshow #1-4 (with Scott Kolins, 2002) collected in The Thing: Freakshow (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1911-6)
• Icons: Vision #1-4 (with Ivan Reis, 2002) collected as The Vision: Yesterday and Tomorrow (tpb, 120 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-7851-1912-4)
• The Avengers (with Kieron Dwyer, Gary Frank, Ivan Reis, Olivier Coipel, Scott Kolins and Stephen Sadowski, 2002-2004) collected as:
  • World Trust (collects #57-61, hc, 120 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4473-0; tpb, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1080-1)
  • Standoff (includes #62-64, hc, 120 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4467-6)
  • Red Zone (collects #65-70, hc, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4466-8; tpb, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1099-2)
  • The Search for She-Hulk (collects #71-76, hc, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4472-2; tpb, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1202-2)

Other US publishers[link]

Titles published by various American publishers include:

• Les Humanoïdes Associés:
  • Métal Hurlant #2: "Red Light" (with Christian Gossett, 2002)
  • Olympus (with Kris Grimminger and Butch Guice, graphic novel, tpb, 112 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0643-3)
• Top Cow:
  • Tomb Raider: Scarface's Treasure (with Mark Texeira, one-shot, 2003)
  • Witchblade #67: "LXVII" (with Kris Grimminger and Scott Benefiel, 2003) collected in Witchblade Compendium vol.2 (hc, 1280 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-58240-960-9; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-58240-731-2)
• Noble Causes: Extended Family #1: "Tempter, Temper" (with Brent David McKee, Image, 2003) collected in Noble Causes: Archives vol.2 (tpb, 598 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-58240-931-5)
• Aspen MLT:
  • Ekos #0: "Preview" (with Michael Turner, 2003)
  • Michael Turner Presents: Aspen #1-3 (with Michael Turner, 2003)
• B.P.R.D.: Night Train (with Scott Kolins, Dark Horse, one-shot, 2003) collected in B.P.R.D.: The Soul of Venice & Other Stories (tpb, 128 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-132-9)
• Wildstorm:
  • Eye of the Storm Annual: "Time to Kill" (with Jason Pearson, 2003)
  • The Possessed #1-6 (with Kris Grimminger and Liam Sharp, Cliffhanger, 2003) collected as The Possessed (tpb, 144 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0292-6)
  • Tom Strong #25: "Tom Strong's Pal Wally Willoughby" (with John Paul Leon, America's Best Comics, 2004) collected in Tom Strong, Book Four (hc, 160 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-84576-093-X; tpb, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0572-0)

Awards and recognition[link]

• 2005 Wizard Fan Award for Best Writer (for Flash, Infinite Crisis, Green Lantern and Teen Titans)^[34]
• 2006 Wizard Fan Award for Best Writer (for Infinite Crisis)^[35]
• 2008 Project Fanboy Award for Best Writer^[36]
• 2009 Project Fanboy Award for Best Writer^[36]
• 2009 Spike TV Scream Award for Best Comic Book Writer^[37]
• 2010 Spike TV Scream Award for Best Comic Book Writer (for Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Flash and Green Lantern)^[38]

References[link]

External links[link]

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