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67-572: The character would first appear in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #34, created by Geoff Johns and Tony Daniel . After the events of Day of Vengeance when magic in the DC Universe was changed, Zachary developed abilities similar to his relatives, Zatanna Zatara and John Zatara . Calling himself the "most popular teenaged magician", he briefly joins the Teen Titans . Zachary has little tact, patience, and modesty when it comes to his skills. As

134-562: A 2005 episode of the Superman prequel series Smallville , on which Johns's studio mate Jeph Loeb was a writer–producer, featured a villain by the name of Geoff Johns. In 2008, Johns wrote "Legion", the eleventh episode of the eighth season , in which he introduced the three core members of the Legion of Super-Heroes . At the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con , he announced that he was writing another Smallville episode, titled "Society", based on

201-662: A car town. I make a lot of my characters from Detroit. I think self-made, blue-collar heroes represent Detroit. Wally West's Flash was like that. I took the inspiration of the city and the people there and used it in the books." Johns' Flash run concluded with #225. He co-wrote a Beast Boy limited series with Ben Raab in 2000 and crafted the "Return to Krypton" story arc in the Superman titles with Pasqual Ferry in 2002. After writing The Avengers vol. 3 #57–76 (Oct. 2002–Feb. 2004) and Avengers Icons: The Vision #1–4 (Oct. 2002–Jan. 2003) for Marvel Comics , Johns oversaw

268-626: A co-producer and creative consultant for the 2011 Green Lantern film directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds . Johns was an executive producer on the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice . Following negative critical reception to the film, Johns and Jon Berg were named to jointly run the DC Extended Universe and a newly established Warner Bros. division, DC Films , in May 2016. They served as producers on

335-643: A group of colleagues announced at the New York Comic Con that they were forming a cooperative media company called Ghost Machine , which would publish creator-owned comics , and allow the participating creators to benefit from the development of their intellectual properties . The company publishes its books through Image Comics , and its other founders includes Brad Meltzer , Jason Fabok , Gary Frank , Bryan Hitch , Francis Manapul , and Peter J. Tomasi , all of whom would produce comics work exclusively through that company. Johns' inaugural work for

402-442: A lead voice as well as serving as voice director on the film. This association led to Johns contributing material to the fourth season of Robot Chicken . In 2012, Johns joined The CW 's Green Arrow origin series Arrow , as a writer. He first contributed to the first-season episode "Muse of Fire", which served as the introduction of The Huntress , the teleplay for which he co-wrote with executive producer Marc Guggenheim from

469-437: A new Kandorian identity in 1963 as the superhero Nightwing, with Jimmy Olsen as his sidekick Flamebird. While Binder and Plastino created the first Kandor story, the tale was elaborated on in a series of stories by writer Edmond Hamilton and artist Curt Swan . Swan particularly enjoyed drawing Kandor stories: "Where else could you have the fun of creating an entire city in a bottle? I think Al Plastino had first drawn Kandor,

536-459: A new planet that they called Rokyn ("God's Gift", from the name of the Kryptonian god Rao). This event was mentioned parenthetically in a 1965 story, "The Five Legion Orphans!" ( Adventure Comics #356, May 1965), a prediction that finally came true almost fifteen years later, in "Let My People Grow!" ( Superman #338, August 1979). In the latter story, Superman uses an enlarging ray to bring

603-462: A new version of Superman's early years. In this continuity, the city was stolen and shrunk by Brainiac. A telepathic version of Kandor is present within the Joe Kelly series Superman: Godfall , controlled by Lyla . The storylines and relaunches Infinite Crisis (2005-2006), Superman: New Krypton (2009-2009) (2008-2009), The New 52 (2011) and DC Rebirth (2016) have resulted in

670-539: A number of different versions of Kandor, with varying degrees of resemblance to the original Silver Age creation. In the New Krypton world, the city is enlarged but its people come into conflict with Earth and suffer heavy casualties thanks to the machinations of Lex Luthor . In The New 52 they are manipulated into seeing Superman as their captor rather than their savior for failing to enlarge them. The inhabitants of Kandor have varied in different continuities: In

737-476: A production company, Mad Ghost Productions, while continuing to work with Warner Bros on writing and producing film, television and comic book titles based on DC Extended Universe and other DC properties such as films Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods . In 2023, he co-founded the media company Ghost Machine alongside several other comic book writers and artists to publish independent work. Geoff Johns

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804-616: A result, he was left with few to no friends amongst the Titans, many of whom looked at him as a selfish brat. During the initial "auditions" for the Teen Titans, Zachary met with Kid Devil (Eddie Bloomberg), with whom he would share a very shaky friendship. One night after performing as a stage magician in Metropolis , Zachary is approached by Eddie, who asks him about a mysterious candle he found. Zachary explains that Eddie's candle

871-430: A spin-off for the character with the 20th episode acting as a backdoor pilot. CW executives were so pleased with the handling of the character that they forwent the backdoor pilot, in favor of a full-fledged version. In May 2014, The Flash was picked up to series, to premiere later that year. Johns serves as co-developer and executive producer. He co-wrote, with Kai Yu Wu , the episodes "Going Rogue", which introduces

938-405: A story by co-creator Andrew Kreisberg . Later in the season, Johns wrote the sixteenth episode, "Dead to Rights". The episode was directed by frequent Johns collaborator Glen Winter . On July 30, 2013, it was announced at the summer TCA tour that Johns and Arrow co-creators Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti would be introducing Barry Allen in the second season of the show, with the potential of

1005-407: A writer and producer deal with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment. He opened Mad Ghost Productions, a production company that works on film, television and comic books based on DC Comics properties. At San Diego Comic-Con in 2018, DC announced a new "pop-up" imprint, The Killing Zone , to be curated by Johns. It was initially set to begin publishing in May 2019. In May 2020, Johns confirmed that

1072-618: Is a skilled entertainer, capable of captivating audiences with his mastery of the art of illusion. Geoff Johns Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer , screenwriter , and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern , Aquaman , Flash , and Superman has drawn critical acclaim. His critically acclaimed work includes Sinestro Corps War , Blackest Night , Throne of Atlantis , Flashpoint , Doomsday Clock , and Superman: Brainiac . He co-created

1139-591: Is later forced to aid in the successful restoration of the goddess, something that left him drained and weak for a while. Zachary has appeared in Metropolis in issues of Superman . He was recruited by Mark Merlin to search for Prince Ra-Man . He assists in subduing angry, raging Kryptonians, the now-expanded citizens from the city of Kandor . Zachary co-stars in a back-up feature in Teen Titans alongside Black Alice and Traci 13 , which began in May 2010. Similar to other members of his family, he possesses

1206-562: Is magical in nature and Eddie lights it. They are transported to Neron 's realm and meet Neron himself. Although Zachary advises him not to listen to Neron's offers, Eddie makes a deal with the demon where he is transformed into a real demon. Neron then sends both the "new" Kid Devil and Zachary back to Earth. Zachary reluctantly keeps Eddie's secret. Zachary helped Eddie gain entrance into the Teen Titans, and together they have multiple adventures. They battle Kid Crusader and, during one stint, went to New Azarath , where they are almost eaten by

1273-552: Is performing as a professional stage magician in Japan with an attractive young Japanese assistant called "Bunny", who he treats with mixed amounts of kindness and condescension. The current Teen Titans come to speak with him, as they are looking for Raven . Zachary wants nothing to do with them and does not remember his times with Eddie or the Titans fondly. Still, he states that Raven had come to him in Japan and began to ask him "weird questions...about herself". After he kicks them out, it

1340-491: Is revealed he possesses a secret photo of Raven. At the last second, he tries to call Eddie back, but they have already left and he goes back to his show. Although Zachary has a less-than-close relationship with the Titans, he does agree to aid Robin and Ravager defeat a gang of metahumans assembled by Robin's wanna-be nemesis, Dodge. He also worked with other magical heroes assisting the Justice League in holding back

1407-429: Is the co-founder and former co-chairman of DC Films and former co-runner of DC Extended Universe until 2018. In film, he was a producer or executive producer of Green Lantern (2011), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Suicide Squad (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), Shazam! (2019), Birds of Prey (2020), co-wrote and produced the story for Aquaman (2018) and wrote

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1474-678: The Bottle City of Kandor ) is a fictional city spared from the doomed world of Krypton in DC Comics ' Superman titles. Before Krypton exploded, the futuristic city was captured by the supervillain Brainiac , miniaturized by his shrinking ray and placed inside a glass bell jar. Defeating Brainiac and taking possession of the jar, Superman brings the city to his Arctic hideout, the Fortress of Solitude , and spends many years attempting to restore it to normal size. The city first appeared in

1541-523: The Indigo Tribe , DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz noted in 2010 that "One of Johns' sharpest additions to DC mythology is the notion that the Green Lanterns are but one color within a rainbow spectrum, and that the other hues have their own champions. Folding in old concepts and inventing new ones, Johns has established limitless story possibilities." On February 18, 2010, Johns

1608-618: 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 ". In 2006, Johns co-wrote the story for the Justice League Unlimited episode "Ancient History", which starred Green Lantern , Hawkgirl , Hawkman , Shadow Thief , and Vixen . Johns and David S. Goyer co-wrote

1675-602: The Phantasm . Zachary remains a Titan for several months, before eventually quitting because one of his female teammates was driving him crazy, destabilizing his powers. Zachary briefly appears in the limited series " World War III ". Along with several other Titans, he tries to stop the murderous rampage of Black Adam in Greece. He is slammed into a wall and injured. The Titans are forced to leave him behind, but he receives medical aid from Greek authorities. One Year Later , he

1742-544: The pilot for the Spike TV drama Blade , which premiered in June 2006. Johns served as one of the writing staff on the television show. Later that year, 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 billed as directors of the movie, with actor/producer Seth Green set to provide

1809-848: The 1960s and 1970s. He has named the Flash as his favorite character, stating that he owns every issue of it. Johns eventually began to patronize a comics shop in Traverse City , recalling that the first new comics he bought were Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 or 4 and The Flash #348 or 349, as the latter was his favorite character. As Johns continued collecting comics, he gravitated toward DC Comics and later Vertigo , and drew comics. After graduating from Clarkston High School in 1991, he studied media arts, screenwriting, film production and film theory at Michigan State University . He graduated from Michigan State in 1995, and then moved to Los Angeles, California. In Los Angeles, Johns cold-called

1876-507: The 2015 book The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman , Adam-Troy Castro criticizes "The Pathetic Inferiority Complex of the Kandorians": "As of now, the average size of the remaining members of the species is defined quite well by the people of Kandor, who now face a practical choice between being small and living in a bottle on a shelf, or being small and free to zip around with godlike powers. It seems an obvious choice to me, but

1943-493: The 2017 film Justice League . Johns also co-wrote the story for Aquaman with James Wan and Will Beall , co-wrote the story for Green Lantern Corps with David S. Goyer and co-wrote Wonder Woman 1984 with Patty Jenkins and David Callaham . In January 2018, after Justice League underperformed at the box office, Jon Berg was replaced by Walter Hamada as the head of DC Films, with Johns still working "closely" with Hamada on future productions. " Recruit ",

2010-589: The DC Comics offices, and offered Johns the opportunity to suggest ideas, which led to Johns pitching Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. , a series 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

2077-960: The DC character Courtney Whitmore based on his deceased sister. He also expanded the Green Lantern mythology, adding in new concepts and co-creating numerous characters. Among the DC characters and concepts he co-created are Larfleeze , the Sinestro Corps , the Indigo Tribe , the Red Lantern Corps , Atrocitus , the Black Lantern Corps , Jessica Cruz , Hunter Zolomon , Tar Pit , Simon Baz , Bleez , Miss Martian , and Kate Kane . He served as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of DC Entertainment from 2010 to 2018 and as President and CCO from 2016 to 2018. He

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2144-590: The Hyper-Ray runs out of cosmic-power. He brings it to the Fortress of Solitude, with a resolution to "restore it to normal size... someday! Who knows?" In 1960, Otto Binder and Curt Swan introduced the Superman Emergency Squad , a group of volunteer Kandorians who happen to look just like Superman, and occasionally leave the jar to assist him in times of trouble like the story "The Mystery of

2211-464: The Kryptonian city that had been miniaturized... But I had a lot of fun inventing all that tiny futuristic architecture, not to mention the view from inside the bottle — with the "giant" figures peering in". Swan also added: "Creating and re-creating the city was so much fun, in fact, that there was never a standard pattern or skyline of Kandor; it was never drawn the same way twice". The people of Kandor were finally restored to normal size, to settle on

2278-451: The TV series Supergirl , credits Johns with the idea that Hank Henshaw was really Martian Manhunter during production of that series' pilot in 2015. In July 2018, Johns announced that he would be writing and executive-producing a DC Universe television series about Courtney Whitmore , a character that he created, titled Stargirl . The series premiered in May 2020. In April 2020, it

2345-431: The TV series The Flash (2014–2023), Titans (2018–2023), and Doom Patrol (2019–2023) and created and produced the TV series Batwoman (2019–2022), Stargirl (2020–2022) and Superman & Lois (2020–present). His other work in television includes writing and producing various episodes of Blade , Smallville and Arrow . In 2018, he stepped down from his executive role at DC Entertainment to open

2412-596: The Tiny Supermen!" They use a special scientific process to enlarge themselves to the size of dolls, and when they leave the jar, they gain Superman-like powers. In a crisis, the swarm heads out to assist. When the DC Universe continuity was rebooted in the 1985-86 miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths , Kandor's history was changed. In this version of the story, Kandor was destroyed a thousand years before Krypton's end, blown up with an atomic device by

2479-628: The Titans Tower. Zachary, however, rejects this, under the misunderstanding that he was being forced to join the team in order to get refuge. He returns to Metropolis with Bunny shortly after. Zachary also appears in the Titans Tomorrow arc. He is in the Reign in Hell storyline, where he dares to attempt to banish the powerful entity Rama Kushna and is dealt heavy damage in retaliation. He

2546-581: The childlike nature of this era's Superman. In Kandor, lost memories were preserved under glass, and Superman could go there, in private, to experience a world he left behind. Kandor was every snow globe and music box that stood for every bittersweet memory in every movie there would ever be. Kandor was the tinkling voice of a lost world, a past that might have been, unreachable. Kandor was survivor's guilt endowed with new meaning". The first Brainiac/Kandor comic book story in Action Comics #242 (July 1958)

2613-663: The citizens of New Krypton, and re-empowered a mystically weakened Superman to deal with his magical foe, Atlas. During the incident involving the Terror Titans , Zatara became one of the imprisoned heroes forced to fight on the behest of the Clock King , who took over the Dark Side Club . Following his escape from the Dark Side Club, Zachary, along with the rest of the former captives, is offered refuge at

2680-404: The city back; while the buildings prove unstable and crumble to dust, the restored citizens are happily relocated to their new home. Len Wein , writer of this final Kandor story, said in a 2006 interview that he regretted restoring the city to normal size: "Although I like the ending of the story, I'm sorry I did the story. I don't think that any of us realized at the time that what was old to us

2747-481: The comic strip to prototype a number of concepts that he planned to introduce in the book, including Bizarro and red Kryptonite . Following Kandor's introduction in the comic books, the Bottle City inspired a number of plots involving both regular characters entering the jar to visit Kandor, as well as Kandorians leaving the jar to interact with the human world. Superman became a regular visitor, even creating

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2814-531: The comics industry. He also credits reading James Robinson's The Golden Age as the book responsible for his love of the characters featured in the book, and for his decision to accept writing duties on JSA . That same year, Johns became the regular writer on The Flash ongoing series with issue 164. Johns' 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

2881-543: The company was writing Geiger: Ground Zero , a two-issue series drawing by Frank that serves as a prequel to their 2021 miniseries of the same name. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the book centers upon a man named Tariq Geiger who lost his family and his humanity in a nuclear war, when he was transformed into the Glowing Man, a being who can absorb radiation but struggles to contain it. Ground Zero would be followed by an ongoing Geiger series. Johns served as

2948-503: The conclusion of Johns's mini series, Flashpoint , and the crossover storyline of the same name, DC Comics instituted an initiative 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, launched the line with a new Justice League series, written and illustrated by Johns and Lee, respectively. The series' first story arc

3015-557: The first in a series of graphic novels intended to redefine Batman. In 2013, after writing Green Lantern for nine years, Johns ended his run with issue 20 of the New 52 series, which was released May 22, 2013. DC Comics' All Access webcast announced on February 4, 2014, that Johns would be writing the Superman series which would be drawn by John Romita Jr. The Johns/Romita Jr. team was joined by inker Klaus Janson . In May 2016, Johns

3082-595: The imprint was in development. In November 2020, it was announced that Johns would launch a new creator-owned series from Image Comics titled Geiger with long-time collaborator Gary Frank , to debut in April 2021. The series would be his first independent comics series in more than ten years. In September 2021 it was reported that Johns and Frank would expand "The Unnamed Universe" of Geiger , starting with Junkyard Joe in October 2022. On October 12, 2023, Johns and

3149-532: The new Booster Gold series. That same year, Johns helmed the critically acclaimed " Sinestro Corps War " storyline in the Green Lantern titles. He wrote the " Final Crisis " one-shot Rage of the Red Lanterns with artist Shane Davis and collaborated with Gary Frank on Action Comics . Johns and Frank produced the " Brainiac " storyline in which Superman's adopted father Jonathan Kent

3216-602: The office of director Richard Donner looking for an internship, and while Johns was being transferred to various people, Donner picked up the phone by accident, leading to a conversation and the internship. Johns started off copying scripts, and after about two months, was hired as a production assistant for Donner, whom Johns regards as his mentor. While working on the 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. Berganza invited Johns to tour

3283-437: The planet exploded. Superman has no powers when he's inside the jar, because "Krypton's gravity-conditions are duplicated" in the bottle. Kandorians, focused on scientific progress, build robots, rockets and an artificial sun. Superman meets a Kandorian scientist named Kimda who tells him that Brainiac's Hyper-Ray can reverse the miniaturization process. Superman liberates all of Brainiac's bottled cities, except for Kandor, because

3350-536: The re-launch of Hawkman and 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. Johns was the writer of the Infinite Crisis crossover limited series (December 2005 – June 2006), a sequel to 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths . Following this, Johns

3417-526: The screenplay for Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). Johns' involvement with DC Entertainment as producer, writer and executive has helped turn the DC Extended Universe franchise into the eleventh highest-grossing film franchise of all-time, having grossed over $ 5.6 billion at the global box office. The franchise's highest-grossing film, Aquaman , earned over $ 1.15 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing DC film to-date. He co-developed

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3484-400: The series. The concept was explored in depth over the next ten years, as the readers became fascinated with the bottled city and its glimpses of Kryptonian life. The concept helped to humanize the god-like Superman, and enrich his characterization. In Superman: The Complete History , Les Daniels observed that "showing Superman so much at home in the bottle emphasized the extent to which he

3551-692: The story "The Super-Duel in Space", published in Action Comics #242 (July 1958), written by Otto Binder and drawn by Al Plastino during the period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books . This was part of editor Mort Weisinger 's desire to build a wider canvas of supporting characters and locations for the various Superman titles, creating more opportunities for new stories to emerge. The miniature city allowed writers to explore Kryptonian culture, which had previously been just an offscreen preface to

3618-426: The terrorist organization Black Zero . A new version of Kandor was introduced in 1996, this one populated with a collection of various alien species, held in a prison that looked like a bottle but was actually an extra-dimensional space, created by the alien wizard Tolos. Superman's history was shaken up again with the 2003-2004 miniseries Superman: Birthright , which replaced the post- Crisis status quo with

3685-538: The unique ability to manipulate magic by articulating spells in reverse. This distinctive method allows him to unleash various magical effects. It's important to note that Zachary's magical powers have a limitation - he is unable to directly affect living beings (with the exception of doves). However, in addition to his spellcasting capabilities, he shares his cousin Zatanna's talent for clever illusions and captivating showmanship. Even without relying on spellcasting, Zachary

3752-543: The villain Leonard Snart/Captain Cold to the series, and "Revenge of the Rogues", which brought the rogue Heat Wave to the series fully after being introduced off screen in "Going Rogue". In a July 2015 interview, Johns said he was collaborating with Reginald Hudlin and Denys Cowan on a live-action digital Static series from DC and Warner Bros. Blue Ribbon division. Kreisberg, a producer on

3819-659: Was a new origin of the Justice League, which depicted the return of DC's primary superheroes to the team. Johns's contributions to The New 52 include a serialized Shazam! (Captain Marvel) backup feature in Justice League that began with issue #7, as well as the relaunched Aquaman and Green Lantern monthly titles. Johns and Gary Frank collaborated on the Batman: Earth One graphic novel, an out of continuity story, released in mid-2012, which served as

3886-588: Was a victim of the TWA Flight 800 crash. The DC Comics superheroine Courtney Whitmore/Stargirl , whom Johns created, is based on her. In a 2010 interview, Johns named Steve McNiven as an artist he would like to collaborate with, J. Michael Straczynski 's run on Thor as his then-favorite ongoing comic book. Johns is a comic book retailer who co-owns Earth-2 Comics in Northridge, California . Kandor (comics) Kandor (commonly known as

3953-515: Was as much an alien as an American". In Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero , Larry Tye said that Kandor "made clear that even Superman couldn't get everything he wanted, since there was nothing he wanted more than to restore the Kandorians to their rightful size". In their book Supergods , writer Grant Morrison explained the unique symbolism that the Bottle City represents: "This living diorama, this ant colony of real people, had great appeal for children, adding to

4020-414: Was based on a story arc in the Superman comic strip from April through August 1958. In the comic strip story, Superman's foe was named Romado, who traveled the cosmos with his pet white monkey Koko, shrinking major cities and keeping them in glass jars. The strip's Kryptonian bottled city was named Dur-El-Va. This cross-continuity conflict was not unprecedented; in 1958 and '59, editor Mort Weisinger used

4087-464: Was born January 25, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan , the son of Barbara and Fred Johns. He is of half- Lebanese ancestry and grew up in the suburbs of Grosse Pointe and Clarkston . 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 The Flash , Superman , Green Lantern , and Batman from

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4154-598: Was killed and retold Superman's origin story in 2009's Superman: Secret Origin . Also in 2009, Johns teamed with artist Ethan Van Sciver on The Flash: Rebirth miniseries, which centered on the return of Barry Allen as the Flash and wrote the Blackest Night limited series. Commenting on Johns's creation of such concepts as the Blue Lantern Corps , the Red Lantern Corps , and

4221-588: Was named the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment , which was established to expand the DC Comics brand across other media platforms. Johns stated that the position would not affect his writing. He then co-wrote the Brightest Day series with Peter Tomasi . He and Marv Wolfman were the principal writers of DC Universe Online , a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in 2011. In September 2011, following

4288-456: Was new to somebody just coming in... I came at Kandor thinking: 'I'm so tired of this. It's been 20 years, 30 years, of that stupid city'. So I came up with a story I thought might have some emotional impact... I regret that, because the idea of a bottle city of tiny people is a much cooler idea than what I left it as". The first Kandor story, "The Super-Duel in Space", establishes that Kandor — Krypton's capital city — had been stolen years before

4355-592: Was one of four writers, with Mark Waid , Grant Morrison , and Greg Rucka , on the 2006–2007 weekly series 52 . In 2006, Johns and Kurt Busiek co-wrote the " Up, Up and Away! " story arc in Superman and Action Comics . He then reunited with Richard Donner on the " Last Son " storyline in Action Comics with Donner co-plotting the series with his former assistant. The Justice Society of America series by Johns and artist Dale Eaglesham began in February 2007 and six months later, he and Jeff Katz launched

4422-544: Was promoted to President and Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment and reported to Diane Nelson , the President of DC Entertainment. Johns and Gary Frank collaborated on Doomsday Clock , a limited series featuring Superman and Doctor Manhattan . Johns and Richard Donner co-wrote "The Car" chapter in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018) which was drawn by Olivier Coipel . In June 2018, Johns stepped down from his executive role at DC Entertainment and entered into

4489-470: Was reported that Johns is to produce a series based on Green Lantern for HBO Max . In October 2022, it was announced that Paramount Television Studios would develop a TV adaptation of Geiger from Johns and Justin Simien , with Johns writing the pilot, serving as showrunner , and executive producing along with Jamie Iracleanos for Mad Ghost Productions, and Gary Frank. Johns' younger sister, Courtney,

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