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Geoff Johns (born 25 January 1973) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for his work for DC Comics, in particular for the characters Green Lantern and the Flash. As of June 2009, Johns is also a comic book retailer, having formed a partnership with Earth-2 Comics.[1]
[edit] Early life and careerJohns was born in Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Clarkston High School in 1991 and from Michigan State University in 1995, Johns moved to Los Angeles, California.[citation needed] There he became assistant to film director and producer, Richard Donner.[2] In 1996, Johns' younger sister, Courtney, was killed in the explosion of TWA Flight 800. Johns would later use Courtney as the inspiration for the character Courtney Whitmore, the new Star Spangled Kid. He began writing for DC Comics with Star Spangled Comics #1 (1999) and the related series Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E., a book based on the second Star-Spangled Kid and her stepfather, the original version's sidekick Stripesy (later named S.T.R.I.P.E.). Johns wrote several comics for Marvel Comics early in his career, including The Avengers. As of 2008, Johns shares a writing studio, The Empath Magic Tree House, with Jeph Loeb and Allan Heinberg.[2][3] [edit] DC ComicsIn 2000, he succeeded James Robinson as David S. Goyer's co-writer on the title JSA. Also that year, Johns became the regular writer on the ongoing series The Flash. In 2003, he re-launched the DC comics 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 "Sinestro Corps War" storyline. 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 2006-2007 weekly comic title 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 write and Ethan Van Sciver would draw the miniseries The Flash: Rebirth, scheduled for 2009 and focusing on the return of Barry Allen as the Flash.[4] He also wrote the Final Crisis one-shot Rage of the Red Lanterns with artist Shane Davis,[5] and is retelling Superman's origin story with current Action Comics artist Gary Frank in 2009's Superman: Secret Origin.[6] Johns and Frank will also collaborate on a original graphic novel starring Batman called Batman Earth One an out of continuity story set for release in 2010.[7] It will be the first in a series of graphic novels and be a redefining of Batman.[8] [edit] Television and filmIn 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.[9] "Recruit", a 2005 episode of Smallville, on which 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.[10] 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 2 part story, which will now air as a feature length episode titled "Absolute Justice".[11] In July 2009, Johns appeared on The Write Environment, a direct-to-DVD series featuring interviews with TV and comic-book writers. [edit] Personal lifeJohns lives in Los Angeles, near his fellow writers and collaborators James Robinson, Jeph Loeb and Sterling Gates.[12] His sister Courtney was among 229 others who died on TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996.[citation needed] [edit] Bibliography[edit] DC
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