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Geoff Johns : biography

January 25, 1973 –

Geoff Johns (born 1973) in the catalogue of the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek). 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,Radish, Christina (October 10, 2012). . Collider.com.Byrne, Craig (November 7, 2012). GreenArrowTV. and a comic book retailerMeyers, Jud. . ReTales. Comic Book Resources. June 6, 2009 who co-owns Earth-2 Comics in Northridge, California with Carr D’Angelo and Jud Meyers.. Comic-Con Magazine. (Winter 2010). Pages 7-11 and 19

Johns shares a writing studio, The Empath Magic Tree House, with writers Jeph Loeb and Allan Heinberg.Hautain, Frederik (October 12, 2005). . Broken Frontier.

Career

Film production and comics

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.Sands, Rich. "Future Tense" TV Guide. January 12, 2009. Page 39.

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.

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. 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."

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. Johns was also the writer of the DC Comics crossover storyline "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.

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. He also wrote the Final Crisis one-shot Rage of the Red Lanterns with artist Shane Davis,. Newsarama. October 27, 2008 and is retold Superman’s origin story with his former Action Comics artist Gary Frank in 2009’s Superman: Secret Origin.. Newsarama. November 28, 2008 Johns and Frank also collaborated on an original graphic novel starring Batman called Batman: Earth One, an out of continuity story, released in mid-2012,Segura, Alex. . The Source. December 7, 2009 which served as the first in a series of graphic novels intended to redefine Batman. Ain’t it Cool News. December 7, 2009