Geoff Johns

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Geoff Johns

Geoff Johns (born January 25, 1973 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American comic book writer , film producer and screenwriter . He was President and Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment until 2018 .

Life and work

After studying at Michigan State University until 1995 , Johns moved to Los Angeles, where he took a job as assistant to director and producer Richard Donner . In 1999 he finally switched to the comic industry and began working as a full-time writer of comic books and television series.

He received his first engagements as the author of the one-shot Star Spangled Comics # 1 and the light-handed science fiction series Stars and STRIPE (# 0-14) based on this , the main character of which he recreated his sister Courtney, who in the July 1996 was killed in a plane explosion ( Trans-World-Airlines-Flight 800 ) over Long Island.

In 2000 he took over the post of David S. Goyer's co-writers for the superhero series JSA (# 5-77, 81), which James Dale Robinson had previously held. In the same year he was appointed author of the long-lived superhero series Flash (# 1/2 and 164–225; Secret Files # 3), which he oversaw until 2005. This was followed by writing jobs for Teen Titans (2003; # 1/2, 1–26, 29–45 Annual, Teen Titans / Legion Special # 1), Green Lantern (# 1-; Secret Files), Hawkman (# 1–6, 8-25; Secret Files), 52 (# 1-42) and Booster Gold (2007). In 2006, Johns and his mentor Richard Donner took over DC's traditional flagship series Action Comics , which is about the adventures of the iconic superhero Superman (# 837, 840, 844–846, 850–851, 855–858, Annual 10).

There were also numerous writing jobs for mini-series such as Day of Judgment (1999; # 1–4), Green Lantern: Rebirth (# 1–6), Beast Boy (1999–2000; # 1–4) and the “annual” DC-Gross -Crossover for 2005, Infinite Crisis (# 1-7), co- authored with Mark Waid , Grant Morrison and Greg Rucka . One-shots from John's pen include Flash: Iron Hights and JLA / JSA: Virtue and Vice .

As a guest author, Johns also wrote individual issues for numerous other DC series such as Impulse (# 61), Superman / Batman (# 26), Batman (# 606, 607), Batman: Gotham Knights (# 49; backup story), Superman 1st series (# 650-653), Superman 2nd series (# 179-180, 184-187, 189) and Superman: Man of Steel (# 121, 133).

For DC's competitor Marvel Comics , John's wrote editions of The Avengers (# 57-76), as well as the miniseries Morlocks (2002; # 1–4), The Thing: Freakshow (2002; # 1–4) and Vision (2002; # 1-4). For Wildstorm he wrote the miniseries The Possessed (2003; # 1-6) and the One-Shot Eye of the Storm # 1 (2003) and the anniversary issue # 25 of the Tom Strong series (2004) and for Image # 67 of the Witchblade series . There were also the one-shots BPRD: Night Train # 1 (2003; Dark Horse ), Noble Causes: Extended Family ( Image ; 2003) and Tomb Raider : Scarface's Treasure (Dynamic Forces / Top Cow; 2003).

For television, Johns wrote an episode of The Justice League and - with Goyer - the pilot episode of the Spike TV series Blade (2006). Johns then worked for producer Lauren Shuler Donner on a script for a film adaptation of the comic series Metal Men planned by Warner Brothers . His work as a screenwriter has been recognized, among other things, by naming a fictional villain character appearing in the Superman television series Smallville after him.

He was Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment since 2010 and was also promoted to President of the company in 2016.

Together with Jon Berg, he played a leading role in the development of the DC Extended Universe . In June 2018, he resigned from his position at DC Entertainment and signed a writing and producer contract with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment. He then founded the film, television and comic production company Mad Ghost Productions.

Web links

Commons : Geoff Johns  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Borys Kit: Geoff Johns Exits DC Entertainment for Writing and Producing Deal (Exclusive) . In: The Hollywood Reporter . June 11, 2018. Accessed April 23, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Johns, Geoff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comic book writer, film producer, and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan