History MyRealDaddy / ComicBooks

*** Weir and [=DeFilippis=] are this for two minor X-characters they took under their wings -- Icarus and Dust. Icarus debuted in a 1984 ''ComicBook/ROMSpaceKnight'' story as an extra, created by Bill Mantlo, and remained an obscure background character until 2004. Then writer Chuck Austen cast him as a main character in the storyline ''She Lies With Angels'', which unfortunately was one of the most hated stories in his, already controversial, X-Men run. When Icarus turned up as a cast member in New Mutants, he was not exactly a popular addition. As for Dust, her original portrayal by her creator, Creator/GrantMorrison, was full of UnfortunateImplications. Neither was well-liked until Weir and [=DeFilippis=] gave them rounded personalities and started building a close friendship and possible romance between them.

** [=DnA=] tried to do this with the entire cosmic side of Marvel, starting with their revival of the ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' using both B-list cosmic characters and the original members and their later adoption of ComicBook/TheInhumans and later former X-Men staples, [[BeastMan the Shiar]]. While the ''Guardians'' revival (as well as the other books) were CutShort due to poor sales, their take on the team was a major influence on the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' movie.

* The ''Spider-Man'' character ''ComicBook/{{Silk}}'' was created by Dan Slott and was very much hated by fans for numerous reasons: from the UnfortunateImplications that arise from her pheromone situation with Peter, to her effectively being the cause of several deaths in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', to her existence being a {{retcon}} of Peter's origin story. It was Robbie Thompson's solo run of the character that [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued her from the scrappy heap]] by reinventing her as being a bit of a {{Womanchild}} who works as TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D.

** Before Johns, Jerry Ordway was Adam's Real Daddy during the 1990s. He revamped Teth-Adam's origins during ''ComicBook/ThePowerOfShazam'' and elevated Adam into Billy's most powerful and dangerous foe (displacing Dr. Sivanna from that perch). The beginnings of Adam's HeelFaceTurn (which Johns would complete) also occured during Ordway's run.
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* Joe Simon and Creator/JackKirby created the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica character prior to the US's entrance into WWII, but it wasn't until Kirby brought him back from obscurity and created his signature "Man Out of Time" story with Creator/StanLee that Cap really became a character people could relate to.

** Creator/StanLee -- among others -- got a flat "Writer" credit for contributing anything from a full panel-by-panel script to a little dialog polishing, it can be hard to say definitively who created what. This debate certainly gets bitter when it turns to compensation, as virtually every artist who worked with Marvel in this period feels they got hosed on royalties and copyright ownership later on.
** The little research we know about the authorship clarifies that the costumes, visual design and general plots of the early Fantastic Four, Thor and Spider-Man comics were entirely done by Creator/JackKirby and Creator/SteveDitko, while Lee worked on the dialogues and occasionally suggested the plots (i.e. a particular kind of fad and concept which Kirby would flesh out into Galactus, Dr. Doom and other Fantastic Four bad guys) and was heavily involved in the marketing (which is no small thing since without Lee's genius marketing, the comics would not have found the audience demographic, and cultural impact it did at the time). The distinctive rhythm of 60s Marvel, the alliterations and the PurpleProse captions are all Lee. Lee himself in early interviews when promoting the Marvel Method (at a time when such practises of stiffing the artist was the unquestioned status-quo and Lee [[FairForItsDay certainly did offer]] and shared more publicity and co-credits than others of his time).

* Joe Simon and Creator/JackKirby created the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica character, but it wasn't until Kirby brought him back from obscurity and created his signature "Man Out of Time" story with Creator/StanLee that Cap really became a character people could relate to.

* Joe Simon and Creator/JackKirby created the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica character, but it wasn't until Creator/StanLee (also working with Kirby) brought him back from obscurity and created his signature "Man Out of Time" story that Cap really became a character people could relate to.

* Though he didn't come onboard until around halfway through ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''[='=]s lifespan, writer Creator/IanFlynn is considered to have been the best writer for the series, taking characters and concepts from the previous DorkAge and reworking them to much greater acclaim (before [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal issues ended up gutting them from continuity]]). Ian is even considered to be the best writer for the ''Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}'' franchise as a whole (even including the games), in part due to his handling of characters largely ignored by Creator/SonicTeam since around 2010, and though the sentiment is far from universal, his return for [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW's comic]] was largely well-received. Many ''Sonic'' fans across different media also rejoiced when he was announced to make his debut as a writer for the games themselves, starting with the CompilationRerelease ''Sonic Origins'' and the following mainline game ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''.

** Creator/MarkWaid and later Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle rehabilitated Post-Crisis Supergirl after a dreadful DorkAge and created one of the definite runs of the character. Sterling Gates also came up with her "Hope, Compassion and Help for all" motto.

** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'' continuity began under Furman's pen and was built on by Shane Mccarthy and Mike Costa when his run was CutShort. However it was the combined work of James Roberts and John Barber who pulled the verse out of a lengthy DorkAge and redefined the series with their critically acclaimed books, ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise''. They singlehandedly [[{{Pun}} transformed]] the IDW comics from a franchise footnote to one of the most acclaimed comics in years.

** Plantman was created by Stan Lee in 1963, and he has had many appearances over the decades. In 2001, Fabien Nicieza effectively reinvented him, after adding the character to the Thunderbolt. He gave him an origin as an orphan raised in slums, with little formal education and several unfulfilled dreams. Nicieza also reinvented his powers, giving the character a connection directly to Earth's Verdant fields. This eventually came with involuntary shape-shifting into a plant form and indications that Plantman was no longer human. Basically Plantman became a tragic figure, and no longer looked or acted as he had in previous years.

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' writer Jeremy Whitley has gotten this ever since the show's Season 9 premiere -- which ignored his CharacterDevelopment and {{Worldbuilding}} for the villain King Sombra, and gave him CanonMarchesOn and CharacterizationMarchesOn many fans saw as underwhelming and unrecognizable. A large consensus is that, for whatever flaws Whitley's stories may have -- his take on Sombra managed to be the more-consistent, more-interesting, and more-satisfying conclusion for the character.

* Rose/Richard Fisk was created by Stan Lee in 1970, merely as the Kingpin's son who hated his father and schemed against him. He was reintroduced by Gary Friedrich in 1972, as a super-villain in his own right. His Rose persona was introduced by Tom DeFalco in 1984, who turned the character into a memorable and distinctive crime-lord.

* Viper/Ophelia Sarkissian was created by Stan Lee and Jim Steranko in 1969, but they only used her for a single story arc and killed her off. Steve Englehart turned her into a recurring character, removed her from HYDRA's ranks, and redefined her character and motivations. Chris Claremont then gave her a love life, a new partner-in-crime in the Silver Samurai, and turned her into a recurring foe for Spider-Woman and the X-Men. Viper's nihilism, her mass-killing tendencies (which tend to disturb other villains), and her habitual use of opium were then all introduced by J. M. DeMateis in 1983.

* James Robinson's ComicBook/{{Starman}} put that name on the map. And note that that's ''multiple'' Starmen -- Robinson has stated that he believes he did more to develop Ted Knight's character in four issues of ''ComicBook/TheGoldenAge'' than anyone had in fifty years of history before that, and he's really not bragging; it's just the truth. He also gets credit for making Starman (and occasionally Flash) rogue the ComicBook/{{Shade}} into the morally ambiguous immortal he is today.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''

* Creator/PeterDavid gets this with ''[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]]'', adding a lot of depth and characterization to Bruce Banner and other supporting characters. He also gets this with several characters in ComicBook/XFactor, with David taking the credit for taking a team of CListFodder & making them interesting characters (something he actually expressed an actual preference for). Some examples:

** He would be one for ComicBook/{{Glory}}, but his plans for her never went beyond issue #0 and finally the title was snatched from him by Joe Keatinge and Sophie Campbell (then using the name Ross Campbell), who rewrote her entire history and redesigned her as something much cooler than the MsFanservice she previously was.

* ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'': Depends on who you ask. The most commonly cited are Bill Sienkiewicz, Warren Ellis, and Charlie Huston. Chuck Dixon is probably fourth. Jeff Lemire is also a new contender, for bringing back Marc's mental illness after Ellis did away with it, and playing with it to a mind-bending genius level.

** If Waid gets parental rights to Wally, then his sucucessor Geoff Johns gets parental rights to the Rogues. Under his pen, they went from a group of gimmicky, two-dimensional characters into one of the more twisted, yet complex rogues galleries in the DC Universe.

** And the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica. Suffice to say, if you call them the ComicBook/JLA1997 (and not [[InitialismTitle for the sake of expediency]]), you're a Morrison fan. If you call them the Justice League, it's the DCAU or others.

** The Brian Micheal Bendis-created character of Riri Williams, aka ''ComicBook/{{Ironheart}}'', wasn't exactly warmly received under Bendis' pen, when readers saw her as being overly callous. However, opinions regarding her changed when Jim Zub inducted her into his run of ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' where he reframed her odd behavior as her having NoSocialSkills and being InnocentlyInsensitive, which the other Champions took note of.
* Creator/JuddWinick didn't create Jason Todd, but he did bring him BackFromTheDead as the Red Hood while writing for ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', and made him [[TookALevelInBadass badass]] and [[TearJerker sympathetic]]. It's generally agreed upon that every interpretation of Jason afterwards, including Grant Morrison's, is inferior to Winnick's -- to the extent that most fans ignore everything done with Jason after that iconic storyline.
* Jim Starlin didn't create ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} or [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], but his interpretations of the characters eclipse what came before.

* Yost was this for [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider Kaine]], previously a classic NinetiesAntiHero in the worst way and one of the worse products of the Clone Saga, before returning for a fairly well-received HeroicSacrifice in ''Grim Hunt'', then a return in ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'' a year later. However, it was Yost who, in his [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider 2012 solo series]], made him a grumpy KnightInSourArmor ReluctantHero with a much darker version of Peter's [[DeadpanSnarker snark]], gave him a MoralityPet and a fun supporting cast, explored his past, his differences to Peter, his guilt over his past deeds, particularly his torment of Ben Reilly and his response to, effectively, having been given a second chance, as well as the mystical side-effects of his resurrection. While it was cancelled at issue #25, Yost carried him over to the reboot of ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' and he remains popular enough to get a key role in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' and a Scarlet Spider who is almost certainly him (or someone with Kaine's costume, powers and personality - the latter suitably toned down) has a starring role in Season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012''.

* Legion was created by Creator/ChrisClaremont as a ComicBook/NewMutants opponent and was, since then, written by many people. But Simon Spurrier was the one who gave him a complete revamp and reintroduced him as a MagnificentBastard on the pages of ''X-Men: Legacy'' vol.2, which quickly gave the character a dedicated fanbase.

* While the character of Creator/BrianMichaelBendis can be polarizing, ComicBook/LukeCage has become more of a mainstream character under his pen.

* Mary Joe Duffy is considered to be the reason ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] and ComicBook/IronFist'' is such a fondly-remembered series. And Creator/MattFraction and Creator/EdBrubaker are this for Iron Fist.

** Greg Farshtey started out as the writer for the ''ComicBook/{{Bionicle}}'' comics in 2001 (as a side-gig to his main job, which is writing and editing LEGO's magazines) before expanding to almost all of the line's written story material in 2003, from the novels to guide books, short stories and online serials. Not only that, but Farshtey let fans contact him personally with questions, leading to a few bits of AscendedFanon. He also revealed tidbits of storyline info that helped mend the universe together. Over a decade after the franchise's discontinuation, Greg continuied to act as ''BIONICLR'''s sole official connection to fans, still accepting and canonizing OfficialFanSubmittedContent until he left Toys/{{Lego}} in 2022.

** Greg Farshtey started out as the writer for the ''ComicBook/{{Bionicle}}'' comics (as a side-gig to his main job, which is writing and editing LEGO's magazines) before expanding to almost all of the line's written story material, from the novels to guide books, short stories and online serials. Not only that, but Farshtey let fans contact him personally with questions, leading to a few bits of AscendedFanon. He also revealed tidbits of storyline info that helped mend the universe together. Over a decade after the franchise's discontinuation, Greg continuies to act as ''Bionicle'''s sole official, still active connection to fans, and he still accepts and canonizes OfficialFanSubmittedContent.

* Jim Starlin didn't create ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} or [[ComicBook/{{Warlock}} Adam Warlock]], but his interpretations of the characters eclipse what came before.

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' writer Jeremy Whitley has gotten this ever since the show's Season 9 premiere -- which erased his CharacterDevelopment and {{Worldbuilding}} for the villain King Sombra, and gave him CanonMarchesOn and CharacterizationMarchesOn many fans saw as underwhelming and unrecognizable. A large consensus is that, for whatever flaws Whitley's stories may have -- his take on Sombra managed to be the more-consistent, more-interesting, and more-satisfying conclusion for the character.

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' writer Jeremy Whitley has gotten this ever since the show's Season 9 premiere -- which erased his CharacterDevelopment and {{Worldbuilding}} for the villain King Sombra, and gave him CanonMarchesOn and CharacterizationMarchesOn many fans saw as an underwhelming and unrecognizable ReplacementScrappy. A large consensus is that, for whatever flaws Whitley's stories may have -- his take on Sombra managed to be the more-consistent, more-interesting, and more-satisfying conclusion for the character.

** At the least, Johns gets parental rights to the Flash Rogues. Under his pen, they went from a group of gimmicky, two-dimensional characters into one of the more twisted, yet complex rogues galleries in the DC Universe.

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' writer Jeremy Whitley has gotten this ever since the show's Season 9 premiere -- which [[CanonDiscontinuity Discontinued]] his CharacterDevelopment and {{Worldbuilding}} for the villain King Sombra, and gave him CanonMarchesOn and CharacterizationMarchesOn many fans saw as an underwhelming and unrecognizable ReplacementScrappy. A large consensus is that, for whatever flaws Whitley's stories may have -- his take on Sombra managed to be the more-consistent, more-interesting, and more-satisfying conclusion for the character.