| 1 | * Creator/AlanMoore is this for a few characters: |
| 2 | ** He was not the first or the last comics writer to work on ''ComicBook/SwampThing'', but virtually everyone regards his run as the definitive one. This was when the Swamp Thing gained all the traits fans associate him with: The Green, the Parliament of Trees, his gothic elements... He also made Alec and Abbie a couple, which has become one of the most beloved pairings in all of comics. Finally, he also wrote the most influential issue in all of the Swamp Thing mythos: [[spoiler: the reveal that the Swamp Thing isn't Alec Holland.]] |
| 3 | ** The Alan Moore and Alan Davis run on ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain'', "[[ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld A Crooked World]]" very much defined the tone and setting for future stories. Forty years on, it's still the defining story for Marvel's Merlyn and the AlternateUniverse interactions of the multiverse as well, and the reason why the 'main' Marvel earth is always known as Earth-616[[note]]Moore didn’t choose the number, his predecessor Dave Thorpe did, but Moore's arc popularised it[[/note]]. |
| 4 | ** When people talk about both ''[[ComicBook/{{Miracleman}} Marvelman]]'' and ''ComicBook/{{Supreme}}'', it's almost always his take on the characters they're talking about. |
| 5 | ** 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, who rewrote her entire history and redesigned her as something much cooler than the MsFanservice she previously was. |
| 6 | ** He also happened to be on the other end of this trope at least once. Back when he was writing ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm he created an antagonist known as T.A.O., but these days when somebody talks about this character it's probably in context of Creator/EdBrubaker's ''ComicBook/SleeperWildStorm''. |
| 7 | * Artemis Crock was a fairly forgettable enemy of ComicBook/InfinityInc and the [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]. Then ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' used her as a main character, bringing her to a whole new audience and hinging a lot of the show's mystery and plot development on her. Co-Producers Brandon Vietti and Creator/GregWeisman deserve equal credit here -- Vietti was the one who suggested they use a female archer, instead of Speedy I, Roy Harper, and Creator/GregWeisman suggested Artemis rather than any of ComicBook/GreenArrow's associated female archers. They reasoned that her parents being two supervillains, Sportsmaster and Huntress, would be a good touchstone -- then decided that super assassin Cheshire/Jade Nguyen would be an interesting addition to the family unit, and thus gave Artemis and her mother a RaceLift, making them Vietnamese. |
| 8 | * Creator/MarkMillar is this to ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' as the team's glory days were during his run, but it's an arguably less benign example as the team collectively TookALevelInJerkass, growing more arrogant; no longer being reluctant but willing to resort to lethal force, but ''willingly'' defaulted to using it; and they began acting unilaterally in world affairs without a care for the valid concerns of others or a plan for the aftermath -- and even after Millar left, these personality changes were kept in place, as the team overthrew the U.S. government for a few years and even after they gave up control and tried to [[TookALevelInKindness take a level in kindness]], they reverted to the behavior of the Millar days. The ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story "ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay" and its AnimatedAdaptation, ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'', owe their existence as a response to Millar's run. |
| 9 | * ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' have Creator/RoyThomas; Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby may have created the title, but Thomas created the definitive original Avengers character, ComicBook/TheVision, and two of his major recurring villains -- the Grim Reaper and Ultron -- and introduced a number of ideas, characters, and tropes to the franchise that are used to this very day. Even the 2003 redefinition by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis calls back to the Thomas era fairly often. |
| 10 | * ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s status as [[LongRunners Long-Runner]] owes itself greatly to the ability of several artists to adapt him and take him to different directions: |
| 11 | ** Starting right at the beginning, Creator/BillFinger actually did ''far'' more to create ComicBook/{{Batman}} himself than his more famous boss, Creator/BobKane (who ''did'' come up with the name). It was Finger who invented the idea of Batman as a detective, the design of the costume, the Bruce Wayne identity and origin, Robin and the RoguesGallery: Catwoman, the Joker and the name "Gotham City". The number of {{Unbuilt Trope}}s in the original comics, Joker's original unfunny characterization, greater violence, Batman's overall harshness, means that it remains a touchstone for later writers, with Finger's stories being ArmedWithCanon by Creator/AlanMoore and Creator/GrantMorrison. Finger finally started to get credited by DC in late 2015. |
| 12 | ** The Dick Sprang era introduced the aesthetic of Batman that eventually transferred into the Series/Batman1966 TV Show. Bright splashy colours, multiple sidekicks, goofy and gimmicky villains, multiple puns, the "Holy...Batman" speech patterns, and a greater than usual quotient of homoeroticism and {{Camp}}. Whether you enjoyed it or not, Sprang defined the imagination of Batman and Gotham for three decades. |
| 13 | ** Dennis O'Neil has possibly the farthest-reaching influence on the character in his long history. It was him (with artists like Creator/NealAdams and Jim Aparo) who took Batman from the sci-fi and camp of the 50s and 60s (both [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks in print]] and [[Series/Batman1966 on screen]]) to the Dark Knight people recognize today. He also introduced Arkham Asylum, basically invented the idea of Batman's RoguesGallery being both mentally ill and [[{{Foil}} reflections of Batman's own psyche,]] and introduced a host of new and revived villains (including Ra's al-Ghul and Two-Face). Later, he would become the editor of the Batman line and be the central creative influence on post-Crisis Batman, including editing Creator/FrankMiller's era-defining work and 90s mega-events like ''Knightfall'' and ''No Man's Land''. |
| 14 | ** ComicBook/{{Batman}} fans tend to be divided over which 'reboot' of the character best redefined him for the new generation; Creator/FrankMiller's bleak near-{{Deconstruction}} ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'', Creator/TimBurton's gothic films -- ''Film/Batman1989'' and ''Film/BatmanReturns'' -- which introduced the idea of Gotham City being a blend of {{Bizarrchitecture}}, and gave Batman a Grappling Hook and Line Launcher leading to Creator/BruceTimm and Alan Burnett's more family-friendly but still FilmNoir-flavored ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', which kicked off the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse. It can honestly be said that Timm, Burnett, and Creator/PaulDini were Mr. Freeze's daddies for giving him a tragic backstory, and in this vein, also Mike Mignola, who designed Mr. Freeze for the animated series. |
| 15 | ** ComicBook/TheJoker's origin story in Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''. Although Joker was already re-defined as we know him in the '70s, for example by Steve Englehart, the idea of Joker and Batman being mutual {{Shadow Archetype}}s of OrderVersusChaos (a dynamic transferred to the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and the VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries) comes from him. Likewise, one can say that Creator/HeathLedger was responsible for Joker's revival as an anarchist nihilist, with only minimal grounding in the clown and show-business motif that had typified him for decades. |
| 16 | ** Bill Finger and Dick Sprang may have created ComicBook/TheRiddler, but Frank Gorshin's portrayal of him on [[Series/Batman1966 the 1960s Batman TV show]] is what made him a major member of Batman's RoguesGallery for years to come. Some portrayals of him have dialed back the camp, but without Gorshin's manic popularity, there would be no Riddler today. He was also the one who designed the character's now-iconic "green suit and bowler hat" look, because he hated wearing the original spandex outfit. (And surprisingly, he also had a great influence on the portrayal of the ''Joker'' - Gorshin's split-second flips from manic laughing to hissing, homicidal determination was a major influence on the Joker's 70s character revival.) |
| 17 | ** Though ComicBook/PoisonIvy has been around since the '60s, before Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Secret Origins'' issue about her, she had little personality beyond being a FemmeFatale who was immune to poison and had a plant theme. Gaiman established her plant obsession and detachment from humanity, and implied her powers went a lot deeper, which have endured as her defining character traits, and been reworked into the film and animated versions. |
| 18 | ** Kite Man is a joke villain that no one cared much about before Creator/TomKing and his Batman run. After that he became a joke villain that people liked for giving him more of a backstory and characteristics (and a catch phrase: Kite Man. Hell Yeah). |
| 19 | * Franchise/{{Lego}}: |
| 20 | ** 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 continued to act as ''BIONICLE'''s sole official connection to fans, still accepting and canonizing OfficialFanSubmittedContent until he left Toys/{{Lego}} in 2022. |
| 21 | ** Christian Faber has eventually all but replaced Farshtey in a lot of fans' eyes when it was revealed how much he had contributed to the development of the franchise's universe, its subthemes, overarching stories and visual media. Likewise Alastair Swinnerton, whose passion for serious mythology-building lead to much of the brand's initial appeal. |
| 22 | ** Ryder Windham was this for the ill-fated [[Toys/Bionicle2015 reboot]]'s media, which were otherwise infamous for their shallow and constantly self-contradictory writing, something that even Windham himself has complained about and tried to rectify. His comics and books expanded the story and world and assigned basic things like names, genders and personalities to the side characters and embellished the villains' side of the story. He is practically the only person involved with the reboot whose name fans remember. |
| 23 | * ComicBook/BlackAdam has Geoff Johns, who reworked the character into a WellIntentionedExtremist, and gave him a dead family and his AffablyEvil aspect. |
| 24 | ** 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. Sivana from that perch). The beginnings of Adam's HeelFaceTurn (which Johns would complete) also occurred during Ordway's run. |
| 25 | * ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': |
| 26 | ** Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}} is this for the character, to the point that it's made it nearly impossible for any other writer to have success with the character. Creator/ReginaldHudlin's series did OK... right up until he stopped copying Priest and started trying to do his own thing, at which point sales immediately tanked. This is an odd case, because Priest's run didn't sell particularly well, but has nonetheless become the go-to interpretation of the character. |
| 27 | ** Don [=McGregor=] as well. He was the first writer to really do serious world-building for Wakanda, and introduced Erik Killmonger, who went on to become one of Black Panther's most popular villains. Most subsequent runs (including Priest's) have drawn on [=McGregor=]'s work to some degree. (Notably, [[Film/BlackPanther2018 the movie]] blends major story elements from both [=McGregor's=] and Priest's runs.) |
| 28 | * ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}} was created by Creator/WillEisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Blackhawk is most often associated with artist Reed Crandall. |
| 29 | * Although Marv Wolfman created ComicBook/{{Blade}} in 1973, Creator/DavidSGoyer's film version of the character significantly altered his origin and mythos and helped popularize him. The comic was altered to better reflect film continuity. |
| 30 | * ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': Similar to what happened to his friend ComicBook/BoosterGold, Ted Kord was created by Creator/SteveDitko in the 1960s, but he is mostly associated with his time in the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational under J.M. [=DeMatteis=] and Keith Giffen. |
| 31 | * ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'' were started by Neil Gaiman, but it was John Ney Rieber who wrote the series [[GrowingTheBeard in which Tim Hunter really came into his own, and gave the series its own world and mythology]]. |
| 32 | * ComicBook/{{Cable}} has two: |
| 33 | ** He was created by Louise Simonson and Rob Liefeld as a paramilitary counterpart to Charles Xavier, but it was Fabian Nicieza who softened his character by giving him a strong paternal instinct and later introduced his friendship with Deadpool. |
| 34 | ** Scott Lobdell wrote much of Cable's early years. While it was Bob Harras, Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio who decided to merge the Cable and Nathan Summers characters into a single entity, it was Lobdell who actually ''did something with it''. Lobdell established the world that Cable grew up in, his childhood being raised by Scott Summers and Jean Grey and his time forged in war growing up. |
| 35 | * Joe Simon and Creator/JackKirby created the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica character, predating the US's entrance into WWII no less, but it was the characters revival in the 60s by Kirby and Creator/StanLee that reintroduced Cap to a younger generation and established his signature "Man Out of Time" story. |
| 36 | ** When sales were low again, Steve Englehart was allowed to write the mag, and decided to stress Cap's [[IdealHero idealism]]. This became his defining character trait. |
| 37 | ** Creator/EdBrubaker is credited with reinventing Captain America again for the modern comics world the same way Lee reinvented him for MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}. Typically, this isn't universal, and others might give that status to Creator/MarkGruenwald or Creator/MarkWaid for their own lengthy runs on the character - Brubaker himself credited Waid with bringing back [[ComicBook/Agent13 Sharon Carter]], saying that if Waid hadn't done it, he'd have had to. |
| 38 | ** Brubaker is also credited for turning ComicBook/BuckyBarnes from a JokeCharacter and footnote in comics history who was a blatant attempt at copying the success of ComicBook/{{Robin}} into a darker, more serious and much more complex character who went on to become a BreakoutCharacter under Brubaker's pen, first as the Winter Soldier, then [[LegacyCharacter taking over the Captain America mantle after Steve's death]], then as the Winter Soldier again in his own spy-thriller solo series, as well as writing a believable fan favorite romance with Natasha, to the point where he's now her definitive LoveInterest. |
| 39 | ** The writers of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' mentioned Brubaker's run as the primary inspiration for their take on Bucky. Brubaker was also consulted by the directors of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. It's to the point that Brubaker actually had a cameo in the movie itself. |
| 40 | * ComicBook/CaptainMarvel: Creator/JimStarlin for Mar-Vell and Creator/PeterDavid for Genis-Vell. |
| 41 | ** Roy Thomas created Carol Danvers, but Creator/ChrisClaremont made her awesome. It's also why she's more or less an unofficial member of the X-Men. |
| 42 | * Majorie Liu is this for Logan's offspring, ComicBook/{{Daken}} -- it was once she joined his creator, Daniel Way, at writing the character, that he became the DepravedBisexual MagnificentBastard {{Troll}} people love. To be fair, Creator/BrianMichaelBendis putting him on ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' and other writers using him for cameos with the rest of the team probably helped a bit. |
| 43 | * ''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 a more recent contender, for bringing back Marc's mental illness after Ellis did away with it, and playing with it to a mind-bending genius level. |
| 44 | * ComicBook/TheNewUniverse line has a couple of examples: |
| 45 | ** ComicBook/JusticeNewUniverse has Peter David, who delivered a ''huge'' WhamEpisode at the start of his run and then turned the character of Justice into the terrifying vigilante that became the iconic version. |
| 46 | ** ComicBook/PsiForce has Fabian Nicieza, who introduced foes like Rodstvow and the Medusa Web, raising the stakes from the original "psychic teens on the run" and making the main cast much more interesting. |
| 47 | * ComicBook/{{Nova}} was a forgotten B-list (at best) hero before Creator/DanAbnett and Creator/AndyLanning ([=DnA=]) took over the character for the original ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' crossover. They effectively transformed what was a ComicBook/GreenLantern {{expy}} into a deep and interesting character, taking him from guilt-ridden survivor all the way to becoming a grizzled war veteran and even later on the social conscience and oftentimes OnlySaneMan of the cosmic side of the Marvel universe. |
| 48 | ** [=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/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' movie. |
| 49 | * Stan Lee and Bill Everett (with some elements from Wally Wood) may have created ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', but today, several creators have a very strong claim to being the definitive writer of the character. |
| 50 | ** Creator/FrankMiller's run in the 80s is still to this day a reference. It transformed Daredevil into the Noir-inspired Marvel version of Batman; gave him a religious identity as a conflicted Roman Catholic; made [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]], previously a minor Silver Age Spider-Man villain, into Daredevil's BigBad as well as one of ''the'' most influential villains in comics in TheEighties (inspiring the post-Crisis version of Lex Luthor and post-resurrection Norman Osborn); introduced characters like ComicBook/{{Elektra}}, the Hand, and others; elevated Bullseye from a minor villain to Daredevil's ''other'' ArchEnemy as the psychotic assassin obsessed with ruining Matt's life; and, generally, elevated Daredevil from C-List to one of Marvel's most important characters. |
| 51 | ** The Creator/BrianMichaelBendis and Creator/EdBrubaker runs are considered high points of American comics in the early 21st century (Bendis was even nominated in the prestigious Angoulême festival for best album). Creator/MarkWaid managed to bring back the character's light side, while being widely acclaimed by fans of earlier, darker takes on the character. |
| 52 | * ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} was originally created by Creator/RobLiefeld as an {{Expy}} of DC's ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}. But then three people happened: |
| 53 | ** Fabian Nicieza (to whom this was practically a habit, having also fleshed out other Liefeld character designs like the aforementioned Cable, Shatterstar and Domino into lasting characters) distinguished Wade from Deathstroke by giving him a cruelly ironic origin story, a sidekick (Weasel), and a sense of humour that quickly made him popular enough to support a regular series written by Joe Kelly. He also greatly expanded on the one non-Expy trait Liefeld had given Deadpool, his MotorMouth tendencies, into the constantly-wisecracking occasionally-HeroicComedicSociopath we all know and love. |
| 54 | ** Joe Kelly wrote Deadpool's first ongoing series, giving him a larger supporting cast (now also including T-Ray and Blind Al in addition to Weasel), a more detailed origin story, and his penchant for BreakingTheFourthWall. |
| 55 | ** Gerry Duggan took over starting with the Marvel Now series, toning back his randomness a bit after previous writer Daniel Way overdid it in many fans' eyes, while establishing Wade's most widely accepted backstory, eventually establishing details about his family, as well as exploring his humanity and morality. |
| 56 | * Dick Grayson was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger shortly after his mentor in 1940, and he was well-defined in his "ComicBook/{{Robin}}" persona until he was turned into ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} during Marv Wolfman and Creator/GeorgePerez's successful run on ComicBook/TeenTitans in 1984. He struggled to find a niche after that, but it is Creator/ChuckDixon's run on the 1996 ''Nightwing'' series that is considered to be the defining run that codified the character ever since. |
| 57 | * For the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic, Steve Parkhouse's run on the Fifth and Sixth Doctors, particularly psychedelic epics "The Tides of Time" and "Voyager", is seen by many as the defining one; among other things, it introduced characters such as Shayde, Max, Dogbolter and Frobisher, and was the first to demonstrate that the Sixth Doctor could be RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap of his TV run. Scott Gray gives him a close run for his money, particularly for his epic run on the Eighth Doctor. |
| 58 | * Creator/CarlBarks is largely seen as the father of the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse, to the point that Disney broke its tradition of not heavily featuring artists' names on its comic covers. |
| 59 | ** Barks was the creator of Scrooge [=McDuck=], Gladstone Gander, the Beagle Boys, Gyro Gearloose, Magica [=DeSpell=] and the entire supporting cast and RoguesGallery of that world. Only Donald, his nephews, and Daisy Duck were created before by Disney and his animators. And in the case of Donald, one can argue that Barks more or less made him into a three-dimensional character and comics icon since as noted by Creator/ArtSpiegelman, he was not like "that short-tempered little thing in the animated cartoons". Barks' Donald had grit, persistence, and a tenacity that were legitimately compelling virtues to mix with his bad luck and other self-destructive qualities, making him a highly relatable, flawed and tragic character, beloved across the world. |
| 60 | ** This is buoyed by the fact that ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', much beloved by nostalgic [[TheEighties 1980s]] babies, is mostly taken from Barks' work and ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' is even more faithful to Barks' comics, treating it as canon. To better understand this, consider that before him, all WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck stories had NegativeContinuity. Now, Barks stories are considered continuity that almost all writers follow. |
| 61 | * ComicBook/DV8 were created by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi and Scott J. Campbell as a bunch of PsychoRangers for ComicBook/{{Gen13}}. Once Ellis got his hands on them, in only eight issues he made them much more complicated and interesting, and every writer that took their series later followed in his footsteps. Fourteen years later however, he would pass the title of their real daddy to Creator/BrianWood, who earned it thanks to the extremely popular ''Gods And Monsters'' miniseries. |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}'': Though the Jack Kirby series is still held in fair regard, Len Wein, Alan Moore, and Neil Gaiman created the idea that Etrigan RhymesOnADime, and the idea of him as TheTrickster rather than simply evil. Notably, Jack Kirby himself [[CreatorsPest wasn't all that proud of Etrigan]]; he created the character on a whim, disliked horror titles, and hated that upper management cancelled his beloved ''New Gods'' in favor of the Demon. |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': The comic will always be defined by the immortal hundred-issue starting run of Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Second place goes to Creator/JohnByrne, who wrote and drew the definitive ''modern'' FF. |
| 64 | ** Out of all the people who worked on Marvel's First Family after Byrne, the two most fondly remembered runs, which had the most lasting impact and helped redefine the characters for new audiences, are respectively Creator/MarkWaid's and Creator/JonathanHickman's. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Flash writers tend to have, appropriately enough, long runs. Cary Bates was ''the'' Barry Allen writer, with around 150 issues to his credit during his 13 years on the title. And although Wally West owes a lot to Bill Messner-Loebs, his Real Daddy is without a doubt Creator/MarkWaid. Waid added Jay Garrick and other speedsters to the supporting cast and established the Flash Family concept, brought an epic feel with the introduction of the Speed Force, and made Wally one of the most relatable heroes around; he brought ''The Flash'' back from B-list to A-list status, and the title has stayed there ever since. Noticeably, the Speed Force has made it to ''every'' adaptation of the Flash since its first appearance, and if the Flash inhabits a world where the LegacyCharacter concept exists, there ''will'' be a Flash family. |
| 66 | ** If Waid gets parental rights to Wally, then his successor 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. |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'': The team was created by Jordan B. Gorfinkel, but is primarily associated with Creator/GailSimone. She pulled the series out of the nosedive caused by Creator/ChuckDixon's departure and used it to make ComicBook/BlackCanary, ComicBook/{{Huntress}} and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Oracle]] three of the most well-developed heroines ever. In particular, Simone is ''the'' reason fans tend to like Barbara Gordon better as Oracle than as Batgirl. Simone also has this distinction for most of her ComicBook/SecretSix team, but especially Cat-Man. As well as the Six itself; few fans realize that several distinct teams predate hers, including one RealLife. |
| 68 | * Creator/GrantMorrison: |
| 69 | ** ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'' isn't much talked about when they aren't involved. They made the previously flat and generic superhero into one of the best examples of MetaFiction and {{Postmodernism}} in comic book history and introduced the idea that Buddy is both a vegetarian and an animal rights activist. |
| 70 | ** Nor is ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol''. It was Morrison who really turned the team into "The world's strangest heroes", making them battle some of the weirdest villains ever put to paper and created some of the most famous characters in the series, like Crazy Jane, Rebis and [[EnsembleDarkHorse Mr. Nobody]]. The also wrote arguably a turning point in the franchise: [[spoiler: The revelation that the Chief was the mastermind behind the accidents that turned the team into freaks.]] |
| 71 | *** Rachel Pollack is this to Dorothy Spinner, however. While created by Paul Kupperberg, she was largely a one-shot character. Morrison wrote some CharacterDevelopment for her and implied her powers came from her menstrual cycle, but it was Pollack who developed her backstory, ran with the idea of her menstruation being the source of her powers and gave her a fixes cast of imaginary friends. |
| 72 | ** Also, ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica. Suffice to say, if you call them the [[ComicBook/JLA1997 JLA]] (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. |
| 73 | ** If you like ComicBook/MarvelBoy, then it must be the Noh-Varr version introduced in the eponymous ''ComicBook/MarvelBoy'' mini-series instead of the Golden Age Bob Grayson. |
| 74 | * ComicBook/GreenArrow has had three major parental adoptions in his career: Dennis O'Neill and Neal Adams, whose teaming him with Green Lantern transformed him from a rip-off of ComicBook/{{Batman}} to the social conscience of the DC Universe. Mike Grell whose ''Longbow Hunters'' series made him an urban Myth/RobinHood fighting the villains of the 1980s. And Creator/KevinSmith, whose mini-series of him effectively removed all the detritus that had become attached to the character during MediaNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}}. His New 52 real daddy is by far Jeff Lemire, who managed to save his failing book and turn it into a major seller. |
| 75 | * Creator/GeoffJohns is undoubtedly this for the entire ComicBook/GreenLantern mythos. This is especially true for Hal Jordan and Sinestro, who Johns had turned into one of the most complex and prominent villains in the DCU. |
| 76 | * Also, Hank Henshaw, under Geoff Johns' stewardship (as part of the ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar), is one of the best villainous tearjerkers EVER. |
| 77 | ** Creator/BruceTimm [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse and co.]] can be considered this for John Stewart. Prior to their handling of him, John probably wasn't even in the top 10 of characters a fan would think of when "Green Lantern" was mentioned. |
| 78 | ** Guy Gardner was originally created by John Broome and Gil Kane, but it was Joe Staton who gave him his famous costume, and Steve Englehart his well-known JerkWithAHeartOfGold characterization, which was developed further by Keith Giffen and J.M. [=DeMatteis=] during their run on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational''. |
| 79 | * Creator/JackKirby and Creator/StanLee created Marvel's Hercules, no question, but Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak really made the character their own in the pages of ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules''. Before Van Lente and Pak, Real Daddy status probably would've gone to Bob Layton whose ''Hercules: Prince of Power'' miniseries in the early 1980s established Herc as the loutish, womanizing BoisterousBruiser we all know and love. |
| 80 | * Creator/MattFraction and Creator/EdBrubaker's run on ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'', which laid down a lot of new ground for the character and was almost universally praised. It introduced the grittier martial arts tone, the idea of a true Iron Fist legacy as well as the tournament between the cities. In addition, the two elevated Davos from a one-note bad guy into a character with a strong history with Danny's father and someone looking for a purpose in life. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/IronMan'': |
| 82 | ** While the original creators like Creator/StanLee, Creator/JackKirby and Don Heck created much of the elements of the character, it was the team of David Michelinie and Bob Layton in the late 1970s and early 1980s who established the definitive modern take of the character. This includes inserting Jim Rhodes, the specialized armors, and Stark's emotional frailty problem, especially concerning alcohol. |
| 83 | ** Rhodey is especially notable for taking over as Iron Man for a while after their run. Michelinie clearly didn't like this idea (the first thing he did when he returned to the title was get Rhodey out of the Iron Man suit), but it stuck; Tony soon gave Rhodey a unique suit with the codename ComicBook/WarMachine, which he still uses today. |
| 84 | ** Michelinie and Layton had ''two'' runs, the first of which contained ''ComicBook/DemonInABottle'', the second of which contained ''ComicBook/ArmorWars''. They got to define Iron Man, and then go back and ''re''define him a few years later. |
| 85 | ** Also while Iron Man's archenemy, the Mandarin, was created by Lee and Heck, the character suffered severely due to ValuesDissonance and was in danger of being phased out entirely. Matt Fraction used his epic-length ''Invincible Iron Man'' run to completely overhaul the character, ditching the YellowPeril elements and making him a brilliant MagnificentBastard villain who was Iron Man's [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Moriarty]]. He redefined the character and brought him back from the brink of obscurity. |
| 86 | ** In addition, while Michelinie and Layton established the definitive modern take of the character, it is the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's take of Iron Man that turned him into one of the biggest Marvel superheroes of the modern era. Before MCU, Iron Man was considered at best a B-list superhero; but Creator/JonFavreau's take and Creator/RobertDowneyJr's portrayal of the character brought a great deal of characterization to Tony and elevated Iron Man's status into a central part of the Marvel Universe and in the wider culture. MCU's effect to the character is so big that Iron Man's comics post-''[[Film/IronMan1 Iron Man]]'' used elements of Downey's appearance and characterization as the basis of the main-verse Tony Stark. |
| 87 | ** The Creator/BrianMichaelBendis-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. |
| 88 | * Creator/JuddWinick didn't create Jason Todd, but he did bring him BackFromTheDead as the Red Hood while writing for ''ComicBook/{{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 Winick's -- to the extent that most fans ignore everything done with Jason after that iconic storyline. |
| 89 | * As with ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, Jim Starlin didn't create [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], but his interpretation eclipses what came before. |
| 90 | * ''ComicBook/JonahHex'': Michael Fleisher took over writing duties for the character from creator John Albano in 1974 and continued to write the character until 1987, when the character's series was canceled. Over this 13 year period he wrote at least 125 Hex stories over three series (''Weird Western Tales'', ''Jonah Hex'' and ''Hex''), more than any other Hex writer. The Justin Gray/Jimmy Palmiotti writing team almost certainly count too, writing over 100 Hex issues from 2005 to '14. |
| 91 | * A minor example: when Mike [=McMahon=] started drawing ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', he gave the Judges a chunkier, more menacing look than Carlos Ezquerra's original vision. This look proved so popular that even subsequent Ezquerra-drawn strips used it. |
| 92 | * Many of the characters featured in the [=Giffen=]/[=DeMatteis=] era of the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' were never as beloved before or since that run -- so much so that the post-''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' series (which some consider better than most of the stories told in JLI) constantly refers back to that time, as does ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost''. |
| 93 | * Roy Thomas is the adopted father of Golden Age DC heroes after writing ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' and creating ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'', with James Robinson, David S. Goyer and especially Creator/GeoffJohns taking over this role since the new millennium. |
| 94 | * The most fondly remembered version of the ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' in the modern era is definitely Creator/GeoffJohns, who took over after James Robinson left the book, and built upon the team's family dynamic using a large cast composed mainly of the earliest Golden Age superheroes and [[LegacyCharacter legacy characters]], which would remain the defining characteristic of the team for the rest of the post-Crisis era. |
| 95 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'': The character of [[Characters/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]], who Moore created during his tenure with Swampy before being spun off into his own series, has this relationship with Creator/GarthEnnis. Jamie Delano and/or Creator/MikeCarey are also in the running for this. |
| 96 | * Christopher 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 ''ComicBook/GrimHunt'', 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''. |
| 97 | * Creator/KieronGillen has quickly become this for a few characters; |
| 98 | ** His take on Mr. Sinister as a MadScientist has been embraced as the most interesting the character has been in years. |
| 99 | ** His take on Loki in both [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' came with massive amounts of character development as both an adult and a child. |
| 100 | ** ComicBook/AmericaChavez debuted in Creator/JoeCasey and Nick Dragotta's ''Vengeance'' miniseries. Creator/JamieMcKelvie's CivvieSpandex redesign in their 2013 run of ComicBook/YoungAvengers turned her into a BreakoutCharacter. |
| 101 | * 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 in the pages of ''X-Men: Legacy'' vol.2, which quickly gave the character a dedicated fanbase. |
| 102 | * Paul Levitz is frequently considered this for ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', as he wrote the series during its height and wrote the defining story arcs for many of the franchise's heroes and villains. Creator/JimShooter also has quite a claim, having created most of the Legion's most recognizable rogues (the Fatal Five, Dr. Regulus, Universo, Mordru) and penning the iconic Ferro Lad HeroicSacrifice that established the Legion's attention to continuity and AnyoneCanDie aspect. |
| 103 | * While Marjorie Henderson Buell created ComicStrip/LittleLulu for the ''Saturday Evening Post'', it was John Stanley's nearly 15-year run on the Little Lulu comic books which defined the character. |
| 104 | * While Creator/BrianMichaelBendis can be polarizing, ComicBook/LukeCage has become more of a mainstream character under his pen. |
| 105 | * Even though Neil Gaiman created the version of [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', it's Creator/{{Mike Carey}}'s run on the spin-off ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'' that really defined the character. |
| 106 | * Just like Moore is remembered for ''ComicBook/SwampThing'', Creator/SteveGerber's reimagining of similarly-swampy hero ''ComicBook/ManThing'' is considered definitive. |
| 107 | * [[http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/stan-lees-universe-c-v-r.html The creation of the "Marvel Method"]] in [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks the Silver Age]] actually left a lot of open paternity questions for many of Marvel's iconic characters. |
| 108 | ** Creator/StanLee -- among others -- got a flat "Writer" credit for contributing anything from (alleged) full panel-by-panel scripts to a little dialog polishing, regularly obscuring 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 were not compensated for the writing they were doing, and subsequently got hosed on royalties and copyright ownership later on. |
| 109 | ** 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, may have suggested certain plots and was heavily involved in the marketing (the general perception is that without Lee's sales hype, 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 primarily Lee. |
| 110 | * For ''Creator/MarvelComics'' as a whole, most comic fans and the general audience view Creator/StanLee as this for the company. Marvel had been around since the late 1930s and did have previous success with ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', but it was under Stan Lee's leadership starting in 1961 as writer & later as lead editor that truly began the "Marvel Revolution". It was largely Stan Lee, along with Creator/JackKirby and Creator/SteveDitko, who created the [[ClassicAntiHero "flawed hero"]] archetype that is still the standard for virtually every Marvel Superhero to this day. In fact, while other writers & creators under Marvel, as seen on this page alone, could still be considered the "Real Daddies" of their respective characters, it was still Stan's approach that served as the bedrock as to how these characters were handled. It was also under Stan's leadership that Marvel transformed from a small magazine company into the single largest American Comic Book Publisher as it is known for today. |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/{{Mampato}} '': Eduardo Armstrong and Óscar Vega were the creators of this remembered Chilean comic, however, after the first story published (“Mampato in Rome”) they decided to abandon it, apparently due to overwork, with Themo Lobos being the one who wrote and drew most of the stories, in addition to creating most of the characters that accompanied Mampato on his adventures. |
| 112 | * Creator/FloydGottfredson is often considered the [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mouse]] Counterpart to Creator/CarlBarks. Though the Disney shorts eventually toned down Mickey's character (which made him more marketable but caused him to suffer badly in comparison to characters that retained their edge like WesternAnimation/BugsBunny), Gottfredson maintained Franchise/MickeyMouse's adventurous spirit for several decades, which are considered an influence on modern interpretations of Mickey. |
| 113 | * Creator/PeterDavid gets this with ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk 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: |
| 114 | ** Jamie Madrox (Multiple Man) was originally a purely gimmicky background character, his power being that he could make multiple clones of himself. David actually bothered to take full advantage of this concept, as well as getting inside the head of a man who could never really be "alone", and turned Madrox into an interesting character. Specifically, he introduced Jamie's philosophical bent, his indecisiveness and his fascination with pop culture. |
| 115 | ** Layla Miller was originally the LivingMacGuffin in the ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' CrisisCrossover. Under David, she moved from [[OracularUrchin knowing stuff]], to [[spoiler:[[SheIsAllGrownUp travelling to the future as a tweenager and returning an attractive young woman]] who is dealing with the fact that her power ''isn't'' knowing the future, but [[BlessedWithSuck the ability to bring beings back from recent death]], [[CameBackWrong but without a conscience]]]]. He also presented her as a creepy child and chessmaster. |
| 116 | ** Quicksilver was often considered to be, for a long time, the son of Magneto who often switches between wanting approval from his father and completely trying to distance himself from the super villain. David actually incorporated a reason for him to be so much of a dick, by revealing that he does everything at super sonic speed, including thinking, and it makes him frustrated that the world seems to be in slow motion for him, as well as secretly enjoying being a hero despite his disdain of everything. |
| 117 | ** Shatterstar might be his most triumphant example. Added to the X-Factor roster because ''nobody else would want him'', he went from being a throwaway Creator/RobLiefeld creation, to an adorably LargeHam EnsembleDarkHorse bisexual interested in anyone, but determinedly forging a relationship with his teammate Rictor. |
| 118 | * While [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne]] and [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Jon Kent]] were respectively created by Grant Morrison and Dan Jurgens, Peter J. Tomasi is the one who helped really define both as characters -- giving Damian his relationship with his father which has become his most important point as a character and giving Jon his super NiceGuy aspects, brought Damian back after his creator killed him off, and established their partnership in ''ComicBook/SuperSons''. |
| 119 | * Mary Joe Duffy is considered to be the reason ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] and ComicBook/IronFist'' is such a fondly-remembered series. |
| 120 | * Garth Ennis has this status for ComicBook/ThePunisher, being one of the first to nail down a consistent characterization of the vigilante in his 2000 reboot. And before Garth Ennis came along, Creator/ChuckDixon's lengthy run on Punisher's solo title cemented the character who started out as a VillainOfTheWeek in ComicBook/SpiderMan. |
| 121 | * Creator/SteveDitko created ComicBook/TheQuestion as a mouthpiece for Creator/AynRand's UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}} philosophy, but Dennis O'Neil's run on him in the 1980s is considered the definitive version of the character: a martial artist with insatiable curiosity. By contrast, some fans feel that the most memorable and iconic version of the character was the one in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', who was a reclusive and paranoid {{conspiracy theorist}} clearly inspired by Rorschach from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' (who was himself originally inspired by the Question). Ironically, this could mean that Creator/AlanMoore (the author of ''Watchmen'') is responsible for the most iconic version of the Question, even though he never actually wrote the character himself. |
| 122 | * Renee Montoya was originally just a minor character from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' who got lucky enough to get introduced into the main canon. However, it was only when Creator/GregRucka started writing for her that she slowly turned into an awesome, multi-layered detective. For details, see ComicBook/GothamCentral, ComicBook/FiftyTwo, and ComicBook/TheQuestion. |
| 123 | * Neil Gaiman's ''Sandman'' series stars almost entirely original characters, with only cameos by the Golden Age hero who inspired it. Nonetheless, it brought an otherwise completely forgotten character back into public perception, setting the path for Matt Wagner's ''ComicBook/SandmanMysteryTheatre'' to define Wesley Dodds for modern readers. |
| 124 | * James Robinson has taken the position of the ComicBook/ScarletWitch's Real Daddy, after writing a well-received solo series and pointing out that if you ask people to define Wanda's personality, it's either "aloof and quiet" or "completely batshit insane." |
| 125 | * 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 AudienceAlienatingEra 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''. |
| 126 | * Peter Milligan for ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan''. He completely reinvented Creator/SteveDitko's character into a trippy heavily philosophical RealityWarper and now hardly anyone remembers what the original was like. |
| 127 | * Between adding her to replace Ben Grimm in the ComicBook/FantasticFour and her solo title, which was one of the longest running featuring a female character as the star, Creator/JohnByrne better defines ComicBook/SheHulk than her creator, Creator/StanLee. Notably, Lee only wrote a single issue of She-Hulk's first book, mostly to ensure Marvel's claim on the concept in case CBS introduced their own version for ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977''. For the remaining 24 issues of that first series, Creator/DavidAnthonyKraft slowly developed her into a distinct character from her cousin who could control her transformations and eventually decided to stay as the She-Hulk 24/7, which eventually became cemented, popularized, and further refined in ComicBook/TheAvengers under Creator/JimShooter and Creator/RogerStern, before Byrne took over the character after ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984''. |
| 128 | * The ''Spider-Man'' character ''ComicBook/{{Silk}}'' was created by Dan Slott, but it's hard to find a fan of her that prefers Slott's characterization. Under Slott, Silk got a lot of flak for basically having all of Spidey-Man's powers but better, instantly becoming his new love interest thanks to said powers causing FantasticArousal (something Slott would sheepishly apologize for years later), and being a smug KnowNothingKnowItAll who caused more problems than she fixed. It was her solo run under writer Robbie Thompson and artist Stacey Lee where the character [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap started developing a fanbase]]; they toned down her power set "superiority" to Peter by tweaking her into a FragileSpeedster, everything regarding the pheromones were immediately thrown out (including changing her dynamic with Peter from love interest to LikeBrotherAndSister), and her personality was completely overhauled to being an {{adorkable}} {{Womanchild}} with anxiety issues. |
| 129 | * Fans are divided on just who ComicBook/SpiderMan's Real Daddy is, both in terms of the artist and the writer. |
| 130 | ** Depending on who you ask, Spidey's definitive artist is either co-creator Creator/SteveDitko or John Romita, Sr., and Spidey's definitive writer is either co-creator Creator/StanLee or J.M. [=DeMatteis=]. And then there's the endless debates over whether Creator/StanLee or his artists (primarily Ditko and Romita) deserve more credit for the original [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stories. All three debates have a tendency to turn quite vicious. In any case, Ditko, as per Lee himself, came up with the costumes, design and looks of not only Spider-Man but his supporting cast and RoguesGallery, and did most of the plots near the end. John Romita, Sr. on the other hand redesigned the look of not only Peter Parker (giving him an ArtEvolution that has mostly been Peter's default look across cartoons and other media) but also created Peter's gang (making Harry Osborn his best friend, starting the LoveTriangle between Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane, and designing the classic looks of both characters). Romita's features more or less shows up across many adaptations, with Harry Osborn being retroactively made into Peter's best friend (as can be seen in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''), relegating many of Ditko's run to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. |
| 131 | ** Creator/GerryConway, the first writer who took over from Lee introduced characters like Hammerhead, the Jackal, and likewise is the author of the first and the least confusing clone saga. He's also seen by many as ''ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson's'' true creator. He first hinted at her character depth and moved her away from Lee-Romita Sr. hedonistic party girl (which Conway felt was an affect), and of course Conway wrote ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'' specifically to move MJ into the center of Peter's life and get rid of Gwen. That iconic story also led eventually to Harry Osborn becoming the Goblin and to Norman's first iconic death scene (being impaled on his own glider). Conway later wrote the graphic novel ''Parallel Lives'' about their relationship. |
| 132 | ** Creator/RogerStern's run is also considered to be a big highlight of the character's history, namely for raising up Peter's SuperStrength and battle skills. He also created the Hobgoblin -- the most prominent villain and storyline developed during his run -- considered to not only be a fan favorite character, but one of the last great Spider-Man villains. Stern also made Felicia Hardy Peter's sidekick and anti-hero girlfriend and built up the third romance after Gwen and MJ. Stern also conceptualized part of Mary Jane's past with Creator/TomDeFalco who later wrote the issues explaining that she had known Peter was Spider-Man and then describing her past. |
| 133 | ** Creator/BrianMichaelBendis has had the biggest influence on the Spider-Man franchise since Ditko and Romita. His run on ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' was so successful and influential that many parts of it were adapted into games, cartoons and every Spider-Man movie since its first publication in 2000. As part of that run on ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', he also made his mark as co-creator and writer of ''ComicBook/MilesMorales'', the most popular character to take on the Spider name outside Peter Parker, and who went on to [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse headline his own theatrical film]] less than a decade after his creation. |
| 134 | ** There's also the battle over ComicBook/{{Venom}}, split between Creator/JimShooter (who introduced the black costume in ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984''), Randy Schueller (a fan who drew up the black costume), Mike Zeck (who finalized and introduced the costume), David Michelinie (who created Eddie Brock and merged him with the symbiote) and Todd [=McFarlane=] (who designed Venom). This was bitter enough to prompt [=McFarlane=] to leave Marvel and start Creator/ImageComics. Michelinie is usually given the MyRealDaddy status. |
| 135 | * Most people who know ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' consider Creator/AndreFranquin as the series' father, regardless of whether or not they know it existed before: Franquin made it the Spirou we remember, and artists Tome and Janry were faithful to that (except maybe towards the end). |
| 136 | * Will Murray and Creator/SteveDitko may have created ComicBook/SquirrelGirl, but it was Dan Slott that made her into the character that she is today. Ryan North and Erica Henderson are latter-day paternity candidates for their work on Squirrel Girl's 2015 series. While both Slott and North portray her as a relentless optimist, Slott's Squirrel Girl is generally a comedic foil in rather dark plots while North's is more earnest, empowering, and child-reader-friendly. |
| 137 | * Chuck Dixon considers himself this for his creation [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Stephanie Brown]] aka "the Spoiler," stating on his forum that he doesn't read anyone else's stories with the character because she's so alive in his head that any other interpretation wouldn't feel right. Despite that, a good majority of her fans tend to see Bryan Q. Miller, who wrote her ongoing series, as this; while Dixon is often respected for creating her and would be this without question otherwise, BQM managed to become synonymous with the character, and make her a competent hero on her own when many saw her as a sidekick's sidekick. |
| 138 | * James Robinson's ComicBook/{{Starman|DCComics}} 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. And David Knight and Mikaal Tomas both received far more depth during the 90s ''Starman'' title than they had had previously. He also gets credit for making Starman (and occasionally Flash) rogue ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}} into the morally ambiguous immortal he is today. |
| 139 | * ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' has John Ostrander, who took the idea of a team of {{Boxed Crook}}s and made it ''work''. And even among the ranks of the Squad, ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} stands out as the character whom Ostrander most redefined, to the extent that all subsequent versions of Deadshot are basically riffs on his. Second to Deadshot is Captain Boomerang, who was a joke character best known for regularly getting his butt handed to him by the Flash. While keeping the comedic elements, Ostrander also made him a sleazy, amoral PoliticallyIncorrectVillain with a SmallNameBigEgo, which have stayed as some of his defining traits. |
| 140 | ** Barbara Gordon was created for the [[Series/Batman1966 1960s show]] and was paralyzed in the pages of ComicBook/TheKillingJoke but didn't really become a hero in her own right until the late 80s. John Ostrander and his late wife Kim Yale got their hands on her on the aforementioned run of ''Suicide Squad'' and gave her the name Oracle. This take on the character was the definitive one until the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' reboot where she was made [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Batgirl]] again. |
| 141 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' |
| 142 | ** Mort Weisinger had a ''massive'' influence over what Superman would become during MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} and MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}. As Batman was his favorite character at the time because of how his enemies actually challenged him, Weisinger sought to give Superman the same sort of challenge by giving him opponents that could actually physically stand up to him. Weisinger also ramped up the ScienceFiction element of Superman by introducing foes such as Brainiac and revamping Lex Luthor into a MadScientist, and by introducing more technological elements such as Superman's high-tech Fortress of Solitude and the Bottle City of Kandor. As such, much of DC's later staff point to Weisinger as the one who would truly shape the concept of Superman after he was created by Siegel and Shuster. |
| 143 | ** From [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Max Fleischer]]'s work on the WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons we get "Faster than a Speeding Bullet, More Powerful than a Locomotive, Able to Leap Tall Buildings in a Single Bound," (although a similar narration appeared in the [[Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman radio show]]) as well as Superman's ability to fly (animating the super-jumping he'd originally been intended to do was a pain in the arse, so Fleischer just said "forget it - he's Superman, so he can fly!") (although, it had done it before in the comics, where Leo Nowak drew Superman as flying instead of leaping.) |
| 144 | ** Creator/ElliotSMaggin for MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} ComicBook/{{Superman}}. He was the only comic writer who also wrote novels about the character and tried to greatly expand the mythos of Superman. |
| 145 | ** Longtime Silver/Bronze Age artist Superman Curt Swan is probably the most prominent Superman artist of all time after Joe Shuster. Wayne Boring might be Superman's most popular non-Shuster Golden Age/early Silver Age artist. |
| 146 | ** Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster originally created the early Superman villain "The Ultra-Humanite" (who was Superman's first archenemy before ComicBook/LexLuthor), but Creator/GerryConway and Creator/GeorgePerez created the visual design for the character that most fans know today, while Creator/BruceTimm and Creator/PaulDini came up with his most well-known ''personality''. In the 1940s, he was a fairly generic [[EvilCripple wheelchair-bound]] {{mad scientist}} who was eventually written out of the comics due to being way too similar to Luthor, but Conway and Perez came up with the idea of him permanently implanting his brain into the body of an enormous albino ape when they reintroduced him in the 1980s. Later, Timm and Dini came up with the idea of making him [[InsufferableGenius a snobbish intellectual]] with [[WickedCultured refined tastes in art and music]] when they introduced him to ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' in the 2000s, which proved to be memorable enough to make him a fan-favorite. |
| 147 | ** The Prankster has been around since 1942, created by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela, but he spent most of the intervening years largely hanging on by tradition and not much else. He was [[ThePrankster a prank-themed villain]] who mostly just operated as a second-rate version of Toyman, leaving many writers and fans questioning [[VillainousUnderdog why a guy using joy buzzers and squirting flowers was a Superman villain]]. Creator/KurtBusiek's run redefined the character, declaring that Prankster's status as a nonthreat to Superman was ''intentional'', and that he was actually a [[HiredGuns supervillain-for-hire]] who acted as a "[[WeNeedADistraction professional distraction]]", committing highly visible and public crimes that [[SmokescreenCrime tie Superman up long enough for his clients to enact their own schemes]]. This idea proved to be by far the most popular take on the character, to the point that post-Rebirth, after having spent some time as an InNameOnly version introduced in the pages of ''Nightwing'', Prankster was essentially ''un''-rebooted back to the Busiek Prankster. |
| 148 | * ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino in 1959, but they had little to do with the character afterwards. |
| 149 | ** Jerry Siegel made sure to set her apart from Superman and created her first enemies, love interests and most of her initial supporting cast. Jim Mooney was her main artist during that period. |
| 150 | ** Paul Kupperberg wrote Pre-Crisis Supergirl's best stories, making her step out of her cousin's shadow for good. |
| 151 | ** Creator/MarkWaid and later Sterling Gates and Jamal Igle rehabilitated Post-Crisis Supergirl after a dreadful AudienceAlienatingEra and created one of the definite runs of the character. Sterling Gates also came up with her "Hope, Compassion and Help for all" motto. |
| 152 | * ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'': |
| 153 | ** The Image/[=WildStorm=] team was originally created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi, but Creator/WarrenEllis' DarkerAndEdgier run on the title is considered the point where it [[GrowingTheBeard Grew The Beard]]. ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' spun off from characters, plotlines, and themes introduced in Ellis' run -- which speaks for itself. |
| 154 | * The team of Marv Wolfman and Creator/GeorgePerez didn't create ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', but their much-celebrated run is responsible for the title as we know it today. The duo revamped the series with their run on ''The New Teen Titans'', creating a more diverse cast by adding characters such as Raven, Starfire, and Cyborg and creating their most iconic adversary Deathstroke. Wolfman and Perez' run was one of the most successful series that DC Comics had seen in the while, setting the standard for all subsequent Teen Titans comics and becoming the basis of the just as beloved [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans animated version]]. |
| 155 | * Creator/WaltSimonson's [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]. It's telling that any list of the greatest Thor stories of all time will be largely populated by stories by Simonson, who injected a sense of myth and epic (particularly the battle between Thor and Jormungandr, when the entire issue was written in epic verse) to a previously forgettable series, making Loki far more complex and interesting than his previous incarnations. Basically, he did for Thor what Claremont did for the X-Men. |
| 156 | ** The question of who Thor's modern dad is remains open, though some posit Straczynski, who brought Thor back after Ragnarok, while others posit Jason Aaron's Thor run -- even fans who dislike the new Thors (first [[spoiler:Jane Foster]], then the new "War Thor" in [[spoiler:Volstagg]]) admit that his initial Thor run, which explored the Nine Realms more, created new antagonists in the spectacularly creepy Gorr the God Butcher and the deceptively dangerous Roxxon CEO Dario Agger [[spoiler:(who can transform into the Minotaur, though he's actually less dangerous like this, since Thor can beat the crap out of him with impunity)]], and explored Thor's insecurities and personal doubts over his worthiness and the worthiness of gods in general, as well as bringing Malekith the Accursed back after over a decade of being PutOnABus (aside from a brief, comical appearance in the ''Incredible Hercules'') as an AxCrazy MagnificentBastard and making him the central villain of the series going forward. On the flip side Aaron absolutely cannot measure up to Kieron Gillen's (or Al Ewing's, and many others') interpretation of Loki in the eyes of most fans. |
| 157 | * Chuck Dixon is undoubtedly considered this for the third Robin, Tim Drake, thanks to three miniseries and the ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' 100 issue book. |
| 158 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 159 | ** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'' comic was originally written by Bob Budiansky, but it was the work of Creator/SimonFurman, who started out writing {{filler}} strips for the UK reprint, that is the most celebrated and respected today. In fact, Furman has probably had more influence on the entire ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' mythos than any other writer. |
| 160 | ** ''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 AudienceAlienatingEra 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. |
| 161 | * ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} actually has several candidate daddies; |
| 162 | ** Back in 1974, original creator Len Wein established that Wolverine's powers were his "natural-born speed, strength, and savagery." |
| 163 | ** In 1976, Creator/ChrisClaremont revealed that his claws were part of his body, rather than his uniform as previously thought, and introduced his SuperSenses. In 1977, Claremont created the first civilian identity for Wolvie when a random character calls him "Logan". Claremont and Creator/JohnByrne first hinted that Wolvie has "unbreakable bones in 1978, and revealed in 1979 that his entire skeleton is laced with adamantium. The original idea for the name "Logan" was that only a select few people knew about it and the X-Men were not among them. In 1980, Claremont and Byrne had Nightcrawler become the first X-Man to find out and soon enough the rest of the team started using it for their teammate. Also in 1980, the two of them introduced the backstory that James and Heather Hudson found Wolverine in a feral state and managed to help him recover his humanity. In 1981, Claremont and Byrne introduced Wolvie's HealingFactor. |
| 164 | ** In 1983, Dennis O'Neil created the notion that the adamantium-lacing process was created by Japanese mastermind Lord Dawkwind, and also introduced Darkwind's daughter Yuriko. As Lady Deathstrike, Yuriko would become an essential addition to Wolverine's RoguesGallery. |
| 165 | ** In 1986, Bill Mantlo established the mystery about who or what gave Wolvie his adamantium, and also introduced the notion that Wolvie is [[OlderThanTheyLook older than he looks]]. Specifically, Mantlo established Wolverine as a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran. In 1990, both Claremont and Larry Hama picked up on the reference and fleshed out his World War II background in two separate stories. Also in 1990, Jo Duffy created an origin story for Wolvie which has him cast out by humans and managing to survive on his own in the wilderness of Canada. While later contradicted by other origins, this basic element has stayed with the character through BroadStrokes adaptations. |
| 166 | ** In 1991, Larry Hama introduced the concept of Wolverine's memory implants and essentially gave him a MultipleChoicePast. Also in 1991, Barry Windsor-Smith published a 12-part origin story about the mysterious project which gave Wolverine his adamantium skeleton and turned him into a LivingWeapon. The story was called "Weapon X" because that was the codename for the test subject, Wolverine. The name "Weapon X Program" was established by Larry Hama in 1992. |
| 167 | ** The origin by Barry Windsor-Smith hinted that Wolverine had bone claws prior to his encounter with the Program. Once Wolverine lost the adamantium in 1993, it was Larry Hama who fleshed out the concept and established that the claws were part of the original mutation. He also worked out what these less-durable claws could and could not do. |
| 168 | ** Finally the definite origin story for Wolverine, the real name "James Howlett," and his family background were all established by Paul Jenkins in 2001. |
| 169 | * ComicBook/WonderWoman was created by William Marston, but for the modern take on the character, Creator/GeorgePerez and his ComicBook/PostCrisis recreation of the character is definitive to the point that director Creator/PattyJenkins, creator of the ''[[Film/WonderWoman2017 Wonder Woman]]'' feature film, considers his work on par with Marston himself. A number of fans also put Creator/GregRucka on a similar level, due to his modernizing of the Greek Gods and the increased presence of Diana on the political stage. |
| 170 | ** DC clearly ''intended'' for Brian Azzarello's take to be definitive (particularly given that a version of his origin was used for [[Film/WonderWoman2017 the DECU movie]]), but Greg Rucka's subsequent ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' run moved away from it. However, Rucka's run itself was moved away from once it ended, and in popular consciousness (and due to the movie's popularity), aspects of Azzarello's run have stayed with the character, most notably her being the daughter of Zeus in one way or another. |
| 171 | * Craig Kyle and Creator/ChristopherYost created ComicBook/{{X 23}}, but didn't introduce her to the Franchise/MarvelUniverse (she's a CanonImmigrant), putting her in the hands of Creator/JoeQuesada and later Creator/ChrisClaremont, probably with the intention of invoking this trope; when it didn't work, they started writing her themselves. While their take was seen as superior to Quesada's and Claremont's and laid groundwork on the character, it still had its share of problems. It was Marjorie Liu's run on Laura's solo title that definitely did a lot to make fans like a character they previously called Girlverine. |
| 172 | * Creator/WarrenEllis is seen as this for [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey a.k.a. X-Man]] (counterpart of ComicBook/{{Cable}}), along with Creator/DanAbnett. While the character was created by Creator/JephLoeb, as part of ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'', and written by Terry Kavanagh for the majority of his solo run, Ellis storyboarded the 'Shaman' storyline as part of the ''Revolution'' revamp of the X-books, which removed the previous plot tumour of Nate's genetic degeneration and drastically changed the series, making it more philosophical and cosmic-themed, changing Nate from a conventional HotBlooded KnightInSourArmor and JerkWithAHeartOfGold to a purposefully weird CrazySane AntiHero with a [[AllLovingHero Messiah Complex]] who took up a Doctor Strange-like role protecting reality. While the series only lasted another 12 issues, the depiction stuck (''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'' and ''ComicBook/AgeOfXMan'' leaned hard into the Ellis depiction), being tweaked by Creator/DanAbnett to restore Nate's [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic sense of humour]] and dorkier traits, gently poking fun at his occasionally pretentious philosophy, while maintaining his role as an authority on reality-jumping/warping. Most readers admit, whether they like the character or not, that he is at least now somewhat distinctive. |
| 173 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 174 | ** Creator/ChrisClaremont, pushing it from a failed [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] idea into the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's biggest cash cow. ComicBook/{{Magneto}} can especially be considered his "baby". While the character existed long before he came along (having been introduced in the very first issue), he was, in his original form, your typical over-the-top villain CardCarryingVillain ''and then some''. It was Claremont who fleshed him out into the WellIntentionedExtremist we know him as today, before bringing him through an affecting HeelFaceTurn. (This turned out to be [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor the first of many, though]].) To the fans, he's known as the "Father of X(-men)". It was also during the Claremont era that the X-Men came to be seen as an allegory for the Civil Rights Movement and as a metaphor for minority rights. |
| 175 | ** Even though Fabian Nicieza is largely seen as the definitive writer for ComicBook/{{Gambit|MarvelComics}} (writing his original series), Claremont's take on Gambit is still considered by many to be the superior version as far as the fact that Claremont's Gambit was a happy-go-lucky thief as opposed to Nicieza's brooding, angsty version. It also helps that Claremont loved pairing ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} and Gambit up together as a platonic duo whereas Nicieza preferred pairing Gambit up with Rogue for wangst-fueled storylines. |
| 176 | ** 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. |
| 177 | ** In an example that isn't technically a character, Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby's original version of [[KillerRobot the Sentinels]] (introduced in ''X-Men'' #14 in 1965) were considerably different from the version that most fans know: they were roughly the size of ordinary people, their bodies were predominantly red and blue, they were often drawn with a scowling expression, and they weren't built by the government (Bolivar Trask was a self-employed scientist who hated mutants for personal reasons). Neal Adams and Dennis O'Neill introduced their more familiar design in 1969, reimagining them as [[HumongousMecha towering monstrosities]] with unsettling expressionless faces and a distinctive purple and magenta color scheme. Later, Creator/ChrisClaremont and Creator/JohnByrne's classic 1981 story "ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast" would depict them as anti-mutant weapons deployed by the US government, effectively framing them as walking symbols of government persecution; this idea proved popular enough that it was reused for virtually all of their subsequent appearances, as well as most adaptations. |
| 178 | * When ComicBook/{{Vibe}} was introduced, he was a breakdancing stereotype. However, thanks to the New 52 reboot and the writing of Sterling Gates, he has become a much more likable and relatable character with a small, yet dedicated, fanbase. |
| 179 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' writer Jeremy Whitley started getting this after the show's Season 9 premiere -- which ignored his CharacterDevelopment and {{Worldbuilding}} for the villain King Sombra, and brought him back as a SameCharacterButDifferent many saw as too jarring and underwhelming. A big consensus is that -- whatever flaws Whitley's stories may have -- his take on Sombra was the more-consistent, more-interesting, and more-satisfying return for him. |
| 180 | * It is also fairly common for some of Marvel's recurring super-villains: |
| 181 | ** Silver Samurai was created by Steve Gerber in 1974, as a new foe for Daredevil. From 1977 to 1989, nearly all of the character's stories were written by Chris Claremont. Claremont gave him a backstory as Mariko Yashida's illegitimate half-brother and established their sibling rivalry, established the Samurai's partnership and enduring love for Viper, defined the Samurai's mutant powers (and how he looks when not wearing his armor), turned the Samurai into a reluctant ally of Wolverine, and gave him a sense of honor. |
| 182 | ** 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 ([[EvenEvilHasStandards which tend to disturb other villains]]), and her habitual use of opium were then all introduced by J. M. [=DeMatteis=] in 1983. |
| 183 | ** Mother Night was introduced as a one-shot villain by Stan Lee in 1970. She was reintroduced in 1989 by Creator/MarkGruenwald. He turned her into a recurring foe for Captain America, placed her into an abusive relationship with the Red Skull, used her as a surrogate mother (and former nanny) for Sin, and eventually redefined her as a love interest and morality pet for Cutthroat (a villain who felt great empathy for abused women). Few other writers bothered to even use the character. |
| 184 | ** 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. |
| 185 | ** 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 Thunderbolts. 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. |
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