Geoff Johns' Top 10 DC Rebirths

[Robotman]

Say what you will about Johns but he’s done a lot of great work plugging new energy (and marketability) into some classic DC properties.

I’d say Green Lantern 1st as that book ruled the world in the 2000s.

2. JSA - best run ever and made the Golden Age team important in the DCU again. Plus it helped to revamp Black Adam who has become an incredibly big part of the DCU and has a solo flick on the way.
3. Aquaman - the character still had a bit of the negative stigma before that run. Johns had Aquaman out selling Spider-Man and it was a huge influence on the movie.

For me personally, I’d put Legion of Superheroes pretty high up on list just because his Superman and the Legion of Superheroes storyline is one of my favorite comics. Perfectly captured the essence of the LoS and was also a damn good Superman story.

[married guy]

OK, here's my top 10. Although I really loved his Flash work (with Wally - his Barry stuff was very average) I didn't include it as I don't consider it a revamp.
Until now, I had no idea just how much great stuff he'd been involved with!

10. Stargirl
9. Teen Titans
8. Shazam
7. Hawkman
6. Mera
5. Vibe
4. Black Adam
3. Aquaman
2. Green Lantern
1. JSA

[Gaius]

Really? That’s cool that his work got you in that zone.

Which cartoons?
As a kid all I really had was the rare Super Friends cameo...:

...so, not a lot!

DCAU, mainly JL/JLU, and the occasional odd episode of Super Friends we had on DVD.

[phantom1592]

JSA is a mixed bag.

When they say JSA rebirth... they specifically call out that he restarted a new volume with a new team AFTER a successful 80+ issue run. Honestly speaking... that rebirth SUCKED. It was the post OYL where they were scrapping the bottom of the barrel for legacies to be the 'new' rookies while characters like Stargirl and Jakeem Thunder were the new mentors and the old mentors are just background if that.

Johns deserves a lot of praise for the FIRST run that was an insane success... It was started by Robinson but he did the lions share of that volume... but the OYL crew is pretty much when I stopped reading. When characters like Jay, Alan, Wildcat Hawkman are all benched for cahracters like a new Captain Steel and Judomaster... Ughhh...

Remember it's the volume that put Alan in THIS...



Now the first JSA run... one of my favorites of all time... but the rebirth??? I actually rank it lower than Superboy Prime.

[The no face guy]

The ones that had a memorable impact on me were

Green Lantern (Obviously)
Justice Society of America (It was fantastic)
Hawkman (I think he put Hawkman of his first solid lengthy run)

[Dr. Ellingham]

https://www.newsarama.com/27970-top-...-johns.html#s1

10. Superboy Prime
9. Hawkman
8. Justice Society of America
7. Teen Titans
6. Kid Flash/Bart Allen
5. Superboy/Kon-El/Conner Kent
4. Legion of Super Heroes
3. Flash/Barry Allen
2. Green Lantern/Hal Jordan
1. The DC Universe

Not a bad list, but I think it's missing one - the Flash rogues. Admittedly I haven't read anything of Johns' since Flashpoint, but here are my top 5:


5. Sinestro
4. The Rogues
3. Hawkman
2. JSA
1. Green Lantern

[Will Evans]

No Booster Gold?

[Pohzee]

Haven't read the article, but if by "DC Universe" they mean DC Rebirth I'll disagree. It was pretty mediocre across the board despite all of the good things going for it.

[Stanlos]

The JSA should be waaaaaaaaaaayyyyy higher on this list. It was one of DC's top selling books when it was on the shelf under him.

Agreed. That was largely his best, most solid, and complete work.

[phantom1592]

No Booster Gold?

Yeah!!! that was a character that was legitimately 'fixed' in my eyes under Johns. Never liked the goofy idiot that JLI gave us, but that series (and 52) actually took him serious and gave him some depth!! Still not one of my favorites, but I read a LOT of those! Love a good time travel story!

Agreed. That was largely his best, most solid, and complete work.

But does he get credit for 'rebirthing' it? It was running almost a year before he took it over? A lot of the modernizing and updating was already done by then. I'm still disappointed in the way he helped bring and actual competent AWESOME Doc Midnite back into the JSA... gave him about 4-5 awesome appearances... and then just benched him to work in a lab doing autopsies and not much else.

[Will Evans]

Yeah!!! that was a character that was legitimately 'fixed' in my eyes under Johns. Never liked the goofy idiot that JLI gave us, but that series (and 52) actually took him serious and gave him some depth!! Still not one of my favorites, but I read a LOT of those! Love a good time travel story!





But does he get credit for 'rebirthing' it? It was running almost a year before he took it over? A lot of the modernizing and updating was already done by then. I'm still disappointed in the way he helped bring and actual competent AWESOME Doc Midnite back into the JSA... gave him about 4-5 awesome appearances... and then just benched him to work in a lab doing autopsies and not much else.

It was the sixth that Geoff came in and took over for Robinson.
But Geoff was still co-writing the book with Goyer.

I think some characters resonated with Goyer more than Geoff. Goyer liked Dr Mid-Nite and Sand. But Geoff liked guys like Mr Terrific and Black Adam.

[Noodle]

That was him?

Yeah, that happened in the "Day of Judgement" event that Johns wrote. Most people forget about it because it was before he was a "name" writer.

Remember it's the volume that put Alan in THIS...

In his defense, that was after he had left the book.

[Will Evans]

Powergirl is another character he “rebirthed.”

Basically re-introducing her alternate universe Kryptonian heritage. Making her the last survivor of “Earth 2” post-Crisis. Using Pyscho-Pirate as her villain. Reestablishing her bonds with Kal-L.

[Jekyll]

OK, here's my top 10. Although I really loved his Flash work (with Wally - his Barry stuff was very average) I didn't include it as I don't consider it a revamp.
Until now, I had no idea just how much great stuff he'd been involved with!

10. Stargirl
9. Teen Titans
8. Shazam
7. Hawkman
6. Mera
5. Vibe
4. Black Adam
3. Aquaman
2. Green Lantern
1. JSA

Really like your list. Stargirl is one of my absolute favorite DC characters and I can't wait for her show to premier this week!

[Riv86672]

DCAU, mainly JL/JLU, and the occasional odd episode of Super Friends we had on DVD.

Hey, you got the good stuff!