Best/Worst Single Writer On Your Favorite Characters

[Restingvoice]

Okay, the worst has to be whoever wrote Dick Grayson having pity sex with Babs while delivering his wedding invitation with Kori

Let's see

Marc Andreyko

While not my favorite character, Tom King on Booster Gold in The Gift and Grant Morrison and Christopher Priest on Talia is right up there

[lemonpeace]

~Duke Thomas

Best: Lee Bermejo (character-wise); Scott Snyder (vision and scope)
Worst: Bryan Hill

~Jason Todd

Best: Scott Lobdell (begrudgingly)
Worst: N/A but Geoff Johns might be making a case with Three Jokers from what I hear

~Aquaman

Best: Kelly Sue Deconnick
Worst: N/A

~Wallace West

Best: Christopher Priest
Worst: Joshua Williamson

~Black Lightning

Best: N/A (hasn't reached full potential on the page yet)
Worst: Tony Isabella (a big part of the reason for the first section)

~Mr. Terrific

Best: Gene Leun Yang; Jeff Lemire
Worst: N/A

~Jessica Cruz

Best: Sam Humphries
Worst: N/A but tempted to put Dan Jurgens for the way he nosedived the Green Lanterns finale.

~Cyborg

Best: Writers on Doom Patrol & the Teen Titans animated series
Worst: Geoff Johns but only because his limp addition and use of Vic on the League set the tone for Vic's weak storylines and awkward position in the DC landscape thereafter.

[Laufeyson]

Justice League -
Best: Giffen/DeMatteis
Worst: Meltzer

Legion -
Best: Levitz
Worst: Nicieza

Titans -
Best: Wolfman
Worst: Lobdell

Nightwing -
Best: Dixon
Worst: Lobdell

Starfire -
Best: Wolfman
Worst: Lobdell

Swamp Thing -
Best: Alan Moore
Worst: NA

Zatanna -
Best: Morrison
Worst: Meltzer

Huntress -
Best: Levitz
Worst: NA

Booster Gold -
Best: Jurgens
Worst: King

Blue Beetle -
Best: Giffen/DeMatteis
Worst: Jurgens

Green Arrow -
Best: Grell
Worst: Smith

Bronze Tiger -
Best: O'Neil
Worst: NA

Question -
Best: O'Neil
Worst: NA

Dr. Fate -
Best: Pasko
Worst: NA

Firestorm -
Best: Conway
Worst: NA

Vixen -
Best: Conway
Worst: Jurgens

Fire -
Best: Giffen/DeMatteis
Worst: Jurgens

Blue Devil -
Best: Cohn/Mishkin
Worst: Jones

Warlord -
Best: Grell
Worst: Jones

Amethyst -
Best: Cohn/Mishkin
Worst: Bendis

Arion -
Best: Kupperberg
Worst: NA

Arak -
Best: Thomas
Worst: NA

Hawkman:
Best: Palmiotti/Gray
Worst: Liefeld

I believe the worst out of all Swamp Thing writers is toss up, between Mark Millar + Grant Morrisson or Brian K. Vaughn.

[HandofPrometheus]

John Stewart
Best: Steve Englehart
Worst: Jim Starlin

Bronze Tiger
Best: John Ostrander
Worst: Whoever wrote him in the New 52

Aqualad
Best: YJ (TV) writers
Worst: Ben Percy

Starfire
Best: Marv Wolfman and Geoff Johns
Worst: Conner/Palmiotti and Lobdell

Vixen
Best: Dwayne McDuffie and Brad Meltzer
Worst: James Robinson

Barbara Gordan
Best: John Ostrander and Gail Simone
Worst: Every New 52 writer

Cyborg
Best: Marv Wolfman and Doom Patrol (TV) writers
Worst: Everyone else

Fire
Best: Greg Rucka
Worst:

Amanda Waller
Best: John Ostrander
Worst: Everyone else besides Rucka

Nightshade
Best: John Ostrander and Bill Willingham
Worst:

If you had to pick both the best and worst single writers on your favorite characters who would they be? Appearances in titles that aren't focused on them can also count if you wish (team or event books).

To give starter for me

Wonder Woman
Best: Greg Rucka
Worst: Tom Taylor

I think if he wrote an actual WW title he'll write her different than in Injustice.

[lemonpeace]

John Stewart
Best: Steve Englehart
Worst: Jim Starlin

Bronze Tiger
Best: John Ostrander
Worst: Whoever wrote him in the New 52

Aqualad
Best: YJ (TV) writers
Worst: Ben Percy

Starfire
Best: Marv Wolfman and Geoff Johns
Worst: Conner/Palmiotti and Lobdell

Vixen
Best: Dwayne McDuffie and Brad Meltzer
Worst: James Robinson

Barbara Gordan
Best: John Ostrander and Gail Simone
Worst: Every New 52 writer

Cyborg
Best: Marv Wolfman and Doom Patrol (TV) writers
Worst: Everyone else

Fire
Best: Greg Rucka
Worst:

Amanda Waller
Best: John Ostrander
Worst: Everyone else besides Rucka

Nightshade
Best: John Ostrander and Bill Willingham
Worst:





I think if he wrote an actual WW title he'll write her different than in Injustice.

oooff it hurts how true this is, I gotta add Cyborg to my list

[Jackalope89]

Jon Kent-
Best-Tomasi
Worst-Bendis

Damian Wayne-
Best-Gleason/Tomasi
Worst-Bendis

[Restingvoice]

Worst for Superman based relative to what I've read is Lobdell.

Best is... oh this is harder. Morrison, Tomasi, Jurgens or Siegel. Byrne is good for what he did but I don't enjoy what he did that much compared to the other four.

I think I have to go with Siegel because his version is what convinces me that there's no way people will connect Superman with Clark Kent despite their physical similarities because his Superman is so macho while his Clark is so cowardly.

[Jekyll]

Not really. You can name three great Superman writers right off the top of the head from that era. The New 52 Batman run with Snyder was mega popular even by Batman standards. Johns on Aquaman reinvigorated the character. Azz's Wonder Woman put her back on the map despite its controversies. King on Swamp Thing was a big success, counting as another character reinvigoration. Grayson was an incredibly well-received turnabout on the adventures of Dick Grayson. Regardless what one feels about the reboot scenario, it had plenty of good writers producing good runs for a variety of characters.

To each his own. The New 52 was the beginning of just about all the characters that I care about either being tossed into purgatory or character assassination.

[Lee Stone]

Let me fill that NA in for you. Rick Veitch's Question mini series was unbearable.

Thanks!
😁

[Johnrevenge]

JSA:
Best- Johns
Worst: Guggenheim

Totally agree on this.

Teen Titans.
Best: Wolfman
Worst: Felicia Henderson.

LoSH
Best: Early Levitz.
Worst: Waid.

[Gaius]

I think if he wrote an actual WW title he'll write her different than in Injustice.

Probably, yes. But I’ve never gotten a particular sense even in the few times he did write her elsewhere he has any strong grasp of her outside of DCAU-like haughty warrior woman.

My problem with his Injustice writing is I felt he was rather lazy with her as he never actually tried to explain her journey from Point A to Point Z like he did most everyone else, just doubled down on Lady MacBeth/Arm Candy nonsense. Well, aside from a Johnny-come-lately slapdash altered origin story he wrote in an annual years later to ride off 2017 movie’s coattails.

DCeased also hasn’t really helped him either.

[Dr. Poison]

Wonder Woman
Best: Phil Jimenez
Worst: Brian Azzarello

[J. D. Guy]

oooff it hurts how true this is, I gotta add Cyborg to my list

Eeehhhh... I'm no Marv Wolfman fan for Cyborg, and his stent on the Rebirth Cyborg was... Poor. Like, it was really kinda bad, quite frankly.

Best comicbook writer(s) for Cyborg are still David F. Walker and John Semper Jr. for me.

[Laufeyson]

Wonder Woman
Best: Phil Jimenez
Worst: Brian Azzarello

I don't think Brian Azzarello is the worst Wonder Woman's writer. That place can be given to Finch for his god-awful God of War arc.

[bretmaverick2]

BATMAN - David V Reed

GREEN LANTERN - Geoff Johns. I felt like it just sucked after GL:Rebirth