Top 3 Writers you think of when someone says Batman

**bob.schoonover** · 03-31-2021, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by SixSpeedSamurai

O'Neil
Miller
Morrison

This one here for me. Lots of honorable mentions (Rucka, Engelhart, Moench/Dixon, King, Dini), but those three are all undeniable influences on the people that came after

**Timothy Hunter** · 03-31-2021, 11:05 AM

No one's mentioned Alan Grant? He's the first person who pops into my head.

**Alan2099** · 03-31-2021, 11:12 AM

The first three that come to mind are Miller, Dini, and Wein.

**MRP** · 03-31-2021, 11:24 AM

Bill Finger

then everyone else with these two leading the way...

Denny O'Neil
Frank Miller

-M

**hairys** · 03-31-2021, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by Vakanai

Miller - he's crap now, but Dark Knight Returns and Year One are essentials.
Loeb - Long Halloween and Dark Victory are also Bat-reading essentials.
...get back to me on three...

I will disagree with you that he's crap now, but that's irrelevant. I think the bigger issue here is that he didn't write enough Batman to be considered a Batman writer. The short works he did for Batman were excellent, of course, but still, when I think of Frank Miller, I think "Daredevil writer," not "Batman writer"

I'm surprised so many are listing Miller.

**Captain Nostalgia** · 03-31-2021, 12:46 PM

O' Neil
Rucka
Leob

**Noodle** · 03-31-2021, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by The Cheat

Dixon
O'Neil
Dini

This right here, basically.

**SiegePerilous02** · 03-31-2021, 01:08 PM

Dini
Morrison
Third unfortunately has to be Miller because the impact is huge, though someone like Englehart is preferable to me personally

**lemonpeace** · 03-31-2021, 01:50 PM

iunno who ever is writing them at the time. I don't associate Batman with any particular writer or artist. he's just Batman.

**hairys** · 03-31-2021, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by Timothy Hunter

No one's mentioned Alan Grant? He's the first person who pops into my head.

he would've been my #4. underrated.

**prepmaster** · 03-31-2021, 05:42 PM

Jim Starlin for having Joker murdered Jason Todd
Alan Moore for having Joker crippled Barbara Gordon
Tom King for having KGB shot Nightwing in the head

Honorable mention to Grant Morrison for having killed off Damian Wayne. However such creation should have never existed in the first place.

**kevink31593** · 03-31-2021, 08:09 PM

Did Bob Kane ever even write a Batman story? I can’t think of any examples.

First 3 I thought of were Denny O’Neil, Chuck Dixon, and Greg Rucka

**Jim Kelly** · 03-31-2021, 08:38 PM

Bill Finger
Gardner Fox
Frank Robbins

**jb681131** · 04-01-2021, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Timothy Hunter

No one's mentioned Alan Grant? He's the first person who pops into my head.

Shadow of the Bat often gets overlooked.
His Batman/Judge Dredd was marvelous.

But I still think that Dennis O'Neil is a must top 3 because he brought to much in. And then to me Rucka and Moench are better than any of the other long time writters, sorry for Alan Grant that would probably fit in a top 5 or 10.

**jb681131** · 04-01-2021, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by prepmaster

Jim Starlin for having Joker murdered Jason Todd
Alan Moore for having Joker crippled Barbara Gordon
Tom King for having KGB shot Nightwing in the head

Honorable mention to Grant Morrison for having killed off Damian Wayne. However such creation should have never existed in the first place.

Nice troll man. There is always that guy who will try to be funny but fails.

On a more serious note:
To me Alan Moore shouldn't even be concidered.
He gave an origin to the Joker we didn't need. And The Killing wasn't that great of a story. Even himself considers it one of his worst stories.
Tom King, come on, there are far better runs than his.

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