Your All-Time Favorite DC Comics Writers - From Any and All Generations

[Thanos]

1) Mike Grell - Warlord, Green Arrow
2) Neil Gaiman - Sandman, Death
3) Keith Giffen - Lobo
4) Jim Starlin - Batman, The Weird
5) Alan Grant - Lobo, Anarky

[Mike]

Len Wein - Justice League of America/The Phantom Stranger
Gerry Conway - Firestorm/Justice League of America
Paul Levitz - The Legion of Super-Heroes
Roy Thomas - The All-Star Squadron
John Ostrander - The Spectre

[The Darknight Detective]

It's nice to see Mark Waid and Keith Giffen showing up on so many lists.

They have done enough to earn that respect. DC has had so many fine writers, though, that I wasn't sure if they would make my top ten. Fortunately for them, they did.

[CaptCleghorn]

Keith Giffen for his different runs on Legion of Super-Heroes and, of course, Ambush Bug.
Mike Grell for the epic Warlord/Green Arrow crossover and, of course, the work he did on each of those characters.
Tom King (yes) who always swung for the fences and when he missed he air conditioned the entire ballpark but when he made contact we got Mister Miracle and Danger Street.
Jack Kirby. 'Nuff said.
Alan Moore who, although he didn't write that much for DC, did more with a mini-series (Watchmen) or a short eight pager (various GL Corps stories) than almost anyone else.
Grant Morrison for revitalizing Doom Patrol and Animal Man, not to mention All-Star Superman and, of course, We3.
Denny O'Neil who had a major role in redefining DC in the 70s (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern) and, of course, The Question.
George Perez for Wonder Woman and the noticeable change in Titans after he left.
Mark Russell for his incredible ability to bring true real life issues into his work.
Roy Thomas who kept the Golden Age of DC alive.

[EmeraldGladiator]

Levitz - Legion
Johns - GL, JSA, Flash, Titans Legion
Wolfman - New Teen Titans COIE
Roy Thomas - All Star Squadron, Infinity Inc
Gerard Jones - creep for a human one heck of a GL writer

[K7P5V]

Either on his own or with someone else, J.M. DeMatteis has become a fave among the DC Elite:

• Speeding Bullets (J.M. DeMatteis)

• Formerly Known as the Justice League (Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis)

• JLA Classified (Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis)

[Timber Wolf-By-Night]

John Ostrander. I'll skip the list of favorite books and bring up the time during the Janus Directive that he had an anonymous Checkmate agent quote the Talking Heads in the middle of a battle: "This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around." Brilliant.

Peter David. His work on Aquaman, Supergirl, and Young Justice, all of which was gutted and discarded by Didio and Johns (and Winick), and now doesn't get the credit or respect it deserves.

Paul Levitz. It's easy for me, as I get older, to look back and see the flaws in his work on the Legion, but the truth is that said work got me into comics, and DC Comics in particular.

Gail Simone. Secret Six and Birds of Prey. Need I say more?

Chuck Dixon. Abhor his politics, but love his work on the Batfamily, especially for getting Birds of Prey up and running.

Honorable mentions to Waid, Thomas, Giffen, Robinson, Morrison, G. Jones (cringe), Wagner, O'Neill, Wolfman, A. Grant, and more.

[K7P5V]

Definitely, these would be My Next (3) Three choices...

• Paul Kupperberg (Super Powers)

• Mike Carey (My Faith in Frankie)

• Kurt Busiek (Astro City)