"Nobody But *** Should Write ***

[electr1cgoblin]

I'll start:

1) Alan Moore -Watchmen
2) Peter David - X-Factor
3) John Ostrander - Suicide Squad
4) Geoff Johns - Green Lantern
5) Roy Thomas - All Star Squadron

[Paradox]

Heh, this reminds me of the Black Panther board I ran when Priest was writing it. We'd get people every few days complaining that they should remove Priest and let a black guy write it.

[electr1cgoblin]

Heh, this reminds me of the Black Panther board I ran when Priest was writing it. We'd get people every few days complaining that they should remove Priest and let a black guy write it.

LOL that's pretty messed up

[dzub]

Fantastic Four: Lee/Kirby

[Carabas]

Greg Rucka: Renee Montoya, Elektra, Wolverine
Garth Ennis: Punisher
Grant Morrison: X-Men

Of course the problem with this line of thinking is that sooner or later (but probably sooner) you'll have to permanently retire all of these characters, because even the most fanboyish writer doesn't want to work on the same characters forever.

[jeanvaljean]

Peter David totally messed up Louise Simonson's X-Factor.

[dancj]

I think so far, Watchmen is the only one I agree with.

The rest are generally pre-existing character or teams made up of pre-existing characters living in a shared universe.

I'm a bit loath to apply that rule for anyone in a shared universe, but:

Sandman - Neil Gaiman
Starman (Jack Knight) - James Robinson
Hitman - Garth Ennis
Ambush Bug - Keith Giffen

[CaptCleghorn]

Dave Sim - Cerebus
Howard Chaykin - Reuben Flagg

[t hedge coke]

I guess I don't really feel this with any book/character. Most of the classic stuff is collaborative, in the end, anyway, either explicitly or implicitly, so there's rarely one author alone. But, even then, the only time I really roll my eyes is when it's done to secure a trademark or something; using someone's characters to trash them. That's crap, though I guess as valid as any other crap.

I'd rather have the comics available and decide, myself, if they're worth my time or not.

[Thor2014]

Geoff Johns- Green Lantern, JSA, Aquaman
Grant Morrison- X-Men, JLA
Roger Stern- The Avengers