David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries "Watchmen" and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He was an artist for "2000 AD", for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.
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Dave Gibbons | Introduction
"The Trials of Nasty Tales", "Watchmen", "For the Man Who Has Everything" Miniseries "Watchmen" and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". Watchmen, the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything" and 2000AD. "Watchmen" and "For the Man Who Has Everything".
what is sinestro corps war?
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An American comic book crossover event
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who is the writer?
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Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons
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who are the characters?
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Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Guy Gardner, and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps
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what are some of the other works of the second writer you mentioned?
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Gibbons was one of the British comic talents identified by Len Wein in 1982 for American publisher DC Comics: he was hired primarily to draw "Green Lantern Corps" backup stories within the pages of "Green Lantern". Gibbons' first DC work was on the Green Lantern Corps story in "Green Lantern" No. 161 (February 1983), with writer Todd Klein, as well as the concurrently released "Creeper" two-part backup story in "The Flash" #318–319. Gibbons drew the lead story in "The Brave and the Bold" No. 200 (July 1983) which featured a team-up of the Batmen of Earth-One and Earth-Two. With "Green Lantern" No.
Dave Gibbons | 1980s
According to "Green Lantern" writer Geoff Johns in a 2006 Newsarama interview, Prime would not be escaping under Guy's watch: "Not at all. That’s ridiculous. Anyone who’s read Guy Gardner for the last two years in "Green Lantern" or in "Green Lantern Corps" knows that he’s a much better, stronger character than that. And even in the old Giffen stuff, he would probably break some rules, taunt the other heroes, and drink a beer or two, but he would not be that much of an idiot. He was never that much of an idiot, and certainly not with what I'm doing with him, or with what Dave Gibbons is doing with him in "Corps".
Guy Gardner (comics) | "Infinite Crisis" and "One Year Later"
Gibbons was one of the artists on the "" one-shot written by Evan Dorkin and in December 2001 Gibbons collaborated with Stan Lee on "Just Imagine... Stan Lee creating Green Lantern". Gibbons wrote "Captain America" issues #17–20 (Nov. 2003–Jan. 2004) for artist Lee Weeks. In 2005, he drew covers for "JSA", as well as producing the complete original graphic novel "The Originals", a black and white graphic novel which he scripted and drew. Published by Vertigo, the work is set in the near future, but draws heavily on the imagery of the Mods and Rockers of the 1960s. He wrote "The Rann–Thanagar War" six-issue limited series for DC Comics, one of four lead-ins to the company-wide "Infinite Crisis" storyline, and returned to the Green Lantern Corps with the five-issue "Green Lantern Corps: Recharge" (Nov.
Dave Gibbons | 2000s
172 (Jan. 1984), Gibbons joined writer Wein on the main feature while continuing to illustrate the backup features. In issue No. 182, Wein and Gibbons made architect John Stewart, who had been introduced previously in issue No. 87, the title's primary character. Ceding the "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" backup features to various other individuals from No. 181, Gibbons last issue with Wein was issue No. 186 (March 1985). Gibbons returned to pencil the backup story "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" with Alan Moore in issue No. 188. While Marvel Comics reprinted some of Gibbons' Marvel UK "Doctor Who" work, Eclipse Comics reprinted some of his "Warrior" work and Eagle reprinted various Judge Dredd tales, Gibbons continued to produce new work almost exclusively for DC throughout the 1980s.
Dave Gibbons | 1980s
David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries "Watchmen" and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He was an artist for "2000 AD", for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.
Dave Gibbons | Introduction
From the start of the 1990s, Gibbons began to focus as much on writing and inking as on drawing, contributing to a number of different titles and issues from a variety of companies. Particular highlights included, in 1990, Gibbons writing the three-issue "World's Finest" miniseries for artist Steve Rude and DC, while drawing "Give Me Liberty" for writer Frank Miller and Dark Horse Comics. He penned the first "Batman versus Predator" crossover for artists Andy and Adam Kubert (Dec. 1991–Feb. 1992), and inked Rick Veitch and Stephen R. Bissette for half of Alan Moore's "1963" Image Comics series (1993). Rejoining Frank Miller in mid-1994 on "Martha Washington Goes to War", the following year Gibbons wrote the Elseworlds title "Superman: Kal" for José Luis García-López, melding Arthurian legends to the Superman mythos in an "out-of-continuity" tale set in an alternate DC Universe.
Dave Gibbons | 1990s
The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on 23 November 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation. In 2014 he was appointed the UK's first Comics Laureate, to act as an ambassador for comic books and their potential to improve literacy. Gibbons drew the 1950s variant cover for "Action Comics" No. 1000 (June 2018).
Dave Gibbons | 2010s
On 9 April 2011 Gibbons was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white "Superior" comic book, with various artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering. The artists included Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Jock, Adi Granov, Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp, who all drew a panel each, with regular "Superior" artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover.
Dave Gibbons | 2010s
For the 1985 "Superman Annual" No. 11, Gibbons drew the main story "For the Man Who Has Everything", again written by Alan Moore. During 1985 and 1986, Gibbons' artwork graced the pages of several issues of both DC's "Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe" and Marvel's "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition". He was one of the contributors to the "DC Challenge" limited series and in December 1986, he contributed to Harrier Comics' "Brickman" No. 1 alongside Kevin O'Neill, Lew Stringer and others. Between May and August 1988, he contributed covers to "The Phantom" miniseries, inked Kevin Maguire's pencilled contribution to "Action Comics" No.
Dave Gibbons | 1980s
During the 2005 miniseries "", Gardner's Vuldarian DNA is strangely overwritten by his human DNA when Parallax possesses Gardner and several Green Lanterns. Hal Jordan's ring splits in two and Gardner's ring is restored to him. Eventually, Parallax is defeated by the combined effort of all five active Green Lanterns, including Gardner. The Guardians then select Gardner as one of the senior officers of the new Green Lantern Corps. In the 2005–2006 miniseries "" (written by Dave Gibbons), the Guardians assign Gardner to be one of the Corps' three main instructors, along with Kilowog and Kyle Rayner. The trio is responsible for the training of the new Corps, to which the Guardians intend to name 7,200 members.
Guy Gardner (comics) | Return to the Corps
In Newton’s obituary, Dick Giordano said of this work, "To my mind, Don's final statement was the Green Lantern Corps story he penciled and inked that appeared in "Green Lantern" #181. He showed us how to do it right." He drew the first appearance of Jason Todd in "Batman" #357 (March 1983), a character who became the second Robin.
Don Newton | DC again
Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist. David or Dave Gibbons may also refer to:
David Gibbons (disambiguation) | Introduction
Gibbons has commented that "It's just a shame they couldn't have used just the original font, because it's a real mess. I think it's a particularly ugly letter form."
Dave Gibbons | "Watchmen"
Working on early feature "Ro-Busters" (after "Starlord" merged with "2000 AD"), Gibbons became one of the most prolific of "2000 AD"'s earliest creators, contributing artwork to 108 of the first 131 Progs/issues. He returned to the pages of "the Galaxy's Greatest Comic" in the early 1980s to create Rogue Trooper with writer Gerry Finley-Day and produce an early run on that feature, before handing it over to a succession of other artists. He illustrated a handful of "Tharg's Future Shocks" shorts, primarily with author Alan Moore.
Dave Gibbons | IPC Comics
Dave Gibbons stated in an interview published in "Artists on Comic Art", that "Bogey" stories, published in the English comics magazine "Warrior", influenced the page layout for "Watchmen".
Bogey (comics) | Influences
with a potential 2010 release date. However, the studio abandoned Reynolds' concept, and in October 2007, Greg Berlanti signed to direct the film and co-write it with comic-book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim. A draft of the trio's 2008 script, leaked on the Internet, revealed a story that included the hero's origin and included the characters Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Sinestro, and Guy Gardner in a cameo appearance, and appeared "to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan's ... first major nemesis..." Shortly afterward, Guggenheim said that the script would contain characterizations inspired by the Denny O'Neil-Neal Adams run on the comic in the 1970s, and Dave Gibbons' work in the early 1980s.
Green Lantern (film) | Development
Coincidentally, when he awoke he was near Hal Jordan's power ring, which has the ability to duplicate itself. Gardner once more had a power ring, and following the return of the Guardians of the Universe, he was once again a Green Lantern.
Guy Gardner (comics) | Vuldarian powers
Gibbons believes that his own involvement likely came about after the idea was already in its early initial stages. He recalls that he had: To complement the story, Gibbons remembers working on rough character designs which ultimately changed little in their final appearance from "the descriptions that Alan had provided," trying to come up with "a classic superhero feel but be a little bit stranger ... a sort of operatic look ... an Egyptian kind of a look." Gibbons lettered "Watchmen" and it was his lettering style that later served as one of two reference sources used by Vincent Connare when creating the controversial font Comic Sans in 1994.
Dave Gibbons | "Watchmen"
Hal Jordan appears as the main character in "", voiced by Josh Keaton. Other characters include Kilowog, the Guardians of the Universe, Carol Ferris, Salaak, Sayd, Saint Walker, and Zilius Zox, among others. The main antagonists of the first arc of the show are the Red Lantern Corps, led by Atrocitus, as well as the Manhunters. Guy Gardner appears as a recurring character while John Stewart is mentioned and Alan Scott is alluded to.
Green Lantern in other media | "Green Lantern: The Animated Series"
Returning just as the attack commences, Gardner gathers the frightened trainee Green Lanterns and rallies them with a speech that impresses even his longtime rival, Hal Jordan. Gardner's performance in repelling the attack results in his promotion to Lantern #1 of the Green Lantern Honor Guard, a position of authority over other Lanterns. In this new role, Gardner is expected to "think outside the box" and "do the jobs other Lanterns cannot", a function well-suited to his irascible personality.
Guy Gardner (comics) | Return to the Corps
Gibbons earliest published work was in British underground comics, starting with "The Trials of Nasty Tales", including the main cover illustration, and continuing in "cOZmic Comics" produced by Felix Dennis.
Dave Gibbons | British comics work
Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include:
Dave Gibbons | DC Comics
" Green Lantern Corps: Recharge " was a five-issue, monthly comic book limited series that was published by DC Comics from November 2005 to March 2006. The series was written by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons and illustrated by Patrick Gleason. The series starred several members of the Green Lantern Corps, a fictional intergalactic police force in the DC Universe, and was one of two follow-ups (the other being a fourth volume of "Green Lantern", with Hal Jordan as the main character) to the mini-series " ", which had been published earlier in 2005. It is notable for featuring the first appearances of Soranik Natu, Vath Sarn and Isamot Kol, members of the Green Lantern Corps that would serve as recurring characters in future Green Lanterns storylines written by Johns and other writers.
Green Lantern Corps: Recharge | Introduction
Works other than comics include providing the cartoon strip on the inside sleeve of Jethro Tull's 1976 album "", background art for the 1994 computer game "Beneath a Steel Sky" and the cover to "K", the 1996 debut album by psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker. In 1988, he did the cover art of album "The Madness". In 2007, he served as a consultant on the film "Watchmen", which was adapted from the book, and released in March 2009. "" (2009) featured hand drawn art by Dave Gibbons.
Dave Gibbons | Work in other media
At this time, Gafford became editor of "Adventure Comics Digest", and with writer Bob Rozakis revived the "Challengers of the Unknown", with art first by George Tuska and later by Alex Toth. Gafford also wrote most of the short-lived Creeper back-up series in "The Flash", featuring British artist Dave Gibbons' first work for DC, — though most of the scripts were scrapped after a change of editors. He colored the second to last issue and was the artist on the final back-up.
Carl Gafford | Early comics career
Titles published by Dark Horse include:
Dave Gibbons | Dark Horse Comics
David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film after Warner Bros. was impressed with his screenplay for "Batman Begins", but he opted to direct the latter. Actor-writer Corey Reynolds, a comic book fan of the John Stewart character, pitched Warner an idea for a trilogy, with him starring as John Stewart and performing screenwriting duties. Reynolds intended to introduce Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps and Justice League in possible sequels. He finished the script for "Green Lantern: Birth of a Hero" in June 2007, receiving positive feedback from Warner Bros.
Green Lantern (film) | Development
Gardner was relegated to backup status should anything happen to Jordan. When Jordan became aware of Gardner's status as his backup, he went out of his way to set up a chance meeting, and the two became friends. Though Gardner was originally naive to Jordan's secret identity, he eventually assisted Jordan during his adventures. He is later partnered with Jordan after completing his training under Kilowog. During an earthquake, Gardner was hit by a bus while attempting to rescue one of his students. During his recovery, the Guardians recruited John Stewart to be Jordan's new "backup".
Guy Gardner (comics) | Green Lantern Corps
2005 – March 2006), co-written with Geoff Johns, which spun off into an ongoing, Gibbons-written series in August 2006.
Dave Gibbons | 2000s
Gardner, John Stewart, and an elite Green Lantern Strike Team star in a relaunched "Green Lantern Corps" series, which debuted in September 2011 as part of DC's The New 52 relaunch. This series debuted with author Peter J. Tomasi and art by Fernando Pasarin and Scott Hanna. Guy is also shown on the cover for the new "Justice League International" series that was released that same month, written by Dan Jurgens and with art by Aaron Lopresti. Initially, Guy appeared to be the one Earth Green Lantern that the Guardians still appeared to rely on, what with Hal having been expelled after "War of the Green Lanterns", Kyle being expelled due to his alliance with the , and John being put on trial for killing another Lantern.
Guy Gardner (comics) | The New 52
However, tragedy struck once again and Hal Jordan, possessed by Parallax, destroyed both the Guardians and the Central Power Battery, robbing John of his newfound powers and his resurrected wife.
John Stewart (comics) | "Green Lantern: Mosaic"
Other notable Green Lanterns include Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. The Green Lanterns are among DC Comics' longer lasting sets of characters. They have been adapted to television, video games, and motion pictures.
Green Lantern | Introduction
A substitute Green Lantern, Guy Gardner first appeared in the story "Earth's Other Green Lantern!" in issue #59 (March 1968). Green Arrow joined Hal Jordan in the main feature of the title in an acclaimed series of stories by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams beginning with issue #76 (April 1970) and ending with issue #122 (November 1979) that dealt with various social and political issues in which Green Arrow spoke for radical change while Green Lantern was an establishment conservative figure, wanting to work within existing institutions of government and law. Where Oliver Queen advocated direct action, Hal Jordan wanted to work within the system; where Oliver advocated social change, Jordan was more concerned about dealing with criminals.
Green Lantern (comic book) | Volume 2 (1960–1972 and 1976–1988)
Not too interested in being super-heroes." The series ends with issue #10, not with the team disbanding, but with the members gathering together at their first formal meeting after returning home. Alan follows Guy Gardner and a small group of heroes to investigate a mysterious distress from Oa, only to be defeated by Hal Jordan, who now calls himself Parallax, having been driven mad after the destruction of his home, Coast City. After the confrontation, Alan discovers that an artist, Kyle Rayner, inherits the remaining Green Lantern ring. After meeting the young hero, he informs him of the situations with Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps.
Alan Scott | The Return
600, and produced the cover to "Action Comics Weekly" No. 601.
Dave Gibbons | 1980s
Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include:
Dave Gibbons | Marvel Comics
When sales began slipping in the early 1990s, DC Comics instituted a controversial editorial mandate that turned Jordan into the supervillain Parallax and created a new protagonist named Kyle Rayner. This third volume ended publication in 2004, when the miniseries "" brought Hal Jordan back as a heroic character and made him the protagonist once again. After "Rebirth"'s conclusion, writer Geoff Johns began a fourth volume of "Green Lantern" from 2005 to 2011, and a fifth volume which started immediately after, this time initially showcasing both Hal Jordan and Sinestro as Green Lanterns.
Green Lantern (comic book) | Introduction
Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons subsequently co-wrote a 2005 five-issue miniseries, "", which depicted Rayner, Gardner, and Kilowog as they helped the Guardians begin the task of recruiting 7,200 new recruits to repopulate the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps while dealing with a mysterious series of black hole formations that threaten the planet Oa itself. DC Comics subsequently began a new "Green Lantern" (vol. 4) monthly series starting with issue #1 (July 2005), starring Hal Jordan as he attempts to rebuild his life, moving to the almost-deserted Coast City, which is slowly being rebuilt. Following through intergalactic space travel, retold origins, redemption, and new discoveries, Hal Jordan's character arc and mythos began to revive over the following issues.
Green Lantern: Rebirth | Aftermath
Gardner then became listed as Hal's "backup", even though he had a strong friendship with Barry Allen (The Flash). Gardner would fill in if Jordan was unavailable or otherwise incapacitated. Later, when Gardner was put into a coma, it turned out that by then there was a third human suitable for the task, John Stewart, who was designated as the Earth Sector's "backup" Lantern. Jordan, as Green Lantern, became a founding member of the Justice League of America and as of the mid-2000's is, along with John Stewart, one of the two active-duty Lanterns in Earth's sector of space. Jordan also automatically became a member of the Green Lantern Corps, a galactic "police" force which bears some similarities to the "Lensmen" from the science fiction series written by E.E.
Green Lantern | Hal Jordan
In June 2018, Geoff Johns was hired to re-write the script, in addition to producing, with Johns stating that the script will draw inspiration from his New 52 run of the character. In July 2019, Christopher McQuarrie said that he had sent a proposal to Warner Bros. a year prior, which had ties to the "Man of Steel" sequel, but he moved onto other projects due to what he perceived as no progress on developing the film. By November 2019, Johns was expected to deliver his script by the end of that year.
Green Lantern in other media | "Green Lantern Corps"
Guy returns and shoves the painting into Parallax's eyesight, allowing Hal to use it to help Kyle overcome his fears and expel Parallax. Now in its original form, Parallax is then contained by Ganthet and Sayd within the Power Batteries of Hal, John, Guy, and Kyle. Ganthet and Sayd then reveal that they are no longer Guardians. Ganthet gives Kyle a new power ring and asks Kyle to become a Green Lantern again, to which he agrees. The four then race off to finish the fight. At Guy Gardner's suggestion, John and the other Lanterns use Warworld as a gigantic grenade, badly wounding the Anti-Monitor, who is then thrown into space by Superboy-Prime.
John Stewart (comics) | Sinestro Corps War
Once an entire armada of Green Lanterns come back seven months later, Guy Gardner tries to make peace before things get out of hand. Shocked when Superman coldly rebuffs him by breaking his arm, John tries to stop the war to the best of his ability, though he is stopped by Sinestro. Having realized the Regime is not as well intentioned as he thought, John is killed by Sinestro to make sure Hal at least remains steadfast, with Guy taking the fall for John's death and being killed in turn by Hal.
John Stewart (comics) | "Injustice: Gods Among Us"
The appointed Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814, an alien named Abin Sur from the planet Ungara, crash-landed on Earth after being mortally wounded. As Sur died, his power ring sought and found two potential successors: Guy Gardner and Hal Jordan. Jordan was nearer to the crash, so he was chosen over Gardner. In the same story, the Guardian supercomputers predicted Guy would have perished early in his career if he had been chosen first. In the later "Booster Gold" series it was shown that a time traveling Booster convinced Gardner to visit his dying father, thus ensuring that Jordan would be the candidate in closest proximity.
Guy Gardner (comics) | Green Lantern Corps
Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:
Dave Gibbons | Vertigo
Walmart's second exclusive five-pack featured two brand new characters (Guy Gardner and Tomar-Re), as well as three repaints of existing figures (Hal Jordan sporting grey temples circa the 1989 Green Lantern series, John Stewart in his costume, and a Green Lantern version of Sinestro).
DC Universe Classics | Walmart five-pack
Titles published by various American publishers include:
Dave Gibbons | Other US publishers
Growing up, Green read mostly superhero comics until discovering Moebius, whom he now cites as his primary influence, as well as Otomo Katsuhiro, Geoff Darrow, J. C. Leyendecker, Gustave Doré, Franklin Booth, Doug Chiang, Koji Morimoto, Olivier Coipel, Joe Madureira, Jim Lee and Art Adams, among many others.
Timothy Green II | Influences
Gibbons was born on 14 April 1949, at Forest Gate Hospital in London, to Chester, a town planner, and Gladys, a secretary. He began reading comic books at the age of seven. A self-taught artist, he illustrated his own comic strips. Gibbons became a building surveyor but eventually entered the UK comics industry as a letterer for IPC Media. He left his surveyor job to focus on his comics career.
Dave Gibbons | Early life
The Originals is a graphic novel by Dave Gibbons, published in 2004 by American publisher Vertigo Comics. The story deals with members of youth subcultures resembling the Mods and Rockers of 1960s England. However, although the setting is mostly identical to post-World War II England, it is an unspecificed alternate history where the characters ride on hovering scooters and motorcycles. Much of the story focuses on violent conflicts between the Originals and their enemies, a gang of bikers which they call "the Dirt." In particular, the Originals and the Dirt battle one another in circumstances very similar to the Second Battle of Hastings.
The Originals (comics) | Introduction
Guy is subsequently cleansed of the Red Lantern energy by Kyle Rayner's blue ring before each reclaims his usual ring.
Guy Gardner (comics) | "Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors"
A rebooted adaptation of the Green Lantern titled "Green Lantern Corps" is in development as a part of the DC Extended Universe, intended to be the tenth installment and involve the Green Lanterns as the main protagonists. The movie will reportedly feature numerous Green Lanterns, with a couple of them being from Earth as the main characters. It was later stated that Hal Jordan may appear in a "Justice League " sequel. In January 2017, "Deadline" reported that David S. Goyer and Justin Rhodes were hired as co-screenwriters, with the story written by Goyer and Geoff Johns. Goyer will also produce the film with Johns and Jon Berg.
Green Lantern in other media | "Green Lantern Corps"
Another Teen Lantern, unrelated to the others and out-of-continuity is Jordana Gardner, future descendant of Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner, called in such way due to her early recruitment into the Green Lantern Corps of the alternate future detailed in "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century".
List of Green Lanterns | Jordana Gardner
He is best known in the US for collaborating with Alan Moore on the 12-issue limited series "Watchmen", now one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time, and the only one to feature on "Time"s "Top 100 Novels" list. Gibbons' artwork in "Watchmen" is notable both for its stark utilisation of the formulaic comicbook nine-panel grid layout, as well as for its intense narrative and symbolic density, with some symbolic background elements suggested by Moore, others by Gibbons. Initially pitched by Moore to use the Charlton Comics characters which had been purchased by DC Comics, "Watchmen" was re-tooled to feature new, analogue characters when it became clear that the story would have significant and lasting ramifications on its main players.
Dave Gibbons | "Watchmen"
The writer is mentioned in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" (1987): Gunnery Sergeant Hartman asks soldier Joker, "You think you're Mickey Spillane?", during the assignment of degrees at the end of the training, when he discovers his intention to participate in a course of Military Journalism Principles. The writer is also mentioned in John Cooper Clarke's 1978 poem "Teenage Werewolf", which appeared on his "Disguise in Love" album.
Mickey Spillane | Mass culture
The following writers have been involved in the ongoing "Green Lantern Corps" series:
Green Lantern Corps | Writers
Guy Gardner is the hot-headed member of the Green Lantern Corps. He is the third human to earn a Green Lantern ring. His antics caused a K'Vellian prisoner to go on a path of destructive rage, but thanks to Batman, the prisoner was stopped and he has Guy clean up the mess it made. He reappears in "The Eyes of Despero!" to help Batman overthrow dictator Despero. At first, he is extremely rude to Batman, constantly degrading him, but the last straw comes when he refuses to listen to Batman's plan; the Dark Knight punches him unconscious, and Gardner grudgingly gives his respect.
List of Batman: The Brave and the Bold characters | <a href="Guy%20Gardner%20%28comics%29">Guy Gardner</a>
It was reprinted by John Aubrey in his "Miscellanies", with additions at the end by himself, and in the quarto editions of the "Harleian Miscellany". A second impression appeared in 1686. Gibbon's other political writings were:
John Gibbon (officer of arms) | Works
After the events of "Rebirth", in which writer Geoff Johns revealed Parallax to be a parasitic embodiment of fear rather than as an identity of Hal Jordan, a fourth volume of "Green Lantern" began publication returning Hal Jordan to the prominent Green Lantern in the DC Universe. Johns and artist Carlos Pacheco launched the new series in July 2005. Trying to rebuild his life, Hal Jordan has moved to the nearly deserted Coast City, which is slowly being reconstructed. He has been reinstated as a Captain in the United States Air Force, and works in the Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base.
Green Lantern (comic book) | Volume 4 (2005–2011)
The Green Lantern of Sector 488. He first appeared in "Green Lantern Corps" vol. 2, #1 (Aug 2006), in a story written by Dave Gibbons and penciled by Patrick Gleason. Arix is killed in a Sinestro Corps ambush in "Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns" #1 (Dec 2008).
List of Green Lanterns | Arx
John appears in Year Two series where he is summoned to Oa to join other Green Lanterns. He discovers the Guardians are dispatching Lanterns to Earth to retrieve Superman, who has taken control of the world and enforced peace. When Hal Jordan renegades and tries to leave, John joins the others in subduing him. However, this is a front: he later helps Hal escape, believing Superman has only good intentions. He goes back to Earth with Hal and discovers him and his Regime facing the Lanterns, with Sinestro and his Corps aiding the Regime. Once the Green Lanterns are taken prisoner John joins the Regime in enforcing peace around the world.
John Stewart (comics) | "Injustice: Gods Among Us"
Gibbons entered the British comics industry by working on horror and action titles for both DC Thomson and IPC. One of his earlier works was a 12-part comic-series titled "Year of the Shark Men" for D.C. Thomson's "The Wizard" magazine, in April 1976 – July 1976 When the science-fiction title "2000 AD" was set up in the mid-1970s, Gibbons contributed artwork to the first issue, "Prog 01" (February 1977), and went on to draw the first 24 instalments of "Harlem Heroes", one of the founding (and pre-Judge Dredd) strips. Midway through the comic's first year he began illustrating "Dan Dare", a cherished project for Gibbons who had been a fan of the original series and artist Frank Hampson who, alongside Frank Bellamy, Don Lawrence and Ron Turner are well-liked and inspirational artists to Gibbons, whose "style evolved out of [his] love for the "MAD" magazine artists like Wally Wood and Will Elder".
Dave Gibbons | IPC Comics
Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, who is now a Red Lantern, and Kyle Rayner, execute a plan to drive Relic into the Source Wall where he will be trapped forever. Kyle pushes them away and breaks through the Source Wall, which had become significantly weaker with the draining of the light source, and releases the entities inside of him, who sacrifice themselves and seemingly Kyle himself, to replenish the light source and defeat Relic.
White Lantern Corps | New 52
A different False Face dies in a confrontation with Captain Marvel, Jr. While not the same character as created for DC, the publisher would later license and eventually purchase the characters and stories that Fawcett published. The material would be assigned to "Earth-S" within the continuity of the DC Universe.
List of minor DC Comics characters | Second Golden Age False Face
Bolphunga is an extraterrestrial bounty hunter in the DC Universe. The character, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, first appeared in "Green Lantern" (vol. 2) #188 (May 1985). Within the context of the stories, Bolphunga the Unrelenting has a love of destruction and plots to make a name for himself by challenging the most feared and mysterious beings in creation, fixating on Green Lanterns. This has led to his defeat by Mogo, Kilowog and Guy Gardner.
List of minor DC Comics characters | Bolphunga
MacManus had a hand in the creation of one of the comic's most enduring characters, "Rogue Trooper", alongside writer Gerry Finley-Day and artist Dave Gibbons, and he co-wrote the character with Simon Geller in 1986.
Steve MacManus | Biography
John Stewart is a member of the Green Lantern Marine Corps in "".
John Stewart (comics) | "Superman: Red Son"
In April 2019 Ahoy announced a new series, "Second Coming", about "the satirical adventures of Jesus and his superhero roommate." The series, written by Mark Russell and drawn by Richard Pace, was originally set to be published by DC Vertigo but the company dropped it following online criticism from conservative groups and a petition on CitizenGo.
Frank Cammuso | Graphic novels and comics
John Stewart is an architect, later "retconned" into a veteran U.S. Marine from Detroit, Michigan, who was selected by the Guardians as a backup Green Lantern to then-current Green Lantern Hal Jordan, after the previous backup, Guy Gardner, was seriously injured after getting hit by a car while trying to save a civilian. Although Jordan objected to the decision after seeing that Stewart had a belligerent attitude to authority figures, the Guardians stood by their decision, and chided Jordan for his supposed bigoted outlook on the issue. Jordan explained that he just felt that even though Stewart might have the integrity for the task, he "obviously would have a chip on his shoulder bigger than the rock of Gibraltar." Jordan's opinion was that Stewart's first mission began badly.
John Stewart (comics) | Early years
This unit became known as the Alpha Lantern Corps. Green Man has been confirmed as a member of the Alpha Lanterns. He is later shown in "Final Crisis" #1. He appears again in issue #5, during Hal Jordan's trial and the subsequent events that clarify fellow Alpha Lantern Kraken is possessed by Granny Goodness.
Green Man (comics) | Second Green Man
When Gardner returned to writing, his second book, "Bottled Spider", introduced a new character, Detective Sergeant Suzie Mountford. Gardner took the surname from Patricia Mountford, an ex-girlfriend to whom he'd been engaged in 1949. When she read the book Mountford contacted Gardner through his publishers and the two were subsequently engaged.
John Gardner (British writer) | Personal life
When John is able to help the two sides find a peaceful resolution to their conflict, his new student reflects that, despite John's reputation after destroying two worlds, she now knows that nobody could regret that action more than John himself.
John Stewart (comics) | "War of the Green Lanterns"
Command falls to Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, and Salaak, a senior Lantern holding the rank of Clarissi.
Green Lantern Corps | Blackest Night
Moving to DC Comics, Owsley had a run as writer of Green Lantern when the character was exclusive to the anthology series "Action Comics Weekly" from 1988 to 1989. Owsley wrote the "Green Lantern" serial issues #601–607, left part way through a story arc and then returned for issues #621–635. He worked with artists Gil Kane and Tod Smith during his first run, and then upon his return, with artist M. D. Bright. Owsley would write two "Green Lantern Special"s, the second issue concluding the plots left off from the end of "Action Comics Weekly", with Bright drawing. They would work again on the first issue of "Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn" before Owsley departed.
Christopher Priest (comics) | Comics writing
Guy Gardner is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics, usually in books featuring the Green Lantern family of characters, and for a time (late 1980s through mid 1990s) was also a significant member of the Justice League family of characters. He usually appears in books featuring the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic police force in which Gardner has usually been depicted as a member. Gardner's original design was based on actor Martin Milner.
Guy Gardner (comics) | Introduction
The title saw a number of revivals and cancellations. It changed to "Green Lantern Corps" at one point as the popularity rose and waned. During a time there were two regular titles, each with a Green Lantern, and a third member in the Justice League. A new character, Kyle Rayner, was created to become the feature while Hal Jordan first became the villain Parallax, then died and came back as the Spectre. In the wake of "", writer Geoff Johns returned Hal Jordan as Green Lantern in "" (2004–05). Johns began to lay groundwork for "Blackest Night" (released July 13, 2010), viewing it as the third part of the trilogy started by "Rebirth".
Green Lantern | Later developments
Green Man is the name of two fictional comic book superheroes, both extraterrestrial from the planet Uxor in the Vega star system, one a member of the Omega Men and both members of the Green Lantern Corps. Green Man first appeared in DC Comics' "Green Lantern" (vol. 2) # 164 (May 1983), and was created by writer Todd Klein and artist Dave Gibbons.
Green Man (comics) | Introduction
The status of the Green Lantern Corps remained unchanged by the reboot applied in the "Flashpoint" series. As of 2011, Sinestro is still an unwilling Green Lantern, Hal remains exiled (although he has been forced to assist Sinestro's activities with a ring created and powered by Sinestro) while Kyle has gone AWOL alongside six members of the other Lantern Corps. John was recently forced to kill a Green Lantern who was about to give in to torture the access codes to the Oan defense network from the Keepers. Guy remains the only main character with a stable position in the Corps.
Green Lantern Corps | Rise of the Third Army
Guy Gardner is a core member of the Green Lantern family of characters, and for a time (late 1980s through mid-1990s) was also a significant member of the Justice League family of characters. He was created by John Broome and Gil Kane (who patterned him after actor Martin Milner) in "Green Lantern" #59 (March 1968), although the character was changed significantly in the 1980s by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton who turned him into a jingoistic parody of an ultra-macho "red-blooded American male." This latter remains the character's archetype to this date.
List of Green Lanterns | 3.Guy Gardner
In Marvel Edge's "Savage Hulk" No. 1 (Jan 1996), Gibbons wrote, penciled, inked, coloured and lettered "Old Friends", a version of the events of "Captain America" No. 110 from the point of view of the Hulk. In 1996 and 1997, Gibbons collaborated with Mark Waid and Jimmy Palmiotti on two issues of the Amalgam Comics character "Super-Soldier," a character born from the merging of the DC and Marvel Universes after the events of the 1996 intercompany crossover "DC vs. Marvel/Marvel vs. DC". Among many other covers, one-shots and minor works, Gibbons worked with Alan Moore again briefly on the latter's Awesome Entertainment "Judgment Day" miniseries, providing (variant) covers to all three issues, on the first issue of Kitchen Sink Press' "The Spirit: The New Adventures" revival and within the pages of the "Alan Moore Songbook".
Dave Gibbons | 1990s
After threatening Hal's brother and family in Coast City, Parallax is confronted by Hal Jordan, who is enraged by the entity's attempt to take James Jordan's life as well as possession of Kyle. Surprisingly, Jordan actually manages to beat Parallax consistently in fury but loses the charge in his ring before he's able to defeat him completely. While visibly weakened, Jordan becomes absorbed by Parallax in addition to Rayner, and Parallax takes a new physical form with a bright yellow costume, a sign that he is a creature capable of inducing great fear. Meanwhile, fellow Lantern John Stewart orders Honor Guard Lantern Guy Gardner to retrieve the painting (Kyle had discussed the painting in the "Sinestro Corps Special", as well as the "Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax" one-shot) of a little boy in a field, which was hanging in Kyle's dead mother's house.
Kyle Rayner | Green Lantern again
John Stewart was the first African-American superhero to appear in DC Comics. The character was created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, and first appeared in "Green Lantern" vol. 2, #87 (December 1971), when artist Neal Adams came up with the idea of a substitute Green Lantern.
List of Green Lanterns | 4.John Stewart
Written by Neil Gaiman Art by: Cover art by Frank Miller
Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame | Credits
Flynn was an avid reader of comic and graphic novels when she was a child. She collaborated with illustrator Dave Gibbons and wrote a comic book story called "Masks". It is part of the anthology series "Dark Horse Presents" and was published by Dark Horse Comics in February 2015.
Gillian Flynn | Comic book
He became the primary character of "Green Lantern" vol. 2 from issues #182 through #200, when Hal Jordan relinquished his place in the Green Lantern Corps (1984–1986). He continued to star in the book when the title changed to "The Green Lantern Corps" from issue #201 to #224 (1986–1988). He would continue to make key appearances in "Action Comics Weekly" after "The Green Lantern Corps"' cancellation (1988). He starred in the comic "", which DC spun out of "Green Lantern" vol. 3, with a four-part storyline titled "Mosaic" (issues #14–17). DC published 18 issues of the ongoing "Green Lantern: Mosaic" title between June 1992 and November 1993.
John Stewart (comics) | Publication history
While writing "Green Lantern", Marz wrote the "Emerald Twilight" storyline, in which the character of Hal Jordan, stricken with grief, became a mass murderer, leading to the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps, and Kyle Rayner being chosen at random as the last Green Lantern. Marz's 2000s work includes a number of Top Cow Productions comic books, including "Witchblade", which he wrote from issue #80 (Nov. 2004) to issue #150, plus a number of specials and crossover stories featuring the character, such as "Witchblade/The Punisher" in 2007 and "Witchblade/Devi" in 2008. His other Top Cow work includes "Cyberforce" #1–6 in 2006 and "Cyberforce/X-Men" in 2007.
Ron Marz | Career
Guest writers were Grant Morrison (#25–26), Neil Gaiman (#27), John Smith (#51), Eddie Campbell (#85–88), and Darko Macan (#144–145).
Hellblazer | Other writers
The character of Harold "Hal" Jordan was a second-generation test pilot, having followed in the footsteps of his father. He was given the power ring and battery (lantern) by a dying alien named Abin Sur, whose spaceship crashed on Earth. Abin Sur used his ring to seek out an individual who was "utterly honest and born without fear" to take his place as a member of the corps. At one point, when Hal Jordan was incapacitated, it was revealed that there were two individuals matching the specified criteria on Earth, the other being Guy Gardner, and the ring chose Jordan solely because of his proximity to Abin Sur.
Green Lantern | Hal Jordan
He designed the logo for Oni Press in 1997. In 1999 he penciled and inked Darko Macan's four-issue "Star Wars: Vader's Quest" miniseries.
Dave Gibbons | 1990s
On the strength of "Watchmen", the editorial staff of "2000 AD" asked Dave Gibbons if he would be interested in redesigning the Rogue Trooper character. Gibbons accepted and proposed also writing it, which was greenlit by Richard Burton. However, time commitments would not allow him to both write it and provide the stories art and Will Simpson was brought in to cover the art duties. Gibbons says the redesign "was my chance to put everything into Rogue Trooper I wanted and take out all the crap, like the bio-chips" The fourteen-part story was hit by scheduling problems due to the lateness of the art.
Friday (2000 AD) | Publication history
During the time that Newton was drawing this second attempt at "The Avengers" book, he was contacted by Paul Levitz who promised him some additional advertising artwork, should Newton return to DC. After the "Avengers" inking by Green (which he had been unsatisfied with) and again the lack of scheduled work from Marvel, Newton agreed to accept a new contract with DC. Newton did two issues of "Green Lantern" in 1982. Both were Green Lantern Corps stories, one of which contained the first appearance of Ch'p, the squirrel-like Green Lantern of H'lven. Two years later Newton returned to "Green Lantern" in the only DC comics work he inked.
Don Newton | DC again
Davis' pencils were inked by Paul Neary and, later, Mark Farmer. Davis left with issue 24 due to deadline pressures, but returned with issue 42, this time also as writer. During this second run, according to Davis, "[Editor] Terry Kavanagh spoiled me, gave me near total freedom, and encouraged me to experiment." Among the new characters he created for his second run on the title were Feron, Cerise, Micromax and Kylun. In 1994 Davis created a new series of original characters called the ClanDestine, which featured the Destines, a family of long-lived, magically-powered British superhumans. Davis wrote and penciled the title for the first eight issues.
Alan Davis | American work
The second volume of the story's collection revealed that the original plan was for both John Stewart and Guy Gardner to be possessed by Parallax, with artwork of them facing off against Hal Jordan. However, in the midst of the story planning, Johns realized this would make Parallax's possession of Kyle less effective and the segment was dropped and redrawn. "Green Lantern" #25 expanded on the "emotional spectrum" concept and introduced five new color-based corps of similar structure to the Green Lanterns and the Sinestro Corps. These corps each draw from different emotions, corresponding with the seven colors of the rainbow (red for rage, orange for avarice, yellow for fear, green for willpower, blue for hope, indigo for compassion and violet for love).
Sinestro Corps War | Story and character changes
After Hal's expulsion and Kyle's departure, John joins Guy Gardner and others in investigating recent attacks in a distant sector of space, which are revealed to be the result of an old Guardian experiment. At one point, John is forced to kill Kirrt Kallak, another Lantern who was about to give in to torture and reveal the access codes to the Oan defence network. John is approached by the Alpha Lantern to arrest him for that murder. He is found guilty for this crime and sentenced to death. However Guy Gardner and other fellow Lanterns free him before the execution, resulting in the destruction of the Alpha Lanterns when the Green Lanterns refuse to allow John to be executed.
John Stewart (comics) | The New 52
John Stewart, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics and was the first African-American superhero to appear in DC Comics. The character was created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, and first appeared in "Green Lantern (Volume 2)" #87 (December 1971/January 1972). Stewart's original design was based on actor Sidney Poitier.
John Stewart (comics) | Introduction
Hal Jordan's Green Lantern comics have been collected into a number of volumes. The following is a list of them.
List of Hal Jordan comics collected editions | Introduction
Green Lantern, real name Len Lewis, debuted in "Just Imagine Stan Lee and Dave Gibbons Creating Green Lantern" (December 2001). Creators Stan Lee and Dave Gibbons based this version on the original character created by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger. A professor is looking for something called "the Tree", mentioned in Norse legends as Yggdrasil, and in Christianity as the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. He finally traces the plant to an area in Africa. But, when he finds the Tree, agents working for the Reverend Dominic Darrk, the leader of the Church of Eternal Empowerment, who are also searching for the Tree, shoot him and leave him for dead.
Just Imagine... | "Green Lantern"
During the fight, Amon receives a ring from the Sinestro Corps and vanishes.
John Stewart (comics) | "Green Lantern: Rebirth"
Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner have also served as Honor Guard members.
List of Green Lanterns | Tomar-Re
Guy Gardner was created by John Broome and Gil Kane in "Green Lantern" #59 (March 1968), although the character was changed significantly in the 1980s by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton who turned him into a jingoistic parody of an ultra-macho "red-blooded American male". This latter remains the character's archetype to this date. Englehart recounted: Staton's design for Guy Gardner was based on the character Major Ronald Merrick from the TV series "The Jewel in the Crown", as Staton saw Merrick's entitlement and resentment as a parallel to Guy Gardner. Gardner's later blue costume, introduced in the first issue of the character's first ongoing series (cover dated October 1992), was also designed by Staton.
Guy Gardner (comics) | Publication history
The artist tried to draw the series with "a particular weight of line, using a hard, stiff pen that didn't have much modulation in terms of thick and thin" which he hoped "would differentiate it from the usual lush, fluid kind of comic book line". In a 2009 interview, Moore recalled that he took advantage of Gibbons' training as a former surveyor for "including incredible amounts of detail in every tiny panel, so we could choreograph every little thing". Gibbons described the series as "a comic about comics". Gibbons felt that "Alan is more concerned with the social implications of [the presence of super-heroes] and I've gotten involved in the technical implications." The story's alternate world setting allowed Gibbons to change details of the American landscape, such as adding electric cars, slightly different buildings, and spark hydrants instead of fire hydrants, which Moore said, "perhaps gives the American readership a chance in some ways to see their own culture as an outsider would".
Watchmen | Art and composition