Superman Creator Wish List

[Gernot]

If YOU could choose the writer/artist teams to work on the Superman books, who would they be?

I'm going to just limit myself to those creators still with us..

*Superman: Alan Moore and Neal Adams

*Action Comics: Marv Wolfman and George Perez

*Superman/Batman: Roger Stern and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez

*Supergirl: Gail Simone and Phil Jiminez

I'd get Alex Ross to do painted covers for all of the books!

Then I'd get Elliot S! Maggin and Cary Bates to co-edit the books! ;)

What are your choices?

[Gingold]

My picks-

Action Comics (starring Kal-L) - Howard Chaykin

Superman- Kurt Busiek and George Perez

Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman- Len Wein and Walt Simonson

Supergirl- Mike Allred

All Star Superman- Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

Smallville the Adventures of Clark Kent when he was a Boy- Mark Waid and Peter Snejberg

Superman Team Up- Darwyn Cooke

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen- Grant Morrison and Tom Grummett

Lois Lane, Reporter- Gail Simone and Jackson Guice

World of Krypton- Warren Ellis and John Cassaday

Tales of the Bizarro World- Evan Dorkin and Friends

[protonik]

Chris Sprouse on pencils, Stern, Morrison or Busiek on plots and scripts. The end.

Jason

[JulianPerez]

Oooh, good thread idea.

Here's MY Superman Dream-Team:

Superman Editor: Elliot S! Maggin

Elliot S! Maggin, better than anybody else, knows who Superman is. In a position of editorship where he can say yea or nay to any idea that pops along, he is the perfect choice. "Yeah, that sounds appropriate for Superman," or not.


SUPERMAN


Writer: Alan Brennert

If he only got more work, this Emmy award winning writer would make us all say about Alan Moore, "hey, Alan who?"

I mean, for crying out loud, the guy has six or seven Batman stories under his belt and two of them are in GREATEST BATMAN STORIES EVER TOLD. Ditto for his amazing heartfelt Christmas special featuring Boston Brand Deadman and Kara Zor-El. Alan Brennert is an old-school comics fan; he had letters published in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA when he was just a kid, for crying out loud. There is extensive precident for writers who are first letterhacks: Kurt Busiek and Gerry Conway spring immediately to mind.


Artist: Steve Rude "The Dude"

Rude the Dude's amazing art combines the power-packed lines of Kirby with the clean correct inks, and the wholesome as apple pie women and the handsome, clean-cut men of Sprause.

And his painted covers, the ones he did for NEXUS when he worked with Baron - tres magnifique.


SUPERGIRL

Writer: Kurt Busiek

Who can save Supergirl now? KURT BUSIEK!

While Kurt Busiek is the greatest talent of our generation, he is better suited to SUPERGIRL, which is a title that has historically had emphasis on magic, fantasy, and charm, all of which are strengths of Mr. Silver Age - just look at his ARROWSMITH. And with somebody as encyclopedaically familiar with the Classic Super-Mythos, you'd better believe Busiek would use everybody from Lena Thorol to Comet the Superhorse!


Artist: Rick Veitch

The worst artist you can possibly get for Supergirl is a "good girl" artist like Mike Turner or Frank Cho. Rick Veitch can do a wholesome style and certainly will make us all love Supergirl because of her bubbly personality, not because she's a sex object.


SUPERMAN/BATMAN

Writer: Steve Englehart

I feel bad going immediately for my hero, Stainless Steve, because I think he's great for EVERYTHING, so it's almost like cheating. But the problem with BATMAN/SUPERMAN as a title is, if you get a "Batman" guy, you get "Batman" stories, and if you get a "Superman" writer, you get Superman stories. Steve Englehart is the most flexible writer available - he can do cosmic big time Jim Starlin-type stuff with COYOTE and "Celestial Madonna," and he can also do...well, the definitive run on BATMAN

Artist: Jerry Ordway

This one speaks for itself. I would suggest Jim Aparo - he drew a great, macho Superman in BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS...but he has unfortunately passed on. Also a good choice: Chuck Wojkiewcz from the IMPACT! Comics' JAGUAR.

[dancj]

I had a wishlist of Superman writers once.

It largely consisted of Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and Jeph Loeb.

It turned out I was right on target with two of those. Loeb dissappointed me massively though

[666MasterOfPuppets]

I had a wishlist of Superman writers once.

It largely consisted of Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and Jeph Loeb.

It turned out I was right on target with two of those. Loeb dissappointed me massively though

Indeed.

Loeb disappointed big time with the pathetic and often overrated Supergirl arc in S/B. However, I found his previous arc highly enjoyable.

Ok, so my dream team would consist of any of the following, in any of the books (Superman, Action Comics, Adventures Of Superman, Superman/Batman).

Writer: Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Kurt Busiek, Mark Waid (still waiting for him to write more Superman, as he said), Brian Azzarello, Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, Marv Wolfman. Hell, I'd like the Superman 2000 project to be greenlighted, with Morrison, Waid, Millar and Peyer.
Artist: Jim Lee, Dan Jurgens, George Pérez, José Luis García López, Ethan Van Sciver, Lee Bermejo, Jon Bogdanove, Neal Adams, Jackson Guice, Jerry Ordway, Walt Simonson, Ed Benes, the Kuberts, Phil Jimenez.

Alex Ross and Jim Lee on the covers, although any of the mentioned above would be great for the task.

And like Julian said, I'd suggest Jim Aparo, but he passed away.

[fanboy d]

All-Star Superman: JT Krul and Steve McNiven

[dancj]

Writers - Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore (I can dream!), Elliot S! Maggin (maybe), Warren Ellis, Mark Waid and Tom Peyer (maybe - Those two with Millar and Morrison working their magic would be great)

Artists - Bryan hitch, Steve Rude, Frank Quitely, Tim Sale, Adam Hughs, Chris Sprouse, Oscar Jimenez

That's all I can think of for now

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Superman:

Written by Gail Simone
Art by Adriana Melo (sorry, Byrne)

Action Comics:

Written by Chuck Dixon
Art by Patrick Zircher

Superman/Batman:

Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Rags Morales

Supergirl:

Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Marcos Martin

A new Steel series:

Written also by Chuck Dixon
Art by Graham Nolan (I've been re-reading a lot of my old Detective Comics)

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Writers - Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore (I can dream!), Elliot S! Maggin (maybe), Warren Ellis, Mark Waid and Tom Peyer (maybe - Those two with Millar and Morrison working their magic would be great)

Artists - Bryan hitch, Steve Rude, Frank Quitely, Tim Sale, Adam Hughs, Chris Sprouse, Oscar Jimenez

That's all I can think of for now

Ah, Adam Hughes. That's the one. I was thinking about him before posting my wishlist, but I couldn't remember his name, so I left it as is.