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Geoff Johns is one of the most prolific and popular contemporary comic book writers. He has written highly acclaimed stories starring Superman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Teen Titans, and Justice Society of America. He is the author of The New York Times best-selling graphic novels GREEN LANTERN: RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS, GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: THY KINGDOM COME, SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC and BLACKEST NIGHT. Johns was born in Detroit and studied media arts, screenwriting, film production and film theory at Michigan State University. After moving to Los Angeles, he worked as an intern and later an assistant for film director Richard Donner, whose credits include Superman: The Movie, Lethal Weapon 4 and Conspiracy Theory. Johns began his comics career writing STARS AND S.T.R.I.P.E. and creating Stargirl for DC Comics. He received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 through 2005 and 2007 and 2008, and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 through 2005. After acclaimed runs on THE FLASH, TEEN TITANS and the best-selling INFINITE CRISIS miniseries, Johns co-wrote a run on ACTION COMICS with his mentor Donner. In 2006, he co-wrote 52: an ambitious weekly comic book series set in real time, with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Johns has also written for various other media, including the acclaimed "Legion" episode of SMALLVILLE and the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN. He is writing the story of the DC Universe Online massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment LLC and has recently joined DC Entertainment as its Chief Creative Officer. Johns currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Geoff Johns
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for Producer in Batman: Gotham Knight (2011)
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Batman operates in Gotham as a feared urban myth during a collapsing gang war between the Falcone and Maroni families. As organized crime tears the city apart, District Attorney Harvey Dent rises as Gotham’s symbol of hope, working alongside Lieutenant James Gordon in a fragile alliance against a deeply corrupted GCPD. Inside the department, Detective Harvey Bullock initially hunts Batman as a criminal, Captain Branden leads militarized SWAT crackdowns under Commissioner Loeb, and Detective Flass secretly serves the Falcone mob. Batman escalates his campaign from street-level vigilantism to dismantling the mob’s financial and political networks, drawing fear from criminals and uneasy attention from the public. Catwoman moves through the chaos as a shifting wildcard, while the Joker appears briefly as a disturbing inmate inside Arkham Asylum. As Dent prosecutes the mob, Flass smuggles acid into a courtroom during a trial involving Sal Maroni, triggering a catastrophic attack that scars Dent and shatters his psyche into Two-Face. Flass is killed soon after as Two-Face’s first act of vengeance. Two-Face unleashes a violent purge against Gotham’s criminal and corrupt leadership, culminating in a final confrontation where Batman stops him but cannot restore Harvey Dent. Commissioner Loeb is exposed and removed, Gordon becomes Commissioner, and Bullock begins aligning with reform. Gotham cautiously accepts Batman as a necessary force, though still fearing what he represents. Mid-Credits: Bruce Wayne receives two tickets to Haly’s Circus from Alfred, hinting at a future shift in his path beyond Gotham’s shadows. Post-Credits: In orbit, LexCorp satellites detect an unexplained burst of solar energy over Kansas, registering an anomaly beyond known science.
