Joshua Williamson

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Joshua Williamson
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 Nailbiter
Birthright
Ghosted
The Flash
Robin
Infinite Frontier
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths

Joshua Williamson is an American comic book writer. He is known for his long-lasting run on The Flash, as well as DC Comics events, Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths and Knight Terrors. [1] [2] Along with The Flash he has also worked on several other DC Comic characters, such as Robin and Green Arrow. Along with his prolific work in the DC Universe, he has also written several Image Comics titles such as Nailbiter, Birthright, Ghosted and Dark Ride. Williamson has also worked within the Energon Universe , alongside writer Robert Kirkman and writer/artist Daniel Warren Johnson, writing two five-issue mini-series, Duke and Cobra Commander .

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Williamson is currently writing Superman and G.I. Joe. [3] [4]

Career

Beginning in 2016 as part of DC Rebirth, Joshua Williamson was writing the title of The Flash. Before the ongoing series was released The Flash: Rebirth one-shot was published in June, with the series starting the same month. Williamson continued to write the title until September of 2020, writing a total of 101 concurrent issues of The Flash with 3 annuals, ending his run on the legacy issue of #762. [5] Williamson returned in 2023 to write a short story in the 800th issue of The Flash.

During 2021, Williamson wrote the titular miniseries in the DC Infinite Frontier initiative. [6] Following Infinite Frontier, Williamson wrote a sequel series, Justice League Incarnate, alongside Denis Culver. [7] This 5 issue title followed the team Justice Incarnate, picking up from not only Infinite Frontier, but using plot-points and elements from Grant Morrison's Multiversity.

As a part of Infinite Frontier, Williamson began a new volume of Robin following Damian Wayne along with Deathstroke Inc. [8] [9] Following James Tynion IV's departure from Batman, Williamson took over on #118 joined by artist Jorge Molina. His tenure on Batman was short lived but lead to the crossover event, between the three ongoing-series Williamson worked on at the time, titled Shadow War. [10] [11]

Williamson took over the ongoing Justice League title from Brian Micheal Bendis, for one-issue with Rafa Sandoval. It was announced that issue 75 would be the final issue of the volume, with the story being titled, The Death of the Justice League. #75 was released in April 2022, on the 30th anniversary of The Death of Superman , which took place in Superman #75. Williamson stated that "We want people to understand, this is serious and this is gonna have a major impact in the DCU moving forward." And ". . . how this is the last issue of Justice League. But then three months later, there's still not gonna be a Justice League comic. It's gonna be a while, and that's gonna be a major part of what the DCU looks like after this story: There is no Justice League." [12]

In February 2022, DC announced Dark Crisis . The 7 issue event series written by Williamson with art by Daniel Sampere. Dark Crisis was a continuation and a finale to the story he was building from the start of Infinite Frontier. [13] At 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, the full title of the event was revealed to be Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, to signify how it was a direct sequel to the 1985 event, Crisis on Infinite Earths . [14]

At New York Comic Con 2022, Williamson was announced to be the new writer on the new volume of Superman, where he would be joined by artist Jamal Campbell. [15] This new run of Superman would help launch DC's new 2023 publishing initiative, Dawn of DC . [16] In October 2023, the landmark 850th issue of Superman was written by Williamson as a part of his run. [17]

Part of Dawn of DC, Williamson announced that he would be writing a Green Arrow 6 issue mini-series joined by artist Sean Izaakse in April 2023. [16] Due to high-sales with the launch of Green Arrow, DC announced that Green Arrow would be extended to become a 12-issue max-series. [18] In December 2023, it was officially announced that Green Arrow had again been promoted to an ongoing series. [19]

In June of 2024, Joshua Williamson announced on his substack that he would be leaving both Batman & Robin and Green Arrow with issue #13 and #17/350 respectively, in order to free up his busy schedule, allowing him to write more series. [20] Later the same month it was announced, again on his substack, that Williamson and artist Tom Reilly would be working together on the G.I. Joe ongoing series set in the Energon Universe, following his work on Duke and Cobra Commander. [21]

In July 2024, Williamson along with Scott Snyder announced the new DC publishing initiative, DC All In . Together with Snyder, the both of them plotted and wrote an overarching meta-story. Unlike DC's previous publishing initiatives, like The New 52 and DC Rebirth, DC All In is meant to both honor legacy as well as the new. Creating new jumping on points both in the main DC universe, and another alternate universe, the Absolute Universe. With All In, Williamson was leaving Green Arrow with the 350th milestone issue along with the 2024 annual. Though Williamson stated that he would still be continuing Superman with new series artist Dan Mora. [22]

Bibliography

DC Comics

Image Comics

Skybound

  • Ghosted #1–20 (with Goran Sudžuka, July 2013 – May 2015). Collected as
    • Ghosted Volume 1: Haunted Heist (collects #1–5, December 2013, tpb)
    • Ghosted Volume 2: Books of the Dead (collects #6–10, June 2014, tpb)
    • Ghosted Volume 3: Death Wish (collects #11–15, December 2014, tpb)
    • Ghosted Volume 4: Ghost Town (collects ##16–20, June 2015, tpb)
    • Ghosted Compendium (collects #1–20, September 2023, tpb)
  • Birthright #1–50 (with Andrei Bressen, October 2014 – June 2021).
    • Birthright Volume 1: Homecoming (collects #1–5, March 2015
    • Birthright Volume 2: Call to Adventure (collects #6–10, September 2015, tpb)
    • Birthright Volume 3: Allies and Enemies (collects #11–15, May 2016, tpb)
    • Birthright Volume 4: Family History (collects #16–20, December 2016, tpb)
    • Birthright Volume 5: Belly of the Beast (collects #21–25, July 2017, tpb)
    • Birthright Volume 6: Fatherhood (collects #26–30, April 2018, tpb)
    • Birthright Volume 7: Blood Brothers (collects #31–35, February 2019, tpb)
    • Birthright Volume 8: Live by the Sword (collects #36–40, December 2019, tpb)
    • Birthright Volume 9: War of the Worlds (collects #41–45, August 2020, tpb)
    • Birthright Volume 10: Epilogue (collects #46–50, August 2021, tpb)
    • Birthright Book One (collects #1–25, October 2024, ohc)
  • Evolution #1–18 (co-written with James Asmus, Joseph Keatinge, Christopher Sebela, with art by Joe Infurnari & Jordan Boyd, November 2017 – September 2019)
    • Evolution Volume 1: Origins of Species (collects #1–6, May 2018, tpb)
    • Evolution Volume 2: Adapt & Die (collects #7–12, December 2018, tpb)
    • Evolution Volume 3: Extinction (collects #13–18, October 2019, tpb)
  • Dark Ride #1–12 (with Andrei Bressen, October 2022 – May 2024). Collected as
    • Dark Ride Volume 1: Hell Ticket (collects #1–4, March 2023)
    • Dark Ride Volume 2: Family Horror (collects #5–8, October 2023)
    • Dark Ride Volume 3: Devil's Due (collects #9–12, June 2024)

Energon Universe

  • Duke #1–5 (with Tom Reilly and Jordie Bellaire, December 2023 – April 2024). Collected as.
    • Duke, Volume 1: Knowing is Half the Battle (collects #1–5 and a story from the Energon Universe 2024 Special, tpb, June 2024).
  • Cobra Commander #1–5 (with Andrea Milana and Annalisa Leoni, January 2024 – May 2024). Collected as.
    • Cobra Commander, Volume 1: Determined to Rule the World (collects #1–5, tpb, June 2024).
  • G.I. Joe #1–Present (with Tom Reilly and Jordie Bellaire, October 2024 –)

Dark Horse Comics

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