Justin Jordan

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Justin Jordan
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Justin Jordan at Stumptown Comics Fest 2013
Born1978 (age 4445)
Occupation Comics writer
NationalityAmerican
GenreSuperhero, horror, science fiction
Notable works The Strange Talent of Luther Strode
Green Lantern: New Guardians

Justin Jordan (born 1978) is an American comics writer. He is known for co-creating (with artist Tradd Moore) The Strange Talent of Luther Strode and its two sequels (published by Image Comics), [1] and for writing 22 issues of Green Lantern: New Guardians (DC Comics). [2]

His other work includes writing 6- to 9-issue "New 52" runs on Superboy , Deathstroke , and Team 7 (DC); [3] relaunching and writing 10 issues of Shadowman (Valiant Comics); [4] and co-creating series such as Deep State (Boom! Studios), [5] Spread (Image), Dead Body Road (Image), Dark Gods (Avatar Press), and Savage Things (Vertigo), [6] Breaklands (ComiXology), [7] and Reaver (Image). [8]

In 2012, he was nominated for the Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent. [9] He is one of the writers [10] of the Eisner-nominated In the Dark: A Horror Anthology (IDW). [11]

Jordan, Dan DiDio, and Kenneth Rocafort launched the Sideways series in 2018 as part of DC's "Dark Matter" line. [12] [13]

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References

  1. "Justin Jordan Says Beneath the Blood and Violence, "Luther Strode" is a "Love Story"".
  2. "Justin Jordan Leaving 'Green Lantern: New Guardians".
  3. "Justin Jordan - DC Comics".
  4. "Justin Joran Exits Shadowman with Issue 10". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  5. "Interview: Justin Jordan on Fractal Structures, Deep State, and Much More".
  6. "The Dark Gods Breathe Chaos".
  7. Wasiti, Hussein (2019-08-20). "ComiXology unveils next wave of creator-owned, original comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2020-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Polo, Susana (2019-04-16). "Exclusive: Image Comics reveals latest series, a high fantasy Dirty Dozen". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  9. "2012 Harvey Awards Nominees Announced".
  10. "Review: In the Dark: A Horror Anthology".
  11. Janelle Asselin (April 22, 2015). "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced". Archived from the original on November 7, 2016.
  12. Ching, Albert (April 20, 2017). "Full Details of DC's New Dark Matter Line". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017.
  13. Holub, Christian (April 20, 2017). "DC Comics superstars unite for new Dark Matter line". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. A teleporting teenager changed by the events of that book [Dark Nights: Metal] will go on to star in Sideways, which debuts in September. That book will be co-written by DC Publisher Dan DiDio and Justin Jordan and illustrated by Kenneth Rocafort.
Preceded by Shadowman writer
2012–2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deathstroke writer
2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Superboy writer
2013–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Green Lantern: New Guardians writer
2013–2015
Succeeded by
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