Hundreds of years from now, the man known as Rook was once a simple farmer who fled the crumbling Earth for a new life on the planet Exodus; a terraformed planet where all of nature, including its imported animal population, was completely controlled by humans called Wardens. But when Exodus’s world engine failed, the Wardens’ power fell into the wrong hands, creating chaos and mass evacuation…for those who could afford it. The rest, like Rook, must scavenge for an escape vessel as the war for control of what’s left of Exodus begins.
Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns’s work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash, and Superman has drawn critical acclaim.[2] His critically acclaimed work includes Sinestro Corps War, Blackest Night, Throne of Atlantis, Flashpoint, Doomsday Clock, and Superman: Brainiac. He co-created the DC character Courtney Whitmore based on his deceased sister. He also expanded the Green Lantern mythology, adding in new concepts and co-creating numerous characters. Among the DC characters and concepts he co-created are Larfleeze, the Sinestro Corps, the Indigo Tribe, the Red Lantern Corps, Atrocitus, the Black Lantern Corps, Jessica Cruz, Hunter Zolomon, Tar Pit, Simon Baz, Bleez, Miss Martian, and Kate Kane.
He served as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of DC Entertainment from 2010 to 2018 and as President and CCO from 2016 to 2018.[3]
He is the co-founder and former co-chairman of DC Films and former co-runner of DC Extended Universe until 2018.[4][3] In film, he was a producer or executive producer of Green Lantern (2011), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Suicide Squad (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), Shazam! (2019), Birds of Prey (2020), co-wrote and produced the story for Aquaman (2018) and wrote the screenplay for Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).
Johns’ involvement with DC Entertainment as producer, writer and executive has helped turn the DC Extended Universe franchise into the eleventh highest-grossing film franchise of all-time, having grossed over $5.6 billion at the global box office. The franchise’s highest-grossing film, Aquaman, earned over $1.15 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing DC film to-date.
He co-developed the TV series The Flash (2014–2023), Titans (2018–2023), and Doom Patrol (2019–2023) and created and produced the TV series Batwoman (2019–2022), Stargirl (2020–2022) and Superman & Lois (2020–present). His other work in television includes writing and producing various episodes of Blade, Smallville and Arrow.[5]
In 2018, he stepped down from his executive role at DC Entertainment to open a production company, Mad Ghost Productions, while continuing to work with Warner Bros on writing and producing film, television and comic book titles based on DC Extended Universe and other DC properties such as films Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods.[5]
In 2023, he co-founded the media company Ghost Machine alongside several other comic book writers and artists to publish independent work.
Jason Fabok (born April 14, 1985) is a Canadian comic-book artist. He has worked almost exclusively for DC Comics for the entirety of his career. His work has been featured in acclaimed series such as Batman, Detective Comics, Justice League, and the Eisner Award-winning Swamp Thing: The Talk of the Saints short story.
Fabok graduated from St. Clair College’s Tradigital Animation program in 2007.[1] He then attended the Word of Life Bible College in Owen Sound for a year, an experience that furthered his interest to pursue a career as a comic artist.[1] After becoming aware that legendary illustrator David Finch lived in his same town, Fabok sent him his portfolio. Finch agreed to mentor him and put him through a six-month-long “boot camp”, teaching him everything from anatomy, to backgrounds and buildings. After six months Finch suggested Fabok sending his new portfolio to DC Comics.[2]
His first published work were issues #70 and #71 of Superman/Batman.[2] He subsequently penciled the full 2011 series of Aspen Comics’s Soulfire, his only work outside of DC Comics to date.[3] Fabok’s big break in the industry happened when David Finch asked him if he was available to pencil issues #4 and #5 of Finch’s own mini-series Batman: The Dark Knight.[4] Within two weeks DC had offered Fabok a two-year exclusive contract.[4]
After drawing the first annual for Scott Snyder’s Batman, Fabok became the regular artist of the freshly relaunched New 52 run of Detective Comics with issue #13.[5] He ended his stint on the book with oversized anniversary issue #27.[6]
Following a one-off drawing the annual for Justice League International, in 2014 he succeeded Doug Mahnke as main artist for Geoff Johns’ Justice League, from issue #36 to issue #50.[8][9] In 2016 he also penciled the first issue of Justice League vs. Suicide Squad.[10]
