Fan Choice for New Superman Writer – Poll Results

In the latest Superman Homepage Member Poll we asked you the following question:

Which writer would you like to see take on the duties of writing an ongoing Superman comic book title?

Dan is the man! According to our poll, Superman fans want Dan Jurgens as the first choice to take on the writing duties whenever Brian Michael Bendis’ run on “Action Comics” and “Superman” is over.

Here’s the complete voting breakdown:

Which writer would you like to see take on the duties of writing an ongoing Superman comic book title?
  • Dan Jurgens 33%, 52 votes
    52 votes 33%
    52 votes - 33% of all votes
  • Geoff Johns* 21%, 32 votes
    32 votes 21%
    32 votes - 21% of all votes
  • Peter J. Tomasi* 11%, 17 votes
    17 votes 11%
    17 votes - 11% of all votes
  • Tom Taylor 10%, 16 votes
    16 votes 10%
    16 votes - 10% of all votes
  • Robert Venditti 9%, 14 votes
    14 votes 9%
    14 votes - 9% of all votes
  • Alan Moore* 8%, 13 votes
    13 votes 8%
    13 votes - 8% of all votes
  • Mark Waid* 8%, 12 votes
    12 votes 8%
    12 votes - 8% of all votes
Total Votes: 156
July 22, 2020 - July 29, 2020
* - added by visitor
Voting is closed

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afriend
afriend
July 30, 2020 3:52 pm

Dan Jurgens has done some great work, so I can get behind him returning to the Big Blue. Geoff Johns has done some really good stuff, but he has a tendency to, well, “Geoff Johns” his work. By that I mean he tends to start with really grand and interesting ideas and with the exception of Doomsday Clock (that’s a whole other can of worms), I am always instantly hooked. Then two things will happen; one will be The Big Thing(TM), which will either be an “unexpected” twist (the sudden reveal of a character as the villain, or an otherwise… Read more »

Superman2878
July 30, 2020 5:12 pm
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I added his name to the voting poll because I really liked what he did with Superman Secret Origins. I can see your point though. Truthfully I didn’t think his name would reach second place honestly. Ha ha. 🙂

bhof
bhof
July 31, 2020 2:59 pm

I voted for Venditti. I would not have a problem with any of these guys. Jurgens has been incredible twice (both Triangle Era and Rebirth). Johns was dynamite for a while in the mid-late 2000s (Up Up & Away, Last Son, Legion of Super-Heroes, Brainiac, Secret Origin). I can’t imagine Moore would want to, but Whatever Happened to the Man of Tommorow? and For the Man Who Has Everything are classics. I guess I’m open to giving somebody new a shot. I wouldn’t have thought about Tomasi before he really got a chance to do his thing in Rebirth, and… Read more »

Super El
Super El
August 1, 2020 6:26 pm

I’d freaking LOVE if Elliot S Maggin came back to make a run on modern Superman.

Or just make a separate Superman ongoing

Just have him come back