Chuck Dixon Chuck Dixon is a veteran comic book writer , known for his works on Marvel ' s " Punisher " and DC ' s " Batman , " " Robin " & " Birds of Prey " , who wrote the miniseries for Dark Horse Comics . Biography . Early years . Chuck Dixon was born on April 14 , 1954 and grew up in the Philadelphia area , reading comics of all genres . He has stated that Steve Ditko was perhaps his favorite comic book creator growing up , and that he looked up to the artwork of artists such as Alex Toth and Russ Heath . His earliest comics work was writing " " for Comico Comics in 1984 , on which he worked with his then - wife , the artist Judith Hunt . His big break came one year later , when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back - up stories for Marvel Comics ' " " . In 1986 , he began working for Eclipse Comics , writing stories in their " Tales of Terror " anthology , before starting work on " " with artist Tim Truman in July of that year . Continuing to write for both Marvel and Eclipse on these titles , as well as launching " Valkyrie " with artist Paul Gulacy , in October 1987 he began work on Carl Potts ' " " series for Marvel ' s Epic Comics imprint , under editor Archie Goodwin . He also produced a three - issue adaptation of " " for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990 , and began writing " " in June 1989 . Batman and Punisher . His graphic novel " Kingdom Gone " ( August , 1990 ) led to him working on the monthly " " ( and later , more monthly and occasional " Punisher " titles ) , and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O ' Neil , who asked him to produce a mini - series . The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - " The Joker ' s Wild " ( 1991 ) and " Cry of the Huntress " ( 1992 ) - which led to both an on - going monthly series , and to Dixon working on " " from # 644 - 738 through the major Batman stories & KnightsEnd , DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and . While writing multiple " Punisher " and " Batman " comics ( and October 1994 ' s " Punisher / Batman " crossover ) , he also found time to launch " " for Jim Lee ' s WildStorm / and " Prophet " for Rob Liefeld ' s Extreme Studios . He also wrote many issues of " " and " " , regularly having around seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1997 / 8 . CrossGen . In March , 2002 , Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen ' s output , slowly leaving " Robin " , " Nightwing " , " Birds of Prey " and " Batgirl " over the next year . For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out - going Mark Waid , taking over from # 21 , and with # 13 . He launched " " in June 2002 , " " ( March ' 03 ) , " The Silken Ghost " ( June ' 03 ) and the Pirate comic " " ( Oct ' 03 ) , as well as editing Robert Rodi ' s non - Sigilverse " The Crossovers " . He also wrote the spin - off " Archard ' s Agents " oneshots in January and November ' 03 and April ' 04 , the last released shortly before CrossGen ' s complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics , before which Dixon wrote a single issue of " " ( May ' 04 ) . Dixon ' s " Way of the Rat " # 24 , " Brath " # 14 and " El Cazador " # 6 were among the last comics released from the then - bankrupt publisher . Other publishers . In mid - 2004 , he wrote a number of issues and series ' for smaller publishers and during this period , returning briefly to DC , but mostly diversifying with comics at several publishers , including several issues of " Simpsons Comics " for Bongo Comics and a couple of projects with . In May 2006 , he contributed to IDW ' s Free Comic Book Day " " giveaway , leading to Dixon writing the " Transformers : Evolutions " miniseries . Return to DC . In July 2004 , Dixon also began his return to the DC Universe with " " , a revival of the Dennis O ' Neil and Jim Berry - created 1970s Kung - Fu character , which ran for 12 issues . In March of the following year , he returned briefly to " " before shifting his efforts to the Wildstorm imprint , writing the stand - alone " " ( Aug ' 06 - Jan ' 07 ) ; the movie - adaptation of " " , movie - spin - off " " and the title " Grifter / Midnighter " from May 2007 . In January 2007 , he wrote the mini - series featuring son Connor Hawke , ( who had assumed the Green Arrow mantle under Dixon ' s tenure on that title in the late 1990s ) called " Connor Hawke : Dragon ' s Blood " , and in March 2008 , Dixon returned to writing . He is currently also writing " " ( from Dec ' 07 ) , a project he was signed to at the last minute , after original writer Tony Bedard dropped out due to being occupied with " " - related work . On June 10 , 2008 , Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer " employed by DC Comics in any capacity . " The reason for this sudden announcement is currently unknown , although Dixon has made several bitterly cryptic comments in every internet venue available to him , blasting DC in general and Editor - in - Chief Dan DiDio in particular . After DC . It has been announced that he will take over the writing on series " " based on the well - known . He is also signed on to do a G . I . Joe series for IDW Publishing .