Justin Gray is an American comic book writer working mostly for DC Comics. He is known for his diverse creation world and collaboration with Jimmy Palmiotti. He lives in Ossining, New York.

Career

Justin Gray entered the comic book industry in the late 1990s to early 2000s. Early in his career he struggled to break into major publishers and often pitched ideas that were rejected because editors preferred established writers. According to industry reviews, one of his first opportunities when publisher Brian Pulido gave him work on Chastity Reimagined, helping Gary gain his first professional comic credit.

Justin Gary built his reputation in the early 2000s working for major publisher like DC Comics and Marvell Comics, as well as various other independent publishers. Much of his work blends elements of Western, crime, horror and science fiction, rather than focusing on traditional superhero stories. In an interview to Comic Book Resources, he said he likes working across genres and mediums and prefers not to limit himself to one type of storytelling.

Gray has often collaborated with fellow writer Jimmy Palmiotti on series such as Hawkman, Jonah Hex, Power Girl, 21 Down, Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters and The Resistance. The two also co-wrote Jonah Hex: No Way Back, an original graphic novel to coincide with the release of the film. Currently, along with Palmiotti, Gray is writing the monthly Jonah Hex and Freedom Fighters for DC Comics, as well as the miniseries Time Bomb for Radical Publishing.

In addition he has also worked on comic books based on video games like Prototype, as well as writing the screenplay for the Dead Space prequel animated film Dead Space: Downfall.

In a 2014 interview with ComicBook about the Kickstarter campaign for Sex & Violence Volume 2, he spoke about his desire to create experimental stories outside the constraints of mainstream superhero publishing.

Bibliography

Comics

Wildstorm

Gen 13 vol. 3 #0, "21 Down" and "The Resistance" (with Jimmy Palmiotti, Jesús Saiz and Juan Santacruz, July 2002) 21 Down #1-12 (September 2002-September 2003) The Conduit (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ) collects: "Simple Kind of Life" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jesús Saiz, in #1, 2002) "I Like to Wear Sheep's Clothing" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jesús Saiz, in #2, 2002) "I'm Not Sick, But I'm Not Well" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jesús Saiz, in #3, 2002) "Don't Stand Alone in These Strangest of Times" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jesús Saiz, in #4, 2002) "Distance from One into the Other" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jesús Saiz, in #5, 2003) "End of Night" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jesús Saiz, in #6, 2003) "Transitions" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jesús Saiz, in #7, 2003) "Roadside Attractions" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jesús Sáiz, in #8-12, 2003) The Resistance (limited series, September 2002-April 2003) Resistance (tpb, 192 pages, 2009, ) collects: "Weep for the Future" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #1, 2002) "Instant Karma's Gonna Get You" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #2, 2002) "The Cretin's Cloning & Feeding" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #3, 2002) "Big Fish Eat the Little Ones" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #4, 2002) "Blood in the Streets" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #5, 2003) "Sacrifices" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #6, 2003) "Untitled" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #7, 2003) "This is our Last Goodbye" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #8, 2003) The Twilight Experiment (limited series, February 2005-July 2005) The Twilight Experiment (tpb, 144 pages, 2011, ) collects: "Inherit the World" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #1, 2005) "The Boy Who Fell To Earth" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #2, 2005) "Learn To Swim" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #3, 2005) "Unfinished Business" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #4, 2005) "The Mind of God" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #5, 2005) "Choices" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Juan Santacruz, in #6, 2005) Friday the 13th (6-issue limited series with Jimmy Palmiotti and Adam Archer, December 2006-May 2007, collected in Friday the 13th, tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ) Midnighter #9, "The Hercules Virus" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Brian Stelfreeze, July 2007) Prototype (6-issue limited series with Jimmy Palmiotti, Darick Robertson and Mat Jacobs, April–September 2009, collected in Prototype, tpb, 168 pages, 2010, )

DC Comics

Monolith #1-12 (February 2004-January 2005) "Heart of Stone" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Winslade, in #1-3, 2004) "Last Rites" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Winslade, in #4-5, 2004) "Friendly Fire" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Tomm Coker, in #6-8, 2004) "All Old Things are New Again" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Winslade, in #9-10, 2004) "Frantic" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Peter Snejberg, in #11, 2004) "Bloodbath in Red Hook" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Peter Snejberg, in #12, 2005) Hawkman vol. 4 #28-49 (May 2004-February 2006) "Fate's Warning" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Ryan Sook, in #28-31, 2004) "Terror Beneath the Ice" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Bennett, in #32, 2004) "Earth and Sky" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Andy Smith, in #33, 2004) "The Gift" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Ryan Sook, in #34, 2004) "The Tower of Silence" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Bennett, in #35, 2004) "The Army of Forgotten Souls" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Bennett, in #36, 2005) Rise of the Golden Eagle (tpb, 208 pages, 2006, ) collects: "Farewell, My Enemy" (with Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Bennett and Dale Eaglesham, in #37-41, 2005) "Aftermath" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Stephen Sadowski, in #42, 2005) "I Fly in the Face of Danger" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Bennett, in #43, 2005) "My Enemy Revealed" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Bennett, in #44-45, 2005) "Sins of the Past, Present and Future" (with Jimmy Palmiotti, Ron Randall and Art Thibert, in #46, 2005) "Coalition in Crisis" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Chris Batista, in #47-49, 2005–2006) Jonah Hex vol. 2 #1-70 (November 2005-August 2011) Face Full of Violence (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ) collects: "Giving the Devil His Due" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Luke Ross, in #1, 2005) "Bullets of Silver, Cross of Gold!" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Luke Ross, in #2, 2005) "Eye For an Eye" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Luke Ross, in #3, 2006) "The Time I Almost Died" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Luke Ross, in #4, 2006) "Christmas With the Outlaws" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Tony DeZuniga, in #5, 2006) "Goin' Back to Texas in a Box" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Luke Ross, in #6, 2006) Guns of Vengeance (tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ) collects: "One Wedding & Fifty Funerals" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Luke Ross, in #7, 2006) "Never Turn a Blind Eye" (with Jimmy Palmiotti, Val Semeiks and Dylan Teague, in #8, 2006) "Gettin' Un-Haunted" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Tony DeZuniga, in #9, 2006) "Gator Bait" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Noto, in #10, 2006) "The Hangin' Tree" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and David Michael Beck, in #11, 2006) "Bloodstained Snow" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Paul Gulacy, in #12, 2006) Origins (tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ) collects: "Retribution" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #13-15, 2006–2007) "The Ballad of Tallulah Black" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Noto, in #16-17, 2007) "I Walk Alone" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Val Semeiks, in #18, 2007) Only the Good Die Young (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ) collects: "Texas Money" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Noto, in #19, 2007) "Unfinished Business" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Noto, in #20, 2007) "Devil's Paw" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #21, 2007) "The Current War" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Noto, in #22, 2007) "Who Lives and Who Dies" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #23, 2007) "All Hallows Eve" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and David Michael Beck, in #24, 2007) Luck Runs Out (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ) collects: "My Name is Nobody" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Russ Heath, in #25, 2007) "Four Little Pigs: A Grindhouse Western" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Giuseppe Camuncoli, in #26, 2007) "Star Man" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #27, 2008) "Townkiller" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and John Higgins, in #28, 2008) "Return to Devil's Paw" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Rafael Garres, in #29, 2008) "Luck Runs Out" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #30, 2008) Bullets Don't Lie (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ) collects: "The Red Mask" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Paulo Siqueira, in #31, 2008) "The Matador" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #32, 2008) "The Hunting Trip" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Darwyn Cooke, in #33, 2008) "Outrunning Shadows" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Mark Sparacio, in #34, 2008) "A Crude Offer" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and J.H. Williams III, in #35, 2008) "Seven Graves Six Feet Deep" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Rafael Garres, in #36, 2008) Lead Poisoning (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ) collects: "Trouble Comes in Threes" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #37, 2008) "Hell or High Water" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #38, 2008) "Cowardice" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Rafael Garres, in #39, 2009) "Sawbones The First Half" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and David Michael Beck, in #40, 2009) "Sawbones The Second Half" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and David Michael Beck, in #41, 2009) "Shooting the Sun" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #42, 2009) Six Gun War (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ) collects: "The Six Gun War" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Cristiano Cucina, in #44-49, 2009) Counting Corpses (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ) collects: "The Hyde House Massacre" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Paul Gulacy, in #43, 2009) "The Great Silence" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Darwyn Cooke, in #50, 2009) "Divining Rod" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Dick Giordano, in #51, 2010) "Too Mean To Die" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #52, 2010) "You'll Never Dance Again" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Billy Tucci, in #53, 2010) "Shooting Stars" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #54, 2010) Tall Tales (tpb, 144 pages, 2011, ) collects: "The Brief Life of Billy Dynamite" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Vicente Alcazar, in #55, 2010) "First True Love" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and C. P. Smith, in #56, 2010) "More Than Enough" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Winslade, in #56, 2010) "Tall Tales" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #57, 2010) "Every Bullet Tells a Story" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Giancarlo Caracuzzo, in #58, 2010) "Riders on the Storm" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #59, 2010) "Blood Lies Bleeding" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Brian Stelfreeze, in #60, 2010) Bury Me In Hell (tpb, 224 pages, 2011, ) collects: "Honeymoon Bullets" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #61, 2010) "The Package" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Eduardo Risso, in #62, 2010) "Bury Me In Hell" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #63, 2011) "Lovesick" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Nelson DeCastro, in #64, 2011) "Snowblind" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #65, 2011) "Casket Canyon" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Fiona Staples, in #66, 2011) "Ghost Town" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jordi Bernet, in #67, 2011) "Murder in Cottonwood" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Rafael Garres, in #68, 2011) "The Old Man" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Jeff Lemire, in #69, 2011) "Weird Western" (with Jimmy Palmiotti, Ryan Sook and Diego Olmos, in #70, 2011) Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 1 #204-206 (April 2006-May 2006) "The Madmen of Gotham" (with Steven Cummings, in #204-206, 2006) The Battle for Blüdhaven (6-issue limited series with Jimmy Palmiotti and Dan Jurgens, April–July 2006, collected in Battle for Blüdhaven tpb, 144 pages, 2007, ) Brave New World, oneshot, "Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters" (with Jimmy Palmiotti and Daniel Acuña, June 2006)