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Grant Morrison

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Known for their non-linear storytelling, Grant Morrison is a legendary comic book writer responsible for their works such as Doom Patrol, All-Star Superman, Batman, New X-Men and JLA and creator books such as The Invisibles, The Filth and Klaus.

Grant Morrison

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2000 AD
145
Rebellion
2000 AD
1977 - Present
New X-Men
60
Marvel Comics
New X-Men
2001 - 2004
52
59
DC Comics
52
2006 - 2007
Doom Patrol
55
DC Comics
Doom Patrol
1987 - 1995

Credited Characters

4-D
Lea Corben
4-D
Prime Earth
Abin Sur (Earth-20)
Elseworlds
Accelerated Man
Accelerated Man
Earth 19
Accomplished Perfect Physician
Yao Fei
Accomplished Perfect Physician
Prime Earth
Adam One
Adam One
Prime Earth
Adam Strange
Adam Strange
Earth 17
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Earth 10
Adrianna Tomaz
Adrianna Tomaz
Prime Earth
Agatha
Agatha
All-Star Superman
Agent !
Agent !
Prime Earth
Albert Pratt (Earth-20)
Elseworlds
Alexis Luthor
Alexis Luthor
Earth 16
Alfred the Cat
Alfred the Cat
Batman in Bethlehem
Alfred the Cat
Alfred the Cat
Prime Earth
Alias the Blur
Alias the Blur
Prime Earth
Allen Adam
Earth 4
Alley-Kat-Abra
Earth 26
American Crusader
American Crusader
Earth 8
American Eagle
Earth 26
Angel Salvadore
Angel Salvadore
Earth-616
Annataz
Annataz
Earth 13
Anti-Matter Lantern
Hal Jordan
Anti-Matter Lantern
Antimatter Universe
Aquaflash
Aquaflash
Earth 32
Aquaman
Aquaman
One Million
Aquawoman
Ariel Curry
Aquawoman
Earth 11
Arc
Earth-616
Ariel Curry
Earth 11
Arrowette
Cissie King-Hawke
Arrowette
Earth 16
Arthur Curry
Earth 42
Atlas
Atlas
All-Star Superman
Atom
Ryan Choi
Atom
Prime Earth
Atom
One Million
Atom
Albert Pratt (Earth-20)
Atom
Elseworlds
August General in Iron
Fang Zhifu
August General in Iron
Prime Earth
Axel Bohusk
Earth-616
Azraeuz
Azraeuz
Prime Earth
Aztek
Uno
Aztek
Prime Earth
Azteka (Rock of Ages)
Azteka (Rock of Ages)
Elseworlds
Bar-El
Bar-El
All-Star Superman
Barnell Bohusk
Barnell Bohusk
Earth-616
Barry Allen
Earth 42
Barry Allen
Earth 43
Bat-Bane
Branca
Bat-Bane
Prime Earth
Bat-Cow
Bat-Cow
Prime Earth
Bat-Devil
Michael Lane
Bat-Devil
Batman in Bethlehem
Bat-Lash (Earth 18)
Bat-Lash (Earth 18)
Elseworlds
Batman
Dick Grayson
Batman
Prime Earth
Batman
Damian Wayne
Batman
Batman in Bethlehem
Batman
Batman
One Million
Batman
Batman
Earth 23
Batman
Josef Muller
Batman
Prime Earth
Batman
Dick Grayson
Batman
Batman in Bethlehem
Batman
Bruce Wayne (Clone)
Batman
Prime Earth
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Earth 43
Batman
Damian Wayne
Batman
Earth 16
Batman the Atomic Knight
Bruce Wayne
Batman the Atomic Knight
Earth 17
Batwing
David Zavimbe
Batwing
Prime Earth
Batwoman
Katherine Kane
Batwoman
Earth 11
Batwoman
Kate Kane
Batwoman
Titans Tomorrow
Batzarro
Bizarro-Batman
Batzarro
Earth 29
Beak
Barnell Bohusk
Beak
Earth-616
Ernest Franklin
Beard Hunter
Prime Earth
Behemoth
David Dibble
Behemoth
Earth 8
Bell (U-Man)
Earth-616
Belzebeth
Belzebeth
Prime Earth
Big Atomic Lantern Boy
Big Atomic Lantern Boy
Prime Earth
Big Top
Big Top
Prime Earth
Billy Batson
Earth 5
Bizarro
Bizarro-Superman
Bizarro
Earth 29
Bizarro-Batman
Bizarro-Batman
Earth 29
Bizarro-Flash
Bizarro-Flash
Earth 29
Bizarro-Green Lantern
Jordun
Bizarro-Green Lantern
Earth 29
Bizarro-Superman
Bizarro-Superman
Earth 29
Black Condor
John Trujillo
Black Condor
Prime Earth
Black Condor
Marcus Robbins
Black Condor
Earth 10
Black Flash
Black Flash
Prime Earth
Jefferson Pierce
Black Lightning
Earth 23
Blacksmith
Blacksmith
Prime Earth
Jessica Cruz
Blackstar Jessika
Earth 15
Magmax
Blackstar Magmax
Earth 15
Blackstar Mongul
Mongul
Blackstar Mongul
Earth 15
Blackstar Parallax
Hal Jordan
Blackstar Parallax
Prime Earth
Blimp
Earth-616
Blitzen
Blitzen
Earth 10
Blockbuster (Earth 40)
Blockbuster (Earth 40)
Elseworlds
Bloodwynd
Earth 16
Blue Beetle
Ted Kord
Blue Beetle
Earth 4
Bossu
Guy Dax
Bossu
Prime Earth
Boy
Lucille Butler
Boy
Brainiac
Vril Dox
Brainiac
Prime Earth
Bruce Wayne
Earth 17
Bruce Wayne
Earth 42
Bruce Wayne
Earth 43
Brünhilde
Brünhilde
Earth 10
Bug
Earth 8
Candlemaker
Candlemaker
Prime Earth
Captain Adam
Allen Adam
Captain Adam
Earth 4
Captain Atom
Nathaniel Adam
Captain Atom
Earth-4
Captain Carnation
Captain Carnation
Prime Earth
Captain Carrot
Rodney Rabbit
Captain Carrot
Earth 26
Captain Granbretan
Paul Peltier (Earth-1812)
Captain Granbretan
Alterniverse
Captain Marvel
Billy Batson
Captain Marvel
Earth 5
Captain Marvel Jr.
Freddy Freeman
Captain Marvel Jr.
Earth 5
Captain Wonder
Captain Wonder
Earth 31
Carol Jordan
Earth 11
Cassandra Nova Xavier
Cassandra Nova Xavier
Earth-616
Cat Grant
Cat Grant
All-Star Superman
Catwalk
Kimberly Dee
Catwalk
Earth-616
Celeste Cuckoo
Celeste Cuckoo
Earth-616
Celestial Archer
Xu Tao
Celestial Archer
Prime Earth
Molly Stanwick
Cephalopod
Earth-616
Chang Tzu
Prime Earth
Charlie Caligula
Carlo Calzone
Charlie Caligula
Prime Earth
Charlie Cluster-7
Charlie Cluster-7
Earth-616
Irina Clayton
Choir
Earth-616
Chriselon
Prime Earth
Christian Frost
Christian Frost
Earth-616
Christopher Smith
Earth 4
Cissie King-Hawke
Earth 16
Clark Kent
Clark Kent
All-Star Superman
Clay Ramsay
Clay Ramsay
Prime Earth
Cliff Baker
Prime Earth
Comet
Comet
Dark Multiverse
Controller Mu
Controller Mu
Prime Earth
Cosmo (Imperial Guard)
Cosmo (Imperial Guard)
Earth-616
Courtney
Courtney
Earth 23
Crazy Jane
Kay Challis
Crazy Jane
Prime Earth
Crazy Shy Lolita Canary
Crazy Shy Lolita Canary
Prime Earth
Crusader
Crusader
Earth 7
Cyborg
Victor Stone
Cyborg
Earth 23
Cynthia Reynolds
Earth 16
Damian Wayne
Damian Wayne
Prime Earth
Damian Wayne
Earth 16
Dane McGowan
Dane McGowan
Dane of Elysium
Earth 11
Danny the Street
Danny the Street
Prime Earth
Dark Ranger
Johnny Riley
Dark Ranger
Prime Earth
Darrel Dane
Earth 10
Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Prime Earth
David Dibble
Earth 8
David Zavimbe
David Zavimbe
Prime Earth
Dax Novu (Monitor Sphere)
Elseworlds
Deadeye
Deadeye
Earth 8
Deadman
Earth 13
Death Lantern
Hal Jordan
Death Lantern
Prime Earth
Decreator
Decreator
Prime Earth
Devilfist
Earth 7
Diana of Themyscira
Diana of Themyscira
Earth 1
Diana of Themyscira
Earth 42
Dick Grayson
Earth 42
Dino-Cop
Rex Stegman
Dino-Cop
Earth 41
Dino-Czar
Tyrannko
Dino-Czar
All-Star Superman
Dirk Morgna
Prime Earth
Dixie Fattoni
Dixie Fattoni
Doc Fate
Kent Nelson (Earth-20)
Doc Fate
Elseworlds
Doc Future
Earth 7
Midas
Doctor Midas
Earth-616
Pieter Cross
Doctor Midnite
Earth 16
Doktor Sivana
Doktor Sivana
Earth 10
Doll Girl
Martha Roberts
Doll Girl
Earth 10
Doll Man
Darrel Dane
Doll Man
Earth 10
Donald Trask III
Earth-616
Dust
Sooraya Qadir
Dust
Earth-616
E.V.A.
E.V.A.
Earth-616
Eduardo Flamingo
Eduardo Flamingo
Prime Earth
Egg-Fu
Chang Tzu
Egg-Fu
Prime Earth
El Señor Blake
El Señor Blake
Prime Earth
El Sombrero
El Sombrero
Prime Earth
Ellie
Ellie
Prime Earth
Ellie Phimister
Ellie Phimister
Earth-616
Empty Hand (Omniverse)
Empty Hand (Omniverse)
Prime Earth
Enchantress
Enchantress
Earth 13
Ernst
Ernst
Earth-616
Esme Cuckoo
Esme Cuckoo
Earth-616
Etrigan
Etrigan
Earth 13
Evan McCulloch
Evan McCulloch
Prime Earth
Eve Eden
Earth 4
Exterminatrix
Oubliette Midas
Exterminatrix
Earth-616
Extreme Intelligence
We-Plex Supreme Intelligence System
Extreme Intelligence
Earth-200080
Fader
Earth-616
Fang Zhifu
Prime Earth
Fantomex
Charlie Cluster-7
Fantomex
Earth-616
Farris Knight
One Million
Fastback
Earth 26
Fate
Jared Stevens
Fate
Earth 13
Father Time
Father Time
Prime Earth
Felix Faust (Earth 40)
Felix Faust (Earth 40)
Elseworlds
Firebrand
Andre Twist
Firebrand
Prime Earth
Flash
Jesse Quick
Flash
Earth 11
Flash
Barry Allen
Flash
Earth 43
Flash
Flash
Earth 17
Flashlight
Hank Hallmark
Flashlight
Earth 36
Flex Mentallo
Flex Mentallo
Prime Earth
Floozie Flem
Floozie Flem
Prime Earth
Flow
Dan Stone
Flow
Prime Earth
Marcus Tucker
Forearm
Earth-616
Formula-I (Earth 34)
Elseworlds
Frank Future
Frank Future
Earth 8
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Prime Earth
Freddie Harper-Seaton
Freddie Harper-Seaton
Freddy Freeman
Earth 5
Freedom Beast
Dominic Mndawe
Freedom Beast
Prime Earth
G-Type
G-Type
Earth-616
Gar-El
Earth 31
Gary Walsh
Earth-616
Ghost Fox Killer
Ghost Fox Killer
Prime Earth
Gideon Starorzewski
Gideon Starorzewski
Glen Glenmorgan
Glen Glenmorgan
Prime Earth
Glob
Dan Stone
Glob
Prime Earth
Glob Herman
Robert Herman
Glob Herman
Earth-616
Glorigold DeGrand
Glorigold DeGrand
Prime Earth
Goatboy
Goatboy
Prime Earth
Golem
Earth 7
Goraiko
Goraiko
Prime Earth
Grant Morrison
Prime Earth
Green Arrow
Earth 11
Green Lantern
Maxim Tox
Green Lantern
Prime Earth
Green Lantern
Floozie Flem
Green Lantern
Prime Earth
Green Lantern
Trilla-Tru
Green Lantern
Prime Earth
Green Lantern
Chriselon
Green Lantern
Prime Earth
Green Lantern
Abin Sur (Earth-20)
Green Lantern
Elseworlds
Green Lantern
John Stewart
Green Lantern
Earth 23
Green Lantern
Hal Ferris
Green Lantern
Earth 11
Green Lantern
Opto309v
Green Lantern
Prime Earth
Guardian
Earth 23
Gustav Von Kreist
Gustav Von Kreist
Cynthia Reynolds
Gypsy
Earth 16
Hal Ferris
Earth 11
Hal Jordan
Hal Jordan
Antimatter Universe
Hangman
Jack Ketch
Hangman
Prime Earth
Hank Hallmark
Earth 36
Hans von Hammer
Earth 10
Harbinger
Harbinger
Prime Earth
Heidi Sladkin
Heidi Sladkin
Earth-616
Hellblazer
John Constantine
Hellblazer
Earth 13
Heretic
Heretic
Prime Earth
Herkimer the Crocodile Man
Herkimer the Crocodile Man
Earth 5
Honor Jackson
Honor Jackson
Prime Earth
Hourman
Matthew Tyler
Hourman
One Million
Human Bomb II
Human Bomb II
Earth 10
Hyperius
Earth 8
Irina Clayton
Earth-616
Irma Cuckoo
Irma Cuckoo
Earth-616
Iron Batman (Earth 44)
Iron Batman (Earth 44)
Elseworlds
Iron Lady
Iron Lady
Prime Earth
Isis
Adrianna Tomaz
Isis
Prime Earth
J'onn J'onzz
Earth 42
Jack Frost
Dane McGowan
Jack Frost
Jackanapes
Jackanapes
Batman in Bethlehem
Jackanapes
Jackanapes
Prime Earth
Jared Stevens
Earth 13
Jefferson Pierce
Earth 23
Jesse Quick
Earth 11
Jessica Cruz
Earth 15
Jezebel Jet
Jezebel Jet
Prime Earth
Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen
All-Star Superman
Jiro Osamu
Jiro Osamu
Prime Earth
John Constantine
John Constantine
Earth 13
John Henry Irons
John Henry Irons
Prime Earth
John Henry Irons
Earth 42
John Stewart
Earth 23
Johnny Quick
Johnny Quick
Antimatter Universe
Jonathan Kent
Jonathan Kent
Prime Earth
Jor-El
Jor-El
Prime Earth
Jordun
Earth 29
Jumbo Carnation
Jumbo Carnation
Earth-616
Jürgen Olsen
Jürgen Olsen
Earth 10
Kal
Earth 32
Kal-El
Earth 42
Kalel
Kalel
Earth 23
Kamandi (Earth 51)
Kamandi (Earth 51)
Elseworlds
Kara Bohusk
Earth-616
Katar Hol
Earth 42
Katherine Kane
Earth 11
Katrina Netz
Prime Earth
Kay Challis
Prime Earth
Keeg Bovo
Keeg Bovo
Prime Earth
Kent Nelson (Earth-20)
Kent Nelson (Earth-20)
Elseworlds
Kid Impala
Prime Earth
Kid Omega
Quentin Quire
Kid Omega
Earth-616
Kimberly Dee
Kimberly Dee
Earth-616
King Coal
King Coal
Prime Earth
King Kraken
King Kraken
Prime Earth
King Mob
Gideon Starorzewski
King Mob
Kite
Kite
Earth 8
Klikkit
Klikkit
Prime Earth
Klyzyzk Klzntplkz
Klyzyzk Klzntplkz
All-Star Superman
Knight
Cyril Sheldrake
Knight
Prime Earth
Kommander Krakk
Prime Earth
Krakkl
Krakkl
Prime Earth
Krull
Krull
All-Star Superman
Krypto
Krypto
Prime Earth
Krypto
Krypto
All-Star Superman
Kuan-Yin Xorn
Kuan-Yin Xorn
Earth-616
Kushti
Kushti
Prime Earth
Lady Blackhawk
Lena (Earth-20)
Lady Blackhawk
Elseworlds
Lady Quark (Earth 48)
Lady Quark (Earth 48)
Elseworlds
Lady Styx
Lady Styx
Prime Earth
Ladybug
Ladybug
Earth 8
Lana Lang
Lana Lang
Prime Earth
Lara Lor-Van
Lara Lor-Van
Prime Earth
Lazlo Valentin
Prime Earth
Leatherwing
Leatherwing
Earth 10
Lena Kant
Lena Kant
Earth 10
Leo Quintum
Leo Quintum
All-Star Superman
Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor
All-Star Superman
Arthur Curry
Li'l Aquaman
Earth 42
Li'l Batman
Bruce Wayne
Li'l Batman
Earth 42
Li'l Batman
Dick Grayson
Li'l Batman
Earth 42
Li'l Cyborg
Victor Stone
Li'l Cyborg
Earth 42
Li'l Flash
Barry Allen
Li'l Flash
Earth 42
Li'l Green Arrow
Oliver Queen
Li'l Green Arrow
Earth 42
Li'l Hawkman
Katar Hol
Li'l Hawkman
Earth 42
Li'l Martian Manhunter
J'onn J'onzz
Li'l Martian Manhunter
Earth 42
Li'l Steel
John Henry Irons
Li'l Steel
Earth 42
Li'l Superman
Kal-El
Li'l Superman
Earth 42
Li'l Wonder Woman
Diana of Themyscira
Li'l Wonder Woman
Earth 42
Lightray
Lia Nelson
Lightray
Earth 9
Lilo
Lilo
All-Star Superman
Little Cheese
Earth 26
Lois Lane
Lois Lane
All-Star Superman
William Hanover
Longneck
Earth-616
Lord Fanny
Hilde Morales
Lord Fanny
Lord Volt (Earth 48)
Elseworlds
Lucille Butler
Lucille Butler
Lucy Lane
Lucy Lane
All-Star Superman
Luma Lynai
Prime Earth
Machinehead
Machinehead
Earth 8
Mad Tom
Freddie Harper-Seaton
Mad Tom
Madame .44 (Earth 18)
Elseworlds
Maduvu
Maduvu
Prime Earth
Magic Lantern
Magic Lantern
Earth 47
Magmax
Earth 15
Magneto
Kuan-Yin Xorn
Magneto
Earth-616
Major Max
Major Max
Earth 8
Mammoth
Earth-616
Mandrakk the Dark Monitor
Dax Novu (Monitor Sphere)
Mandrakk the Dark Monitor
Elseworlds
Mandrakk the Dark Monitor
Rox Ogama
Mandrakk the Dark Monitor
Earth-31
Marcus Robbins
Earth 10
Marsha Manhunter
Marsha Manhunter
Earth 11
Martha Johansson
Earth-616
Martha Roberts
Earth 10
Martian
Earth 10
Martian Manhunter
Martian Manhunter
Earth 17
Marvel Boy
Noh-Varr
Marvel Boy
Earth-200080
Matthew Tyler
One Million
Maxim Tox
Prime Earth
Maxine Baker
Maxine Baker
Prime Earth
Mercury Flash (Earth 44)
Mercury Flash (Earth 44)
Elseworlds
Mercury-Man
Mercury-Man
Earth 35
Microbot
Earth 7
Midas
Earth-616
Mike Columbus
Earth-616
Miles Delacourt
Miles Delacourt
Mirror Master
Evan McCulloch
Mirror Master
Prime Earth
Mister Albion
Mister Albion
Prime Earth
Mister Mind
Mister Mind
Earth 5
Mister Nobody
Eric Morden
Mister Nobody
Prime Earth
Mister Stubbs
Mister Stubbs
Prime Earth
Mister Toad
Prime Earth
Mister Unknown
Mister Unknown
Prime Earth
Monstra
Earth-616
Moonstomp
Moonstomp
Earth-616
Morphin' Man
Morphin' Man
Earth 35
Most Excellent Superbat
Heino Okata
Most Excellent Superbat
Prime Earth
Mote
Mote
Prime Earth
Mother
Mother
Earth-616
Mother of Champions
Wu Mei-Xin
Mother of Champions
Prime Earth
Musketeer
Jean-Marie
Musketeer
Prime Earth
Nasthalthia Luthor
Nasthalthia Luthor
All-Star Superman
Negasonic Teenage Warhead
Ellie Phimister
Negasonic Teenage Warhead
Earth-616
Neosaurus
Earth-616
Nightshade
Eve Eden
Nightshade
Earth 4
No-Girl
Martha Johansson
No-Girl
Earth-616
Noh-Varr
Noh-Varr
Earth-200080
Nth Metal Hawkman (Earth 44)
Elseworlds
Nubia of Themyscira
Nubia of Themyscira
Earth 23
O.M.A.C.
O.M.A.C.
Earth 9
Oliver Queen
Earth 42
Opto309v
Prime Earth
Osiris
Amon Tomaz
Osiris
Prime Earth
Otto Netz
Prime Earth
Oubliette Midas
Oubliette Midas
Earth-616
Overgirl
Earth 10
Overman
Kal-L
Overman
Earth 10
Overman (Earth-Seventeen)
Elseworlds
Owlman
Thomas Wayne Jr.
Owlman
Antimatter Universe
Parallax (Earth 40)
Parallax (Earth 40)
Elseworlds
Paul Peltier (Earth-1812)
Paul Peltier (Earth-1812)
Alterniverse
Peacemaker
Christopher Smith
Peacemaker
Earth 4
Pearly Prince
Edward English
Pearly Prince
Prime Earth
Perry White
Perry White
All-Star Superman
Phantom Lady
Stormy Knight
Phantom Lady
Prime Earth
Phantom Lady
Sophia Becker
Phantom Lady
Earth 10
Phoebe Cuckoo
Phoebe Cuckoo
Earth-616
Phosphorus Rex
Phosphorus Rex
Prime Earth
Pierrot Lunaire
Pierrot Lunaire
Prime Earth
Pieter Cross
Earth 16
Pig-Iron
Earth 26
N'zyr
Plutonia
Earth-616

More on Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1960. They were educated at Allan Glen's School where their first portfolio of art was rejected by their careers guidance teacher, who encouraged them to work in a bank. Their first published works were Gideon Stargrave strips for Near Myths in 1978 (when they were about 17), one of the first British alternative comics. Their work appeared in four of the five issues of Near Myths and they were suitably encouraged to find more comic work. This included a weekly comic strip, Captain Clyde, an unemployed superhero based in Glasgow, for The Govan Press, a local newspaper, plus various issues of DC Thomson's Starblazer, a science fiction version of that company's Commando title.

Morrison spent much of the early 1980s touring and recording with their band The Mixers, occasionally writing Starblazer for D. C. Thomson and contributing to various UK indie titles. In 1982, they submitted a proposal involving the Justice League of America and Jack Kirby's New Gods entitled Second Coming to DC Comics, but it was not commissioned. After writing The Liberators for Dez Skinn's Warrior in 1985, they started work for Marvel UK the following year. There they wrote a number of comic strips for Doctor Who Magazine, their final one a collaboration with a then-teenage Bryan Hitch, as well as a run on the Zoids strip in Spider-Man and Zoids. 1986 also saw publication of Morrison's first of several two- or three-page Future Shocks for 2000AD.

Morrison's first continuing serial began in 2000 AD in 1987, when Grant and Steve Yeowell created Zenith.

Morrison's work on Zenith brought them to the attention of DC Comics, who asked them to work for them. They accepted their proposals for Animal Man, a little-known character from DC's past whose most notable recent appearance was a cameo in the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series, and for a 48-page Batman one-shot that would eventually become Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.

Animal Man put Morrison in line with the so-called "British Invasion" of American comics, along with such writers as Neil Gaiman, Peter Milligan, Jamie Delano and Alan Moore, who had launched the "invasion" with their work on Swamp Thing.

After impressing with Animal Man, Morrison was asked to take over Doom Patrol, starting their surreal take on the superhero genre with issue No. 19 in 1989. Morrison's Doom Patrol introduced concepts such as dadaism and the writings of Jorge Luis Borges into their first several issues. DC published Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth in 1989 as a 128-page graphic novel painted by Dave McKean. Comics historian Les Daniels observed in 1995 that "Arkham Asylum was an unprecedented success, selling 182,166 copies in hardcover and another 85,047 in paperback."

While working for DC Comics in America, Morrison kept contributing to British indie titles, writing St. Swithin's Day for Trident Comics. St. Swithin's Day's anti-Margaret Thatcher themes proved controversial, provoking a small tabloid press reaction and a complaint from Conservative MP Teddy Taylor.

The controversy continued with the publication of The New Adventures of Hitler in Scottish music and lifestyle magazine Cut in 1989, due to its use of Adolf Hitler as its lead character. The strip was unfinished when Cut folded, and was later reprinted and completed in Fleetway's 2000 AD spin-off title Crisis.

In 1996, Morrison was given the Justice League of America to revamp as JLA, a comic book that gathered the "Big Seven" superheroes of the DC universe into one team. This run was hugely popular and returned the title to best-selling status. Morrison wrote several issues of The Flash with Mark Millar, as well as DC's crossover event of 1998, the four-issue mini-series DC One Million, in addition to plotting many of the multiple crossovers.

With the three volumes of the creator-owned The Invisibles, Morrison started their largest and possibly most important work. The Invisibles combined political, pop- and sub-cultural references. Tapping into pre-millennial tension, the work was influenced by the writings of Robert Anton Wilson, Aleister Crowley and William Burroughs, and Morrison's practice of chaos magic in Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth. In 1998 Morrison published the prose piece "I'm A Policeman" in Sarah Champion's millennial short story collection Disco 2000; though no explicit connection to The Invisibles is made, there are strong thematic links between the two works. At DisinfoCon in 1999, Morrison said that much of the content in The Invisibles was information given to them by aliens that abducted them in Kathmandu, who told them to spread this information to the world via a comic book. Morrison later clarified that the experience they labelled as the "Alien Abduction Experience in Kathmandu" had nothing to do with aliens or abduction, but that there was an experience that Grant had in Kathmandu that The Invisibles is an attempt to explain. The title was not a huge commercial hit to start with. (Morrison actually asked their readers to participate in a "wankathon" while concentrating on a magical symbol, or sigil, in an effort to boost sales). When the title was relaunched with volume two, the characters relocated to America. Volume three appeared with issue numbers counting down, signalling an intention to conclude the series with the turn of the new millennium in 2000. Due to the title shipping late, its final issue did not ship until April 2000.

In 2000, Morrison's graphic novel JLA: Earth 2 was released with art by Frank Quitely. It was Morrison's last mainstream work for DC for a while, as they moved to Marvel Comics. While at Marvel, Morrison wrote the six-part Marvel Boy series, and Fantastic Four: 1234, their take on another major superhero team. In July 2001, they began writing the main X-Men title, renamed New X-Men for their run, with Quitely providing much of the art. Again, Morrison's revamping of a major superhero team proved to be a commercial success, with the title jumping to the No. 1 sales spot and established Morrison as the kind of creator whose name on a title would guarantee sales. Morrison's penultimate arc "Planet X" depicted the villain Magneto infiltrating and defeating the X-Men in the guise of new character Xorn and developing an addiction to the power-enhancing drug "Kick."

In 2002, Morrison launched their next creator-owned project at Vertigo: The Filth, drawn by Chris Weston and Gary Erskine, a 13-part mini-series. In 2004, Vertigo published three Morrison mini-series. Seaguy, We3, and Vimanarama. Morrison returned to the JLA with the first story in a new anthology series, JLA Classified. In 2005 Morrison wrote Seven Soldiers, which featured the Manhattan Guardian, Mister Miracle, Klarion the Witch Boy, Bulleteer, Frankenstein, Zatanna and Shining Knight. The series consists of seven interlinked four-issue mini-series with two "bookend" volumes – 30 issues in all.

Dan DiDio, the editorial vice president of DC Comics, was impressed with Morrison's ideas for revitalising many of DC's redundant characters. Giving them the unofficial title of "revamp guy", DiDio asked them to assist in sorting out the DC Universe in the wake of the Infinite Crisis. Along with other current superstar writers Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid, Grant Morrison was one of the writers on 52, a year-long weekly comic book series that started in May 2006 and concluded in May 2007.

Starting in November 2005, DC published All-Star Superman, a twelve-issue story arc by Morrison and Frank Quitely. Not so much a revamp or reboot of Superman, the series presents an out-of-continuity "iconic" Superman for new readers. All-Star Superman won the Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2006, the Best Continuing Series Eisner Award in 2007 and several Eagle Awards in the UK. It won three Harvey Awards in 2008 and the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2009. In the same year, Morrison and Quitely worked on pop star Robbie Williams' album Intensive Care, providing intricate Tarot card designs for the packaging and cover of the CD.

In 2006 Morrison was voted as the No. 2 favourite comic book writer of all time by Comic Book Resources. That same year, Morrison began writing Batman for DC with issue No. 655, reintroducing the character of Damian Wayne and signalling the beginning of a seven-year-long run on the character across multiple titles. Grant wrote the relaunch of The Authority and Wildcats, with the art of Gene Ha and Jim Lee respectively, for DC's Wildstorm imprint. WildC.A.T.S. went on hiatus after one issue, The Authority was discontinued after two. The scheduling of The Authority conflicted with 52 and Morrison was unhappy with the reviews: "And then I saw the reviews on issue one and I just thought '---- this'." It eventually concluded without Morrison's involvement in Keith Giffen's The Authority: The Lost Year.

At the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics announced that Morrison would write Final Crisis, a seven-issue mini-series slated to appear in 2008 with J. G. Jones handling the art. Morrison announced that 2008 would see publication of the follow-up to 2004's Seaguy called Seaguy 2: The Slaves of Mickey Eye, the second part of a planned three part series.

At the 2008 New York Comic Con, Morrison announced they would be working with Virgin Comics to produce "webisodes" (short animated stories) based on the Mahābhārata; it would not be a direct translation but, "Like the Beatles took Indian music and tried to make psychedelic sounds... I'm trying to convert Indian storytelling to a western style for people raised on movies, comics, and video games." In August 2009, Morrison and Frank Quitely launched the Batman and Robin series, a run that focused on Dick Grayson becoming the Batman of Gotham City in the stead of Bruce Wayne's death in Final Crisis.

Before the DC Universe rebooted and completely shifted the direction of their Batman epic, Morrison would kickstart Bruce Wayne's eventual return in a story called "The Return of Bruce Wayne" that led directly into Batman, Incorporated. Due to the split line, there were two of these series before Morrison ended the grand Bat-epic on Batman in 2013.

During this time, Morrison was also named to Action Comics with Rags Morales as the main artist.

Morrison's The Multiversity project for DC was published in 2014 and 2015, a metaseries of nine one-shots set in some of the 52 worlds in the DC Multiverse.

Grant eventually announced their "last" work for mainstream comics with Liam Sharp in The Green Lantern, which Morrison is currently working on Season 2 of.

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