Justin Gray

Justin Gray is an American comic book writer based in Ossining, New York, who has built a substantial career primarily at DC Comics spanning more than two decades. He is perhaps best recognized for his long-running creative partnership with Jimmy Palmiotti, a collaboration that has produced some of DC's more distinctive genre work.

Gray's output has been notably prolific and varied. Since his comics debut around 2002, he has accumulated credits on nearly 380 issues across a wide range of titles through 2025. His most substantial contributions have come on the revisionist Western series Jonah Hex and its follow-up All Star Western, where his partnership with Palmiotti helped revitalize the grizzled bounty hunter as a compelling antihero for contemporary readers. Beyond the frontier genre, Gray has demonstrated real versatility — working on superhero team books like Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters, the sprawling crossover series Countdown, and the globe-trotting adventure title Batwing. Earlier in his career he also contributed to 21 Down, signaling an early comfort with unconventional storytelling.

Gray's body of work is defined less by a single signature style than by a willingness to engage with underserved corners of the DC universe, often bringing a grounded, character-driven sensibility to material that might otherwise feel marginal. No major award credits are documented in available sources.