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Comic Book Movie has some transcripted dialogue from a Word Balloon podcast, where we get another example of somebody telling us years later that all was not as rosy as previously assumed in what could be considered a relationship between leftists:

Whether it's The Punisher and Wolverine for Marvel Comics or Gotham Central and Wonder Woman for DC, writer Greg Rucka is renowned for his work in the world of superheroes.

No he isn't. No matter what he's got to say about his relations with 2-3 specific writers and editors now, he still has blame to shoulder for bringing the DCU and MCU down to the shoddy level they're at now, including, but not limited to, his writings connected to the Infinite Crisis crossover. He's even got some pretty woke writings in his portfolio that were unsurprisingly optioned for television and films. Now, here's what he told the podcast:

"That was me at my absolute lowest at DC. That was in the deep end when everybody was lying to me, using me, betraying me, abusing me," he shared. "My relationship with James [Robinson] was a bad one. He was writing whatever he wanted. We were not collaborating well. Collaborating with Sterling [Gates] was great—literally was the best thing about that period. But it was just a repeated kick between the legs."

"It was toxic when I was there and remained toxic until Dan DiDio left. It was an abusive, manipulative environment. Geoff Johns was an incredibly manipulative person to me – used me, lied to me, played me off against people. DiDio did the same thing," Rucka continued. "I was made promises repeatedly, and they were always broken."

Explaining the impact that had on him, he added, "When I left in 2009, I was mentally ill. I was severely depressed and suicidal. I nearly took my life. And that's all the direct result of the way I was treated from 2006 through 2009; it was done with malice. The people I'm speaking about are bad actors. I'm not in a place where I will ever defend them again. They did what they did with malice of forethought."

Yes, they were very bad actors themselves. The damage they did to the DCU's coherency and morale is huge. Unfortunately, even Rucka himself is a pretty bad actor, and one of the first wrongs he did when he came to work for them was retconning the Renee Montoya character into a lesbian in the Gotham Central series. It wouldn't be the last, as the Infinite Crisis crossover, and Wonder Woman 219 vol. 2, where Diana breaks Max Lord's neck to stop him from mind-controlling Superman - who only condemns her for the act and little else - was one of the worst moments in Rucka's pretentious story portfolio. And now, we're supposed to care what he thinks? Let's also consider he made leftist political statements in the past decade, and his son was involved in criminal activity a few years ago.

It's said Rucka also discusses antisemitism in the comics industry, but when he adds:

Admitting that his 2016 and 2019 returns to DC to write Wonder Woman and Wonder Comics were similarly problematic, Rucka was asked what's changed. "I'm going to be perfectly honest. It's a different company right now. The people there—it's healthy," he explained, revealing that the communication between editors has improved significantly, creating a more collaborative environment.

Really. Does that include employment of far-left extremists despite the antisemitism they espoused? Only after what Gretchen Felker-Martin wrote on social media about the tragically assassinated Charlie Kirk did the management take Martin off the payroll. Also, look at who else DC still employs who hired the "dude in a dress", as noted by Ethan Van Sciver:

Here’s the creep who hired “Gretchen.” Surprise, it’s another trans weirdo. Son of Hollywood actor John Turturro, unfortunately. “Jesus” from The Big Lebowski. Now calls himself Ariana Turturro.

He, who would like to be called “she” now works as an editor at DC, and… https://t.co/5AOHU5wzLT pic.twitter.com/0VoyjczY35

— ETHAN VAN SCIVER (@EthanVanSciver) September 11, 2025

With people like that in their employ - and Marvel doubtless has their share of such ideologues too - is it any wonder this could happen to start with? I think after this revelation, I'll have to consider actor John Turturro an embarrassment as well. If Rucka doesn't make a call for these kind of people to be removed from employment in comicdom, I see no reason to take his discussions at face value.

Rucka's just one of quite a few overrated scribes of his time, much like Johns and DiDio themselves, and a writer who takes such a woke approach to scripting cannot be expected to maintain a convincing complaint about antisemitism in the industry, let alone sexism. Let's also recall Rucka once had a a cover illustration of WW censored all because her rear end was in view, and this sure was odd considering he may have written a shower scene for WW in his initial run on the series in 2005. Not to mention that if William Marston and H.G. Peter created WW as a sex symbol, then all Rucka's doing is insulting their memory.

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