Robinson made his writing debut in 1989 with the graphic novel ''
London's Dark'', illustrated by
Paul Johnson and later named one of the 500 "essential" graphic novels, as it was "at the vanguard [...] of British graphic novels as a whole" despite being "a very raw work, full of experimentation". He continued contributing short stories to various anthologies, including "
Grendel: Devil's Whisper" which appeared in
A1, before breaking into the American market with a number of
Terminator series for
Dark Horse. In 1993, Robinson penned the limited series
The Golden Age for
DC Comics, which, despite being an
Elseworlds story, established much of the backstory he would later use in his arguably most renowned work,
Starman. With
Starman, Robinson took the aging
Golden Age character of the same name and revitalized both him and all those who had used the name over the decades, weaving them into an interconnected whole. In 1997, Robinson's work on the title garnered him an
Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story". In the late 90s, Robinson worked on a follow-up series to
The Golden Age, to be titled
The Silver Age and illustrated by
Howard Chaykin, although he ultimately decided not to pursue the project as the bulk of his ideas were presented in
Mark Waid and
Brian Augustyn's 1998 series
JLA: Year One. In addition to
Starman, Robinson's DC work includes frequent contributions to the anthology series
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, a
Vigilante mini-series and
The Sandman spin-off series
Witchcraft for
Vertigo. In 1999, Robinson and his writing partner
David S. Goyer spearheaded the return of the Golden Age team of superheroes
Justice Society of America to the mainstream
DC Universe with the story arc "
The Justice Society Returns" and the launch of the ongoing series
JSA. Robinson left the title after five issues while Goyer continued co-writing it with
Geoff Johns, with whom Robinson would later launch the
JSA spin-off series
Hawkman. Similarly, he served as a transitional writer on several
Marvel titles, such as
Cable and
Generation X, contributing to the "
Operation: Zero Tolerance" inter-title crossover storyline. Robinson wrote a brief run on the
Captain America series that was then-recently relaunched as part of the "
Heroes Reborn" initiative. Other work for Marvel includes
Ectokid, one of the series created by the
horror/
fantasy novelist
Clive Barker for the company's
Razorline imprint. At
Image, Robinson wrote a brief run on
Wildcats that further developed the team's mythology and launched the creator-owned series
Leave It to Chance with artist
Paul Smith's, which won them two more Eisner Awards in 1997, for "Best New Series" and "Best Title for Younger Readers". In the late 90s, Robinson and David S. Goyer wrote an unused draft for then-upcoming film
Freddy vs. Jason and scripted
Evermere for
C2 Pictures, which aimed for a 2000 release with
Chuck Russell attached to direct. Robinson's best known work as a screenwriter is the 2003 adaptation of
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which caused some controversy among fans of
the original work, many of whom were disappointed that the film took many liberties and changed the tone of the source material. Early drafts had reportedly relocated much of the action from England to America, allegedly in an attempt to make it more acceptable to American audience. After taking a break from writing comics, Robinson returned in 2006 with an eight-issue storyline "
Batman: Face the Face", which ran through both
Batman and
Detective Comics as part of DC Comics' company-wide initiative "
One Year Later". In 2008, he took over the writing duties of the ongoing
Superman series, starting with the storyline "
The Coming of Atlas". In 2009, Robinson launched
Justice League: Cry for Justice, intended to run as a second ongoing
Justice League title but turned into a 7-issue mini-series instead due to poor critical reception. Despite the controversial reception, Robinson was nominated for Best Writing in the 2010 Eisner Awards. In October 2009, Robinson took over the regular
Justice League of America ongoing title with and artist
Mark Bagley, who was later replaced by
Brett Booth. In May 2010, Robinson and
Sterling Gates co-wrote
War of the Supermen, the limited series that acted as the culmination of the
Superman crossover storyline that started two years prior with "
Superman: New Krypton". Robinson concluded his run on
Superman with issue #700 (Aug. 2010). In 2011, Robinson launched the 12-issue series
The Shade, starring the eponymous character closely associated with the
Starman series. The following year, he launched the
Earth 2 ongoing series which reimagined the long-standing concept of the fictional parallel earth for new readers as part of DC Comics' company-wide relaunch "
The New 52". One of the revisions introduced by Robinson was making the
Green Lantern of Earth 2 gay, which made national news. Robinson left the title after sixteen issues. In 2013, Robinson launched
The Saviors with
J. Bone, his first creator-owned series since the discontinuation of
Leave It to Chance a decade earlier. In 2014, Marvel published an original graphic novel titled
The Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business, co-written by Robinson and Mark Waid. That same year, Robinson's launched two new ongoing series at Marvel as part of the
All-New Marvel NOW! initiative,
All-New Invaders with artist
Steve Pugh and a new volume of the
Fantastic Four series with artist
Leonard Kirk. In 2015, Robinson and artist
Greg Hinkle launched the 4-issue mini-series
Airboy at Image, which featured the eponymous Golden Age character emerging from the world of comic books into the "real" world and interacting with the creators. The series caused controversy with its
transphobic remarks made by fictional Robinson in issue #2, which propmpted the creators to make amendments for the eventual collected edition. Also in 2015, Robinson penned the ongoing series
Scarlet Witch for Marvel, which, he explained, was influenced by the work of
Matt Fraction and
David Aja on the 2012 series
Hawkeye. In 2016, Robinson launched another creator-owned series,
Grand Passion, illustrated by
Tom Feister and published by
Dynamite, which he described as "a departure from what I've been doing in the last few years." The following year, Robinson penned a
James Bond spin-off series starring
Felix Leiter for Dynamite and returned to DC Comics for a run on the
Wonder Woman series, which he wrote for a year, leaving after issue #50 (Sept. 2018). Since 2020, Robinson has been writing and producing the
Stargirl television series, based on the
eponymous character co-created by Geoff Johns and
Lee Moder that in turn spun out of Robinson-created character
Starman (Jack Knight). ==Personal life==