Dwayne McDuffie is to the JLA what Mark Waid was to Flash during his first run.
(Of course, McDuffie is also currently doing a damned fine job -- in spite of the Hell that is the current Marvel Universe -- of writing Fantastic Four, whose only other solid regular writer since Walt Simonson's run was by none other than Waid. But his writing on JLA -- as well as the work he did on the animated series -- is superlative.)
(Of course, McDuffie is also currently doing a damned fine job -- in spite of the Hell that is the current Marvel Universe -- of writing Fantastic Four, whose only other solid regular writer since Walt Simonson's run was by none other than Waid. But his writing on JLA -- as well as the work he did on the animated series -- is superlative.)