Robert Kirkman is the most powerful comics writer in Hollywood, according to a new ranking released by The Hollywood Reporter.  The show based on Kirkman’s The Walking Dead is #1 in the key 18-49 demographic, and he currently has shows in development on four other series, the article explained. 

Second was DC CCO Geoff Johns; the company has five shows in production this year.  Brian Michael Bendis was #3, with two creator owned series, Powers and Alias, in the works.  Mark Millar, creator of Kick-Ass and Wanted, plus upcoming movies based on Starlight and Chrononauts, was #4.  Millar also wrote the story on which the third Captain America movie will be based.  Chris Claremont, whose version of the X-Men forms the basis for that universe at Fox, recently did a treatment for Gambit and was listed as #5 on the list.