James Tynion IV started in the comics business assisting Scott Snyder in writing backup stories for Snyder's groundbreaking BATMAN series. Tynion soon began writing TALON, a series that spun out of the hugely popular BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS storyline. He has also written CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER and RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS. Tynion currently writes DETECTIVE COMICS as a part of DC Universe Rebirth for DC.