Meet Thomas Noble Townsend III, the Trillion Dollar Kid. Money can’t buy everything but for a teen with unlimited resources and wealth, the unbelievable is never out of reach.
On a search for those across the world who possess remarkable and sometimes unconceivable abilities and origins, Tommy’s adventures begin as his hunt leads him to a pair of cosmic youngsters destined to rule heaven and hell, and a family from the far future hiding in our present.
But as Tommy unlocks more of the unimaginable, will it lead him to what he’s really searching for on this quest?
Collects The Rocketfellers #0, The Rocketfellers #13, Hornsby & Halo #0, Hornsby & Halo #14, The Trillion Dollar Kid #1-2
Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
The first thing from Ghost Machine I haven't loved. The Trillion Dollar Kid is just a really rich kid looking for his parents. He introduces that there are more people with powers (or Unbelievables) out there. There's just not a lot of story for 6 issues which is surprising coming from Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi.