Kitson provided illustrations for "Osgood Peabody's Big Green Dream Machine", a Superman text story written by Grant Morrison which appeared in the 1986 BritishSuperman Annual.[3] His first American work for DC Comics was aBatgirl Special published in 1988.[4][5] He and writersKeith Giffen and Alan Grant launched theL.E.G.I.O.N. series in February 1989.[6] TheAzrael series was crafted by Kitson and writerDennis O'Neil beginning in February 1995.[7] While drawingAzrael, Kitson drew part of the "Contagion" storyline which crossed-over through the various Batman-related titles.[8] Kitson was one of the many artists who contributed to theSuperman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 wherein the title character marriedLois Lane.[9] With writersMark Waid andBrian Augustyn, Kitson produced theJLA: Year One limited series which clarified elements of the team's origin.[10] In 2000, Kitson drew a series titledEmpire which was written by Waid, whoseprotagonist was aDoctor Doom-likesupervillain named Golgoth who had defeated all superheroes and conquered the world. The series was originally published byGorilla Comics, a company formed by Waid,Kurt Busiek and several others, but the company folded after only two issues were published.[11]Empire was completed under the DC Comics label in 2003 and 2004.[4] In 2002 he began a run onThe Titans[12] and in 2004, he and Waid relaunchedLegion of Super-Heroes.[13][14] for DC Comics and continued on it for two and a half years ending with issue No. 31.[4]
^abCallahan, Timothy (2012).Grant Morrison: The Early Years. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. pp. 260–263.ISBN978-1466343351.'Osgood Peabody's Big Green Dream Machine...', with accompanying illustrations by a young Barry Kitson...A Superman story that has more in common with the Mort Weisinger-era Superman than the late-Bronze Age [of comics] stories of the time in which it was written.
^Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "1980s". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.).Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 170.ISBN978-1465424563.Scribe Barbara Randall and penciller Barry Kitson retired Batgirl after one final adventure in her first solo comic.
^Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.).DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 241.ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9.In February [1989], the rebels fromInvasion! leaped intoL.E.G.I.O.N. '89 No. 1, a new tiitle by writer/artist Keith Giffen, scripter Alan Grant, and penciller Barry Kitson.
^Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 269: "Longtime writer/editor and Azrael co-creator Denny O'Neil picked up the pieces of the life of former Batman Jean-Paul Valley in a new ongoing effort, aided by artist Barry Kitson."
^Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."
^Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 282: "It was up to writers Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn and artist Barry Kitson to fill in the blanks. With their twelve-issue maxiseriesJLA: Year One, the trio examined the early days of the team...JLA: Year One proved a success, and cleaned up decades of convoluted comic history."
^Collins, Elle (13 October 2016)."The First Ever All-New Avengers Are Back InAvengers #1.1 (Preview)".ComicsAlliance.Archived from the original on 30 January 2017.InAvengers #1.1, by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson, a new team of Avengers must figure out how to live up to their predecessors. But this is a flashback story, and the mostly green new team consists of Captain America, Hawkeye, the Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver.
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