In 2003, Finch returned to comics for a year-long arc on Ultimate X-Men with writer Brian Michael Bendis. Following that, the duo moved on to The Avengers, where they destroyed Marvel's premiere superhero team[4] and then relaunched it as The New Avengers featuring a radically different cast.[5] On Avengers, Finch's presence doubled sales with starting with his first issue.[6]
In January 2010, Finch left Marvel and became a DC Comics exclusive artist.[7] Finch collaborated with Grant Morrison on Batman #700 (Aug. 2010) an oversized anniversary issue.[8] In July 2010 DC announced that Finch would be writing and drawing a new ongoing series entitled Batman: The Dark Knight, the first story arc of which deals with the detective's more supernatural cases.[9][10] The series launched with a January 2011 cover date,[11] but was relaunched in November of that same year as part of the company-wide reboot The New 52.[12]
In July 2012, as part of San Diego Comic-Con, Finch was one of six artists who, along with DC co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, participated in the production of "Heroic Proportions", an episode of the Syfy reality television competition series Face Off, in which special effects were tasked to create a new superhero, with Finch and the other DC artists on hand to help them develop their ideas. The winning entry's character, Infernal Core by Anthony Kosar, was featured in Justice League Dark #16 (March 2013),[13][14] which was published January 30, 2013.[15] The episode premiered on January 22, 2013, as the second episode of the fourth season.[16]
As part of the DC Rebirth relaunch of DC's titles, Finch teamed with writer Tom King to launch the Batman vol. 3 series in June 2016.[20][21]
In 2020, Finch drew the 1950s variant cover for The Joker 80th anniversary 100-page super spectacular #1 (June 2020). That July, Marvel Comics announced that it had acquired the publishing rights to the Alien and Predator franchises, for which Finch created two teaser posters.[22]
^Manning, Matthew K. (2008). "2000s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 323. ISBN978-0756641238. Writer Brian Michael Bendis would turn the Avengers' world on its end with this shocking new crossover event drawn by artist David Finch.
^Cowsill, Alan (2012). "2000s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 289. ISBN978-0756692360. Spider-Man had always been thought of as a solo hero and one who wouldn't work well in a team. Writer Brian Michael Bendis shattered that myth in the mid-2000s when he made Spidey a member of the New Avengers.
^ abBatman: The Dark Knight Vol. 1 - Knight Terrors (The New 52) 2013. DC Comics
^Cowsill, Alan (2010). "2000s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 342. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Written by Grant Morrison with art by Tony S. Daniel, Andy Kubert, Frank Quitely, [David] Finch, and Richard Friend, this milestone issue of Batman featured an all-star roster of talent.
^Segura, Alex (July 13, 2010). "David Finch Takes on Batman: The Dark Knight as Writer/Artist". DC Comics. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Starting in November, Finch will take the reins of Batman: The Dark Knight, a new ongoing Batman title featuring the hyper-detailed and kinetic artwork Finch has become known for plus his unique and yet classic interpretation of the Caped Crusader.
^Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "2010s". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 317. ISBN978-1465424563. Writer/artist David Finch saw the birth of his own Batman title in the form of this new ongoing series that allowed the popular artist to explore his own Batman stories.
^Manning "2010s" in Dougall, p. 321: "While the original series had begun at the start of 2011 and only ran five issues, it was decided to relaunch the title in order to have the series restart with the rest of the New 52 books."
^Manning "2010s" in Dougall, p. 339: "Writer Geoff Johns and artist David Finch revealed the true definitions of evil in this series."
^Campbell, Josie (July 1, 2014). "Meredith, David Finch Discuss Taking Wonder Woman More 'Mainstream'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on November 18, 2014. Azzarello and Chiang hand over the keys to the Amazonian demigod's world to the just-announced husband-and-wife team of artist David Finch and writer Meredith Finch. Archive requires scrolldown
