Giordano provided art for several anniversary issues of key DC titles. He and television writer Alan Brennert crafted the story "To Kill a Legend" in "Detective Comics" #500 (March 1981). Giordano was one of the artists on the double-sized "Justice League of America" #200 (March 1982) as well as "Wonder Woman" #300 (Feb. 1983) He was promoted to Vice-President/Executive Editor in 1984, and with Kahn and Levitz, oversaw the relaunch of all of DC's major characters with the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" limited series in 1985. This was followed by Frank Miller's "" and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' "Watchmen" in 1986. Giordano inked several major projects during this time such as George Pérez's pencils on "Crisis on Infinite Earths" and John Byrne's pencils on "The Man of Steel" and "Action Comics", though during this period he always employed assistants for inking backgrounds, filling in large black areas, and making final erasures.