Writer J. M. DeMatteis and Broderick created the Creature Commandos in "Weird War Tales" #93 (November 1980). In 1981, he abruptly left Marvel for DC. As he said in a 2003 interview, "Jim Shooter had all but informed me that, in his opinion, my art sucked and that I would never get another raise there, regardless of how well my books were selling. So one quick phone call to DC and I was in." Broderick was one of the artists on the double-sized "Justice League of America" #200 (March 1982). He and writer Gerry Conway launched "The Fury of Firestorm" in June 1982. Broderick briefly drew the Batman feature in "Detective Comics" in 1985. "Captain Atom", a Charlton Comics character purchased by DC, was given an ongoing series in March 1987 which was written by Cary Bates and drawn by Broderick. Writer Marv Wolfman and Broderick created Tim Drake in the "" story. Broderick drew the "Swamp Thing" series from 1989 to 1990 and then launched the "Green Lantern" volume 3 series with Gerard Jones.