After reviewing Jones' artwork, Rogers praised it and told him "You will make a great Batman artist someday.

[6] At DC Comics, Jones redesigned Deadman, making the character look thin and skeletal.

Deadman's face, formerly drawn to resemble a normal human's head with pale white skin, now looked like a skull.

[7] In 1990 and 1991, he drew several issues of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series[8] with contributions to the "Dream Country" and "Season of Mists" story arcs.

[15] He illustrated The Crusades for Vertigo (2000–2001) and the four-issue mini-series Conan: The Book of Thoth for Dark Horse Comics[16] with writers Kurt Busiek and Len Wein in 2006.

[5] In 2014, he provided artwork for "The Pale Man", part of "Batman: Endgame" focusing on a group of serial killers and an Arkham nurse who are forced into telling "a story" by the Joker.

The series' original artist, Bernie Wrightson, was unable to complete it due to ill health before his death.