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Aside from having 52 variant covers for state seal lovers, we haven’t talked much about the new JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA book by Geoff Johns and David Finch and how it differs from JUSTICE LEGAUE by Johns and other people. Will it be set in America? Will there be spiders? Is Airwave in the team?

To get the ball rolling, DC released a few new pieces of art yesterday, and some info from Johns:

“When I was thinking about whether or not a second Justice League title would work, essentially, I wanted to make sure that if I was going to write another team book it was had it’s own point of view, its own purpose both creatively and in the bigger DC Universe,” Johns revealed. “So the Justice League has been positioned as like the A-list, the big iconic superheroes, and the Justice League of America is a very different team. As evident by the initial lineup, it’s not a team of A-listers. I think the biggest A-lister on there is probably Green Arrow, who knows it and flaunts it a little on the team. But the team is built with potential and that’s really what I wanted to dive into because I’ve always loved the big heroes, I love the big seven. Batman’s great, Superman’s great, but there is something that I’ve always really enjoyed about getting into characters that you might not have looked twice at. Green Lantern, before we relaunched it with our rebirth, I think we obviously expanded the fan base of the character. Working on JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, I like delving into characters like Mr. Terrific and Doctor Midnight that people might not know very well, they might have heard of, but their judgment is a little quick. It’s the same thing as Aquaman and so I wanted to create a team of characters that people would look at and wonder what the hell we are doing. In a good way hopefully. I wanted to create a group of characters that had potential and it’s all about unlocking potential for me. The characters that I really enjoy writing and I gravitate towards are characters that might at first glance feel less than other superheroes and that’s the whole point of the Justice League of America. It’s all about finding characters who you have low expectations for and hopefully they surprise you both in story and in the universe. Designing this book to be all about finding the potential in you no matter who you are is what, for me, makes the book a lot of fun to work on.”

“JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA has its own big storyline and its own big world its creating that starts right off with issue #1 and delves into a darker corner of the DC Universe that we have yet to explore,” teasedJohns. “And that’s going to be villains. That’s a big piece of what the JLA is. It will play a big role in Trinity War, but a big role in the DC Universe after that as well. We’ve got it planned out through 2013 and beyond.”


Got all that? The new book goes on sale on February 20th.

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  2. I wonder that about every DC book lately: “What the hell are they doing? Do they really think this is good?”

  3. I was going to say, “That’s what I’ve been thinking the whole time! Wakka Wakka!” but the first two more or less beat me to it.

  5. Reading this, I get the overwhelming feeling that preorders for the first issue weren’t quite what DC was hoping for. Which is strange because there were over 52 variants available.

  6. I like Johns and this book looks intriguing, but I really think he should move on from GL. The multi-coloured Lanterns are getting tiresome and Simon Baz showed me that he’s close to jumping the shark if he hasn’t already.

  7. “We’ve got it planned out through 2013 and beyond.” Really, does anyone believe that about any DC book, even when the CCO is writing it? Here’s a safer bet–it will be one of the only DC books to miss a shipping date this year.

  8. Is this the New 52 “Extreme Justice” or “Justice League Task Force?” I can’t keep up with these relaunches because there’s still so many bad 90s ideas for them to work through.

  9. if only David Finch wasn’t on art. That guy is blah.
    Team looks fun, but it’s going to be damn ugly till Finch decides he can’t handle monthly duties.

  10. “When I was thinking about whether or not a second Justice League title would work, essentially, I wanted to make sure that if I was going to write another team book it was had it’s own point of view, its own purpose both creatively and in the bigger DC Universe”

    So then what did you consider Justice League International, if not a 2nd Justice League title?

  11. “People will ‘wonder what the hell we are doing.’”

    We already know what you’re doing. Same thing you do every night Pinky. Excessive grimdark and desperate attempts to recreate the 90’s.

    Business as usual.

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