JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA

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DC Entertainment Announces JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA

DC Comics announced at the DC Entertainment-All Access Sunday panel at Fan Expo Toronto that a new League will be forming.

Launching in 2013, DC Comics will publish a new ongoing comic book series, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, written by Geoff Johns and drawn by David Finch.

"This is a very different kind of team book,” says Geoff Johns. “On first glance, people might think the heroes of the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA stand in the shadows of Superman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the JUSTICE LEAGUE, but Green Arrow, Katana, Martian Manhunter, the new Green Lantern, Stargirl, Vibe, Hawkman and Catwoman thrive in the shadows. They're underdogs who have everything to prove and something to lose. They're a team of unlikely heroes who will help one another discover they're as A-List as anybody -- yes, even Vibe. Though getting there won't be easy. Why they're formed, why each member joins, what they're after and who the society of villains is they're trying to take apart will all be clear in the first issue when it hits early 2013. David and I are really focused on delving deep into what it's like to not be a member of the big seven and why, sometimes, the grass isn't always greener on the other side.”

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the new jla is going to have Green Arrow, Katana, Martian Manhunter, the new Green Lantern, Stargirl, Vibe, Hawkman and Catwoman. im happy there bring back vibe but catwomen seem a little odd

[Agent Purple The Illustrated Man Find all posts View Profile Close Agent Purple]

http://www.thegreenlanterncorps.com/...=20932&page=16

[Trigger Hal's Understudy Find all posts View Profile Close Trigger]

I really don't understand how Stargirl fits in this team, unless her persona is completely changed

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

Bait and switch. Nothing to see here.

[chivalrous Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close chivalrous]

http://www.thegreenlanterncorps.com/...=20932&page=16

It might as well have its own thread

I will say this though, I don't really want another JL book written by Johns...but I might have to pick this up just because the roster is so fucking random.

I guess it's supposed to be representative of the demographic make-up of the nation :
Male and female (although why it has a 2:1 male:female ratio, is disappointing)
Conservative (Hawkman)
Liberal (Green Arrow)
Alien (Martian Manhunter)
99% (Catwoman - former street orphan)
1% (Green Arrow again)
Patriot (Steve Trevor, Stargirl)
Latino (Vibe)
Japanese-American (Katana)
Muslim-American (Baz Lantern)
Young American (Star Girl)
Immigrant (Martian Manhunter and I'm assuming Katana and Baz Lantern too)

There doesn't seem to be anyone 'un-patriotic' or rather 'anti-establishment' (there's a Qward subject right there discussing how one can love their home country but not be patriotic) - I suppose Catwoman and Green Arrow probably fit that to some extent.
African American is a glaring absence, although I don't know if Baz is African-American, Middle-Eastern-Asian or Indian-Asian, I'm assuming one of the latter two.

I'd probably have preferred Renee Montoya introduced in place of Vibe to improve the male/female balance and to create a Law/Crime dichotomy with Catwoman, she'd also address the lack of a gay character in there, if the intention was to make the team demographically representative.

With a mix like that, the comic is likely to spend more time looking at the differences and prejudices between these demograpics - which I'm actually looking forward to, but I worry that it's probably going to end up being a superficial populist glance at the issues involved which won't really tackle anything and just voice the popular opinion of the day.

Now if Warren Ellis or Alan Moore were writing this, I'd be very, very excited, but with Johns, I'm expecting splash pages, explosions and something that spectacularly misses the point - Geoff Johns being the Michael Bay of the comic world, after all.

Just one superficial question - Where is Jack Knight's Cosmic Rod? or Will Courtney's powers come from somewhere/thing else

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Vibe .. REALLY???

there are characters from the OldDC that haven't show or don't exist and HE is going to be on a JLA title.. REALLY ???

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Cougth cougth, Kyle Rayner, cougth cougth, John Stewart!

Why? Why couldn't the main justice league just remain JLA, keep JLI and JLDark. Name this Justice League Task force!

So this new green lantern is staying after all, I thought he would be gone by the end of the third army. Wait, is this new GL gonna get his own title then? Still supprised they didn't use John or Kyle instead. Johns probably best known for being a leaguer. Overall, this looks great, might pick this up! I'd probably have gotten bored of Earth-2 by then anyway.

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Unused Stargirl Redesign by Brett Booth

This was my redesign for Stargirl, Geoff is partial to her old design so they didn't use it.

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Waverider?

Probably not, but it can't hurt to hope

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

Apparently that guy showed up in the Superman Annual so if you've got $4 worth of love for Waverider, you'll buy it and find out if that's him. lol

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Maybe the Black Racer minus the stupid space skis?

~KL~

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Apparently that guy showed up in the Superman Annual so if you've got $4 worth of love for Waverider, you'll buy it and find out if that's him. lol

I think the guy might be for the other Superman Annual...the one for October? With JLark and what other Annual was it again? Something or other, I don't remember seeing him yet though.

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Do you guys think its waverider? i skimmed the Annual but dont recall seeing this guy. Is it a Dameonite or whatever?

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Here are a few characters done for the Superman Annual.


Both of their powers originated from Helspont thus the influence in their appearance.

That's what the artist said. No, I don't think its WaveRider btw.

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Might be Effigy.