{"id":4230,"date":"2012-11-05T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T16:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2012-11-05T11:49:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T16:49:48","slug":"geoff-johns-brings-new-secret-society-of-supervillains-to-justice-league-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegreenlanterncorps.com\/web\/geoff-johns-brings-new-secret-society-of-supervillains-to-justice-league-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Geoff Johns Brings New Secret Society of Supervillains to ‘Justice League of America’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today we told you about Geoff Johns & David Finch’s upcoming series Justice League of America<\/em> getting 52 variant covers(one for each state and D.C. and PR) and two spin off titles to go with it in February<\/a>. Now, MTV<\/a> let Geoff Johns speak his mind on whats to come in the series, how Green Lantern Simon Baz and Green Arrow will interact, David Finch’s art and more. Read what he had to say below.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve always loved working with the less known or less popular DC characters, the ones that haven\u2019t been in the spotlight perpetually for all the 70-plus years of DC\u2019s publishing.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a real opportunity to unlock the potential in every hero \u2014 no matter how obscure they are \u2014 in fact, it\u2019s a challenge that I always find compelling. Anyone can be A-List and that\u2019s what the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA is about. That\u2019s what makes working with an artist as amazing as David Finch on this book really work \u2013 he elevates them with his art. To see David pour his talent into this team shows they\u2019re worth something. And they are.<\/p>\n

If the JUSTICE LEAGUE is about the world\u2019s greatest super heroes the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA is about the world\u2019s most dangerous \u2014 and that\u2019s because they\u2019re underrated, unpredictable and, before this, unwanted.<\/p>\n

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA is the backbone of the New 52 in 2013 alongside JUSTICE LEAGUE, repositioning some characters like GREEN ARROW \u2014 who there are big plans for \u2014 HAWKMAN, CATWOMAN and KATANA. In the case of the last two, you\u2019re right to question why they would ever join a team like the JLA. STEVE TREVOR, who leads the team \u2014 at least, that\u2019s what everyone believes \u2013 has specifically recruited and offered things to some of these unlikely candidates for reasons that will become clear in issue #1.<\/p>\n

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Catwoman will become central to the team in a way she\u2019d never expect, and Katana will perhaps become the second most dangerous member of the team \u2014 next to MARTIAN MANHUNTER, who along with the others is going to be heading into a new direction as he once again becomes a central hero to the DC Universe \u2014 and a figure whose reach is far greater than any other being on the planet.<\/p>\n

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The NEW GREEN LANTERN, SIMON BAZ, will also soon be recruited into the ranks and we\u2019ll see a new twist on the GREEN LANTERN\/GREEN ARROW relationship so often at the core of the Justice League.<\/p>\n

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Along with resetting those members, David and I will be re-introducing STARGIRL and VIBE to the New 52 \u2014 two young heroes who couldn\u2019t be more different. Stargirl, who we\u2019ll see has just come on the scene on the West Coast, is considered by many to be one of the most vibrant and hopeful heroes on the rise, while Vibe, who almost mistakenly emerges in Detroit, finds a lot of people \u2014 including himself \u2014 questioning why the League would ever need him. But things in the JLA are never going to be what they appear. Stargirl\u2019s role isn\u2019t what she expects, and Vibe\u2019s will end up personifying the idea of finding potential in the most unlikely of places.<\/p>\n

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I want to push this book and these characters in a direction that doesn\u2019t only focus on upping their abilities or re-defining their powers, but opens them each up to find out what\u2019s holding them back. What\u2019s keeping them from becoming the world\u2019s greatest heroes? Is it the world\u2019s problem or is it theirs? Some of them have nothing to lose, some of them have everything, some of them already lost it all, and some of them are burying their past and their problems so deep, confronting them could end up threatening everything the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA has helped them grow to become.<\/p>\n

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Specifically for the first arc, David and I will be introducing a secret society of super-villains that\u2019s going to redefine what it means to be a super villain \u2014 and like these heroes, even unlikely villains can become A-List \u2014 look at Black Adam, Sinestro or the Rogues \u2014 the villains have just as much potential as the heroes\u2026and that\u2019s another story to come\u2026?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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