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IGN <\/a>has the exclusive this time as Geoff Johns gets really specific about what’s to come with “Forever Evil”, DC’s first New52 event series. Spoilers for Justice League #23<\/em> and some Forever Evil bits too are ahead so you have been warned. Oh, also included below is Forever Evil #3 <\/em>cover by David Finch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Geoff Johns kills the Justice League:<\/p>\n \u201cAs far as the world knows, the Justice Leagues are dead. What happened to them and where they are will be revealed within the pages of Forever Evil, which is focused squarely on the greatest villains in comics,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n We won’t see the affects of the event hit regular monthly series until its over in January:<\/p>\n \u201cThere are some major events that happen to some of our heroes and villains, and those are all reflected in the monthly books at the end of [the series], except for the ones that tie-in directly like the Justice League titles, Suicide Squad, and Teen Titans. Those books will be up-to-speed monthly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Ready for some spoilers? Well it turns out Lex Luthor and his Secret Society aren’t the true bad guys after all:<\/p>\n \u201cThe Crime Syndicate will be the ones leading the charge to take the world in Forever Evil.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n That’s right! Power Ring vs Sinestro! At least that’s what we’re teased with in the above teaser by Justice League <\/em>Ivan Reis.<\/p>\n \u201cEvil is relative \u2013 and what I mean by that, is that our villains are as complex, as deep and as compelling as any of our heroes. Every antagonist in the DC Universe has a unique darkness, desire and drive. And the reason for being of Forever Evil is to explore that darkness,\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe start literally, in the first issue, when the whole world goes dark; communication and power are gone. And as our Earth is plunged into darkness, the Crime Syndicate begins their plan for conquest.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201c[They] make themselves known and they enact their mission to take over. They will lead an army of super villains, but not every villain sees things the way they do…Every villain in the DC Universe wants something different and not all of them want to rule the world. Or at least, not all of them want to rule the world in the way the Crime Syndicate do.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And Johns definitely confirms Sinestro’s first appearance since his departure from our eyes in Green Lantern #20<\/em>:<\/p>\n \u201cFrom Sinestro to Black Adam to Captain Cold to Catwoman, we\u2019ve never seen these villains team-up like this before. And for what some might say the right reasons. But they go about trying to \u2018save\u2019 the world in a very, very different way than our heroes might. They don\u2019t have laws they follow. Their moral codes are all on a sliding scale. And their sense of justice isn\u2019t going to be a jail cell. Or even something as simple as death. In the end, they too have their own reasons for doing what they do, and ultimately this story will change them as much as it changes the heroes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Johns gets specific about the Syndicate:<\/p>\n \u201cFor them, and Ultraman in particular, it\u2019s not about good and evil. It\u2019s about strength and weakness. They\u2019re the strongest, most powerful people on their planet, therefore they have ruled it.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re here for the thrills, or for simple survival, or for a chance at a new life. Although they work together, they\u2019re as self-concerned as you can get. Their thinking is backwards; they\u2019re wired wrong. And they view our world as backwards in so many ways \u2013 it\u2019s a shock to the system. The culture and behavior is so alien to them. I\u2019m not taking about flying around and being a \u2018super hero\u2019 \u2013 I\u2019m talking about even the most basic concepts of good in our society, like a soup kitchen or a free clinic or fundraising — they don\u2019t make sense to them. Why are people sacrificing anything for anyone else? Something like sacrifice is a foreign concept to the Syndicate. It\u2019s all about strength.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cUltraman is going to be the uber-villain. He doesn\u2019t understand the laws of nature on this world. We\u2019ll get deep into that, his brutality, and his lack of compassion. But he also has an agenda that is frighteningly understandable. I think that\u2019s the scariest part of it all; you can actually see why Ultraman is doing what he\u2019s doing, as horrific as it is. Like many people out there, he doesn\u2019t believe in protecting the weak.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Geoff Johns and David Finch redesigned the Crime Syndicate including Power Ring:<\/p>\n \u201c[We] talked about their personalities in great detail. We wanted a touch of old-school looks to them combined with the modern day, because we wanted them to look like heroes. Some might say that Ultraman\u2019s costume looks more heroic than Superman\u2019s right now. When Ultraman walks into a room, you think it\u2019s Superman until he starts talking\u2026and acting. I wanted to have this almost immediate sigh of relief, followed by absolute terror. \u2018Superman is here!\u2019 \u2018That\u2019s not Superman.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all about personality and individual story. With Power Ring, for instance, [David] has done an amazing job of illustrating how the ring affects the greatest coward the ring could find. And Deathstorm sees Power Ring as a fascinating experiment. Deathstorm is a scientist who\u2019s been merged with the dead body of his lab assistant. It\u2019s given him a cold demeanor and a clammy touch. He\u2019s essentially a mad Nazi scientist with Atomic Power at his hand. Johnny Quick has his kills-for-thrills attitude is all over his face; he\u2019s smiling, he\u2019s excited. He\u2019s finally found a place he can have some fun with again. And he\u2019s been through hell. He wants to give that hell back to everyone he encounters. Owlman is searching for control, he knows the world can\u2019t be plunged into chaos \u2013 it needs systems to function. And he wants to control those systems. He wants to control everything. Superwoman is probably the most manipulative of them all. She is the most frightening because of the secrets she has. We really wanted to twist our superheroes inside out.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And then finally Geoff adds:<\/p>\n \u201cForever Evil is my love letter to DC super villains. It\u2019s my chance to take all of the villains I\u2019ve worked with and all the ones I\u2019ve never worked with and put them into one gigantic, epic story that will bring together the bads of the DC Universe.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n IGN has the exclusive this time as Geoff Johns gets really specific about what’s to come with “Forever Evil”, DC’s first New52 event series. 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