The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) was held this weekend with the usual round of DC Panels and guests. News continues to surface about future books. JLA writer James Robinson was in attendance at the DC Nation, Brightest Day, and DC Universe Panels.
Future Storylines
There were questions at the DC Universe Panel (CBR) about the make up of the Justice League. Following the report of the full roster as WC10, Robinson reiterated that
The team you seen in Justice League [#43] will be in place for quite some time. And the stories you see are going to be so big that you’ll forget they’re not the Big 7.
and that the team was composed of
some characters that I had an affinity for, some of the cast of Cry for Justice, and the graduates of the Titans. But for various reasons, some of those characters were taken away from me.
Animal Man will appear in JLA #49. In addition,
“Vixen will be coming back in a very specific arc” of “Justice League,” Robinson said. Cyborg has a supporting role, but this will lead into a bigger arc. He will get a backup story in “Justice League” #48-50. A farewell scene with Plastic Man was cut from issue #41, but “I have a fondness for the character.”
More Cry For Justice questioning
At the DC Nation Panel (Newsarama) a fan challenged the panel about Cry For Justice. Dan Didio responded that:
No one said we were going all the way away from grim and gritty. I don’t think we’re even really doing grim and gritty. We’re doing drama, we’re doing adventure. Our job is to make people feel things. The fact that you got a strong reaction says that we’re doing our job.
[Personally, I'm getting quite tired of this line from the DC Management. Making people feel something isn't a measure of success unless it's the right feeling. Feelings of loss for the death of a character or anger at a character's actions are deliberately targeted responses. The same can't be said for the anger at poor product and bad characterisation.]
James Robinson continued,
It absolutely is one of the darkest Justice League stories ever done. We did this to facilitate making Star City one of the most distinct cities in the universe. There are reasons for Roy Harper being brought down to where he is and as far as killing Lian, it’s not like I was sitting in my home cackling while doing it. The other thing you’ll find, when J.T. Krul deals with the material, he’s a family man, the way it’s depicted is very heart-felt.
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As my atonement for Cry for Justice, I promise to make Justice League to be big, exciting, epic adventures.
As I noted in my post about the Emerald City Con I think this issue is going to run for the entire convention season.
Artist Rumours
Bleeding Cool reported a rumour that Mark Bagley’s exclusive contract with DC Comics had come to an end and that he’s been quoted at C2E2 as saying that he’ll be “back at Marvel in six months.” Mark started with JLA #38 and will have done every issue up to JLA #48 including two JSA issues – a 12-issue run which is standard for most artists nowadays.
Whether the artist rumours are true or not I don’t know, but C2E2 was apparently the first time that James Robinson and Mark Bagley met each other.
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