Robinson on JSA for one more issue

CBR’s Jeffrey Renaud has interviewed James Robinson (the writer of the Justice League comic book) about his plans for the up-coming JLA and JSA crossover. He describes how he approaches characters like Donna Troy, Dick Grayson, Jade, and Jesse Quick who serve as analogues to the League’s founders. He also reveals that he specifically asked for Jade to be returned to life in Brightest Day…

I did ask to have her come back. I’ve always liked Jade. I’ve always been quite a fan. [...]  When she was killed during the Rann-Thanagar War, I felt that it was a waste of the character. And when the idea came about of me having my own kind of “7″ characters and doing my own thing with them, her name came up and it just felt like the right person to add to that team.

In a change to DC’s original plans Robinson will be staying on Justice Society for another issue to give them some post-crossover wrap-up.

This storyline is part of a much bigger picture that I have worked out with Mark Bagley and my editor Eddie Berganza that we’ll unfold over the next couple of years. So the Starheart and everything about it is just part of what will become a much bigger story as things go down the line. This is just the start. But it’s a finite series that has a beginning and an ending to the story.

I was originally staying on “JSA” for #41 and #42, but now – just to give the Justice Society a bit more of a coda – I’m staying for #43 too. At the start, the ending was all in “Justice League of America” #48, and it just felt like the Justice Society didn’t get their fair shake at the end.

And then there is a single-issue I’m really excited to write, “Justice League of America” #49, and then we go to #50, which is where another big arc will start. It’s another big, epic story involving everything people will want to see in a Justice League story.

The entire interview can be found at CBR.