Geoff Johns is revealing new details about the hugely anticipated Justice League: Darkseid War.
The Lord of Apokolips declared war on Earth but the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, Aquaman and Green Lantern defeated him in the first arc of The New 52.
When DC Comics returns after the two-month Convergence event, the heroes will be caught in the middle of two mega villains: Darkseid vs. Anti-Monitor.
The showdown has been building since the Anti-Monitor was revealed in the Forever Evil finale.
“I can tell you that it’s going to be a war between the two biggest villains in the entire DC universe, Darkseid and the Anti-Monitor, with the Justice League caught in between. But we’re going to be introducing a lot of new characters, new villains, new parts of the mythology, a new league member…” teased Johns in a DC Comics interview.
“Some classics are going to come back,” added artist Jason Fabok.
“Some classics will be reinterpreted, but it’s kind of like a mix of everything we’ve set up since issue one, and paying that all off and then introducing a lot of new elements and new characters to send us into the future. We’ve never seen these two villains go up against each other before, and the story kind of came from asking, what could be the hardest thing for the League to deal with? What if they’re not actually the target? What if they have to stop a war?
The League roster has radically changed since the birth of The New 52 with villains Lex Luthor and Captain Cold joining after Forever Evil. Johns revealed a new member with ties to Darkseid.
“I think part of the fun of team books is always who is on the team and why they are on the team and why they come or go. Our team is going to continue to grow. I don’t think we are going to necessarily lose a lot of members because we like our core seven, but it’s always fun to throw somebody like Lex Luthor on the team.
Mister Miracle is the character that we’re going to reinvent and reintroduce, in a hopefully very big way during this storyline. He’s just been so much fun.”
Justice League #41 by Johns and Jason Fabok arrives June 17th.
By Editor