When cosmic level super villains go to war, you need a God on your side if you’re caught in the crossfire.
DC’s greatest team gets a New God on their side this summer.
The long-awaited Darkseid War is declared in Justice League #41 this June. It’s The ruler of Apokolips vs the Anti-Monitor by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok.
Johns recruits a new member of the team. The DC Comics Chief Creative Officer has written nearly every icon but he hasn’t written this New God.
“When we got on “Darkseid War,” in particular, I needed one of the New Gods characters as a focal point because of the way this story unfolds and I was thinking about which one to use. I’d always thought Mister Miracle was an interesting character—the universe’s greatest escape artist—but I hadn’t written him. I had never really written any New Gods characters so it was brand new to me. But I loved it because I love taking characters that are maybe off the beaten path and figuring out, okay, how can I shine them up? What’s he really about? Why does he do what he does? Where is going to go next? How do I expand what he can do in his role in the DC Universe?” Johns said on DCComics.com.
“I think we’ve actually hit on something quickly that I’m really excited about. I think Scott Free is such a great character and he brings a different kind of energy to the book, just like Luthor has, and seeing him interact with certain League members will be lot of fun. Jason’s going draw the hell out of it.”
Since The New 52 creators have veered from comics canon and reinterpreted certain DC icons. How will Johns and Fabok portray Mister Miracle?
Back before Alan Scott came out in Earth 2 we picked Scott Free as the DC character who would be gay in the reboot. Read and see if you agree with our theory that could still happen when he joins the League.
If Scott joins the team could Big Barda soon follow as the war escalates?
Darkseid War begins in Justice League #41 this June.
By Editor