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11-03-2007, 02:53 PM
WHOSE KINGDOM COME? GEOFF JOHNS TALKS JSA (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=135060)
by Vaneta Rogers
There are few superhero stories in the DC Comics Universe more revered and discussed than Kingdom Come.
But while comic book fans know the story well – and many are able to cite a long list of original heroes who appeared in the tale – the characters of the current DC Universe hadn't heard of it.
Until now.
In this week's Justice Society of America #10, an issue written by Geoff Johns and Alex Ross and pencilled by Dale Eaglesham, the heroes of the DCU are dealing with the sudden arrival of Kingdom Come Superman in the beginning of a three-issue story titled, "Thy Kingdom Come."
When DC's new multiverse was created at the end of 52, the 52 earths added to the DCU included Earth-22 – where the characters from Kingdom Come reside in an alternate universe. The existence of these characters within the framework of the current DCU made it possible for Johns to tell this story with Ross, who created the Kingdom Come characters with writer Mark Waid in the award-winning 1996 miniseries.
In a discussion littered with spoilers, Newsarama talked to Johns about the Justice Society story and its impact on the DCU, as well as the meaning behind the mysterious clues and deaths that JSA members are investigating in this storyline. And on a week that also saw the release of his first Action Comics issue with artist Gary Frank, we followed up on that story, the latest status of the Sinestro Corps War, and found out that Geoff Johns the writer has a little more in common with his fear-battling Green Lanterns than any of us knew.....
http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/JSA/10/JSA10.jpg
by Vaneta Rogers
There are few superhero stories in the DC Comics Universe more revered and discussed than Kingdom Come.
But while comic book fans know the story well – and many are able to cite a long list of original heroes who appeared in the tale – the characters of the current DC Universe hadn't heard of it.
Until now.
In this week's Justice Society of America #10, an issue written by Geoff Johns and Alex Ross and pencilled by Dale Eaglesham, the heroes of the DCU are dealing with the sudden arrival of Kingdom Come Superman in the beginning of a three-issue story titled, "Thy Kingdom Come."
When DC's new multiverse was created at the end of 52, the 52 earths added to the DCU included Earth-22 – where the characters from Kingdom Come reside in an alternate universe. The existence of these characters within the framework of the current DCU made it possible for Johns to tell this story with Ross, who created the Kingdom Come characters with writer Mark Waid in the award-winning 1996 miniseries.
In a discussion littered with spoilers, Newsarama talked to Johns about the Justice Society story and its impact on the DCU, as well as the meaning behind the mysterious clues and deaths that JSA members are investigating in this storyline. And on a week that also saw the release of his first Action Comics issue with artist Gary Frank, we followed up on that story, the latest status of the Sinestro Corps War, and found out that Geoff Johns the writer has a little more in common with his fear-battling Green Lanterns than any of us knew.....
http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/JSA/10/JSA10.jpg