If you're reading the flagship of the DC Universe, Johns is outright TELLING you which books you shouldn't read. And I don't just mean the Big Six acting like jerks and morons, though they do headline 10 other books. Johns is more direct about these other titles though:
Don't read Justice League International, cuz Batman says they suck.
Don't read Green Arrow, cuz he's so damn needy.
Don't read Stormwatch, cuz the Martian Manhunter is some kind of filthy traitor.
But you know what? Screw all that. There's only one book you really shouldn't read... and that's Justice League.
Don't read Justice League International, cuz Batman says they suck.
Don't read Green Arrow, cuz he's so damn needy.
Don't read Stormwatch, cuz the Martian Manhunter is some kind of filthy traitor.
But you know what? Screw all that. There's only one book you really shouldn't read... and that's Justice League.
Comments
It's all too confusing.
Omega: I have a theory that DC has started using the Marvel Method, Johns especially, giving a short outline to the artist, letting that artist do whatever (splash pages mostly), and then adding (a minimum of) dialog to the finished pages. That's the only way I can explain the Jim Lee issues.
Still doesn't explain why all the big heroes are such jerks though.
YOU GOT TOO MUCH WILDSTORM IN MY DC UNIVERSE!!!
I have dutifully collected every issue of "Green Arrow" (in whatever form) since Ollie came back from the dead in the early naughties. I've stuck by Ollie through the highs and lows and the dulls. But Nocenti's writing may be enough to make me drop the title altogether and wait six months after she's gone just to be sure she didn't lay any eggs.