The World’s Finest has published an exclusive interview with Young Justice Producer Greg Weisman to discuss the final issue of the monthly Young Justice comic series. The final issue, issue #25, hits retail and digital outlets on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013. The monthly title expanded on the in-depth continuity of the Young Justice animated series, providing new details and adventures featuring the show’s expansive cast. In this interview, Weisman looks back at his run on the title, hints at what could of been, and teases the epic finale to the acclaimed monthly DC Comics title.
Below is an excerpt.
WF: The final issue of Young Justice hits in February, with the last episode of Young Justice’s current season in March. Is there an air of finality around these projects for you? If you never had to opportunity to work with these specific characters again, would you be happy with how you and [Young Justice producer] Brandon Vietti left things?
GW: I'm not writing an epitaph here. But the nature of the business is that you never know if you're going to be picked up for more episodes or issues. So whether it's Captain Atom, Gargoyles, W.I.T.C.H., The Spectacular Spider-Man or Young Justice, I always try to end each season or run at a good place to stop, with what I like to call open-ended closure. So with the Young Justice book and show, Brandon and I tied up enough threads that the audience/reader can feel satisfied, but we've left some questions unanswered, some threads dangling intentionally, so that we have the chance to come back. And I would love to come back to this world, these characters. Believe me.
WF: Do you have any stand-out moments from the Young Justice comic series that you’d like to acknowledge? Favorite character beats, action sequences, or just moments you were really proud of?
GW: I kinda loved issue #0. And there are definitely moments in issue #25 that I don't want to scoop, but which I'm very proud of: page 16 may be the single most chilling page I've ever written, and pages 20 and 21 really make me smile (But I should give a lot of credit to artist Christopher Jones for really breathing life into the characters on those pages.) In between, I like the Artemis arc in #7 and #8. I like the back to front storytelling in issue #12. And I love the first few pages of issue #20. I think this last six-parter has some great bookends to it. Oh, heck, I'm not modest. I like the whole run. But I guess those are the standouts for me. Oh, and I like Ra's al Ghul's line to Batman in issue #11: "There's just no pleasing you."
The full interview is available on at The World's Finest.