COMICS: Full Image And More Details Revealed For New Justice League!

COMICS: Full Image And More Details Revealed For New Justice League!

The new Justice League will have 14 members and here writer Geoff Johns details his approach to writing the team. Plus, we also have the full version of the image released earlier which features more characters...

By JoshWilding - May 31, 2011 07:05 PM EST
Filed Under: DC Comics
Source: USA Today

To read the full article over at USA Today, simply click on the link at the bottom of the page.

Guided by writer Geoff Johns and artist Jim Lee, Justice League will begin its first year with an updated secret origin reflecting DC's new initiative, giving the group a reason for coming together that it lacked when the league first appeared in 1960. And while it will ultimately boast 14 members, at its core will be DC's A-list do-gooders: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Aquaman.

"The approach is very much about who they are behind the masks and how they interact together and how these personalities mix," explains Johns, DC Entertainment's chief creative officer. "With the world's greatest superheroes, how does that team actually work? Do they all get along? Being able to pull together and see how that relationship is forged and continues to grow has to be at the heart of that book."

In the rollout of the revamped DC Universe, some titles will return, a lot of titles won't, and DC will have a wider range of books starting in September, DiDio says. In addition, three-quarters of the creative teams will be shuffled around — series that are successful and writer/artist combinations that work well together won't be tweaked too much, he says.







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TorturedXGenius
TorturedXGenius - 5/31/2011, 7:17 PM
am i the only one that can't see if Hal has his ring? lol everyone gets an updated/modified costume....except Aquaman lol
GrandWrex
GrandWrex - 5/31/2011, 7:20 PM
Can anyone else see the tear in hal's costume on his right side?

and im not sure about anyone else but im liking the silver in wonder women's costume

@TorturedXGenius its hard to see, but i can see it

i love Jim lee's artwork
JatevinM
JatevinM - 5/31/2011, 7:21 PM
I like the costume redesigns especially Wonder Woman and Superman. My only complaint is that Superman doesn't have the s curl and the blue bands around his wrists should be red.

Tortured@ I don't see a ring.
Scion
Scion - 5/31/2011, 7:23 PM
Hal has no ring. Cyborg looks pretty kick ass!
Jolt17
Jolt17 - 5/31/2011, 7:26 PM
SWEET!

BATS is sweetest, CYBORG too, love the silver on WW, but where's GL ring?

Cool tho!
longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 5/31/2011, 7:26 PM
Why is everyone wearing a V neck?
manthingnitsuj
manthingnitsuj - 5/31/2011, 7:28 PM
So this is Dick and not Bruce, yes?
greenlanternlady
greenlanternlady - 5/31/2011, 7:29 PM
very excited for this!
daschysta
daschysta - 5/31/2011, 7:29 PM
Badass.

Visuakly it looks better than Morrison's JLA run.

Bruce and Hal look incrediawesome

And no it should be bruce, he's back now and he's still THE batman.
Dick is one of many bats he just happens to protect Gotham while bruce coordinates the larger operations of batman Inc.
Ambushbug
Ambushbug - 5/31/2011, 7:30 PM
In this latest revamp, Green Lantern Hal Jordan now wears a toe ring!
Shunt
Shunt - 5/31/2011, 7:33 PM
Make Flashes eyes just like they did in Dare Devil for the justice league movie... sh*t would look awesome, for real...

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AgeofApocalypse
AgeofApocalypse - 5/31/2011, 7:33 PM
I would have liked to have seen J'onn, but Cyborg is cool, too.

I'm glad Batman got rid of the yellow insignia. It's funny: as a kid, I hated all pictures of Batman without the yellow insignia, but as an adult, I hated when they brought it back.

I hope it's Bruce.
GrandWrex
GrandWrex - 5/31/2011, 7:34 PM
@NerdAlert no i mean in the black part in between his arm and the lantern symbol, there's a spot that looks like its flesh coloured
Retardo
Retardo - 5/31/2011, 7:35 PM
Im baffld tried 2 post this in scoops section earlier, but nothin happend, told me 2 enter my stuff but nothin happend... :(...

Shunt
Shunt - 5/31/2011, 7:35 PM
Justice League better get done right... Im going to be soo F'n mad cause I know JL wont come out till at least 2015.. Ill be damn near 37yrs old.. smh.. thats scary..
supernaturalfreak
supernaturalfreak - 5/31/2011, 7:36 PM
likes:
-they look younger, makes sense
-like the more modernized costumes
-like supe's collar

dislikes:
-batman's weird robot gloves
-why is cyborg in the justice league?
-to me it looks like all of the dudes have the same exact face
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 5/31/2011, 7:39 PM
I hate Superman's look, sorry but I think there was nothing wrong with the Original suit.
Checkmate
Checkmate - 5/31/2011, 7:40 PM
Too young and too many collars.
Hopefully continuity isn't [frick]ed up too bad after Flashpoint, and favorite heroes live on.
duncboy
duncboy - 5/31/2011, 7:43 PM
I'm a fan of what's going on currently in the Batman comics, so it's a shame that looks like it could be going away - hoping it won't. Superman comics suck right now but I still buy 'em waiting for a good storyline, and while I think his costume seemed outdated, that was part of the character I liked (never changing, same values, costume, etc.). Changing the "S" is a mistake too IMO. Generations of people grew up with the Superman "S" and the new change seems a bit emo/anime-ish.
TimeLordLantern
TimeLordLantern - 5/31/2011, 7:43 PM
LONG LIVE GEOFF JOHNS! Jim Lee as well! By far, my favorite artist! Well, that's living anyway. *Hats off* To Jack Kirby.
Mulanzo
Mulanzo - 5/31/2011, 7:44 PM
Superman doesn't need a new suit. The blue undies suck. I like change... this is not a good change.
LordHuck
LordHuck - 5/31/2011, 7:45 PM
Dudes!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Superman’s and Wonder Woman’s “Classic” looks are among the most dated and broken in all of comics. They both needed this.
GillytheKid33
GillytheKid33 - 5/31/2011, 7:45 PM
Shit, I had high hope earlier today, but this looks so much like there kids its not even funny. I swear to god all of them are like 18 years old in that picture. WTF!
Checkmate
Checkmate - 5/31/2011, 7:46 PM
@LordHuck I'm in agreement on Wonder Woman, but I feel Superman was looking fine.
JatevinM
JatevinM - 5/31/2011, 7:46 PM
To anyone who says that there is nothing wrong with Superman and Wonder Woman's look, I say that you are seriously delusional. These new looks are something that has been needed for the characters for the last 25 years. Wonder Woman's current look is more slutty than Superhero, she is supposed to be taken serious as a superheroine. How can you take her serious when she is parading around half naked? Superman's look is inconsistent with who he is, which is why the red underwear should have been gone long before now. The rest of the costume is fine but you can't take a man serious when he wears a pair of red underwear over his pants.
TheGreatone0207
TheGreatone0207 - 5/31/2011, 7:47 PM
Sure hope that is Wally and not Barry. And whats up with the overuse of Cyborg? I like him, they have never focused on him before.
NERO
NERO - 5/31/2011, 7:49 PM
I think this is more of a reboot than just changing costumes, guys. DC is starting over with issue #1 for ALL 52 of its major titles. They are restarting Ultimates/Crisis on Infinite Earths style and taking the heroes back nearly a decade in their own timelines. We may lose the next gen characters like Tim Drake, and Kyle Rayner because of this. It is still unclear.

If... If this is a reboot of the entire DC Universe on a cellular level as Comicvine seems to point to it being then I have to say this:

Here's what I don't get at DC: why reboot like this at all?

They "want new readers," sure, I can get that. The problem with that is the fact that the number of current readers is lower than it has been in decades, and this just seems tailor made to do one thing: piss off and lose the current readership by as much as 50% as usually happens with most major reboots and pick up maybe a few thousand "new" readers, kids that would have eventually gone to comics due to their own interests in most cases in no way related to what the company is doing at the time.

The problem is there isn't that much more of a new wave of readership to grab; kids just aren't into comics as much as they once were. You want to get new readers lower the [frick]ing prices they are getting nuts. The industry has almost priced itself out of existence.

Do I think this "New DC" will stick? Ultimately, no I don't. I give it a year or two. Why so pessimistic?
Simply put it shows indifference to the characters traditions and if there is one thing FanBoys get it is that we are the keepers of a legacy going back nearly 75 years, to change it too much is to disrespect what has come before. If this is handled like the reboot after the original Crisis on Infinite Earths from '86 then there is some hope. If we end up with an angst filled Superman or and Emo Bats, in their cool mid-twenties then count me out.

DC seems to forget that one of the best aspects of their brand is legacy, every major hero has an heir, a torchbearer who will take up the mantle of their mentor, be it Nightwing for Batman, Connor Kent for Superman, Wally West for Flash, Raynor for Jordan, etc. Why alter the originals? Bring up the kids. In the past the only times a major character change like this has succeeded was when the torch was passed like in the case of GL and the Flash especially. And what happens to the next gen characters? What becomes of the new Titans, and the Batfamily, are they to be dropped entirely? I hardly think fans would embrace the disappearance of characters like Tim Drake, and Wally West(If indeed that is what DC is planning).

I just see this as more knee jerk and lazy creative planning. Men, who are themselves no longer in touch with the fans, trying to "give the fans what they want." Hate to tell you guys, but a full reboot of a comic universe that is just now settling down from a decade of half assed "event" story telling is a genuinely bad idea. It just seems like more of the same. Sales will spike for a few months and then the numbers will settle somewhere around where they are now, if not lower. Face it Lee, the 90's runs of several million copies per book and they ain't coming back, sorry if the publisher gig isn't bringing in enough bank for you, but them's the breaks, bub.

Give us what we really want DC. Straighten out your house without throwing everything into upheaval with another event, and just give us a few years of truly good personal exciting stories and readership will pick up, quality will bring them back, maybe not in the numbers you vainly hope for, but in more numbers than you have now.
WellDrawn
WellDrawn - 5/31/2011, 7:50 PM
Cyborg Replacing Manhunter is lame.

We've got a group of prettyboys here - at least give Aquaman a beard/scar...
(Then again, Jim Lee is incapable of drawing an ugly person)

Also, instead of trying (and failing) over and over and over to make Wonder Woman's costume 'cool and contemporary' how bout giving her a costume/armor that's timeless and Amazonian looking?
vermillion
vermillion - 5/31/2011, 7:50 PM
I really like all of the costume designs they have here. Finally, Superman without the red trunks! Wonder Woman's costume looks awesome!

I'll definitely be checking this out. Geoff Johns & Jim Lee= SOLD.

Aquaman should definitely have a beard, I agree! I hope Green Arrow gets introduced and has a more Smallville-esque costume. Or one like he had in the animated short.

Can't wait to see how this turns out. I'm thinking good.
Shunt
Shunt - 5/31/2011, 7:51 PM
they made wonder woman look like shes part of the X-Men with the way they drew her up..
whytry2hard
whytry2hard - 5/31/2011, 7:52 PM
why the heck is Cyborg on this team????
duncboy
duncboy - 5/31/2011, 7:54 PM
If they were going to change the "S", it should have looked like Ross' from Kingdom Come, but without the black background
vermillion
vermillion - 5/31/2011, 7:54 PM
Oh, and finally the original team is back in the Justice League. That is awesome! :D
NERO
NERO - 5/31/2011, 7:55 PM
I think this is more of a reboot than just changing costumes, guys. DC is starting over with issue #1 for ALL 52 of its major titles. They are restarting Ultimates/Crisis on Infinite Earths style and taking the heroes back nearly a decade in their own timelines. We may lose the next gen characters like Tim Drake, and Kyle Rayner because of this. It is still unclear.
duncboy
duncboy - 5/31/2011, 7:55 PM
@Welldrawn - I agree entirely, espec. about the Wonder Woman part. WW should be DC's equivalent to Thor in the timeless-armor aspect and appearance.
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