We’re on the road to Dark Crisis, and the world is not in the best place leading to Dark Crisis #1 after the death of the Justice League. The DC heroes are doing what they can to fill the void, but the ripple effects of that loss are wide-ranging and will cause a number of different reactions as we move into Dark Crisis. ComicBook.com had a chance to speak with Dark Crisis writer Joshua Williamson prior to Dark Crisis #1, and during our conversation, he broke down how specific heroes will respond to their loss and the upcoming threat, as well as the role played by Green Lantern, who’s interfering with the league, and more!
While the league is over, there are still some veterans and former members of the league, including Hal Jordan. Jordan is someone who wouldn’t just buy that the league is dead without any proof, and if you’re a Green Lantern fan like me, Williamson has good news regarding their presence in the series. “Oh, dude,” said Williamson, “you’ll be…let me tell you, you, my friend would be a very happy person in this story. You’ll feel very pumped.”
“I knew I wanted to share Hal from the beginning. I knew it had to be Hal. I mean, also thought about going back to Green Lantern Rebirth where Hal did Batman costume, you know? It’s like he’s definitely the one to be like, ‘” Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, it’s like that. He knows no fear. So he’s not the one who would be like… he’d say what’s on his mind. And so when Black Adam tells him, basically giving him a summary of what happened, Hal is the one who should be, ‘Oh no, bulls***. Impossible, impossible. And then he’s the one who starts off with the ‘Okay, that’s what we’re going to do next.’ While I go here, John, go here. I’m going to go take care of that.” So Hal’s story on all the issues is really important. He has a lot of screen time on the whole thing, which is really cool. He has some really big moments during this, and then again, if you’re a fan of Green Lantern, he said Williamson: “I think you’ll find a lot of things to be really happy about throughout this story.”
Each character goes on their own journey and deals with the league’s loss in their own way, and this is evident for Jon in how he approaches filling the void left by his father and the rest of the league. John wants to inspire like his father, and you can see how honest and serious his next steps are as Dark Crisis progresses, but you also see the flaws and flaws in his initial approach.
“I wanted to show you that John is a very optimistic and very optimistic person. I don’t want to show him that he is naive, but it’s not easy to just say… I mean a big part of what I said since the Death of Justice League, and while you’re building That, there is no justice bond.” “And part of that is that you can’t just make one, and that’s something that’s been said sort of throughout the number, is that you can’t just make one just because you say you want to make one. That’s what he said he does. It’s like, “I’m going to create the Justice League. I’m going to do it myself. That’s the answer.” And it’s not that easy.”
“And I wanted to show that, but it’s also about setting… I think a lot of these characters like John, they have to get auditioned. They need to be really challenged, and that’s a big part of this story as well. That’s part of some of these characters like John, And his role in this story is to show them the challenge and test them in different ways, and you’ll see that a lot in issue two, issue three, there’s all kinds of things that’s going on in this book and it shows that these characters are being tested,” Williamson said.
“So, with that scene, a huge part of that with Black Adam and how he basically rips, rips verbally, this team that John built, because he’s like, ‘You’re not, and it’s not going to be that way. You’re not going to create a team just because.'” There’s a scene later where Black Adam kind of talks about this, where Black Adam is like, “The shadow of the Justice League is so big. It’s so big, and you’re lost in that shadow.” And I wanted to establish that early. It’s not easy to say, “Oh, we’re the Justice League now. We did.” It’s like, no, it’s not that simple. Black Adam is the voice of that. That was part of that scene, or the point of that scene. “
You can read Dark Crisis #1 in full when it hits comic stores on May 31, and let’s think about the lead up to Dark Crisis so far in the comments. You can also always talk to me about all things Comics and DC on Twitter @MattAguilarCB!
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