Monday, September 26, 2011

15 years ago, a young Geoff Johns pitched future ideas in the letter column

Here's something fun!

In the early 90s, long before the important and leading figure he is at DC Comics, Geoff Johns was just like you and me. A comic book fan who used to follow the adventures of such characters like Superboy...


Superboy, part clone of Lex Luthor? Where did I read this...
Oh, right!


It was a big plot point of Geoff Johns relaunched Teen Titans comic!

It's fun seeing the concepts of a former fan-turned-writer being reused. It's great really, seeing the ideas and dreams he had for these characters when he was younger, being mostly the same nowadays.
"...I'm sick of the misunderstood meeting between superheroes (big slugfest), like if Batman and Green Lantern went to Metropolis to ask Superman about something, but Superman thinks they're going to try and arrest him, or something, so when Green Lantern puts his green wall up Superman just smashes through it. Then, like, what would he do? Fight Batman or something? That's totally stupid and lame, I hope no one ever does that again." - Geoff Johns

Huh... wasn't that the way you wrote Justice League #1 for this relaunch? XD

And here's one more...


Mmmh..
Bringing Zoom back?


A new Zoom-time traveler for Wally West (above).
The original Zoom back through time travel against Barry Allen (below).


No, I don't find any of this ironic XD