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More JLA/JSA coolness coming in '06

Yes, there's news every day and I could put items up more regularly, but this happened to be something I find myself looking forward to and wanted to spread it around.

Steve Englehart will be writing a 4-issue run of JLA Classified which will run into a 3-issue run of JSA Classified. Rather than revisit the team he worked with when last he worked on the JLA, he claims he'll be working with the Detroit Justice League team of the 1980s -- Vibe, Gypsy, Vixen and Steel -- which leaves me a little disappointed, a little worried as to how second-string the JSA team he'll be writing will be, but on the other hand Steve can only improve on what's there. He speaks about it all in more detail over here. If you're still interested in spending some more time with him, he was interviewed recently in a CBR forum over here. For a more exhaustive overview of the bulk of his career (though not including anything from the past four years or upcoming) with some comments from the man himself there's always Doing Comics the Stainless Steve Englehart Way, by frequent commentor Highlander.

Also happening in JLA Classified will be a 5-issue story by Roger Stern and John Byrne, as editor Mike Carlin moves to reassemble a creative team from Captain America during the 1980s.

It appears that I'll be adding a couple titles - at least for a stretch - to my list in '06, especially JLA Classified with 8 issues of particular interest to me.

While the arc itself wasn't stellar and seemed a bit misplaced in time, I was pleased to read that the Englehart/Rogers Dark Detective miniseries sold "about 2 1/2 times better than DC had anticipated," and that he expected they'll be doing another one.

This info, and a little more, was announced this past weekend at the Mid-Ohio Con.

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Anonymous said…
Interesting, that...

I keep meaning to ask Mr. Englehart if he knows of the street in Gotham's Chinatown with his name on it.
11:25 AM
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