Johns Month(and a half)

For a month(and a half) I will take a look at some of the comic-books written by Geoff Johns.

Some says he is a genius, who has only improved DC Comics. Others says that he ruined it.

What do I think? ... I'm actually not sure... So I will reread, as well as pick up new comics written by Johns and see if his genius is overshadowed by his mistakes, or if he might just be one of the greatest comic book writers of our time.

Reviews so far:

Stars And S.T.R.I.P.E.

JSA.

Beast Boy

JSA Classified 1-4

Flash part 1.

Flash part 2.

Haha, nice poster.

People actually say he ruined DC?

@justthatkid: What specific errors? and why would you blame him?

@justthatkid: 1. That was not his call, 2. Considering how big that universe and mythos is, you can't start over from square 1, it needed to be rebuilt. Heck you just said it had a huge impact on the DCU, that's why it needed to stick around.

I'm not a big fan of most of his New 52 work. Aquaman and Superman have been good though.

@justthatkid said:

It's true that the Green Lantern stuff is a little harder to get into, but it didn't ruin the New 52. The fact is that stuff needed to stay for the GL comics to work, and I'm glad they kept it.

Actually if you look at the timeline Superman came before Robin (not sure why that matters though)

No it isn't, those events still occurred just differently, so that they fit in with this continuity.

You also haven't explained how this "Ruins all of DC" so please, tell my why all the stories that I've read and liked are suddenly bad.

@justthatkid said:

Goeff Johns had nothing to do with the Teen Titns, that god awful train wreck is on Lobdell. Also you can't take the worst series of the New 52 and say that all of it is just like that, when you very well know that's the absolute bottom of the barrel.

Also as it stands, most of the Titans history is still unknown, so Dick still could hav had a hand in creating the Titans. DC is probably just trying to sort things out before giving the whole history, or deciding to scrap it for story purposes.

Like I said, it doesn't matter, because even if Robin came before Superman, that does not diminish the story in any way. The Superman comic I just read and enjoyed is not any less enjoyable if I were to suddenly find out, Robin came before Superman.

5 years is plenty of time for that to happen. Not sure if Infinite Crisis happened though, I haven't looked into that.

When did I ever say I love Johns beyond belief? I only asked why someone would say he ruined DC, and from the way you've been talking, it looks like the answer is ignorance.

No, the history was messed up because Lobdell dropped the ball with the Titan's continuity and history. It's clear DC wanted to keep some of the team's history, but because of Lobdell that was mostly messed up. If a good enough writer really tried, they may be able to salvage some of the Titan's history. Geoff Johns had no say in that, heck the New 52 wasn't even his idea.

What's wrong with Wally being the same age as Damien (although it looks like he's actually going to be 17 now) and again, that has nothing to do with Johns, at all.

Not really, when you think about it those events could fit in fine. Again, even if they were hard to believe, that doesn't ruin the story at all. If the material is good, then it's still good.

I could say the exact same thing to you.

@justthatkid: Like I said, the New 52 was not his idea, keeping the history was not his call. As I said earlier, that's not a bad thing, the Lantern mythos covers a lot of the foundation the DCU is built on, and it has a ton of characters that would take too long to re establish.

Again, not Snyder's call.

I have no idea what that means, but I feel like it's irrelevant to the conversation anyways.

And the Batman fans all combusted.

@ms-lola: @longbowhunter: @justthatkid: @captainmarvel4ever: @laflux:

Click here to read the first review; Stars And S.T.R.I.P.E.

@waezi2: Enjoyed the review. I'd eventually like to read Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Courtney and the Shade are two of the only remaining characters with links to Starman. And with James Robinson leaving DC, I doubt we'll see much of Dickie Swift for sometime.

@longbowhunter: I thought he had already left DC. What's he writing?

@waezi2: No, leaving in the past tense, not the present.

Great picture of Geoff Johns.

@longbowhunter:

Going to ask a probably stupid question... who is Dickie Swift?

@waezi2: Oh, that's the Shade's real name.

Cool write up, and I think the format of one story issues can really work with some characters. Latest of course being Moon Knight. But you know, the hook and fish game plan keeps most people buying, I guess.

I look forward to your next article.

@ms-lola: Thanks. It's gonna take some time to write the next one, since I will look at JSA as a whole.

@longbowhunter: Told ya it was a stupid question. X)

Nah, it's not a stupid question. The Shade's real name isn't common knowledge by any means.

@justthatkid: @captainmarvel4ever: @laflux: @squares: @ms-lola: @longbowhunter:

Click here to read my thoughts about the JSA series.

If you are interested in seeing Hawk as a baddy, I highly recommend Zero Hour, where he(with Parallax) tries to restart the universe in order to create a perfect world. It's pretty good.

Yeah, Black Adam being bullied is a weird thought. And the sad thing is that Marvel first realize that Adam actually not evil when it's too late to try and reach out. He then tried to make up for this in the series called 52(which is also a very good series).

Another great write up! You had me laughing about PG, especially. Your points about the JSA being bullies is kind of true, though. If a good guy does something wrong, it's chalked up to a bad decision, but when a bad guy does a good thing (over and over again), he's only a moment away from being a bad guy again.

@captainmarvel4ever: @laflux: @squares: @longbowhunter: @justthatkid: @ms-lola:

Click here for the review of "Beast Boy"

Writing them a little faster than expected, since I'm on a roll. But probably gonna take some time with the next review, since I have to get some of the comics from the library. But I'm working as fast as I can...

Speaking of fast... Next up: The Flash!

@waezi2: Looks interesting, I do like Beast Boy a lot so i think I may give that a buy.

@laflux: @squares: @longbowhunter: @justthatkid: @ms-lola: @captainmarvel4ever:

Click hereto read my review of JSA Classified 1-4

More about Power Girl.

@laflux: @squares: @longbowhunter: @justthatkid: @captainmarvel4ever: @ms-lola:

Click here to read my review of Johns' Flash series.

I enjoyed both recent articles, but your write up on PG was top notch. Thank you.

Loving the history lesson on Geoff Johns. :)

@laflux: @squares: @longbowhunter: @justthatkid: @captainmarvel4ever: @maccyd: @ms-lola:

Click here to read the second part of my Flash review.

@laflux: @squares: @longbowhunter: @justthatkid: @captainmarvel4ever: @ms-lola: @maccyd:

Here is the final part of my Flash review.

@waezi2: How can you hate Ally Mcbeal.

@laflux: It's a TV-show that tells us, that its only okay to stare at attractive peoples body-parts, being an a-hole, kicking people in the crotch and holding a grudge against someone if you are a woman.

@squares: @longbowhunter: @justthatkid: @captainmarvel4ever: @maccyd: @laflux: @ms-lola:

Click HERE in order to read my thoughts about Infinite Crisis.

@squares: @longbowhunter: @captainmarvel4ever: @maccyd: @laflux: @justthatkid: @ms-lola:

I'm reviewing John's second JSA series. Starting with the opening arc; Next Age.

CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW.

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Click here to read my review of "Thy Kingdom Come."

Next up is "Black Adam And Isis", so get ready for some nerd-rage.