THE SIGNAL (Duke Thomas) is DC's secret shonen protagonist so I made him a fandom wiki
also, check out "The Signal Tape" a Duke Thomas fan project.
currently following:
- DC: Red Hood: The Hill
- Marvel: TBD
- Manga (Shonen/Seinen): One Piece, My Hero, Dandadan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnation of The Veteran Soldier, Oblivion Rouge, ORDEAL, The Breaker: Eternal Force
"power does not corrupt, power always reveals."
I am not enjoying this Justice League run. It's overwritten, the "forces" are corny (I can't take anything called the Invisible Emotional Spectrum or Ultra Violet Lantern seriously at all), the mystery isn't exciting anymore, and it seems to primarily be written by James Tynion now. Is Scott Snyder too lazy to write this himself? Why is so much of it being delegated to Tynion, I wonder?
Also, John Stewart's internalized power doesn't really seem all that different from Jade, so that's nothing I'm too excited about.
Last edited by Vampire Savior; 01-04-2019 at 09:41 PM.
I like that they're writing together. All the JL titles are supposed to be working along side each other so if the writers help one another its way better for continuity and plans. I do too find Snyder a bit too overstuffed with ideas but so far i'm liking what he's doing with John.
Imagine being proud to have negative traits. I can’t relate.
DC: Justice League, The Flash, Justice League Dark, Superman, Action Comics, Green Arrow, Justice League Odyssey, The Terrifics, Teen Titans, Titans, Brimstone, Female Furies, Damage, Heroes In Crisis
Marvel: The Punisher, Cosmic Ghost Rider, Venom, X-23, Cloak and Dagger, Jessica Jones, Sentry
Indies: Unnatural, Jeepers Creepers, Project Superpowers, Black Hammer, Ninja-K
This is an interesting speculation. It looks like John's willpower might play a huge role in what's going on with John Stewart currently. There's just so many good ideas for the character.
Those are great costumes!
It actually gives writers the opportunity to explore more on the character, thanks to what Scott Snyder has been doing with John. I'm sure if Van Jensen starts to work for DC again and he's a writer of a John Stewart book, I'm sure he's going to use some of those ideas from Justice League.
Has there been some word or hint of Jensen returning? I haven't heard of Van Jensen writing anything for DC ever since his run with Robert Venditti on The Flash, and I think that was way back in 2014 or so. Furthermore, I think DC only used Jensen because they needed someone to write GLC on very short notice when Fialkov abruptly left, and Robert Venditti did Jensen a solid and recommended him. Still, I think it's a shame DC has stuck with Venditti this long and Jensen has faded away or only worked for much smaller publishers, because I think Jensen is the better writer.
There doesn't seem to be very strong continuity in comics these days. Oftentimes, writers ignore what previous writers did, or abruptly change directions (often with little or no explanation in the stories) and just do their own things until they leave the book (which is oftentimes after about a year these days), and then the next writer ignores what they did and kind of starts wherever they want. It's not just a John Stewart or black character thing, or anything like that. There's a lot of that going on across the board at the larger publishers now, which is a shame, because I find it more and more difficult to get invested in current projects knowing that whatever I'm reading is likely to not matter a fig a year later. I'd be surprised if that Ultra Violet stuff makes it into any comics outside Justice League in any meaningful way, especially since, in my opinion, it's a humdrum idea with extremely silly terminology.
Agreed. I was just speculating if he ever comes back to DC, I'm sure he would carry on the trend to what Scott Snyder did with him. I personally thought Robert Venditti was the worst lantern writer, compared to the other writers who took over Red Lanterns, New Guardians, Sinestro, and GLC. I was surprised Robert Venditti was there longer than them.
I think Van Jensen is underrated.
Yea, I've been noticing this too. The scary thought is when a writer may not care as much for a character and do away what the previous writer has successfully did for that character. I've seen this many times in the New 52.There doesn't seem to be very strong continuity in comics these days. Oftentimes, writers ignore what previous writers did, or abruptly change directions (often with little or no explanation in the stories) and just do their own things until they leave the book (which is oftentimes after about a year these days), and then the next writer ignores what they did and kind of starts wherever they want. It's not just a John Stewart or black character thing, or anything like that. There's a lot of that going on across the board at the larger publishers now, which is a shame, because I find it more and more difficult to get invested in current projects knowing that whatever I'm reading is likely to not matter a fig a year later. I'd be surprised if that Ultra Violet stuff makes it into any comics outside Justice League in any meaningful way, especially since, in my opinion, it's a humdrum idea with extremely silly terminology.
About the Ultra Violet, I think there's a strong chance that its concept will appear in other comics outside of JL, because it gives other writers a foundation on what to build for their next story. And Justice League seems to be really popular at the moment.
John Stewart is my favorite Green Lantern and one of my favorite comic book characters.
Thanks for starting this thread.