The bickering between Green Arrow & Hawkman was pretty fun.
I even got a kick out of John calling Red Tornado...brother.
I'm really not sure why DC under utilizes the character dynamics that made Justice League fun.
The JL film flopped, too. DC should use JL to build up their secondary characters.
Honestly, if John is part of the League for the foreseeable future, pair him up with characters no so closely tied to Hal, and from the DCAU.
I don't think John needs to be buddy-buddy with Barry Allen.
Make John buddies with Hawkman (a funny twist), or even Diana.
A writer should be able to squeeze interesting philosophical dialogue between Diana & John. Diana & John were both raised by single mothers, iirc. Most of the time, heroes go on & on about their larger than life or evil father. Diana & John could trade war stories about their mothers.
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I think making him buddies with Barry is more about staying true to to the Flash/GL friendship tradition, rather than the particular characters they're using. Barry dated Jessica in the previous JL run, they even had 3 kids from an alternate future. I think it's fair to say that whoever happens to be the GL, they would always give him/her the Flash connection.
I'm ok with him being buddies with Barry, at this point those are the few times we get to see him actually talk and be a person, but my issue is that they did the same thing Tynion did with Batwing and Azrael when he didn't know what to do with them in his Detective run. John is starting to feel dangerously close to reaching token territory, and I can't really say I can fully blame Snyder, DC continues to do a terrible job managing John. Snyder should be able to do a better job balancing so many characters (something he clearly is struggling with) but at the same time DC should know how to keep the characters in their flagship title fully fleshed out and relevant in other books. When there's only one character who doesn't have a central role anywhere, how hard is it to figure out there should've been a mini, of a maxi, or a one-shot issue for them ASAP? If anything, just to bolster the prestige of the team a bit. Sinestro got a year of the Villain one-shot, and is getting a Tales from the Dark Multiverse story, John's last starring role was a one-off story in the DC showcase. Year of the Villain isn't doing any favors for the character either because they need to spotlight the villains, so he gets booted further down the line since their already not using him. I don't understand how John Stewart continues to be DC's biggest blindspot despite his pop cultural notoriety. -sigh- Patience I guess, we'll see what Snyder does in his JSA arc, but I doubt we're gonna get any answers about John's physiology situation. Hell, they still draw him with a ring. I was most excited about that development but it looks like it's just gonna get hand waved away at this point, and that's a bummer.
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- 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
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I honestly dislike on how characters like Martian Manhunter getting so much focus on this series. Probably more than every leaguer in this book. The bigger focus should really be John Stewart and Kendra, since they're the ones without books, so it would be more wise to give them more screen time.
I'm glad MM is getting his due after being apart from the team for so long.
However, I really don't see how hard it could be to devote 2-3 pages an issue to John Stewart.
Give us a few panels of John practicing his new power.
What I meant when I said I'd like to see less detailed constructs:
More concentration could lead to more detail, but who can concentrate that hard in a firefight?