Why BATMAN ? instead of MARTAIN MANHUNTER.

[warzon]

I was wondering why did they decide to use BATMAN instead of the MARTAIN MANHUNTER in this new JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA.when he's already in JUSTICE LEAGUE along with his other various titles.personally I feel J'onzz need some love as well.

[Caivu]

Batman sells, partially because people know who he is.

[Jenn]

Batman sells, partially because people know who he is.

Exactly. DC needed an A-list character to help sell the book. Batman is the biggest one they've got so I'm not surprised they picked him.

[GlennSimpson]

It's always sad to learn how the sausage is made, LOL.

[AquaLantern]

Exactly. DC needed an A-list character to help sell the book. Batman is the biggest one they've got so I'm not surprised they picked him.

It's getting sad that a company is so dependent on one character. I don't care how much money Batman brings in, they need to get people interested in their brand without whoring him out all the time.

[MajorHoy]

It's getting sad that a company is so dependent on one character. I don't care how much money Batman brings in, they need to get people interested in their brand without whoring him out all the time.

They probably could have gone with Superman or Wonder Woman in place of Batman.
However, would that have made any sense for this group? Would it make people happier?

[theoneandonly]

maybe they are afraid aquaman will join him and they will resurrect jl Detroit?

[RobinFan4880]

I was wondering why did they decide to use BATMAN instead of the MARTAIN MANHUNTER in this new JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA.when he's already in JUSTICE LEAGUE along with his other various titles.personally I feel J'onzz need some love as well.

Batman can boost sales. Manhunter will not.

[Dr. Banner]

They probably could have gone with Superman or Wonder Woman in place of Batman.
However, would that have made any sense for this group? Would it make people happier?

No, they couldn't. Batman is a much bigger seller than any of them; probably even bigger than both together.

[FluffySheep]

Batman might not be on the team permanently anyway. He might have an arc or 2 on the team and then hand over to someone else once the book has been established in term of sales and story.

[Jenn]

Batman might not be on the team permanently anyway. He might have an arc or 2 on the team and then hand over to someone else once the book has been established in term of sales and story.

It's possible. The Giffen/DeMatteis era Justice League started with Batman in their roster but he left pretty quickly. Heck even before that he was barely in the book and it worked out fine in the end.

[Zero Hunter]

They did give a reason why the Justice League doesn't trust the Martian Manhunter back in the Nu52 when he joined the team to spy on them. That could have something to do with it. J'onn was a member of the JLA and JLU, but both those teams were not directly linked to the Justice League proper and instead were independent of each other. That is the main reason why I can see them (storywise not sales wise) not using him.

[Marxtles]

I understand why they have Batman in the book...he sells.
But I don't know why he's an active member instead of in an "advisory" role like he played on the Young Justice TV Show. I would have thought that a better roll since he's got since solo series and his Justice League activities, right?
I agree that he should have had Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, Vixen, the Ray, Killer Frost, Lobo, the Atom on the team with the J'onn and Dinah as the team's field leaders.
Also, with Steve Orlando writing the series I would have thought that the Midnighter and Apollo would have been members since he's been their post-Stormwatch creative guardian.

[MajorHoy]

I understand why they have Batman in the book...he sells.
But I don't know why he's an active member instead of in an "advisory" role like he played on the Young Justice TV Show. I would have thought that a better roll since he's got since solo series and his Justice League activities, right?
I agree that he should have had Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, Vixen, the Ray, Killer Frost, Lobo, the Atom on the team with the J'onn and Dinah as the team's field leaders.

But does Dinah have enough experience in the New52/DCYou/Rebirth world to justify that?
Are they now saying she was a previous member of the Justice League?

[GlennSimpson]

I understand why they have Batman in the book...he sells.
But I don't know why he's an active member instead of in an "advisory" role like he played on the Young Justice TV Show. I would have thought that a better roll since he's got since solo series and his Justice League activities, right?
I agree that he should have had Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, Vixen, the Ray, Killer Frost, Lobo, the Atom on the team with the J'onn and Dinah as the team's field leaders.
Also, with Steve Orlando writing the series I would have thought that the Midnighter and Apollo would have been members since he's been their post-Stormwatch creative guardian.

Do we know specifically what role Batman is playing yet? Or are we assuming from his appearance on the cover?