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Your willingness to engage with your fellow fans has gone a long way towards towards easing a lot of the concerns I have about John Stewart tends to get written. I'm not looking for stories in which everything's going swell and John's a perfectly well adjusted guy with not a care in the world, quipping at anything that comes his way, but I'd like a fuller depiction of the man than stoic sci-fi military guy.
I know your time is limited, but could you point to any three scenes with John Stewart from the comics or cartoon that you think best sum up who the character is for you? If you could do that, then I think it'd go a long way towards letting fans know what kind of John we're starting from.
Thanks, and I totally understand if you don't have the time.
Actually, let's widen this out to everyone in the thread. What are THREE moments, stories or images that you think best sum up who John Stewart is.
For me, it's his introduction scene in the O'Neil/Adams run with the racist cops. One of the best intros in superhero comics ever.
Second, would be the "Mind War" issue of GL: Mosiac in which we get the definitive John vs. Hal story, particularly the scene where John splits himself into a dozen parts, each completely different from one another.
And the last would have to be the JLU episode "Child's Play, in which we get confirmation that John was a big nerd when he was a kid (which was already set-up with the Justice Guild story in season one).
These three moments really show all the potential that John Stewart has as a character.