JUSTICE LEAGUE

Justice League #48 - Cover Art by David Marquez

RULE OF WAR

• justice league #48 - drops june 3rd 2020

• justice league #49 - drops june 17th 2020

• justice league #50 - drops july 1st 2020

Delighted to announce I’m helming an arc of Justice League this Summer.

Expect 80ish pages of war, peace, tyranny, starborn abominations and cosmic pronouns, scattered across three issues.

(An aside: if I thought I could get away with it I would’ve called it The Joy Of Sects. )

Interior art is by Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan. I’ll get you some previews as soon as I’m allowed. It’s tasty.

Between us, it’s been a sharp learning-curve, writing something so Ur-Heroic. Editorial good sense notwithstanding, it would’ve been easy to turn in a quintessentially Me splurge of deconstructivist weirdness and black-hearted sarcasm. I’ve resisted that urge.

*cough*

Okay, I’ve mostly resisted that urge.

What I’m shooting for here is a shaken cocktail of all the boldness and moral sincerity of classic Justice League, with a few dollops of Deep Scifi exotica thrown in.

There’s a really big question at the crux of it all — one which these characters have never had to answer before. It’s a story-scenario I’ve always wanted to see, and it feels entirely uncanny that it’s me who gets to explore it.

The first issue - #49 - drops on June 3rd. Solicitation text follows:

Justice League #49 - Cover Art by Eddy Barrows and Ever Ferreira

JUSTICE LEAGUE #48
written by SIMON SPURRIER
art by AARON LOPRESTI and MATT RYAN
cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
variant cover by CLAUDIO CASTELLINI
wonder Woman 1984 variant cover by JIM LEE

As writer Simon Spurrier jumps on board for the start of the three-part tale “The Rule of War,” it’s close encounters…of a Justice League kind! After answering a distress signal from distant space, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern discover an abandoned cargo ship full of young aliens! When the League attempts to return the children to their home planet, they are met with awe, terror, and war! Thus begins a three-part storyline that will take the League to a previously unknown planet, with an all-new species, a dangerous mystery, and a new, otherworldly villain.
ON SALE 06.03.20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | DC
This issue will ship with three covers.

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JUSTICE LEAGUE #49
written by SIMON SPURRIER
art by AARON LOPRESTI and MATT RYAN
cover by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
variant cover by NICK DERINGTON

“The Rule of War” part two! After the devastating events of last issue, the League is separated and labeled as alien visitors on a war-torn planet. With events spiraling out of control, and no leader to guide planet Trotha’s citizens, how can the League save this world without interfering? As the team battles rogue factions, Batman makes a startling discovery that will threaten any hope the team has of returning home!
ON SALE 06.17.20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | DC
This issue will ship with two covers.