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JLA #107
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JLA #108
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Topic: THE CRIME SYNDICATE, THE JLA, & KURT BUSIEK
posted 08-23-2004 12:14 PM
BY JENNIFER M. CONTINO
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For those who didn't realize, besides JLA/Avengers, Busiek's worked with the original JLA before. "I actually first wrote the JLA in 1983 - #224, a fill-in introducing Paragon, a villain I seem to get asked about a lot these days - so I've had a while to get over the intimidation factor of working on Earth's Mightiest Heroes," Busiek replied when asked about any added pressure he might feel working on such a high profile team. "And since then, I've written Spider-Man, the Avengers and more - not to mention the JLA and the Avengers together. So it's still a thrill to do it, but it's not like it's the first time."
Busiek has read and enjoyed the Justice League through various incarnations. He told us some of his favorite JLA creators. "Steve Englehart, Len Wein, Giffen/deMatteis ... Dillin/Giordano, George Perez, Don Heck, Adam Hughes, Ty Templeton ... there's plenty more, of course, including sterling runs on the current series, but that's a pretty damn good list off the top of my head."
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Comics Continuum
JLA #108
Written by Kurt Busiek, art and cover by Ron Garney and Dan Green.
Part 2 of the 8-part "Crime Syndicate of Amerika!" The Crime Syndicate comes to our Earth to make sure the JLA's enemies never get the chance to wipe out their world ever again.
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on Nov. 17.
From Newsarama
AT PLAY IN THE DCU: KURT BUSIEK TALKS JLA
07-14-2004 04:35 PM by MattBrady
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“The offer to write the book came first,” Busiek told Newsarama. “The plan to springboard off of some of the developments in JLA/Avengers was a natural, but it came after I started working stuff out. In fact, there are two big developments happening at once -- the whole question of Krona and the Cosmic Egg, and the CSA [Crime Syndicate of Amerika] storyline. The Krona part was something I came up with early on, but the CSA epic was pitched later, as a separate mini-series, and it got folded back into the main book along the way.”
While Busiek readily cops to leaving elements behind in JLA/Avengers that could be readily exploited, he had no idea that he’d be the one to do the follow-up, and be doing it so relatively shortly after the original story ended. “I like it when things can unfold -- when you can see what happens next, as a result of whatever major events the characters have been through,” Busiek said. “So I wrote it with the idea that there could be follow-ups, but no idea whether I'd be doing those follow-ups or not. Had I been doing a regular Marvel book, there are things that could be done on that side, too, but I guess that'll be up to them at this point.”
Inter-company crossovers, fairly rare creatures now, used to be much more plentiful, but nearly without exception, they occurred “somewhere else,” in a dimension where both the Teen Titans and X-Men operate, for example, following up on plot threads from JLA/Avengers in JLA is a rarity – an event in itself in that it continues in one of DC’s flagship titles.
Given that the ongoing JLA series won’t be changing it’s name to JLA/Avengers, some careful storytelling will be necessary for Busiek. “You won't be seeing any flashback panel with the Avengers in 'em, that's for sure,” the writer began. “Beyond that, you'll get to see how it works in October. Or, well, September, actually, since Ron and I have a CSA story in the JLA Secret Files that serves as a prologue to this story, and to a number of other things.”
Setting up the story a little – if you’re one of the seven regular readers of JLA who passed on JLA/Avengers, Busiek offered a quick rundown of how things ended up the way they are at the beginning of “Crime Syndicate of Amerika”:
“A short JLA/Avengers finale synopsis: Krona wound up with enormous power over both the Marvel and DC universes, and tried to collapse them both, which would have resulted in a new Big Bang and Krona's chance to witness the mysteries of universal birth. He's got an itch to know how that happens. The heroes managed to stop his machinations, though, and in the end, Krona ended up trapped in a collapsing whirlpool of n-space and energy, resulting in a Cosmic Egg, one which will eventually hatch into a new universe. It's infused with the essence of Krona, making him a part of the process. So he'll get to know his answers from inside. Trouble is, nobody knows when the Egg will hatch, or what sort of universe will be born from it.”
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July 12, 2004 07:22 pm | JLA/Avengers Continues in JLA? |
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From Newsarama
DC's OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS
07-12-2004 09:58 PM
written by Matt Brady
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Kurt Busiek takes over JLA with issue #107, teaming with Ron Garney and Dan Green on art. The solicitation reads: “Fan-favorite writer Kurt Busiek (ASTRO CITY) joins the JLA art team of Ron Garney & Dan Green for “Crime Syndicate of Amerika,” an 8-part story that explodes from the pages of Busiek’s JLA/AVENGERS!
“Research has continued on the mysterious “space egg” left behind at the end of JLA/AVENGERS, leading the JLA to take steps to ensure that Krona stays put in his “prison.” But this distraction could prove fatal, since the real threat at the moment may come from another Earth!”
From DC Comics
JLA #107
Monday, July 12, 2004 3:59:39 PM
Written by Kurt Busiek; art and cover by Ron Garney
Fan-favorite writer Kurt Busiek (ASTRO CITY) joins the JLA art team of Ron Garney and Dan Green for "Crime Syndicate of Amerika," an 8-part story that explodes from the pages of Busiek's JLA/AVENGERS! Research has continued on the mysterious "space egg" left behind at the end of JLA/AVENGERS, leading the JLA to take steps to ensure that Krona stays put in his "prison." But this distraction could prove fatal, since the real threat at the moment may come from another Earth!
DC UNIVERSE | 32pg. | Color | $2.25
On Sale October 27th, 2004
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