Questions For Kurt
Posted: 2004-08-31 12:52:24.0 by kurtbusiek

JLA/ AVENGERS #3 (Nov 2003)

thebat82: I was just re-reading JLA/Avengers, namely issue #3, and I've a question for you:

When Grandmaster showed the heroes how their realities really were, did he showed them only the past & present, gave them also glimpses of their future, or showed them just the most important moments of their lives, it doesn't matter if present, past or future?

I ask this since, now that JLA/Avengers is clearly in DC's continuity, I was trying to place the cross-over correctly in the JLA's time-line and, while JLA/Avengers #1, #2 and the end of #4 seem to suggest that it takes place before Our worlds at War, that panels of issue #3 where the heroes witness their true destinies seem to suggest otherwise.

I know that you, probably, aren't a "continuity cop" like me, but I'd appreciate if you answer this.

I really don't know. The time period is was supposed to be set in was one in which Kyle was wearing his earlier costume, but Dan Raspler wanted that changed. And the list of moments that the Grandmaster showed them was initially written up by me, then expanded on and added to by the editors.

So ultimately, I don't worry too much about precisely when it happened, just that it was somewhere in there and if you squint a little you'll blur out the problem bits. I have no problem with the idea that the Grandmaster showed them the near future too, or that he didn't. However it works best.