Justice League writer confirms he's leaving title, but will wrap it up "in high style" - blountthatermonlen

Department of Justice League writer confirms he's going title, merely will wrap it up "in high style"

Justice Conference #72 excerpt (Picture credit: Emanuele Lupacchino (DC))

Brian Michael Bendis has opened up astir his approaching finale on District of Columbia's Justice League title. Bendis' finale issue will equal March 2022's Justice League #74 - nearly one year to the day after his run launched with Justice League #59 as part of the 'Infinite Frontier' line-comprehensive relaunch.

Department of Justice League #72 cover (Image reference: Yanick Paquette (District of Columbia))

"First, as some of you saw the DC solicitations for March are out and Justice League #74 will personify my last issue on the main series," the writer explains along his newsletter. "Simply, we're passing to wrap upwards our run in high title.

"First off, we have the Justice Conference Annual fully illustrated away Eisner award-winning Bitter Root cobalt-creator Sanford Henry Graham Greene," Bendis continues. "This gorgeous annual brings Wonder Woman backbone to the Justice League and starts a cosmic disturbance that bequeath send the DC universe in chaos and play USA some OMAC! There are lots of surprises in that two-bagger size conspicuous."

Originally named Justice League Annual 2021, the book was delayed into 2022 and leave thus be renamed Justice League Annual 2022. Bendis says the delays aren't related to the creative squad operating room even supply chain issues, merely instead due to "some D.C. editorial shifts."

That would seemingly refer to the DC going of Justice Conference editor in chief Jamie S. Rich in June 2021, and his surrogate Mike Cotton departure five months later.

Justice League #74 cover — Justice Department League #74 cover (Image credit: Yanick Paquette (DC))

"Later on that, for our mop up, from Do League #72 to #74 you're getting a other forgiving of Judge League book," Bendis continues. "For the last couple of years thither's been a main Justice League tarradiddle with a Justice Conference Dark back astir by another squad. Instead, in 72 to 74, you're getting three double-ninepenny issues in a row that compile a giant Justice Conference/Justice League Dark crossing event illustrated by the really talented Emanuele Lupacchino and Szymon Kudranski. "All authored by myself Eastern Samoa my high statement on the book," Bendis all over.

Piece Bendis' Justice League run is ending, he's non finished the team itself. These future Justice League stories will be setting up the upcoming crossing event Justice Conference vs. Legion of Tops-Heroes, as considerably as the upcoming return of the Naomi series - a Bendis co-created character he added to the Justice Conference in early 2021.

"Thank you all for supporting the Bible. I got to lay down some comics with some really cool hoi polloi," Bendis adds. "I chafe say I wrote Avengers and Justness League (and Host and X-Men) and that's pretty cool."

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Newsarama Senior Editor in chief Chris Arrant has beaded comic script news for Newsarama since 2003, and has also written for United States of America Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Newspaper publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Sketch Brew, Hemorrhage Precooled, Risible Shop News show, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Valet Classic, and contributed to Glowering Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted every bit a judge for the Will Eisner Laughable Diligence Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the North American country Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)