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Geoff Johns
American
Writer
Born:
Jan 25
,
1973
Character
Great
Love
Think
Universe
You
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Batman and the Flash have a whole lot in common behind the mask. They've both experienced loss, know forensic science, and are both a bit introverted. In 'Flashpoint,' Thomas Wayne thinks Barry is crazy, but Barry thinks Thomas is crazy. It'll be really fun seeing those two trying to figure things out.
Geoff Johns
Crazy
Science
Mask
Thomas
Batman
Bit
Wayne
Those
Out
Introverted
Seeing
Both
Know
Loss
Forensic
Lot
Trying
Behind
Common
Flash
Experienced
Really
Figure
Fun
Barry
Whole
Things
Thinks
Two
The truth is, we're all cyborgs with cell phones and online identities.
Geoff Johns
Truth
Truth Is
Phones
Cell Phones
Online
Identities
Cell
I think Aquaman feels - and deservedly so - like an A-list, premier DC hero. I hope that carries on; it certainly will carry over to Justice League.
Geoff Johns
Hope
Justice
Hero
Will
Think
Carries
Carry
Over
Feels
League
Like
Premier
Certainly
The DC Universe has the best villains in fiction, right? I don't think there's any group of villains collectively or anywhere else that come close to DC's. Joker, Cat Woman, Lex Luthor, are all staples. A lot of the comic book icons are fiction icons.
Geoff Johns
Best
Woman
Book
Group
Think
Universe
Else
Collectively
Joker
Cat
Come
Comic
Comic Book
Lot
Close
Any
Fiction
Anywhere
Anywhere Else
Icons
Villains
Right
I really explored self-awareness and emotions through 'Green Lantern.' It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction. For me, it was about recognizing my self-awareness.
Geoff Johns
Me
Emotions
Power
Believe
Recognizing
About
Something
Through
Emotional
Driven
Self-Awareness
Most
Goofy
Reaction
Sound
Green
Might
Really
Explored
Lantern
As long as Green Lantern is still dealing with fear, it's going to be relevant. 'Rebirth' really grew out of 9/11. 9/11 happened, and then two years later, I was writing about fear. It was obviously connected.
Geoff Johns
Writing
Fear
Long
Later
Relevant
Out
About
Obviously
Dealing
Still
Years
Green
Going
Grew
Happened
Then
Really
Lantern
Connected
Rebirth
Two
I tend to like writing long stories in comics. I worked on 'Flash,' 'Teen Titans' and 'JSA' for years. I always like diving into characters.
Geoff Johns
Writing
Long
Teen
Characters
Tend
Diving
Like
Always
Comics
Years
Flash
Stories
Titans
Worked
Clearly, Simon Baz brings such a different viewpoint to 'Green Lantern.' The very nature of the corps concept of overcoming fear, I felt Simon was a great character to explore, while getting a different viewpoint on things.
Geoff Johns
Great
Nature
Character
Fear
Corps
Simon
Clearly
Concept
Overcoming
Felt
Very
Green
Getting
Different
While
Explore
Lantern
Viewpoint
Things
Brings
'Forever Evil' is, ultimately, a Lex Luthor story. And everything in there is reflecting who Lex is and what he's going through. And we continue to learn more and more things about him that we might not know, and he's going to continue to experience things and do things that are surprising, I think, to even him - especially us.
Geoff Johns
Experience
Evil
Think
Everything
About
More
More And More
Through
He
Know
Him
Learn
Continue
Surprising
Ultimately
Reflecting
Forever
Going
Story
Might
Us
Who
Even
Things
I didn't want to take the DC universe, put it in a box, shake the box and pour it out. I wanted to take the major characters and show what they could be like if they were put on a different path.
Geoff Johns
Path
Pour
Universe
Out
Characters
Shake
Could
Take
Put
Major
Like
Box
Were
Different
Want
Wanted
Different Path
Show
The problem is there are so many stories out there where I can pull that superhero out, put any other superhero in, and the story works the same. For me, that's broken. I have to write a story that no one else but Aquaman or Shazam can be in, and as soon as you pull that character out and out someone else in, it doesn't work.
Geoff Johns
Work
Character
Me
Broken
You
Problem
Other
Else
Out
Superhero
Someone
Write
No-One
Put
Soon
Same
Any
Where
Stories
Story
Many
Works
Pull
One of the things that I thought really worked was that you have 'Smallville' on television and 'Superman Returns' come out in the theater, and it was fine. Nobody freaked out; nobody thought they were competing.
Geoff Johns
You
Thought
Superman
Television
Out
One Of The Things
Freaked
Fine
Nobody
Come
Returns
Were
Theater
Worked
Really
Things
Competing
I love finding balance. My favorite thing to do is action-driven, emotionally-charged scenes.
Geoff Johns
Love
Balance
Favorite
Favorite Thing
Finding
Scenes
Thing
Every villain in the DC Universe wants something different, and not all of them want to rule the world. Or at least, not all of them want to rule the world in the way the Crime Syndicate do.
Geoff Johns
World
Crime
Every
Universe
Syndicate
Rule
Way
Something
Least
Different
Want
Wants
Them
Villain
Deathstorm sees Power Ring as a fascinating experiment. Deathstorm is a scientist who's been merged with the dead body of his lab assistant. It's given him a cold demeanor and a clammy touch.
Geoff Johns
Power
Experiment
Cold
Ring
Touch
Given
Sees
Merged
Demeanor
Dead
Him
Scientist
Been
His
Lab
Body
Fascinating
Assistant
'Flashpoint' is a showcase to demonstrate why the Flash is a major character, just like how we've done with Green Lantern. It's important that the Flash can hold his own.
Geoff Johns
Character
Important
Own
Major
Like
How
Demonstrate
His
Green
Done
Just
Flash
Hold
Lantern
Showcase
Why
I don't know who made the first Aquaman joke. I'm sure it was comics readers; maybe we all did. But it's the idea that the perpetuated story of Aquaman is that he only has powers in water, and he talks to fish. I think it's the idea of him in the middle of a city just doesn't make a lot of sense to people. It's just the character itself.
Geoff Johns
Character
People
Water
Made
Joke
First
Sense
Think
City
Only
He
Idea
Know
Powers
Make
Him
Readers
Sure
Talks
Comics
Fish
Lot
Itself
Did
Maybe
Just
Middle
Story
Who
I love Captain Cold. I have him on my door at the office. He's grounded; he doesn't want to rule the world. He's not necessarily driven by ego, which a lot of villains are.
Geoff Johns
Love
Ego
World
Cold
Rule
Driven
He
Him
Lot
Office
Want
Door
Which
Grounded
Captain
Villains
Necessarily
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