The immediate problem is the stuff on the ground where all the supervillains are reacting to the death of the Justice League.

The stuff with Pariah and the Great Darkness, all that kind of comes up a little bit later in the book because the Justice League was able to push Pariah back, the cosmic attacks are not an immediate problem. And then weвЂ™re delving into more of an action-packed aftermath because the heroes are grieving, but the villains are like, wait, wait, theyвЂ™re gone? Oh, itвЂ™s party time. JW: Once we really get going into our crisis, thereвЂ™s a thing toward the beginning where it literally is like two weeks later. On the roles of Pariah and the Great Darkness And that was what I wanted throughout the story. Carrying it forward to a Dark Crisis and getting a couple of things on the board that I needed, but itвЂ™s mostly about letting people react. That issue is really about people reacting to finding out. I just wanted to make sure that people had room to react to it.ДЄnd thatвЂ™s a big part of what The Road to Dark Crisis is. Because Nightwing is very skeptical of the death of the justice league. When Jon finds out, you have a little bit here, but then later on is totally freaking out about it and Nightwing is there to kind of help him through that. Let them react to that, let them react to the knowledge, you know? That was the number one note I gave was people died. ItвЂ™s interesting writing an event, right? Because we write an event, there are other writers involved and other artists involved, working on other stuff. JW: No, I wanted to make sure we had time to react to things. On the grieving process and the battle with Pariah And so the fact that he is the survivor, I think thereвЂ™s a part of shame there too. And so when heвЂ™s the only survivor, he has a lot of survivorвЂ™s guilt, but heвЂ™s also a very proud person. What legacy was sort of part of their story? And Black Adam was interesting to me because the last time you had what you could call legacy characters, you know, was Isis and Osiris in the New 52 and they died. HeвЂ™s a very complicated person and I think a person who has lost a lot and when we started developing this whole idea I was looking at all the characters and what I thought legacy meant to them. So how does that also impact him moving forward? On Black Adam and survivorвЂ™s guilt

Does Black Adam feel the heroes of Earth are ready? Does he think they can measure up to the rest of the Justice League members? The answer is no. Because he has seen what is coming and he sees how bad it is. Some characters believe him and some donвЂ™t and then, how does that impact things going forward? And then Black Adam plays a major role, obviously in Dark Crisis being the survivor and his role across Dark Crisis, I think will surprise people. My dad said he could be on the Justice League, so IвЂ™m gonna believe him.вЂќ And then you get characters like Hal Jordan that are like, вЂњhow many times have we fought this dude? How many times has this guy tried to kill us? Why is he the one that weвЂ™re believing on anything?вЂќ I wanted to show that balance between those. JW: So Jon, for example, is like, вЂњmy dad vouched for him. On the heroesвЂ™ reaction Black Adam as sole survivor And selfishly as a character, I want him to be the one to save the day, but I realized at that moment while I was writing and IвЂ™m like, oh, well, if heвЂ™s the one that saves the day, his death has to be the thing that turns the tide. I wanted Green Arrow to be the one, the guy who is a very human member of that team. I wanted the justice league to basically be able to push back the dark long enough that the heroes of the Earth have a chance when we get to Dark Crisis. I love Green Arrow and I wanted to give Green Arrow the spotlight and I wanted him to be the one. Josh Williamson: Because Green Arrow wasnвЂ™t even supposed to be there that day.

On why Green Arrow turned the tide against Pariah He also talks about why Green Arrow turned the tide, what makes Black Adam so special to be the only survivor, and what we might expect from tie-ins as the summer comics season unfolds. You might be surprised to find out what Dark Crisis will focus on first and how Williamson spent great care not to disturb ongoing stories by Tom Taylor, Jeremy Adams, and other creator. Williamson spent some time with reporters a few weeks ago to further hype folks for the event - read AIPTвЂ™s coverage of that here - but he also spent half the time spoiling the entire saga.Д«elow, youвЂ™ll find WilliamsonвЂ™s complete thoughts on what comes next following the death of the Justice League. Thanks to the heroics of the Justice League, and Green Arrow specifically, the heroes have a bit more time to save the day. Pariah and the Great Darkness are coming to destroy every last hero on Earth.

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