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Comic Vine has an interview with Greg Pak about the upcoming Batman/Superman series. He talks about the two heroes venturing to Earth 2 and meeting their counterparts.

CV: The solicit for issue 2 mentions them going to Earth 2. Is it an easy adjustment for them, knowing about the existence of another Earth?

GP: It’s going to blow their little minds. [laughs] The exciting thing about it is that they are going to end up, as the cover to issue 2 implies, face to face with Earth 2’s version of Superman and Batman. It’s a really interesting set of opportunities, conflicts and challenges because we’ve got our world Superman and Batman, who at this stage are young and raw and their coming face to face with Earth 2’s version. They are both older and established. They’re both incredibly good at their job, they like what they’re doing and their best friends. There’s great challenges that the characters will face that’s a ton of fun to write.

CV: Will there be any repercussions or mentions later in either Earth 2 or Justice League over this trip?

GP: All I’ll say is, all will be revealed in the fullness of time.

CBR talked with Jeff Lemire about the upcoming Justice League cross-over Trinity War. Here is what he had to say about the interaction between the Justice League teams.

“Justice League Dark” has always been on the outskirts of the Justice League corner of the DCU by dint of them being magic-based. How would you describe the Justice Leagues, plural, relationships to each other?

[Laughs] Well, it’s going to shift dramatically over the course of the story, but at the beginning, we kind of know the Justice League as the world’s greatest superheroes. We know that at this point, the Justice League Of America was created as a foil to them. Really, the wild card in the whole thing is the Dark team and what the hell they’re doing. Without spoiling anything, one of the major Justice League characters goes to the Justice League Dark team seeking help because of their connection to magic, and that kind of sparks all kinds of new problems for all three teams.

It is really fun to write those Dark characters interacting with the major Justice League characters. Frankenstein is a lot of fun, for instance; we’re having a lot of fun writing Frankenstein and Star Girl together! These weird mixes of characters is really fun.

So just read Justice League of America’s Vibe #2. Could he be (one of) the catalyst(s) that brings the Justice League into contact with Earth 2?

DC Comics is having a four-day sale on Justice League books to celebrate the upcoming release of Injustice: Gods Among Us video game. DC sales seem few and far between. Here are my thoughts on this one. 

JLA (1997-2006) #1-9
I highly recommend these books penned by Grant Morrison. They are great Justice League stories filled with some perfect character moments. For JSA fans might want to check out issue #5 to see Damage the son of the golden age Atom botch his JLA try out.

Identity Crisis #1-7
I really enjoyed the first half of this series but didn’t care for the end as much. Brad Meltzer sets up this story as a super-hero murder mystery but unless the reader has knowledge of 1960/70s comics and beyond it’s not a mystery the reader can solve (even when looking back on the full seven issues. The art by Rags Morales is gorgeous and Meltzer does give us some great moments. I love the super-hero crime scene he sets up. Former JSA members Hawkman and Black Canary are front and center in this story. The Justice Society, The Ray, Dr. Mid-Nite, and Sir Justin, The Shining Knightas get some great and sometimes pivital moments. 

Justice League of America (2006-2001) #1-7
I had mixed feelings on Brad Meltzer’s take on the Justice League. I did really like his attempt to grow the character of Red Tornado and had mixed feelings on his use of Solomon Grundy. These issues include JSA members Black Canary, Red Tornado, and Hawkgirl. This also leads into a great crosssover with the Justice Society of America in that series.

Justice League (2011-)
This is Geoff Johns and Jim Lee’s introduction to the post-Flashpoint, New 52 DC Universe. This story shows how the main DC Universe dealt with the attack from Apokolips and it compliments the first issue of Earth 2 very nicely.

Injustice #1
I read this first issue and it is great. 

DC has released a black and white version Shane Davis’ varient cover for Justice League #19 featuring Shazam!

CBR interviewed Justin Jordan about Team 7. This is how Jordan describes the team.

Insinuated from the zero issue, it seems like “Team 7” is the normal-person alternative to a squad like the Justice League — the most elite humans banding together to combat threats. As the team starts to acclimate to one another, how will the superhuman forces of the DCU affect them?

Team 7 does deal with superhuman threats, but they are at least in part intended to be a first contact team. They don’t necessarily have to fight whatever it is they find; sometimes the answer to a problem is to do nothing, or to help it or to recognize it’s not a problem at all.

Still, they are dealing with some seriously powerful people and weird situations which will affect them as the series goes on. It’s like being on a bomb disposal unit in the army — you’re constantly dealing with things that could destroy you in a heartbeat and there really isn’t a rulebook for how to do this sort of thing. So the situation is slightly stressful and that does things to people.