BNP At NYCC: Scott Snyder Talks Justice League #9 And Beyond

At NYCC, I interviewed Scott Snyder about one of my favorite single issue comics of the year, Justice League #9, and the personal themes that were explored. This was my second time interviewing Snyder, so I had the chance to get more specific.

Justice League Black Nerd Problems: Justice League #9 is a single issue between two major arcs. Issues like this are often forgettable, but you made sure it wasn’t. This was the closest we’ve gotten to these characters during your run. What made you get personal? Scott: I felt like that first arc had to be sort of stuffed to the max to leave you thinking “Oh my God, Justice League is gonna be insane!” But I didn’t really get a chance to kinda pair off the characters, show you the Hall of Justice, give you a sense of what the team’s about, what some of the inner conflicts of the characters are that we’re gonna be exploring going forward. So to me, this issue is really a launching pad for a lot of the emotional threads that we’re gonna be building in the coming arcs. The stuff between Aquaman and Wonder Woman that plays out in Drowned Earth. The stuff between Martian Manhunter and Hawkgirl really plays out in the following arc called Hawk World. It’s a three issue arc that takes place on Thanagar Prime. You meet the Martian Keep, you see Shiera Hall. Surprise, surprise. I probably shouldn’t have said that. So there’s a lot of groundwork that we’re laying in issue 9 that’s gonna pay off later. The Hall of Justice BNP: Why is it important …