Moderator Bob Wayne introduced the panel: Peter Tomasi, Sterling Gates, Aaron Kuder, Charles Soule, Kyle Higgins, Bobbie Chase, and Bob Harras.
Tomasi kicked it off talking about Batman and Robin’s new shifting status quo, saying that Batman and Catwoman #22 is the third issue of the “Five Stages of Grief” arc, which is depression. “I can’t think of a better way to pull Batman out of depression than a visit from Catwoman.” Issue #23 is the acceptance issue, co-starring Nightwing.
As for the recent introduction of Carrie Kelley, Tomasi said, “We’ll see how she starts to build into Bruce and Alfred’s life. We’ve got a lot of big surprises for Carrie on the way.” He teased that she could potentially be a Robin, but that he couldn’t say anything either way.
The writer shifted to Green Lantern Corps, where he said it’s been 12 years, counting his time as a DC editor, that he’s been a part of the Green Lantern world when he wraps up GLC #20. “This issue is really an end of an era. All the #20s are the tip-off to you guys for being fans. It was tough to write the final issue and say goodbye.” He and Soule went on to say how fantastic the new Green Lantern stuff was going to be moving forward.
Harras touched on the same Superman Unchained and Trinity War info as the past couple of months, and then Higgins reiterated his points on Nightwing’s move to Chicago from the panel yesterday.
Gates talked about Justice League of America’s Vibe, which he described as, “It’s this 18 year old kid who doesn’t know his powers very well and is learning on the job both how to be a hero and how to best use his powers.” He said we’d be seeing a prison that is A.R.G.U.S. controlled and will hold many familiar DCU faces. “It’s a really good story about this young kid just dropped in the worst situation you can imagine and told, ‘you’re super important, go!’”
Harras mentioned Luke Fox, the new Batwing, saying that “it’s going to be very interesting and part of an ongoing plan of having ripple effects go across the Bat-line. This new Batwing is definitely going to be part of that plan.”
He also talked about All-Star Western, where it was revealed that Jonah Hex would be taking a trip to the 21st century, where all of the connections he’s made with the Arkham family and Gotham would be playing into his appearance in the present. “It’s a lot of fun; there are a lot of great scenes of Jonah reacting to things, like a car. What does a gunslinger do in the 21st century? It’s going to be very interesting to see in the next few months.”
Soule explained his “The Whiskey Tree” story coming up in Swamp Thing, where Swampy travels through the Green to Scotland for an encounter with John Constantine and a magic tree that dispenses, well, whiskey. Soule also mentioned that it’s been a blast to work on Red Lanterns, which he takes over with issue #21, saying that “it’s going to be a slight change of pace from what you’ve seen, but still rage-filled with napalm blood. And more Guy Gardner.”
The panel showed a slide of the Green Lantern #20 cover, which is going to be 88-pages and culminating Geoff Johns’ massive run. “There’s a lot of emotional beats here, it’s a very big issue – technically and emotionally,” said Harras. “We go out in a blaze of glory,” added Tomasi about the end of their GL saga.
During the fan Q&A, Harras teased the rumored “Villains Month” announcement coming soon, but no concrete details were given despite the best attempts at fishing. Harras also answered “yes and yes” to questions asking if Batwoman would be more involved with the Bat-family and if we’d get a definitive answer to where Renee Montoya is. They also mentioned to a heart-broken Booster Gold fan that his heart would be mended soon, the last issue of All-Star Western aside.
Other teases included some dynamic changes in Teen Titans and "something happening" with Static in the future, though Harras said these things would be unrelated.
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