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DC’s next big event,Absolute Power, is right around the corner.
There’s no Multiverse, no time travel, all of those things are specifically cut off.
How important is it to you to keep this story grounded?
Mark Waid:Those have all been great events, those big cosmic events.
But that’s just not what my wheelhouse is.
That leads right into my next question.
As a creator and comic reader, what do you see as the line?
I just think it’s a world of fantasy.
But Amanda doesn’t see that.
And she’s not wrong - certainly not from her point of view.
She’s begun orchestrating situations to make them look bad.
She’s been doing things too deliberately.
She set that up a few months ago just to make the Titans look like world menaces.
And this is only part of what she’s doing.
And that’s exactly what’s happening with Amanda.
With that in mind, who do you see as the characters that will become the big heroes here?
Who’s stepping up in light of these changes?
The main series has 120 pages and 300 superheroes, so I have my limits.
To my surprise, Jon Kent became a key player.
To my surprise, Dreamer turned out to be a key player.
I’d say the same thing.
I think Ollie has a long, long history of calling the Justice League on their stuff.
That definitely touches on what I was going to ask.
Is Absolute Power offering up the proof that the DC Universe needs a Justice League?
Are we looking at the catalyst for the League’s big return?
What has he surprised you with on this story so far?
Well first of all, there’s a level of trust there.
So luckily, he trusts me not to overburden him.
And so it is a little darker, and he’s embraced that.
It doesn’t come naturally to me, that’s for sure.
I’ve never felt that way.
Because again, it’s a cliche, but they’re the heroes in their own minds.
You mentioned Jon Kent as a key player in this story.
What does Jon Kent bring to the role of Superman that makes him different from Kal-El?
They’ve always been very tight.
They’ve always been on the same page in terms of how to handle things, you know?
This puts that to the test.
Absolute Power #1 puts big changes on so many heroes.
Yes, some more than others.
But yes, you know it.
You know, something can be undone, but not everything can be undone.
And the consequences leading out of this are epic.
And if you dig that, then this is the story for you.
