This weekend at Fan Expo Canada, Dan DiDio confirmed an ongoing rumor: James Robinson and Nicola Scott are working on a new Justice Society of America book -- that takes place on Earth-Two. DiDio said he and Robinson were "hammering out the characters as late as yesterday," implying it might take a few months for the book to hit stores.
What makes this news so unexpected is the repeated assertions that, in the DC Universe of the New 52, Superman and the Justice League were the first publicly-recognized superheroes. Traditionally, the Justice Society was formed during World War II, and provided the heroic example that the founding members of the Justice League later emulated. As a result of a desire to restore Superman to his traditional status as the world's first superhero, they seem to have been written out of the continuity of Earth-Zero, where the majority of DC's stories take place.
So, how is DC getting around this?
Simple: they're setting the series on Earth-2, where they traditionally lived prior to their mash-up with the main DC Universe in Crisis on Infinite Earths. It's unclear whether this will be a continuation of the original Earth-2, a continuation of the post-52 version Geoff Johns established in Justice Society of America with its own Superman and Batman, or a brand-new iteration caused by the reality-altering conclusion of Flashpoint.
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