GEOFF JOHNS HABLA SOBRE FOREVER EVIL

"When the series started to develop it grew organically out of a Justice League story and the re-introduction of the Crime Syndicate. The idea was – if the Justice League was taken out and the heroes were down and out who would replace them? And that started to grow into a bigger story, focusing on Lex Luthor."

"The line I've got in my head, that the whole series grew out of, is "evil is relative." The whole idea is, I think a lot of DC’s villains — I love supervillains, obviously – it’s a place I’m extremely comfortable — but a lot of our villains are popular characters in their own right. They have redeeming qualities. They're really complex characters."

"Whether I'm writing Sinestro or Catwoman or Black Adam, I like to explore their characters from a point-of-view that’s not necessarily “evil” – the cliché is that the villains are the heroes in their own stories, but I subscribe to the fact that the most interesting villains are the ones that you understand. There is a small part of them you actually root for, because in a twisted way – their motives are almost right. Or at the very least, as a human being, we can understand why they do what they do. And what they’ve had to overcome themselves to do it."

"With Forever Evil, what I wanted to do was contrast these villains with a greater evil — an evil that is a little alien to us. And with a group of characters that are devoid of the redeemable qualities I think a lot of DC villains inherently have. By removing the superheroes from the equation, having an evil force like the Crime Syndicate come in — which is essentially a twisted, dark Justice League — having them come in and try to take over the world, it leaves a vacuum for someone to save us…and what if that ends up being filled by the world’s greatest villains? Who are they? Why would they do that? Which ones would?"

"And the Crime Syndicate are extremely dark. They come from a universe where sympathy, empathy and sacrifice don’t exist. A place where love isn’t shown or expressed, and rarely truly felt. It’s a horrible place – a bizarre culture – that’s created these men and women. We’ll see their origins within Justice League and Forever Evil."

"So if the Crime Syndicate attacks — how would the villains react if they actually won? If the villains won, and they won in this way, would everyone go along with it? I don't think they would, because everyone wants something different. At first glance, Lex wants to be as beloved and respected as Superman, though there is a far greater secret in his life that pushes him to strive for success in everything he does, which we’ll learn more about as the series progresses."