2015 Comic Book News Archives

January 21, 2015: Johns on Luthor's Motives in Justice League "Amazo Virus" Story

Justice League #38 Newsarama.com caught up with Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok, the creative team behind the "Justice League" comic book, to discuss the current "Amazo Virus" story, in which Johns explains Lex Luthor's motives and emotional state as the virus he kept hidden is let loose. Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    There's a scene in Justice League #38, a confrontation of sorts between Lex and his sister, and I think Lex is a little bit embarrassed about what he's become and how he acts and what he's done and the Amazo Virus and everything. And he gets very defensive with his sister.

    And his actions - I think, when Lex has gone about his life in such a way and done these very bad things under the guise of this being what's right and what he has to do to get where he needs to go, or where he thinks he needs to be in order to become the savior of humanity, or the great hope of humanity that he's destined to be.

    When Lena comes into the picture, suddenly everything Lex is doing, he has to rethink it, if his sister's present. I think that's a bit of a weakness for him.

    And the Amazon Virus - just like bringing Lex's sister in was to explore Lex in a different way, and bringing Bizarro in was to explore Lex in a different way, the Amazo Virus challenges the Justice League in a brand new way while also opening up a secret of Lex Luthor.

Read the entire interview at the Newsarama website.



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