Forever Evil Miniseries Coming From Geoff Johns and David Finch

While Doug Mahnke will take over Justice League of America from David Finch, that doesn't mean the artist is through working hand-in-hand with JL of A writer and DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns just yet; the pair will reunite in the seven-issue Forever Evil miniseries beginning in September, USA Today has confirmed. "Forever Evil is a chance for David and I to work on all the greatest villains in comic books. It's literally everybody. I don't even know if there's anybody not in it," Johns said. "We're really exploring what darkness means and the different kinds of darkness that are within these villains." The cover for the first issue debuted, and among the villains are some surprising faces including Justice League of America member Catwoman (wait, isn't she dead?!), Black Adam and Sinestro (whom Johns recently sent off to isolation in space, but apparently a villains month was too strong a pull to resist). "Evil's relative, right?" Johns asked the paper. "There are some that want to rule the world, there are some that simply want to put food on the table, there are some who want to simply kill for the thrill, and there are some who don't consider themselves a villain." USA Today also reports that in October, three, five-issue tie-in books will launch. Here's their run-down: Forever Evil: Rogues. Writer Brian Buccellato (The Flash) and Patrick Zircher (Suicide Squad) put the spotlight on the Flash's colorful and infamous gang of Rogues, led by Captain Cold — a particular favorite of Johns, the former Flash writer, as well as Finch. "I just love his mask," the artist says. "He looks very steely and a little bit dead in the eye, which is very evil." Forever Evil: Arkham War. "The biggest story with Bat-villains you've ever seen," as Johns describes it, features the creative team of Peter Tomasi (Green Lantern Corps) and Scot Eaton (X-Men). Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S.Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) pens a title featuring the government agency Advanced Research Group Uniting Superhumans. DC comic fans have seen increasingly shady things the group's been doing, and Steve Trevor will be learning about those as the audience does. "His heart is good," Johns says, "and if ARGUS has a chance of rising above what it is right now and becoming a heroic force in the future, it's up to Steve Trevor." Johns will clear his schedule for the crossover in part by departing Justice League of America for five issues, during which time Matt Kindt will take over and tell a Martian Manhunter-centric story, presumably spinning out of the events of Kindt's backup features. "What happens with him and to him and what he does is going to have pretty major repercussions through the DC Universe," Johns said of Lex Luthor, around whom much of the story will reportedly revolve. "There's a lot of things in issue 1 with him that I think are going to surprise people." Finch added, "I've been bald since I was born, and I'm drawing a book starring Lex Luthor, which I think is awesome. It's definitely a thrill for me."