I have a bad feeling about this…

I’m doing one of those things that I do.

You know, the ones where I put together random pieces of information and postulate on what they mean.

And, more often than not, I’m completely, utterly wrong. In this case, I certainly hope I’m wrong.

Anyway, Dan Didio has been saying for a while now that Green Arrow is a character to watch in 2010. I think he said the same about Blue Beetle in 2005, so take that as you will.

Then in one of his weekly Q&A’s, Didio was asked:

What is the next villain we should keep our eyes on to get an upgrade in the manner which we have been of late with Brainiac and Starro?

DiDio: Let me think. Good question. I mean, Prometheus is front and center because of Justice League: Cry for Justice right now. But that’s a more immediate story, not something that’s playing out in the foreseeable future. Because Brainiac comes back in a big way.

You know, I really can’t answer that question because the person who might be deemed the next villain isn’t actually a villain just yet.

Nrama: So there’s somebody who’s not a villain now that will be an important villain – when?

DiDio: By the end of next year.

A month later, he was asked about the status of some characters in 2010:

Can you give one sentence hints as to what 2010 holds for the following characters?:

DiDio: Wow, and multi-part answer. OK.

-Green Arrow?

DiDio: On the run.

- Black Canary?

DiDio: Reunited with old friends.

Okay…meanwhile the unintentionally amusing Justice League: Cry for Justice has long been said to end with something earth-shattering – and that’s certainly what the new solicit suggests -

JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE #7

This is the big one! After the catastrophes seen in issues #5 and #6, a hero loses control, leading to an unexpected ending that will fundamentally change the lives of the World’s Greatest Heroes forever. This issue launches a major storyline in the DC Universe and is not to be missed!

That certainly looks like Green Arrow on the blacked out cover, doesn’t it? And ‘loses control’, eh?

Meanwhile, over in the regular JLA book that month…

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #42

In the aftermath of the horrific events of JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE, a member is comforted by his friends and fellow Justice Leaguers over his tragic loss.

I’m probably reading too much into this, but still…

- A blacked out Green Arrow who appears to be trailing blood and a hero losing control;

- A JLA’er coping with his tragic loss;

- Black Canary reuniting with ‘old friends’. What, like some dead JLI’ers?

- Green Arrow being a character to watch in 2010, and being on the run in 2010.

- A hero turning into a villain in 2010. Maybe a hero who’s grieving and ‘loses control’?

I mean, I may be adding 2 plus 2 and getting 17. I probably am.

Because there’s no way that DC would kill off Black Canary and spend a while turning Green Arrow into a villain, right?

Right?

Tags: Black Canary, DC, Green Arrow

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