DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers: DC Rebirth Phase 2 Focuses On Villains Plus Justice League America?! Fan Expo Canada / Baltimore Comic Con Fallout!

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The first weekend of September 2016 was a HUGE weekend for comic book and pop culture fans with both Fan Expo Canada happening in Toronto and the Baltimore Comic Con going on at the same time. Plus, there was the Diamond Retailer summit to open the weekend which is also a hot bed of comics and pop culture news! Check out the latest news below!

In the news of the big Justice League vs. Suicide Squad weekly mini-series from mid-December 2016 to mid-January 2017, one element may have been lost in the bigger news of the event.

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Check out DC Comics writer and DC Entertainment President / Chief Creative Office Geoff Johns:

This story is another building block to REBIRTH. With all of our heroes back on the board, it’s the super-villains turn. And the events within will set the stage for REBIRTH Phase 2 as a surprising team emerges and another piece of the puzzle of the future of the DC Universe, and the past, comes into focus.

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That surprising team is the 2017 shipping new Justice League America, which was supposed to ship in September 2016, but has moved to 2017 along with Super Sons; that new JLA series will be written by DC Comics exclusive writer Steve Orlando.

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