Anonymous
10/17/2025, 12:18:00 AM
No.150869597
>>150865974
>Maybe he just liked Cyborg more
Basically this. Johns had already written a Titans run in the 2000s where he basically put Cyborg back into a position of prominence after he'd fallen into irrelevance in the 90s, even getting his name changed to 'Cyberion' so people wouldn't confuse him with Hank Henshaw, who was then 'The Cyborg', and a more important character at the time. Johns gave Cyborg his name back and had everyone start calling Henshaw "Cyborg Superman".
With the New 52 JLA lineup, whatever Johns says, everyone knows his real motives were that he needed to have a black guy on the team but he didn't want it to be black Green Lantern because he wanted Hal Jordan on the team. So Martian Manhunter got dropped from the 'big 7' and replaced by Cyborg just because was Johns' favorite black DC hero.
>Maybe he just liked Cyborg more
Basically this. Johns had already written a Titans run in the 2000s where he basically put Cyborg back into a position of prominence after he'd fallen into irrelevance in the 90s, even getting his name changed to 'Cyberion' so people wouldn't confuse him with Hank Henshaw, who was then 'The Cyborg', and a more important character at the time. Johns gave Cyborg his name back and had everyone start calling Henshaw "Cyborg Superman".
With the New 52 JLA lineup, whatever Johns says, everyone knows his real motives were that he needed to have a black guy on the team but he didn't want it to be black Green Lantern because he wanted Hal Jordan on the team. So Martian Manhunter got dropped from the 'big 7' and replaced by Cyborg just because was Johns' favorite black DC hero.