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i gotta know, how do you decide on the lineup for each of your teams in your DCU, is there some sort of method?

Certainly :) First off, there’s colour. Each member should have their own unique colour scheme in some way shape or form to allow them to stand out. (Obviously, you can’t always get around this, for example: Green Lantern and Green Arrow, but I do my best.)

Then there’s personality. Each team member needs their own little quirks to set them apart further. For my first gen of Teen Titans, each member was like a high school archetype. Robin’s the bad boy, Starfire’s the “weird” kid, Raven’s the goth, Beast Boy’s the class clown, Wally’s the flirt, Cyborg’s the star athlete, and Donna is the perfect cheer captain. They each have unique personality traits that rub off of one another well.

Finally, story. Sometimes, the overarching story I want to tell dictates whether or not a certain character can physically be on a team or not. For example, I wanted to have Martian Manhunter be a part of the Justice League from the start (like in the og comic) but his story is tied to M’gann’s, and she can’t be on Earth until a specific time, so Martian Manhunter just isn’t on Earth yet, unfortunately. He’ll come in later, though.

So

“Yeah.”

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