Counting to 10 - Tony Bedard Talks DC's THE GREAT TEN.
Tony Bedard is applying his team-book magic to a group that has some mysticism of its own: The Great Ten.
A limited series that is, fittingly, 10 issues long, The Great Ten starts in November, giving Bedard what he calls a "terrific opportunity as a writer" – shaping a team of 10 Chinese superheroes originally conceived by Grant Morrison.
Before starting his comic series R.E.B.E.L.S. earlier this year, Bedard felt like he hadn't had the chance to reach his potential at DC, so he wanted to make something uniquely his own for DC comics readers.
"R.E.B.E.L.S. is where I'm planting my flag," Bedard told Newsarama when the series began. "Now I'm let loose in the DC Universe."
Now that the ongoing has become a critical darling, Bedard is hoping to apply some of that magnetism to The Great Ten, the 10 Chinese government-sanctioned superheroes who first appeared in the weekly comic 52.
Newsarama talked with the writer about why the concept attracted him as a writer – and why he thinks it holds so much promise for readers.
