It seems Geoff Johns does. And he seems to prefer using Aquaman for it. Back during Brightest Day, Aquaman and Mera dealt with a disaster on an oil rig right around the time of the BP spill. Flash forward to today, Geoff Johns is in the middle of the "Throne of Atlantis" crossover between Aquaman and Justice League, which features Atlantis using massive tidal storms to attack the east coast of the United States...just a couple months after the non-scifi version of this happened here in real life. I'm really enjoying the story, but reading it makes me kind of uncomfortable. And I have to think that the way he has characters openly acknowledging the fact that there's a high civilian body count is a direct result of this story referencing the real event. Is it too soon? Should comics embrace the monthly format, and their ability to use it to stay current with world events?
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