Following directly after the events of DC's soon-to-wrap event series Dark Nights: Metal, Justice League: No Justice has already been teased with brand new team lineups as a cosmic space-based adventure mixing up characters from virtually every corner of the galaxy -- something that is sure to herald massive consequences for the DC Universe moving forward.

So far, we know that No Justice will be breaking the Teen Titans and Justice League into four teams, mixed in with some unconventional surprises. Each team is apparently empowered by, or relating to, some sort of cosmic energy or force. Wonder Woman leads a team made up of magic users, Superman leads a team comprised of aliens, Barry Allen leads a team of science-based heroes, and Batman leads a team of some of the more unsavory characters of the DCU (and also Beast Boy, whose presence on the team may even be a mystery to him).

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Set to be a four-part weekly series co-written by Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, and James Tynion IV with art by Francis Manapul and Marcus To, No Justice kicks off in May following the conclusion of Metal. CBR spoke with Tynion and Williamson about the series earlier this month at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle.

CBR: So No Justice is going to be four issues written by three people -- you're both working with Scott Snyder on the project. How is that collaborative process shaking out?

James Tynion IV: It's totally organic. We came up with all of it together and what we wanted to do was build this story that is so over the top fun, exciting, action, human drama -- we spent so much time in the DC offices just throwing stuff up on the whiteboard, all of us just hitting a moment and then figuring out how to make it 20 times crazier -- and normally the answer to that question involves Starro. [Laughs] It's really been great and a highly collaborative experience.

Joshua Williamson: Yeah! I don't think anyone will pick up No Justice and at any point and think, "Oh, well, this person wrote this part or this person wrote this part." James has become my daily chat buddy so we just talk throughout the day, talk with Scott, talk in person. There's a lot of bouncing around.

We have all these moments where we just keep trying to escalate things. It's been so much fun. There isn't one person who wrote the outline, or anything like that.

Here's a specific question and something that's been nagging at me for a while now. We've seen the teams and it's pretty clear how they're being delineated. We've got the aliens, the magic users, the scientists -- the themes are pretty obvious. But why is Beast Boy on Batman's team? He's the only one that doesn't make sense to me.

Tynion IV: Beast Boy has the exact same question. Every scene he's in he's looking around like, "Why am I here, I don't understand!"

Williamson: There's a very nice scene between Beast Boy and Lobo -- they have an emotional conversation. [Laughs]

Tynion IV: One of the core ideas of the story is that we have these four alien space gods who you can kind of see the hints of in the team covers, and they each embody a different kind of cosmic energy. Each of these teams is designed to tap into that kind of cosmic energy. So, that's something that's super-central to the whole story -- so Beast Boy, even though he's a very lighthearted character up against all these much more serious characters --

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I'll be honest, I've been calling Batman's team "The Bad Dads and their Green Son."

Tynion IV: [Laughs] Yeah! Exactly. There is something core to Beast Boy that plays into that cosmic force on that team, though. So that's the thing -- and that's the fun -- like, what links Beast Boy to characters like Lex Luthor and Batman?

I remember, and I think this was Josh's idea, the concept of like, Moneyballing the teams. That's the term that won't ever appear in the book, but we've been saying a lot.

Williamson: You're right, it totally was me. I don't remember why -- it might have been early on. We were talking about Brainiac and why he would build teams and it was like, "Oh, he would build it roleplay style." He's building a team based on the character's strengths. I don't know why I used the word "moneyball," but that's what it came down to. [Laughs]

Brainiac sees these characters as roles to fill on a team. It's very strategic. He did not factor in the relationships these characters have with each other at all. He didn't take into account the heart of these characters -- and coming out of No Justice, some of these relationships are going to change.

And, I mean, we did want to see different dynamics and what would happen when you put different characters who wouldn't normally be together, together, you know?

There's a part -- James wrote this -- in issue #3 -- where a character interacts with Starro. They're two characters who have probably been around each other before but there's no reason for them to have ever been around each other in this situation, like, ever. So we were able to do something that you've never seen before.

Tynion IV: It's the fun of being able to play with all the toys and put them together in weird ways, and then take them on this crazy mission in deep space and then... strand them out there while chaos happens at home, which is why the book is called No Justice.

...Well, there is another reason why which is a big part of it, but you'll figure out why later.

So that begs the question: who gets the house keys while the League and company are out there in space? Who's left in charge of Earth?

Tynion IV: Amanda Waller and Green Arrow are the POV for the Earth stuff. Amanda Waller does something in issue #1 that causes... well. It's hard to talk about, because we can't spoil it. She does something and then bad things happen. The Green Arrow annual will cover a lot of what's going on on Earth for the story.

Williamson: And because No Justice does spin out of Metal, there's a major thread that shows up at the end of that even that we just can't talk about yet. It's such a huge part of it, but we can't ruin the end of Metal.

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On the flip side, with No Justice taking place mostly in space, I have to ask: where's the GLC?

Williamson: Oh! [Laughs] We can't answer that --

Tynion IV: There is an answer to that question! But we--

Williamson: Yes! There is definitely an answer, but we can't give it to you not. It's given extremely quickly in issue #1.

Tynion IV: Page one of issue #1 is, "Where is the Green Lantern Corps?"

Williamson: The Green Lanterns are very very busy.

Tynion IV: They're responding to... a thing that has happened. In... a place. You'll just have to wait and find out.

Justice League: No Justice #1 is scheduled for release on May 9, running for four weekly issues.