Scott Snyder’s recently launched run on DC Comics’ Justice League is the start of a new era for the company’s premier superteam, yes, but it also represents the evolution of the stories the writer has been telling since he arrived at DC. And in discussing both these ideas with CBR at Comic-Con International, Snyder offered up the impending return of a beloved DC franchise character… but not exactly which version.

“Batman was amazing, and it was the ride of my life. Metal was insane. But now I have a good, long run where I have a two-year plan on Justice League up to about issue 45 or 50 where it all breaks loose and goes crazy,” he explained while rattling off a number of pieces soon to come in play. “But having all these pieces from Adam Strange to Firestorm to Hawkgirl and Swamp Thing. And Will… Starman comes into it soon. All this crazy stuff comes in. We find the Martian keeper of secrets.”

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With the mention of Starman, CBR pressed Snyder on whether his turn of phrase meant Will Payton – the space-faring Starman of the ’80s – would appear in his run. The writer kept things a little more close to the vest.

“I don’t want to give away too much, because there are plans for different versions of Starman in different places,” he replied. “The JSA stuff is going to be going on with Ted Knight in some ways, and I don’t want to give too much away. I will just say that in Justice League #7, you will start to see that story begin to unfold, and he becomes a player along with Starro again. Starro – they find a tiny piece of him in a jar, and they always insult him by calling him Jarro.”

That sense of humor and world-building mixing is the result of the collaborative team of creators building the Justice League line, Snyder said. “It’s been really fun. I’ve never been in this role where I get to be with my friends – with Josh Williamson and James Tynion and Rob Venditti and Joelle Jones and Bryan Hill – and be able to build it together and be the person who lays down the architecture for this stuff and watch how it fits together as they take these pieces and evolve them. What it’s all going to culminate to, and the way we’re pulling it forward…I really want readers to feel rewarded. I want them to feel that everything matters. Every little mystery we’re setting up in Justice League – and there are a lot. There’s a crazy lot.”

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And now fans can add exactly how, why and which Starman will return to active duty in the DC Universe. And while immediate answers may not be on the stands, Snyder has plenty of them already written.

“I’m on issue #13 right now, and issues 12, 13 and 14 explain everything, and then we go even crazier past that. I just want you to feel like it is a rolling engine of fun, mystery and wonder. And each thing will pay off as we go,” he said. “One thing after another, it’s all available. There’s nothing where DC said ‘No.’ It’s just such a joy and an honor…I promise we’re taking it extremely seriously and giving it all we have. This is, we are in a room together planning what DC is going to do for two years…it’s honestly the most fun I’ve had at DC – from Metal to now. It’s not only the creative freedom they’re giving us, but the people there. It’s just such a fun room. I love doing it.”