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The Legion will never stay cancelled! They never have for long anyway. Maybe someone has realized it's time to bring back the "original Legionnaires"...you know, the ones that were disrespectfully discarded all those years ago. Here comes our true pre-boot Legion. One can hope! This CANNOT mean the end of the Legion! It will be very interesting to see where this goes!
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I'm not too concerned about it. I felt that the editor's quote was very tongue-in-cheek. I'm sure the title is being cancelled and then relaunched in a new direction.
I seriously doubt that after 40+ years the Legion is going to be discarded.
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I agree, but enough with these reboots already!!! I've been a Legion fan since 1980 and I know I'll continue coming back. The LSH has survived all of these years on "cult level" fan support, loyal readers...not particularly fans new to the book. Those individuals...much like myself, will always be back no matter what!
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From: Sayreville, NJ | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by MYG: Maybe someone has realized it's time to bring back the "original Legionnaires"...you know, the ones that were disrespectfully discarded all those years ago. Here comes our true pre-boot Legion. One can hope!
Perhaps one can hope, but it won't be this one. I first learned of Legion with the post-boot, so I'd feel as betrayed as the fans were when the reboot occurred. I'd be happy it was continuing in some form, and I'd still read it, but I would lose my great enthusiasm for the book, since these (the preboot characters) would not be the Legion I know and love.
But regardless of stance on the pre/post-boot issue, eliminating the past...erm...not sure how many years worth of stories for nostalgia is not a good thing, and demonstrates even further that DC has no idea what they're doing. If they're going to relaunch the book (rather than letting it remain cancelled), a return to over thirty years' worth of baggage is not going to entice new readers, merely drive them further away...
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From: Outpost Gallifrey | Registered: Dec 2003
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What if they reboot the book and ditch the baggage by introducing totally new characters?!?!
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3003: What if they reboot the book and ditch the baggage by introducing totally new characters?!?!
I'd certainly give the book a try, since the concept of a 31st century superteam is appealing - but that baggage and I have been together for quite a while. I would surely miss it.
Could they just start up with all new characters, or would they have to forward the group to "Next Generation"?
From: Café Cramer | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3003: What if they reboot the book and ditch the baggage by introducing totally new characters?!?!
Then to me it would not be the Legion of Super Heroes.
If there were totally new characters, even set in the 31st century, it would be a new and different team book. Granted it would have "connections" to the Legion, in much the same way that the JLA has "connections" to the JSA, and it might share locations, supporting characters etc, but at the end of the day it would not be the Legion.
Maybe there is a demand for a "next generation" book I don't know. I do know that Star Trek Next Generation was a television programmes response to a fact of nature, i.e. actors are real people who get old and cannot sustain the illusion of young action heroes anymore. But we read comics, that is not a factor here, characters remain young and vibrant forever (otherwise if Superman and Batman aged normally as per “real world time” they would at least be in a home for the elderly by now) so we have no pressing reason to have a next generation of Legionnaires other than a desire to create a “new” book.
For me I want to read stories about a group of super teens in the future led by figures called Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad (well ok Livewire at a push) not a new group of people whose only connection to the Legion is a name. That’s not to say I wouldn’t buy such a comic just that I would have to compartmentalise it away from the Legion, much as I do with L.E.G.I.O.N. if that makes any sense?
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quote:Originally posted by MYG: Maybe someone has realized it's time to bring back the "original Legionnaires"...you know, the ones that were disrespectfully discarded all those years ago. Here comes our true pre-boot Legion. One can hope!
Perhaps one can hope, but it won't be this one. I first learned of Legion with the post-boot, so I'd feel as betrayed as the fans were when the reboot occurred. I'd be happy it was continuing in some form, and I'd still read it, but I would lose my great enthusiasm for the book, since these (the preboot characters) would not be the Legion I know and love.
But regardless of stance on the pre/post-boot issue, eliminating the past...erm...not sure how many years worth of stories for nostalgia is not a good thing, and demonstrates even further that DC has no idea what they're doing. If they're going to relaunch the book (rather than letting it remain cancelled), a return to over thirty years' worth of baggage is not going to entice new readers, merely drive them further away...
Hear hear on all counts Pex.
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quote:Originally posted by Faraway Lad: Then to me it would not be the Legion of Super Heroes.
Funny, that's exactly how I felt after the first reboot.
I seriously doubt that DC will leave the book in limbo for any extended period. They may try something new format-wise, but the concept is older than most in comics and they know that they have a ready made audience. They won't abandon us for the simple reason that they can make money off of us. The Legion will continue. It may go in some interesting new directions, but it'll still be there.
Further, I don't think that it will be rebooted. The original reboot was as much a response to the ungodly mess that had been made of the book's continuity as it was to diminishing sales. And it was not an editorial decision, so I don't think that the current editors would make that drastic a move.
At any rate, I'm sure we'll hear something soon. Right now they're just trying to keep us in suspense.
From: Los Angeles, CA | Registered: Nov 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Director Lad: At any rate, I'm sure we'll hear something soon. Right now they're just trying to keep us in suspense.
Which, in my opinion, is a HORRIBLE way to do business. "Hey, let's cancel the series, keep 'em all in the dark, and then when they're in complete despair, we'll announce the re-launch. They'll love us! Sound like a good plan?"
No, it doesn't, and I really don't think that the TPTB at DC make decisions like this. I genuinely think, AT THIS MOMENT, nobody at DC knows what to do with LSH, and they're waiting for some writer/artist to come up with a viable direction.
That's my "in the dark" gut instinct.
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That certainly sounds like DC editorial staff, capt. I think, given that DnA wanted to do another few issues but were told when to settle up, tho, that a new team has already been set.
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quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: That certainly sounds like DC editorial staff, capt. I think, given that DnA wanted to do another few issues but were told when to settle up, tho, that a new team has already been set.
I hear you, Kent, but if this "new team" was already in place,
WHERE ARE THEY?
When was DnA's departure announced? Late December? Early January? It's been 5 months since we've learned they would be leaving the title, and since then, we've heard crickets chirping in the woods. For comic book industry, this isn't normal... unless there is some genuine hesitation on DC's part about what to do next with LSH.
And let's assume I am dead, dead wrong. Let's assume that the future of LSH is already planned out and will be announced shortly.
If that is indeed case, then to leave the loyal Legion readership confused about the future of the title is DISGRACEFUL! I'll say it again, it's a HORRIBLE way to do business!
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From: Long Island, NY | Registered: Apr 2004
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I wouldn't be too surprised about how this is being handled. I mean, look at the way they handled the relaunch of the Titans. Rumors about the cancellation lasted for a month or more before we got any sort of confirmation, and then they "let slip" the fact that someone with ties to both the Titans and Young Justice would die, and then let us speculate about that for at least 3 or 4 months before the horrible Graduation Day came out.
I used to respect DC a lot more than Marvel, but lately they don't seem to respect their own characters any more, let alone their readers.
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