quote:Originally posted by Jerry: So, let's rebuild with the Legion as an essential part of Superman's youth. It's not a bad place to start.
A laudable sentiment. I'll be happy to comply when DC stops lying to fans about the "original Legion".
As for getting behind what DC is rebuilding, there's obviously more than one edifice to support. The new artist of the regular monthly Legion book is a member of this board, and the "big announcement" of the next writer is expected within two weeks. That means they're aggressively promoting not one but *two* official Legions -- the supposedly original team lacking a plausible history and the 3boot team with almost no documented history.
Then they throw in a third, rebooted reboot team into the pot and stir it all up into one sloppy mess that'll be on slow-cook until late 2008.
DC is yanking our chains for the zillionth time, this time using their in-house 'fixer-upper" Geoff Johns -- a writer without an ounce of credibility as a Legion creator. Let him diddle all he wants with Hal Jordan, Booster Gold and the JSA, but the Legion needs more than that.
From: Reimagined Trom | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:The new artist of the regular monthly Legion book is a member of this board, and the "big announcement" of the next writer is expected within two weeks. That means they're aggressively promoting not one but *two* official Legions -- the supposedly original team lacking a plausible history and the 3boot team with almost no documented history.
Then they throw in a third, rebooted reboot team into the pot and stir it all up into one sloppy mess that'll be on slow-cook until late 2008.
It seems like a heck of a way to run a railroad to me, too, but I'm trying to focus on what we're going to get out of it. It might be really good! (Short-term and/or long-term.) Wouldn't be the first time an asinine editorial decision has resulted in good comics, or even good Legion comics.
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As long as Meltzer is of the titles... his stuff always confuses me, like his current JLA. I hate it when I have to read a chapter ten times and still am left wondering what is happening...
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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A variant cover was just announced for Action #858, the first issue in the Legion arc. That makes two with the previously announced one for #859. Wanna bet they do it for the entire arc?
From: Utah | Registered: Jul 2003
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So after reading five issues of Countdown in a row, most of them starring Karate Kid and Luornu, my question is...
Click Here For A SpoilerWhy is Karate Kid suddenly dying? Who told him so?
Was it off-panel, or was it just a new information to add to the mystery why Karate Kid is in the 20th century at all!?
As always in this very chaotic DC universe, I am just wondering if I have missed something - or if I am supposed to be confused...
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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You've nailed it Mario. The mysterious shadow in the bright shiny time thingy and that thing with Projectra seem to point to him being one of those "time anomalies" they're going on about in the Countdown stuff.
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Indeed. But my question was referring to that part of the story that we have actually been seeing - rather like, "have I missed something" or was it just some new info?
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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Yeah. We've ALL missed something. KK is a mystery to us at this point. Might Nemisis Kid show up at some point so they can repeat the epic struggle that led to both their deaths?
..and Una..what happened to her second body? Do we know that yet?
From: Smallville Sector : Greater Metropolis | Registered: Jun 2004
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Wow. The Trapper. You may have hit on another mystery here. Where's he going to fit into all this?..or is he? We have some time traveling villians shown in The Lightning Saga and we haven't heard a thing about that creep. Perhaps we'll see the return of the Glorith the Time Trapper/Mordru the Galactic Conqueror alliance instead?
I'm also wondering what Una's personal story is going to have in the way of impact on the upcoming tale. Whether it was the Trapper or another one of Brainiac's wacky (read: murderous) creations might make some kind of pivotal plotting element. Whatever though, I'm fairly certain their stories are going to be crucial to this "Three Worlds" thingy.
You know, so far we've been speculating about the possibilities of the Three Legions but nobody's given much thought to which villians might belong in a big wide ranging LSH DCvers summer crossover story.
The Trapper took on the whole DC Universe not all that long ago. He definitely ought to be on the shortlist.
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