In an interview
posted today on CBR R.E.B.E.L.S. scribe Tony Bedard says:
". . . unfortunately, I ended up making some characters too close to the Legionnaires, and with a sudden plethora of Legion material hitting the stands, we made a few changes so that readers know that R.E.B.E.L.S. is its own thing, and not a Legion spinoff or prequel."
My question: How does Bedard define "plethora," exactly?
As one person on the CBR boards already postulated, perhaps on Earth-DC, plethora means "giant vacuum created by the absence of any Legion-related material."
Apart from Mon-El appearing in the Super-books, and the promise of Star Man appearing in Adventure Comics, along with some sort of not-starring role for the Legion in that book's "second arc," there does not appear to be a whole lot of love for the Legion at DC right now.
Or, it could mean this: Perhaps DC has a lot more planned for the Legion than it is letting on. Is it possible there may be a whole Legion launch in the pipeline, delayed by lateness of L3W?
One sad note, however. Assuming there is a true plethora of Legion projects waiting in the wings, none, is seems, will feature by favorite, Bouncing Boy.
The fact that one of the R.E.B.E.L.S., code-named Bounder, apparently has the power to turn himself into a giant-sized soccer ball, coupled with Bedard's comment that he had to change some characters because they were "too close to the Legionnaires" makes it apparent that no vulcanized, spheroid Legionnaire will answer the upcoming roll call.
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