Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Visionaries of Tomorrow Your Pick for Creative Team for the Legion RIGHT NOW - 18 issue minimum

No need to get into what the book is about or which Legion it is. Just give it to me strait, right between the eyes: YOU are the editor of the Legion comic book and you get to pick the writer/penciller/inker/colorist/etc. for it *right now*, with the guaranty that they would be on the book for 18 issues. Who would you pick? Who could make sales explode, but at the same time not compromise creative integrity? You get one each with an alternate.

Me?

Grant Morrison and Chris Batista.

Alternate pick/Fill-in go to
Darwyn Cooke, doing it all.

Geoff Johns/Jim Lee 18 months!

Karl Kesel inking! And I don't know who are good colorists but please get one of the top notch ones!

(Pacheco is my other choice for artist)

Jim Lee has said he wants to work on the real Legion! He's a huge name. Geoff is a great writer! Make it happen!

See Darwyn Cooke does nothing for me. He's too old school.

Blasphemy! Ronda Pattison is the best colorist out there! She'd be under exclusive contract with DC if I were editor.

And I say either Geoff Johns or Kurt Busiek to write.

Both Chris Batista and Jim Lee would be good. It depends on people's schedules. I want a definite commitment from the creators.

I interacted with Kurt recently on some other board saying how Pacheco's Young Gods look like a Legion scene. He said both him and Pacheco would love to get a chance at the Legion.

I love Kurt as a writer. Sometimes he's too old school. Writers like Geoff and Grant Morrisson I think are better at using the old but defintely being progressive. Still if Kurt comes with Pacheco I would be very happy.


And I would love to see Batista as well.

Well, I had my own idea, but gosh-dang it, Cobie's idea for writer is TOO hot to pass up.

1st choice:

GRANT MORRISON writer

MIKE ALLRED artist


backup choice:

TOM & MARY BIERBAUM writers

OLIVIER COIPEL artist

Chris Batista would be a VERYCLOSE 3rd pick... his recent issue of Teen Titans was a beatuiful sight to behold.

I'd love Lee too--actually a lot. But I don't trust him to do my minimum 18 issues (anyway can do 12 )

I like all the suggestions so far.

And I sould have put in Rhonda as my colorist!!

TMB & Coipel would rock!

Darwyn Cooke and Eric Wight. They can even trade off writing/art duties.

my Pick for creative teams:
Dwayne McDuffy and Paul Pelliter
Chris Yost and Mark Bagley
and how about Tom Grummet or M.D.Bright on art chores, i hear he's a big Legion Fan also

and i wished DC could find away to lure Salvador Larocca away from Marvel i think his work would rule on the Legion!!!

I can't think of anyone to suggest for writer, but would love to nominate Shane Davis for artist. I loved the slick feel he brought to the Captain Comet series in the Mystery in Space mini, and his upcoming Superman/Batman work looks great.

Geoff Johns and Carlos Pacheco.

Peter David and Chris Cross

Dave Gibbons and Steve Epting (get Epting to switch from Marvel to DC). Mark Farmer on inks.

Anyone? Anyone at all?

Neil Gaiman and John Bolton

(alternates: John Ostrander and George Perez)

My preferences

Writer: someone who can handle a large cast of voices.

Artist: someone who has a vision of the future and SF.

Willingham: On Fables, so many of his characters are so distinct, I think I could pinpoint which one was speaking without the picture. He's great with personalities and story timing.

Lightle: His characters, cultures and landscapes always amaze me. They're inventive and distinct. His "After Dark" issue on Talok is one of my visual favorites all-time and his Qward images said more to me than words ever could.

At least one of them is fond of Legion.

Geoff Johns, the best writer in the business, hopefully he can do for the Legion what he has done for Green Lantern, make sense of bad writing snafu's and making it the best written book in the DCU. Bring in Bierbaums to assist, to give Geoff an assist and bring their flavor to the project.

Artist, since Alan Davis is exclusive to Marvel I'd say in this order George Perez, Jim Lee, or Carlos Pacheco.

Well, if you want one issue per year maybe LOL

No thanks for Jim Lee... I can't stand his art.

Giffen and Lightle

Busiek and Pacheco

Johns and Giffen...

I think Blockade Boy's suggestion of Bill Willingham might get my vote for 'totally never even considered him, but that actually would rock my world'. I think it could be pure magic to have him as the Legion writer and let him just go with it.

James Robinson- writer
Carlos Pacheco- artist

Alternative team

Alan Moore- writer
Darwyn Cooke- artist.

Writers: Marv Wolfman

Artist: George Perez

Reasoning: They wrote the Legion well during Crisis on Infinite Earths, and their run on the New Teen Titans was legendary. I would want them co-plotting. I think it could be awesome.

Wow - I'm surprised at some of the choices up so far. I didn't think anyone would think of James Robinson, but I loved his Starman!

1) Kurt Busiek and George Perez

2) Geoff Johns and Steve Lightle

3) James Robinson and Ed Benes

4) Gail Simone and Farmer & Davis

Writer: Grant Morrison, Alan Moore (yeah right) or Joss Whedon
Artist: Gene Ha, John Cassidy, Chris Bachalo, Adam Hughes
Any combination of the above would do it for me.