Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Legoin election...Legion Academy Series!!!

According to Newsarama's coverage of NYCC:

12:25 Levitz says we will pick the new leader. In issue #6 there will be a backdoor pilot to a new Legion story in Adventure comics. It will eventually turn into the Legion Academy series.
Saturday October 9, 2010 12:25

12:26 There will be a url on the cover where fans can go to pick the leader.
Saturday October 9, 2010 12:26

and they revealed the cover of #8.....who is the shadow one standing front of many members (no Spaceman, no Saturn Girl, no LIghtning Lad....those cover hogs! LOL) - love seeing all the members expression...T-Wolf being angry...Colossal Boy surprised....Cosmic Boy calm....Chameleon GIRL !!!....Tyroc and Violet (not shrunken! nice to see her as normal sized!)...Brainiac 5 contemplating...love that cover...but who is the silhouetted guy?!?

link -
http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2010/10/lshv2_cv8.jpg

enjoy!

Found some more interesting snipits from CBR\'s coverage :

I'm very excited about a Legion Academy series, but I've been burned by the previous times DC has announced a new series at a Con only to change their minds (*cough*Kid Flash*cough*).

Well, it's a guy.
sigh

And we know who it isn't, the ones on the cover.
And MEL is said to be appearing in #6.

I SSSOOoooo hope it's Tenzil!

And I can hardly wait for a Legion Academy series.
That means we'll see more of Chuck and Lu and maybe Nightwind and Lamprey and Comet Queen and Crystal Kid(he's not dead yet, is he? He was in the later era with the Khunds, wasn't he?)

Crystal Kid was with SW6 when the Legion found him alongside Catspaw, Dragonmage, and Computo...so don't remember him being killed off. Perhaps you're thinking of Power Boy, Jed Rikane? He was killed alongside Nightwind during the battle with the Khunds.

As an idea I absolutely love the idea of a Legion Academy series especially if it contains Nightwind, Lamprey and Jed Rikane, but unfortunately with dreary reads like Avengers academy and New Mutants over the last few years I'm concerned it will turn into a shadow of the parent comic without some thorough planning and good use of characters. I'd love to see Giffen write it tbh, as I think he would shake it up convincingly.

That said, you know I'll buy it regardless who writes it.

I'm pretty excited about the Legion Academy getting a book! Like Harbinger said though, I hope they put some thought into it (and I hope they get some better art than Adventure has had recently!)

I also am intrigued about the upcoming leader elections. I have a weird feeling Earth-Man is gonna get a big lead just because he's had more exposure than the rest of the team so far - I really hope he doesn't win it though, that would just stretch credibility WAY too far unless something really amazing happens in the next issue or so...

Count me in as hugely surprised but hugely excited by the announcement of this Legion Academy book. Chuck! Luornu! Berta! Jed! Bobb! Tayla! All in their own book! I can't wait! I just hope we get good art.

The fact that the fans are voting for the next Legion leader is of course exciting but I have to say I am dreading a founders or Brainy win.

Please fellow Legion fans - boycott those panel hogs and let someone who hasn't had the job or hasn't been in the spotlight for a long time get the win!

The Legion Academy announcement had me checking the date. It's not April 1st, right?

I'm all aquiver with excitement. A Legion *spin-off?* Woo-hoo!

Teen books are my kryptonite, and one set in the Legion universe (now that the Legion are no longer teens), is like some sort of dream I never dared to dream.

Power Boy it is.
I hope that Nightwind, in particular, doesn't die this time around, but I liked Jed, too.

Lar has been very high profile over the last year or so and fans might go for him.
What would Shady (and Lar and EM) do if Mon was forced back to Legion Headquarters and interaction with them?

I'm guessing that the shaded out guy is the new Green Lantern. so we know it's a male and we know it isn't Brainy, Cos, Colossal Boy, Timber Wolf or Tyroc:

From the pose, I'd almost be willing to guess it's a grown-up Kal-El. Hmm...SuperMAN and the Legion of Super-Heroes. Does have a bit of a ring to it at that.

Ties to the 21st century? A legion Acadmey series sounds like a great place for Infectious Lass... who as of her appearances in TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED, was last seen in the 21st century...

Maybe the shaded out person is the real Reflecto finally?

The return of Chemical King!

Wow ... all this great news about a new series (Adventure Legion Academy), nice!
I am definately on-board for that one and hope that Chuck and Lu ARE in fact the ones to lead this great group.

As for the shaded figure on the cover of #8, which by the way is stunning ... well I hope the "surprise" GL they say he will be will in fact turn out to be Rond. Somehow pulled from the clutches of his untimely death in Lo3W (take that Geoff Johns! That'll teach you to mess with Paul's continuity).
If it's too complicated to be Rond, and he's better off staying dead in continuity, then I hope it turns out to be someone right out of left field. Someone like Fire Lad or Stone Boy or something.

Chlorophyll Kid already wears the right color scheme...

The artist on the upcoming Legion Academy stories in Adventure Comics is Phil Jimenez!!!!
(according to Paul's facebook post.)

Whoa!

That's just icing on the cake!

I think the icing is better than the cake!

I'd rather have 2 Legion books than 1 featuring the even more obscure academy members. There are already dozens of regular Legionnaires who don't get much screen time. Easily enough to star in 2 books.

I'm thrilled that we'll be seeing obscure academy members... plus some new ones too!!
I hope Danielle Foccart makes an appearance!!

I like the idea of a series focusing on the Academy members, because it at least feels like we're potentially breaking new ground, rather than rehashing the same old stories with the same old cast of characters.

In the upcoming Legion election, vote Phantom Girl !

I'm all about Phantom Girl for leader!! Maybe she'll finally get a personality after all these years!!