Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Legion February 2009 Solicitations and Images ... SPOILERS

Originally posted by Matthew E:

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Originally posted by Tromium:
[b]Just to prove I'm not a bad sport when I'm proven wrong, here's a link to an LA Times article wherein Didio all but confirms that "Adventure" will star the LSH.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/11/dc-sends-superm.html#more

Speculation: it won't be the grizzly Adult Legion currently appearing in LO3W but a younger version of it -- with "superboy". DC will rewrite LSH history in contemporary, post-FC continuity -- leaving no doubt whatever it's effectively rebooted the Legion again.

Thoughts: I wonder if Didiot is so painfully stupid he doesn't realize of irony of relaunching "Adventure Comics" only months after he's fired one of the legendary creators who made that title great.

I think and hope that DC won't do another reboot. I believe that they've finally learned that reboots aren't the way to go; I've seen quotes from DiDio and, I think, others to that effect. And I've certainly written enough letters to them telling them so. [/b]

Originally posted by Ricardo:
I think they should rewrite every single Legion story with new artwork, with also new dialogue (by Sterling Gates, or whover is pals with Johns) in order to please everyone who thinks Legion is about youthful optimism, cute lil' costumed crimefighters and bright colorful 31st Century.

Originally posted by Tromium:

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Originally posted by Matthew E:
[b]I think and hope that DC won't do another reboot. I believe that they've finally learned that reboots aren't the way to go; I've seen quotes from DiDio and, I think, others to that effect. And I've certainly written enough letters to them telling them so.

DC has *already* rebooted the Legion again, and all that remains of its venerable original history are the "big stories". Lightning Lad died saving Earth and was resurrected with the lightning rods. Computo reduced Triplicate Girl to Duo Damsel. Ferro Lad sacrificed himself to save the solar system. And so forth. **Everything else is fair game to be rewritten in the new continuity.** It's the same tactic DC has taken with its rebooted Superman. You pointed out yourself that the LL and SG on the cover don't look like any versions of the "originals". That's probably because they aren't -- no more than the versions of them currently appearing in LO3W.

My remaining question is whether the new/old continuity will be told in flashback, or the characters will actually be "youthenized" (pun intended) at the end of LO3W.[/b]

Originally posted by Tamper Lad:
Lo3W is a Time Trapper story. Quite easily everything since A247 could just be the Trapper's doing. After wiping him from the timeline, "only now" with ADV 1 will the 'true' story of the LSH without TT interference be told.

Originally posted by Tamper Lad:
Lo3W is a Time Trapper story. Quite easily everything since A247 could just be the Trapper's doing. After wiping him from the timeline, "only now" with ADV 1 will the 'true' story of the LSH without TT interference be told. I wouldn't count on the action legion being around after either. They and the other LSHs could end up like the Adult Legion was back in the day. Randomly appearing in DCU books.

Until the next editor in chief at least.

Originally posted by Tromium:

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Originally posted by Tamper Lad:
[b] Lo3W is a Time Trapper story. Quite easily everything since A247 could just be the Trapper's doing. After wiping him from the timeline, "only now" with ADV 1 will the 'true' story of the LSH without TT interference be told. I wouldn't count on the action legion being around after either. They and the other LSHs could end up like the Adult Legion was back in the day. Randomly appearing in DCU books.

Until the next editor in chief at least.

LO3W will end with Old Trappy turning the Legion into babies. [/b]

Originally posted by Matthew E:
[b]Tromium: I know what you mean, but I don't call it a reboot because Johns didn't start over from scratch. It's less of a reboot than the Glorithverse was, really. [/b]

Originally posted by Ricardo:
By thw way, it just occured to me: will REBELS be a 21st Century book, or a 31st Century book? Read again the blurb and you will notice that they talk just about the future and a "team of 31st Century" heroes and villains... Is DC doing more screw-ups than I thought?

Originally posted by Tromium:
here's a link to an LA Times article wherein Didio all but confirms that "Adventure" will star the LSH.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/11/dc-sends-superm.html#more

Speculation: it won't be the grizzled Adult Legion currently appearing in LO3W but a younger version of it -- with "superboy". DC will rewrite LSH history in contemporary, post-FC continuity -- leaving no doubt whatever it's effectively rebooted the Legion again.

Thoughts: the irony of relaunching "Adventure Comics" only months after he's fired one of the legendary creators who made that title great.

Originally posted by Tamper Lad:
I am glad that DC has finally come around to my thinking that the only appearances of the original legion were written by Otto Binder and that all subsequent legions are phony.

Originally posted by veryvery:
haven't they said repeatedly that johns is too busy for legion?

IT'S ARMAGEDDON 2001 ALL OVER AGAIN

[Yellow Light]A familiar source known collectively as "New York comics industry employees talking in bars" tells me that the last issue of "Final Crisis" is further delayed as it is suffering from serious rewrites. It appears that DC Executive Editor Dan DiDio was unhappy with the way the story concluded and the implications for the DC Universe for a while and had ordered changes from a, naturally, rather unhappy Grant Morrison. Considering this is the way he wrote the pitch for the book.

As a result, creative teams working on a number of spinoff and affected books have also had to stop work while the “Final Crisis” ending is reworked.

Expect more lateness, more annoyance and less likelihood of Grant Morrison doing DCU work in the near future.

STARDUST

[Yellow Light]Morrison is not the only person having difficulties with DiDio's direction. I understand that James Robinson and Dan had a stand up argument that led to Robinson quitting the Superman books and the DCU in general.

SMALL SCREEN TO BIG PANELS

[Green Light]Dan DiDio is currently in the process of recruiting film and TV writers for their books. The recent “Batman: Cacophony” by Kevin Smith and Walt Flanagan has been cited, apparently the script was perfect, with very little editing needed.

This, of course, would be the comic where the The Joker offers his bottom to be sexually violated by his rescuer, jokes about the colour of his pubic hair, a scene depicting genital torture and no sign of a Mature Readers tag.

BATTLE FOR THE CREDIT

[Yellow Light]Also, just who is writing "Battle For The Cowl?" Earlier in the year, before it was even announced, it was expected by many that it would be Grant Morrison, until he denied it.

Then recently, Fabian Nicieza, author of the soon-to-be-cancelled-and-replaced "Robin" series, stated that Judd Winnick would be the author.

Then Dan DiDio announced that Tony Daniel would be both writing and drawing the series.

Times they are a changing.