Comments on: Legion of Super-Heroes Comes to an End

By: Dr. Bolty

Dr. Bolty — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:52:25 +0000

Neo-classic Legion = Action Legion/Lightning Saga Legion. I prefer the more generalized term to the other, storyline-dependent nicknames.

By: Emmalie

Emmalie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:16:49 +0000

I feel like I’m one of the few people so sad to see this happening, heh.

What I don’t get is why they’re making Shooter cram his story down for the last book. He said in another article that he’d been planning for it to be 54 issues. I know 50 is a solid number and all, but come on. I’d rather have it end on a weird issue number then have four issues cut down and crammed into a last one [even if he says that it will have more pages then most].

To answer your question, I liked both Reboot and Threeboot.

While I’d love to see Reboot revived, there are aspects of Threeboot that I’d be so sad to see gone. Mostly in the form of character quirks. (I especially adore the current Legion’s Invisible Kid for his much more timid personality, it’s refreshing.)

Merging the characters is a possibility, especially with Legion of Three Worlds. But they’re have to be careful about the new “merged” character designs.

Ray- Garth and Imra are not married in this version. She’s being a teenager. Sadly, teens do that to one another all the time. (I was disappointed in her as well, though.)

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:38:32 +0000

Dr. Bolty,

Which Legion, exactly, are you referring to as the neo-classic? Pre-Giffen? Great Darkness Saga?

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:35:56 +0000

Better yet, put Grell on the drawing board for the Legion, again!!!!

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:35:34 +0000

Is Saturn Girl married to Lightning Lad in this version? She’s becoming quite the slut, isn’t she? Then she should definitely be wearing the pink bikini of Grell/Cockrum days. That being said, bring back the Grell/Levitz Legion….and make them look the same as they did then, so you can tell who’s who out of costume.

By: joecab

joecab — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:40:55 +0000

Aw man, I know sales are low, but Jonah Hex is fantastic. I think its sales in Europe are (expectedly) pretty good, so I hope that will be enough to make it last a while.

Anyway, didn’t we all expect the current Legion series to end soon, given the changes afoot in (the terrific) Action and the current miniseries?

By: Esther

Esther — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:15:31 +0000

Eh…that may be true to a certain extent; but I don’t think that is a main cause. If the cartoon fans had that much pull they wouldn’t be offing the cartoon book.

By: Katzedecimal

Katzedecimal — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:04:47 +0000

I never thought I’d say this but I have never been more relieved. This has been such a trainwreck.

Honestly? – what killed it was the cartoon. The kids saw the bright’n’shiny characters of the cartoon, got hooked, came over to the comic and went “WTF?!?” and dropped it like a hot potato. It wasn’t just the oldbies saying “OH YEAH!” to the “I can’t believe it’s not Paul Levitz” Legion in Action Comics, believe me — a lot of the new fans saw the similarities to the cartoon’s personalities and felt much more comfortable. “Dark” isn’t always where it’s at.

By: Dr. Bolty

Dr. Bolty — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:07:32 +0000

Meh, it figures. I guess they’ll wait for fan input to see which Legion the most people want to see come back – in which case it will assuredly be the neo-classic Legion.

I think the best bet for the other two Legions is that we’ll get the occasional JLA/JSA style teamups featuring the two rebooted Legions.

All of this will be a terrible shame, too, because the WAKRP Legion has a lot of room to grow and develop despite a few kinks in the concept.

By: Slappy

Slappy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:57:24 +0000

As long as they kill Blok off in the dumbest way possible (maybe a piano dropped on his which I know wont make sense unless it is from a 5th dimension imp) I will be happy with just about any Legion.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:33:37 +0000

It’s that creepy Gary Frank art.

By: Randallw

Randallw — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:13:55 +0000

I’ve been collecting the current run since the beginning. It’ll be a shame it’s ending, but I never got the feeling it was going anywhere. It started off with the adults resenting a bunch of super kids runnign around and last issue they were still resenting them. Threatening to arrest them until management boy joined the Legion.

and what, the audience asks will happen now Saturn Girl is cheating on Lightning Lad with Ultra Boy? It’s turning into a teen drama.

What is wrong with that picture at the top? It looks like they’ve been sniffing Joker venom. Especially Saturn Girl.

By: Kallyx

Kallyx — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:54:46 +0000

Latest LITG says Tony Bedard is writing a new L.E.G.I.O.N. book.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:53:01 +0000

TO DIE.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:52:31 +0000

Is Going.