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It's solicited thru #10 and an Annual, but those numbers are wretched. I really like the book on its own merits, and not as a Legion "replacement" title...
Hopefully retailers will use the "Buy 25, get 50" incentive they're doing, for books needing help like this, with various Lantern Corps rings. I think the one they're using to promote R.E.B.E.L.S.#10 (?) is the Indigo Tribe ring... I loves me some Purple!
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From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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REBELS is one of my favorite titles going today. I think the art and writing have been superb!
Of course, everything I like, except my wife, seems to get cancelled. You can all blame me if something happens.
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From: Frederick, MD | Registered: Aug 2003
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REBELS will have a push on Blackest Night, will probably include a 2nd feature and will also become LEGION in 2010, if the latest indications are to be believed. I think there is enough commitment from DC to keep at least one "space" title afloat for a while.
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quote:Originally posted by Ricardo: I think there is enough commitment from DC to keep at least one "space" title afloat for a while.
I'd rather this was a Legion title (Adventure or whatever) than dot REBELS. If that means REBELS has to be sacrificed then so be it.
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From: Ancient Kingdom of Northumbria, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Ricardo: I think there is enough commitment from DC to keep at least one "space" title afloat for a while.
I'd rather this was a Legion title (Adventure or whatever) than dot REBELS. If that means REBELS has to be sacrificed then so be it.
I don't think DC thinks of Legion as a sci-fi/space title, so I think it's fair ground to say one has nothing to do with the other. Actually, LSH is considered now to be part of Superman franchise and I don't see it changing with Levitz.
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ADVENTURE # 2 loses ground (not uncommon for # 2s).... it comes in at # 44 with 47,296 copies. Still a top 50 book and I think it will stay there through Johns' runanyway.
REBELS loses only 300 copies sold but it can't afford to. It comes in at # 186 with 11,347 copies.
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Issue 12 of dotREBELS has just been solicited. With blackest night/JLA tie ins plus Captain Comet/Adam Strange joining in, DC are really trying with this book. I doubt it fits into the Jonah Hex sales-aren't-everything category though.
When you compare dotREBELS sales with those of Shooter's Legion run the omens aren't good.
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From: Ancient Kingdom of Northumbria, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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The sales for REBELS are attrocious. Normally, I'd say it wouldn't make it into a second year but Didio keeps saying it will later be essential to whats next for the DCU.
REBELS made two big mistakes IMO: (1) new look for Starro which almost everyone I've seen thinks is even cornier than before and (2) killed Stealth off off-panel, or at least led people to think that. Both things turned off readers who were picking up the book on a whim, rather than get them to stick around.
I hope Adventure continues to do well.
But really, comics sales these last few months just look dreadful.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Thanks for explaining the thing about Stealth. I thought I had missed an issue!
It will be interesting to contrast dotREBELS with whatever happens with the Legion. To me, dotREBELS is basically a continuation of Legion styles and tropes from the 5-year gap on--no real costumes, team hates each other, Brainiac is an arrogant manipulative jerk, big universe-theatening plot that goes on forever, etc. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the book, even though I HATE Darth Starro the Barbarian. But it will be interesting to see if this style of Legion can survive, and if an alternative style (the Johns/Robinson/Levitz retroboot) can do any better.
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From: Chicago, IL | Registered: Jul 2004
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I don't am that opposed to the new Starro persona, but I have to confess that though I like the new run, every month, when I get my bunch of comics, REBELS slips farther back in my "order of reading"... I just can't get up the motivation to read it. Once I am starting, I like it...
Adventure Comics is still pretty high in my hierarchy. But I'm going to skip the issues without the Legion backup in it.
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Chemical King: I don't am that opposed to the new Starro persona, but I have to confess that though I like the new run, every month, when I get my bunch of comics, REBELS slips farther back in my "order of reading"... I just can't get up the motivation to read it. Once I am starting, I like it...
You know, I'm the same exact way. That can't be a good sign.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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I really like the book on its own merits, and not as a Legion "replacement" title... 
