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Legion-related post (with fairly long discussion thread following) over on BleedingCool.com. Gist of it is:
- September brings #0 issues to all DC 52 titles. - Giffen will be joining Legion with #0 (not specified in what capacity). - Lightle is new permanent cover artist.
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Hmm... we knew before that Giffen would be joining Levitz for something, but this sounds like it will be more longterm than expected. Let's hope he can breathe some life into the book!
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Even if Giffen only came in to pencil Levitz's stories, it might be just what the LSH needs.
The Baxter series under levitz was seriously dull and stagnant when Giffen came back and jazzed up proceedings with issue 50.
"Life and death and the end of time" is one of my all time favorites. So many great stories from issues 50 to 63 of that series. The final fate of the Emerald Empress. Blok's search to find himself. Dream Girl finally kicking Atoms's butt. Luornu further cultivating the fascinating aura of tragedy that surrounded her. Poor Polar Boy failing so bad as leader after waiting so long and trying so hard. Shady's terrifyingly fierce love for Mon-El. Lesbians toying with the emotions of slowwitted straight boys to the point they become suicidal.
It was all clearly the influence of Giffen's imagination.
Let's hope history repeats itself.
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Levitz and Giffen have turned out some outstanding tales together. I think the credit is typically that Levitz and him work so well from a plotting standpoint and each's individual work pulls together a lot tighter since they have the same vision in the end.
Their collaboration is always welcome to me, though I imagine it may just be for the "0" issue.
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No offense meant to Giffen fans, but I think he's the Anti-Christ of super-hero comic books.
It's funny how KC and I are so much on the same page about L.E.G.I.O.N. but so different on Legion. I loved the Greg LaRocque Baxter era, and I wish he had drawn "Life or Death..." because then I'd have been able to forgive the flaws in Levitz's story. I hated almost everything Giffen did during the last year of the Baxter Legion: the new costumes, the death of the Emerald Empress, Magnetic Kid, the bloody Arch-Mage. Paradoxically, the spotlight on Shady, Mon, and Blok in #56 is one of my favorite issues, but that's largely because Eduardo Barreto guest-pencilled it.
I think Giffen is King Midas in reverse. Everything he touches turns to *bleep*.
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Stealth, just imagine how boring it would be if we agreed on everything.
As has been well noted, it seems legion fans either adore Giffen's later work on the series, or they despise it. Just no middle ground there.
And sadly, no matter how you cut it, there's probably no way Giffen coming aboard will translate in the Legion getting the bump in sales it so desperately needs. The book needs a "hot" artist who can create a buzz.
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I think Portela is a great artist but maybe doesn't stand out enough. I actually preferred his stuff when he and Cinar were sharing art duties. Since then, Portela seems to have dialed back those expressive flairs that made me really take notice of him at first. I wish he'd go back to them.
As for Giffen, I doubt he'll be on art for more than an issue here and there. I think he's too burnt-out from past runs drawing all those characters to return full-time. However, if he returns as ongoing co-plotter with Levitz, I think that could give the stories just the kick they need!
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quote:Originally posted by Future: Levitz and Giffen have turned out some outstanding tales together. I think the credit is typically that Levitz and him work so well from a plotting standpoint and each's individual work pulls together a lot tighter since they have the same vision in the end.
Their collaboration is always welcome to me, though I imagine it may just be for the "0" issue.
I think that Paul Levitz & Keith Giffen together on the Legion is greater than the sum of the parts.
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I love Giffens plotting and lightle's covers so can't wait!
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Fingers crossed too, which does make typing this reply difficult
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