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Its deja vu all over again, for like the umpteeth time, squared and times five!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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We're hitting Shadow and Doc Savage type numbers for new #1's!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Blockade Boy: [(1 + 1)*umpteenth]^2*5
Is that the Antilife Equation?
... or Brainiac 5's Intelligence Quotient
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From: Frederick, MD | Registered: Aug 2003
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Rich is sometimes wrong even after one of his green lights.
The thing I find most odd about this rumor is that this is like the 5th rumor he's posted about Shooter leaving the book, and in the last few months not a single other person has come forward with corroboration, not even to say that they overheard someone say something. Rich's sources so far have been the Bristol bar scene and the New York bar scene. Is this a case of "where there's smoke, there's fire" or "the boy who cried wolf"?
But putting that aside, let's assume that it's all correct. That would suggest to me a Shooter wrap-up with #50, a 6-8 issue miniseries by Bedard, and then v6 #1 by.... Johns maybe?
Immediately under that item, Rich also mentioned Johns talking Bart Allen with Francis Manapul for a while. Since we know Bart is going to be in L3W, maybe Bart will stay on in the Legion book that follows L3W, to be drawn by Manapul.
Finally, we were told that all three Legions would exist (as would the Multiverse) at the conclusion of L3W and Final Crisis, which means that no rebooting/debooting/unbooting would be required. The way I look at it is like the JSA in the 1970s, they only came out when it was time for the crossover with the JLA; they were on a different Earth but they never really went away.
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Whatever momentum the Legion has will be killed by Bedard doing something with the 3boot and waiting 6-8 months for Johns to do something. It'll be like that LOTW never happened. Almost better if they don't do anything and just let the Legion go dormat until Johns can write it. Or until they give it to someone that they are willing to let do something meaningful with it.
I actually feel sorry Bedard because he is a pretty good writer, and he likes the Legion, but he's not really being given a chance to succeed the way DC is just giving clean up duty.
The thing is...I like Bedard, but I don't think he's Alan Moore or anything. And it generates zero excitement for him to do something with the Legion right now because he was just on the book a few months ago as a lame duck and he didn't get to do much. And if he's just doing some kind of place holding mini, he's not going to do much again.
It's not like the title is going to perform any better than Shooter is right now or Bedard did on his last run...or just because it's a new mini. Everyone knows nothing substantial is going ot happen...just like they know this going to happen right now during Shooter's run. IF DC isn't going to do anything meaningful with the book, IMO they should just kill it until they are ready to do something meaningful.
I think I will probably not buy this mini if this is what is going to happen. I'm sick of DC treading water...and taking advantage of the Legion fans loyal nature, while serving up crap.
It's almost like they have less respect for Legion fans than any other book...you get the feeling the only reason the LOTW Action Legion is happening is because Johns wanted to do something with the Legion....
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Silver Age Lad
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quote: Finally, we were told that all three Legions would exist (as would the Multiverse) at the conclusion of L3W and Final Crisis,
Just the opposite. Dan DiDio said there would be just one Legion after L3W. Presumably the Time Trapper will eradicate the other two universes/time lines or whatever without affecting the Multiverse.
Which Legion will be left? well imagine the conversation in 2006:
Geoff Johns: Dan, I want to bring back the classic Legion from the Levitz era. Let's spend the next two years re-introducing them into the DCU. Dan DiDio: Cool Geoff Johns: And we'll make them part of Superman's past again and feature them in Action Comics. Dan DiDio: Great and to promote it we'll issue lots of TPBs, and hardcovers and get them on the cover of the San Diego Comic Con magazine. Geoff Johns: Fantastic. And then to round it off we have a mini series where they meet the other versions of the Legion. Dan DiDio: Oh yes! I can see the bucks flying in. Geoff Johns: And then at the end of the mini I kill them off again. Dan DiDio: Geoff you are a genius.
It isn't going to happen
From: Ancient Kingdom of Northumbria, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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Maybe the Bedard project is the comic book version of a reality show where members of each of the three teams compete to see which version will be America's Next Top Legion....
From: Rochester, NY | Registered: Jul 2008
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Silver Age Lad
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How about this:
DC January 2009 solicitaions: Legion of Super-Heroes #1. Written by Johns. Legion of Super-Heroes:Year One #1 of 6. Written by Bedard.
From: Ancient Kingdom of Northumbria, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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The only thing I admire about Waid's run is that he didn't go back and give us yet another retelling of the origin of the Legion. So I'm personally hoping no Year One kinda deal.
From: Rochester, NY | Registered: Jul 2008
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