What a difference twenty years makes.
Forgive me for sounding whiny and behind the curve, but this old ad I encountered spakred some emotions.
In 1988, for the Legion Of Super-Heroes 30th Anniversary, we got excited full page house ads, super-sized 64 page spectaculars celebrating Legion artists past and present, a 7-issue Who's Who In The Legion series, a special issue of Secret Origins...it a veritable festival of Legion-ality!!
Compared to the Legion's 50th Anniversary, wherein we got...
...sounds of crickets chirping...
...Legion canceled mid-storyline, writer fired, no regular Legion series being published for the first time in 5 decades, no specials, no hoopla...
And if Legion Of 3 Worlds ever finishes up, then we'll have the Legion back...as a back-up series. Actually, not the Legion--it's apparently a series of solo stories starring Legionnaires. I suppose we should consider ourselves lucky to be getting that much.
As I said, what a difference 20 years makes.
Ad from Question #14 (1988)
Forgive me for sounding whiny and behind the curve, but this old ad I encountered spakred some emotions.
In 1988, for the Legion Of Super-Heroes 30th Anniversary, we got excited full page house ads, super-sized 64 page spectaculars celebrating Legion artists past and present, a 7-issue Who's Who In The Legion series, a special issue of Secret Origins...it a veritable festival of Legion-ality!!Compared to the Legion's 50th Anniversary, wherein we got...
...sounds of crickets chirping...
...Legion canceled mid-storyline, writer fired, no regular Legion series being published for the first time in 5 decades, no specials, no hoopla...
And if Legion Of 3 Worlds ever finishes up, then we'll have the Legion back...as a back-up series. Actually, not the Legion--it's apparently a series of solo stories starring Legionnaires. I suppose we should consider ourselves lucky to be getting that much.
As I said, what a difference 20 years makes.
Ad from Question #14 (1988)
i think the LOSH suffers because people are afraid to jump in. too many characters and a long back story.
ReplyDeleteit would be nice if dc started a LOSH series that wasn't too caught up in all of that. much like whedon's or morrison's x-men runs. having a big name writer tied to it wouldn't hurt either. but it doesn't matter cuz that ain't gonna do that. =(