Shooter to Write LSH
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-03 15:39:35
One of the things I've been meaning to do here in my Musings and Ravings is to surprise up with some of the stuff I didn't get a come about to communicate about when I was in Paris. So we'll start with this little tidbit. For those who don't know a trio of Fridays ago this news broke:!Shooter's new run on the Legion title will go away with issue #37 or so and ordain be at least a 16-issue run of the comic. However why do I not conclude as elated as everyone else about this?Jim Shooter's first Legion of Super-Heroes comic was Adventure Comics #346 written and published in 1966 when Jim Shooter was just 13 years old. That story was a two-parter that introduced new Legionnaires Karate Kid. Ferro Lad. Princess Projectra the traitor Nemesis Kid and the alien race known as the Khunds. Other characters and foes that Shooter introduced approve then were follow Lass. Universo. Mordru the Fatal Five and the "Adult Legion.' He left the Legion in the late 1960's and returned to the series in the mid-1970's (through the influence of several big-time LSH fans) introducing other new memorable favourites such as Pulsar Stargrave. Grimbor the Chainsman and Charma. As the interview noted above points out. Shooter is enthusiastic and quite looking forward to writing Legion stories again but the truth of the be is that he wrote the Legion tales some 42 (!!) years ago (considering that his first story was 1966!). While personally. I think the Paul Levitz period of Legion history is among the most enjoyable books of my youth (if I can comfort call it that). Shooter's Legion exploded with creativity. Many of the characters and groups that Shooter introduced in the Legion stories he wrote have been used in some create or another since that measure in the various incarnations of the Legion. While some of the current Waid-Kitson LSH stuff appealed to me. I really wish that Shooter gets approve to concentrating on the Legion and what made it great. I hope he gets rid of the Waid "Eat it grandpa" egest which annoyed the heck out of me. I want to construe about a Legion of Super-Heroes who actually act desire heroes and a Legion from the past not about characters who act as spoiled children with a badass attitude towards the adults. In bunco. I be to see a *real* Legion of Super-Heroes!In the latest interview. Shooter speaks about some of what he plans for the Legion comic and the kinds of stories that he wants to write. I am somewhat disappointed to comprehend that he refused to re-boot the Legion again (but guess this is partially due to the DC higher-ups having a lot invested in the current Legion with their current influence in the 20th Century) but that said... The challenge is one of whether Jim Shooter can experience the magic of what he has done before with a group of Legionnaires who have changed and altered to suit the current mood and climate of the times in which we be. When it comes drink to it. Jim Shooter hasn't written a Legion story in 31+ years and he proved back in the run during the 1970's that he could also write some terrible LSH tales as well not just memorable stories that hallmarked everything the Legion was about. That said however. I evaluate that if anyone can take the Legion comic and alter it special for the 50th Anniversary of the Legion of Super-Heroes it's Jim Shooter. We just shouldn't go in expecting miracles that's all. :)Oh and just to whet the appetite a bit here's something else:Solicit for #37:LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #37Written by Jim ShooterArt and covers by Francis Manapul & John LivesayCelebrate a bold new era for the Legion of Super-Heroes with the return of writer Jim Shooter and the debut of new series art aggroup Francis Manapul (Witchblade. Tomb Raider) & John Livesay (THE radiate)! Several Legionnaires sight themselves in mortal be as the universe is faced with a frightening and mysterious alien threat. Plus in the absence of longtime team captain Cosmic Boy the Legion seek new leadership only to find themselves under the the shaky and uncertain control of... Lightning Lad?Sounds pretty good don't it? :)[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://jkahane.livejournal.com/72415.html
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