scans_daily: More DCNu Team news - The Legion of Superheroes version... Ummmm

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creator: fabian nicieza, creator: paul levitz, title: legion lost, title: legion of super-heroes

More DCNu Team news - The Legion of Superheroes version... Ummmm

To be honest I have NO idea what version we're on by now... Let's say "N", when N is an integer which is probably still in single digits.

Seven heroes from the 31st century have traveled back to the present day. Their mission: Save their future from total annihilation. When the future tech they brought with them fails, they find themselves trapped in a nightmarish world and an ultimate struggle to survive. LEGION LOST #1 will be written by Fabian Nicieza and illustrated by Pete Woods, fresh off an acclaimed run of Action Comics.

Sigh... Time Lost Legionnaires, how novel, and nothing at all like the long arc of the Legion members being stranded in the present we saw in the 1990's

In the 31st century, the Legion of Superheroes is reeling from the loss of seven of their finest — and trying desperately to keep their youngest recruits alive against a series of terrible new threats. LEGION OF SUPERHEROES #1 will be written by fan-favorite Legion writer Paul Levitz and illustrated by Francis Portela.

This one is "one of the books you'll see the least amount of change taking place," says DiDio. Aside from the subtracted characters in Legion Lost of course

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jarodrussell
2011-06-08 05:04 pm UTC (link)

Sigh... Time Lost Legionnaires, how novel, and nothing at all like the long arc of the Legion members being stranded in the present we saw in the 1990's

I can't help but wonder if the "nightmarish world" is the present day DCU (which, hey, way to describe your new world, DC) or the altered future they were trying to prevent. Like, they fail in the present day, get snapped back, and everything is different. You know, like Eureka.

Not trying to defend the idea, just curious which bad idea it is.

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	no subject evilsneak 2011-06-08 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Legion Lost - I see Gates, Dawnstar, Timberwolf (???) & Wildfire. Can someone fill me in on the rest. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject jaybee3 2011-06-08 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	Seems to be Tellus, Chameleon Girl and Tyroc. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

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	no subject whitesycamore 2011-06-08 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Their mission: Save their future from total annihilation." Well, Nicieza managed to pull off something similar in Cable and Deadpool, at least. Although most of Cable's efforts to prevent everybody from repeating the mistakes of (his) past were just vehicles used to propel us towards the next heartwarming/heartbreaking moment between him and Wade. ...not that I'm complaining. (Reply to this)

	no subject dewinged 2011-06-08 05:35 pm UTC (link)
	Sigh... Time Lost Legionnaires, how novel, and nothing at all like the long arc of the Legion members being stranded in the present we saw in the 1990's And Gates was one of those stranded in the present in the other story, as well. (Reply to this)

	no subject q99 2011-06-08 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	The "Originals Rebooted" is my least favorite version of the legion period, shaking it up is ok with me. (Reply to this)

	no subject luxshine 2011-06-08 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	I don't even know why I bother trying to keep up with the Legion anymore. Every time I finally think I'm on track, a reboot. Well, maybe this time Sunboy will stay powered and alive... (Doubtful, I know, but I keep dreaming) (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2011-06-08 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	It's said in the actual article that this is the book that is going to be the least affected by the DCNu. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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	no subject celestialchild 2011-06-08 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	Well, the cover art is pretty. I have no attachments to the legion and know nothing about them, but if its any good I may pick it up. But hey is that a boob window on the girl who looks like a bumble bee? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject halloweenjack 2011-06-08 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	That would be Dawnstar, created to show a deep appreciation and respect for Native American culture. [/sarcasm] (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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	no subject cleome45 2011-06-08 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	It's Dawnstar and yes-- don't even get me started. [rolleyes] Still don't much like Chameleon Girl having hair, either. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject kenn_el 2011-06-08 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	Ultra Boy is hot in any universe. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject jetwolf 2011-06-08 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	You speak true. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject nefrekeptah 2011-06-08 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	and nothing at all like the long arc of the Legion members being stranded in the present we saw in the 1990's ...which was twenty years ago and most fans today have never heard of. I'm pretty sure that there's a statue of limitations on story-lines, and this whole thing is geared to new readers anyway. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2011-06-08 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	True, though it was 15 years ago, lasted over a year and a half across two titles, and thus not only a part of the 90's that so seems to prevalent in the DCNu, but probably the longest single arc the Legion has ever been involved in, so it seems an odd one to stress as their exciting new direction. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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	no subject jetwolf 2011-06-08 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	I'm pretty excited about this in the sense that I'm glad we're leaving well enough alone. What a refreshing change of pace for the Legion. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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jaybee3
2011-06-08 08:40 pm UTC (link)

I wonder if that has anything to do with Levitz himself - and the respect/pull he still has within the company (a sign of which is that he didn't get pulled off the book he was originally on to go to some other book like some other writers) - he usually plans things out at least a year in advance so I can't see him staying through for yet another LSH reboot.

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	no subject cleome45 2011-06-08 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	On the plus side... the art isn't bad, and at least they aren't sending the same group "back to the present" that was just there a year's worth of stories ago. [shrug] (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject perletwo 2011-06-09 12:07 am UTC (link)
	Hang on now. Wildfire, Dawny and TWolf all went back to the present in the Lightning Saga. Tellus went BTTP in the New Krypton story. That just leaves Tyroc and Chameleon Girl, and Gates who's a vet of that other Legion Lost story. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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ian_karkull
2011-06-08 09:59 pm UTC (link)

Taking the Legion out of the future makes them boring. In the present, they're just another super team. In the future, they're a fucking thousand fucking years in the future, living in an interstellar community of hundreds of different races, cultures and creeds, with technology and ideas that surpasses even out wildest dreams. Go explore that instead. That would be interesting, novel and fascinating as opposed to fighting the bloody Dominators for the 11th-billion time or worse yet, comment on ugh... current social issues from the perspective of an advanced society in some sort of bizarro post-colonialism.

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A matter of great urgency, fellow fans

arbre_rieur
2011-06-08 10:24 pm UTC (link)

Please, I'm begging you, don't call it the DCNu. It's a term that, as far as I can tell, was coined by Newsarama, whose reporters are using it in every single article about the reboot. I rolled my eyes when I first saw it, and since then, to my horror, it's starting to catch on. We have to make sure that does not happen. If you love puns and just can't help yourself, at least spell it DCNew. Just... not DCNu.

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	Re: A matter of great urgency, fellow fans icon_uk 2011-06-08 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Please, I'm begging you, don't call it the DCNu Ummm... why not? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 10 comments) (Show 10 comments)

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	no subject thanekos 2011-06-08 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks to the Adventure Comics preview they never paid off, I have an inordinate desire for Legion Lost to somehow in someway feature Morgan Edge and Despero shaking hands. It doesn't even have to be related to anything going on, I'll take it. (I just want to know what kind of deal they're making; I'll even take GBS establishing a 24-hour Kalanorian executions channel.) (Reply to this)

	no subject mullon 2011-06-08 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	But none of them are dressed sexy. What's the fucking point? (Reply to this)

	no subject lieut_kettch 2011-06-09 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Legion Lost? Trapped in the past? Gates is probably thinking, "Oh sprock, not again!" (Reply to this)

	no subject okkult3000 2011-06-09 01:39 pm UTC (link)
	So we've all given up on having a good Legion book, then? Fine, DC; have it your way. (Reply to this)

	no subject hiratsu 2011-06-09 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	What's up with those wings? They look like they're just kinda floating there, not attached to anything/anyone. (Reply to this)

	no subject eyz 2011-06-20 09:04 am UTC (link)
	Okay.. I guess those are okays. Never been much of a Legion fan but it doesn't seem that much affected. I mean, even the plot seems to be a rehash. (Reply to this)

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