Re: Darkseid, Superboy Redux

"Devlin Tay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "George Grattan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > It seems, as I said, pretty desperate and calculated, especially given
> > that this Legion is not that Legion, this Superboy is most definitely
> > not that Superboy, and these creators aren't Levitz and Giffen.
> >
> > Batista's art is lovely, though-- the character designs on the Servants
> > are quite good.
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> Ah ... I was upset when they ended v3 and gave us v4 and that Glorith
> reboot, and then I was upset again when they ended v4 and gave us the
> post-boot - which for a while, really, really made me mad - I actually
> stopped reading Legion for three or four years.  The post-boot Legion just
> wasn't *my* Legion, the one I grew up with.  And then curiosity overcame
my
> initial disgust and I came to my senses and bought all the back issues I
> missed - and have been enjoying the Legion since.  Sure, it's different,
> it's not exactly the same characters, and sometimes the writers seem to be
> re-hashing old stuff, but I'll probably always be a Legion reader - unless
> they mess up really, really badly.  And they haven't - not yet, so far.  I
> actually enjoyed Legion Lost, and the new Legion series hasn't sucked
> either - in fact, it's getting better, and it's beginning to feel like
I've
> got *my* old friends back again - slightly different, but still old
friends.

I feel exactly the same. I was a Legion fan who lost all interest during the
boots. I picked up the current series a few issues in and Legion has become
a title I'm excited about. Yes the stories are derivative - that's fine with
me, since most of my favorite Legion adventures don't really seem to exist
in the DCU anymore. I like the new interpretations of the characters, and
the art really works for me too. Legion has become my guilty pleasure title,
one I get anxious for but don't expect anyone else to like.