Re: Darkseid, Superboy Redux

Hal Shipman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:46:35 -0600, Erwin Heinek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
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>>Johanna Draper Carlson wrote:
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>>>  "Devlin Tay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > 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.
>>>
>>> I was... well, not upset, just thoroughly not interested when they
>>> ended the reboot run and gave us Lost. I stopped reading the Legion
>>> and haven't come back. Not because "it's not *my* Legion anymore",
>>> but because the stories are badly done and the characterization is
>>> poor. IMO, of course.
>>>
>>
>>If you stopped reading them how can you make such a judgement?
> 
> Why, yes, you've run rings around her logically.  
> 
> Sigh.  God, save us from the literalists.
> 
> I don't "watch" "The Parkers," but I've seen enough of it in channel
> surfing to have a good sense of its quality, or tremendous lack
> thereof.
> 
> Likewise, you can flip through an issue on the stands every once in a
> while to see how a title is going.  Assuming you have an adult-level
> reading speed, a minute or two should be enough to tell if you like
> it.  Or, you can buy an issue here or there, but not follow it
> regularly.

Normally, I'd completely agree with you, but Legion had turned out
differently.  It's like it took Abnett and Lanning some time to find
their way in this book.  In fact, some of the earlier issues (such as
the Robotica storyline) didn't do much for me.  It seems like things
have been picking up ever since and the Legion has become worth
reading. 

-- 
Dan
a.a. #1617