Who are the other writers on the animated comic?
Via Legion Clubhouse comes the lead entry in this week's "Lying in the Gutters". This rumor gets an "Amber" from Rich's LitG, which means "there's likely an interest involved or the likelihood isn't set".
I understand that Jim Shooter will return to DC Comics in the summer, working on a "Legion of Super-Heroes" title.
This is the same super hero team that Jim Shooter first wrote when he was 13 years old.
It would make sense if Shooter were to do something for the upcoming comic based on the animated series, rather than for the regular series. Here's a ComicBloc discussion thread on the story.
(Jason "foenix" Gray says "I'm a huge Shooter fan, and welcome our gigantic Legion overlord.")
One writer who will not be doing the book is Vito Delsante (wikipedia). In a LiveJournal post yesterday, he listed the things he wanted to do in 2007 and the things he couldn't do. This was among those that he wasn't going to do:
Legion of Superheroes comic - I was asked to write it along with J. Torres and a few others. Unfortunately, Mike Siglain moving to 52 meant that he was no longer on the book, so one down.
However, after I commented on the post, he took it private so it's no longer visible unless you're authorized (and I'm not).
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I would love to see Shooter do something on the Legion again. I seem to recall Levitz wanted to get him back several years ago; but office politics made it not worth the effort. I wonder if there's been enough turnover and time that that's no longer a worry.
I sometimes almost feel sorry for Shooter; how must it feel to know your most fondly remembered writing was the first stuff you did; barely into your teens? It really was spectacular stuff, though.
Eric Gimlin
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