Saturday, June 28, 2008

Wizard World Chicago '08: Bart's back and Shooter's still here (updated)

Four Three pieces of information from Wizard World Chicago:

  1. Bart Allen returns in "Legion of 3 Worlds"
  2. Shooter is still working on the Legion title
  3. The current Legion title will somehow lead into L3W
  4. DC is allowed to use the name "Superboy" again

Friday was the DC Nation panel:

Via Newsarama:
- Is Bart Allen coming back? DiDio: "You read the first issue of Legion of Three Worlds, right?"

At that point, Johns put his head down and shook it, then leaned toward the microphone in front of him and said, "You'll read it now."

"No plans at this time," DiDio said with a laugh.

Via CBR:
Will they bring back Bart Allen? "You have read the first issue of 'Legion of Three Worlds,' right?" Didio asked, and Johns hid his head in his hands.

"I haven't read it," Wayne said. "It hasn't come out."

"No plans at this time," Didio came back. "How did I cover, Geoff?"

Via Wizard:
DiDio and Johns hinted Bart Allen may return in Legion of Three Worlds.


The Crisis panel was Saturday.

Via Newsarama:
Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds: Didio asked Rucka to be Geoff Johns [who left the convention early] for a second. Rucka laughed, then reported, "I got to see issue #1 yesterday and..." he trailed off into a gaping expression. When he spoke again, he said simply, "It’s Geoff writing all 3 Legions, so you know... you KNOW." He also confirmed suspicions that "[George Perez’s] art is just outstanding." (What, there were suspicions that it was just mediocre?)

Legion of Super-Heroes: Didio said, “You’ll see how this legion feeds into Legion of 3 worlds by the end of the year.”

Didio also paused to point out the special nature of Legion of Three Worlds. “We’ve got Geoff, we’ve got Geroge, we’ve got SuperBOY Prime (yes, we can say that again).”

Via CBR:
Jim Shooter and Francis Manapul are still working on "Legion of Superheroes..."

Via Wizard:
Legion of Super Heroes: This series will lead into Legion of Three Worlds later this year.

3 comments:

Scott said...

thanks for the update. glad Shooter is still around.

as for Didio - does he really think all that convention schtick is funny? puh-lease.

Anonymous said...

Michael, don't overlook the two other Legiony Didio disclosures.

"Didio also paused to point out the special nature of Legion of Three Worlds. “We’ve got Geoff, we’ve got Geroge, we’ve got SuperBOY Prime (yes, we can say that again).”

and

"Question: (From a small boy) Are you guys ever going to kill off Superboy Prime?

Didio: Ooops, we gotta go! (After laughter . . .) NEVER! He’s one of the best villains in the DCU."

DC can say SuperBOY again and Prime will survive L3W.

-Sam H.-

Michael said...

Wow, I can't believe I missed that one about Superboy! Thanks, I'll add it in the main article.