I did get my copy of the hardcover collection of Legion Lost. I re-read the series, and while I can see many reasons that people liked it, it really wasn't my cup of tea. I guess I just prefer my Legion a bit less dark and miserable.
Ah, well. It's still good to see the Legion popular enough for DC to feel they can make money off a hardcover like this.
Makes me think of some other series I'd like to see in hardcover or trade paperback. Just off the top of my head:
- The death of Superboy
- The Universo Project (maybe combined with "The Condemned Legion" from Adventure)
- The Conspiracy storyline
- The Emerald Empress series from late in the Levitz/Giffen run
- Secrets of the LSH and Who's Who in the LSH in one volume
- Earthwar
- A Legion Weddings collection, including "The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion," Chuck & Luornu's wedding, Garth & Imra's wedding, Ultra Boy & Apparition getting hitched in the Earth-247 Legion, and probably one or two others I've forgotten
- End of an Era
- The whole 20th Century Exile storyline from Earth-247
- A collection of Brainiac 5 Goes Crazy stories
- Legionnaires 3 and Cosmic Boy
- A collection of Legion of Substitute Heroes stories
- Wanderers
- Valor
- Legion Worlds
Okay, DC, that should keep you busy for a while. Release these over the next couple of years, and you can charge me $20-$30 apiece. I'm stupid, I'll pay.
What about the rest of you? What Legion series would you like to see released in bound form?
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There's really only one essential missing:
Shadow Lass: The Complete Appearances
P.S. Don't forget to include the most moving Legion wedding to date—Shady's Talokian bonding ceremony to the critically wounded Mon-El. (Um, did you completely forget that one, Mr. Levitz?).
The Mike Grell Legion
Looks like this could be an interesting trade collection - it starts in October:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/comics/news/a330252/legion-secret-origin-hires-paul-levitz-as-writer.html
And this is really bad news for some Legionnaires - two to die, or so it says in the October solicits! (see towards the bottom of the new issues for October)
http://www.majorspoilers.com/solicitations-dc-unveils-more-october-titles-and-two-new-number-ones
DiDio just announced on Facebook that the timestream is closed post-Flashpoint. Is this partly why the lost Legionnaires can't return? And does this mean the Legion never met any of the Supers?
Hey, Get-a-Life Boy! Are you alright? We miss you.
Brainy Pirate - I read somewhere that Superman did meet the Legion when he was younger. Apparently there's a panel in DCnU Action issue 1 that refers to the Legion in some way. So I guess we can breathe a sigh of relief that Legion continuity isn't going to be re-re-re-re-booted yet again.
And I'm sure the lost Legionnaires would be able to return if the comic folds!
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