News From DC Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes To Return In The Spring With Storytelling Vet And Upstart Illustrator
Big news in comic book world: DC Comics will relaunch Legion of Super-Heroes, the superhero team that first appeared in Adventure Comics in 1958, with legendary writer and Brooklyn native Paul Levitz, and Turkish rising star comic illustrator Yildiray Cinar (his sketches of Saturn Girl, above), at the helm.
Levitz, who worked for DC Comics for over 35 years (including a stint as president), is widely considered among the reasons the company made a major comeback in the ’80s.
“It’s such fun to be back in the future, blowing up planets, undoing Legion marriages, revealing unrevealed factoids and starting improbable new relationships,” Levitz told the DC Universe blog. “If there’s a better job in comics than writing the Legion, with its vast cast and creative opportunities, I’ve never held it.”
And for the serious comic book geek, there’s this quote from Leviz to 109.com:
“If you’re a deep Legion fan, definitely there are easter eggs in the first issues of both of the titles that certainly you will understand that someone just showing up today will miss entirely. I hope that it’s transparent enough that the new person showing up will have a good time too. For the longterm fan, if you look closely at a certain Legionnaire and they have ten fingers, fully-grown, and you know enough, that should tell you something about the last batch of years. But unless you’re deeply steeped in that material, you’re not going to know what that means. It won’t hurt you!”
