Tom Peyer, Tom McCraw, and Jeff Moy were the guests on American Online's
Legion of Super-Heroes Chat Hour on Tuesday, June 6, 1995. AOL sponsors
LSH Chat Hour every Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. EDT in the DC Online Comics Chat
area. This sentence is unrelated to the rest of the paragraph. Previous
guests have included Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, Tom McCraw, Jeff Moy & KC Carlson.
SPECIAL THANKS - To Sidne Ward who provided not only the chat log for this
report but for the previous two weeks, also. It is right to give her thanks
and praise.
Lee Moder is staying with LSH if Tom Peyer can help it. Same with Moy.
Moy's contract is not up, and it will be renewed when it is up.
Tom and Tom remain the co-plotters with Tom Peyer handling the scripting.
Mark Waid is up in smoke after scripting L* Annual #2. Waid's LSH approach
influences Peyer.
McCraw is coloring Flash #106 entirely by computer, doing the separations
himself. He's anxious to see the results.
If Jeff were writing a LSH spotlight issue, he'd choose one of the cute
girls. He'd pick Cory Carani to ink his pencils.
R.E.B.E.L.S. '9x isn't cancelled. Overlapping R.E.B.E.L.S. and LSH has been
discussed, but nothing's been done.
Peyer sometimes wishes the LSH wasn't in the 30th century so they could play
with the rest of the DC Universe more.
Paul Levitz does comment on the rebooted series. He was very pleased with
the Zero issues.
The LSH may get a mini-series. Moy would like to see a "Legionnaires
Spotlight" series.
Peyer and McCraw didn't have time to write the Showcase stories.
Peyer had been asked to rewrite a story recently, and Jeff commented that he
liked the rewrite because it had a lot of good characterization in it. Peyer
is apparently having trouble keeping Jeff fed with work. Jeff did ask Peyer
to discontinue the mob scenes.
LSH won't become part of DC's rumored SF imprint. Peyer considers LSH a
super-hero book at its core with SF window-dressing.
There are no plans for Timber Wolf, Princess Projectra or Ferro Lad to join
yet.
Bgztl is still a world in another dimension.
The Brainiac 5/Saturn Girl romance is still just a rumor.
Peyer believes the youngish Legionnaires should date around for a while.
McCraw asked what matchups we'd like to see and suggested Shrinking
Violet/Kinetix.
Inferno is her own girl. McCraw thinks of her as Beauty Blaze.
Data's head appears in the background in L* #31 with something else the fans
will recognize.
Peyer promised to "steal" a scene of a villain pounding on Brainy's force
field while he's lost in thought.
Valor's story appears in Superboy #18 & #19, then continues in #21. Issue
#19 will explain where he's at for #20. We can call him M@n-&l all we want,
it won't change anything.
The creators were asked, as a hypothetical, who would they choose if they
wanted to have a death that would shake up Legion fans. Jeff cited Cosmic
Boy, and McCraw cited Ultra Boy.
Triad's usefulness to the team was discussed, and McCraw thinks Lu's proven
that she can take care of herself. He also thinks that events will prove Lu's
detractors wrong.
Kid Quantum is dead as far as Peyer is concerned. He's not in stasis.
McCraw would hate to see Val die again. "It's been too (TWO) many times
already."
Moy claimed that he was Ayla's admirer. Peyer and KC Carlson were mentioned
as suspects.
The Leviathan/Kenetix romance hasn't gotten very far yet. Peyer confessed
that they hadn't dealt with Leviathan's reaction to the power loss.
There will be reader elections for the Legion's leader when it fits in with
the story.
The Superboy/LSH crossover takes place in November dated issues of the
magazines. (On sale in Sept.)
LSH #75 is an Underworld crossover. The Legion will battle Chronos, the old
Atom villain. The issue won't be double-sized. (UW is the fall crossover
event featuring the DC villains.)
XS and Impulse meet in Impulse #9.
We'll probably see the Fatal Five sometime next year. KC Carlson is a fan
and keeps dropping hints to use them.
They have a few new members coming around soon.
Chuck Taine will be returning by the end of the year.
Apparition gets a big moment in the L* annual.
UP President, Madame Chu, doesn't die in the L* annual.
The honest answer to whether there will be a Alchemist/Officer Shvaugn Erin
romance is maybe. It could be a long time.
Roxxas is a Daxamite. It will be apparent why he's a Daxamite, and it fits
with "old" Legion history. McCraw feels it was a necessary change. (This was
discussed, debated and bandied over more than any other topic during the chat
hour. Every newcomer asked the question.)
Saturn Girl's condition will not be drawn out.
Time bubbles will not be featured in the Superboy crossover, but we will see
the reason why the bubbles are needed. It will lead to the Time Institute and
more Rond Vidar.
Brande will be appearing more in the future. McCraw doesn't know if he's a
Durlan yet.
Look for Kenetix's fate towards the end of the year. It was postponed for
the Superboy and Underworld crossovers.
There are plans for Tenzil, but they don't necessarily involve getting him
out from behind the stove. McCraw and Waid were responsible for making him a
chef, and Peyer likes Tenzil in the kitchen.
The plotline about the UP demanding the resignations of 3
Legionnaires--originally scheduled for L* #27--was postponed to LSH #74.
(Which is also the Superboy xover.)
The next Spotlight that they're plotting--LSH #77--is about Brainiac 5.
It won't be the first belt story. (They didn't say if the belt is coming
before that.) The creators were asking which aspects of Brainy's past should
be kept. His name is shrouded in mystery. They promised not to include any
space carnivals. Peyer doesn't think Brainy's past is boring and cites all
the "great math he's done." McCraw suggested that the Infinite Man was too
early for this version of Brainy, and that maybe they should have Brainy go
mad first.
The next spotlight to appear (LSH #73 and L* #30) is about Live Wire and may
include him losing his arm. No plans for the "real* Arm Falls Off Boy yet.
Cosmic Boy will be acting weird soon. The creators wouldn't offer any
further details because it was too important to a lot of story developments.
