Tom McCraw (LSH/L* co-plotter/colorist), Tom Peyer (LSH co-
plotter/scripter), Jeff Moy (L* penciller), KC Carlson (LSH/L*
editor), and Mike McAvennie (former LSH/L* assoc. editor) were
the guests on America Online's Legion of Super-Heroes Chat for
Tuesday, April, 30, 1996. Legion of Super-Heroes Chat is held
every Tuesday in the DC Comics Online area of AOL at 6:00 p.m.
EST. Legionnaires Chat is held every Thursday in the same area
at 10:00 p.m. EST. (Keyword: DC CHAT.) Regular guests include
Tom Peyer, Tom McCraw, Roger Stern, Mark Waid, Jeff Moy, Ron
Boyd, KC Carlson and Mike McAvennie.
DISCLAIMER - Information presented herein is not guaranteed to be
reliable. Due to the nature of the chats, misinterpretations of
the creators' comments do occur. No wagering.
SPOILERS - READ THIS! Almost the entire report consists of
spoiler information on the upcoming direction for the Legion
titles. It has been appropriately protected.
SUBSCRIPTIONS - If you'd like to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to
these chat reports, please send me an e-mail at
"troy...@indirect.com".
GRAPHICS - If you want to subscribe to Lev Kalman's weekly
humorous LSH pic, drop him an e-mail at "levkow...@gnn.com".
He'll send it to your virtual mailbox every week in MIME-encoded
format.
SPECIAL THANKS - To Edward Douglas, John Heaton, and Erik Hancock
for providing a copy of the chat log from which this report was
generated.
TO TOM McCRAW - In fact, I don't wear sandals.
WHAT THE? - Due to the newsworthiness of this report, I've bumped
this ahead of the April 25 report. The April 25 report will be
written and released at a later date.
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An LSH article may appear in Wizard #59. If interested, you
should check the the issue which should be on sale this week.
SPOILERS AHOY
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
According to Peyer, plans exist for Ferro. Peyer just never said
who made the plans.
L KOWIANS may appear in L* #40.
Dr. Gym'll will be appearing very soon.
The L* Annual was primarily written by Roger Stern, and features
XS. The LSH Annual was written by Peyer and McCraw, pencilled by
Michael Collins, and features a surprise character.
Beginning with LSH #85, the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES book will take
place in the 20th century. There will be a massive explosion
sending several Legion members to the present. The LEGIONNAIRES
book will continue to be set in the 30th century.
The Legionnaires will be in the 20th century until they find a
way back to the 30th century. They will be trapped.
McAvennie promised that there's a good set of reasons why
Brainiac 5 and Rond Vidar won't be snatching anyone out of time.
Peyer said that there was no Iron Curtain of time in the modern
age. Rather, it's a NAFTA agreement of time.
The team wouldn't state how long the Legion will be trapped in
the 20th century. The story will be gauged as it proceeds.
McCraw indicates that the team will be in the 20th century for as
long as the stories they've got play out.
KC is trying to get something to announce the event. Hopefully
something more than house advertisements.
Peyer believes the 20th century angle is a good idea because its
currently easy to follow the DC Universe titles except for the
Legion because of they're compartmentalized. He hopes to attract
new readers to the book with the story angle.
Peyer promises that the 20th century Legionnaires will interact
with a lot of DC Universe heroes. They will see quite a bit of
the 20th century. There won't necessarily be any crossovers in
the books. McAvennie insists that KC will be able to control any
Legion appearances in non-Legion books to make sure that the
Legionnaires are treated properly. The Legion will interact with
Superboy as his and the Legion's schedules permit.
Peyer's upcoming story in Showcase '96 involves Vril Dox meeting
the Legion of Super-Heroes. He observes that there are a lot of
Brainiacs in the story. LSH versus Computer Tyrants is possible.
At least one 20th century character will return to the 30th
century *if* the team ever makes it back to that century.
Deadman will be the book's first guest star.
The first official "no plans" of the 20th century LSH: There are
no plans for the Omega Men.
The team would not reveal which members were on the 20th century
team. McCraw promised that the teams had been picked logically.
The recent T-shirt does not reflect which characters are on
either team.
Peyer promises that there won't be pages of Interlac. He jokes
that M'Onel won't be called B'Obb C'Obb, but he will sell
brushes.
McCraw promises that the story is more than just a stunt. They
respect readers more than that. KC points out that this story
has been in the works for over a year and that they wouldn't do
anything without thinking about it first.
McAvennie believes DC is behind the idea. If not, he indicates
that several DC editors support it.
The announcement was made because the information will soon be
available from Diamond.
Jeff points out that part of them team will remain in the 30th
century, and that they'll need more members.
