He started in comics almost before he started junior high school – and four decades he is ready to make his comeback at the very spot where it all started. Yes, Jim Shooter tells The Big ComicMix Broadcast why he’s returning to The Legion of Super-Heroes! We also give you a rundown of missing comics,…
With the announcement that Jim Shooter is returning to a regular writing gig on Legion of Super-Heroes, he takes over a different title as well: he’s the man with the longest writing career currently writing a comic series. Jim’s first comic, as we all know, was Adventure Comics #346, cover dated July 1966. Taking over…
There are those who thought this wouldn’t happen until we actually reached the 30th century, yet a pretty strong case is made for it actually happening at the Legion Omnicom, starting with #37.
Now that’s inspired fanboyism. I’m particularly fond of Bleeding Gums Tyroc and Mon-Elhouse. More Legionnaires here.
Colleen Doran draws our attention to One Shot Hero, which we think is pretty cute: Okay, the mouth movements make it look like everyone’s chewing gum, and you can’t hear Phantom Girl’s voice, and there’s that problematic Nazi-type salute which was supposed to be someone using powers, but aside from that I find it charming…
It was in early 1980 when I realized what I geek I had turned into. The night before, I had a dream. My dream was not the inspirational kind like Martin Luther King, Jr., nor the poetic kind that Neil Gaiman would later spin into a career that brings happiness to millions. I had a…
Must-read blogger and actor Wil Wheaton has an amusing anecdote about almost missing his latest stint doing voice work as Cosmic Boy in the Legion cartoon. He also teases, "Sadly, I can’t say anything specific about the episode. Warner Brothers is incredibly serious about protecting the content of the shows, and I’d really like to…
