Post by BIGKEV on Sept 7, 2007 15:41:39 GMT -5
It’s a reunion of a pairing first seen 41 years ago, back in 1966’s Adventure Comics #346 when a then 14 year old Jim Shooter wrote his first story for DC Comics’ Legion of Super-Heroes. The brash young boy really had no idea how comics were written, not to mention any of the prevailing ideas of comics storytelling, so he just followed the main rule of writing – write stories that you’d want to read.
Over his run as a writer of the Legion, Shooter’s stories included such things as Karate Kid, Ferro Lad, Princess Projectra, the Khunds, Nemesis Kid, Universo, the Fatal Five, Shadow Lass, Mordru, and the concept of the “adult Legion.”
To say that Shooter’s stuff was a hit and made an impression would be a vast understatement.
Shooter left the Legion in the late ‘60s, returning again in the mid ‘70s, prior to his move to Marvel, where he would climb to even greater heights. Since his second run on the Legion, fans have always been hoping for another return, but, given Shooter’s involvements with Marvel, Valiant and other companies, figured it would never come.
It’s coming.
Over his run as a writer of the Legion, Shooter’s stories included such things as Karate Kid, Ferro Lad, Princess Projectra, the Khunds, Nemesis Kid, Universo, the Fatal Five, Shadow Lass, Mordru, and the concept of the “adult Legion.”
To say that Shooter’s stuff was a hit and made an impression would be a vast understatement.
Shooter left the Legion in the late ‘60s, returning again in the mid ‘70s, prior to his move to Marvel, where he would climb to even greater heights. Since his second run on the Legion, fans have always been hoping for another return, but, given Shooter’s involvements with Marvel, Valiant and other companies, figured it would never come.
It’s coming.