Tom McCraw (LSH/L* co-plotter/colorist) and Jeff Moy (L*
penciller) were the guests on America Online's Legionnaires Chat
Hour for Thursday, May 16, 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 - Information that tends to spoil current or upcoming
issues is located toward the end of this report. No spoiler
space separates such spoiler information.
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There is a LSH article planned for the next issue of WIZARD,
which is WIZARD #59.
Jeff was finishing up L* #41.
Tom quips that Gates is based on Tom Peyer's personality.
Jeff responded "maybe" when asked if any more non-humanoid
members would be joining the Legion.
A couple Legion-related mini series are in the development
stages.
If Triad were elected leader, Tom wasn't sure if she could share
the job or not.
Jeff promises plenty of Kinetix in the coming issues.
Tom thinks a Leviathan spotlight would be a good idea.
The plans for Computo may have to wait a while.
There are some possible plans for Ferro, and Tom promises that
they'll let us know as soon as possible if it happens.
Tom believes Wildfire is a better character than Arclight (a 20th
century villain with powers similar to Wildfire's). There are no
plans for Wildfire to join the team yet. Tom wonders if Arclight
would survive until the 30th century, and where Arclight is if he
did survive.
It's not official as to whether Inferno is the postboot version
of Beauty Blaze.
Leviathan may use his powers to augment his height even when
standing at "normal" size.
Andromeda doesn't wear panty hose, Tom isn't sure what she'd need
hose for.
There are no plans for any of the Heroes of Lallor (other than
Evolvo) right now, but Leland McCauley has their number. Tom
suggests that maybe McCauley didn't offer Duplicate Boy enough
credits.
Tom jokes that Dev-Em will show up when they come up with a new
origin for him. He suggests that he might be a Bismollian in the
postboot.
Jeff hopes that the Legion fans that he drew in L* #38 don't mind
that they were illustrated into the story. The scene called for
a crowd shot, so Jeff drew the fans into the panel. Jeff
informed Tom how to color the fans' hair.
Tom doesn't know the rules of magno-ball, but it can be played as
a team sport or individually.
Jeff was responsible for choreographing most of the magno-ball
scene in L* #38 to make it look like Cosmic Boy was actually
doing something.
Tom wondered if fans would like to see more of Saturn Girl's
sister, Jancel Ardeen, and indicated that the creators might do
more with her. He points out that Saturn Queen is a different
person than Jancel. He estimates that Jancel is about two years
younger than Saturn Girl.
Jancel was named for Tom's mother, Jan.
Despite the election of Shrinking Violet in L* #38, voting by the
readers is still coming up. Editor KC Carlson is working on the
elections. Tom jokes that Vi was elected because the
Legionnaires "like her, they really like her."
Despite her scene in L* #38, Tom doesn't think that Triad should
be stuck doing all the Legion's office work. Triad ran the
voting because she was the senior member in HQ at the time.
According to Tom, only Brainiac 5 knows why he was stunned by the
outcome of the elections.
When asked about Saturn Girl's dark thoughts, Tom indicated that
her powers were only beginning to surface.
Dr. Gym'll will be treating Dirk Morgna, among others.
Tom indicates that there are a couple more supporting cast
members waiting in the wings. There are no plans for Chronarch
Circadia Senius to show up during the 20th century storyline.
Whether the Legion will speak in Interlac symbols when they
arrive in the 20th century is being discussed.
Lana Lang from the 20th century will not become Insect Queen.
Insect Queen will appear in LSH #82.
The splitting of the Legion into 20th century and 30th century
teams takes place in LSH #85.
No new announcements were made regarding a Legionnaire that will
be trapped in the 20th century in the upcoming storyline. The
creators are only allowed to release one name per week now.
Tom answered "maybe" when asked if the 20th century team would
meet Chronos again. When asked if the Legion would meet the JSA,
Tom joked "Are any of them still alive?"
Tom doesn't think that Triad could survive being split up for
extended periods of time.
Jeff points out that the 30th century team will need new members
after the teams split up.
Dream Girl will foretell the explosion that sends part of the
Legion to the 20th century.
Tom indicates that the 30th century team will realize what
happened to the 20th century team eventually.
Tom notes that we should have our Legion Guides ready for L* #43.
(Previously announced as the try-out issue.)
