LSHChat:1996-06-13
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Tom McCraw (LSH/L* co-plotter/colorist), Roger Stern (L* co- plotter/scripter), and Jeff Moy (L* penciller) were the guests on America Online's Legionnaires Chat for Thursday, June 13, 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. ======== Roger, Jeff, and L* inker Cory Carani will attend the San Diego convention this year. At the time of the chat, Roger was finishing the script to L* #42 and preparing to start on the script for L* #43. Jeff had to do some costume designs before he could start pencilling L* #43. Jeff had business cards printed up. The cards include an illustration of Spark from the print that he and Cory produced for the conventions this summer. Tentative plans have been discussed for L* #50 and beyond. Tom pointed out that a Durlan appeared in the bar scene of KINGDOM COME #2. Dan Jurgens has expressed some interest in a Legion/Teen Titans crossover, but has plans for the Titans' title all the way up to the 12th issue of their title. Roger read the Adventure stories when they were new, helped Jim Shooter with his last two Legion stories, and generally likes the Levitz era. Roger is writing the introduction to Legion Archives volume 6, and hoped to interview Curt Swan for the piece. (ED - This chat took place before news of Curt's death.) According to Tom, Tom Peyer would like to do a Klordny celebration story. The Legionnaires will soon be seen playing some holo-cards. Jeff doesn't think L* #39 is the first time that XS has showed her tongue. He promises more tongues to come. (ED - XS' tongue was shown in L* #37 if not elsewhere.) Roger indicates that Gates is fun to write, and calls Tom Peyer "da Man for Gatesy!" Leviathan is still the deputy leader under Shrinking Violet. Jeff thinks the Nine Planets Ice Cream shop might appear if the Legionnaires ever get out more. Only votes for active members will be counted in the Legion leader elections. Karate Kid is not eligible. Tom wasn't sure if Apparition was considered an active member of the Legion now. M'Onel is an active member, but has a special status. The creators are prohibited from voting for Legion leader. Tom says "Vote Triad." Roger responded positively to the suggestion that XS be elected leader. Jeff doesn't care who is elected leader, but hopes it will be one of the 30th century characters. Roger doesn't think that either Triad or Invisible Kid would want the leader position. Tom speculates that in the event of a tie, someone would have to make the deciding vote. He suggests the deciding vote might be cast by Paul Levitz. Tom thinks that if Dirk Morgna gets a codename it should be Sun Boy. He indicated that fans should wait to see what happens to Dirk next. Roger thought it was safe to say that Dirk would be very different from Inferno. Tom thinks that Inferno's fear of the dark may play a part during the 20th century Legion storyline. Roger promises that there are no plans for X-Men parodies (ala the X-Men's Imperial Guard). Jeff thinks it would be interesting for Jo to get a few more piercings in the ears and other places. According to Tom, Jeff is depressed about losing Spark to the 20th century book. Tom reported that Xanthu likely would not permit any more of its heroes to leave the planet. Roger gloats that he's "sitting pretty in the 30th century and not worrying about crossovers!" He indicates that L* will not tie into the "Final Night" fall crossover, but that LSH will figure directly in it. Tom wasn't sure if the 20th century Legion would meet Batman. In LSH #81, Kinetix made Invisible Kid turn visible by agitating the air molecules around him. Tom would have liked the Gallen pages in L* #39 to be a little darker. He indicates that Leviathan should have seen the swing arm coming at him Tom cautioned fans not to rush anything between Cosmic Boy and Saturn Girl. They've only kissed. After L* #39, Triad's three bodies are different ages. Jeff likes the way that Triad Purple turned out. Tom indicated that Triad Purple should make fans look forward to the Legion growing up. Triad Mixed's skirt turned out more angled than Jeff had intended. Ambassador Wazzo is both able to see and hear Apparition. Apparition was left out of L* #39 due to lack of room. The new Dr. Regulus is as powerful as whatever he can tap into. Roger thinks it would be a good idea to keep Regulus away from the Speed Force or the Source. The L* Annual is all about XS' adventures in time and space. Ultra-MAN will appear in the annual. Blok won't be returning any time soon, except for one place. Big things are about to happen to Shrinking Violet and Leviathan. Unexpected things. We'll soon be seeing Shanghalla under sad circumstances. There won't be any capsules for Hate Face or Leeta 87, but there will be a monument to a Gardner Fox Justice Leaguer in the background. And we should look for Jeff's and Cory's memorials, too. Dream Girl appears in LSH #84. New members will be coming up. Roger indicated that there are some very silly Legionnaires on the horizon. He indicated that the relief would be needed. Tom indicates that L* #43 (the tryout issue) will be crowded. Roger indicates that there will soon be a Legionnaire who wears even less than Gates, and it won't be Dream Girl or Apparition. This particular young lady wears nothing but a Legionnaire belt. Tom jokes that to get around the comics code, the character will stand behind objects that are always in the foreground.
