LSHChat:1996-07-18
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Tom McCraw (LSH/L* co-plotter/colorist), Tom Peyer (LSH co- plotter/scripter), and Jeff Moy (L* penciller) were the guests on America Online's Legionnaires Chat for Thursday, July 18, 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. THERE IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE SPOILER MATERIAL THAN USUAL IN THIS REPORT. No spoiler space separates such spoiler information. VERB TENSE - Yeah, I know I change verb tense from sentence to sentence. If I got paid to write up these reports, I might actually go back and make it consistent. At least I ran it through the spell checker. =============== Tom Peyer stepped in to help Roger Stern out with the plot for L* #40. Jeff was working on the last 6 pages of L* #43. Peyer reported that it took about a week to plot and script a typical Legion issue. He tries to give detailed art descriptions, but encourages the artist to do the scene differently if the artist desires. IMPULSE #21 is scheduled to be a Legion appearance. McCraw claims that the whole issue is one gag after another, but indicates that he and Peyer are getting even in LSH. He promises to torture Bart a lot. McCraw claims that no begging is necessary for a "Girl's Night Out" style story. He and Roger Stern have been discussing such a story, but nothing is set yet. Jeff was willing to do the story. Peyer observes that M'Onel is trying to keep his Valor identity a secret. McCraw indicates that each issue's ending will be a shocker for a while. Peyer had a Mordru idea that he retracted because it was too gross. He wanted to have Mordru conceive children by remote control, through use of dopplegangers that crumble into dirt when their job is done. Mordru's goal would be to have heirs on every world. It wasn't an idea that he worked on for very long, so it didn't bother him not to pursue it. Peyer thought that they would keep the lid on the Legion election results until the results had been incorporated into the books. He estimated that the results would be revealed around L* #45/LSH #89. McCraw reports that recent word balloons may seem more crowded because Pat Brosseau has reduced his letter size somewhat. McCraw observed that the smaller size permitted more dialogue without obscuring the artwork. Peyer indicates that fans are stuck with him on LSH. Kid Quantum II was introduced because the team was going to Xanthu, and the creators reasons that the Xanthan government would give a stasis belt to someone else. McCraw thought that a Bizarro Legion story was a good idea, and suggested that Luthor could try to clone the Legion. Jeff suggested giving a character a haircut when a fan complained that it was difficult to tell Invisible Kid and Star Boy apart. McCraw teased that he and Peyer had come up with a good real name for Inferno, but he wouldn't reveal the name. He thinks Inferno's detractors might change their minds when they see her a little bit more. Peyer joked that it would be a good idea to have the Metal Men return to the 30th century with the 20th century Legionnaires, that they could be primitive trash robots. He claims that he'd kill to do a Magnus/Metal Men crossover. McCraw was not sure if any Marvel Family characters would be available for a crossover, but thought that they might be able to get Marvel Bunny. He could imagine a Marvel Bunny/Gates story. McCraw reports that nothing is set yet on the outcome of the 20th century trip. Peyer declined to say when the 20th century storyline was ending, and indicated that he believed in suspense. He promised that every issue of the 20th century storyline would contain at least 22 gripping page-turners. There are no plans for a Batman crossover. Peyer and McCraw both thought that Gates was the most likely Legionnaire to become addicted to the Cartoon Network while in the 20th century. Peyer observed that Gates thinks the Cartoon Network is CNN. Jeff dissented and opined that Spark would be most likely to become addicted to the Cartoon Network. McCraw thought Ultra Boy would fit in well with the MTV generation. McCraw indicates that he had to restock on the color green for the current issue of L*, and that there was even more green in LSH #84. Jeff points out three tongues in L* #40: A Triad Purple, a Lizard, and an XS. The Emerald Legion shown in the last issue of L* is the real Legion; not duplicates. Saturn Girl will not be shown in pink during her time in her "Emerald Legion" costume. Lee Moder designed her bikini-costume. She'll either be in green or in her regular uniform for LSH #84. All the Legionnaires will be in green while in "Emerald Legion" costumes. Jeff thinks that he is responsible for the Emerald Legion costumes for Kinetix, M'Onel, Cosmic Boy and Ultra Boy. He forgot to put Ultra Boy's tatoo on his arm. When asked about Emerald Violet's choice of "grunge and skin" costumes for the Legionnaires, Jeff observed that she was in "that kind of mood." Jeff was ready to retire after the last page of L* #40 because it was the last time he got to draw the real Ayla for a while. McCraw pointed out that XS is wearing a visor and helmet on the last page of L* #40. Peyer thought that Leviathan's death worked from a story standpoint. He indicated that Leviathan is dead, and that the story was not part of some plan to bring the character back. Peyer pointed out that when he was a kid, heroes didn't die and LSH changed that fact. He observed that there have only been two deaths so far in the postboot, Kid Quantum and Leviathan. He conceded that they have faked a few deaths. He concluded that the LSH fans in attendance did not want a whole lot more deaths. Peyer stated that it would be a while before all the ramifications of Leviathan's death were apparent. Ferro shows up during the upcoming FINAL NIGHT crossover. Peyer reported that all of the 20th century Legionnaires except Ultra Boy and Apparition will appear in the L.E.G.I.O.N. team-up happening in SHOWCASE '96 #11 & #12. Ultra Boy and Apparition will be busy with Deadman in LSH #87, and the story will address some of the circumstances of Apparition's return. Peyer indicated that they had obtained the services of Kelley Jones for 7 pages of the Deadman story. Peyer quipped that Kelley had agreed to use Lee Moder's style so Deadman would be skinnier than usual. Spark receives a spotlight around LSH #89. Peyer stated that there are personality changes in store for her. He indicated that Spark would not receive any power changes while he was alive. McCraw reported that he is almost caught up with his workload, but concedes that L* #43 will take a lot of time. (L* #43 is the tryout issue.) McCraw was looking forward to picking up some of the pencilled pages to start color work, and mentioned that it was a fun issue. Jeff was not sure how many tongues had appeared so far in L* #43. L* #43 will include lots of guest appearances and three new members. McCraw indicated that fans will need WHO'S WHO IN THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES to identify everyone. Jeff reports that some of the previously-existing characters will be redesigned while others will remain the same. McCraw predicted that fans would recognize some characters right away. Peyer reports that one old member will be drastically redesigned. McCraw observed that he couldn't imagine Timber Wolf joining the team while Spark wasn't around. Spark will be with the 20th century team. Peyer thought that Tyroc might have to wait a while to join the Legion. Upcoming L* stories involve the revenge of the rejects and an appearance of a villain not seen for a long time. He claimed that a fan was scraping the bottom of the barrel when Zoraz was suggested. He later conceded that it wasn't scraping any deeper than Quicksand and Holdur.
