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Anthony Dean@diversetechgeek.bsky.social |
Thinking of yesterday's Legion of Super-Heroes Bluesky discussion/guesses why they aren't as popular these days. (Though they did get an animated series in the aughts/a direct-to-video film a short time ago.)
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Anthony Dean
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My guesses: A) they're set in the future, so can't easily participate in the crossover happy norm of modern superhero comics. B) they're set in an *optimistic* future, which doesn't seem as popular as dystopic futures these days. (Even "Star Trek" doesn't seem as big as it once was?)
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Diane Darcy
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I think the bigger problem that hurt the Legion was the Crisis reboot because John Byrne erased Clark Kent's time as Superboy. Without the latter to inspire the Legion, DC kept reworking them, akin to throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what stuck. Constant rebooting/retconning hurt them.
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When I was in college, one of my friends was dating a guy into comics. I told him that the Legion was one of my favorites, and he made a grimace like I'd said that kittens are my favorite snack. They kinda have a reputation as "overly complicated", between the setting & the retcons/reboots.
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