A Titanic Headache article in Star2 (21 Aug 2018)From Vu
STAR2 (Malaysia) (21 Aug 2018)
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"A Titanic Headache" article about the Teen Titans by Andrew A Smith appears on Malaysia's Star2 (Tuesday, 21 August 2018).
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DC removing comics at some Walmart already?From Vu
Is DC removing their comics at some Walmart location already? It could be that some people are buying up all copies of #2 or stealing the display boxes ...
Posted Aug 18, 2018, 6:42 PM by Vu Nguyen
The Legion Outpost is one of the oldest and most well-respected of all
the comics fanzines. In 2004, as a sister title to their Legion
Companion volume, TwoMorrows released an anthology of the best articles
from the legendary zine. What is presented has some good, some bad and
some odd aspects to it.
THE GOOD: Like all good fanzines, The
Legion Outpost was driven in great part by passion and enthusiasm for
the subject matter. Legion fans are justifiably famous for their love
and encyclopedic knowledge of the longtime series. Thus we get articles
about politics on the planet Bismoll (home of Matter-Eater Lad,
don'tcha know?) or a look at the astrological signs of the heroes.
While those articles are fun, only a few of them go a long way for the
casual fan.
The nicest feature of the book is the
plethora of commissioned art. The book includes art by such luminaries
as Curt Swan, Dave Cockrum, Walt Simonson, George Perez, Sergio
Aragones and many more. It's a joy to see all this wonderful art, and
it really enlivens the book.
THE BAD: The low points of the book to
me are some of the interviews. While some, like the interview with Jim
Shooter, are very revealing, others are obscure and impossible to
follow for the non-initiate. For instance, there's a nine-page
interview with Roy Thomas. Thomas is a great and important figure in
comics history, but he wrote maybe a half dozen Legion stories. What
purpose is served by running a long interview with such an unimportant
figure in Legion history?
The following products are expected to ship to comic book
specialty stores this week. Note that this list is tentative
and subject to change. Please check with your retailer for
availability.
SEP043044 BACK ISSUE #7 $5.95
SEP042969 BEST OF THE LEGION OUTPOST $17.95
The following products are expected to ship to comic book
specialty stores next week. Note that this list is tentative
and subject to change. Please check with your retailer for availability.
Flipping through The Best of the Legion Outpost,
one can’t help but admire the wide-ranging artwork: from the silly Fred
Hembeck images to bold George Perez character models, from unpublished
Jimmy Janes covers to reprints of Curt Swan Adventure Comics
covers from the 1960s. My favorite is a two-page 13 panel Keith Giffen
Legion of Super-Heroes in-house promo from the 1982 DC Sampler that I
haven’t seen in over twenty years. Each panel uses the title of another
DC comic (Adventure, Action, Detective, Combat, Mystery in Space, Young Love, Plop) to emphasize the varying aspects of The Legion of Super-Heroes. Like last year’s The Legion Companion, The Best of the Legion Outpost is amazingly littered with both familiar Legion images and unseen commission work from private collections.
I just thought that I'd drop you a line and let you know that my next book, The
Best of the Legion Outpost, is scheduled to ship on Nov. 24. It also has some
Perez artwork in it, although not as much as the Legion Companion. Some of it's
never been printed before, and some of it hasn't been seen in a long time, so if
you're a diehard Perez fan, you might want to check it out. Attached is the
revised cover for the book. (Vu: Cover on the official website is slightly different.)
Originally
published in 1972 as the official newsletter of the Legion Fan Club,
the Legion Outpost soon became the premier Legion of Super-Heroes
fanzine of the 1970s, featuring contributions by fans, pros, and
soon-to-be pros. Launched at a time when the future of the Legion of
Super-Heroes was in doubt, the Legion Outpost was at the center of
fan-based efforts to revive the title, and was largely responsible for
its rescue from obscurity, leading to it becoming a runaway
best-seller! This trade paperback collects the best material from the
hard-to-find fanzine, including rare interviews and articles from
creators such as Dave Cockrum, Cary Bates, and Jim Shooter, plus
never-before-seen artwork by Cockrum, Mike Grell, Jimmy Janes and
others! It also features a previously unpublished interview with Keith
Giffen originally intended for the never-published Legion Outpost #11,
plus other new material! And it sports a rarely-seen classic 1970s
cover by Legion fan favorite artist Dave Cockrum!
The 160
page (plus cover), square bound 8-1/2" x 11" trade paperback with full
color covers and black-and-white interiors ships November 2004.
07/09/2005 11:34:43
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