DCU Legacies mini series

[Riffster]

Today’s DC panel at Wondercon will announce a number of follow up on the DCU Legacies ten issue series , written by Len Wein, initially drawn by Andy Kubert and Joe Kubert.

Telling the tale of the DC masked heroes from the dawn of time to the present day, they will be followed by JH Williams III, Dave Gibbons, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Rags Morales and Dan Jurgens.

And they’ll also show this cover by Dave Gibbons from issue 3…

[Earth 2 Chris]

This looks like a book tailor-made for old farts like me disgusted with most of DCU's current product. Wein was always one of my favorite writers, and other than his Swamp Thing run, vastly underrated. The art teams sound awesome!

Chris

[EMCE Hammer]

Is that the Challengers?

[Riffster]

Challengers and Sea Devils from the looks

[madmarva]

Yeah, this is the series I'm looking most forward too, other than the Neal Adams Batman mini.

[The Toyroom]

Looks like a great line-up of artists....plus Wein as scripter...I'm in!

[johnnystorm]

This book is looking pretty good- hoping it will be in the New Frontier vein and not revisionist. Gotta love the Challs- everyone buy an extra copy of this issue so DC will think they sell and bring 'em back!

[thunderbolt]

Its the present day part of it that will ruin it for me.

[madmarva]

Loved New Frontier. A near genius work but what wasn't revisionist about it?

It re-wrote Hal, Martian Manhunter and basically the Justice League's origins to various degrees and packed a lot of stuff into the silver-age that was never there before.

New Frontier is actually a revision of Steve Englehart's revised origin of the JLA from issue No. 144, back in the 1970s.

Both are two of my favorite JLA stories. New Frontier was never meant to be in continuity from my understanding, while 144 is probably outside of continuity since Mark Waid's excellent JLA Year One. Heck, JLA Year One may not be in continuity any more.

I've got to believe there will be some revision in these stories, rather than a strict retelling of past stories.

In fact, just about every retelling of a character's origin adds additional information, which in my mind is a revision. But comics and myths in general die without revisions, or updating or additional information being added for new audiences and social relevance.

Things change. While some things are very similar about these characters today as to what they were when they were created, a lot has changed.

Superman is much different from his initial appearances. He started out as sort of a populist crusader with strong-man powers, who actively poked his nose into things.

Today he's more of a traditionalist protector and defender.

The revisions are intended to keep these characters and their histories fresh and fun. Of course, some work better and go down easier than others.

[thunderbolt]

Man, I'd love to see a Darwyn Cooke Challs book.