I have to say I'm rather surprised that DC has published this book. At this time, I mean. They just started collecting the Legionnaires and Legion Of Super-Heroes books earlier this year. This book shouldn't be out already. I thought it would all get collected chronologically. But I'm wrong. And I'm happy. I particularly loved this run on the book.
According to the afterword in the book, both series were losing readers and Abnett & Lanning were brought in to spark new interest with a new direction. Now, if you've read any of my mini-reviews, you know one thing I hate is when a new team is brought in to give a book a "bold new direction" and they start things off by discarding what's come before them. Well, Dan and Andy did just the opposite. They had a big idea, but they lead into it. Quickly, but without throwing anything away. Their first story introduces the Blight, their second story sets characters in place for the Blight storyline and then BAM, we're smack in the middle of the story. And it's a good one. And from there they start making the changes they want to make in the book. All the changes are plot dictated and very organic. And that, my friends, is how you change the direction of a book.
I remember being kind of upset when this book first came out. Olivier Coipel's art was so ugly to me. But as the story progressed, I realized he was the perfect artist to draw the whole Blight storyline. It works incredibly well. It holds up to this day.
I love the Legion. I love this book. I'm so glad DC is showing the Legion some love right now.
The Legion By Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning Vol 1
Writer: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Artist: Olivier Coipel, Adam Dekraker, Jeffrey Moy, Angel Unzueta, Chuck Wojtkiewicz, Andy Lanning, W.C. Carani, Jaime Mendoza, Dexter Vines
DC Comics
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