Welamented the cancellation of DC Comics ’ Legion of Super - Heroes series at the closing of the dealership ’s 50th day of remembrance , but manifestly we made a mistake in choosing to face at the time to come of the characters . After all , as writer of the cancelled series Jim Shooter explains , the reason DC ended the title was entirely a personal attack on him . We ’ve fix some of his self - centre delusions below , but remember : File Under ego - involve . Talking to website Comic Book Resources about the reasons for the series ’ cancellation , Shooter make love on the dot who to find fault :
An blameless source , an older friend in a spatial relation to know , tells me that sales of comic are down in general , and that sale of DC comics are down in special , pretty much across the board … gross revenue of ‘ The Legion of Super - Heroes ’ are n’t swell , but they ’re a lot better than those of some of the titles they ’re preserve . I think scratch the book is a graceful mode of getting rid of me . I sound off too much and too obstreperously .
( To put things in some context : Legion , under Shooter ’s reign , is presently DC ’s third - lowest selling superhero book , and one of the two serial sell less was cancelled prior to the declaration of Legion ’s death . )
If you ’re question what kind of complaints Shooter may have had , he jubilantly rattled off some of them :
I must append that [ Shooter ’s creative person ] Francis Manapul is going to be bang-up someday – maybe one of the best of all time … He already express flash of blaze . He works very heavily and seems to care a lot – but that and a $ 1.85 arrive you a cup of coffee . As presently as Francis compass what business he ’s in – storytelling – as shortly as he realizes that conveying the write up and information understandably , at a glance , is first priority , he ’ll be a contender . It ’s not just about making cool shot that mistily relate to what was asked for in the script … Inker Livesay and letterer Steve Wands did their job well , no problems there , but as for the balance of us , if we had done our job right , if the history had been good enough , if the story had been told well , if the food coloring had n’t been turbid , if the covers had n’t been weak , if there had n’t been so many production mistakes , if there had been more promotion , if there had been enough of a buzz , if we ’d been allow for to have a case with that Super ‘S , ’ mayhap we could have follow .
( Do n’t vex ; not only did helater elucidate that he was n’t blame Manapul for the Koran ’s cancellation , he also admit himself in the inculpation secret plan :
[ L]et ’s nidus on the literal culprit – me . I guess what it really all comes down to is that my work was n’t good enough to master all the small problems further down the personal line of credit . If you ’re out at first base , it does n’t matter if you skid in at second .
There ’s nothing like a sports metaphor to confuse a moment of humbleness . ) divertingly , Shooter ends the interview by saying “ I have several offering [ for future work ] – none from DC . ” Somehow , that last part does n’t surprise me – and I ca n’t serve but enquire whether the premature offers will dry up as soon as future employer see how eager he can be to portion out blame when things do n’t go as well as planned . taw dishful On Legion Demise[Comic Book Resources ]
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