Three Legions, One Final Crisis, and More than Enough Confusion
Three Colossal Boys? Be still, my heart.
Yes, that's right. Most DC fans have heard of the upcoming Final Crisis tie-in, Legion of Three Worlds. But what exactly does it mean? Well, real-life superheroes Geoff Johns and George Perez will be bringing us a reality-spanning miniseries that brings back not only the original pre-Crisis Legion spotted most recently in the pages of Justice League, Justice Society, and Action Comics, but two other versions of the Legion, widely speculated to be the post-Zero Hour Legion of the '90s and the Legion most recently seen alongside Batman in the pages of Brave & the Bold.
Now, taking a step back from the fanboy puddle of drool that develops upon speculation about this upcoming storyline, and instead looking at all this from an industry point of view, what can we see? For one, the most-retconned characters in the DC Universe may finally have an established, lasting structure, something that may make new fans of the Legion easier to come by. And all those pre-existing versions we've already been thoroughly confused by? Not only will they be addressed, but apparently, they will all exist contemporaneously, at least for a time.
And all this seems to be part of a much larger strategy for DC Comics, one that entails something previously unheard of in comic-book universe continuity management: everything we've ever read in the past of DC Comics is essentially true. So labels like "pre-Crisis" or "post-Zero Hour" are going to lose some meaning as a result. Grant Morrison himself claims that his Final Crisis will do just that, unifying the past, present, and future of the DC Universe for the "final" time. But does this really make things easier to understand or more confusing for DC newcomers? We'll have to wait around and see.
kid_ampersand
Posted to Comics on 5 May 2008
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>everything we've ever read in the past of DC Comics is essentially true
Woah.
I think my brain is melting.
Oooh lawd, my head asploded as well.
whoa...what?
well, i was set to blow this off as an other 52-countdown-situp-fight-fight-fight pocket-robbing mini-series, now i'm totally intrigued. let's hope dido doesn't fuck with morrison's vision.