Legion of Super-Heroes
The wait is finally over , risible devotee : The Legion of Super - Heroesare finally returning to DC ’s new persistence , thanks to writer Brian Michael Bendis – and they ’re more significant to the hereafter than ever before .
The acclaimed writer and current Superman scribe could n’t help but cod the declaration before of clock time , but DC Comics has now made it official . Beginning this September withLegion of Super - Heroes : Millennium , Bendis and a team of artist will commence a single story spanning 1,000 years of the DC Universe . Having returnedYoung Justiceto continuity , Bendis will grow to a new , immortal heroine to link up the DC Universe of today with that of the Legion ’s in the 31st Century . After that ? The newLegion of Super - Heroescomic series will formally start .
The unexampled ongoing series from Bendis and creative person Ryan Sook may be the ultimate goal , and the dreaming come true for so many Legion fans . But the very grounds the Legion slipped out of persistence is the challenge Bendis will first address withMillennium # 1 , arriving to retailers on September 18th , 2019 . In short : how can the ever - change hereafter of the DC Multiverse produce a single Legion without make even more persistence job ? permit ’s have the prescribed synopsis of Millennium give the first hint of an explanation :
The series focuses on a most unbelievable go guide to the 31st C , a intimate face to DC fans who find herself abruptly immortal . As she learns to make do with her newfound immortality and the ground she was pick out for this quest , her 1,000 - twelvemonth odyssey will connect all of DC ’s future timeline for the very first time . Along the room she encounters a innkeeper of DC heroes from the future , as draw by some of comics ’ most pop artist .
As the mystery heroine ( seeable in the above masking art ) travels across clip , she ’ll share tale with Supergirl , as guide by fabled artist and DC Publisher Jim Lee . Then the devotee - favored Batman Beyond , as illustrated by Dustin Nguyen . There ’s also Kamandi , attract by Andrea Sorrentino , and André Lima Araújo ’s rendition of Tommy Tomorrow . And that ’s only the first issue . Come October , Legion of Super - Heroes : Millennium # 2 will include stories with Booster Gold drawn by Nicola Scott , OMAC drawn by Jim Cheung , a DC “ off - humanity ” chapter suck by Jeff Dekal , and last but not least , the final destination of the new Legion of Super - Heroes disembowel by Ryan Sook as a steer - in to the duo ’s ongoing series .
In much the same way that the sprawlingDark Nights : Metalevent was an effort spearheaded by Scott Snyder to amalgamate disparate threads of DC ’s Universe into a exclusive chain , it sounds like Bendis aims to do the same . Just … in the future , instead of the past :
“ Since its Silver Age inception , the Legion of Super - Heroes has been the fundament of the succeeding DC Universe . Over prison term , a wealth of future fiber and stories have emerged since the Legion ’s beginnings and connecting these threads to an updated version of the Legion is a story Ryan and I ca n’t wait to tell apart . ”
For those who have been hold off age to see the coquette of the Legion ’s return pay off , the wait is nearly over . For those unfamiliar with the future team of Superman - inhale heroes , there ’s no upright time to stand out in .
Legion of Super - Heroes : millenary # 1arrives at your local comical al-Qur’an shop on September 18th , with the 2d issue come the next month in October , and the fullLegion of Super - Heroesseries starting sometime after .
MORE : Brian Michael Bendis Explains Superman ’s ' Event Leviathan '
seed : DC Comics
