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DescriptionTeenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes by Julian Darius English | EPUB | 324 Pages | ISBN-10: 1467995665 | ISBN-13: 978-1467995665  28 November 2011 | Comics & Graphic Novels, History & Price Guides, Literature & Fiction, History & Criticism, Genres & Styles, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Criticism & Theory CONTENTS The Amethyst Connection by Lanny Rose Revisionism, Radical Experimentation, and Dystopia in Giffen’s Legion by Julian Darius Coming Out of Future Closets: Gender Identity and Homosexuality in the Legion by Alan Williams Diversity and Evolution in the Reboot Legion by Matthew Elmslie Fashion from the Future, or “I Swear, Computo Forced Me To Wear This!” by Martín A. Pérez Generational Theory and the Waid Threeboot by Matthew Elmslie A Universe in Adolescence by Paul Lytle The Racial Politics of the Legion by Jae Bryson Afterword by Barry Lyga Also from Sequart Excerpt: The Perfect Storm: The Death and Resurrection of Lightning Lad by Richard Bensam The year is 1963… or, if you prefer, 2963. The Legion of Super-Heroes travels to a nameless world of eternal lightning, where the body of their fallen comrade Lightning Lad rests in state. His twin sister, Lightning Lass, sobs over his transparent coffin: “My brother… Lightning Lad… he’ll never *sob* live again!” Moved by her grief, Superboy sets his friends a challenge worthy of Orpheus or Gilgamesh. “We’ve often accomplished feats that were considered impossible when others asked us!” says Superboy. “Now we’re going to do something for our own lost comrade… we’ll find a way to revive Lightning Lad!” But Saturn Girl, who blames herself for the hero’s demise, is troubled: the telepathic Legionnaire knows their comrade Mon-El has already found a way to restore Lightning Lad to life, but he refuses to admit this. Why conceal this discovery? Why is he lying? But that question, and its answer, comes near the end of the saga. We have a way to go before we reach it. The Weisinger Effect No one could say the Legion of Super-Heroes was rushed into the spotlight. During the four years between their debut as guest stars in Adventure Comics #247 (Apr 1958) and their arrival as a regular feature in the pages of Adventure Comics #300 (Sept 1962), the Legion of Super-Heroes (or individual members) made some 20 guest appearances in the various Superman-themed comics published by National (as DC was then called), including the monthly Superman title, Superboy, and Action Comics, featuring his cousin Supergirl. Mort Weisinger, editor of those Superman-themed comic titles, used cameo appearances like these as ongoing market research to gauge reader interest, and he tailored future stories in his books accordingly. If audience response to the “Tales of the Bizarro World” backup feature in Adventure began to slip while enthusiasm for a group of super-powered teens from the 30th century increased with each guest appearance they made… well, soon those wacky Bizarros would be asked to vacate their home. Weisinger didn’t see himself as there to fulfill the personal artistic aspirations of his creative staff, but as providing a service to his readership. Weisinger had started as a fan himself. As a teenager, he had teamed with his friends Julius Schwartz, Allen Glasser, and Julius Unger to create The Time Traveler, one of the first fanzines devoted entirely to science fiction. The duo of Weisinger and Schwartz went on to form the Solar Sales Service, the first literary agency focused on science-fiction writers. Their first client was pulp writer Edmond Hamilton, already a prolific contributor to such pulp magazines as Weird Tales; he was eventually joined on the agency roster by writers such as Stanley Weinbaum, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury. Then Weisinger was hired by Standard Magazines, where he became the editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories and other titles – purchasing work by Hamilton and other authors from the agency he had co-founded, now run by Schwartz alone. Weisinger moved on to National Periodical Publications in 1941, where he created Aquaman, Green Arrow, and the Vigilante before departing to serve in World War II, then returning to National to work as an editor, once more alongside Julie Schwartz. Sharing Widget |
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