LSH AOL Chat with Tom McCraw & KC Carlson - 5/16/95
T. Troy McNemar, Esq.
But DC Universe material no longer belongs in that newsgroup. (Public service
announcement, eh.)
Tom McCraw and KC Carlson were the guests on America Online's LSH Chat Hour
for Tuesday, May 16, 1995. The LSH Chat Hour takes place every Tuesday at
6:00 p.m. ET in the DC Comics Online Chat area. Previous guests have included
Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, Tom McCraw, Jeff Moy and KC Carlson.
DISCLAIMER - I wasn't even there, how can I guarantee any of this is true?
SPOILERS - Yeah, there's spoilers. They're towards the end. There's no
spoiler space, so stop reading if you don't like to be spoiled.
SPECIAL THANKS to Edward Douglas for forwarding the chat log that made this
report possible.
Lee Moder is still working on LSH. He's working on LSH #74 right now. (He
doesn't attend the AOL chats because he doesn't have a computer.)
The titles seem to be back on schedule, and further fill-ins shouldn't be
necessary.
Tom was unaware of any urging by the DC PTB to cut ties between LSH and
R.E.B.E.L.S. He further hadn't heard of any plans to cancel R.E.B.E.L.S.
The Legion stories in Showcase '95 #6 were meant to stand alone, and that's
why they didn't fit into the Legion continuity between any exact issues. (ED
- They don't fit in at all. Mike McAvennie--who edited the Showcase stories
and assists on the Legion titles--has a lot of 'splaining to do.)
KC hesitantly decided that the Legion stories take place in 2995, but didn't
want to adopt the rule of one year of real time equals one year of comic time.
KC thought that only a few months had passed since LSH #0
Tom McCraw mentioned the possibility of a new Legion-related mini-series or
two.
There will always be changes in the Legion. Tom thought the core of members
had always been fairly consistent.
It will be awhile before we see Wildfire, Blok, Timberwolf or Dawnstar.
Dev-Em won't be appearing until they figure him out.
Once again, it was suggested that Mary Marvel should meet the Legion. Chris
Duffy wants Mary in the Legion.
The boxer on the last page of Superboy #17 was Superhero-formerly-known-
as-Mon-El. The colors (which made several people comment that he looked
like Magnus, Robot Fighter) were to establish him and weren't really Tom
McCraw's choice. Lar Gand will not be using the Mon-El name in the reboo
t. They're using the name Valor because, in Tom McCraw's words, "He's a hero,
so he's got to have a codename. Writing Comics rule #3.) For now,
S.F.K.A.M-E. will only be appearing in LSH and Superboy, "but you never know."
Tom hadn't heard anything about Insect Queen being in Superboy, and there are
no plans for her in LSH. Both he and Tom Peyer like the name.
There will be lots of time travel stories in the coming months. (ED - The
S/LSH crossover and "Underword" with Chronos at a minimum.)
The next origin story is "sort of" about Garth. It appears in L* #30.
Tom wasn't prepared to discuss Reep's new role in Durlan religion because he
wasn't quite sure himself. Tom Peyer is the mastermind behind the religious
angle to the postboot Reep.
Dr. Regulus will return.
It will be a while before they reveal who Ayla's admirer is. Tom answered
"maybe" to the admirer being either male or female. (ED - This may cast doubt
on the Mekt theory since Mekt is appearing in L* #30.)
Shvaugn Erin is slightly older than Jan (Element Lad/Alchemist) postboot.
She may feel differently about him because of that.
We'll see Dragonmage again. (ED - Why?)
Tom and Tom Peyer want more members in Work Force, but noted that McCauley was
too picky. McCauley will take more control over the team next time. (ED -
Next appearance or next team? It wasn't clear.) It was suggested that Polar
Boy join WF, but Tom preferred to see him in the Subs. Tom hinted that the
new team might include a telepath to control the team, and noted the existence
of Aven (Imra's mentor from L* #26). He also noted that Titanor (from the
"All Hell Breaks Loose" story arc) wouldn't bother with someone like McCauley
because it would be beneath him. Tom noted that he hadn't given much thought
to Saturn Queen, and opined that she'd gotten too much use in the preboot v4.
(ED - And let's not forget Universo--or even ESPer Lass. Okay, you can forget
ESPer Lass.)
Kenetix will be back. KC noted, "Oh boy, will she be back . . . ." He
further noted that she's "not quite yet foe Zoe." Zoe Saugin is her full
name, as stated in the LSH Annual. Zoe won't be the new Comet Queen. (
CQ's voice always got on Tom's nerves.) Tom noted there are no plans to
make Zoe the new Emerald Empress, but that might change if enough fans
demanded it. (ED - As far as I can recall, this is the most straightforward
statement that we've received on the Zoe/Emerald Empress possibility.)
There have been some discussions about bringing in Jacques Foccart. (No
elaboration, but the querant specified bringing him in other than as Invisible
Kid.)
T. Troy McNemar, Esq. Tro...@indirect.com
"Listen . . . once you figure out what a joke everything is, being the
Comedian's the only thing that makes sense."
--Edward Blake, "The Watchmen"
LLL!
Andrew Ryan Chang
T. Troy McNemar, Esq. <tro...@indirect.com> wrote:
>It's May 20th. One day earlier, and I could've posted this on r.a.c.m., too.
>But DC Universe material no longer belongs in that newsgroup. (Public service
>announcement, eh.)
>
>The boxer on the last page of Superboy #17 was Superhero-formerly-known-
>as-Mon-El. The colors (which made several people comment that he looked
>like Magnus, Robot Fighter) were to establish him and weren't really Tom
>McCraw's choice. Lar Gand will not be using the Mon-El name in the
>reboot. They're using the name Valor because, in Tom McCraw's words,
>"He's a hero, so he's got to have a codename. Writing Comics rule #3.)
Sheesh. Why not Lar Gand? Real names work fine for lots of
people. And PR aside, I'd expect the Legion members to talk to each
other by real name, not by code name.
We've already gone over the whole Mon-el thing. It was because
Mon, for Monday, the day of his arrival on Earth ( I think) and -el
because they assumed he was Superboy's (the Kal-el version) brother.
Given how far the current continuity has come, do you really need
the name you first saw him with, esp as it would make even less sense now
than then?
When they make commercials, do you think (for instance) the people
in the studio call him "Ronald", or "Mr McDonald"? Don't you think
they'd call him by his real name? Unless the Legion works by method
acting.
BTW, what has Legion powers got that SP tech doesn't have or can
do without? By which I mean, does the Legion fill a real need, or is it
still just PR?
Will SPers get flight rings? How about the general public?
whoops, I'm rambling. bye now.
--
Andrew Chang.
That's all.
Vernon H Harmon
>doesn't attend the AOL chats because he doesn't have a computer.)
Well, heck. Lee lives in Pittsburgh, I'm pretty sure. If someone wants
to tell him to contact me (finger ver...@cs.cmu.edu for contact info),
I wouldn't mind letting him use my system to attend the chats. :)
--Vernon.