Batman '66 meets Legion of Super-Heroes new comic

[robinboyblunderer]

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/04/12 ... ee-allred/

[SprangFan]

Well, I certainly didn't see that one coming, but I love the old-school Legion, so this could be fun. One of the fun touches of that strip was that Brainiac 5 was a big Batman fan, but I'm not sure the Legion ever got to team with him in the Silver or Bronze Ages. Which were the last Ages that counted.

[AndyFish]

Never read Legion but I'm familiar with it-- this looks like it will be a really fun book.
I love Allred's art too-- I think it's perfect for the 60s feel.

[Lounge lizard]

Excellent news. Just shows Batman '66 still has legs.

[Batfanman]

Excellent news. Just shows Batman '66 still has legs.

Except it's B66's last legs. Sadly, word is that this will be it for our heroes in print. For now.

[Jthree]

Excellent news. Just shows Batman '66 still has legs.

Except it's B66's last legs. Sadly, word is that this will be it for our heroes in print. For now.

If that's true, that is truly sad news. I'm so sick of death and despair in the regular titles.
--jthree

[Ben Bentley]

I never really read any of the Legion stuff, so part of me isn't going to be rushing to read this run.

[Batfanman]

What would really have been cool is if B'66 met the JSA!

[The Boss]

I still can't believe there hasn't been a "Batman '66 Meets Superman '52" or "Batman '66 Meets Superman '78" yet.

Heck, I'd even like to see "Batman '66 Meets Spidey Super Stories" but, I know that, that one is neer impossible.

[Jim Akin]

Legion stories from the mid-60s are pure Silver Age fantasy stuff. In fact, 1966 was the year future Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter became the title's primary writer -- at the ripe age of 14!

Among the innovations Shooter brought to the book was the notion of mortality and its inevitability. One of his most infamous stories was an adventure starring adult versions of the teen-age Legionnaires, set in the near-future of the book's 30th-century "present." A scene in that story depicted a "memorial wall" honoring Legionnaires who died in battle, including one character seen in the Batman '66 crossover and at least one other who hadn't even been introduced in the book yet! That one panel boxed in the book's creators for years to come.

The time-travel/alternate reality plot elements implied by the teaser pages for the Batman '66 crossover fit right in with stories of that era.

[Jthree]

I still can't believe there hasn't been a "Batman '66 Meets Superman '52" or "Batman '66 Meets Superman '78" yet.

Heck, I'd even like to see "Batman '66 Meets Spidey Super Stories" but, I know that, that one is neer impossible.

Ditto!!!!

==jthree

[whatever_gong82]

Batman did meet the Legion during the Bronze Age: "Brave and the Bold Vol 1 #179," cover dated October, 1981, but first published on July 23, 1981.