Examining the news that Jim Shooter & Francis Manapul will be the official team on "Legion of the Superheroes" as of issue #37, I really can't see how DC could screw this up. I mean, it really seems like a winner.
Of course, to drag the series down with "Countdown" lore would be a stumbling block. But honestly, given Shooter's temperment as a writer, I find it unlikely he would cotton to being editorially dictated to. So if Shooter is left more or less alone to be "Shootery" it could work.
But also, "Legion" has always been Paul Levitz's pet book, and I can't see him letting it get dragged in the mediocity that has gripped a good portion of the DC Universe line.
On a related subject -- how charmed is "Legion" editor Mike Marts? First he was freed from "Countdown," then he gets the "Batman" books, which currently are the only DC books I read with any real enjoyment. Honestly, this is the best "Batman" has been (I don't include Frank Miller's "All-Star" as a "real" Bat-book) in many many years. Then he gets Shooter/Manapul on "Legion."
I also wonder if Marts ever worked with Shooter at Acclaim/Valiant during that "Unity" event the company was supposed to put out right before it folded, and how the rapport is between the two of them.
And I'm pretty sure not everybody in the DC offices are thrilled regarding Shooter's return. There is a reason it has taken this long to get him back on "Legion."
I remember Shooter visiting the offices about 4 years ago. All I saw was the very top of his head, somewhere very close to the ceiling. He's quite the presence in person.
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