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[LOLtron]

The book will not make it to September.

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Source: Bleeding Cool

DC has listened to all the longtime Legion fans on the board and cancelled Legion of Superheroes.  The book, which was the subject of no less than a dozen multipage rants on our forum, has been written by Paul Levitz since it debutted in the New 52.   Legion fans should be happy about the news, as it means that the team has finally lost all relevance in today's industry.  Here's Mark Waid on the subject:

 

Holy shit, did DC just end the Legion franchise after 40 years of continuous publication? #AnotherProudNew52Moment

— Mark Waid (@MarkWaid) May 13, 2013

Asked for comment, DC head honcho Dan Didio responded, "we were still publishing that?  I thought we cancelled that book back in 2007."  Now we know for certain: DC doesn't care about the Legion.

Stay tuned, there's more cancellations coming. 

UPDATE: We reached out to @ThisIsBobHarras on Twitter, and he responded with some comments on the cancelation:

 

@judeterror First off, let's correct the assumption right now that this is a cancellation.There is a cycle to any comic book...

— Bob Harras (@ThisIsBobHarras) May 13, 2013

 

@judeterror Legion has reached a point where it was being published we had stories in a cycle that lead us to this point.Now that cycle...

— Bob Harras (@ThisIsBobHarras) May 13, 2013

 

@judeterror was arrived at by churning,churning, then churing still more - churning faster - changing up therhythm a bit...

— Bob Harras (@ThisIsBobHarras) May 13, 2013

 

@judeterror maybe then you start feeling a tickling tensing sensation with the churn, then that reaches a climax, and the cycle is done...

— Bob Harras (@ThisIsBobHarras) May 13, 2013

 

@judeterror then you feel elated, with a profound sense of ennui.Maybe you smoke a cigarette, lie there, reflect - before starting again.

— Bob Harras (@ThisIsBobHarras) May 13, 2013

 

@judeterror I'm not sure if I am still talking about what you asked anymore...sorry what WAS the initial question?

— Bob Harras (@ThisIsBobHarras) May 13, 2013

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[Amoebas]

Well, damn.

I love these characters so much and I can only hope they return soon.

Long Live the Legion!

[Punchy]

Eat it Grandpa.

[Amoebas]

Eat it Grandpa.

That would have been funny back in March 2009 when they cancelled Waid's 3-Boot Legion book.

[holtom2000]

Lol waid...
But seriously... Dc needs him back
Also I guess more fodder for that new site?

[Zechs]

What's Juan Cena gonna talk about now that DC has forever ruined the Legion?

[Amoebas]

What's Juan Cena gonna talk about now that DC has forever ruined the Legion?

What's he going to do? Why, celebrate of course.

He finally gets his wish. The book is cancelled. He now no longer has to live in a world with a Legion book that doesn't fit his uniquely exact and precise (and insane) expectations.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

Guys this is serious, we haven't heard from Juan Cena all day since this news broke.

[habitual]

[Tweet] It was more of a western than it was sci-fi[/Tweet]

Hab

[Zechs]

Guys this is serious, we haven't heard from Juan Cena all day since this news broke.

Pouring champagne and probably got arrested after dancing naked in the streets.

[chap22]

About a 50-years-overdue mercy killing IMMO.

[Herald]

Yet another concept that DC needed to STOP TAMPERING WITH.
*shakes head sadly*

NOW, we can reset that counter to 0.

[Punchy]

They need to give the Legion to some upstart Image/Indie hot-shot who has no idea of the franchise's history apart from the basic concept and no respect for it and let him or her go fucking crazy with self-contained future epics where anything can happen.

Make it edgy, make it different.

[IvCNuB4]

Well, damn.

I love these characters so much and I can only hope they return soon.

Long Live the Legion!

October will be here before you know it.

Stay tuned

[The Old Doctor]

It'll be relaunched.

Chap... go suck a lemon you hater.