Initially, the "Legion Lost" series, together with its companion "Legion Worlds," was to serve as an entry point for the Legion franchise. The second series was created as part of DC's New 52 relaunch. The first series was a 12-issue comic book limited series co-written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, often collectively referred to and interviewed as "DnA", penciled primarily by Oliver Coipel, with Pascal Alixe filling in for some issues, inked by Lanning, and colored by Tom McCraw.
I'm all for sad stories, but this one gets a bit too bleak a bit too often for me.Legion Lost is the name of two superhero titles published by DC Comics, both starring the Legion of Super-Heroes. Legion Worlds does a lot of world-building (or universe-building? I dunno), but it often forgets to make sure that the reader cares about what's going on. The artwork's all over the shop as well, with each issue drawn by a different artist, although you'd hardly be able to tell the difference since they're all fairly similar. Some issues, like the XS one or the Mon-El one, have a lot to say about the state of the galaxy, but not enough to pad out all of their pages - and the back-ups retread a lot of the same ground, even if they're from different perspectives. Each issue is 40 pages, with a 30 page main story and a 10 page back-up, but none of them really need to be as long as they are.
It's all kinds of depressing, which I get is the point, but it gets a bit overwhelming by the end. Each of these issues focuses on one or two characters on disparate worlds as they try to find their place in a universe that doesn't want a Legion any more (even if it probably should have one). Where Legion Lost really focused in on the unity between the Legionnaires (despite their physical distance from everyone else), Legion Worlds is all about isolation. These six issues take a look at six or so of those members, and give us some insight into the state of the universe without a Legion to protect it. While the Legion Lost were busy being.well, lost, time marched on for the Legionnaires that were left behind.
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