CREATOR EXCLUSIVE
Superhero Swansong
Mark Millar on the end of life, the universe and everything as Jupiter’s Legacy reaches its Requiem
SCI-FACT! Millar and Edwards previously collaborated on 2008’s Marvel: 1985, which explored “what if” superheroes existed in the real world.
A superhero spoils another peaceful family picnic.
AFTER MAKING THEIR SMALL screen debut (see our review on page 82), the Sampson clan are returning to comics with Jupiter’s Legacy: Requiem, a new 12-issue third volume which finally promises to bring Mark Millar’s intergenerational superhero saga to a dramatic close.
“I’ve told a story set in the past and a story set in the present, so I wanted to do one set in the future,” the writer tells Red Alert. “It’s my little nod to the Justice League, the Justice Society and the Legion of Superheroes, where you have essentially the same team in three different time periods. At the same time, it gave me the chance to do something that was dynastic. That made it quite exciting to write, as you can be more adventurous, since every 12 issues there’s an entirely new cast in an entirely new situation. It’s also a good jumping-on point for new readers, so if you’ve only watched the TV show, you can pick this up and still understand it.”