If you're like me, you were left very downhearted when the adventures of the modern-day "Merry Men" on Leverage ended after five exciting years. However, it has been the trend these days to continue canceled TV shows as comic books (from Buffy The Vampire Slayer to Smallville to even Firefly) and I can think of at least five reasons why Leverage should be the latest to join those ranks and said reasons are as follows:

1. Even though the creators said they ended it when they did because they had a good story outlined out to arc over five seasons, there's still many more stories that can be told of Mastermind!Parker and the OT3 keeping up kicking ass, being nerds and fighting for the little guy. I know I've had quite a few ideas for possible Leverage episodes I'd want to see and since the show's off the air, I would love to see those turned into comics.

2. Speaking of OT3, it was only word-of-godded by the creators as the show was ending (if my memory serves me correctly) so comic books would present a unique representation opportunity for a canon interracial poly relationship in a semi-mainstream comic book.

3. There's already a whole bunch of Leverage reach into other mediums besides just TV, from a couple of novels (including The Con Job and The Best-Seller Job) to even an RPG. That proves that the show can adapt to other forms well and if we get the show a comic book, all it'll need is a Leverage video game before it reaches Maximum Nerd Media Saturation Potential.

4. Until I learned that the show was planned to last five seasons from the get-go, I wanted Leverage to get a sixth season. I did, that is, until the actors started branching out and being amazing in a lot of other things (e.g. Timothy Hutton in American Crime and Christian Kane in The Librarians). Continuing the show as a comic book would allow die-hard fans like me to get more of the story without putting more pressure on the writers or potentially force-canceling the shows the actors are currently on.

5. Apart from all the amazing characters, a big part of why I watch Leverage is its political message of helping the little guy stick it to the fat cats and stand on their own two feet. As I hear more stories of corruption and corporate/political misdeeds in the news, I A. can't help but imagine the team is out there making things right again and B. got so touched by Leverage's message of fighting injustice that I even forgot for a minute that what they do is technically illegal and I seriously literally wanted to form my own crew. While it may not inspire everyone to that level, keeping Leverage going to spread that political message might be just what it needs to get through to young people, inspiring them to take action.

So, what do you say, fellow fans? Let's go steal a comic book!