Supergirl is much improved these days but not enough to make my pull list. But I've never been a big fan of the character anyway.
I'm a big fan of Gates' structure on the title. He will have his 'trade' arc, his mandated crossover and the stuff DC demands but where he excels is the one shot character issues like 'Why the world doesn't need supergirl?', 'guilding day' and the lead story in the recent annual. Gates is touching on the 'real world' aspect of the storyline that no one else is doing. The only time we see what the random DCU population think is when Gates is writing. As for the character, I've loved her since I saw Helen Slater fly about so I'm a bit bias there. I want to learn more about how she views the world(s) where Gates writing of her she is very reactionary to the events around her rather than contemplative
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The Feb solicitation for Superman 697 states
“Man of Valor” Part 4! With the Legion of Super-Hero members in the 21st century now revealed to Mon-El, the Man of Valor learns of a greater destiny he and Superboy share; one that ties directly in to the fate of New Krypton and Kal-El!
Part one kicks off in #694 this month, so that may be a good jumping on point.
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Picked up Superman when Mon started being in it, but dropped it because Robinson was going nowhere. sounds like i should give it another shot.
I dunno guys, has it picked up the pace or are we just loving it because of more Legionnaire goodness (and the fact that it's Jeckie, awesome)? Last question, how would you rate Jeckie's characterization under Robinson?
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I really find this hard to manage. I mean, just reading the Previews promo text, I often find it hard to see if this or that issue of Supes or Action or whatever is important to me as a Legion fan.
I started buying Superman with #685 and stopped again with #690, part because I thought it was just mediocre stuff, part because Mon-Els role seemed to be not that big at all - and part because he was no longer even mentioned in Previews!. Thus, I obviously missed Sensor Girls revelation in #691. Go figure!
But I just refused to buy the other titles of this recent "Codename Patriot" (come on,, how lame does that sound?) Supes crossover, so instead of buying more, I chose to buy less - did the same with the Titans when that promising-to-be-lame "Deathtrap" thing came up.
Now with the next storyline being called "Man of Valor" and focussing on Mon-El, I guess I'll have to return again. On the other hand, I skipped Secret Origins cause I had my Legion appearance there and all in all, this book feels so much like the Smallville TV show that I feel it's better to watch the original (fourth season right now, lots to catch up I know).
Justice League, yeah I'm gonna pick up that one again (skipped it with #26) - hey, there's not only Mon-El but STARFIRE coming to the team, and that is really on of my all-time favorites...
Action Comics I do not touch at all, even the tie-in into "Man of Valor". I always went by the rule "you can only buy so much", though in recent times, I rather have to change it into "you can only read so much" due to time issues (BUYING comics cheap on German Ebay is no problem at all )
I really appreciate you guys giving information which issues are essential to AR Legion collectors though - so let me finish this post to hunt down that sprocking #691 on Ebay...
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Well, it goes without saying that I'm loving the exposure that Mon is getting these days. Since he's my all time favorite superhero (superhero not just Legionnaire) I've been picking up all the Supes books on the off chance that he'll be shown. Because of that, I've gotten so much Legion goodness. Good golly! And with this month's Supeman (694) I immediately thought "Oh my god! Lasher is going to have palpitations!
Great fun these days.
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