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I like this title but I really like some of these characters. Tyroc and Dawnstar were the first members I got to see join shortly after I started reading Legion so they both have a soft spot in my heart. It's nice to see something different being done with them, or in Tyroc's case, being used at all.
Things I wish we could see:
1. Timber Wolf using more acrobatics
2. Timber Wolf and Dawnstar becoming a couple
3. Other heroes getting involved in the hypertaxis situation ( Yeah, I know it's coming.)
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I thought Gates was merely injured, but his undamaged hand has only two "fingers" while his damaged one has four. They also look completely different... Am I missing something? I hope the next issue finally reveals what happened to Gates.
Loved seeing Dawnstar kick ass; the debate between Tyroc and Wildfire; and Timber Wolf both kicking ass AND greeting Gates.
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Hmm, I'm kind of glad I had already decided to drop this title after Fabian leaves, because I didn't really love this issue so much. It bugs me to say this because I have been a huge fan of this series since it started, but I just ain't feelin' it no more.
I am really loving Fabian's characterisations of the individual team members and it was great to see them being really effective at what they do for a change, but everything that happened in this issue could easily have been covered in half the pages.
In fact, what has happened over the past 6 issues? Everything that has occurred so far really should have been wrapped up in the first couple of issues. It's not an epic storyline that has taken place, it's just establishing the setting for the series...and you shouldn't need to take half a year of publishing time to establish your heroes' setting.
Alastor has done nothing to endear himself as a recurring villain/antagonist....he's just a plot device with deus ex machina powers. Boring.
I don't know what the deal is with how interconnected the superhuman community of the new DCU is, but this issue's guest star arbitrarily declaring time travel to be a one way thing makes absolutely no sense at all when you consider that he must have picked up Tyroc's memories of Superman having been associated with the Legion when he was younger.
All in all, I feel like this series started off with a bang and then kind of whimpered away towards the end....maybe it's not that surprising though; the Legion being stranded in our time makes for an interesting story every now and then, but I have to question how anyone thought it was going to be enough on its own to sustain an ongoing series....
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The premise had challenges from the beginning, but with editorial cooperation and strong writing, I think it could have rocked hard.
The nature of time travel had to be changed, to keep the Lost team 'lost,' which has ripple effects to titles involving other potential time-travelling characters like Booster Gold or Etrigan.
Alastor has to either be beaten, or remain a recurring threat, with an explanation as to what happens after and / or how his presence interacts with the rest of the DCU. Is he still running around, and, if so, are the Justice League or Stormwatch or NOWHERE or whatever trying to stop him or, at least, stop the plague he's spreading?
The plague itself becomes an issue. If it's randomly mutating people, ideally, with the whole DCU relaunch thingie, various super-characters with powers derived from the hypertaxis plague should be all over the place, perhaps explaining where, for instance, people like Skitter are coming from, or the boom in teenaged metahumans all of a sudden.
It's a great sort of 'shared origin' place to come from, but I'm not sure the rest of the DCU writers were on board with it, making it seem like Marvel, where, for many years, the X-Men seemed to live in a radically different world (where the government regularly sent giant killer robots after it's own citizens) than the Avengers or Fantastic Four (where there were superhero parades and even freaky-looking *mutant* superheroes like the Beast were treated like rock stars and celebrities).
Alastor's power level also doesn't really seem to make much sense. He 'shapechanges so hard it creates a shockwave?' Really?
Watch me put this book down so fast it makes the air catch on fire. Really.
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I'm afraid I won't be able to 'put it down', fast or any other way. sigh
The Titans/Superboy/LOST/Ravagers crossover would seem to suggest that DC is going to use at least a few of the hypertaxis creations in the rest of their books, or maybe SOME of their other books.
The virus has been shown to be airborne, and probably touch, but they haven' shown conclusively that anyone passes it along but Alastor, although they probably do or it would be too easy to contain once he was found to be the originator. It will be interesting to see if J'Onn gets it from Brin and/or Yera.
Also, Alastor might be dangerous, but his morphs aren't that powerful. I mean, against a Martian Manhunter or a Superboy or a etc.
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quote:Originally posted by Candlelight: J'Onn seemed very cold. Is that a 52 'thing' because he never seemed to be that withdrawn in the past boots, did he?
He's been booted out of the JL's history and sent over to be the token DCer in the Authority Stormwatch.
Enough to make anyone grumpy.
IMO, Stormwatch is the best new 52 book that I've read so far. And I'm intrigued by Jonn's slight recharacterization and slightly colder and more enigmatic personality.
Just to explain to those who aren't reading that book (yet), Stormwatch is a secret vanguard solely against alien threats. It doesn't belong to any nation, but some sort of mysterious executive committee or somesuch where you have to technically be dead to belong (in fact, nobody outside of the team even knows that it exists). And the group doesn't consider itself to be a superhero team, but a force of "professional" metahumans who don't play at fighting crime as amateurs but rather devote themselves to the serious business of protecting the earth from dire alien threats. Jonzz says that he can play the role of costumed superhero as necessary, but that his true (and clandestine) role in life is to serve Stormwatch.
Anyway, beyond this, I though that the latest issue of Legion Lost was a bit of a improvement over past issues.
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At the risk of going off-topic I have to add that Stormwatch has members with the most original powersets I know of in mainstream comics. Where else can you find: a woman who can (and does) control the world's media; a prince of lies that hides that ability behind the fact that he is the world's greatest swordsman; and my own favorite: a guy in a suit and tie who communicates with (and is dependent on being in or near) cities? Truly unique stuff. I just hope they didn't kill off any of these in favor of more conventional meta types like Apollo (my least favorite cast member).
As far as Legion Lost goes, it is one of those books that I forget almost as soon as I'm done reading it. If I wanted that kind of experience I'd be a Marvel fan, not a Legion fan.
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quote:Originally posted by Candlelight: I wonder where the Earth organization got a Durlan from and was it a corpse when they got it or did they make it into one?
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A possible DCNu version of Invasion maybe...
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From: nyc | Registered: Jul 2003
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Considering J'onn's past ties with the legion
Bouncing Boy & Duo Damsel's wedding *does that still apply to this legion in the future/past?
- his being RJ Brande in the reboot (that was the original plan)
- his coming to help Mysa at Dream Girl's request in the 5 year gap
...its very interesting to see him with part of the legion here. Other than Superman I think he's the only other member of the 21st century group of heroes to have major contact with them...I think Batman is only after him.
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From: nyc | Registered: Jul 2003
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I have to say that the whole hypertaxis and Alastar storyline has mostly disappointed. Dawnstar, Wildfire and Timber Wolf are three of my favorite Legionnaires, but this storyline didn't really do anyone any favors.
I guess the point was to have some of the Legion in DCU continuity -- for those who never liked Legion because it was in the future -- and not tied into current events. Then, maybe people who liked LL would check out LSH. But the stories in LL just aren't that great.
When Fabes is on, he's on. But I don't think that was the case here. Don't see journeyman Tom DeFalco doing any better, but maybe he'll surprise me.
Both Legion titles have been very disappointing -- as is Star Trek and Origins. There is so much Legion on the shelf -- and sadly, the material is not deserving.
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... still lovin' this title. Much better than the main book, but not as good as Secret Origin. I love Tyroc's personality & demeanor. Brin's too. Poor Tellus seems to be suffering the most. He feels everyone's pain acutely.
From: Gorilla Nebula Pub | Registered: Jul 2003
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I personally don't care much for a 21st century based Legion title to be honest. One of the main attractions of the Legion for me was that they were based seperately from the "mainstream" which made them unique and a true universe unto themselves, without continuity issues. I love the characters, just not the concept. I would much rather Legion Lost were based in a "lost" pocket universe in the 31st century. I understand the marketing angel for readers of other titles, but the Legion's large oyal fan base never had the need to "recruit" I can't wait until this group of "lost" Legionnaires returns home!
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From: Sayreville, NJ | Registered: Jul 2003
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Unlike the regulat book, I am not at all happy with this spin-off. Don't see where it's supposed to be going. Too many action scenes, not enough characterization. Don't care for any 21st century agent stories, for Martian Manhunter and all this other "been ther, done that" stuff.
I'm dropping at least one DC title every month, this could be the next. Maybe I'll stay a little longer cause I believe it will be canceled soon anyway...
...what makes it worse is that there is a dumb crossover on the horizon. Certainly won't pay 5 bucks for a lousy Teen Titans Annual...
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