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Loved it! Portela came back from his month off to turn in some beautiful work. Everybody looked great, lots of cool background detail and excellent coloring. I'm enjoying the relationship that is developing between Jan and Hadru. It really makes me wish that Jan and Condo had developed a friendship back in the day. Dragonwing's story, her sister and dog all have me intrigued. And yay, more Dominators. Things seemed to wrap up too quickly a couple of issues ago, so I'm glad to see that was more of a prelude and we still have the main event to look forward to.
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When they first appeared in the Legion Academy, I did not like Chemical Kid or Dragonwing. But now they are growing on me. It seems like going into the big leagues made them grow up. Chemical Kid is not all cocksure anymore and Dragonwing actually Click Here For A Spoiler called for help
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quote:Originally posted by Sir Tim Drake: This was a boring issue. The clear highlight was Nura picking up Thom and carrying him. It's impressive that she's that strong.
Haven't seen it, but back int he day they used to explain things like that as the effects of "Legion Combat Training". Plus Nura's power isn't physical so if they're trying to show she has the sense to put extra effort toward being fit, all the better.
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quote:Originally posted by Shining Son:
quote:Originally posted by Sir Tim Drake: This was a boring issue. The clear highlight was Nura picking up Thom and carrying him. It's impressive that she's that strong.
Haven't seen it, but back int he day they used to explain things like that as the effects of "Legion Combat Training". Plus Nura's power isn't physical so if they're trying to show she has the sense to put extra effort toward being fit, all the better.
Flight rings!!!!
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From: Ancient Kingdom of Northumbria, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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Just as Mon-El has spent a lot of time getting used to 'action in the dark,' perhaps Nura has built up some muscle from gymnastic bedroom pursuits with a man who can increase his (or her) weight?
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quote:It really makes me wish that Jan and Condo had developed a friendship back in the day.
That's the one thing that never made too much sense for me why did they not utilize them together better and more. I can only think of one time they shared a team together was when Jan was after Roxxas and Chemical King changed the gun's laser that Jan was gonna use on Roxxas.
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From: nyc | Registered: Jul 2003
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And that wasn't exactly using them together, was it? I can see Jan making a few elements from other elements and Condo creating the catalystic combination to make something amazing from them. sigh
Well, I got to read it and I found the suns on the thoughts from Dirk, even if they didn't make much sense, other than ironically.
I loved the dog and Dragonwing's family was interesting to me. I can hardly wait to see where this goes, as well as finding out if Dirk is successful and what that will mean for that area of the Earth.
The head Dominian monster was right out of Star Wars or Startroopers or something equally weird, maybe Grimm.?
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From: Salem, Oregon USA | Registered: Aug 2003
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I really enjoyed this issue! It flowed quite nicely, and it's good to see that while the new recruits have injected some new blood into Levitz's writing, they're sharing the stage with the existing Legionnaires rather than stealing it.
The bit with Cham actually took me by surprise - well done!
The bit with Nura and Thom...I am still baffled as to why Thom needs physical therapy, but it's obviously not being used as an excuse to write him out of the book so I can deal with it. Nura carrying him doesn't bother me. She has used her flight ring to simulate increased strength in combat before, I don't see any reason she wouldn't think of it outside of combat.
The art was amazing again - from the lake of fire to the moody setting of China in the rain to the Dominion world, it was all dynamic and well-visualised. I was especially happy with the Dominion world given that I previously had been a little unimpressed with the way Portela did their ships.
Admittedly Dragonwing's sister was a lot less impressive as a threat than I was expecting her to be. It was good to see Dragonwing strutting her stuff anyway though.
Speaking of Dragonwing, is it just me or do we not ever actually see her power in effect? There have only been a few instances where we've actually seen her use her power at all, but I can't remember the last time I saw it actually having an effect anything like either acid or fire...
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There was a lot to like this issue, but I definitely found the Dragonwing section less compelling than it should have been. It felt like I needed a bunch of extra background to understand what was going on that just wasn't provided. Maybe this stuff will be filled in during the next issue, but I think it made this one less effective on its own.
I'm really hoping that at least some reference is made to Dragonmage as this story goes along, but I just kept thinking that he would be the perfect fit for this story.
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quote:Originally posted by razsolo: The bit with Nura and Thom...I am still baffled as to why Thom needs physical therapy, but it's obviously not being used as an excuse to write him out of the book so I can deal with it. Nura carrying him doesn't bother me. She has used her flight ring to simulate increased strength in combat before, I don't see any reason she wouldn't think of it outside of combat.
It doesn't bother me either. I'm sorry if I gave that impression. I think it's awesome that Nura is depicted as being physically strong.
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I just love Portela. He's on track to rival Legion's top artists.
And I must give props to Levitz who always shows interesting things about 31st century Earth.
Dragonwing's sequence reminded me so much of Blade Runner, but considering her visual look was inspired from that movie that probably was intentional.
Another thing I liked was Dream Girl working because both Mon-El and Brainy were out. She's a born leader.
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Floatin' Hood & Holo-shades are growin' on me, but I ain't warmed up to Dragonbreath yet. Mebbe next ish. Thom was smokin' hot!
From: Gorilla Nebula Pub | Registered: Jul 2003
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Portelas artwork: Great, and still getting better!
Levitz' storytelling: Good, had fun reading, nice twist focussing on the "newbies".
I really like this new run, not too convoluted, not too much action, not too much been here, done that. To me it feels fresh and intersting.
From: Bamberg, Germany | Registered: Feb 2007
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So I ***finally*** made myself read issues 3-6 just now. I did NOT hate them.
Nor was I jumping up and down with excitement.
It's gonna be impossible to top THE TERRA MOSAIC for a Dominators story, and I'd imagine topping THE GREAT DARKNESS and WHITE TRIANGLE storylines for a Daxamites-gone-bad tale will prove difficult as well. I'd like to see something different.
I *THOROUGHLY* enjoyed # 5... seeing everyone in one issue was a real treat, as was Walt Simonson's art (BLAST Jack Abel for making Simonson's 70s issue unrecognizable as SImonson art!) I enjoyed checking in with everyone and the hint that a Stone Boy story is coming up was nice. I've missed this kind of issues. It occurs to me that this may be the first time we have ever seen a Legionnaire blind stinkin' shitfaced drunk.
Not really that into the China/Phoenix/Dragonwing storyline but the Cham-dog was j'adoorable.
Portela's art is a delight.
My BIGGEST complaint is-- WHY was Shady depicted as passing out after using her shadow power in --issue 3 I think it was-- against Renegade? LAME SAUCE. Shades of 1960s Marvel Girl and Scarlet Witch.
I was actually afraid I would not like these issues at all; I'm glad that wasn't the case.
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