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I think that the new telepath recruit had her powers used against her and took control of Comet Queen. I can't believe Paul spent all this time building her character up to then have her just be a traitor or pull an Mentella...
And Portela did a FANTASTIC job as usual; I'm going to miss him when Kollins comes on board.
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If Lu prime/original is knocked out, are all her bodies knocked out? Not sure why all her duplicates seem to be constantly defeated at the same time.
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What happens to Lu's copies seems to differ with the boot, I guess. I'd hate it if hitting one means hitting all, though. That would pretty much defeat the purpose, especially the trijitsu.
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It didn't occur to me that Comet Queen was under mind control, but now that I think about it it's obvious.
All in all it's the best issue we've had in a long while, except that I thought Brainy was a little bit out of character. And what's this retcon about the force field belt? There were points in the past where it was very obvious he invented it, including where he tried to give Supergirl an extra one.
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quote:Originally posted by Ken Arromdee: And what's this retcon about the force field belt? There were points in the past where it was very obvious he invented it, including where he tried to give Supergirl an extra one.
It was brought up in the recent Secret Origins run. Brainy refers to his belt as a family secret, and not duplicate-able, as the power source is unique. (Mentioned in issue 2 and again in issue 4, as both Phantom Girl and Circadia Senius suggest making more of them. It may also get mentioned a few more times. Paul really seemed to be hammering that point home...)
Paul later has Brainy mention it in the main Legion title, as Questor blasts him with a weapon that 'should punch through any shield' and Brainy notes that his shield is 'lost technology' and a 'family secret.' (Issue 12.)
It does answer the question of why Brainy doesn't make one for everyone, I suppose, but I would prefer if it was something more Brainy-specific, like that the quantum energy field is wicked unstable and requires constant micro-adjustments to shield him from specific things from microsecond to microsecond, and that anybody with less than a 12th level intellect couldn't keep up with the changing variables and would end up getting fried or something.
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quote:Originally posted by Ken Arromdee: And what's this retcon about the force field belt? There were points in the past where it was very obvious he invented it, including where he tried to give Supergirl an extra one.
It was brought up in the recent Secret Origins run. Brainy refers to his belt as a family secret, and not duplicate-able, as the power source is unique. (Mentioned in issue 2 and again in issue 4, as both Phantom Girl and Circadia Senius suggest making more of them. It may also get mentioned a few more times. Paul really seemed to be hammering that point home...)
Paul later has Brainy mention it in the main Legion title, as Questor blasts him with a weapon that 'should punch through any shield' and Brainy notes that his shield is 'lost technology' and a 'family secret.' (Issue 12.)
It does answer the question of why Brainy doesn't make one for everyone, I suppose, but I would prefer if it was something more Brainy-specific, like that the quantum energy field is wicked unstable and requires constant micro-adjustments to shield him from specific things from microsecond to microsecond, and that anybody with less than a 12th level intellect couldn't keep up with the changing variables and would end up getting fried or something.
In the last dotREBELS, IIRC, Bedard had Lyrl Dox make the shield belt, or possibly Dox, but I think it was Lyrl.
Lyrl is revealed to be a 12th level, but we find out towards the end of the series that Dox is only, and bitterly, a 10th level.
He was forced genetically by his father, the original Brainiac, to be less intellegent than his father, therefore less of a threat to him.
We have a Brainy issue coming up, Issue Zero, I think, so maybe Levitz will clarify how that who thing rests in the DCnU.
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quote:Originally posted by Set: I would prefer if it was something more Brainy-specific, like that the quantum energy field is wicked unstable and requires constant micro-adjustments to shield him from specific things from microsecond to microsecond, and that anybody with less than a 12th level intellect couldn't keep up with the changing variables and would end up getting fried or something.
I always assumed it was something like that--like a Green Lantern ring with very high requirements.
Paul once mentioned that Dream Girl could (rather crudely) use the belt because she was one fo the Legion's best scientific minds. Can anyone dredge up that letter column?
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Yes, I remember a scene where Dreamy grabs the belt from someone; annoyed that they didn't know how to use the belt after so many years of watching Brainy use it? Although that could no longer be in continuity
This was a good issue although the code names of the new recruits are just stupid...
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And does anyone else think its time for DD to come back on the team full time? Paul's done a great job of re-establishing her.
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quote:Originally posted by jdpinball: And does anyone else think its time for DD to come back on the team full time?
Me! Although I'd rather that Chuck remains in charge of the Academy.
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Yes, bring back Lu.. Kill the telepath and bring back Imra too. And don´t forget Jeckie. I hope the new writers make good things about the beloved characters and put all the new losers in the Limbo.
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Re the forcefield belt, I'd also prefer if it were irreplaceable because of the uniqueness of a component, but NOT because Brainy isn't smart enough to recreate it.
Quite a good issue, with enough action and everyone on the team doing something. Even Cos and Mon were written well (and loved Cos' reaction and body language after Mon told him off!)
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The notion that the force field belt is 'unique' because it's actually built out of part of the original Brainiac, and could someday turn out to be the key to his return as a 31st century villain springs to mind, but Paul has already dipped into the '20th century villain as a 30th century threat' well with Darkseid (and others did so with Ras al-Ghul, less successfully, IMO), so hopefully that's just a whacky notion of mine, and not his...
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