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Legion Lost did something few other comics have done after, or had done before. The series made me cry twice... in Legion Lost 11 and Legion Lost 12.
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Panel hog syndrome. I grew tired more quickly of Saturn Girl and Ultra Boy, though. I didn't mind seeing Kid Q (all hips and lips, to quote Chuck Taine) and Brainy.
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I think it was the "artificially forced upon us as leader" thing that was the real problem. Plus the increasing vagueness of her powers.
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I seem to recall there was one bit of dialogue by her not long before she became leader that just seemed to come completely out of nowhere, but was clearly intended to set her up as the leader. I remember at the time thinking that it seemed like it should've been something Vi said instead of her.
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Legion issue 6, where Kid Q (and Violet) both speak up against Cosmic Boy's decision to pursue Ra's al Ghul while ignoring the civilians being affected by hypertaxis.
I think it wasn't so much Kid Q making a speech, but that DNA had Violet plead with Cos first (We have to help Metropolis, Cos), then Cos being bull-headed (This is Ra's! We can't just...), then Kid Q make her strong speech (... let people die? I'm sorry cosmic Boy, but the Legion I know has never sanctioned the idea of acceptable losses) - I remember fan discussion before that it would have been more effective, story-wise, had the order been reversed. Especially since Violet had more tenure and knew Cos much better than Kid Q did.
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Kid Quantum II was one of my favourite Legionnaires coming out of Legion Lost.
The Legion turned her into a character that I never wanted to read about again.
But she was hardly alone in that regard after that series. DnA are pretty unique among comic book writers in that I consider them both one of the best and one of the worst writers to ever pen a run. And their high and low were in such a close period of time to one another too.
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quote:Originally posted by Power Boy: Kid Quantum comes a LONG way in Legion Lost.
And then she got really annoying in The Legion!
so much Kid Quantum hate!
Maybe a symbiotic life form replaced her personality off panel around issue #11 of Legion Lost.
Or a demon possession ... a demon that liked short hair.
She did come too far in my opinion, from bad attitude to leader, maybe it shoudl've just been from bad attitude to dependable member ... mainstay. etc.
I've always been confused because Quantum is a measurement ... not an energy or time. Kid Quantum might be a great name for Shrinking Violet.
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quote:Originally posted by Blacula: Kid Quantum II was one of my favourite Legionnaires coming out of Legion Lost.
The Legion turned her into a character that I never wanted to read about again.
But she was hardly alone in that regard after that series. DnA are pretty unique among comic book writers in that I consider them both one of the best and one of the worst writers to ever pen a run. And their high and low were in such a close period of time to one another too.
That's exactly how I felt about DnA. When they first started, there was so much excitement, but by the end, I welcomed the threeboot. Sheesh.
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I wouldn't go so far as welcoming the Threeboot, but some of their decisions were questionable, like terrorforming Kinetix (I still don't get why they didn't turn her back after either of the Ra's arcs); making Shikari seem cowardly during Ra's attack; and turning Garth into Jarth.
I would have used the final showdown with Singularity and Credo to restore both Kinetix and Live Wire to their original forms! Unlike with turning Jan into the Progenitor or the death of Monstress or the first sacrifice of Garth (which I was able to accept because of the way it was written), I just couldn't get the storyline reason for Jarth or giraffe Zoe.
quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: Did Legion Lost 4 give you a better impression of Monstress and Kid Quantum II, FL?
To be honest, it did not. Some characters resonate with me, like Shikari, some, like Monstress and Kid Quantum II, don't.
LEGION LOST #5 of 12
One of the high points of the maxi-series, and of DnA's entire run. The battle against the towering Omniphagos is among the best in Legion history, in my opinion. And DnA's warts-and-all take on Brainy is just right. For a character so frequently overexposed, he's awfully hard to write.
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The awesome Legion Worlds mini that followed Legion Lost is being released as a trade in February 2013.
Legion Worlds TP Writers: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Artists: Yvel Guichet, Oivier Coipel, Dexter Vines, Enrique Breccia, Paul Rivoche, Rick Burchett, Darwyn Cooke, Duncan Rouleau, Jaime Hernandez, Rick Leonardi, Al Williamson, Steve Dillon, Klaus Janson, John Stanisci, Jamie Tolagson, Kilian Plunkett, Mike McKone and Marlo Alquiza Collects: LEGION WORLDS #1-6 $19.99 US, 240 pg
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