The Legion titles have been blessed with some great art since the Retroboot began. Just a shame that the writing has been so lackluster (at times) IMO.
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The thread about 'stuff we've already seen enough of' in the Legion (Dominators attempt to steal human genetic powers, Fatal Five reunited, etc.) I was just thinking '20th century villains show up in 30th century' (Darkseid, R'as al Ghul), and thinking that 'at least they haven't brought Brainiac into the future yet'...
And now, Tharok's shiny new origin is as a random scavenger who got possessed by bits of the Brainaic code?
quote:Originally posted by Set: The thread about 'stuff we've already seen enough of' in the Legion (Dominators attempt to steal human genetic powers, Fatal Five reunited, etc.) I was just thinking '20th century villains show up in 30th century' (Darkseid, R'as al Ghul), and thinking that 'at least they haven't brought Brainiac into the future yet'...
And now, Tharok's shiny new origin is as a random scavenger who got possessed by bits of the Brainaic code?
Le sigh.
Actually that sounds interesting to me, and it's not Brainiac himself after all. But that's easy to say when I'm not actually reading the stories.
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quote:Originally posted by Set: The thread about 'stuff we've already seen enough of' in the Legion (Dominators attempt to steal human genetic powers, Fatal Five reunited, etc.) I was just thinking '20th century villains show up in 30th century' (Darkseid, R'as al Ghul), and thinking that 'at least they haven't brought Brainiac into the future yet'...
And now, Tharok's shiny new origin is as a random scavenger who got possessed by bits of the Brainaic code?
Le sigh.
Actually that sounds interesting to me, and it's not Brainiac himself after all. But that's easy to say when I'm not actually reading the stories.
I'm sceptical but I guess it's part of elevating Brainiac into a primary shaper of the Universe with Superman being the primary opposition. Not sure how Darkseid fits into all that though.
A Legion art panel of Braniac playing chess with Time Trapper is one of my all-time favorites. Can't exactly remember the issue or storyline though.
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[Quote]A Legion art panel of Braniac playing chess with Time Trapper is one of my all-time favorites. Can't exactly remember the issue or storyline though.[\Quote]
it was Legionnaires 3 #1
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I have mixed feelings about LSH #0. The Lightle cover is nice. One's appreciation for Kolins' interior work will come down to a matter of taste, I suppose. It's certainly a clean style with some interesting angles and perspectives. Some of the facial expressions seem over the top and forced. I missed the rich coloring of recent issues. Most disappointing, was that Colu wasn't given a distinctive feel.
The best thing about the issue was the characterization of the Legionnaires. There was a real buddy feel to Rokk's and Garth's interactions. Their high five on page three was worth the price of admission, and Kolins execution of that small panel was pitch perfect. Levitz continues to present us with the warm and optimistic Tinya from Secret Origins. She's very likable.
I assumed this issue would give us a better feel for Brainiac 5's backstory. We got a bit of that, but not nearly enough. The character is now tied - at some level - to Morrison's Brainiac from the New 52 Action. Okay. We got more questions than answers on that front, though. Brainiac 5's motivations were left up in the air. Tharok's inclusion seemed out of place. I would like to assume that we'll get some answers in the upcoming Fatal Five story. Given all the balls that Levitz has in the air right now, and his recent seeming inability to wrap things up, I can't say that I'm optimistic that the answers will come.
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The "Who's Who in the New 52" page near the end of #0 oddly lists only 14 members of the Legion of Super-Heroes: Mon-El, Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Chemical Kid, Ultra Boy, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Boy, Dragonwing, Colossal Boy, Comet Queen, Star Boy, Element Lad, Sun Boy.
But a small pic on the page also shows Glorith, Shadow Lass, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Polar Boy, and Invisible Kid.
The "History" paragraph mentions a team "recently dispatched to the 21st century...."
No evidence of Lightning Lad (who has a major role in this issue), Lightning Lass, or Harmonia.
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From: Groga | Registered: Aug 2003
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I couldn't believe that so many Legionnaires were left off the bio page. Who edits these things. Also there was a missed opportunity not listing the names of the 7 Legion Lost members. Last I knew they were still part of the team...even if they are missing!! It would have been a great way to tie the two books together for fans who may not currently read them both.
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DC hasn't been very good at this, historically. The old DC website used to have character bios on the page; their Legion section left out Kinetix, Violet and Star Boy even though those three had bio pages in LSH Secret Files 1 - from which the OTHER Legionnaire bios were lifted.
The 2004 DC Comics Encyclopedia also listed several non-members as Legionnaires - Shvaughn Erin, Radion and Particon were never members in any reality, while Mysa and Dragonmage were members Preboot but not Postboot. Inferno (Sandy Anderson) was also never confirmed a member, and the character herself stated she wasn't when she left the team in LSH 97!
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You'd think they'd call in one of their thousands of fans who live in NYC to just give these things a quick looksee.
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