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At last! A thread devoted soley to the best LSH tale ever!
So, what makes "The Outcast Super-Heroes" and "The Forgotten Legion" the best LSH tale ever? Read on!
THE ROLL CALL
Just about everyone makes an appearance in this one, even if only for a couple of panels! And by "everyone", I also mean The Legion of Substitute Heroes as well as the Legion of Super-Pets!
ALLITERATIVE EXPRESSIONS
A veritable Legion of them is used! For example:
"Crashing comets!" (Superboy)
"Leaping Luna!" (Invisible Kid)
"Bouncing Bolides!" (Chameleon Boy)
"Sputtering Stars!" (Bouncing Boy)
"Popping planets!" (Ferro Lad)
"Bouncing Bolides!" (Invisible Kid)
Looks like Lyle likes alliteration!
LEGION OF STUPID-HEROES?
One might argue that in this tale, Princess Projectra, Mon-El, Element Lad, Colossal Boy and Saturn Girl are revealed to be the least-swift Legionnaires of all when they forget about the operation that made Superboy & Supergirl forget the Legion, which also placed the Subs in jeopardy! Well, I found their super-forgetfulness of space to be utterly charming!
INSUBORDINATION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Invisible Kid was one of the greatest Legion leaders of all time, as his smackdown on the unruly Ultra Boy will attest!
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
And what could be a better ending than having Star Boy, Dream Girl & Bouncing Boy all back on the team? "There's NOTHING too tough for us to tackle NOW!" -- Invisible Kid
USAGE OF THE WORD "SPACE"
"Invisible Kid and some others are waiting in the SPACE MONITOR CENTER!" -- Brainiac 5
WACKY SPACE-CURRENCY
Glass coins from Alkoz! Needle money from Sirius! Gourd-money from Grath! Huopian energy-money! Gas currency from Mercury! Living Crystal Cash from Rojun!
quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: INSUBORDINATION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Invisible Kid was one of the greatest Legion leaders of all time, as his smackdown on the unruly Ultra Boy will attest!
Best. Leadership. Ever.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANCIENT PROPHESY
Ferro Lad should have taken that painting a little more seriously. Or did the painting pre-dispose him toward suicidal behavior?
From: Douglasville, GA | Registered: Jul 2003
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This is one of my favorite stories ever. It featured every then current Legionnaire, plus the Super Pets, Subs and White Witch. Curt Swan was at his finest, as was Invisible Kid at the Legion's helm.
However, there are a few problems. Since when do Superboy and Supergirl threaten and/or attack, strangers asking for help? Not very heroic depiction of the super cousins here, but somebody will surely argue that it was the green k in their brains affecting their behaviors, in which case, Brainy really goofed. Who knows what the long term effect could've been?
The other major problem I had with the story is that the whole reason for the brainwashing was ludicrous. "You might inadvertantly leave clues to our secret weapons. Clues that your enemies might find and use against you." So, what was preventing Kal and Kara from leaving these clues while they were ACTIVE members? The Legion was only worried about them getting sloppy and leaving clues around willy nilly as INactive members?
The ending with Color Kid saving the day by turning Green K into Blue K was pretty silly too. But that was the Silver Age for you. Despite all its silliness, it was an awesome era for this young lad to grow up in.
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Love, love, love this story! Definately a nominee for best Legion story ever! I think this was the first Legion story I actually ever sat down and read, panel by panel, sentence by sentence. This and the Sun-Eater story show the Legion at it's Silver Age ass-kickin' best!
Lyle's punching Ultra Boy is my favorite Legion leader moment ever!
Everything mentioned is great, and I've always been fascinated by what Ferro Lad saw in that painting (that was the first topic I ever started on the old DC Boards, IIRC).
Violet's journey may have been her single greatest moment of the Silver Age too.
And don't forget this story had *thee* greatest Color Kid moment in LSH history!
[ January 26, 2005, 07:51 PM: Message edited by: Cobalt Kid ]
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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Check out the secret salute Lyle and Cos are giving each other in panel one!
Obviously, there was some sort of 'past Legion leaders' secret society that they were in with Imra that we never even noticed before! My Lord, I wonder what kind of secrets they held? Maybe these very secrets explain why Cos became the Time Trapper, Lyle let himself get killed and Imra's mind couldn't except that she married Proty!
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