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You know what? Get me Levitz. Let's pitch this one.
The Brainy Bunch
Brainy and Cos are neighbours in the 30th century suburbs... of space. Brainy and Dreamy live a quiet life in this suburban bungalow/split level. Until Cos and company move in next door and build this monster house (gaudy yellow and red, in the shape of a rocket ship) blocking out their afternoon sun. Monthly hilarity ensues.
Well maybe if Levitz, Didio and Wacker went completely insane they'll accept my pitch. They can pull a Jemas and fire Waid for not going along with it. I can hear the internet splitting in two already.
From: Canada | Registered: Apr 2005
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-------------------- "Tempus Fugitive" the final part of the Adventures of Dream Boy series, set in the Three-Boot Universe. Read it only in the Bits o' Legionnaire Business Forum.
From: here, more often than not | Registered: Sep 2003
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Barry's work is great, no question about it. But I'd hardly say that the artwork is what's carrying the series. This has been the best LSH storyline we've seen in a long, long time. A couple of other people have already mentioned that they find the characters to be real and I couldn't agree more. All of you Waid-haters really need to stop and give a little credit where credit is due.
Also, GOD FORBID that teenagers and twenty-somethings act like young kids and disagree on things!!!
Here's what I took from it: Another great story, action, character development, and more cliffhangers that leave me wanting to read the next issue. Cheers to the dev team for giving me my money's worth! That's what good comics are all about.
Hope to see you back at the pencils again soon, Barry.
Registered: Nov 2004
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I don't get all the hatin' on the fill-in guy. Sure, we all miss Barry when he's away, but this guy was good enough. I found his Garth, Jan and in particular his Colossal Boy very cute! And that butt-shot of Tinya on the 2-page spread was worthy of Cockrum himself! Yum! I've never really considered Tinya the Legion hottie before, but so far in the 3boot... she is!
In an issue featuring the entire team, Cham and Lyle's absences were conspicuous.
Cham-- poisonously bitter? I haven't seen that. Yet.
Jan-- pseudointellectual? heh. Very insulting.
Ayla: The Most-Slapped Legionnaire of them all!
Projectra: How I adore her! Can't wait to see her start kicking everyone's ass. Or lapse into a coma. Whichever. I'm there for her!
Cos & Brainy: They're on my nerves. What Brainy did was particularly mean.
Pretty sweet cliffhanger ending there, too.
Good issue overall. I'll give it a solid 7.5 out of 10 butts kicked on the buttkickometer. (the .5 is a bonus for featuring most of the Legionnaires in one issue!)
quote:Originally posted by rjbrande: Really miss the Kitson art when it's not there, but this was easily the best issue of this run. Easily
Funny how two people can get something completely different out of the same thing. I thought this was easily the worst issue of the run.
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by SiliconDream: Another impressive power demonstration for Cos, what with making and breaking forcefields.
I find it interesting that Mark has chosen to give Cos such a power boost (he was plenty powerful enough as was, IMHO) even as he all but neuters Element Lad.
quote:Originally posted by SiliconDream: And he showed a good mix of instability, power-trippiness and honest interest in the team's welfare and ideals--it's hard to decide whether he or Brainy are on a better path, as it should be.
I guess I got something totally different out of this issue. I thought Cos was a complete prick. Worse, he was a winey, self-involved, hypocritical, power-mad, prick.
Personally, I hope he loses the both the power struggle and his membership. He can't fork of the first, last, and security deposit on a cozy rent on Shanghalla soon enough for me.
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004: I don't know if it's the artist that made it seem like "overacting", but I was not impressed with the Brainy/Coz power play. Mainly because it seemed really jeuvenile. Rokk loses his temper, Brainy tricks him with the open channel thing (I almost expected him to go "nyah nyah"), Jo loses his temper etc... even though the core of their differences are interesting, it played out like a high school brawl, imo. Coz also comes off as a major stiff -- he breaks into Brainy's lab then espouses trust within the team? He deserves to lose the team.
I can understand them acting like teens if that's what they are then fine but having these teens act this childish and having them as major players in intergalactic politics is a harder pill to swallow (well ok, yeah - real life politicians don't really act any better ...).
At the risk of a "what he said" post, I'll just add that I agree completely, except that it might have been okay with me if this issue HAD read like a high school brawl. Instead, for me, it read like a middle-aged man's conception of what a high school brawl might be like.
This issues dialogue read less "true" for me that the stilted hipness of a late '60s Teen Titans comic.
I was really unhappy with this issue, but maybe that's because, until now, I was ready to call the threeboot Legion the best version of the team ever. Now, well, the jury has been sequestered for a recount.
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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Why is Ayla explaining to Triplicate Girl that Cos broke into Brainy's lab? Triplicate Girl participated in the break-in. Was Triplicate Girl just being her triplicitous self, or might some of her not know what the rest is up to?
Also, the line from Nura about them leaving in the next 85 seconds is a nice touch. It's like these characters are their characters all the time.
From: Portland, Oregon | Registered: Jul 2003
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--I hope Lyle's dad actually thinks about what Lightning Lad said and looks into his promotion.
Ac couple of things bothered me about this. For one, Lightning Lad made reference to Lyle's dad having been a low level SP the last time the Legion deal with him. Now, maybe Lemnos is playing tricks with my memory, but I thought he was something of a mucky-muck, like the head of Earth, or Metropolis, or some such division. I definitly got the idea that Lyle's dad was somebody. I recall Lyle getting bitched out for not telling that his pop was a big a whoop with the SP's as he was.
But let's say that he did get some sort of Lemnow inspired promotion. NO ONE in the entire SP would overlook not knowing how that happened. Police departments, as much or perhaps more so than other organizations, are highly political. People OBSESS over their place in the pecking order.
My newspaper has been covering some changes in rank in the local Sheriffs' Department, in which some got promotions and some ended up with a seeming demotion. Prevailing opinion seems to be that the two most likely candidates for Sheriff next year are being put on an even kiel, while a few levels of supervision are being added between one man and his son.
But anyway, my point is, everyone has been talking about this. People do not just say, "Hmmm, so-and-so who used to be either above or below me is now my peer," and go about their business without comment.
Lyle's dad would have questioned his promotion by now if for no other reason than becasue everyone around him would have been questioning it.
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: --The Projectra scene was touching. Is her gain just "powers" or something else?
I assumed the gain is powers. But there was one panel I did not quite get, in which it looks like Light Lass is walking through an illusion, nonplussed. I am wondering if Projectra had illusion powers, although I had read her last appearance as indicating her wealth was her only "power."
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: --The Legion "coffers" being full is another new mystery. Lemnos's doing? Connected to Projectra's "gain"? A donation from R.J. Brande? Dare I suggest... Lester Spiffany?
Lester would be neat. I assumed Lemnos. He did say that he has manipulated things for the Legion's benefit. Certainly, if he is hoping to maneauver them into some grand battle, having everyone give up and go home because they are too broke to carry one would be a bad thing.
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: --So apparently there's a limited number of spots on the team (limited by the number of flight rings, perhaps?), and if one Legionnaire quits, someone from the encampment gets a chance to join? Interesting.
I have read previous issues as meaning that ALL the kids are Legionnaires, but the main team consists of those 15-20 who have rings, of which there are a limited number. I would think that, yes, if a ring becomes available for any reason, the team would hold a try-out to see who would get it.
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Tromium: Brainy may be an "egotistical sociopath" but if I had to choose, I'd choose him over Cos in a heartbeat. When Brainy insults someone, at least he does it too his face. Cos is a freakin' hypocrite.
Agreed. Cos sounded more like an appropriate leader for Terror Firma.
quote:Originally posted by Tromium: I don't recall Chameleon ever being "poisonously bitter", but it might be a clue that he'll wind up siding with Brainy.
I completely did not get that remark either. Seemed the absolute antithesis of the character, thus far, as portrayed. Did it make sense to anyone?
quote:Originally posted by Tromium: - What is Cos doing to Sun Boy when he say's "Because it makes me look like an idiot"? I can't figure out what's grabbing hold of Dirk.
It looked to me like he was controling the metal in the floor on a molecular level, rearranging it into a sort of semi-viscous solid.
quote:Originally posted by Tromium: - Imra commands Ultra Boy to turn off his "super-strength", rather than his invulnerability. Strange.
It would have been interesting if just turning off the super-strength had resulted in Jo still getting in a normal strength pop to the jaw.
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Roll Call Weirdness:
1) Why is Lyle there?
Presumably becasue his father plays a significant role in this issue?
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: 2) Who the heck are the new weird sillhouettes?
I only saw one weird sillhoette, the one that looks stangely like a Lone (ware)Wolf. The other option is that it is not a hint. Perhaps the fill-in artist simply made something up and nobody thought to correct it?
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Incidentally, I find it odd that both the issues with fill-in art depart from the standard sillhouettes for the roll call.
Lending creadence to the editorial oversight theory.
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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