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I'm gonna re-read the whole series. I started last night with issues 1 through 3.
Good stuff. Grant's script is witty and engaging and Giffen's plots keep one thing happening right after the other.
We learn what a master manipulator Dox is. We see the origin of Pulsar Stargrave. And just when there's no more reason for the 6 lead characters (Dox, the Durlan, Stealth, Strata, Garryn and Lyrissa) to stay together anymore... enter: LOBO!
Groovy Kevin Maguire covers and nice Barry Kitson art, although I'm not 100% sure DeCarlo was a good match for him on the inks.
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The wonderful Ms. Cramer just sent me L.E.G.I.O.N. 1-70!
I blew through 1 to 25 last night, then decided to hold off until I could pick up Adv/Superman Annual #2, which led into dot-L Annual #1. Guess what I ran out and tracked down this morning...
Barry's art made a quantum jump when he took those months off between 18 and 24, and came back inking himself. DeCarlo overpowered the first four issues worse than he did Greg Laroque's stuff on the regular LSH series. Mark McKenna wasn't bad, but Barry's work was definitely stronger after his break.
Biggest downers: Dox's treatment of Lar and Capt. Comet, and poor Lyrissa...
Bless you, FC, for giving me a second chance at this series!
Awaiting your continuing reviews, Lashie...
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From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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You know, something that kinda bugged me was how, they did such a GREAT job finally clearing up and revealing the true origin of Pulsar Stargrave... and thanks to the rampant chaos in the "regular" Legion book, NOTHING ever came of it.
You know, the whole time Barry Kitson was doing L.E.G.I.O.N., I kept thinking he really SHOULD have been doing the "real" book instead of the spin-off. His style would have managed to tell the story of Earth gone TO HELL under The Dominators with a lot more style-- and CLARITY-- than ANYBODY who worked on the regular book at the time managed. (At least, I think so!)
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Feetal's gizz! Cramey's an angel! But we knew that already. We need to do something nice for her for the holidays.
I did finish re-reading this series (and R.E.B.E.L.S.) awhile back, but Stealth's reviews of the series came along and were very engaging, so I didn't continue mine.
dot-Legion pretty much rocks throughout; especially entertaining is finding out just how deadly the LSH's Bouncing Boy could be, if he wanted (keep reading, Povvins!). I also loved the Emerald Beks.
dot-Rebels reads much better the second time and straight on through.
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Well, I know where to find a full set if I want to read it again.
And there's Stealth's summary/commentary for quick recall.
L.E.G.I.O.N. was a pretty unique series. I wish they'd do more of that "what's going on in the rest of the galaxy" type of book - or fill in the gaps between our time and the 31st century. Rann/Thanagar War did show the off-Earth part of the DCU, but I didn't find it that compelling a story.
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Glad to hear you guys enjoyed reading L.E.G.I.O.N. again - I thoroughly enjoyed my time on the book. I think you'll find our take on LSH will have more than a little of the flavor the '.' book had... the groundwork is in place....
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I've only ever read the Jo 2-parter and the 007 annual. I just can't think of it as "real" Legion.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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I really liked L.E.G.I.O.N.; I still have a soft spot for a lot of the characters that appeared in the book. Didn't like R.E.B.E.L.S. as much (think I have a negative letter printed in the lettercol there as well! lol)
They're both on my re-read list to eventually get to, though...
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All the L.E.G.I.O.N. talk got me seeking out this thread... and Barry's post above gave me this thought...
fans of WaK's LSH run really WOULD enjoy dot-LEGION. Me, I liked the in-fighting and scheming much better on characters who were NOT the LSH-proper, hence my dissatisfaction with the bulk of the WaK run (and conversely, my enjoyment of dot-LEGION).
Plus Geffen and Grant's dot-LEGION plots were wicked kewl... I think Waid did a few good issues too.
A seriously overlooked run of comics. I'm more excited for dot-LEGION's return now, remembering how much I enjoyed them. Heh... every issue, you wondered who on the team was going to try to kill who on the team next.
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I was really excited to see Kitson's name on LSH EXACTLY because of his amazing job on dot-Legion. And that's why I was so disappointed when it wasn't anything remotely similar in terms of "hanging" on characters. True: Kitson's art is still great. But Waid never understood that his concept was flawed from the beginning. Shooter deserves an Oscar for saving it.
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quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: A seriously overlooked run of comics. I'm more excited for dot-LEGION's return now, remembering how much I enjoyed them. Heh... every issue, you wondered who on the team was going to try to kill who on the team next.
Yah, 100%
Unfortunately, when they started following the same sort of relationships with this newboot, all I could think of was the dotLEGION stories and I was bored.
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From: Salem, Oregon USA | Registered: Aug 2003
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Hi Guys Thanks again for the kind words about L.E.G.I.O.N. and my work in general.
I think one of the big differences between the run on dot-Legion and the WaK LSH was the amount of freedom we had with dot-legion. We were pretty much allowed to do whatever we wanted with the characters which gave us license to take a lot more risks and push things further than we were able on LSH itself. We would have liked to push the character side of things a lot more in LSH but there were a lot of considerations outside the book itself - characters appearing elsewhere etc - that we didn't have to contend with with dot-legion. Even when Lobo got his own book we pretty much ploughed our own independent furrow with him in dot-legion - the same wasn't really possible with Supergirl in LSH, with crossovers and continuity so important in the industry in modern times it meant we couldn't follow our own muse with quite the abandon we had on dot-legion.. or else some pretty radical plots would have been followed up I will always be so grateful for the time I was working on dot-legion, it was a pretty unique (if that term makes any sense at all) experience and it means a great deal to me that folks still look back on the series with such affection!
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