Calling the Roll of LSH #3.... spoilers - 02/23/05 10:41 PM
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Are the captions on the cover the 'official' titles of the story?
"1...2...3... It's a Magic Number!"
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Call the Roll!
COSMIC BOY: Just how many lines of dialogue away was Cos from slapping Brainy do you think?
"Like it or not, I'm apparently responsible for an entire generation's right to freedom... My team has no code or discipline...
It looks like Cos's credentials as spiritual leader of the team are going to be demonstrated from the get-go (well--- two+ unseen years in, at any rate).
The revelations here of his suspicions of a Brainiac 'coup' cast #2's snappy patter between the pair in a whole different light. There was more going on there than just good-natured ribbing.
At the story's beginning I appreciate how Cos' perception of Brainy... "You work better when you're given a project." Maybe he needs to keep ol' Brainy a heck of a lot busier...
"Stage two"... team integration, presumably. Can't wait to see this one progress.
TRIPLICATE GIRL: "Splits into three" reads the copy under her hero name in the issue's roll call. That doesn't tell the half (or third) of it, does it? This is quite a tale that's going to take a while to absorb. Cargg, reduced to rubble by some agent as yet unknown (mystery to be revealed later?), is populated by one woman split into infinity.
Triplicate Girl's power is actually integration, isn't it? The three girls who are chosen as a delegation to Earth are 'selves' initially replicated by the girl that woke up in Cargg's rubble; now they're a unit unto themselves due to differences incurred while away.
This is a further extension of the 'replicating' superpower that was recently examined and used very well in Marvel's MADROX miniseries. I see echoes of that here. It's sort of like Jamie Madrox manifested his 'feminine side' and she was somehow transported to the DCU Cargg. The info-gathering of the entities and then integrating as knowledge is a great use of the power.
Are they limited to three? Couldn't any one of them replicate 'copies' at any time? Or is it only the 'prime' that can create replicates? It isn't quite clear in the story. At first it would seem that any Carggite could 'fission' off a new self at any time-- but the use of 'we' and 'us' doesn't quite make that clear.
I think I'll have *lots* more to post on Triplicate Girl-- her new origin and persona is very evocative...
I do wish that when Triplicate Girl was telling her story to Element Lad, Sun Boy and Ultra Boy that it'd been more of a dialogue, with her answering their questions or responding to their observations/reactions.
Since she was ostensibly finding out about *them*, it's somewhat amusing that she spends her time with them talking about *her/theirself*.
ELEMENT LAD: PG calls him Jan! And apparently he's a *fairly* recent addition to the ranks... though he's been there long enough to build a history with Phantom Girl and Karate Kid.
I'm not liking this continued motif of Legionnaires not knowing who is or isn't a capital 'L' Legionnaire, as Jan is ignorant of Atom Girl.
"No socialization. No familiarity... earthlings are so conservative. Why do I have to wear clothes at all?" "I like being naked". Now *there's* an icebreaker.
So, Trom is undeveloped, remote... possibly tropical. "I'm not in the Legion to celebrate the past". That makes him the holder of a unique viewpoint in this group, doesn't it? I'm here because we're leading a generational revolution that could alter the galaxy. As a Tromian, it's my spiritual duty to be at the nexus of great change." At first, I inferred that Trom was therefore still populated... but we don't know yet, do we?
So sixty seconds is the limit of Jan's transformations!? Don't like that much... I can see the point that he needed to be unProgenitorized, but let's not get carried away here. Maybe he'll learn to effect longer transformations?
So far, he seems more a stranger to me than any of the other Legionnaires... even the very different Triplicate Girl. I *hope* that won't continue to be true.
MICRO LAD/LIGHT LASS/INVISIBLE KID: I liked the demonstration of Micro Lad's attitude in regards to how he thinks about his name and power. He's unique in that he 'relaxes', I suppose, in order to 'use' his power. I like the interaction between ML and Light Lass...
CHAMELEON: At last he speaks! Awww- I felt a little sorry for him/her. He wanted to play, but the razzafrazza 'cool' kids wouldn't...
Enjoyable issue-- with a nice twist capping what was a fairly simple plot with some very nice moments. I think I like the changes in Triplicate Girl and Cargg-- though it's gonna take some time to sink into my consciousness.
The 'date' scenes were fun (esp. the interaction with Chameleon) and the 'date prep' scene between PG and EL.
The concluding twist of Cos's use of Triplicate Girl as a one-Legionnaire (is she considered one member or three?) Espionage Squad was unexpected and gave some gravity to the date(s). I'd thought TG's new origin was the meat of the story, but I'm not sure it was.
I was disturbed, a bit, by the coalescing Triplicate Girl's arriving with their dates. Ultra Boy had just inferred a little 'menage a quatre' with 'his' TG, only to be confronted by the already separated Carggites, along with their 'dates', Element Lad and Sun Boy. The three boys stare at each other in horror and then run for the 'bar'.
This is sneaking into homophobic territory. Not overt... but there. Including Element Lad, a character often speculated about as gay by fans *and* creators, makes it a bit more... there. It was a funny scene... but I think it might've communicated more than was intended. Or perhaps exactly what *was* intended.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the Rimworld and the evolution of the 'stage two'.
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Are the captions on the cover the 'official' titles of the story?
"1...2...3... It's a Magic Number!"
spoiler
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spoiler
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spoiler
space
spoiler
space
Call the Roll!
COSMIC BOY: Just how many lines of dialogue away was Cos from slapping Brainy do you think?
"Like it or not, I'm apparently responsible for an entire generation's right to freedom... My team has no code or discipline...
It looks like Cos's credentials as spiritual leader of the team are going to be demonstrated from the get-go (well--- two+ unseen years in, at any rate).
The revelations here of his suspicions of a Brainiac 'coup' cast #2's snappy patter between the pair in a whole different light. There was more going on there than just good-natured ribbing.
At the story's beginning I appreciate how Cos' perception of Brainy... "You work better when you're given a project." Maybe he needs to keep ol' Brainy a heck of a lot busier...
"Stage two"... team integration, presumably. Can't wait to see this one progress.
TRIPLICATE GIRL: "Splits into three" reads the copy under her hero name in the issue's roll call. That doesn't tell the half (or third) of it, does it? This is quite a tale that's going to take a while to absorb. Cargg, reduced to rubble by some agent as yet unknown (mystery to be revealed later?), is populated by one woman split into infinity.
Triplicate Girl's power is actually integration, isn't it? The three girls who are chosen as a delegation to Earth are 'selves' initially replicated by the girl that woke up in Cargg's rubble; now they're a unit unto themselves due to differences incurred while away.
This is a further extension of the 'replicating' superpower that was recently examined and used very well in Marvel's MADROX miniseries. I see echoes of that here. It's sort of like Jamie Madrox manifested his 'feminine side' and she was somehow transported to the DCU Cargg. The info-gathering of the entities and then integrating as knowledge is a great use of the power.
Are they limited to three? Couldn't any one of them replicate 'copies' at any time? Or is it only the 'prime' that can create replicates? It isn't quite clear in the story. At first it would seem that any Carggite could 'fission' off a new self at any time-- but the use of 'we' and 'us' doesn't quite make that clear.
I think I'll have *lots* more to post on Triplicate Girl-- her new origin and persona is very evocative...
I do wish that when Triplicate Girl was telling her story to Element Lad, Sun Boy and Ultra Boy that it'd been more of a dialogue, with her answering their questions or responding to their observations/reactions.
Since she was ostensibly finding out about *them*, it's somewhat amusing that she spends her time with them talking about *her/theirself*.
ELEMENT LAD: PG calls him Jan! And apparently he's a *fairly* recent addition to the ranks... though he's been there long enough to build a history with Phantom Girl and Karate Kid.
I'm not liking this continued motif of Legionnaires not knowing who is or isn't a capital 'L' Legionnaire, as Jan is ignorant of Atom Girl.
"No socialization. No familiarity... earthlings are so conservative. Why do I have to wear clothes at all?" "I like being naked". Now *there's* an icebreaker.
So, Trom is undeveloped, remote... possibly tropical. "I'm not in the Legion to celebrate the past". That makes him the holder of a unique viewpoint in this group, doesn't it? I'm here because we're leading a generational revolution that could alter the galaxy. As a Tromian, it's my spiritual duty to be at the nexus of great change." At first, I inferred that Trom was therefore still populated... but we don't know yet, do we?
So sixty seconds is the limit of Jan's transformations!? Don't like that much... I can see the point that he needed to be unProgenitorized, but let's not get carried away here. Maybe he'll learn to effect longer transformations?
So far, he seems more a stranger to me than any of the other Legionnaires... even the very different Triplicate Girl. I *hope* that won't continue to be true.
MICRO LAD/LIGHT LASS/INVISIBLE KID: I liked the demonstration of Micro Lad's attitude in regards to how he thinks about his name and power. He's unique in that he 'relaxes', I suppose, in order to 'use' his power. I like the interaction between ML and Light Lass...
CHAMELEON: At last he speaks! Awww- I felt a little sorry for him/her. He wanted to play, but the razzafrazza 'cool' kids wouldn't...
Enjoyable issue-- with a nice twist capping what was a fairly simple plot with some very nice moments. I think I like the changes in Triplicate Girl and Cargg-- though it's gonna take some time to sink into my consciousness.
The 'date' scenes were fun (esp. the interaction with Chameleon) and the 'date prep' scene between PG and EL.
The concluding twist of Cos's use of Triplicate Girl as a one-Legionnaire (is she considered one member or three?) Espionage Squad was unexpected and gave some gravity to the date(s). I'd thought TG's new origin was the meat of the story, but I'm not sure it was.
I was disturbed, a bit, by the coalescing Triplicate Girl's arriving with their dates. Ultra Boy had just inferred a little 'menage a quatre' with 'his' TG, only to be confronted by the already separated Carggites, along with their 'dates', Element Lad and Sun Boy. The three boys stare at each other in horror and then run for the 'bar'.
This is sneaking into homophobic territory. Not overt... but there. Including Element Lad, a character often speculated about as gay by fans *and* creators, makes it a bit more... there. It was a funny scene... but I think it might've communicated more than was intended. Or perhaps exactly what *was* intended.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the Rimworld and the evolution of the 'stage two'.