The Best Moments of the 5YL Legion - 10/07/14 03:53 AM
I'd say this a fair counter-thread to the recent "Worst Moments" thread. After all, there are many of us, myself included, who really adore the era and still lament its complete erasure from continuity.
Here are a few of my favorite 5YL moments (represented by their covers) in chronological order:
1.
Mon-El, defiantly and bravely standing up for what's right against the greatest evil he'd ever known--the thing that killed the man who was like a brother to him. Damn the consequences, he was going to end the threat once and for all. All under one of my all-time favorite Legion covers!
2.
Immediately, we see the consequences of Mon-El's actions: the Mordru-verse. Andrew Nolan lives in this alternate reality but proves as heroic as in the previous reality, fighting to restore a reality in which neither the Time trapper nor Mordru rule over all--even if though it means dooming himself to the grave.
3.
If we had to lose Kara and Kal from Legion history, we were blessed to have Laurel Gand in Kara's stead. I fell in love with her immediately and thrilled to see what was in essence Kara fully realized at last.
4.
This appears frequently on the "worst" list, but I think it's the most beautiful and experimental single issue of the LSH ever published. Maybe destroying Earth was a bad decision for the long haul, but there's no doubt in my mind that the issue and the moment are real keepers.
There are other great moments from 5YL, including more that appear on the "worst" list, but these really stuck out for me when contemplating this new topic.
What are the best moments of 5YL to you?
Here are a few of my favorite 5YL moments (represented by their covers) in chronological order:
1.
Mon-El, defiantly and bravely standing up for what's right against the greatest evil he'd ever known--the thing that killed the man who was like a brother to him. Damn the consequences, he was going to end the threat once and for all. All under one of my all-time favorite Legion covers!
2.
Immediately, we see the consequences of Mon-El's actions: the Mordru-verse. Andrew Nolan lives in this alternate reality but proves as heroic as in the previous reality, fighting to restore a reality in which neither the Time trapper nor Mordru rule over all--even if though it means dooming himself to the grave.
3.
If we had to lose Kara and Kal from Legion history, we were blessed to have Laurel Gand in Kara's stead. I fell in love with her immediately and thrilled to see what was in essence Kara fully realized at last.
4.
This appears frequently on the "worst" list, but I think it's the most beautiful and experimental single issue of the LSH ever published. Maybe destroying Earth was a bad decision for the long haul, but there's no doubt in my mind that the issue and the moment are real keepers.
There are other great moments from 5YL, including more that appear on the "worst" list, but these really stuck out for me when contemplating this new topic.
What are the best moments of 5YL to you?