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Over at www.majorspoilers.com they have this neat little list (and awesome picture) about Blok.

This site used to contain movie/comic information but has recently been shut down for some reason. It's now back up, but without any content. Well, except for the homepage. There is a timer counting down though. Not too sure to what though.

Anyway, just thought I'd share. Enjoy.

Blok is one of my all-time favorite Legionnaire.

I liked the scene when Wildfire was putting Blok through his paces. Dawnstar has just completed flying through an obstacle course of huge pylons coming out of the wall and smashing into the person going through the course. Blok just walked straight ahead, letting the pylons smash into him.

Blok is the high light of my favorite issue of the legion (well at least top five):

when he convinces the white witch to flee xerox at the end of the magic wars/baxter series.

Blok is one of my favorite members as well. Love the Lightle pic!

I am guessing they featured him cause he might appear in the next issue of Action? (in action this time...pun intended)

Or the person who updated the page is a big Blok fan. You got to remember the era where Blok was a member was a high point for the Legion. It also sold LOTS of comics. Hence, lots of more fans.

I love Blok as well. I seem to remember the odd little clique of Blok, Wildfire, Dawstar and the White Witch. Good times. Good times.

Over the past few weeks majorspoilers.com have highlighted several different things on their homepage.

The last one showed several pictures of Marvel heroes, with the odds (3:1, 100:1, etc.) on if they were "Skrull(sp?)." I don't read any Marvel books so I'm not familiar with that story.

The one before that summarized how much a d!ck Batman has been throughout history. Wish I had printed that out - it was pretty funny.

Daryl,

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Regarding the Marvel Skrull thing, I believe it is the next big cross-over stroy in which the skrulls have taken the place of some heroes in preparation for invading Earth.

Huh, Majorspoliers is back? That was one of my fav. comic sites before the maintainer decided his life was too busy. I've never read anything with Blok in it, but from what you say he sure sound great.

Oh, yeah the Skrull thing? It's the general catch all excuse for bad writing, and OOCness. The most commonly used Marvel retcon.

And it is exactly like when DC did the "Manhunter as a character in every comic" back in the 80s.

Way back in his 2nd appearance, where he realizes his friends (the League of Super-Assassins) have lost, and he just recites a poem and surrendered, despite that the big-rocky guys were always supposed to smash, I knew he was cool.

Then he turned up again and joined the Legion; that was even cooler.

Though Blok was never a favorite of mine, I appreciated his multiple roles as the young innocent among the more experienced Legionnaires, comic foil for Timber Wolf, and friend of White Witch. He was also proof, along with Wildfire and Dawnstar, that latter-day Legionnaires could be just as popular with fans and integral to the team as the Adventure-era characters. In this way, he helped perpetuate the idea that the Legion could grow and change. His death was an unnecessary step backwards.

I kinda loved his being a foil on occasion.

I laughed when a courier came with a message for Timber Wolf and handed it to Blok, saying that, 'all you aliens look alike' and Blok just looked at him...

Thanks for the link to the site. I just checked it out and it's great. This should take up several hours of my workday today.

Always loved him for his admission of having been duped and willingness to make amends, through an impeccable commitment to the Legion. His quiet courage, eagerness to learn, overall good nature and towering strength (he's one of the more powerful legionnaires) made him one of the best fleshed outcharacters of the original roster and made me cringe even more when Roxxas (or Giffen...) sealed his fate. I have been hoping ever since to see him in the new iterations of the LSH, alas, to no avail.

I always thought the most interesting thing about him was the fact that he started out as a villain, and was disappointed that it was never really followed up on more. My favorite Blok appearance is actually the alternate universe story where he betrays the team and destroys Legion HQ. I think I would've preferred to have more of the edgy and ambiguous Blok of his first couple of appearances rather than the dumb and innocent (with occasional angst) portrayal that kind of became the rule for him.

Maybe that's just me, though.

What, no Blok sex jokes?

I wonder if it's hard for Blok's people to reproduce.

(I know, I know, a cringeworthy pun.)

The most popular love song on Blok's homeworld?

"A Hard Man Is Good to Find."

What About:
Solid as a Rock
Brick House
Rock Around the Clock?
I could go on and on but it gets a little redundant.

Don't forget "Loves Me Like a Rock"!

I have lots of gravel for my paths now. Thanks Blok.

While it's sad to see any Legionnaire die, he got a decent farewell, as we see him reach for a final understanding of his nature.

I don't think his power of super density was shown in any kind of way that made him stand out in a team with lots of invulnerable people. His personality moved from resigned LSA mopiness to comedy lunk with Timberwolf. He was far from stupid, as uncovering Universo's identity showed, he just moved at a different pace. But although kind hearted and noble, he wasn't a key member of the team for me.

I do think the plot would have worked a great deal better if they had gone with their original plan and killed Erin.

Well, I loved Blok, and I love writing him in my Bits thread. His confrontation with Mano is one of my produest moments as a fanfic writer.

I agree with EDE that he should have been edgier, though without losing that gentle side.

I also agree with Thothkins that S. Erin should have died instead of Blok. I had nothing against the idea of hir being transgendered, but the actual writing was just wrong on so many levels.

It was really do to with making the first arc work than anything relating to later issues.

Roxxas kills Erin on Earth. This focuses attention on Earth from UP science police, her SP earth colleagues, the Legion and specifically Jan Arrah. Earthgov uses Dirk to deflect the blame, increases it's attempt to clamp down on "terrorism" and hires an independent Celeste when more links are uncovered. Celeste and Arrah have very strong reasons to meet.

That all hangs together nicely, even in a rushed summary. Then Roxxas could have killed Blok...

Blok as possible Dark Man adherent was unsettling. That whole issue actually. But seeing a character with that much darkness may not have been a great read.

Funnily enough, I've never read the Dark Man Saga, even though the cover of one of its issues was what planted the seed in my mind which turned me into a Legion fan many years down the line.

This cover, drawn by the late, great Dick Giordano:

Reading the bottom caption, I can almost see the lightbulb appearing above Marv Wolfman's head "that's what I'll call my villains!"

Are Validus and Mon dancing on that cover? on a Saturday? while size shouldn't be important in selecting your dance partner, there are limits.

Sarya is mocking he Legion for having their names on a piece of paper and not an Omnicom.

Tharok is wondering if his team's dripping logo will make his head rust.

Goofy pose or not, that full-size shot of Validus really freaked me out at the time. As did the vignettes and captions for Mano and Tharok. Emerald Empress was simply awesome in her evilness, and Persuader was so forgettable I didn't remember who the fifth member was until I seriously got into the Legion years later.

Two things that strike me about the central fight.

1) the 1950's monster movie background and fleeign citizens shows that Validus isn;t bothered about how many people are getting killed in this fight.


2) Because their poses are very similar, it's easy to see that Mon-Els reach isn't going to help him avoid being knocked over the horizon.


The headshots, with their great characterisation remind me of the JLA/JSA/All star squadron (no acronym for them for some reason).

I'm sure Sarya had at least one scene in this arc where you could say "Yep, she's going to be the leader soon."

In the end it's revealed that Validus is a wind-up doll



Honestly, I'd be very surprised if that weren't the case at all.



Persuader's atomic axe certainly is nowhere near as formidable a weapon as the Empress' Emerald Eye!

Especially when Tellus showed up. Blok and Tellus had somewhat similar personalities. Blok's lack of unique powers also made him less integral to the team for me.

Good point, Ibby. Tellus was much more convincing as the childlike innocent than Blok was.

Yes, and Tellus' motives for joining the Legion fit his childlike innocent role better too. Blok's arc from duped villain to new hero should, I think, have given him more of a worldly side to his personality

Shame that Tellus' naivety made him believe in the Dark Circle.

Blok wouldn't have fallen for that, being such a student of the Legion archives. There was a bigger part for him during the Conspiracy when the team were pulling in different directions. Blok had already seen how deceit and divisiveness had ruined his fellow survivors and the LSA group.

Two words:
Rock.
Hard.

(yeah, I went there...)

And Blok is no blockhead!

It was a shame Roxxas knocked his Blok off.

Yeah, Tellus did the fish out of water thing better. (Ba dum tish!)

Number Five on this list is one reason I love Blok.

I know I've said it before, but it would be nice if Blok had at least one more unique power. Maybe let him control rock and earth. Nightwind does wind, Sun Boy does fire, Polar Boy does ice (though not water)...

I digress, but his number 15 involves reintroducing the Postboot Kinetix as the new Threeboot Emerald Empress. Whoa!

And number 29 has Ultra Boy being street smart 5YL Jo instead of dumb jackass Threeboot Jo!

In a way, it might be too predictable.

(Although I did have an alternate universe where several of the more mystical / traditionalist worlds seceded from the UP to form an alliance headed up by Xerox, and one of the travelling diplomats of the alliance was Elysion, the son of Blok and Mysa.)

Other powers;

the ability to absorb earth and stone into himself to increase his size, would take him in more of a Colossal Boy direction

the ability to extrude parts of himself and control them remotely, like little tiny Blok minions, would take him in a more Triplicate Girl direction

the ability to bond with the geo-sphere of another world (or rocky body, such as an asteroid) and learn information about it such as having some sort of mystical insight about the surrounding terrain, etc. He wouldn't necessarily be able to shape the earth and stone, but would, on a spiritual sort of level, be able to psychically connect with it and learn stuff from it, or perceive stuff through it remotely



He's got some cool ideas. And a few stinkers. Like anyone, not every idea is a gem, but he's got some neat ones (and his 'I should write Dr. Strange' article is similarly interesting.

Blok was depicted with lots of unique powers. Just none of them very useful. Neutralize anti-gravity? Rock telepathy? meh.

Yeah, that's why I ignored those powers when thinking about Blok. How many sentient rocks has the Legion encountered?

I like Set's ideas:



Both these powers are fairly unique and could have many useful applications in the stories.

Uh-oh, Mekt has mind controlled Ayla. She's using her powers to...oh no she isn't. thanks Blok.

Storm Boy has merged with the ancient Tornado Tyrant! Only someone with huge mass can stand uprigh..oh thanks for knocking him out Blok.

There's no doubt that the Dominators control the Earth and have shut down all communications. Fortunately, one of our group is still in touch with the underground. Blok? Could you tell Stone Boy the Legion is on its way?

The less than useful powers are easily the most interesting ones.

Blok sighting!