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I just read the latest issue of Justice League Adventures, and was pleasantly surprised to find a guest appearance by the Legion. The plot is simple: Kilg%re attacks the JLA, and, during the crisis, some members get sent to the future, where they meet the Legion. There, both teams defeat Kilg%re (who traveled to the future with them), with the help of the unlikeliest of allies.

Calling the Roll (spoilers)

Guest stars:

Kid Quantum (James)
Brainiac 5
Andromeda
Apparition

Bonus! No shameless hussy ! (except in a cameo)

Lesser Guest stars:

Kent Shakespeare, as a 30th century reporter.
C.O.M.P.U.T.O (original form)
Shvaughn Erin

Cameo appearances by:

Ultra Boy
Chameleon
Cosmic Boy
Saturn Girl
Live Wire
Spark
Triplicate Girl
Bouncing Boy
Shady
Dreamer
Dawnstar's Costume (Worn by Hawkgirl)
Colossal Boy's costume (worn by fan)

Bits of Legionnaire Business

C.O.M.P.U.T.O had previously tried to kill one third of Triplicate Girl.

Brainy and Laurel are a couple. Laurel wears the pants.

Their HQ is a stylized version of the original upside down rocket ship.

Mordru and the Fatal Five rate mentions.

Laurel's loincloth gets replaced by a full body costume.

Most of the Legionnaires are away dealing with a breakout at Takron Galtos

Final comments: and excellent selfcontained story. The Legion and its world are excellently used. Buy it now.

Edit: Yay! Hundreth post!

I asked my shop to make sure to hold me a copy but they didn't know if they would have enough. This is a title they usually only order to cover holds and like an idiot I forgot to order it in advance.

I also quite liked it, it has nice touches for 'longtimers'. For example, Wonder Woman gets to wear Laurel Kent's red costume, Hawkgirl Dawnstar's. There are also mentions of Computo and Triplicate Girl, of Takron-Galtos and of Mordru and the Fatal Five. I also liked seeing Andromeda with a prominent role. Quite a nice issue, actually.

Juan

Sis's yellow outfit makes a return appearance? That's a start, I guess ... I'll have to pick that up tomorrow.

This Hawkgirl does have natural wings, by the way, which is a departure from past depictions.

I wasn't able to get a copy of this.

Me either. Anyone willing to send me scans of the pages?

I'm sure I could find a couple of copies around here. I've got dozens of Comic Shops within a few miles of my home, if mine doesn't have the copies next Wednesday.

I'm hoping to get it myself, mainly for the large role for ANDROMEDA, a character I miss muchly...

I thought it was a nifty little story. It had lots of little bits. I saw Starfinger, too, and a couple other things in that one room. And who's statue was that? It had a short cape. Speculation?

No idea; I really hadn't noticed the trophy room before you mentioned it. Hey, has anybody been able to translate the interlac in the newscast yet?

Going from memory here... It looked like the first one spelled "Kent Shakespeare" and the second one was Legion of Superheroes. I didn't confirm it, but I think the letter count was right and the "e" and "s" symbols in both interlac captions lined up where they should have been to spell those two things out. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

Here's a link to a small article on the issue, Scott. It has a scan of the Legion group shot page. Check it out.

lil'rhino

Thanks Alec!

Reflecto

That's what I thought too, but I couldn't remember for sure if he had a short cape.

My first thought was the caped statue could have been Star Boy (like in the Davis/Farmer Elseworlds tale). It's a long shot, but I'm having a hard time thinking of caped male legionnaires other than Monel/Valor.

"Bonus! No shameless hussy ! (except in a cameo)"

Thanks for telling me. I can save my money. Could not have been that great if she wasn't there.

Argh! I wish I had gotten that already!

Interesting foursome of Legionnaires, though. And James, of all Legionnaires? Hope he wasn't a jerk in this issue.

It would have been nice for the Legion (i.e., "regular" title) to have made some mention of this in last month's "up next" blurb. I realize it's not in the same continuity as in the regular books, but don't you think this issue of Justice League Adventures (as well as sales of the title as an ongoing, potentially) would have benefitted by having more Legion fans in on the news?

Surely the higher-ups at DC should have known that followers of the Legion would be interested in this "guest appearance," and that many Legion readers might not otherwise have been aware of it.

By the way, is Kilg%re a regular Justice League villain, or was he just introduced for this one-shot?

He has a rather compelling backstory, and an interesting name -- which leads me to wonder whether there's more to the character than was shown in this issue. (I've just been pronouncing it "Kilgore"...)

There's an interesting post by Jason Hall (the writer of this JLAdventures issue) in this DCMB thread (which also answers my question of whether Kilg%re is an already in-continuity character).

Of the most interest to me is the fact that Jason had this to say:

"I'd love to do more with the Legion, either in future issues of JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES or even in the regular series. Actually, I'd jump at the chance to do an Animated Universe Legion book! "

I think having the setting take place 24 years ago (in Legion time) it will help bring in other characters should DC decide to do another animated adventure. Which I hope they do. Can't wait to see the sales figures for it.

Our two newly clad Justice League women, from pages 14 (bottom), 15, and 16 (top) of this issue. The panel scans are rearranged into two pieces.

They both wear those vivid colors well! Now, are the REAL cadets to whom they belong BACK YET in this "newer" continuity? Hmmm?? Well??? I'm waiting!!!!

They did throw a lot of great stuff from the Legion's past into the issue.

I wish the main Legion book would too.

Hey Jason! Talk to Wacker about getting on the main book!

Hey, everybody!

Just wanted to stop by and say thanks to those who picked up JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES #28 and for all the kind words, etc. It's much appreciated! I had a great time working on the issue and would love to do more with the Animated Universe version of the Legion. I really tried to establish them and develop their "Animated Universe" continuity as much as possible in this one issue. Glad you Legion fans (which I'm a huge one myself!) enjoyed the little Legion touches throughout. Personally, I think a regular on-going series would be aces (and would love to work on one). If it's something you'd like to see, let DC know!

To address a few questions/comments:

The statue in the Trophy Room is indeed Reflecto!

Concerning Kilg%re -- I used the general idea of Kilg%re (a Flash villain in the regular DCU) being a computer-related type baddie, but basically adapted him to my own version (with a new origin and revised powers) -- kind of like what I did with Psycho Pirate in #20. And the civilian name I gave him actually has significance as well. (Ludwig is actually me, minus the villainous tendencies, of course!)

With Hawkgirl and WW wearing the Dawnstar and Laurel Kent costumes -- that was just a nod to those two characters from past Legion continuity and wasn't meant to imply that they were actual costumes of two existing Legion Reserves (or even that Legion Reserves exist at this point), but just costumes that Phantom Girl threw together. Glad you all enjoyed seeing those!

For those who may be interested -- keep an eye out for my follow-up Mr. Freeze story in BATMAN ADVENTURES (building on my story from GOTHAM ADVENTURES #51) -- and my JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES story from #20 was just reprinted in one of the new digest collections for that series. And you can check out a complete listing of all my past/present/future comics project at my website (link in the signature below).

Take care,

Jason H.

ps. I'd love to do something on the regular Legion title, but the new creative team is already in place.

Jason, you might want to check out the sites that Star Boy and LL posted in this thread.

Anything to help the pros...

You know, no one has mentioned that Tom Feister did the cover to the issue. I thought he did a bang up job on it.

I -did- love that cover!

And I shoulda looked through your copy before I mailed it out this morning ... the pages Grey posted look suhWEEET! Now I gotta wait for my mid-month shipment to read it, LOL!

I can send you an electronic copy to get you through.

Welcome to LW.net, Jason, and thanks for all your efforts. The JL animated series and this book are underrated as to writing, however much the simpler character designs may not be to everyone's taste. (I like their clean lines, frankly.)

Some of us are, well, batty about wanting characters from the pre-boot era brought back, and our obsessions are not easily reasoned with ... but they do encourage thanking others for such nods to the past.

Oh, and you're welcome, Scott.

Silver Bullet has reviewed Justice League Adventures #28. They gave it 5 siver bullets!!

lil'rhino

I liked this issue.

It is set outside “continuity” whatever that means nowadays and therefore I had no problem reading it enjoying it and not worrying about how it fits with the rest of the Legion.

It was to me an echo of the great silver age stories. It was told in a fast almost breathless style. We had a villain to be defeated, and he was. The way to defeat him was through legion team work (with some help form the JLA) not just hit him until he gives up. There were so many references to the legions past it was fun to try to recognize them. I’m not sure that I would like this to be my only dose of legion, but if this were to become a second comic I would buy it like a shot.

Those of you who don’t have it hunt it out.

I was very pleased to see the Legion in this series. It proved to me that pretty much any Legionnaires can carry a storyline. Andromeda and Kid Quantam are totally minor characters in the grand (Legion) scheme. Yet there they were, leading this story. It helped that Brainy was there, being quite Brainy-ish and that Phantom Girl was there, lending an "old school" feel to the team. I had fun looking for all the Easter Eggs, too. The issue was a treat.

The animated Andromeda has the best hair ever!If anything, this issue really made me long for Laurel to return to the team.

I liked how buff the animated Brainy was too.

I cam't believe they haven't made a legion cartoon yet!

I honestly think it would do at least as well as a Teen Titans cartoon, if they played their cards right.

Thanks for the scans, Grey! I SOOOOOOOOO hope this book is in stock when I hit the CBS tomorrow!

Let me know if they don't Lash. Pov ( ) sent me a copy that I'll gladly send on to you for reading or I can e-mail you an electronic copy.

Holy Moley! I didn't even see this until now! This issue looks great, I am definately going to remember to pick this up when I go (on Sunday)!

Grey, thanks so much for the scans! Hawkgirl and Diana as Dawny and Laurel? I love it! And from scanning everyone else's posts, there's so much more!

Welcome Jason Hall! I wish you could do a Legion Animated book so bad...

BTW, the art looks really great and really dynamic in those two scans. I swear I felt like I was seeing a tinge of Giffen from his first run with Levitz...

And if anyone else needs a copy, let me know, and I'll check on Sunday when I go and pick up an extra one!

Thanks to all the new posters for picking up the issue and posting your kind words! It's great to hear the Legion fans are enjoying it. I had a great time with throwing in as many Legion history tidbits as possible!

I agree that a Legion Animated Series on Cartoon Network or something would be aces. And, as I said, I'd love to write an Animated Legion monthly title. I think such a thing is probably a longshot, but you never know... I've been a huge Legion fan for many years and I hope to get to work again with the characters in some manner sometime in the future. LLL!

Thanks again and take care,

Jason H.

Scooter, Cobie thank you both but I lucked out! There were 2 copies of JLAdv # 28 left at the store. Now there's only 1 left!

Perhaps the best part is that it's a single issue, self contained story (like in the old days) that anyone could pick up and enjoy without having read the last 5, 10 or 20 issues. Why can't we get more of this in the Legion title? Must everything be a 5+ issue story arc?

Jason, great work! I'm glad I ordered it although JL Adventures is not one of my regular titles. Really enjoyed it and look forward to seeing more of your work.

Hey, thanks!

If you enjoyed my work on this JL/Legion story, be sure to check out my other work. If you go to the link in my signature, it'll take you to my website where you'll find a complete list of my past and some of my upcoming projects!

Take care,

Jason H.

Obsessive Kent Shakespeare fan that I am, I've already made a Web page dedicated to the (first?) appearance of Kent Shakespeare in the Justice League Adventures continuity here .

This was a fun issue. The timeline is a little weird and too different than the regular title at any point of its history for a neophyte reader to make a simple leap to the ongoing title, which is unfortunate. But it was great to see the Laurel-Brainy dynamic again after all this time!

It was great that someone gave a nod to Laurel!!! My favorite Legion character of all time!!!!

Great site Autochef. I'd visited before but hadn't seen the updated style. And nice page on the JLA Kent.