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This topic is a recreation of the one that was lost.

The Legion makes an appearance in JSA #51.

Here's page 10 of the issue...

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What a minute is that...

Blok?

And here's the remainder of their appearance...most of page 11:

Hmmm... when did Blok join in the reboot, and when did the Legion have that headquarters?

Methinks that someone didn't do their research before drawing that issue.

I think it's supposed to be a peek into the Legion's future.

And we have to remember that Blok is going to be one of the new Academy members in the upcoming issue (#26 I think). He's going to be a combination of Stone Boy and Blok.

I was going to mention that, but I couldn't decide if it needed spoiler space or not. So I just left it off altogether. It's Friday morning, I'm feeling a little lazy....

I figured this thread was a spoiler one anyone so I didn't even bother. Hope that didn't ruin a surprise for anyone.

Hmmm... well, if it's a glimpse of the future, then I guess at some point Kid Q is going to give her butt crack a break and is losing the thong.

Lardy will be disappointed

No KQ thong, but on the plus side: Mordru's winged hat!

Actually, it's one of many possible futures.

lil'rhino

I'm still holding to the theory that it's not really Blok, but a de-aged teen Darkseid!

My first thought was Darkseid too.
But Blok makes more sense...

That's how I see it right now, too. In the same way that DC One Million was a possible future.

I also tend to think that it's just a possible future -- but if not, if this is a hint of things to come (with Superboy and Blok in the mix), then also of note is that Ferro is back in human form.

It'd be cool if they did get headquartes like that. It's quite spiffy.

Eric

It's got to be a possible future, just like the one we saw in Wildfire's "Lost Earth" annual and the one we saw in the Young Justice "World at War" issue. I would have thought it might have been ad research, but the headquarters is just so unlike anything that the Legion has had. I think Kirk just drew the setting and characters he wanted to.

I tend to somewhat agree with you SLK. But I think Kirk must have had some help from TPTB as to what characters to use. Maybe just a few subtle suggestions.

I hate to say that this was my last issue of JSA for the forseeable future. I've lost confidence in John's ability to tell a simple, enjoyable story that doesn't seem like it's designed for a trade paperback. There was no reason why the "coda" couldn't have fit into the regular 5-issue story arc. JSA issues as of late (also Flash and Hawkman) seem to average 3 panels of art on each page with a threadbare plot that sputters along with no real depth. For some reason, I enjoy this approach on Flash, but it is not acceptable on a team book with a cast as large as JSA where many characters demand attention. I just get the feeling that he is trying to cover his lack of plot with big splash pages of heroes looking good in their costumes. Two-dollars and fifty-cents is too much to pay for a comic that takes two minutes to read.

(Edited - still groggy from the Great Darkness)

I'm also feeling less enthusiastic about the JSA lately -- part of it has to do with the plethora of dangled or hinted at plotlines that are either forgotten or seem to take forever to get to. There seem to be too many characters now (funny coming from a Legion reader) to give any of them any real depth.

Has anyone asked Kirk directly about why he drew the Legionnaires he drew and/or the HQ he created?

He posts frequently over on the Geoff Johns board, on the JSA section. Even though he's off the book, he still moderates and lurks and jokes around over there. I'm sure he'd answer if it was posed to him.

Not to answer my own question, but I did find this in a post basically telling Leonard "So Long and thanks For all the Fish...PART TWO " (as JSA #51 was his last issue as regular penciller)...


Quote: from Archipelago on 4:41 pm on Aug. 13, 2003
I LOVED your renditing of the LEGION. One question, why is BLOK in the picture? Just curious...

Leonard replied:
Because he was in the script.

I have no idea what this means for the Legion series, if he's coming back or whatever. I just draw what I'm told.

Most of the time.


Somebody followed up with:
What about the costume - were you given a picture reference, a description in the script, go by previous costumes??

And Leonard responded:
I was given reference for his original costume and told to change it a little so the style beter matched the current Legion uniforms.


And let's remember, Mr Kirk is drawing Legion Secret Files 2003, so we'll get to see more of his renditions of the team then!!

Blok in Legion is becoming more imminent....hmmm...will he appear alongside the Legion Academy in Legion #26? And Superboy, too...hmmmm....so will Live Wire (I believe, under the mask of Mekt Ranzz), and Element Lad. I wonder about Andromeda, Thunder, and Monstress...will they be a part of 45th anniversary? What about Supergirl, Laurel Kent...too many questions too many "what if"s....I will wait in about three months to find out the answers.

Wouldn't a de-aged teen Darkseid be an adolescent?

L'il Darkseid, anyone?

Ummm... Omni: I would recheck

1) The title of that thread

and, more importantly:

2) WHo ASKED ABOUT THE COSTUME!

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