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Anyone else notice there's no Fate character in the mix?

Hmmmm

If you were to walk into the US House of Representatives or the Senate, any one of them could say "Each of us represents one state and one party", and they would NOT be wrong. But that doesn't mean there aren't multiple representatives from each state or from each party.

So, Lightning Lad's statement does not really add any limitations. Has it been verified somehow that Ayla is Light Lass and not Lightning Lass?

REGARDLESS, it makes sense that they might place some restriction on members with NATIVE powers, to keep entire planets from signing up... but if the origin story for Garth and Ayla repeats, their powers aren't native, so then they could both join.

I don't think this like voting, anyway, it's more like... the Olympics. People just want to see their planets represented.

Perhpas because the story of that character joining is worth telling, so it will come after issues #1?

Never mind, I just noticed a feather emblem in one the the preview photos.

That's one way of reading it. But, if he's just saying that Legionnaires don't represent more than one planet, then you have to read him as saying that Legionnaires don't represent more than one power, which seems to rule out Legionnaires with multiple powers. Plus, it's a weirdly random thing to say.

If I point at the U. S. Flag and say, "Each star represents one state," the implication is that there's a distinct state for each star. I think that's the more natural way of reading LL's comment.

But, honestly, I think it's just a badly written bit of dialogue and it's probably a mistake to read too much into it.

Good point. And really, why even mention that each person represents one planet unless he meant to say more than that... how could anyone represent MORE than one planet?

Anyway, they are represented as definitely being teenagers, so either badly written dialogue OR even *realistically* written dialogue for a character who just might not be all that eloquent.

Superman #16: Super Sons reunion before Jon's departure for the future at the end of the issue. that's it. No new information on the Legion.

I'm annoyed that they had a perfect opportunity to show some previews of what to expect or something...

Agreed. i had the same feeling. i expected the same thing when i read that exact moment too.

That would have been far more satisfying!!

What a missed opportunity!

Best line in the issue - while Jon and Damien are chatting (while having fun cleaning up a few bad guys together) Jon mentions his invite to join the team of superheroes in the 31st century. Damien responds with "That sounds insanely awsome. When Jon down plays it the invite a bit, Damien responds with:

"I'm just excited there is a thousand years in the future. That's the best news I have heard in a while."

Jon: "That ... is a great point."

In many ways that is one of the great things about the Legion in a nutshell.

I thought the Superman #15 appearance was a bit tragic - this is their Big First Appearance?? They show up too early and look like a bunch of tools, then bail. And all at once - the big gaggle of non-descript characters. This is making me think of the recent Leviathan where Bendis just had all the heroes talk over each other and looking like they had no idea what they were doing. He did it here too. If you weren't familiar with this team, would this appearance make you want to read about them?

The line art seems to be missing there - probably because it was drawn vertically and when they decided to rotate it to that angle, there was no line art to fill out that corner so first they just colored over it, and I guess on the next pass they decided to do that blur to cover it up.

Superman #16 was meant as the final hook to get readers to join Jon Kent in traveling to the 31st century to join the Legion of Super Heroes. On one level it succeeded, that being the emotional farewell with Damien and his dad Superman. Yet, when Jon asked Saturn Girl for a glimpse of the future, this issue missed a golden opportunity to give a visual glimpse of that future in a two page spread or more. Readers need to see the future. This would have been a great opportunity to show off the talents of Legion artist Ryan Sook. Not providing any glimpse of the 31st century was a missed opportunity from both a storytelling and marketing standpoint.

Still, I’m glad I bought this issue so I too could join Jon, aka Superboy, on his journey to join the Legion. I just hope the trip is worth it.