Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes reading Legion from the beginning

I just finished watching Young Justice. The Legion showed up during season 4, and that ignited an interest in rereading my Legion collection. I haven't read comic books in years, so I had to dig out some long boxes.

I stopped reading comic books for several reasons, but mostly there were some big reasons - retcons, reboots, and company-wide crossovers. They are also expensive. Apparently there isn't a Legion comic even published nowadays,. That made me a little sad. I think Crisis on Infinite Earths was the bullet that killed the Legion - it just took them over 30 years to die. They kept reinventing the Legion, when I didn't think there was anything wrong in the first place.

The early Legion stories are quite silly, but still fun to read. Y'all should stop by - we'll do dramatic readings in silly voices. Maybe with liquor.

I'm to in and out on the road to promise a timely contribution to the chat, but it sounds fun. Everyone bring takillya and your best legion character voices.

Been awhile since I've read the Legion. Feels like it's a good time to do it!

I've just been reading a few issues per day. I do have other things to do, so this will take some time. I don't know if you know this, but many of the early stories are quite hokey...

There have been a couple of moments that made me laugh out loud. The first time the Legionnaires used the planetary chance machine I burst out laughing when the first "planet" bounced off Brainiac 5's noggin.

On the splash page of Jimmy Olsen #72, Light Lass says to Saturn Girl, "Let go of Jimmy! He's mine, you hussy!" I was cracking up.

Also, Night Girl mentioned that she had x-ray vision. I guess that was dropped? I'm not sure she ever used any powers other than strength.

Yeah, that's the only hint of Night Girl having the full range of Kryptonian powers. I kind of wish they'd kept that.