Week of 24 September 2008

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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #46 (11/08)
"Imperatrix: Enemy Manifest Part 2"
ROLL CALL: Brainiac 5, Chameleon, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, M'Rissey, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy


BITS OF LEGIONNAIRE BUSINESS:

Phantom Girl is reading ACTION COMICS #242 (7/1958). That issue featured the introduction of Brainiac and the Bottle City of Kandor. Not-so-coincidentally, ACTION COMICS in 2008 is currently running a multi-part series that updates this story. (The other comic next to Phantom Girl is GREEN LANTERN #85 (9/1971).

Although Chameleon is supposed to be genderless this time around, Brainy refers to Cham as "he."

The new Legion costumes came from "Carmine's Actionwear." This is probably a reference to the legendary Carmine Infantino, who designed the costumes of the Silver Age Flash as well as many, many others.

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After Three Worlds

I'm sure this is just wishful thinking, but everyone is speculating about what will happen after Legion of 3 Worlds, so I thought I would throw in my two bits.

Way back when there was a DC Multiverse, the Justice League of Earth-1 and the Justice Society of Earth-2 got together every summer for a two- or three-part adventure. These JLA/JSA crossovers were very popular, and they ranged all over the multiverse (the Legion even co-starred in one of them). Eventually it all culminated in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

That's what I'd like to see: an annual crossover between the Legions of several worlds. This could include not only the three officially recognized Legions, but other variants like the five-year-gap LSH, the SW6 batch ("Legionnaires"), and even new variants.

I suppose these crossovers could be part of the ongoing Legion title (whatever that is)...but as long as I'm being blue-sky here, I'm going to go ahead and wish for an independent title, either a jumbo one-issue tale or a two- or three-issue miniseries.

Annual "Legion of X Worlds" crossovers would not be my ultimate dream (a quarterly "Tales of the LSH" anthology, kinda like the old "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps," that would feature stories of many different Legions in many different time periods)...but I wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers.

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Week of 17 September 2008

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DREAMWAR #6 (11/08)
"...Perchance to Dream"
ROLL CALL: Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy, Light Lass (maybe?), Mano (maybe?), Phantom Girl, Shadow Lass, Star Boy, Timber Wolf, Triplicate Girl, Ultra Boy

...And so it was all the dream of an antisocial fanboy who dislikes and disrespects the heroes he included in his senseless imaginings. His name is Keith Giffen.

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Week of 10 September 2008

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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #18 (11/08)
"Failure to Communicate"
ROLL CALL (Animated Legion): Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dream Girl, Lightning Lad, Matter-Eater Lad, Mordru, Nemesis Kid, Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superman, Timber Wolf, Triplicate Girl, Tyroc, Ultra Boy, White Witch

BITS OF LEGIONNAIRE BUSINESS:

In all former Legion continuities, Nemesis Kid was a villain. It's interesting to see him in action as a hero (and a fine job he does, if I may say so.) His powers are slightly different this time around. In the past, Nemesis Kid has the ability to gain whatever powers he needs to defeat any one opponent. (Thus, he was usually defeated pretty handily by Duo Damsel.) Now, he has the power to neutralize his opponent's powers. In this way, he's something like Neutrax.

In this issue, the Legionnaires are ignorant of Nemesis Kid's origin, but speculate that his power might be magic-based. In former continuities, he gained his ability from alchemy.

Mordru's attack is ingenious: he uses his magic to eliminate Interlac, thus turning Earth into a real-life Tower of Babel.

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Week of 3 September 2008

I didn't see any LSH content in the DC Universe this week. Guess I'll have to re-read Legion of 3 Worlds #1. Oh, darn! :)

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Week of 27 August 2008

(SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers. Don't read it before you've read the comics.)

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #18 (10/06)
"One World, Under Gog Part III: War Lords"
ROLL CALL: Starman/Star Boy (Lightning Saga Legion)


BITS OF LEGIONNAIRE BUSINESS: Thom is looking more confident, and he's also taken off his hood. Not sure where they're going with this, but sanity seems to agree with him.

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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #45 (10/06)
"Enemy Manifest Part 1: Monster in Our Midst"
ROLL CALL (Teenage Revolution Legion): Atom Girl, Brainiac 5, Chameleon, Colossal Boy, Element Lad, Invisible Kid, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, M'Rissey, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Star Boy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy

BITS OF LEGIONNAIRE BUSINESS: Lightning Lad calls Element Lad "El" -- I believe this is the first time this particular nickname has been used. In previous continuity, he's usually called "Jan"

Among those in line at the United Planets Young Heroes auditions are Night Girl, possibly Insect Queen, and a guy with hair reminiscent of Atmos.

Saturn Girl and Ultra Boy are caught in flagante delicto at the end of the issue. This echoes LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #289 (7/1982). in which an innocent Saturn Girl and Timber Wolf were discovered in a tender moment. Interestingly, that issue also featured another parallel with the current issue: a budding romantic relationship between Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet. Of course, we later learned that she was Yera, not Vi.

Finally, on a personal note: I've spent the last week and a half recovering from neck surgery, and one o' them bio-repair tanks would be a great thing to have. Just in case someone has a spare one lying around....

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