tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post1856517220911818534..comments2024-03-29T10:34:59.159-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Review: Legion Of Super-Heroes #21Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-90559090302775042392013-07-20T23:19:22.083-04:002013-07-20T23:19:22.083-04:00My favorite Legion era is the years around Great D...<b>My favorite Legion era is the years around Great Darkness Saga into the Baxter years. Reread those stories. There isn't gore or carnage or heroes killing people. And they stand up to 3 decades of time.</b><br /><br />The first Baxter arc featured the murder of Karate Kid I and the execution of Nemesis Kid by Projectra. HellBlazerRaiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12015895593976794867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-82257606238945575122013-06-30T19:52:46.601-04:002013-06-30T19:52:46.601-04:00I'll be happy when this LSH series is over. I...I'll be happy when this LSH series is over. I buy it and read it and see the good things as you have but I feel it's being run into the ground. The gratuitous slaughter does not interest me. <br /><br />I think it was Keith in a recent interview that commented on the low sales numbers. Like, it's the readers who have let the book down and not the other way around. Jeezuz.<br /><br />This Volume (7?) of LSH started off fine but along the way it became distant and forgettable. I remember more covers and story lines in previous volumes than this one.<br /><br />The constant change in creative teams doesn't help.<br /><br />I look forward to a new LSH in future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-27564405969504557792013-06-27T10:18:07.646-04:002013-06-27T10:18:07.646-04:00Thanks for the comments.
It is an interesting ide...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />It is an interesting idea that DC feels they need to raze the 30th century earth of the Legion so JLA3000 can start out on a blank slate. <br /><br />Still, it is sad for Legion fans that they need to be scrubbed away.<br /><br />I missed that line by Tharok Mart. Thanks for pointing it out to me.<br /><br />Will we ever see a fifth member?Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-73882870846402855342013-06-27T07:43:28.728-04:002013-06-27T07:43:28.728-04:00Thanks for the great review, it is all very depres...Thanks for the great review, it is all very depressing. I wonder how things would have gone had Paul Levitz had a veteran editor, encouraging him to give us more focussed stories with quicker pay-offs. <br /><br />I think it says in the comic that Tharok of the Indefinable Powers brought the power back on to lure the LSH to Earth. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-45272576232268693742013-06-27T00:25:14.429-04:002013-06-27T00:25:14.429-04:00I agree with Dave Mullen, the Fatal Five storyline...I agree with Dave Mullen, the Fatal Five storyline has been an interesting read. It's intention, according to Keith Giffen, was to do a soft reboot from within the framework of the story so that it was "organic" to the story. I was ok with the universe getting messed up and the Legion going through alterations if it A) produced a good story. B) kept the original/retroboot characters in tact and C) and created a new environment for the Legion to grow and thrive. Unfortunately when DC pulled the plug on the title before we could see the results of the in story reboot and replaced it with JL3000, I became a bit disillusioned. Now I just want to see Levitz end well so I can finish my Legion collection and walk away from DC Comics for good.<br /><br />I really think DC really slapped all Legion fans across the face with this one. Sure, sales were lower than anticipated, but DC should have at least let the organic reboot happen and see what fruit it yielded before pulling the plug on Levitz, the Legion and all of us fans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-27323340426308419672013-06-26T14:03:03.304-04:002013-06-26T14:03:03.304-04:00I've enjoyed it. My thinking is sort of back t...I've enjoyed it. My thinking is sort of back to front from yours Anj as I wasn't looking at this arc as a slaughterfest but as a legitimate attempt to overhaul the 31st century and realign the book, give it a shake up in beneficial way and rebuild it from the ground up. <br />As an exercise I feel it's been a great read so far, what's now changed is the JL:3000 bombshell, I had honestly thought the Legion would probably be given a new series with either Giffen involved in the relaunching of it. So on the one hand I'm reasonable enough to understand why DC have given up on the book - it had its chances after all. But on the other JL:3000 and what it represents is not good news for any Legion fan. Even if this <i>is</i> a temporary replacement for the Legion it works in the same way all those reboots in the 90s worked, diminishing the Legions rightful place as the DCUs future and again undermining the teams importance. <br />This is a big part of why the Legion declined over the last couple of decades, If DC aren't seen to support its integrity and are happy to constantly reboot, chop and change then the book ends up feeling insecure and transient.<br /><br />Still, I'm fine with the quality of this final storyline so far, the test will be whether some future writer will pick up from it and rebuild the Legion on its foundation...Dave Mullennoreply@blogger.com