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I thought 'THKRRMM' was part of the title for a second.
LIGHTNING LAD : Check out that steep staircase Garth's descending when he makes his entrance into the issue. That's one way to keep Grandpas, Grandmas, Great-Uncles and Aunts away right there.
Poor Garth's bureaucratic troubles come to a climax. He keeps forgetting Pismo's name and rank while fumbling with bureaucrats at every corner. *We* know that not all the missteps are actually his, but no one else does- except Brainy, I suppose. "All operations are suspended!"
Looks like Garth sure is the 'Leader Who Lost the Legion'.
Or is he?
SATURN GIRL : Imra waffles a bit on page two, as she protests Star Boy's treatment of the SPs. She's eminently sensible-- but she's not being very consistent. Like she hasn't been 'mind-tampering- all along?
But still, Atom Girl defends Ultra Boy and all of a sudden Imra changes her opinion. And *then* she's all clingy, glomming onto Jo's biceps like a needy, needy person that's *nothing* like Saturn Girl. Or maybe she's gone blind. Jo'd make an unreliable seeing-eye dog, at best. I'd like to pretend those few panels don't exist, really.
Later, the seeing-eye dog's gotten a promotion and is now *speaking* for 'boss-babe'.
That pose she's taking when Jo holds the unconscious Giselle reeks of jealousy. And isn't she mind-tampering by invading a semi-conscious (at best) sentient's thoughts?
Those are all quibbles, though, as I loved the 'sewer' scenes to pieces. The panel where Imra thinks 'Uh-oh" is a beautiful little shot of her. Things go from bad to worse as the Legionnaires flee from the sewer to the tower where they hope to find their transmat. For Imra, this issue comprises a series of compromises that leads her team from trouble to worsening trouble.
I think the argument could be made that Imra, a mission leader, 'loses' the Legion... as it is a reflection of her own standards as one of the team's founders. Is her decision to leave Giselle behind as utilitarian as her explanation of her rationale? Or is it evidence of pettiness? As she loses her standards (distracted by Jo?), she loses the Legion. And, more literally, she loses it when Garth 'cuts her off' at issue's end.
KARATE KID : The third of this issue's Legion leaders, of the Velmaran/Rigellian mission, is anything but distracted. If anything, he's so focused that he barely reacts to his team, until coming up with the battle plan that T-Wolf thoroughly ignores. He at least recognizes Invisible Kid's idea, unlike certain others on the team-- or is he being patronizing? I like that he had the instinct to protect Lyle, though I'm bothered by the underlying attitude therein.
"I'll give you knowledge of the peril we face. Weigh it against your duty here. And decide." The beings in the suddenly appearing light lure Val and Lu to-- what? We don't know.
The two apparently weighed the 'peril' (what's the significance of this word choice in an issue featuring Peril Men?) and found it sufficient to abandon their teammates. They, also, could certainly be said to have 'lost' the Legion.
Garth's lost the Legion to the letter of the law, though illictly wielded; Imra's lost it within herself (arguably), and Val's abandoned it, at least momentarily.
STAR BOY: "So I put them down." That line and the expression on Thom's face seem to be uncharacteristically belligerant. But his next line "Okay? I only increased their weight tenfold..." seems to indicate that he's surprised that Imra would even consider that they'd be dead.
Sounds like SB's in Giselle's fan club, along with Lyle (but decidedly *not* Imra).
CHAMELEON: Yeah! The antennae are back! Cham's the sharp-eared(eyed? antennaed?) individual that spots Giselle. Then stretches that finger/hand combo that was a little creepy to get the nutri-starved Giselle her much needed Rimborian nectar-apple. Unfortunately, Cham attracts the attention of the SPs.
"I made myself into an energy reflector! I do more than just look like things, you know, I can duplicate physical properties, too!" Well, this goes against all the previous descriptions. However, in *usage* this has pretty much always been the way Cham's been utilized. Might as well make it official. However, making him *too* powerful's now a concern.
I like the detail that Cham's formed a ring of energy reflectors around his teammates a few pages after he intially transforms into the useful object. Hopefully, the 'Bbmmm' strike doesn't hit anything vital.
COLOSSAL BOY: The cover had me worried. Guess I should be grateful for the new uniforms, since his apparently saved Gim's life.
I like Gim's direct questioning of Jo. Atom Girl describes the fabric as 'energy-deflecting'. I wonder if that's where Cham gets his reflector idea?
ULTRA BOY : Gang days. I wanted to meet some of Jo's 'worldie' gang-ties. 'Vehicular homicide'? There's certainly a story there. He seems quite taken with Giselle, doesn't he? "Wowww", I cite as evidence. Hmm. I wonder if Giselle is a low-level shapechanger that slowly mimics the facial characteristics of races she's around for extended periods of time?
We don't really get to know about Jo or his world through these issues, which is a shame. We're getting some facts, but not much in the way of character, either of the Legionnaire or the planet.
ATOM GIRL : She's a little bossy when she accosts Imra, isn't she? Almost panic-stricken. She echoes the strange 'boss-babe' comment, humorously. In fact, she's suspicious of Imra throughout. Standing near her... watching her... testing every comment.
PHANTOM GIRL : Ah, yes. The tour of homes continues! Tinya's room is the least forthcoming with character-revealing detail of any of the rooms we've seen. We knew she was a history buff. And that she read old books and comics. Now we know she has a collection. Of course, if we could read the spines of all those old books, perhaps we'd find out more about Tinya.
Apparently, she enjoys a hot shower. Unless those billows of steam are some sort of decorative choice. We also see the feminine (stereotypically?) vanity and mirror. With both her and Element Lad, we see 'living rooms' mentioned as separate from bedrooms. Presumably, that will be true for all quarters.
She'd make a good pickpocket, wouldn't she? Must have a light touch, or that SP'd know his 'confiscated material' was getting lifted.
ELEMENT LAD : Wow. Jan's room is packed with detail. Beaded curtains? Plants everywhere. Some of them on classical looking columns. More Greek resonance for Trom? A cool set of shelves that looks like the display spaces are carved into an ancient hunk of some sort of wood... wood that looks like it grew there in his room. Or something artistically devised to look like wood? Hmmm. If it opens, it looks like it could be a clever hiding place.
Open book for display or study? Melted wax indicating ambiance? Alchemical research? Wax fetish? It looks like there's a bust of Frankenstein on one of those shelves. I wish we could see what the other art pieces are.
I think we're meant to find the pharmaceutical comments funny, but they kind of turn me off. I guess I like hippy-dippy more than overtly, gravely "spiritual" (read this with a heavily intoned quaver).
Wonder what the lady cop found?
It'd be funny if it actually *were* pharmaceuticals.
Jan liking to be naked in his quarters was established some time ago, but sort of got lost. I'm glad it was remembered.
I'm surprised Jan kept Tulip. But he didn't make the disgusted comments when they rounded them up issues ago, did he? I like that he built the critter a cool-looking herbarium thingie. The little fella/gal seems to like Jan, doesn't it?
I like the detail of the plants around the upper beams of the room. Jan's quarters look quite inviting, to me. But also a little forbidding, maybe? Wonder if he has many visitors...
BRAINIAC 5 : Oh, my. Brainy's making friends left and right, isn't he? I was so impressed with his polite and respectful dealings with authority figures. Snicker. What- oh, what- did he send with the SPs? I sense trouble... But not as much as I did when Brainy said a simple 'yes' to M'rissey's 'deal', whatever it is. Maybe that mind has found a way to salvage the LSH in that deal. It, too, will likely have a hook or two, like Lightning Lad's.
INVISIBLE KID : It's like Lyle's playing Mr. Spock walking through the Magsteel Vine forest (great concept-- repeat it with Cosmic Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Chameleon, PLEASE!!), reading info from his 'tricorder'. Not that he gets much attention from his teammates. Lyle's description of the L'kad Temple Complex made me want to see much more of this world. I hope one or more of these Legionnaires encounter one or more of the 'straggler' creators, dreamers, builders. I want to see more of the Ikonns and Peril Men, too.
That panel where Lyle's reading the above really captured my interest. The tops of the Magsteel Vine trees look like waves in a roiling ocean to me. The distant temple? on the extreme right looks like an approaching ship of some kind. If there were more detail in the Legionnaires, I'd want to own this piece, I think.
I felt sorry for Lyle, but admired the way he shrugged off Luornu's and Brin's disparaging remarks with a plan that made sense. More than either of *them* came up with.
Did Lyle hear the figures in the light? Did he see Val and Lu disappear? "...faith in them. They're heroes." What does *that* mean? And what did Lyle pick up when the light faded? Scrolls?
TIMBER WOLF : Ugh. Brin's hard to like, here. Guess worry over Projectra, continuing effects from recent physical changes and lingering Imra-caused hostility have the boy worked up. Knowing that, it's still hard to forgive "Shut up, wuss". "He's a florgin' tour guide."
Obviously, Lyle's going to save Timber Wolf's bacon.
"Let's watch," was mordantly funny, I concede.
Ikilles saying "You're the Legion's mad dog. Pleased to meet'cha. I always wanted to," was unexpected. Could that have been a missed opportunity? Or just a little banter?
Timber Wolf''s tactic here directly mirrors Jo's last issue.
TRIPLICATE GIRL : Lu's a little snipey for someone who's about to be chosen by 'the light', isn't she? "This mission needs warriors, not wimps" is a strange comment for her to make.
SHADOW LASS : Velmar V seems like Shady's kind of place. "The greater the odds... the greater the glory!" I liked her new costume, though it's fairly similar to other boots' looks for her. I like the longer hair... guess she's applied that gizmo that Steve Lightle drew decades ago. The panel where one of the Ikons identifies her as Shadow Champion was quite effective. I like the floating hair, the purple circular hand effects and the way her skin gleams through the darkness. It's a vampiric image, really. Wonder if her uniform protected her from the plasma grenade? Maybe that'd be an argument against deep, deep cleavage.
LIGHT LASS: Good thing (for the Ikonns) that Cazhmir clocked Ayla early on, since her power would really have been of use in this battle.
Random comments:
*The SPs conducting the search at LSH HQ were uniformly skeevy and out to antagonize the Legionnaires. I'm not surprised that most of them are, but all? A little stereotypical.
*Spy, the telepath girl, who's the third UPYH?
*I don't have a clear idea of what a member of the Peril Men look like. Is the guy getting snogged by one of the female Ikonns when we meet Ikilles and Cazhmir a Peril Man? Or a UPYH? Fruit Boy?
*Tether-bot overseers? As in that chick with the pony-tail that's anchored to a floating machine? Way too evocative for a throwaway line/image.
*M'rissey looked too much like Lyle. I thought it *was* Invisible Kid for a half a second.
*I want more of Ikilles, Cazhmir, the Peril Men (actually, I'd like to get an image of them at all), Velmar V-- hope to meet the 'original' inhabitants.
*Giselle isn't quite as intriguing as she needs to be, for me.
*It's unusual for me to be as interested in all three of the interlocking storylines as I am here. This issue is packed with detail, which I loved. Some of the underlying stuff I'm not so thrilled about, still, but I can't fault anything here other than Saturn Girl's initial icky Jo-grasping and the one-note SPs at HQ.
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Damn, and I still have to wait for two months for reading this... If the mail stops its strike!
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quote:Originally posted by Mystery Lad: SATURN GIRL : Imra waffles a bit on page two, as she protests Star Boy's treatment of the SPs. She's eminently sensible-- but she's not being very consistent. Like she hasn't been 'mind-tampering- all along?
Mind-tampering may be a felony, but it's invisible. Unless she screws it up, or one of her teammates calls her on it, nobody's gonna know. What Star Boy did is very, very visible...
quote: But still, Atom Girl defends Ultra Boy and all of a sudden Imra changes her opinion. And *then* she's all clingy, glomming onto Jo's biceps like a needy, needy person that's *nothing* like Saturn Girl.
I didn't see her as clinging so much as grabbing onto his arm the way a mother grabs on to her childs arm in the grocery store to keep him from running off and causing trouble.
It looked less 'needy' and more 'controlling' to me.
quote: That pose she's taking when Jo holds the unconscious Giselle reeks of jealousy. And isn't she mind-tampering by invading a semi-conscious (at best) sentient's thoughts?
Sure did look like jealousy, all arms-crossed and hostile body-language. Then again, she's got plenty of reason to dislike Giselle that doesn't have anything to do with Jo.
Luck Lords only know whether or not 'listening' to semi-conscious thoughts is more or less legal than trying to decipher what someone is saying when they talk with their mouth full.
quote: CHAMELEON: "I made myself into an energy reflector! I do more than just look like things, you know, I can duplicate physical properties, too!" Well, this goes against all the previous descriptions. However, in *usage* this has pretty much always been the way Cham's been utilized. Might as well make it official. However, making him *too* powerful's now a concern.
I'm fine with Cham doing biological things, like turning into an electric eel and zapping someone, but this leaves me uncomfortable. Where does it end? Can he turn his arms into blasters?
quote: COLOSSAL BOY: The cover had me worried.
I was like 'not again!' Glad he's not dead.
He's been paired with either Atom Girl or Star Boy (or both) in a heck of a lot of panels recently. I wonder if we are seeing the formation of a sub-clique or something.
quote: ULTRA BOY : He seems quite taken with Giselle, doesn't he? "Wowww", I cite as evidence. Hmm. I wonder if Giselle is a low-level shapechanger that slowly mimics the facial characteristics of races she's around for extended periods of time?
I'm still kinda pissy that Giselle no longer looks alien. She looked exotic and yet beautiful in her first appearance. Now she's just some chick with pale skin. She might as well be one of the X-Men, with odd-colored-skin-for-no-damn-reason.
quote: ELEMENT LAD : Wow. Jan's room is packed with detail. Beaded curtains? Plants everywhere. Some of them on classical looking columns.
I want his room. Also? His abs.
quote: I think we're meant to find the pharmaceutical comments funny, but they kind of turn me off.
That did bug me, in a 'they still stereotype like that 1000 years from now?' kinda way. "Oh, he has *plants* in his room, he must be a stinking hippy wastoid!"
quote: BRAINIAC 5 : Oh, my. Brainy's making friends left and right, isn't he? I was so impressed with his polite and respectful dealings with authority figures. Snicker.
Yeah, nothing more suspicious than a polite and helpful Brainy. I was scared for the SPs...
quote: INVISIBLE KID : It's like Lyle's playing Mr. Spock walking through the Magsteel Vine forest (great concept--
I was waiting for someone to call him Exposition Lad.
quote: I felt sorry for Lyle, but admired the way he shrugged off Luornu's and Brin's disparaging remarks with a plan that made sense. More than either of *them* came up with.
I suspect / hope that he's developing a quiet sort of confidence. I've yet to see him take the crap he gets from his teammates that seriously (not since the big 'betrayal' where he blames Atom Girl for ratting out Brainy). Then again, his first introduction to the Legion came from early threeboot Brainy, who treated him like a jabbering monkey, so he's got to be fairly oblivious to criticism to have made it into Brainy's inner circle...
quote: Obviously, Lyle's going to save Timber Wolf's bacon.
It would be a boo-yah moment if Lyle saved Brin, and Brin went to apologize for his treatment of Lyle and Lyle just blew him off completely, letting Brin know exactly how much Lyle does not need his respect.
quote: TRIPLICATE GIRL: Lu's a little snipey for someone who's about to be chosen by 'the light', isn't she? "This mission needs warriors, not wimps" is a strange comment for her to make.
That felt like a line that was meant for someone else. It just 'felt' completely wrong for Lu.
quote: *The SPs conducting the search at LSH HQ were uniformly skeevy and out to antagonize the Legionnaires. I'm not surprised that most of them are, but all? A little stereotypical.
Perhaps they were chosen specifically for anti-Legion sentiments? They did seem to be nasty human beings (and *only* human beings, I guess the SP doesn't have any positions open for blue folk or green folk or feather-headed folk).
Stealing crap? Yeesh. Tinya could have given that creep a one-way trip to Bgtzl. Let him find his own way back.
quote: *Spy, the telepath girl, who's the third UPYH?
Sonar, with the power to hear really well, but only underwater. (On the other hand, she looks pretty buff as well, so she might not be as hapless as her power makes her sound.)
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Well, the Trips were meant to be contradictory with each other.
I'm still waiting for Shooter to start using Nura, a character that I believed was featured full-time in Jim's first run. And Sun Boy's really off the roster. Damn. Just when his position was cemented in the Legion, Shooter's got to handle with fifteen out of the potential 20.
Edit - Noticed the 'Dreamer' in the roster list. Could be a Dreamer of either gender, or one haunting the other, but I'm no longer a fan of shortened codenames.
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quote:Originally posted by Jerry: Ha. Mystery Lad meets Shooter. What a glorious combination. Your insights are great, as always, and Shooter and Manapul are giving you so much to work with.
Thanks, but I'd like to know your thoughts on either this specific CTR or the issue in general- though I realize you've probably commented on the latter elsewhere.
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quote:Originally posted by Set: Mind-tampering may be a felony, but it's invisible. Unless she screws it up, or one of her teammates calls her on it, nobody's gonna know. What Star Boy did is very, very visible...
Except possibly for telepathic Science Police informants or officers.
quote:Originally posted by Set: I didn't see her as clinging so much as grabbing onto his arm the way a mother grabs on to her childs arm in the grocery store to keep him from running off and causing trouble.
It looked less 'needy' and more 'controlling' to me.
I didn't get that vibe at all, though your description of Imra as responsible parent-figure and Jo as impulsive child is how I would've viewed the pair.
The panel in question still 'reads' clingy female clutching big, strong man's arm, to me.
quote:Originally posted by Set: Sure did look like jealousy, all arms-crossed and hostile body-language. Then again, she's got plenty of reason to dislike Giselle that doesn't have anything to do with Jo.
That's true. Giselle has rebuffed Imra a couple of times now. Imra's strong reaction makes me think that she probably hasn't experienced this kind of rejection all that much?
quote:Originally posted by Set: I'm fine with Cham doing biological things, like turning into an electric eel and zapping someone, but this leaves me uncomfortable. Where does it end? Can he turn his arms into blasters?
Some types, he probably could. If he can mimic down to the cellular level, he could replicate circuitry, etc. Energy sources would be the problem. If a blaster collected solar energy, for example, we now know Cham can 'make' himself into a reflector. If he 'made' a series of reflectors that gathered and focused solar energy, he could then 'blast' with it, I presume.
I'd like to see limits-- like circuitry being too difficult for a Durlan to 'make'.
On the whole, though, I find this refreshing. After all, how many creators of the actual comic have stuck to the 'Cham only *looks* like what he mimics' rule?
quote:Originally posted by Set: I'm still kinda pissy that Giselle no longer looks alien. She looked exotic and yet beautiful in her first appearance. Now she's just some chick with pale skin. She might as well be one of the X-Men, with odd-colored-skin-for-no-damn-reason.
I wasn't taken with Giselle's looks initially, so her gradual transformation hasn't bothered me particularly.
Most brand new characters shift in looks through their first few appearances, don't they?
I understand the aliens oughtta look like aliens- especially if they're introduced that way feeling. I keep thinking there might be something behind it.
quote:Originally posted by Set: I want his room. Also? His abs.
Good luck with both. I suspect the former might actually be easier than the second. Except for finding a 'Tulip' (musk-shrew, was it?)
quote:Originally posted by Set: That did bug me, in a 'they still stereotype like that 1000 years from now?' kinda way. "Oh, he has *plants* in his room, he must be a stinking hippy wastoid!"
Well, this is the threeboot Metropolis, blandest culture known to sentience.
quote:Originally posted by Set: Yeah, nothing more suspicious than a polite and helpful Brainy. I was scared for the SPs...
Unpleasant as they were, that's saying something.
quote:Originally posted by Set: I suspect / hope that he's developing a quiet sort of confidence. I've yet to see him take the crap he gets from his teammates that seriously (not since the big 'betrayal' where he blames Atom Girl for ratting out Brainy). Then again, his first introduction to the Legion came from early threeboot Brainy, who treated him like a jabbering monkey, so he's got to be fairly oblivious to criticism to have made it into Brainy's inner circle...
Good point about Lyle and his introduction through Brainy. The boy's got thicker skin than we knew-- or else he's a bit of a maschist.
quote:Originally posted by Set: It would be a boo-yah moment if Lyle saved Brin, and Brin went to apologize for his treatment of Lyle and Lyle just blew him off completely, letting Brin know exactly how much Lyle does not need his respect.
I think a well-placed barb about Brin's intelligence, or lack thereof, might be what we'll see.
Something that leaves T-Wolf wondering if he was insulted or not, while somebody like Shady or even Ikilles would *know* he was.
Or maybe Ikilles'll show Lyle some sort of respect while belittling Wolf?
quote:Originally posted by Set: Perhaps they were chosen specifically for anti-Legion sentiments?
I wondered that, too.
quote:Originally posted by Set: Sonar, with the power to hear really well, but only underwater. (On the other hand, she looks pretty buff as well, so she might not be as hapless as her power makes her sound.)
quote:Originally posted by Lard Lad: I think the Trips line was meant for someone else, too. Didn't she say something contradictory her next line?
Not really. There's a line in the same panel that sort of is, but it's attributed to KKid. All the captions in that panel are kind of hard to 'assign', but Trips is mentioned in a list of names, so she can't be speaking.
Her next line is something like "Ready for battle, all three of us". Later she addresses Lyle "See you inside, Invisible Kid." An alter says "Or... maybe we won't. Ha!"
So, though it doesn't seem like a Luronu line, it isn't contradicted by the character in dialogue in this issue.
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quote:Originally posted by PenaltyKillah: I'm still waiting for Shooter to start using Nura, a character that I believed was featured full-time in Jim's first run. And Sun Boy's really off the roster. Damn. Just when his position was cemented in the Legion, Shooter's got to handle with fifteen out of the potential 20.
Yeah- I'm more than ready for Nura's return to this title, too.
Are you getting the 'off the roster' solely from his absence from the mission board lists? I haven't checked that, but I wouldn't call that definitive, even so.
Isn't he on the cover artwork that's supposed to be the LSH in full strength wearing their new costumes? That's still some amount of time in the future, story-wise.
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And Lo3W too, though I won't really concur with the 'new costume' thing on his part. The way Shooter is going, (and judging by the solicits)... there won't be any time for some all-team showdown before a Lo3W tie-in and possibly a personnel change.
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quote:Originally posted by Set: I'm still kinda pissy that Giselle no longer looks alien. She looked exotic and yet beautiful in her first appearance. Now she's just some chick with pale skin. She might as well be one of the X-Men, with odd-colored-skin-for-no-damn-reason.
I wasn't taken with Giselle's looks initially, so her gradual transformation hasn't bothered me particularly.
Most brand new characters shift in looks through their first few appearances, don't they?
I understand the aliens oughtta look like aliens- especially if they're introduced that way feeling. I keep thinking there might be something behind it. [/QB]
Well, they tried it with certain non-humanoids... some are fine faces without dual lenses and slits on the bottom to recognize expressions, but most wouldn't get the sense of a story going. After all, we don't want our otherworldly equals to be treated as creepy animal sidekicks, eh?
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Beginning to suspect that some kind of mental transfer/exchange occured when Imra mind-linked with Giselle on Neptune. Imra has become indecisive, clearly unsure of herself-- while it triggered both a physical response in Giselle (her change in appearance loosely mimics Saturn Girl's features) and a mental response, granting her Imra's missing confidence and drive.
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LIGHTNING LAD : Check out that steep staircase Garth's descending when he makes his entrance into the issue. That's one way to keep Grandpas, Grandmas, Great-Uncles and Aunts away right there.![[Saturn Girl - Re-Imagined]](graemlins/SaturnGirl3.gif)
SATURN GIRL : Imra waffles a bit on page two, as she protests Star Boy's treatment of the SPs. She's eminently sensible-- but she's not being very consistent. Like she hasn't been 'mind-tampering- all along? ![[Karate Kid - Re-Imagined]](graemlins/KarateKid3.gif)
KARATE KID : The third of this issue's Legion leaders, of the Velmaran/Rigellian mission, is anything but distracted. If anything, he's so focused that he barely reacts to his team, until coming up with the battle plan that T-Wolf thoroughly ignores. He at least recognizes Invisible Kid's idea, unlike certain others on the team-- or is he being patronizing? I like that he had the instinct to protect Lyle, though I'm bothered by the underlying attitude therein.![[Ultra Boy - Re-Imagined]](graemlins/UltraBoy3.gif)
ULTRA BOY : Gang days. I wanted to meet some of Jo's 'worldie' gang-ties. 'Vehicular homicide'? There's certainly a story there. He seems quite taken with Giselle, doesn't he? "Wowww", I cite as evidence. Hmm. I wonder if Giselle is a low-level shapechanger that slowly mimics the facial characteristics of races she's around for extended periods of time?![[Phantom Girl - Re-Imagined]](graemlins/PhantomGirl3.gif)
PHANTOM GIRL : Ah, yes. The tour of homes continues! Tinya's room is the least forthcoming with character-revealing detail of any of the rooms we've seen. We knew she was a history buff. And that she read old books and comics. Now we know she has a collection. Of course, if we could read the spines of all those old books, perhaps we'd find out more about Tinya. ![[Element Lad - Re-Imagined]](graemlins/ElementLad3.gif)
ELEMENT LAD : Wow. Jan's room is packed with detail. Beaded curtains? Plants everywhere. Some of them on classical looking columns. More Greek resonance for Trom? A cool set of shelves that looks like the display spaces are carved into an ancient hunk of some sort of wood... wood that looks like it grew there in his room. Or something artistically devised to look like wood? Hmmm. If it opens, it looks like it could be a clever hiding place. ![[Invisible Kid - Re-Imagined]](graemlins/InvisibleKid3.gif)
INVISIBLE KID : It's like Lyle's playing Mr. Spock walking through the Magsteel Vine forest (great concept-- repeat it with Cosmic Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Chameleon, PLEASE!!), reading info from his 'tricorder'. Not that he gets much attention from his teammates. Lyle's description of the L'kad Temple Complex made me want to see much more of this world. I hope one or more of these Legionnaires encounter one or more of the 'straggler' creators, dreamers, builders. I want to see more of the Ikonns and Peril Men, too. 
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