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I was just thinking how much this cover reminded me of Negation with the big blond uber powerful girl, the super smart guy with a big gun, lots of post apocalyptic outer space and of course the claws sent it over the top. If you remember Negation was another shared Mark Waid/Tony Bedard project
So I amthinking this cover is more of an Homage than a plot reveal but I could be wrong. Didn't Bedard say he wasn't going to focus on Brainy?
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Wow, I kept saying how I wanted Perez to draw the Legion. I hate that BoB cover! I think he tried to hard to make it look like Kitson's Legion. Rather have him do his own take...and by that I mean not have them look short and 13 years old.
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Another thumbs up for Calero's S/LSH cover. A space-quest sounds like a really neat premise, too. I guess that makes Cosmic Boy the Legion's Holy Grail.
The kindest thing I can say about the B&B cover is that it's a boring and awkward composition compared to Barry's dynamic group portraits. I wonder if they'll actually travel to the 21st century, or they're just a page in the Book of Destiny.
I'm not concerned about Timber Wolf and Sun Boy since Bedard mentioned he was going to use them. If it's Mon-El choice to stay with Mekt and the Wanderers, I hope they're active in Bedard's arc as well.
I suspect Dream Boy's absence (death?) figures into the return of Dream Girl.
From: Reimagined Trom | Registered: Jul 2003
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Call me unimpressed with both covers. I'm not sure which is the more disappointing: the fact that we go from Barry's tight, sharp linework to this over-colored piece of trendiness or the slapdash facial anatomy of Perez's work. He used to be amazing at rendering faces, but this is unbearable!
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I admit that Perez's cover is disappointing, but the bright side is Dream Girl's on it! Yay!
I like the other cover and I know Supegirl's been over-featured on the covers, but she's been pretty under featured in the book lately. Check out last issue. Her face is huge on the cover and she's the only Legionnaire on it, but inside she's got what? 3 panels?
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Perez's cover: I didn't think it was so bad. 1) "The Super Bozos - of Space!" got everyone's attention. 2) There will probably be a big ole bar code slapped over most of it when published. PS - Judging from the page quality of the previous B&B issues, Mr Perez has been working real hard - let's cut him some slack.
LoSH Cover: I really like the sci-fi feel to it.
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From: Frederick, MD | Registered: Aug 2003
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I actually like the B&B cover. That books has been really fun so far. I like that the Fatal Five are not going to be the only Legion-related part of this story.
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George Perez is actually very excited to be able to feature the Legion in B&B, so I seriously doubt that they will simply be a page in the Book of Destiny.
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It just occurred to me why Cham is wearing a helmet; he is wearing the official Legion Leader head bowl, a la early Cosmic Boy.
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From: Frederick, MD | Registered: Aug 2003
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I love it! It's no Kitson & perhaps not detail-perfect but that doesn't mean it's bad at all. It reminds me to an extent of Jason Pearson & Stuart Immonen. I havent't seen the interiors but Calero's artwork seems to be promising!
I like the fact that colorists today step up to fill in some of the details in finished artwork. Guess technology plays a big role in that. This isn't a coloring book so I believe that not every line needs to be there.
B&B Cover
Yikes! In no way is that Perez goodness! It's either Perez or (my personal theory) the inker, because that's just really painful to look at.
On what the cover hints at, wow, Batman with a flight ring! That make for some interesting reading.
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