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I don't think we have had the actual contents spelt out, have we?
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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Yes, it named him as Clark Kent, son of Jonathan and Martha Kent of Smallville, Kansas, yadda, yadda, yadda. Ethel's students were reciting it.
From: Reimagined Trom | Registered: Jul 2003
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Hmm. I was disappointed in the Subs' portrayal. I thought from the cover they were going to be the hardened and competent subversives that they were in the TMK era. Everybody else has grown up and matured, why are the Subs still so inept?
Also don't get how Night Girl could be accepted in the regular Legion, given her limitation. There are already half a dozen super strong Legionnaires on the team. So who needs a chick who can only be strong at night?
It's always seemed odd to me that Night Girl's codename is about her limitation rather than her power. Rather than calling herself Power Lass or Strong Girl or something, she's rather advertising her weakness. It would be like Ultra Boy calling himself One Power at a Time Lad, or Superboy being Super Only in Yellow Sunlight Boy. But I digress . . .
I'm anxious to get all those other Legionnaires out of their cookie jars and see them in action. Though 20 some odd Legionnaires against 6 rejects seems unfair. . .
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quote:Originally posted by jimgallagher: Hmm. I was disappointed in the Subs' portrayal. I thought from the cover they were going to be the hardened and competent subversives that they were in the TMK era. Everybody else has grown up and matured, why are the Subs still so inept?
I also didn't like the subs being shown as inept. I think it was done for comic effect. But we didn't need comic effect.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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quote:Originally posted by jimgallagher: Hmm. I was disappointed in the Subs' portrayal. I thought from the cover they were going to be the hardened and competent subversives that they were in the TMK era. Everybody else has grown up and matured, why are the Subs still so inept?
I also didn't like the subs being shown as inept. I think it was done for comic effect. But we didn't need comic effect.
I liked that they were. Personally I think Geoff showed them to be both slightly inept and slightly not. The evil Justice League has beat down most of the Legion. I wouldn't have liked it if they were all gung-ho top notch butt kickers. It would've been a bit too v4 as well.
Polar Boy was there to keep them in control. He was their leader. They just needed direction. They are not that experienced. And Rainbow Girl kicked butt!
From: Tampa | Registered: Mar 2004
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I don't think they were inept. I think it's just that the nature of their powers and the resulting status and resources they have available has forced a different style on them. The Legion may aspire to treat superheroism as an exact science; the Subs never will.
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I also didn't really get what Rainbow Girl's powers are. . .
And if she's so powerful and competent why is she hanging with the Subs? She's the only one who didn't come off looking buffoonish. It seems more likely that she would be accepted into the Legion than Night Girl.
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From: Champaign, IL | Registered: Jul 2003
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I don't really get what her powers are either. But it's implied that they come with mood swings, which might have been enough to get the Legion to pass on her.
quote:Originally posted by Matthew E: I don't really get what her powers are either. But it's implied that they come with mood swings, which might have been enough to get the Legion to pass on her.
It says that she draws her power form the emotional spectrum that causes mood swings. You didn't find it funny that when she mentioned that the subs and her had plenty of will power she glowed green? When she was angry she was in red? Jorge mentioned it in the early post that Johns worked in some Green Lantern stuff into her. That is cool.
And I liked how the Subs wee portrayed. The Subs have the courage, the heart and decency but still just a bit naive. They still need time to develop that all.
From: Texas | Registered: Apr 2004
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Franks has created the creepiest of all DC villains, I of course speak of Eyeful Ethyl. The eyes on the boobs has affected me deeply.
Yes, more of this.
I generally like my Superheroes with sticks up theirs, but the subs provide me a more from the neighborhood superhero.
Last panel: Supes would have required super strength to bust through a space station wall, flight ring or no flight ring. Right?
Of the two issues this month, I couldn't pick a clear favorite. Most fun I've had in a long time reading a Legion book.
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They are not that experienced. And Rainbow Girl kicked butt!
