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Ok, with all the hoopla surrounding LSH #6 noone has commented on Legacies #6. I picked this up more so for the Legion presence than anything else. I have to tell you though that the Wein/Giffen back-up story was, well, perplexing to say the least! We see not just the classic story about the founders showing up in a time bubble to meet with Clark, but also other Legions (including the threeboot Legion's Supergirl and Light Lass) from different continuities and timelines show up at the same time. All these Legions tell or warn Clark about coming with them to the future to fulfill his destiny of becoming Superman or tell him not to come to the future for his own safety (Xenophobe Earth), or something to that effect. Another version even needs his help against Roxxas!
I wonder what this story is meant to do. It certainly seems like an ambitious undertaking. Maybe it's the start of a bigger story that's meant to fix all the plot holes that Lo3W dredged up? Why now though when things seemed to have levelled off a bit with the new Levitz series doing well, and another companion to the Legion in the form of Adventure Comics? What's the point of going back and "fixing" something unless it's meant to right some continuity wrongs?
I can't wait to see how it all plays out though. It continues with something entitled "The Time Pool" (next ish?).
On another note Giffen's art was, how do I put this tenderly,... not my cup of tea. Oh how I yern for the Great Darkness Saga Giffen!
I know, I KNOW .... it's just MY opinion.
From: ontario | Registered: Feb 2007
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This story was Giffen's way of ridiculing DC for all their reboots & tweaks & zero hours & re-reboots and how it messed with the Legion over the years. So instead of the classic Supes meets the Legion origin, it's now cluttered with countless numbers of time bubbles with countless versions of the Legion, giving both Kal-El and the readers a terrible migraine!! I loved it!
From: elizabeth,nj | Registered: Jul 2003
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Len Wien gets credit as writer. I wonder how much of the plot was his and how much was Giffen's.
From: Portland, Oregon | Registered: Jul 2003
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I thought the back-up was terrible as well. Mostly because this series has for the most part been a showcase for various parts of the DCU. So when it's Legion's turn they get treated like a joke, highlighting all the things that keep people away from the Legion (Crazy continuity, no consistency, etc.). This story did the legion no favours and was a huge letdown (even worse, it wasn't funny).
From: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | Registered: Sep 2004
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quote:Originally posted by rouge: Reposted from the Gym'll thread:
I thought the back-up was terrible as well. Mostly because this series has for the most part been a showcase for various parts of the DCU. So when it's Legion's turn they get treated like a joke, highlighting all the things that keep people away from the Legion (Crazy continuity, no consistency, etc.). This story did the legion no favours and was a huge letdown (even worse, it wasn't funny).
I agree rouge, if this story had been published in a book meant to be out-of-contuinuity and funny (like Bizarro World) then this may have been OK. But the convoluted bunch of dumb and obnoxious characters portrayed in this story did nothing to promote the Legion or its current on-going series. Just the opposite.
quote:Originally posted by lil'rhino: This story was Giffen's way of ridiculing DC for all their reboots & tweaks & zero hours & re-reboots and how it messed with the Legion over the years. So instead of the classic Supes meets the Legion origin, it's now cluttered with countless numbers of time bubbles with countless versions of the Legion, giving both Kal-El and the readers a terrible migraine!!
The aim may have been to ridicule DC, lil'rhino but what he actually did was ridicule the Legion.
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From: Ancient Kingdom of Northumbria, UK | Registered: Aug 2007
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I posted in the DCU Legacies thread (in the Dr. Gym'll forum) about this as well. Terribe story. Absolutely awful. There really isn't much more than that to say.
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From: New York, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 2003
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Yes. You want to hear the plot? Here's the plot: A bunch of Legionnaires from various points in Legion history all arrive in Smallville in their time bubbles at the same time, and instead of getting their various messages to Superboy/young Clark Kent, they end up squabbling with each other until Clark tells them to shut up and go home. The end.
Oh, and the art was bad, too.
-------------------- Chaim Mattis Keller ckeller@nyc.rr.com Legion-Reference-File Lad
From: New York, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 2003
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All from different points in the same history.... or from the differrent versions of the Legion (like: original, post CoIE, 5YL, post ZeroHour, Threboot, current)?
future king
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I guess one could see this first part as a mockery of the whole jumbled up Legion reboot/continuity thing, but my fondest hope is that this isn't what it actually becomes. This series is entitled "Legacies" after all so it must be meant to generalize the Legion mythos in a serious, respectful way as a whole. At least, I hope that's what it will do in the end! I guess we'll have to wait until next month to see what the second part of this tale has in store. I have to assume though that Wein, Giffen et al wouldn't try and deliberately hurt the Legion franchise with this mock ribbing. What good would that do, seriously?
From: ontario | Registered: Feb 2007
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quote:All from different points in the same history.... or from the differrent versions of the Legion (like: original, post CoIE, 5YL, post ZeroHour, Threboot, current)?
Mostly from the current post-Infinite Crisis history, but at least one from the Threeboot.
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From: New York, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 2003
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The next issue's back-up deals with the Atom, Chronos and the Time Pool, with the Atom ending up in Camelot (so we'll see Shining Knight and the Demon I assume). There are no more Legion appearances mentioned for the series so far. What we saw in #6 is all we'll get.
From: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | Registered: Sep 2004
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I'm not an AR collector, but I pick up most appearances of the Legion. This one I perused and put back. It just seemed goofy and not worth 4 bucks.
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From: Groga | Registered: Aug 2003
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