What I do: Research in biology at the University of British Columbia (currently a cohort of the (in)famous Doctor One).
Favorite Legionnaires: Timber Wolf, White Witch, Monstress, Ultra Boy.
Likes: Sports … tennis and volleyball, movies … I’ll watch anything, books … I have a penchant for Sue Grafton, music … anything and everything 80s.
Miscellaneous: This is my first real post. Cool. I’ve run out of boring facts, so I’ll just stop now …
From: Vancouver, British Columbia | Registered: Oct 2003
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Tony Hughes 28 Cedar Falls, IA Senior at the University of Northern Iowa (English Lit. and Film Studies)/ Restaurant and Bar manager and bartender and DJ (whew)... aspiring Legion writer (or editor... whatever they'd let me do) Invisible Kid, Karate Kid, Vi, Triad, T-Wolf,... Levitz, Giffen, Lightle, Bierbaums,... Summer '86 (the Tales issue where T-Wolf goes to Lythyl for Val, followed by the draft of "Sensor Girl," Polar Boy, Pol, Tellus, and Quislet) Empire, the Muppets, Coppola, Cameron Crowe, Richard Linklater, Donnie Darko!, the Coens, Chris Guest, the Marx Bros., Shyamalan, ... Salinger, Kerouac, Hinton, King,... old Punk, ska, jam bands, Thelonius Monk, Groove Holmes, Sublime, Ben Harper, Pearl Jam, Phish, the Dead, NIL8, the Pimps, Brad, Satchel, the Strokes, the White Stripes, the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Floyd, Jimi, CCR, 3 Dog Night, the Beasties, Ween, the Gorillaz, the Pixies, etc.
From: c.f.,IA | Registered: Nov 2003
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My favorite stories (in no particular order): The revolt of the Super-Pets; the Krypton/Atlantis war; the LSV saga; the magic wars ; the darkman saga; the 5-year gap; the Dawnstar/Wildfire story drawn by Gene Colan; the 1st annual with the return of Computo...
When I started reading: in the early 80's. It was a traduction of the Legion that reprinted the Dr Mayavale story and the 1st part of the Darkman saga. I didn't know what to think about it; I was used to titles such as X-men, Fantatastic Four, Superman, New Teen Titans... but I didn't know who all these colorfuls characters were... but some concept were really cool: The Legion was helping RJ Brande to create stars! A president for the whole earth! WOW! I couldn't find at the time the following stories. A few years later, I buy a few issues of a comic called "Les Vengeurs" and what I discover inside was stunning: the 3rd and 4th issues of the baxter serie, and in another the Timber Wolf story on Lythyl(?), followed by the try-out story that introduced Sensor Girl. I was hooked for life... until the plublisher ceased to translate American comic books. My last issue was LSH(baxter)#21.
When I discovered in the 90s that I could get original US comic books in France. I tried the Legion again with issue 50 of V4. Hooked again! I have since collected all of V3, V4, the reboot, the superboy comics... I mostly miss the silver age stories, but the archives will help me to resolve that...
Other things I like:
Comics: Superman and Supergirl, Wonder Woman, JSA, Flash, Promethea,... Movies: the "Alien" saga, Star Wars, Star Trek: First Contact,... but I like a lot of other things too. TV: Buffy, That 70s show, Ab Fab, Coupling(UK), Star Trek:DS9,...
From: Berlin | Registered: Nov 2003
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quote:Originally posted by JT.Hawk: Name: Todd Harper
Age: 33
Where I live: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
What I do: Research in biology at the University of British Columbia (currently a cohort of the (in)famous Doctor One).
Favorite Legionnaires: Timber Wolf, White Witch, Monstress, Ultra Boy.
Likes: Sports … tennis and volleyball, movies … I’ll watch anything, books … I have a penchant for Sue Grafton, music … anything and everything 80s.
Hi Todd,
Nice to see another Canuck on the board. I hail from Ontario. I couldn't help but see other similar characteristics. I'm 34 and I too love tennis, and v-ball (I've coached both sports for a few years at the high school where I teach). I'm also into squash although I don't get much time to play now that I have a 16 month old daughter. I too am a book and movie lover and an 80's "old-timer".
Just wanted to welcome you. Legionworld is a great distraction from the world of academia.
From: Canada | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by JT.Hawk: Name: Todd Harper
Age: 33
Where I live: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
What I do: Research in biology at the University of British Columbia (currently a cohort of the (in)famous Doctor One).
Favorite Legionnaires: Timber Wolf, White Witch, Monstress, Ultra Boy.
Likes: Sports … tennis and volleyball, movies … I’ll watch anything, books … I have a penchant for Sue Grafton, music … anything and everything 80s.
Hi Todd,
Nice to see another Canuck on the board. I hail from Ontario. I couldn't help but see other similar characteristics. I'm 34 and I too love tennis, and v-ball (I've coached both sports for a few years at the high school where I teach). I'm also into squash although I don't get much time to play now that I have a 16 month old daughter. I too am a book and movie lover and an 80's "old-timer".
Just wanted to welcome you. Legionworld is a great distraction from the world of academia.
From: Canada | Registered: Jul 2003
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