Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes New R.E.B.E.L.S. Comic Discussion Thread.

It's certainly different from the original.

If so, what happened to Lydea Darkstar and Lyrissa?

I'd love it if Lyrissa was still alive and Lydea grew up more naturally, as long as her mutant shadowstar powers remained.

I'd love for her to meet Lyrl and have them fall in love, etc..

To be honest I've lost interest in this new version of R.E.B.E.LS. since around issue #6.
I don't like this Vril Dox, and I am fed up with the disconneted plotlines and whimpy guest stars.

I still see no reason to pick up this book again after thumbing through the current issue during a visit to my local comic shop.
It looked really boring.

oh can they please please show Lydea to be the great hero that Shadow Lass alluded too in the Great Darkness saga?

#18 preview is up! (If you can stand the Newsarama Ads... !)

I still am enjoying the series - I guess it's just the Trekkie in me but I love good Space Operas.

The Pulsar Stargrave angle is a great idea - another Brainiac loose-end that Mr Bedard can use to keep main character Vril interesting. I am not so interested in the Starfire/Captain Comet subplot, and would rather see more of Ciji and Bounder and the Dominator featured, but it's all good.

I hope the sales are staying up there. It is one of my top five favorite titles right now.

i dropped it. barely saw, "Starro" thru completion.
i don't like the replacement artist as much. he is sub-par. even though the inker does a good job of meshing the pencillers.
many issues in and i know next to nothing of Tribulus, Bounder, and any member apart from Vril. this is not why i buy team comics.
the addition of Starfire, totally negates the female Wildfire (whatshername?) with her flying and energy blasts. In fact, the addition of Capt. Comet, Adam Strange, and Starfire seem DC mandated to continue the Strange Adventures line-up. They haven't added anything at all to the book. lame book. DC wants a cosmic book to compete with success of Abnett/Lanning cosmic series at Marvel, but this is nowhere close.

Well, DnA have multiple books going there so it's hard for one book to compete, I think.

I, myself, enjoy the book.

But, I DO wish that Bedard had just kept the original would be okay, if she was used for more than her sexual titulation.
and find out why she's not with him.
(sorry for all the pictures but it seemed like fun)

She's probably not with him because he was so concentrating so hard on being/tolerating Bek's attempt of sabatoging their relationship that she went back to eating..and if she stopped and instead got "her power back" as its said these days...she told him to take a hike.

I have really enjoyed the last few issues, post Starro. The recent battle of the Brainiacs has really turned this book around.

Vril hasn't really taken the name Brainiac has he? It seems more an appellation given to him. In which case, you can't fault him there.

Lryl's creation of Pulsar and their limited conversation was a treat to read. Ditto starfire and Captain Comet's relations. it's moments like these that make the book a fun read, more so than the actual super hero throwdowns.

This book took sometime, but it's definitely worth reading each month.

I'm all for more of Ciji!

The latest issue seems to have done a good job giving everyone sometime. Here's to Bedard building up the cast of DC's cosmic corner.

Finally read #18. Loved it!

There's a worthwhile story to be told in how/why Comet resigned from dotLegion (which he was leading) and what happened to Marij'n. I figure, though, that it's just been retconned away.

Hmm.. this new Pulsar Stargrave seems interesting, but more like just a killing machine. Nothing like the 30th Century version. I'm wondering if at some point he comes in contact with the humanoid form of the Computer Tyrants of Colu and perhaps merge their power and become one entity?

Yes, but one really, really, VERY POWERFUL, entity!

And I LIKED , darn it.
She and Comet were good together!

Maybe the Eye came back and took her away as it's Empress.
Lobo was gone, after all, and with Cera we saw how it could lurk and wait for the right moment!

I am loving the Brainiac fight.
And, I thought I was tired of Brainiac!

Lyrl is still a wonderful character, even if he IS being shown to be his old, amoral self as an infant.

I would have thought that his time with Vril/Stealth and later, just Stealth, would have had some sort of impact on him.
He should be grieving for his mom, too.

I don't think that having a 12th level mind makes someone a sociopath, without the ability to care for others or to have remorse or grief.

If that were true, the Coluans would be right in calling them Abominations.
The beings with the hightest intellegence on THIS planet, certainly have shown connections to others, compassion and 'humanity'.

Anyway, I really enjoye Lyrl's interchanges with Vril, this issue, Vril 'on the run', everyone trying to out think Brainiac, Pulsar Stargrave (whatta creation!) and the last pages with Lobo (he's on next month's cover so spoilers seem unneeded here.)

The art is so beautiful, right down to the fish faced people!

I think I'm going to drop it, I'm just not enjoying it.

It's less a team book, more a Dox solo series with the occasional appearance from supporting characters.

I also can't keep the plots straight in my brain from month to month as it's all about tactical skulduggery. Maybe it will read better as a trade?

I don't understand why Bedard's introduced a team of characters in the first 8 or so issues and then done nothing with them subsequently.

Sales, probably.

The mostly-new team may not have been going over well so more familiar characters like Adam Strange, Starfire, and Captain Comet were brought in. That's likely why Lobo is coming back as well.

The book got a charge from Blackest Night, but the boost from that is gone. Ian Sattler said in San Diego that the book is sticking around, but that's probably due to the crossover planned with Green Lantern Corps. (It was originally going to be a crossover with JLA, which might have helped more.) I'm sure TPTB will check those numbers to see if it's worth it to continue the book.

The latest issue was great!! I loved the art!!

I liked the latest issue as well. I think it has a great story and great art, and is one of the better DC titles. I'd hate to see it canceled, so even though I'm not a big crossover fan, if it will sell more bring on the GL Corp and the JLA and whomever.

ps - I'd like to see more of the Omega Men, but a little better distinguishing between Strata and Broot.

Writer TAKES R.E.B.E.L.S. Toward DC\'S Next Space \'Event\'

R.E.B.E.L.S. will now stand for Regional Enforcement Bureau Ending Lantern Supremacy and be replacing L.E.G.I.O.N. as the team's name.

I am more than happy that DC appears to be still behind this book.

But I hope these events generate some sales.

I liked the last clash between the Brainiacs!
I enjoyed Vril's faces when he was with Lobo and his interactions with Lyrl.

I thought that at one point, he'd taken away Lobo's power to regenerate.
But, that might have been a boot ago or something.

I really enjoyed Pulsar Stargrave.
I mean REALLY.
He was so funny with Lobo.

I DO wish that Brainiac hadn't gotten away with both PS and the Coluan core.
Like he needed more power.
sigh

Argh! I somehow lost track of when the new issue came out and missed getting it. I guess O know what I'm doing after work: tracking it down.

I'm still reading, but if they're going to bring back all the old charactors and ignore the new ones I'm gone. If we're going to keep Lobo I'm gone. If they keep Lobo then please add Guy Gardner too. That way I can avoid one book and be done with it.

I caught up on the last three REBELS issues and am reminded that while there is still a little room for improvement, I'm enjoying the series quite a bit. The War of the Brainiacs was done in a really fun way and the inclusion of Pulsar Stargrave was a big plus. He did sem a bit too much like Solaris, but was fun nonetheless.

I surprised myself by actually enjoying the heck out of Lobo's inclusion. While I used to get a little annoyed when he was *everywhere*, I've always loved the way he interacts with Dox. I think he's a welcome addition here so long as he doesn't dominate the series.

The two Green Lantern's have gone from being very annoying to only slightly so. The Okarrian GL has become interesting suddenly and I want to learn more. I just wish their visuals were a little more appealing.