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Legion Lost #8

Written by Tom DeFalco, art and cover by Pete Woods.

The lead-up to next month's game-changing Teen Titans/Superboy/Legion Lost crossover starts here! Rose Wilson and the Ravagers of N.O.W.H.E.R.E. attack our lost Legionnaires for a battle royale! When the smoke clears, the Legion won't like what they see...¦

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 11.

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">GATES!!! see him on the reflection on the sword edge. but where's Cham Girl? </span></span>



Legion of Super Heroes #8 --- STEVE LIGHTLE's back!!!!! yeah!!!
Written by Paul Levitz, art by Steve Lightle and Yildiray Cinar, cover by Steve Lightle.

Classic Legion artist Steve Lightle returns, along with recent Legion artist Yildiray Cinar! In a tale illustrated by Lightle, Invisible Kid must chase down a set of thieves who've gotten their hands on some of the most dangerous technology in the universe…tech that could result in a new dawn for an old adversary!

And in "Founder's Night," Yildiray Cinar returns for a story of Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad, the three founding Legionnaires, reunited for a rare night off in 31st-century Istanbul!

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 18.


LEGION LOST TP
Written by DAN ABNETT and ANDY LANNING • Art by OLIVIER COIPEL, PASCAL ALIXE and ANDY LANNING • Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
On sale MAY 30 • 296 pg, FC, $29.99 US
The Legion of Super-Heroes finds itself stranded in a distant galaxy, on the home planet of the vicious alien race known as the Progeny, in this new hardcover collecting the cult favorite 12-issue epic. While some of our heroes struggle to repair their damaged spaceship, the rest attempt to forge an alliance with the peaceful Kwai.

Woo!

Hmm ... I wonder the "old adversary" in that IK story could be Computo...

That was my thought as well. What other "old adversary" could be awakened by dangerous technology?

Plus the existing connection to Jacques. Hopefully we'll get to see Danielle!

There is no way that I will buy Teen Titans and Superboy. I refuse to get sucked in to a crossover.

The words "that could result in a new dawn for an old adversary" makes me wonder if Black Dawn might be introduced into the revised continuity.

I reckon Computo is more likely than Black Dawn tbh....

So it looks like Jacques is gonna get the spotlight some people have been asking for...will be interesting to see how he handles himself now that he is not anything like the rookie anymore!

Re Legion Lost crossover with Superboy - more first-meeting battles between two hero groups? dang. I was all for Fabian's original plan of keeping the Legion Lost team a bit separated from current DCU heroes...

One of my favorite Lightle covers ever! And I have many favorite covers by Steve! Great job!

Can't wait for that issue. I'm a Cinar fan as well. Can't wait for his 31st century Türkiye. He does great detailed backgrounds...this is going to be a fantastic issue.

New Levitz interview from CBR:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36698

"I don't think comics are particularly fun when they focus on politics"

I must disagree with Mr Levitz on a minor point. Comic books are entirely based on relationships, and all relationships are political. Nevertheless, "Legion Secret Origins" is currently my favorite book.

After seeing the Dragonfire spotlight cover it occured to me: the retro book has given us nine new Legionnaires. Seven are female (Chameleon Girl, Night Girl, XS, Comet Queen, Dragonfire, Glorith, & Harmonia) and two are male (Gates, Chemical Kid). Its nice to see us getting closer to the gender balance we had during the reboot.

What do you mean that all relationships are political?

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. . . the retro book has given us nine new Legionnaires. Seven are female (Chameleon Girl, Night Girl, XS, Comet Queen, Dragonfire, Glorith, & Harmonia) and two are male (Gates, Chemical Kid). Its nice to see us getting closer to the gender balance we had during the reboot.

Ummm, Chameleon Girl is LOST (along with Dawnstar), Night Girl is at the Academy as a teacher rather than as a Legionnaire, XS has totally left the Legion and is mentioned nowhere in the timeline, while Harmonia is in the Legion but not in any uniform so she may just be working with Brainy and trying to mentor Jan on his rode to enlightenment, rather than as a true Legionnaire. She's really too old, isn't she?

And Gates may not be gender specifically male or female, especially in the DCnU.

But, I like your general thinking on having more women in the Legion!

Are the other characters on this cover totally new characters, fresh from the amazing Lightle's talented imagination, or have we seen any, or all of them, in the past fifty years of Legion lore?

wait till you see what Yildiray has in mind for Founder's Night...you'll never guess who's dancing with each other.

Garth and Rokk?

NIght Girl and Saturn Girl?

Proty and Krypto?

I dig staring at that Lightle cover.
I think I'll go stare some more.

Dan Didio and Mark Waid?

pol·i·tics-
5.
( functioning as singular or plural ) any activity concerned with the acquisition of power, gaining one's own ends, etc: company politics are frequently vicious.


Gates has always been refered to with masculine pronouns (as has Tellus and Quislet), so I respect this precedent. The gender of any given Durlan (Cham Girl), however, mightbe subject for debate.
I haven't always been happy with Levitz's treatment of female Legionnaires, but IMHO he redeems himself with the introduction of Glorith, Comet Queen, Dragonfire, and Harmonia; nevertheless, the exact status of the latter remains undetermed, as does that of XS.

I'm still hoping that the Academy will include discovered versions of Kinetix, Andromeda, Kid Quantum (I or II), Lonestar, Gazelle, and so forth, as well as Danielle Foccart.

*poof*

He doesn't meet the Legion age requirement.

*poof*

No. It is not Etrigan on that cover.