Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Legion-related November 2011 Solicitations and Images...SPOILERS

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover by CHRIS SPROUSE and KARL STORY
On sale NOVEMBER 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
RATED T
The strongest man in the universe is rampaging on the surface of Panoptes, and the Dominators are massing in the skies above – and naturally, The Legion is stuck between the two! They don’t have the raw power to stare down either threat – but what they do have is a plan...one
that puts some of their own in even greater danger behind enemy lines!



LEGION LOST #3
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Art and cover by PETE WOODS
On sale NOVEMBER 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Questions abound in the third issue of this hot new series! What does Timber Wolf have in common with Red Rage, a creature that eats the marrow from its victim’s bones? What secret does Tyroc hide in plain sight? And what frightening truth does Tellus uncover?



LEGION: SECRET ORIGIN #2
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by CHRIS BATISTA and MARC DEERING
Cover by TOM FEISTER
On sale NOVEMBER 30 • 32 pg, 2 of 6, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
In the 31st century, three teens from different worlds act to save prominent businessman R.J. Brande from assassination. Their courageous act will change their lives forever and tie them to a conspiracy threatening the fragile foundations of the burgeoning United Planets. Definitive Legion writer Paul Levitz teams up with Chris Batista to explore what exactly distinguishes the Legionnaires from the other super-powered
members of their respective races.


From Newsarama:
Legion #3 http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=43898

Legion Lost #3 http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=3520

Legion: Secret Origins #2
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=3520&page=5

I really dislike the cover for Legion Lost #3.

Well, it's very dynamic and interestingly layed out, imo.

I really like the Origins cover.

Where's the Star Trek/LSH cover?
And any glimpse of the variant covers for 1 & 2?

Star Trek/LSH is coming out through IDW iirc, so it will not be shown with the DC solicits.

The lady on the cover to Legion #3 has me so happy you guys don't even know ^_^

The LL cover....I think it is well-drawn but I don't particularly love it...I don't hate it either, just saying it doesn't really engage me that much. Is it just me or does the bad guy look a little like a less hairy Brin from his post-Furball days?

L:SO cover..looks like fan art. I am not dissing fan art, but it's not really dynamic, the washed out colors don't work for me at all, the characters don't actually look like themselves, and Garth's lightning blast looks like a generic wave of light, nothing like comic book electrical powers at all.

Though I do like it quite a bit, I'm definitely getting a strong "Christina Applegate" vibe from Saturn Girl on the Secret Origins cover.

'Whoooooooooooooooooa, Legion!"

So based on covers and promotional info, we know this much about the Legion's membership:

Ultra Boy
Phantom Girl
Chameleon Boy
Glorith
Dragonwing
Chemical Kid
Mon-El
Brainiac 5
Sun Boy

Is Comet Queen going to join as well? And who resigns? Who dies?

Ahhhh, yes, thanks Dev.
Korbal, that sweetie, is listing them on the Star Trek/Legion thread.

I was thinking the same thing. From the description, it's possible that the similarities are intentional.

And one can only hope they take out that comic version of Didio when they hit the ground.

The Renegades, huh? I wonder if there'll be heroes who would've allied with the LSH in the past? Or are they all new characters?

That's a colorful foe for Brin on the LOST cover-- can't say I'm drawn to extended jaw/distended tongue characters. I like the colors, though. And the 'action' in the cover.

They're in a mall- so I guess LOST will be taking place on Earth. I wasn't totally sure till now. Inevitable, I suppose. I would've been impressed if the story took place on some other 21st century planet.

We don't know Comet Queen is a member yet... I'd choose lots of characters ahead of her, but Levitz *did* create her and I'm looking forward to seeing what he's got in the cards for her.

The Legion Lost cover is really bad

Agreed. Very dynamic composition.

Less agreement here. Not thrilled with the look of Garth's 'Lightning' blasts and Hate that it appears (hoping it is just artistic license on the cover) that they have Flight Rings way too early in there careers.

Maybe they'll finally find Inferno hanging out there!

Wasn't there a Half Durlan character from the Timber Wolf Mini that also hung out in malls? One that tended to shift into a form that looked a bit like the guy on that cover?

That's one loose end I'd completely given up on ever seeing tied up!

The mall setting and that weird '90s Timber Wolf mini'-looking character Brin's fighting with do both harken back to previous Legion series' set in the 20th/21st century though.

It'll be a weird coincidence if that's all it is.

I really hate Brin with long hair. The guy's an acrobat; the last thing he would ever want is hair getting in his face when he's flipping around.

And if the artist is going to give him long hair, at least make it observe the laws of physics and gravity.

As I've, and probably others have posted elsewhere here, recently in Adventure, Levitz showed that this is really the retroboot by having the flight rings show up very early on.
To accomplish that, IIRC, he also had Brainy associated with the Legion practically from the beginning.

But, I understand that the Origins covers might be an acquired taste.


And many of the Circus Ole(sp?) performers, who are all seem to be acrobats and dancers of some sort, have long hair.
Both genders, and often their hair isn't tied back.

I DO agree that it would make sense to get it out of his eyes and that it should obey natural laws.
But, movement, and physical reactions to it, might be problematical and affected by numerous factors that might combine to make things look 'odd' to us, imo.
(How's that for rationalization? )

As to the length and style though, they may be playing the 'feral child' angle.
(Another rationalization/excuse?)

Cover to Star Trek/LSH #2

the name of that "half-Durlan" is Thrust and it s been speculated that he s the son of Lobo. he's not Red Rage...completely different. and also he is a member of Espionage squad called "the Point Force".

see the link -
http://www.comicvine.com/thrust/29-13564/

Hmmm.... I must be confusing the Durlan guy for someone else entirely. The character I am thinking of looked more like a knock-off of Sabretooth, fur on the sholders, fur on the forarms, fangs, claws, pointy ears and red eyes. This guy has the ears and the eyes, but... Anyway, I didn't think the one I was thinking of was this Red Rage character, just that they had a similar look (minus the tail that RR seems to have).

Hey guys, is the problem you see with his hair (other than being long) that it is not hanging down? Because, if they are falling, it could still stream behind him rather than stick out ahead of him (I think)?

Interesting presentation here. Saturn Girl is the only Legionnaire to have a large headshot on the cover. None of the Star Trek characters have full-body shots. Kirk is the largest headshot and the central figure, but is partially covered by the figure of Lightning Lad. I bet deciding the layout was almost as big a nightmare as the movie poster for Generations where they had to balance 2 popular lead Characters without favoring either.

Wow, that Star Trek/LSH pic is all kinds of amazing!!

Love that picture.

That's the creepiest version of Chameleon Boy I've seen in, ever.

Brin leaping over the Starfleet/IDIC symbol is cool. The Legion folk are in much more dynamic positions than the Enterprise crew.

Oh, Uhura, rock that hairdo, you sexy goddess.

So, does anyone else think that the linework make Spock look nine months pregnant? And now that I've pointed it out, will you ever be able to un-see it?