It was a good story. Actually when I heard that Keith Giffen was doing a Sugar & Spike feature, I was very nervous. He did an OK job. He had them as young adults doing private investigation work for superheroes. The first story had them tracking down all the various Batman costumes from the 50s & 60s.
In this story the original Legionnaires, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, & Lightning Boy come back in time to get Sugar & Spike to retrieve a device that will be used in the future to wreck havoc. When they go to move their Time Cube, a Time Bubble appears with Brainiac 5, Lightning Lad (with robotic arm), and Supergirl. They are also looking for the same device which is used in constructing the Miracle Machine. While Sugar & Supergirl get the device from STAR Labs, even more Time Bubbles appear and finally
Starfinger
shows up looking for the same device. The story ends with a big unseen but heard fight for the device with Sugar, Spike, and Supergirl sitting on some steps.
Overall, the series was nice. I still question the need to use grown up Sugar & Spike. But their use wasn't the disaster I was scared of.
It still had the same faults the DCU:Legacies story had: The characters are sophomoric, and the Legion is the butt of the joke regarding their continuity. That said, the context here is more amenable to that kind of story-telling, as it was already a premise about the sillier parts of the DCU. I'd also say the Legion aren't treated with the same sarcastic venom as the previous story, but there was still a bit of disparaging of the concept on Giffen's part.
Playful fun, or a backhanded swipe? It could go either way really.
I did not care for the story. The LSH were not background or cameo players - they could be called unbilled co-stars and were all over the story. I though the appearance was going to be small, but it was BIG. Won't comment on the storyline as people may still be looking for the comic. It did end suddenly and without clearing my thoughts. I thought the Legion seemed trivial. Cosmic Boy was given some character (artifact lover) which I did not expect, but he seemed more foolish than heroic. Sugar & Spike spoke in clichés.
The other 3 stories in the book started in previous issues that I didn't get, so I didn't find them satisfying to read. I've spent 8 bucks on an unsatisfying meal, but it was gone when I was through. This book, though, is still hanging around taking up space.
"Everything about this is going to feel different." (Saturn Girl, Legion of Super-Heroes #1)
Metamorpho was written and drawn by Aaron Lopresti, whose writing lags well behind his art talent. His attempts at angsty romance between Rex and Sapphire were groan-inducing.
Wein wrote the METAL MEN feature... just ugh. Teen Will Magnus? Metal Men...
apologizing to him every time one of them dies at the hands of Chemo?
They're all unrecognizable to boot...
Sorry to say that Giffen's S&S was the *best*-written feature of the book... best I can say is that I didn't DISlike it. Damning with faint praise, and all.
Hm finally got it as well. Somehow I didn't get the ending though. Didn't see the point. The story was kind of fun as long as new Legionnaires kept on arriving, but where the meaning behind gthe ending was, I did not see. Didn't read the other three stories yet, artwork lokks nice though.
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