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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears that this is true.
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Thanks everyone. About that School reading list, Doctor one, well, it's not easy for me to remember overly much about what books we got to pick and read from the lists as it was many years ago since i went to High school. 
Carpe Noctem
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Welcome, Snakeguru Lass and Positive Man. Snakeguru Lass, please allow me to thank you on behalf of your country for IKEA. I couldn't have furnished my home without it!  Both of you, please make yourselves at home.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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Hey, Positive Man. Welcome! Is the Legion published in Portuguese today?
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This topic's on page 69...ohhhh, yeah! 
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Hi W4TR Lad, Snake Guru Lass and Positive Man.
Welcome aboard guys.
Hope you all have fun here, it's a great place and one of the friendliest board there is.
Be lucky
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Sorry about the time that has passed between your question and my answer, Dain, but my workload has been relentless. To my knowledge the Legion has been (very badly printed and translated) published in brazilian editions until the end of the 5 year gap. It was never published in european Portuguese. And a quaint factoid for you: my first issue was read in Africa (Dad was a military man), in Mozambique, to be precise. I started collecting it in English with the Bouncing Boy-Duo Damsel marriage issue (thanks for paying for it while I couldn´t, Mom and Dad ).
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And I forgot to include my thanks to all the kind folks that added their personal welcomes to grumpy old me.
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears that this is true.
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Originally posted by Positive Man:
I guess this is the right place for introductions, so:
Who: Antão, Positive Man
Where: Lisbon, Portugal
Why: Love of Legion (and lots of lurking here)
When: 1973, first comic ever read, at age 5 (a brazilian reprint featuring Invisible Kid and Phantom Girl in some Espionage Squad action from the Adventure era)
What: I translate books ("serious" ones) and breed dogs for a living, I surf and ride horses for sport, I will not ever drop the Legion (I liked the 5 year gap even if it spawned several horrors: I didn't like the reboot at all -with the exception of the DnA issues- nor Waid's recent stuff).
Favorite creators:
Levitz, Shooter, Giffen, Grell.
Favorite Legionnaires:
Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy, Blok
Phantom Girl, White Witch, Dawnstar Positive Man, what kind of dogs do you breed? I show dogs as a hobby.
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Again: my apologies for the delayed answer, Semi. Work has been a dog's girlfriend. I breed three local dog races (two recognized by the FCI and one about to), that are mainly shepherds (all of them were used as wolf fighting mastiffs) and guard dogs even if they can also used for search and rescue or leading the blind (I hate "political correctness"). Here's some links with photos (Am I even allowed to do this? Let me assure the board administration upfront that these sites aren't mine, neither belong to anybody I know or do business with) for you to know the roll call of my "Interplanetary Bunk Beast Guard" : http://www.rt-serradaestrela.pt/regiao/caodaserra.htm http://www.rafeiroalentejo.info/index.cfm?l=1 http://www.caodegadotransmontano.org.pt/ The latter is about to be recognized by the FCI. Believe me, none of these are to be trifled with...
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears that this is true.
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Name: Jack
Age: 42
Location: Okie-homa
Legion Fan since 1979 and have read all the way back to the beginning. I can't wait to see how Jim Shooter handles the Legion this time around. I have been away from the Legion for a while and I hope I can get back into it with him coming back. I was never a big fan of the reboots and rewrites.
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strange but not a stranger
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Welcome to Legion World TripleJ! You aren't our first Okie member, but I am sure you'll represent that state very well. I see you found the trivia threads. I won't force you to write a limerick on the limerick thread. (But I won't stop you from writing one either.  ) Again welcome!
Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!
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Thanks Quislet!!
Who knows what kind of stuff I might come up with here? It's going to be fun hanging out here!
Thanks Again!
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Welcome aboard TripleJ! Hope you enjoy this place as much as I have.
"Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"
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Name: Sara
Age:17 (6 days!!!)
Where you live: Chicagoland
As I'm considerably younger than most people on LW, I'm the newbiest of newbies heh.
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Hi Teronna! Glad you discovered the Legion and found your way to Legion World. Have fun!
"Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"
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Name:David
Age:40
Very first comics-When I was 8 I went to the hospital to have my tonsils out. My Parents brought me ice-cream, World's Finest #226, and Superboy starring the Legion # 208, both 100 pages for 60 cents each! 20 years and 4,000 comics later, my parents were going "D'oh!"
LLL!
Long Live all them Legions!
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Welcome aboard David! You'll soon discover that Arms Fall Off Boy has quite a devoted following here so you sure picked a great screen name. Have fun!
"Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"
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Finally decloaking after some very enjoyable time watching on the sidelines
About me:
38 years old
M.A. in Lit. Studies of North America Politics
working in cultural communications
based in Germany
likes Basketball
Legion fan since my childhood days (spotty memories of what must have been SLOSH # 228),
got lost in the 80s
came back with "The Legion #1", been backtracking (more or less successfully) since then.
Favorite characters (across all versions):
Invisible Boy (both Lyle and Jaques)
Colossal Boy (somehow always ends up a bit goofy, but golden heartesd in every incarnation)
Phantom Girl (can't take the girl next door away from her)
Other comic books/characters I like:
James Robinson's Starman, Chronos (Walker Gabriel), most Stuff by Grant Morrison,
currently Fables
(add to that European stalwarts like
Spirou, TinTin, but also the likes of Luc Orient & Bob Morane, Blueberry and John Difool and you get the picture).
Currently faced with the typical dilemma of most mid-thirties: enough money to pay for the whimsical hobbies, but not the appropriate attic for convenient storage...
Be seeing you -
Jens
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Still "Lardy" to my friends!
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Welcome to visibility, Invisible Man! Glad you decided to decloak and join in the fun.
"Hey Jim! Get Mon out of the Zone!! And...when do we get Condo back?"
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Been lurking for a little bit, but I figure I should introduce myself:
Name: Abby
Age: 27
Gina DC got me into the Legion by dangling the reboot Legion at me and getting me interested in, of all characters, Magno. She did not warn me how thankless being a fan of Magno would actually be, unfortunately, but managed to make a LSH fan of me anyhow.
Other favorite characters: Cosmic Boy, XS, Invisible Kid, Night Girl. The reboot Legion was my first and remains my favorite, but I dabble a bit in other boots as well.
Other trivia: if you've read a profile of Magno anywhere online, chances are I wrote it.
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Jeepers! A Magno fan? Now I've seen everything! Welcome EBC!
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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Name: Colin
Age: 28
Location: Bradford, but I spend a lot of time on the move
Got into the Legion in the mid-90s, stopped with the end of Abnett & Lanning's run. Took a look at a Waid/Kitson issue (forget the number, sometime in the #10s), and REALLY didn't like it. Not sure about this "Legion of 3 Worlds" thing.
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