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Real Legion + Real Superboy is the way to go!

this is the second time that a hero ended his life killing others - first was Dmitri Pushkin from Rocket Red in OMAC, then now this Human Bomb killing Dr. Polaris...I admitted that I was shocked to see Dr. Polaris actually getting killed off....whoa. wow.

It would be so cool if the whole Pocket Universe scenario could be considered a dream so that Superboy, Insect Queen (Lana Lang) et al could be re-activated as being relevant in the current Legion timeline...

The anatomy discussion made me think of Pamela for some reason... Maybe Jim Lee could have used this picture for reference?

Insect Queen? I have to draw a line somewhere! Plus don't give Waid any ideas. I know he's a sucker for that stuff.

Only two things bother me about Lee's cover (no, not those two things...): Lois' feet and the fact that he got rid of Alex's white man 'fro.

Do you know how hard it is to get a perm when you have been living a bubble that sits outside of reality for 20 years?

I'm pretty sure that the Earth 2 Superman never was Superboy--just like in the current continuity. Only Earth 1 (and later Earth Prime) had Superboys.

Sweet!
The REAL Superboy in the Legion?

I'm thrilled...but how has DC resolved the ownership issue? Have they figured out that it would be worth paying royalties in order to make a mint off the character instead of being petty and writing him out of the comic world entirely?

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My comic shop guy was chatting about IC and dropped the rumor on me that the outcome of the story will be that the DC heroes LOST the Crisis in Infinite Earths. The entire DC Universe for the last two and a half decades has been the twisted product of the Psycho Pirate's dementia.

Unfortunately the conversation was interrupted and we didn't get back to it but might this mean that DC is getting ready to reset everything to the late 80s?

They've left themselves room to go many ways with this. One of the Superboy stories (now Conner Kent) had him shooting through hypertime with Superboys in all kinds of underwear. I think the hypertime stuff still exists in this multidimensional or not comic world.

Personally, I would tend to doubt it.

I have the gut feeling that what we're seeing is actually the last hurrah for a lot of these ideas before the DCU moves forward.

That wouldn't be bad either. Even us die-hards could finally accept that it's a done deal and go with the flow or go totally indie.

You know the LSH really would be a kick-nass indie title wouldn't it? Vanth Dreadstar would be a cool recurring Legion villian.

I would hate if they reboot everything to 1985. Unless ofcourse that includes the Legion.

But all kidding aside...as much as this idea scares me I think DC will move foward. They have noticed you don't need a massive continuity change to rework a hero or team. (I guess unlike our Legion)

Yep.

I wasn't clear above, but I don't have a problem with that idea either. I may not end up happy with the execution, but we'll see how it goes.

ok why does the "bowling for soup" song 1985 keep popping up in my head when i read this thread??

I wouldn't mind if they rebooted to 1985 if they could reboot Giffen's pencils to about that time. I think after Crisis, we ended up with Earth-3 Giffen.

Although, to be honest, I luvs Barry's artwork. I remember someone showing me a copy of Empire and I told the guy who was showing it to me that I'd kill to see that guy drawing the Legion because his style just looks natural for it.

The Legion has always has it's share of good artists.

Barry Kitson, Keith Giffen, Mike Grell, Dave Cockrum, Steve Lightle, Coipel (who I think was just outstanding once he hit his groove during Lost).

Anyhow, I still miss my pre-Crisis Legion, when one issue we'd have Superboy and every now and then Kara would show up and the ties to 20th Century like pre-Millenium Laurel Kent, Dev-em, etc. That was the Legion I grew up on, starting with my first issue when I was 7 years old which featured the wedding of Duo Damsel and Bouncing Boy. Comics have come and gone, but I have never given up on the Legion and while each has been enjoyable in it's own way, the Legion before the Baxter format books will always hold a place in my heart.

Lame Lad, Giffen has gone through so many styles. But if I can capture that year or so of LOSH #300 through #313 of Giffen's magic. wow. Maybe the perfect Legion.