Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities Justice Society of America (spoilers!)

And wasn't she discussing putting together a college production of Wicked in the first issue?

Well, there you go.

That's one weird setup, but I'll buy it.

you know, i hadn't noticed that [ until you mentioned it, and i went back and read it again ! ]

Matthew.

The WICKED and OZ connections make me like the leggings. Now I hope she keeps them.

What show should she 'crush' on next? Every time she develops a new theatrical obsession, she can add something from it to her costume.

19th century workboots from SPRING AWAKENING? A sketch of a martini glass from COMPANY?

Wow, I can't believe someone else would bring up Spring Awakening. Great play and great commentary. I take it your a theatre major?

Here's what kind of annoys me about Cyclone:

She's supposed to be the legacy of the Red Tornado. But the RT was the first really irreverant parody of super-heroes, and the first major attempt to take the piss out of the whole genre. So they go and make her granddaughter the ultimate geeky fangirl, who's wonderstuck by all the "super-heroes" around her? It just seems to miss the mark.

EDE so looking at it that way

does it make more sense that Wildcat's son should be the hero worshiping fanboy whose obsession was driven by lack of contact with his superhero papa

while Maxine should be the one embarrassed by her association with a woman who wore a saucepan on her head?

I don't know. I just think that there should be a sense of absurdity to her as a character. Like she should wait until Vandal Savage is making some big speech about how villainous he is and then pelt him with a whirlwind of red tomatoes.

SPRING AWAKENING *is* a great musical-- at least to listen to and read about. I only *wish* I lived in NYC and could see it...

...I'm a decade or two from having any kind of a major, but thanks for the question-- it made me grin:). Back then, I was a Communications major-- but I've always loved musicals and plays, too.

I just hope there's a real explanation for why Wildcat's son would end up having the ability to turn into a real version of his (non-powered) dad's *costume*. I don't know too much about Wildcat though - is there some mystical "Wildcat beast avatar" or something?

And yeah, let's hope Cyclone gets rid of the tights and sneakers.

I would guess that Tomcat's powers have a similar origin to Cyclone's.

Eryk
Care to fill me in on that one? I can’t seem to dredge it up out of my memory.

Let's hope she doesn't see Equus. I shudder to think what Alex Ross would remove from her costume for that one

That's because there wasn't anything. Just some vague reference to lots of people suddenly developing powers over the past year, as I recall.

hey Faraway and Eryk. I recall reading somewhere that Cyclone's powers are the result of her being kidnapped as a child by T.O. Morrow. I think it may have been in a Newsarama interview with Johns.


I kinda of likeCyclone's costume. she was just recruited to the team and made it out of stuff scrounged out the Salvation Army room(basically). come on how many of you would design a good costume right on the spot. of course it's not going to look good. and of course don't forget the story potential. Cyclone: The Quest for a Better Costume. Maybe that could be the first Annual for this group.

Oh ok, thanks Eryk. I don’t read a lot of other comics so thought maybe I missed something.

Sigh! Sort of makes one nostalgic for the old days when a new hero was introduced and we got to see how they got their powers. I always sort of liked these daft scenes when people got dowsed in chemicals, or bitten by a radioactive spider of got an injection of mongoose blood or stuff.

Wasn't the latest issue supposed to hit the shelves this past Wednesday? Did I somehow miss it or was it delayed?

According to DC it doesn't come out until 3/21 now.

Attention Legion AR collectors. A legionnaire appears on the last panel of this issue. She's being held prisoner by Dr. Destiny in Gotham City. I won't say who it is.

We also get a glimpse of a costume that appears to be Lightning Lord from the Adult LSH stories.

It's <span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Dream Girl!</span></span> Already spoiled on the DCMBs.

WHAT???

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">pre-WaK Dream Girl, of course.</span></span>

BTW, JSA Power Girl is my Supergirl.

I hope they are going somewhere with these Legion references, because if they're not then they are just going to confuse everyone.

Holy canoli!

Holy canoli!

Holy.....

Damn, Nighty beat me to it!

Don't forget: he can teleport. That helps him get around faster