Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! Legion #34 Solicitation: The Lightle/Champagne Issue - SPOILERS

Beating all the comics news sites to the punch, here is the solicitation for The Legion #34, provided courtesy of DC Comics themselves.

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Written by Keith Champagne; art and cover by Steve Lightle

LEGION fan-favorite artist Steve Lightle returns for an issue set in the antimatter universe of Qward! The nature of Wildfire's very existence is changed forever when he's abducted by the Weaponers of Qward, who want to use him as an energy source for their resource-depleted planet.

And the cover? Here it is.

SWEET cover!

BRING IT ON I say! BRING it!

A spotlight on WIldfire is WAY overdue! And Lightle's artwork makes it feel like ANYTHING but a fill-in issue!

BRING IT!!! NOW!!!!

And it looks like Lyle is the Anglo white dude!

I am really looking forward to this issue!

Cham looks like a cross between Bambi and the Trix bunny...

Does anyone else think that the crotch piece on Wildfire's uniform has a little too much detail in it? Maybe its just my eyes.

Whoa. Love the cover. And look at the roll call. Mostly characters who've been underused recently; and only a handful, too. I already have high hopes for this issue.

And now it seems as though Umbra can solidify and even morph her darkfield into crude objects... this should put her among the heavy-hitters of the Legion.

Thanks, LL!

Hasn't she been able to do that for ages (power loss notwithstanding)?
Well, this was originally expected to be an unscheduled fill-in between DnA arcs, so it can't be anything too drastic.

Anyone wanna bet that, Qward being anti-matter, he ends up being described as "anti-energy" rather than "thermonuclear energy" at the end of this issue? (not that there's any logical basis for that, given that anti-matter is just reverse-polarity matter [positrons (+) orbiting a negative nucleus rather than electrons (-) orbiting a postive nucleus - if it was distingushed by being made up of negative energy, an annihilation reaction with matterwould give nothing (in the literal sense of the word), rather than an intense burst of energy], but just on an anti one makes anti the other so as to slip another preboot reference in)

I see what you mean

I hope they fix Wildfire's "double" identity. Wonderful cover! Shikari looks fantastic, and I love Lyle's "blotchy" look. And Karate Kid is in! Whohoo!

I agree with Lash. I WANT IT NOW!!!

Seriously cool. Qward has never been brought into Legion has it?

Lightle's Legion characters shine charisma and personality. The closest comparison for me in those regards is our own Drake.


Only three? months?

Great cover!

I like the use of Qward, ties Legion into continuity without tying it down.

I'd still like to see the 30th century ambassador from Themiscyra appear as a guest star. Not Diana, somebody else.

And I hope they do away with Wildfire's "dual personality" origin. It was Qwardian meddling. Whatever. I want to forget that Blast Off guy ever existed.

Wow -- I couldn't have thought of a better compliment. Thanks!!

The Lightle cover is awesome! If he does Wildfire that well without a head, I can't wait to see the interior art!

In regards to the big change to Wildfire, I think DnA took care of the origin by simply ignoring it. I just hope it doesn't involve an energy body, cuz I love Coipel's design (and he wouldn't be the same to me without having to live in a containment suit). After the changes to Kinetix, Sensor and Live Wire I think we're set for Legionnaires having their bodies drastically altered (I already get the parallels to adolesence and having your body change - no need to hammer the point home yet again!)

P.S. Is Lyle the "one anglo dude"? Val's there too -- is he half-asian in the reboot or something?

I also like how Lightle makes Shikari's wings look more fairy-like than bug-like. I wonder if this crisis will really solidify/define the Drake/Shikari relationship (romance?).

Val was half-asian in the preboot, and variously drawn as such. We don't really know anything about his origins in the postboot, but one can assume...

Wowsa! Whatta cover!
I gotta go stare at it for a while!

lil'rhino

Well, I know that she was able to focus her darkfield enough to make it tangible in Legion Lost, but this is the first time I remember her being able to form it into crude shapes. Of course, I make this comment based on memory, so I could be wrong.

Maybe Umbra is becoming a "Black Lantern"...?

Personally, I think Tasmia was able to use her shadow powers well enough in the pre-boot, when written properly. I don't necessarily believe that everyone needs to be powered up, so to speak. The key is to think of creative ways to use less powerful Legionnaires effectively.

Well, I think she needed a power-up for the post-boot. Being able to create dark is really of limited (not no, granted, but limited) use, and letting her make solid shadow, like the Shade can, is a good idea.

Turning her into an all-out "Dark Lantern" OTOH, is pushing it a bit far...

Tas's power-up is one of the few I really approve of. She kind of became redundant in the preboot once it became apparent that Sensor Girl could effectively duplicate the most basic use of her power (blind an opponent and then punch them).

<blinds EDE, punches him>

Ha! It does work!

I agree though, I like Tasmia's power-up.

But like Cru, I usually don't like seeing people get 'power-up' anymore, unless the Legion wants to turn into a Legion of Supermen that has to constantly fight Sun-Eaters and Darkseids. For instance, I like Violet small!

Speaking of crotch pieces, does Umbra need a big Legion "L" on hers?

I've probably left people off this list, but...

POWER UPS I LIKE
Tasmia make solid darkness

POWER UPS I DON'T LIKE
Garth with both lightning and transmutation
Lyle making other people invisible
Vi with growth powers
Zoe terrorformed
Thom with complete control of gravity
Jasmin doing things other than stasis fields

POWER UPS I'M IFFY ON
Sensor's super-strength

POWER UPS I LIKE
Tasmia make solid darkness
Thom with complete control of gravity
Lyle making other people invisible

POWER UPS I DON'T LIKE
Garth with both lightning and transmutation
Vi with growth powers
Zoe terrorformed
Jasmin doing things other than stasis fields
Sensor's super-strength

Nice to see some of the underdogs on the cover, but are we ever going to see XS again? She hasn't had more than a couple of panels and a few words of dialogue since she appeared in Legion Worlds.

POWER UPS I LIKE
Tasmia's solid darkness
Thom with complete control of gravity
Lyle making other people invisible
Vi with growth powers
Sensor's super strength

POWER UPS I DON'T LIKE
Garth with both lightning and transmutation
Zoe terrorformed
Jazmin doing things other than stasis fields/rapid aging