Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Dr. Gym'll's Cultural Rarities Brave and the Bold

Picked up the Batman/BP and GL/Dr Fate issues today. Both great reads. Nothing dramatic really happens in these issues, or the Flash/Blackhawks, but you get a great read on who these characters are in a very short time.

I'll be looking for the Batman/Dial H issue as well.

was surprised to see Hawk and Dove (the original ones) in the Brave and the Bold.....and GPA too. GPA made the first appearance in "Escape" the mini-series spotlighting Nemesis. Golly!

OMAC aka Buddy Blank. heh.

and I wonder why the advertisting is misleading...since there is no Libra in the episode, only Equinox.

the Origin of Shrapnel, hmmm interesting.

I would give this episode "When OMAC attacks!" a grade of B-.

Um, not to be rude, but there's separate thread for the cartoon.

http://www.legionworld.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=002511

oh yeah I got PMed from Quislet informing me that there is another thread which I completely lost track of it. It's harder to keep track of where and which to find the topics. heh. so my apology to you all.

thanks, SK and Quis.

Got the Dial H issue and loved that one as well. JMS has really got a good thing going. I don't need another title to add to the list, but will have to make room when I can to pick these up. The art is great.Jesus is a truly talented artist.

I found a list of some of Straczynski's ideas.

Batman and Spectre, Lex Luthor and Swamp Thing, Deadman and Wonder Woman, Flash (Barry Allen) and the Blackhawks, Constantine and Eclipso, Doom Patrol and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Two-Face and Hawk and Dove, Challengers of the Unknown and the Metal Men and, the audience's favorite, the Legion of Substitute Heroes and the Inferior Five

Some interesting concepts.

I like the idea of the higher rung with the out of left field characters.

Lex Luthor and Swamp Thing, Constantine and Eclipso, Two-Face and Hawk and Dove would be some that fall into that category for me. Not that some of these characters are not higher rung, just that the teaming is just out of left field.

I'd love to see the Legion stuff of course.

I'm just glad for variety. I've noticed, nearly all the team-ups in the old series were just Batman and someone else. Batman's great, but you know what they say about too much of a good thing...

Some that I think would be interesting.

Blue Devil and Mr. Terrific
Vril Dox and Kid Flash
Green Arrow and Capt. Cold

I actually made a list of team-up ideas, and I am dying for opinions and criticism.

http://www.legionworld.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=002168

I'd kind of like to see a classic team-up.

Green Arrow & Hawkman

Here's one for Lash to write...

Ambush Bug, Matter Eater Lad and Quislet.

The Heroes of Tartarus and the original Seven Soldiers of Victory!

Mind if I add that to the list?

Beast Boy and the Creeper!

Gotcha. Tell me if you like any of the other team-up ideas.

Read the latest with Dr. Fate and Green Lantern. Another fantastic issue. Not as much action or plot going on but an excellent conversation on predestination versus free will, complete with a fantastic ending. Yet again, just a damn solid issue

I'm starting to think that when the first TPB of JMS's B&B is released its going to be the perfect gift for someone who is on the verge of getting into comics.

This was also the first time I noticed the gorgeous art by Jesus Saiz. The color contrast between GL and Fate really made it pop.

B&B 30 featuring GL and Doc Fate, I agree, was another winning issue for Straczynski and Saiz. I miss the former version of Fate, having enjoyed the series written by DeMatteis and later Messner-Loebs. It was an enjoyable series with several people taking up Fate's mantle including Eric and Linda Strauss, and later Inza and Kent Nelson.

The death of Inza and Kent was something I'd been fuzzy on for a while memory-wise. I'm not sure if it was depicted in that ongoing Dr. Fate series or somehwere else. Anyone remember what series and issues that occurred in and what made them age out of control? Apparently Extant aged them into retirement, but I'm not sure why they later died.

In any case it was good, heroic tale for Fate. Even though he seemed resigned to his destiny, I suspect he just couldn't have left Hal in that kind of peril.

The weakness to yellow makes me scratch my head a bit as it hasn't been prominent in GL mythos since Johns took over. Yet it seems apparent that this story almost has to take place sometime after GL: Rebirth with Hal's knowledge of Inza and Kent's fates and how he was probably out of the picture during and afer all that happened.

Still an awesome, humanizing story that continues JMS and Saiz's great win streak to open up their run here.

Issue # 31, The Atom and the Joker.

Joker-Boogers.

Interesting issue. Not sure how much I would trust of the flashbacks though. Although I think the goal that Joker stated during the "teeter-totter" scene is the best explanation I have ever heard from the Joker (or anyone else for that matter) about his goals.

The Atom plays his role in the story well, but really is nothing more than someone who is called because he can shrink to the needed size to do the deed.

Probably the weakest of the MJS issues for me, but still a good comic overall. If that makes sense.

There's a thread about this in the main Legion forum but it deserves a mention here too -

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24580

The Legion of Super-Heroes and the Doom Patrol!
The Legion of Substitute-Heroes and the Inferior Five!

JMS continues to create magic on this title!

Whoops. Double Post.

OK, now THIS is a big deal... The Subs haven't 'carried' a title since their special back in the 80s. The I5 2 decades further back! I hope these issues kick BOATLOADS of ass.

I will be honest... I forgot to pick up the GL/Fate issue before it sold out and I *detest* the Joker so I passed on that one. I will add this to my pull so this doesn't happen again.

Lash, check out your local Borders...mine had a bunch of GL/Fate issues.