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The Action #859 pages are up on Newsarama as well, and there's one more page (the last one is a 2 page spread, and the prior website link only showed the first 1/2).

So this Justice League is all from Earth, and they are out to get all alien heroes (presumably even Earth heroes who harbor/associate with non-Earth heroes, like Wildfire or Colossal Boy).

And according to Chaim's Legion Help file, Sussa is from Earth, so she must have received her powers while on Taltar.

And 'Earth-Man', Kirt Niedrigh, who appears to be the leader of the Justice League used to go by another name preboot:

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">Absorbancy Boy</span></span>

If I remember correctly, Sussa Paka was from Earth and transported to Taltar where she got her powers.
(Edit: Ah. I didn't see others had already replied about Sussa's origins as I was writing this).
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Matthew made a good point a couple of pages ago: I
*would* be disappointed if the "new" Legion was heavy with gorey images. There seems to be a lot of it lately in DC comics and that's one "modernization" I could do without.

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Imho, they are not trying to make the Legion, not yet at least, a part of the "main" DCU. Let's not forget that they've only appeared as guests in other titles and it's not like they never visited the 20th century before. The Legion has been there in most *big* Crossover series since the Crisis. I think they are trying to reintegrate the adult Legion in the DCU by emphasizing their link to Superman. Their very existence is intertwined to Supes. It's more like "getting back to basics".

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"Second coming" was a joke, of course, but in a way it IS a coming back of a "dead", for all intents and purposes, adult Legion and continuity.

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Let me remind you guys that there are a lot of us who simply don't accept any "my Legion against your Legion" mentality and like all of them on their own merits. Having a personal "focus" on one Legion version does not preclude our liking all of them, not does criticism of one Legion era/version necessarily stem from a "my/your" mentality. Not everything was great about the classic Legion (there have been terrible stories and art), nor everything is great in the WaK or 5YL or Reboot Legion. I feel we are not sports team fans, we all love ONE team, and any dichotomy is silly and immaturely fanboyish, in my opinion. (I've seen very little of it, if at all, in this forum. Thank Rao!)
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Having said that, my reaction to those pages in the link Mon-El posted was one of amazement! They look GOOOOOOD! (OK, Saturn Girl doesn't look like she jumped off the cover of this month's French ELLE magazine exactly, but the Legionnaires are fugitives, hunted, hated, tired). And yet they look GOOD!

go to:

http://www.newsarama.com/dcnew/Nov07/previews/21st.html

but WARNING --- Spoilers MAJOR --- they revealed who the Legion Rejects are - a couple of them will make the fans happy - HINT: G_ _ _ _ _ B _ _

Enjoy!

I combined your post here rather than a separate thread, sbmddjr.

allright no problem. thanks.

I can support EDE on his statement that the Legion should be on its own plane somehow. Though their taking part in the original Crisis and Legends was great, since then most crossovers just tended to be storytechnically challenged and provided tons of continuity problems. Millenium, Final Night, you name it.

The worst ever effort was the year long (or even longer???) stay of half of the team in the Reboot. That sucked hard, and like EDE I quit back then. I guess that was the moment the slow death of the Reboot started, which only the excitement of DnAs stories could postpone for some time.

But as for reintroducing the "classic but not all original" Legion into the DCU, there's probably no better way than to give th readers some hints here and there, probing the field, making the fans want more - and the "not yet fans" interested in those rather iconic looking characters.

I believe that a new Legion book with these characters would sell better now that they have been already reintroduced than it would if it came out iof the blue. The fans' attendance is already much higher, the hype bigger. So I guess DC did right thus far on that matter, but I do sincerely believe that should they get their own book, the old/new Legionnaires should return to their secluded 30th century.

Just read the new issue of Action. It's a good one. The one thing I'm wondering about, though, is Tusker. What's the lowdown on Tusker? What did he do in his previous appearances? I have a reason for asking, which I will not be the first one to mention in this thread.

The only Tusker I recall off the top of my head was in Reboot, I believe, during Team 30's membership drive... or am I misremembering? I haven't read those issues in several years now.

Taken from here

Is Tusker a natural enemy for Matter Eater Lad or what?!

Thanks. Hmm. I wonder if we're going to get backstory on him in Action.

Thanks, Jorge.

See? Memory does not always work.

Man I really hated seeing one of my favorite members in the Justice Leagues "trophy case". I was really hoping to see the big guy play a bigger part in this story. Another really great issue. Seeing the founders in action together is always great, and I think Johns really nailed all three really well. His Lightning Lad I thought was really spot on as far as his personality goes.

To refresh everyone's memory on who the Justice League of Earth are -

First, Storm Boy:


Radiation Roy:


Spider Girl:


Golden Boy:


Tusker:


I'll post Absorb...er...Earth-Man later.

Sigh. Animal Lad-- did he get a raw deal, or what?

Hmmm. If Tusker and Golden Boy are getting used, I wonder if A.L. might merit an appearance in the ACTION storyline?

Very nice, Nightcrawler. Maybe you could also add <span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text"> The teacher. Her last name is Niwtyn. She's probably Eye-ful Ethel</span></span>

Back with Absorbancy Boy -







And just for fun, Rainbow Girl:

I did notice the name but was confused as to why she didn't look like Eyeful Ethel -

A couple of pages from this issue itself -

Heres a list of Legion characters that are from Earth.

Legionnaires:
Bouncing Boy
Colossal Boy
Ferro Lad
Invisible Kid I
Invisible Kid II
Karate Kid I
Tyroc
Wildfire

Allies and Enemies:
Absorbancy Boy :Rejected
Animal Lad :Rejected
Antonio Stefanacci
Ben Pares
Black Mace
Caress
Crystal Kid
Dagon the Avenger
Dawn Allen
Don Allen
Doctor Regulus
Douglas Nolan
Elastic Lad
Eyeful Ethel :Rejected
Fenton Pike
Flynt Brojj
Golden Boy :Rejected
Grimbor
Holdur
Infinite Man
Insect Queen :Rejected
Lamprey
Laurel Kent
Leland McCauley
Mantis Marlo
Marla Latham
Marte Allon
The Mess
Nightwind
Oli 3 Queen
Persuader
Pete Ross
Polecat :Rejected
Porcupine Pete :Rejected
Power Boy :Rejected
Quake Kid :Rejected
Quicksand
Radiation Roy :Rejected
Sensi
Spider Girl :Rejected
Starfinger I
Storm Boy :Rejected
Sun Emperor
Tarik the Mute
Tusker :Rejected
Visi-Lad ?
Weight Wizard
Westerner

Others Rejects: not sure of their place of origin
Alaktor
Camera Eye
Green Boy
Jungle King
Lester Spiffany
Rann Antar

Nightcrawler said Yeah, it is strange. She does seem to have certain creases on her forehead but it may be just a frown. Cosmetic surgery perhaps so she'll look as a regular human?

I'm glad I got 3 issues of 858. One to read till it crumbles in my hands, one to save in my collection and one to give to any "worthy" friend who may be interested in the Legion.

The art is even better in #859 and I almost felt weepy reading it. There was such a sudden surge of emotion that almost got me worried. I mean, it's just a comic book but it can still make me feel enthusiastic and happy as it did in the old days. And it wasn't just nostalgia. It wasn't nostalgia, period. It was a "now" thing and every page was like a rediscovery of something familiar, yet strangely innovated, updated and certainly very beautiful regardless of the dark story.

Don't forget that Cosmic Boy was born on Earth. I wonder if that's going to be a plot point.

Yes I forgot all about Rokk being born on earth.