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LOL! Thanks Gary! I thought I recognised it. I'm sure there must be more examples than them too. I'm know I'm gonna be more aware of it when I see that cover design from now on.

I think someone said somewhere that the original was a Sgt. Rock cover.

Braniac is from Colon and Brainiac 5 is from Colo

Colu

I think the really important question is:

Where the heck do I file the LS Legion?

I collect JSA, so the entire Lightning Saga is grouped with them. (Not collecting JLA except for the LS issues.)

I don't collect the current ACTION except for the LS Legion and earlier Mon-El appearances, but am loathe to group them all the way back with the 70's ACTION run.

What's a collector to do?

Buy multiple copies so you can cross file them.

Well it actually is an important question...

As I am not filing them per series, but "Legion history" chronologically, I was thinking of filing them after Zero Hour, before Reboot. But as I don't know how this new/old Legion will survive in the DCU, I currently file them together with the Threeboot Legion (and the Lightning Saga) in one current map, hoping that some chronological sense will be made soon...

I never understood why people would file their stuff series by series. That would make no sense because reading them, you would miss some stuff, and all the crossovers would be torn asunder...

I'm running into that with the reboot LSH and Legionnaires series, actually... I keep meaning to combine them by the monthly numbering DC did like they were doing with all the S-titles at the time. I was rereading some Legionnaires while putting stuff away, and realized I needed to read some LSH issues to follow the storylines (Composite Legionnaire, Superboy...)

And Quis, I was thinking of tracking down the variant covers for just that reason... Unfortunately, my regular back-issue places are sold out of the JSA incentives. Glad I got the Starman Sloppy Joe cover when I did!

I'm 1,000 miles from the rest of my collection, so right now they are but three issues among roughly two dozen. I don't have to worry about where to file thme until late April.

I have my Legion comics filed like this: In monthly numerical order front to back by the following sections:

1. Adventure

2. Superboy/LSH/First 12 issues of Tales

3. Baxter series with the reprint issues of Tales inserted in the correct story order.

4. Legion of Super Heroes (5 Years Later) up to "End of an Era"

5. Legionnaires (Up to "End of an Era")

6. End of an Era - Legion/Legionnaires/Valor In story order

7. Post Zero Hour - LSH and Legionnares combined in story order (monthly numbering)

8. Legion Lost

9. Legion Worlds

10. The Legion

11. Legion of Super-Heroes (current series)

In front of each of those major sections, I put all the annuals or specials that came out during the time period of that series. I'm considering the Lightning Saga and current Action storyline "specials", so they are going right in front of the current series. I set this system up about three years ago. It took a bit of effort up front, but has evolved pretty naturally, and made my life much easier. I can find any Legion issue I'm looking for in a matter of seconds.

My Legion collection is filed pretty similarly, except I have the "Action" run of the Legion between Adventure Comics and Superboy/LSH. I have the Legion Lost, Legion Worlds, Valor and all other misscellaneous titles filed seperately.
The annuals (specials, etc) are to be found by release date with those subsequent runs/titles. The pride and joy of my collection (Adventure 247) is stored with the companion runs, tabloids, indexes and etc. I even have a small doubles collection of selected issues for quick referrence and "read only". Yes, I'm obsessed and probably have collected "everything" Legion including the Flight Ring...somewhere!

Yeah, that's where I would put the Action run if I had any. That's the biggest hole in my collection. Thank goodness for archives.

It's been vaguely bugging me that they have dropped Color Kid for Rainbow Girl, but I wonder now if it has something to do with the whole 'red sun' thing.

I don't recall any convincing rationale for exactly why red / yellow sunlight affects Kryptonians or Daxamites differently, and it's *possible* that Color Kid, who actually changes the frequency of the light, could snap his fingers and power-up Superman with golden sunshiny goodness...

...or maybe Earthman already got him, absorbed his powers, and turned the sun red in the first place.

the color-sun bit is Silver Age nonsensical stuff, but it helped create an alternative to everyone in the universe having Kryptonite on hand in order to give Supes a challenge.

That makes a lot of sense! I had been wondering if Dr. Regulus was involved, but now I like this idea too.

Here is the variant cover for Action Comics #864 by Kevin Maguire. Provided by the new Comics Bulletin (formerly Silver Bullet Comics).

Oh oh! Is that Supes punching a hole through reality a la Superboy Prime? Could that be where all of this is leading, as well as in Final Crisis?

Just checking in late! I finally picked up my books from the CBS.

I'm definitely intrigued by what's going on. Can't wait to see who gets intro'd along the way.

LOVE the art!!! I do have that "this is *my* Legion feeling.

I read the new issue at lunch today. It was a quick read. Didn't feel like much happened. Went to Colu and back in 60 seconds for no real reason. Did get a few glimpses of some new/old characters though.

Haven't read the new issue yet, but I sure am loving this storyline... I tend to find Gary Frank's art very appealing... something about it really sticks with me. I also have the "this is my Legion" feeling which Sketch Lad references above.

I heard one of my fave sppting characters makes a suprise appearance!

I enjoyed this issue... it's the continuity of the old Legion rejects (and the supporting character Ultra Jorge is referring to) that makes this feel like the REAL legion.
There is more info on the previous lightning rod storyline as well so that still has reverberations in this ongoing saga that haven't been seen yet.

Well with the new issue of Action another old member is finally seen, and a new one that I actully really liked. So far I think they have shown or mentioned almost all the former members of the Legion from the Pre-Crisis team except 8 now.

They have accounted for White Witch as being given to Mordru, Dream Girl being back on Naltor, and Mon-El being thrown back into the Phantom Zone. Karate Kid, Starboy, and Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel/Una are all back in the 21st century.

That just leaves:

Chameleon Boy
Bouncing Boy
Matter Eater Lad
Tyroc
Princess Projectra/Sensor Girl
Quislet
Tellus
Magnetic Kid

I can understand maybe not seeing Tyroc or even Magnetic Kid, Quislet, and Tellus in this story, but I can't belive that the other four would not show up at least in a small way. Especially not Chameleon Boy and Projectra.

I won't pick this up until tomorrow, but ELEMENT LAD hasn't appeared or been mentioned, has he?

Or SUN BOY? Though he was referred to in LIGHTNING SAGA.

Or CHEMICAL KING. Or LYLE NORG. Or FERRO LAD (hey, if Val and Luornu get extra lives, why not these three?)