Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Legion in JLU Cartoon/Legion Series...Official Thread

I'd guess it was more about name recognition. Kids don't necessarily know who the Legion are but I'd be put money on kids knowing who Superman is. Especially with the movie coming out soon and all that jazz-- marketing would just be so much easier.

IT IS NOW 12:04 IN NYC...THE 25TH OF MARCH...AND WE HAVE YET TO SEE "FAR FROM HOME" CN DO NOT
LIKE N.Y. LEGION LOVERS...


BLESS YOU,SCOTT !!!
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER....

Hi! back again...

Read about the April 8th date... thanks for the lookout...I'll keep watching...

The only thing better than watching the episode will be owning the DVD.

Then I can see it over...and over...and over......

Yuri Lowenthal is quite prolific as an anime voiceover artist. He's the star of one show I'm currently enjoying, "Kyo Kara Maoh!" If you want to hear how he sounds, click here for a sound clip from that show. I think he'll do OK.

Sorry Dox, and everyone else who may not have seen the episode by other means yet. CN just announced its April line-up for JLU and "Far From Home" is now scheduled for Saturday, April 15, at 10:30 pm. According to Comics Continuum .

The way they're going, that episode will air sometime after the Legion cartoon debuts

If they could just push it back a couple more weeks I could watch it with the new baby boy (they're inducing labor on the 23rd.) I'll want to start his subliminal training ASAP. I'm trying to figure out how to interest his big sister in the S & LSH series as it is. She's familiar with Superman already so I've got an "in" there already.

I checked my local listings for the 15th, and it isn't scheduled...*sigh* I am getting the feeling that no more JLU episodes are gonna hit the airwaves here...

Possibly even after the Legion actually forms.

From Comic Continuum:

* Although they aren't series regulars, both Cosmic Boy and Triplicate Girl will appear in the upcoming Legin(sic) of Super Heroes animated series.

HUH? Cos is not a regular member?

Fine with me. He's been a spotlight hog for years.

It's a good sign to me because it sounds like the team will be huge like JLU and we'll get to see a lot of members here and there even if there's a core group of regulars.

From Comics Continuum:

* President Winema Wazzo will appear in the upcoming Legion of Super Heroes animated series.


I was hopin' for R.J. or at least Gim's mom...

Now here's an interesting development... a federal judge ruled a couple weeks ago that according to copyright law and a contract Siegel & Shuster signed with DC in 1948, the heirs of Siegel (and Shuster, if there are any) legally own the rights to Superboy, not DC. That's a headache for "Smallville" since it's young Clark Kent out of costume but not Superboy. That's not the case, though, for a "Superboy and the Legion" series. So it sounds like technically, DC has to license the rights to Superboy from Siegel's widow and daughter if they want a Superboy cartoon. My page (newly renamed The Legion Omnicom ) has more plus links.

It's funny that I've seen a couple of sites that've used my colored version of the b/w image in articles related to the toon -- I guess it's no surprise then where they're getting their intel.

He's also currently best known as one of the main characters in the smash hit show "Naruto" as Sasuke Uchiha.

I just checked the local listings, and the Legion episode is indeed scheduled for this Saturday night. Finally! Check your local listings to make sure you don't miss it!

'Far From Home' was broadcast on YTV in Canada last night. (Which means it should be on again Saturday morning.) Pretty good. Obviously, the individual Legionnaires didn't get much time in the spotlight, but that would have been a lot to ask. Nice to see Colossal Boy's old face-framing red-and-blue costume. Don't know why Chameleon Boy was grey. The only thing I really objected to was Shadow Lass - what were those pink energy bolts she was firing at Supergirl?

Hi fellow Legion Lovers,Dox here...

Happy Holidays to all...
(with that said...)

YES...YES...YES..YEA!!!!

The Legion is HERE!!!

"Far From Home" FINALLY aired in N.Y.
(yes,yes,yes...)

I've cut short my MANY activites,reached home EARLY,turned off my phone,relaxed,curled up, and watched my favorite heroes.

NO ONE WAS GOING TO DISTURB ME FOR 30 MINUTES !!!
(no one dared...)
Anyway, it was good to put voices to MY FAVORITE group of characters...it's too bad that the rest of the Legion didn't have speaking parts...but

I HAD A BIG CHEESE SMILE FOR THE WHOLE HALF HOUR...


As one who STILL uses the VCR, you KNOW that I taped this episode...
did I mentioned that I AM ONE HAPPY CAMPER ???

can't wait for the DVD to come out,then I can watch it over..and over...and over....

Now until the new Legion series comes on the air...

I WILL BE WAITING......
I did mentioned that I AM ONE HAPPY CAMPER, didn't I ???

signing off now....
GUESS WHAT I'LL BE WATCHING....
AGAIN...AND AGAIN...AND AGAIN....
(HA! HA!)

i saw it (on cartoon network this time) and loved supergirl's line about 'copin' a feel' on brainy. tee-hee

Just watched it again via TIVO with my 3-year old.

Conclusion: Bouncing Boy is waay cool. Are you listening, Mr. Kitson?

In truth, it wasn't a GREAT Legion episode, although Brainy and Chuck were awesome. Chuck's voice could NOT have been better. And who would have thought that Bouncing Boy's power would be the most interesting in an animated show? I am glad Brainiac 5 was smart and action-oriented. This is one of the best aspects of the Waid/Kitson version--he's no lab-bound, absent-minded professor. When you're that smart, you HAVE to act on it.

But it WAS a great Supergirl episode. Timm and McDuffie really get these characters. That's why Supergirl was always great in the Legion and so-so elsewhere -- because in the Legion, she's second to nobody. I hope the powers that be at DC agree with this logic. And the Kara/Brainy romance was wonderful, as were GL and GA. I am thrilled that the producers brought them along for Kara's finale -- they were there for her start with the JLU. Green Arrow is just the best character on this show--his design, his voice, his dialogue are all so right. The GA of the 1970s JLA come to animated life.

The show had such a tinge of sadness for me, though. So many great stories they could keep telling, if the idiots at Time Warner had even a dinosaur brain between them. It felt like a real farewell, and as exciting as the new Legion show may be, it won't have this wonderful Supergirl in it. Sigh...

I really liked it!

A few nitpicks though...

1) Shady throwing some kind of energy bolt! What?!

2) Both of Mano's hands glowed

3) Validis a robot?!

4) Persuader blasted someone with his axe. Did the axe always have this ability?

These oh-so-minor issues did not stop me from enjoying the episode one bit, though.

Liked this quite a bit. I wouldn't mind an animated Legion series by this team with these characters one bit, and they've set a pretty good bar for the group that will be handling the upcoming series. In an odd way though, it's nice that this isn't a lead in to the new cartoon - at least in this incarnation, Kara finally has a happy ending.

The episode is on permanent hold on my DVR (at least until I figure out how to transfer it to something more permanent).

although it was not one of the best episode - but I enjoyed it very much. Loved the interaction between GL and Supergirl - and Brainiac 5 and Green Arrow. GL and GA faces were priceless when Superman asked who the guy Supergirl was seeing.

Emerald Empress was the one who stole the spotlight a lot from the Fatal Five and real eeeevil!

4 stars out of 5.

Allan Heinberg talks a lot about the new Legion cartoon right at the start of his interview over at http://www.wordballoon.com/Heinberg.html . I didn't know if any of that information was for public consumption or not before now, but apparently it must be since he's gone public with it now.