Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Official Legion AR Thread

We always talk about them. John Censullo compiled a checklist of them in his Legion Outpost II electronic mags (in Special #1). Most of them consist of just a cover appearance, single panel or even just a t-shirt reference on a number of occasions.

I thought I would start a thread where we can share some of those one-shot panel appearances. To start, here is one from Hell and Back: A Sin City Love Story. Just a one panel appearance (page 8 of issue #7) by two Legionnaires:

I don't know about you but this redhead sure looks like he is wearing a Legion flight jacket. From Sensation Spider-Man #18, page 15:

Could the Kree be using Interlac? Looks that way in Iron Man #278, pages 13 and 14.

Definitely inspired by the Legion. Static #14, pages 4 and 10, featuring the League of Superteens.

Ack! never mind. Posted in the wrong thread.

Don't you just hate it when people type with the caps lock on?

I'll pass on looking for that Spidey, but that STATIC's a must-find, and I'm pretty sure I have that IRON MAN... I think that was part of the Kree/Shiar War event in the Avengers-related books. I bought the whole thing for the Imperial Guard appearances... I was so gullible then.

I'm sure I already have the Spidey but I know I don't have the Static as I never picked up that book. And the Iron Man was during the Galatic Storm that ran through the Avengers books. It was part six IIRC.

That Mission Monitor Board is a hoot! Love some of the members names

I don't know if this belongs on this thread as it dosen't really count as an appearance, but I thought it was woth mentioning somewhere...

As I was checking in books at the library I volunteer at, I came across a book called "The DC Comics Guide to Writting Comics".

As I always do when I find a new comics-related book, I checked the index for "Legion of Super-Heroes" and found a section of the book talking about the "Levitz Grid" in the chapter describing how to juggle various subplots. The book used Levitz's run on the Baxter series as an example as to how to handle a multitude of characters and storylines.

Even better, the book also pictured one of Levitz's handwritten "character grids" he used while writting the Legion. The grid was the one he used for issues 22-27 of the Baxter series, and was apparently a way he kept track of character development over the course of multiple issues.

The grid doesn't really tell us anything we didn't already know, but I still thought it was interesting.

I liked how under the "Vi and Ayla" section of the grid Levitz wrote about how the two women discuss how their lives had changed. And I liked that Levitz called Dream Girl "Dreamy" in her section.

Really? Cool, KC!

Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to buy the book.

I'm a firm believer of the Levitz Grid. I must find this somewhere. Geoff Johns is the only other guy I know can handle all those characters and do a good job.

Re-reading The Dark Knight Strikes Again, I caught a number of not-real-legionnaires, but their costumes on other characters:






Also, there were Ultra Boy and Sun Boy clad figures.

Hmm, the Kree derivation seems to be an upside-down version of Interlac. (at least in the first panel) I got tired of hanging from the ceiling, but I picked out the words "you should" and I think "swell" and "proud of you" ... can't make out the rest...

Not sure if this qualifies as an AR appearance but Durlans are mentioned in this week's issue of Checkmate (#4).

Does Saturn Queen making an appearance in the last panel of this month's issue of Supergirl count?

I think it's SQ.

Definitely. Someone even started a separate thread on it in which Gary posted the image.

I still need to figure out what to do with appearances like this and the ones in Superman/Batman. I collect both series and am so tempted to keep all my Legion stuff together that I feel I should break up the other series to keep the Legion intact.

Thanks Scotty! I was looking for that thread yesterday but I missed it.

'ppreciate the link, bubba.

This one may have been noted somewhere, but here it is from "Dr. Empirical" at the Klordny Yahoo group:

"Today, I discovered a new book I've never seen on anyone's lists. I pulled it out of the dollar bin at Baltimore Con last week. It's Action Comics 437, 100-Page Superspectacular. In the lead story, Green Arrow is imprisoned in the Fortress of Solitude, and escapes in a Legion Time Bubble. We know it's a Legion device, because it's conveniently labeled with a placard in the museum-like fortress. The bubble appears in two panels, and "Legion of Super-Heroes" is clearly spelled out on the label. If you're geeky enough to collect Booster Gold appearances because he wears a flight ring, you MUST own this book."

Well, anyone that devoted might want to know that Batman and Superman mention a Legion flight ring in "JLA #1"

Scott,
I always bought two issues of something if it was a book I collected that had a Legion appearance. One to keep with that series (say the Teen Titans/Legion Crossover that launched the new reboot). One would be filed with the Teen Titans, the other with my Legion stuff.

My Legion collection is the only thing I'm "that AR" about to buy two issues if there is a crossover or guest appearance in an issue I would have bought anyway.

"My name's Craig...and I'm a Legion-aholic."

Is it just me or does this guy from Justice League : Midsummers Nightmare look kinda like Firesfist? Im pretty Sure its the exact Costume

Prof. Farnsworth's clone/son, Cubert has been downgraded from super-genius to just-plain-genius and when the gang at Planetary Express, um, express their condolences, Cubert replies, " Oh please, next to the three of you I'm the co-clone of Einstein and Brainiac 5 ."

lil'rhino

So the comic goes on and the damn series doesn't? Life isn't fair. I want more Futurama.

Definitly worth the AR mention. I'll look for a opy. Thanks Lil'R