Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Adventure Comics #521 (Preview/Spoilers)

Well, so much for the spoilers. I have to say I HATE this development. Why beef up the most powerful member's powers? Especially when there are so many others who could use it? I'd rather divorce the GLC from the LSH universe anyway.

I am not wild about the heavy GL story line, but Mon is a good choice. I don't like the Legion taking a back seat to other DC characters, so I hope this story line plays itself out soon and Mon gets back to being a regular member of LSH.

i knew it!!
do we get to see his GL costume?

Yes.

Mon as a GL? naaaaah.

Sheesh! Well, at least they kept the big buttons!

And the cape and loose sleeves!

Tasmia meant it quite literally last issue when she told Kirt he won the important thing, meaning her.

She says here that Lar lost her when he left a 'part of himself' in the Phantom Zone, after he came out the second time (in Lo#W.)


Since that's the time Earth Man put him in, if I remember correctly, the Zone, she made herself the prize, I guess.
Sad.

Lar's up against a particular enemy, I think.
The one that trashed Dawnstar and Wildfire.

Ouch!
Sowee! Iwo like ta GLsss.
Your comment really made me laugh, involuntarily, I might add.
I'm sorry if I said too much with my Tasmia comment, earlier.

Little niggles with the art this issue:

yet again the headquarters has a totally different design

the action was in East Africa so how come that Jacques was the only African looking person in the whole issue?

Do native americans have blue eyes?

I have always hated anything 21st century DCU related in the Legion's books (except Superboy and Supergirl).

I honestly don't get why some fans want to see more of it. Do they want to read a book about the Legion and their worlds and characters? Or a book about popular 21st century DCU characters and concepts guest-starring the Legion?

How many issues and pages now has this annoying GLC sub-plot been going on for that could have been spent showing some of the long-neglected members of this team? Or given us exciting new developments that are wholly Legion-specific? That's what I would have rather been reading about for the past few months and in this issue.

That said, this issue was pretty good. Much better than the drek we've been getting in this book until now. And if the ring had to go to someone, I'm glad it went to someone that Paul was obviously intending to write out of the book for a while. (His new GL-inspired costume looked great too IMO.)

What a shame it is then that Mon is clearly the winner for the leadership poll! Not only because of the boring Cosmic Boy-clone type story potential I think he'll bring to the job (I swear, it seems like some people were voting for who they would like to be the leader of something in real life, rather than who would be likely to deliver more interesting storylines), but also because now it means we're stuck with a GL full-time in the Legion. [sarcasm] Great. [/sarcasm]

I actually really like Mon's GL costume - and I think the GL ring will compliment rather than overshadow his natural abilities. I'm also really interested to see how Paul deals with this if Mon DOES win the election, but I don't see why the extra power needs to be an issue.

Mon-El may be ridiculously powerful now, but if does end up being leader of the team now it's not like he can personally go out and deal with every threat - he's got a team of a couple of dozen people to lead plus the science police to liaise with, the academy to check in on, etc etc...plenty to keep him from dominating the playing field.

I almost didn't buy it because I don't care for the art, but I caved in and coughed up the $4.

I spotted the blue eyes on Dawnstar too.

Of all the 14 issues of the Levitz3 Legion published so far, this is the FIRST one I've enjoyed.

I don't give a rat's tukus about Green Lanterns but a 31C Corps led by Mon-El is something I could learn to love. I'm *almost* excited to see who's chosen to join him The best side effect -- Sodomy Yuck is free to drop dead!.

Olduvai Gorge, which is looked upon as the cradle of humankind, is a terrific provenance for a new Big Bad to threaten the keystone planet of the universe. Creating villains was never Levitz's strong suit, however -- so I'm prepared for another letdown on the scale of "Archmage."

Element Lad looks swell (I still prefer the blue & green) and I'm intensely curious why Dyogene passed him up for all his vast powers. Did he sense some fatal flaw within him, perhaps?? I almost hope for it, so Levitz pays more attention to him.

Drake & Dawny. Dawny & Drake. A infallible recipe for homemade puke. Shady and Earth-Man should go take a vacation on a science asteroid.

I'm betting the Legion election will default to Phantom Girl --- and Levitz will proceed to mess up her life in all sorts of shocking and sordid ways.  It's about time, I say.

I've always found PG one of the most yawn-worthy Legionnaires, so I'm not looking forward to her being leader. Maybe it will improve her, but I won't hold my super-breath.

Dawnstar's parents have been shown a number of ways but in one look at them, her dad had brown hair and wore glasses.
Coloring is a hugely complex genome.

But in this case I suspect coloring errors, again.

I think that Lar might have been chosen for his invulnerability, multiple offensive abilities and that '1,000 years of thinking about how to use his powers' that Levitz had him mention last issue.

Rather than Jan having a 'flaw'.
That's been done already, I think, darn DnA!

Jan's outfit, some version of it, anyway, has been around for a long time, hasn't it, the pink and navy/black?

haven't gotten the issue yet but i like the costume from the post above. (thank you, Nightcrawler!)
they kept his cape and big buttons!!! YAY!
the puffy sleeves need to go... and not so into the puffy white boots.
but love the glowing lantern logo, and black/green color combo.
good job Cinar!

Before choosing Mon-El as the GL, Dyogene says, "Dyogene search for one who is here, and one coming...then choose."

Does that mean he intends to choose another Legionnaire, one who wasn't at the clubhouse at the time? I think Dyogene's talk is pretty darn confusing.

Has Invisible Kid taken inspiration for his costume from Tyroc's original one -- sleeveless, high collar?

Element Lad stole this issue! He was FABOO!!
Wildfire was so clingy/needy, I wanted to slap him.
Invisible Kid looked great.
Does Tellus know he has a car antenna stuck to his helmet?
Worst rendition of Dream Girl ever!!
Best line: When Dyogene scans Quislet & doesn't comment like it did w/ the other Legionnaires & Quislet says,"Yoo-hoo, Quislet here!?"
Mon-El is the new GL & probably the new Legion leader?? Poor, poor Paul Levitz!

I think it serves him right for wanting to write out Mon-El.

Agreed with all this. I laughed at the Quislet scene. And I normally don't really like that character.

One thing that confused me - just before he gets chosen Mon-el says to Dyogene "I... I'm not what you think..." What did he mean by that? Could he be a Durlan imposter? That would be a great way to get this GL-Monel-el out of the Legion and keep the real one in if so. Might also explain why Shady has gone off him. Actually - the more I think about it, the more I'm liking this theory.

I thought he was just being modest!

Yeah!
Bad Levitz, bad Levitz!

We are going to see
Which were the failures in order that the previous incarnations of the legion were failing?
The extreme supposedly striking changes for the fans..
Reboot .... Leviathan death, Sneckie, Evil Element Lad, Violet Emerald Empress, ect....
3boot....Dream Girl death, afroamerican Star Boy, Evil Projectra, ect
Why now Mr. Levitz wants to ruin everything again?
Or they do not want to realize really what the fans want, that we are that we buy the series?
I believe that we all want a real legion with more of 40 active members.
Now we have...Saturn Girl, Lightining Lad , Matter Eater Lad(On Leave), Star Boy, Night Girl, XS (in Limbo) Bouncing Boy, Duplicate Damsel (Only in the Academy) and now Mon-El like Green Lantern.
We must wait more and more for disappointments?

^ The Legion do seem spread a bit thin at the moment EE but I think that's just so Paul can re-acquaint the readers with the members gradually and more deeply.

I think, as the issues go by, more and more old and new members will begin to show up or return and the membership will slowly increase.