Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Legion appearance in Justice League Adventures

I just read the latest issue of Justice League Adventures, and was pleasantly surprised to find a guest appearance by the Legion. The plot is simple: Kilg%re attacks the JLA, and, during the crisis, some members get sent to the future, where they meet the Legion. There, both teams defeat Kilg%re (who traveled to the future with them), with the help of the unlikeliest of allies.

Calling the Roll (spoilers)

Guest stars:

Kid Quantum (James)
Brainiac 5
Andromeda
Apparition

Bonus! No shameless hussy ! (except in a cameo)

Lesser Guest stars:

Kent Shakespeare, as a 30th century reporter.
C.O.M.P.U.T.O (original form)
Shvaughn Erin

Cameo appearances by:

Ultra Boy
Chameleon
Cosmic Boy
Saturn Girl
Live Wire
Spark
Triplicate Girl
Bouncing Boy
Shady
Dreamer
Dawnstar's Costume (Worn by Hawkgirl)
Colossal Boy's costume (worn by fan)

Bits of Legionnaire Business

C.O.M.P.U.T.O had previously tried to kill one third of Triplicate Girl.

Brainy and Laurel are a couple. Laurel wears the pants.

Their HQ is a stylized version of the original upside down rocket ship.

Mordru and the Fatal Five rate mentions.

Laurel's loincloth gets replaced by a full body costume.

Most of the Legionnaires are away dealing with a breakout at Takron Galtos

Final comments: and excellent selfcontained story. The Legion and its world are excellently used. Buy it now.

Edit: Yay! Hundreth post!

I asked my shop to make sure to hold me a copy but they didn't know if they would have enough. This is a title they usually only order to cover holds and like an idiot I forgot to order it in advance.

I also quite liked it, it has nice touches for 'longtimers'. For example, Wonder Woman gets to wear Laurel Kent's red costume, Hawkgirl Dawnstar's. There are also mentions of Computo and Triplicate Girl, of Takron-Galtos and of Mordru and the Fatal Five. I also liked seeing Andromeda with a prominent role. Quite a nice issue, actually.

Juan

Sis's yellow outfit makes a return appearance? That's a start, I guess ... I'll have to pick that up tomorrow.

This Hawkgirl does have natural wings, by the way, which is a departure from past depictions.

I wasn't able to get a copy of this.

Me either. Anyone willing to send me scans of the pages?

I'm sure I could find a couple of copies around here. I've got dozens of Comic Shops within a few miles of my home, if mine doesn't have the copies next Wednesday.

I'm hoping to get it myself, mainly for the large role for ANDROMEDA, a character I miss muchly...

I thought it was a nifty little story. It had lots of little bits. I saw Starfinger, too, and a couple other things in that one room. And who's statue was that? It had a short cape. Speculation?

No idea; I really hadn't noticed the trophy room before you mentioned it. Hey, has anybody been able to translate the interlac in the newscast yet?

Going from memory here... It looked like the first one spelled "Kent Shakespeare" and the second one was Legion of Superheroes. I didn't confirm it, but I think the letter count was right and the "e" and "s" symbols in both interlac captions lined up where they should have been to spell those two things out. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

Here's a link to a small article on the issue, Scott. It has a scan of the Legion group shot page. Check it out.

lil'rhino

Thanks Alec!

Reflecto

That's what I thought too, but I couldn't remember for sure if he had a short cape.

My first thought was the caped statue could have been Star Boy (like in the Davis/Farmer Elseworlds tale). It's a long shot, but I'm having a hard time thinking of caped male legionnaires other than Monel/Valor.

"Bonus! No shameless hussy ! (except in a cameo)"

Thanks for telling me. I can save my money. Could not have been that great if she wasn't there.

Argh! I wish I had gotten that already!

Interesting foursome of Legionnaires, though. And James, of all Legionnaires? Hope he wasn't a jerk in this issue.

It would have been nice for the Legion (i.e., "regular" title) to have made some mention of this in last month's "up next" blurb. I realize it's not in the same continuity as in the regular books, but don't you think this issue of Justice League Adventures (as well as sales of the title as an ongoing, potentially) would have benefitted by having more Legion fans in on the news?

Surely the higher-ups at DC should have known that followers of the Legion would be interested in this "guest appearance," and that many Legion readers might not otherwise have been aware of it.

By the way, is Kilg%re a regular Justice League villain, or was he just introduced for this one-shot?

He has a rather compelling backstory, and an interesting name -- which leads me to wonder whether there's more to the character than was shown in this issue. (I've just been pronouncing it "Kilgore"...)

There's an interesting post by Jason Hall (the writer of this JLAdventures issue) in this DCMB thread (which also answers my question of whether Kilg%re is an already in-continuity character).

Of the most interest to me is the fact that Jason had this to say:

"I'd love to do more with the Legion, either in future issues of JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES or even in the regular series. Actually, I'd jump at the chance to do an Animated Universe Legion book! "

I think having the setting take place 24 years ago (in Legion time) it will help bring in other characters should DC decide to do another animated adventure. Which I hope they do. Can't wait to see the sales figures for it.

Our two newly clad Justice League women, from pages 14 (bottom), 15, and 16 (top) of this issue. The panel scans are rearranged into two pieces.

They both wear those vivid colors well! Now, are the REAL cadets to whom they belong BACK YET in this "newer" continuity? Hmmm?? Well??? I'm waiting!!!!

They did throw a lot of great stuff from the Legion's past into the issue.

I wish the main Legion book would too.

Hey Jason! Talk to Wacker about getting on the main book!