Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes The Man From the Edge of Tomorrow, Part 2 ... Spoilers and Images

..and I didn't think of T-wolf. I wonder who he meant?

What was the deal about their "secrets"? Might we get a condensed version of "Secrets of the Legion" this season? That might be cool. A sort of "Meet the Legion" series.

The Empress called T-Wolf, "Furball."
I like it that the classic Legionnaire couples are developing as we go along. Chuck being Luornu's "other third" never occurred to me before...awwww...very sweet.
Don't mess with Garth! he's NOT in the mood.

I've been excited about the 'toon since it started and so far S2 doesn't disappoint. Lots and lots of acknowledgments to Legion history while doing things their own way. This is plenty fun and a great ride. Believe me, I could handle 5 or 6 seasons of this. I don't even mind the 'soft boot'. (at least it's no 5 Year Gap)

Hunter finally gets some kind of super power eh? Or is that a function of that thing he's carrying? I have to rerun this and watch it, what is that, an axe like the Persuader's but with a different ability?

I'm Lovin' me some Legion!

I think the secret pocket in PG's cape might have actually been in another dimension. Remember, she does have to ability to access alternate dimensions.

Hope Ultraboy joins up soon. I also hope that eventually he and Supes throw down. I remember in the comic Ultra boy, Mon-el, and Superboyman had a tussel...

Which left all three hospitalized.

My reaction to this episode is pretty much the same as Phantom Girl's reaction upon seeing the original Superman: "Wow!" "Wow!" "Wow!"

(To which anyone may say, "Would you please stop saying that?")

Over on the main Legion forum, I've been engaged in an interesting discussion about whether or not the threeboot Legion is in fact "the" Legion or just "a" Legion (or not even a Legion, at all). To me, a Legion cannot just look like the Legion. It has to have some of the essential qualities that the preboot series developed over time. The threeboot Legion does not possess these qualities, so far as I can tell. To my sheer delight, however, the animated series does.

The animated series embodies all the qualities that I recognize as the Legion: the camaraderie, heroes facing seemingly overwhelming odds, the nice nods to past Legion stories, the relationships, the personalities, the settings, etc. That the animated series captures the Legion's essence in half-hour increments -- whereas the comic book series hasn't been able to capture it at all after 30 issues -- shows that there is still life left in the original, "unimproved" franchise.

I also admire the boldness of the animated series in charting its own course with two Supermen and Imperiex. This story hasn't been done before (or at least not in this way), and I'm excited to see how it turns out.

In fact, my only concern is that they may be overdoing it with the nods to past Legion stories. Next week's episode looks eerily similar to "Timber Wolf, Dead Hero, Live Executioner," from Superboy # 197. But, so long as Brin doesn't try to kill the president, I won't mind too much.

Really loved this episode. I like how the Legion reacted to Superman's return, that was beautiful. was surprised that they couldn't take down the Legion of Super Villains, but it worked. Liked Supe's line "well then I can't show you the secret handshake" that was just funny.

Bouncy being Duo's "third" was sweet. Phantom Girl stopping LL from crossing the line was nice too, kind of puts her in a more mature role than season 1.

Hope Saturn Girl, CB1 and CB2 aren't out for the season, and I hope we see more of the background Legionnaires, but it seems the "Gap" in time from Season 1 to Season 2 isn't going to hurt this Legion.

And here I thought he was talking about Brin....

saturn girl is going to stay in a coma for most of the season. it's a way not to spoil the biggest surprise of the end of the season: eventually she'll wake up and read supermanX's mind and he'll turn out to be evil and sent by the time trapper!

you heard it here first!

It was nice to see Spider Girl, but ,of course, what I really loved was Ron-Karr morphing into a rhino in the battle scenes!

Yes, it was a nice and true-to-character moment for Tinya (who's more adorable than ever), and it's good to see the bonds forged between veteran Legionnaires, but I'm not so sure blocking LL's line of fire *this time* will stop him from crossing the line in the future. This is the same guy who once went all Captain Ahab obsessive and chased a space-whale across the galaxy out of revenge, plus his "promise" to Saturn Girl (not made lightly) wasn't necessarily confined to laying a smackdown on Esper: "I promise the people [plural] who did this to you will pay.". Only time will tell if Tinya has more reason to worry than she thinks, but it's curious LL didn't acknowledge her friendly act of intervention, much less thank her for it or show even a morsel of regret for losing his cool, which is the standard way "saving a friend from himself" scenes are typically resolved.


I too have the feeling Saturn Girl will linger in her >*cough*< death-like coma for months or maybe worse -- the closeup of the life-support readings on the monitor was ominous foreshadowing at its most conventional -- but not necessarily for the reason you cite

With all the multitudinous nods to the stories of the past, I wondered when they'd get around to *It*. Switch LL and SG around, subtract 45 years and la voila -- instant gender-reversed classic Silver Age trope, the "death and resurrection of Saturn Girl". It could be dropped next week and be nothing more than a subtle and ephemeral homage, or it may play out over the entire season. It all depends on how dark and angsty they want to go.

Imra's too much of a panel hog to stay in a coma for too long!

So long as Proty isn't involved, that could work.

As an old-school Legion fan, I'm loving seeing hints of Garth and Imra, and 'Bounce' offering to be the 'third leg' of Trips 'tripod.' (Heh, did they really mean for that to sound so dirty?) Now I want to see Jo Nah sign up and start hanging out with Tinya.

Interesting that Mekt was also not in evidence. We find out why Validus was missing from the initial line-up of Fatal Fivers, but Mekt's absence from the LSV (who were specifically called the Legion of Super-Villains this time around, and not 'Lightspeed Vanguard') line-up remains unresolved (and, unlike Validus' absence, unmentioned). Is Mekt, like Validus, being saved for later, or was there some other reason for the character not to appear, given the already dense number of characters and sub-plots? (Lightning Lad already has a bunch of stuff on his mind. Adding in the sibling rivalry thing might just be confusing at this point, and the writers might not have wanted to waste an appearance here, particularly if he's being saved for Chained Lightning, in two weeks, although I'm also optimistic that we might see Ayla this season...)

Mekt wasn't captured with the other LSV in season 1. He escaped saying he had "big plans". How much you want to bet he shows up again as Imperiex's lieutenant?

RE: Saturn Girl...

She'll probably stay in a coma until it's time for her to go "Dark Imra"

If the creators of the animated series really want to pay homage to past Legion stories, perhaps Imra will wake up in a cafe where she works as a waitress with Universo as her boss.

I trust the creators to have more originality than that, however. So far, they've been paying homage to past stories without rewriting them. Triplicate Girl's fate, for example, only contains a brief visual nod to the original story (i.e, she's grabbed by a robotic tentacle), but is otherwise wholly original.

Whatever happens with Imra and the rest, I'm sure it will be true to the spirit of the characters while offering something new.

WOW! This was indeed one of the best episodes IMO! All that action! FF & LSV team up?! That hasn't even happened in the comics!(right?)

We got all the members as well! The animation looks better as well especially...BOUNCING BOY!!! The way he is drawn/animated looks better than the previous season.

I thoroughly enjoyed this ep. This show really seems to get better and better and better. I wonder if non-LSH fans are catching on to this thing. I'm willing to follow this Superman of the 41st century business but I do hope he is not a season long or heaven forbid a permanent addition to the show. I am also really enjoying how Brainy is Smithers to Superman's Mr. Burns.

I believe Superman X is with us for the entire season. How many episodes are there this season? 13?

Also hoping Matter-Eater Lad hasn't been written out for the season via the insanity thing like he was in the late 70's.

Okay, all the reservations I had about this season after the first episode were totally gone after this episode. It was pretty awesome!

The only thing that made me sad was Cosmic Boy is out for the count, atm! I love Rokk! Hopefully he'll get better before the season's done for.

RE: Imra--
I immediately thought of the Reboot... mostly because I haven't really read anything pre-boot. My big fear? Her waking up in love with Rokk! Ga-ross! But that does explain her away for the season, since she wasn't part of the "starring" lineup this time around.

I really liked the episode. More Legionaries! costume improvements! Etc! The only thing that confused me is that what is obviously the 1st of a 2-parter played last week but the previews for next week seemed to be for an unrelated episode. Didn't catch it the week before so I don't know if that was a new episode or not. I feel like I am missing something.

Last week was the conclusion to the season premier two-parter. So if you only caught this one you missed part one. This week is week three with Cry Wolf .

Has anyone seen a listing of S2 epidodes complete with titles and plot descriptions? I've not seen such a list and am curious if future episodes will feature the induction of Karate Kid as he is shown in the opening sequence as being a member.

I toldja! :

Not this year. The WB has said they are only releasing air dates a month at a time and only releasing the synopsis for each episode the week prior to airing.

any one know a place that i can wacth this and the new one online i had to do something for my parents this morring and i missed it