Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes LSH cover FACEOFF!!!

Oh I plan to!

FIRST TALLY...


LSH 4... 6 votes

LSH 38.. 1 vote

I admit I'm surprised. I thought 38 would take this easily.

I did too! I figured I was voting for another loser!

Ooooooh... wow! Much better covers to choose from this time. These two are both *excellent* IMO.

But, as majestic as #38 is, #4 easily wins this one for me. Not only one of my favourite Legion covers of all time, it's one of my favourite anything covers of all time.

The long shadow, the limp arm, the torn costume, the dripping blood, the broken symbol... you know things aren't going to turn out well for poor Val here. Fantastic piece of work! They both are.

RIP

#4 for me as well. Man, I miss KK. The reboot version should have changed universes with Xs and Gates...

#4 and I will tell you why.

This was the first Baxter Issue I was able to get. And it ended so dramatically! But that cover just BLEW ME AWAY. I had been getting a little leery of Giffen's art by this time, but that cover restored my faith in him (although he never really turned it around).

Number 4 for me. It just sums up the issue

#4 - This is a true work of art with the muted colors, the shadows, the limp hand and dripping blood. It's chilling and subtle. It's the antithesis of the in your face violent death scenes that have become so common in recent years.

#38...Karate Kid should have never died.

Are you suggesting Superboy should've?

It's difficult because they're both pretty strong in different ways. 38 is the one I keep looking at most though, so that's the one I'll vote for.

38

#38 for me.

Yes.

when I see the cover, if I feel something emotion and in shock and awe, #4 hit me more than #38...I was in shock and said "OMG, Karate Kid?...." while #38 was making me feel sad and accepted the notion that they are really killing Superboy off.

I chose #4.

thanks, ML!

I hate Karate Kid's death on the one hand.

And yet I respect it as one of the few comic book deaths to have real meaning and importance to the story, as well as lasting repercussions, leading to a radical change in Projectra's character and role. (Only to be cheapened ridiculously by the inexplicable decision to bring him back in Lightning Saga and then kill him off again. Grr.)

Superboy was just written out for editorial reasons, and the story was kludged to fit that lame decision, making it awkward and, IMO, meaningless. (And, years later, it was meaningless, as the retcon of the retcon has been retconned. After the people who sacked the sackers have been sacked, 40,000 whooping llamas will be called in to reshoot the scene at great expense, and probably do a better job of it than DC editorial did with the Superboy nonsense.)

2nd tally:

LSH 4... 4 votes

LSH 38.. 12 votes

I'll do the final tally whenever I get up tomorrow before I do my errands. Then we're moving on to... a silverier age. And then after that, a special by-request faceoff!

Dude, did you reverse those numbers? Cause 4 had more votes than that on the beginning of the last page.

I'll vote for # 4 because of the simplicity and mystery. It's an ominous image, but one that invites interpretation.

#38, on the other hand, hits me over the head with its attempt to be iconic. I don't think it is successful in this attempt. Iconic images usually happen by accident, not on purpose.

Damn Time Trapper is interfering with the vote count!

I'm so embarrassed. And I'm not even drinking tonight.

CORRECTED AND UPDATED TALLY:

LSH 4... 13 votes

LSH 38.. 4 votes

"Odd, I intended to vote for [Karate Kid] yet I changed my mind at the last instant."

"So did I!"

[Ha! No wonder some of them look puzzled! What they don't realize is that I changed their minds with my power of super-thought casting!]

My last vote went awry and made me look like some kind of alzheimer's riddled headcase because it posted like after a zillion pages more of the thread had passed so hopefully it won't happen again with this one...

I vote the KK one....Karate Kid never ever captured my attention as a Legionnaire, but I can understand the importance he has to the team, and that cover really is very emotive without being super graphic.

FINAL TALLY:

LSH 4... 14 votes whups the ass of LSH 38... 4 votes, much like KK almost did to Supes in his LSH audition!

Now, as requested by Jim, it's time to head back, back, back to our roots....

all-NEW all-NOW 'BABY I LOVE YOUR 3-WAY' face-off!!

That's right, pick your ONE fave of the THREE LSH-babies covers!





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