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

Although the newstand version has the bonus of having Comet Queen on the cover, I like the Baxter cover better.

The Baxter version, because it doesn't have Comet Queen.

LSH #11 Lightle!
And Comet Queen annoyed me.

vote: Baxter - by Lightle.

FIRST TALLY:

ORIGINAL/Lightle: 7 votes

NEWSTAND/Colon: 9 votes


This one still very much undecided...

Well, no, not really. Jan transmutes elements, he doesn't create them. In the vast emptiness of space what is he going to change into enough air that he can breath . . . his teammates space ship?

I picked #267 because of it's awesone EC-era Weird Science Mystery in Space zeitgeist. Also, as a child of the '70s, I super-groove on zip-a-tone!

Round 2 wasn't even close for me. LSH #80 is just to posteriffic to pass on. It wins over #25 hands down.

Round three is another eash one. LSH #306 wins. I started reading the Legion in the early Superboy and . . . " era and was fascinated by Thom's costume. He became a favorite character in part because he was so little uses. Always been a booster of the underdog, I guess.

Then, Thom was the first Legionnaire to grow a beard just as I was sprouting my first serious set of whiskers. You might say we entered adulthood together.

I loved the costume disappearing into the background motiff of this cover, but loved even more than Star Boy FINALLY got to shine!!

In Round 4 I chose the Outpost cover even though I'm pretty sure it's a mash-up of other drawings cut-and-pasted into the hair motiff and not an entirely original composition.

Round 6 goes to L* 6, if only because I think it's cool how Adam Hughes turned the bubbles into his signature.

Round 7 goes to LSH #4 for use of an icon to craft a truly iconic cover.

In Round 8, all three covers have babies, but only ADV #317 has BABY-TALK!!

Round 10 (if I'm keeping count correctly) goes to the original, ADV #300!

Round 11 goes to B&B 179, even though the silly super-villain deserves to get his butt kicked for keeping his giant super-computer directly underneath a labyrinth of basement water pipes.

The all-Dream Girl round goes to The Legion #22, for the subliminal, color-shaded camel toe. Plus, is there anything sexier than under-boob?

Jeepers! Everyone knows in space there's always a handy meteor shower or Kryptonite cloud or something you could convert to oxygen!

The moody, evocative Legion #1 beats Legionnaires #1, which is merely a generic group shot.

And finally, the latest round goes to LSH #11, for superior draftsmanship, IMHO.

I'll take the Tales/newstand cover. It's just more evocative and less generic, though in general I LOVE a Lightle cover! Tales really had some beautiful covers!

Tales cover hands down for me. More natural poses, much stronger composition, more going on in terms of subject matter, more emotion being shown/evoked, etc.

that tales cover is really pretty

I like both, but I'll pick the Lightle. The starfield one somehow makes me think that the founders are dead, not contemplating retirement- if this is the issue I think it is.

Legion #11. Bouncing Boy gets his own logo!!

He breathes out CO2 doesn't he? Just keep on recycling it. He's his own ecosystem.

The Lightle cover for me, because of Cosmic Boy. That drawing of him is excellent. But I will say that the Tales cover is very good, too. Tough choice (and me saying that when one of the contenders is a Lightle cover is a great praise indeed)

PB, I did try, if you'll recall.

But I vote for Lightle, no question mark.