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

Yera as Vi was absolutely still in green during "Cold and Lonely Corner of Hell".

stu/stew-- Sorry 'bout that!

WF.
One guy, half Superman half Batman, with the powers of the LSH. Whatta concept. This is the type of stuff that I love about Golden Age comics, it makes sense by not making sense.
And in my own goofy youth, I always thought that there should be a Composite Batman, one guy with Batman and Superman ON THE OTHER SIDE! And the guys a hero. With the powers of...well I don't remember if I took it that far or not, my youth was a long long time ago.

Wow! Composite Batman is a brilliant idea! He could have the powers of the Outsiders or something.

my whole life has been a lie! I can't believe there are two issues from my childhood out there, somewhere, in a dusty back issue bin!!

i'll pay any price steworstu......

ok or maybe a 1995 isuzu rodeo that looks like a vampire mobile from buffy. any takers?

World's Finest

Silver Age weirdness for the win: World's Finest.

To go the extra mile, Yera as Vi debuted the pink/violet costume here in LSH 301, cover dated July 1983:



(that's her leaning against the UPC box in the lower Left hand corner!)

World's Finest is cover dated October 1982, so there are no coloring errors. I'm not sure where the adventure is set chronologically to the regular series. Was Jeckie still an active member after the GDS? When exactly did she and Val get married and "retire" for awhile?

In any case this is likely Yera and the coloring of the costume is correct.

Whoa. I think we may have a new lopsided FACEOFF champion.

SUPERBOY .... 4 votes

W. FINEST.... 20 votes

Okay, I'm going to review the covers and be back soon with an all-new face-off...

Putting what I hope is a new, wacky spin on the original cover/reprint cover idea... (wish I hadn't sold off my DC DIGESTS on eBay...)





VS.

The top one. No contest. I don't even remember the second cover.

I at one time owned both issues... the DIGEST actually features a new LSH story featuring that speaking Android thing whose name escapes me right now because I've had a few beers, seeking revenge...

I too go with the Neal Adams ADVENTURE cover... it's kinda fun to imagine Superboy getting his ass shattered...

Definitely the Adams. There's more of a sense of danger and dread there. The other cover not only lacks that, but is upstaged by things like "16 pages of New Costumes!" and the blue ribbon.

Though I love Neal Adams I've never been big on that cover. All the elements are there for it to be great - interesting perspective, funky colours, exciting concept, Gim in his cowboy Adventure outfit - but something about it just doesn't excite me.

The Digest one is no better. In fact it probably is worse. But it's one I've only ever seen in miniature before as an advert at the back of a comic once so the newness of it (to me) excites me, and I love the cheesy blue ribbon at the top. Plus, I've never noticed this before but I see a bit of Jeff Moy in Colon's art up there. And I like Jeff Moy.

So I vote for the Digest.

Adams on Adventure. Well, because it's Adams on Adventure. Timber Wolf never looked better. That in and of itself is enough for the win.

372 easily.

372

Prediction! I will be the only person who votes for the Digest!

Might be!


You won't get any help from me, I'm afraid.
I vote for Neal Adam's cover.

I actually don't see any female Legionnaire eye candy!
Do my eyes deceive me?

In the other one, Shady is there.
Gim's mom looks like Tina/Platinum.
Which is kewl.

TARIK THE MUTE'S ANDROID...! geez, that was drivin' me NUTS for a while there...

The Adventure cover.

I'll vote with Blacula for the Digest,Just because I remember how happy I was when I picked this book up,and saw those 16 pages of new costumes by my favorite artist George Perez!

I was to young to pick up the original by Neal Adams when it came out.

I do own both of them now,but the first time I read the story it was in the digest.

ADV. 372, for several reasons:

1. It was one of the first Adventure-era Legion comics I ever read. A friend actually gave it to me, and I still have it.

2. I remember re-drawing the cover, going over every detail of the broken glass. Doing so gave me a new respect for the detail in Adams' work and in comics art in general.

3. Even now, decades later, the cover is still fresh, dynamic, and powerful. Even the facial expressions and body language of the Legionnaires seem more naturalistic than on the digest cover. This naturalism only heightens the horror of what they are witnessing.