Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! LSH 43 ~~~~~SPOILERS

And I've always loved Rick Leonardi's art. His work on Spiderman 2099 was amazing. He will be great on LSH!

The very same Leonardi which drew one of the best General Grievous ever? That's just what the LSH series needs. Can't wait.

Still waiting for Shooter to do his first big Legion team-up in 40 years. It was always a treat with the array of powers, tactics and youth recklessness...

ahhhhhhhh! nooo ;__; my only dream in this life was for francis to draw dream girl!! that was all i wanted and it'll be a guest artist?! nooo ;__; i mean that other guy might be good but i was totally looking forward to a manapul Dream girl *suicide*

Who's to say he won't draw her after the two-parter?

Btw, the "Dreamer" on the list could be a Dreamer of either gender. Or it could just be Rol Purtha (sic?), with Nura nagging him 24/7. Heh.

Well, I enjoyed the issue. Cekada's got a potentially valid point about subplots vs. story, although there are fewer "stories" perceptible in comics within single issues, these days. My experience is it only makes sense in the trade. On balance I enjoyed the additional layers of Jo's legal problems, the space pirates, the mysterious time bubble and the shutdown of the Legion. I still have some faith Shooter knows where he is going with this and it will resolve in the end. I agree with the complaint about Giselle's appearance. I would never have recognized her here without the dialogue. However, the biggest challenge to enjoying this comic is the horrible meta-mess DC and Johns have created with the Legion. Every time I think about learning more about this Element Lad or Ultra Boy, the voice in my head says "it doesn't matter, Superboy Prime's gonna rip 'em to shreds in a few weeks." Frankly, that infuriates me, and I blame Johns and DiDio for it.

What do you call comics that do not have shocking hero genocides?


Regular ongoing issues. A bulk of Legion story arcs were better in plot and quality than its miniseries.

After being lukewarm on Shooter, I really enjoyed the last two issues.
I guess before that I was afraid he had Waid's Syndrome, going on and on with no conclusion except an anticlimax, but it seems the story is finally moving.

But if it peters out like Waid's finales, I have no problem dropping the book at this point.

I still haven't read this yet. I managed to flip through it, but I find myself uninterested.

Yes, especially when Shooter's got the Legion doing the same thing for months now. LL struggles on a leadership role and gives the middle finger to the authorities, B5's still a jerk, and either a third or a half of the team's actually providing the series action with their field missions. A very ardent perspective, but I don't quite remember a 7+ issue long arc that doesn't progress the Legion ahead with some full team action. Unless it really takes 7 issues for Shooter to add depth to the characters and spruce things up, I concur.

The last ten or eleven issues with Bedard and Shooter writing have been waaaaay more interesting and action-filled then the 30 issues under Waid. The last few issues have had quality characterization, and I think Shooter has hit his stride. I never wanted Shooter to pick up on the Waid version reboot of the Legion, but since he has I would like to see more of it (didn't think I'd ever say that a year ago!).

Yes, with some tweaking and isolating on half of the Legion's current continuity. If that makes the pulses of old-time readers a bit more regular when reading what they call a blasphemy, I'm all for it. But, as I said, Waid laid some good groundwork for potential character development. It's up to Jim if he should build on or just ignore (and revamp). Strangely, it still seems early to make that judgement.

Read it at last, last night. Commenting from memory only:

What a dense read. No one can say Shooter doesn't give the money's worth, his LSH is NOT one of those "sail through in 5 minutes" comics.

Brainy's acting job was hilarious, I loved it. "Sizzling satellites!" indeed. Cute. Very cute.

I am now obsessed with knowing more about the batwitch.

Why the HELL has Giselle changed from a somewhat bizarre but not TOO bizarre alien into a normal earth-looking human? WTF?

All in all, good stuff, but Shooter needs to start resolving some stuff soon. In hindsight, a 16-issue arc may have been a mistake coming off Waid's crippled-snail pacing.

Additional comments after rereading this thread:

Jan's scenes in the HQ were lovely.

I'm glad Tinya got her comics back.

I thought the 4 figures in the Time Bubble were the Knights Templar (incl. Cos) until I read Tromium's post. Now I do believe it is Booster Gold and his amazing friends.

Everything related with time's now got to do with this "hero you've never heard before". How fitting. Personally, the Knights Tempus might as well be the real heroes of LSH, vol. 5, and you know very well why.