Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes The Archives Re-read Project Discussion Thread

Not sure offhand what else there is.

By the way, I'm thinking about using weekends to insert reviews of some non-Archived Legion appearances! Next weekend would be Superman #152, which I actually just read for the first time today!

If we get pretty far, I know of at least one library that has Kirby's Jimmy Olsen run. I'm not sure how much it ties into the Legion, but it has the first appearance of Darkseid. How far is the group planning on reading?

I figure we'll go until we get bored/run out of steam.

I'm hoping we get to at least tmk but I know in my heart Eryk is right.

I think non-Archived reviews is a great idea! I just had in my hands Adventure 289, which is the first appearance of Jax-Ur, and the second Phantom Zone appearance. I may read & review!

Oh, and Superman 149 is an excellent story! "The Death of Superman"! The Legion has a cameo but it's an Imaginery Tale. (Aren't they all?)

A classic Superman story, though I didn't grab it.

Still going strong the second week! People should feel free to join in at any time!

Up next week:

1) Whizzy!

2) Supergirl's super-matchmaking!

3) Gary Crane's Ultra-Peepers!

4) Urthlo!

5) The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy!

For a second, I thought "who heck is Gary Crane?". Then I remembered that's one of my all-time favorite stories! Which I have a special story behind how I got to own a near mint copy of the issue with the help of an LMBer!

BTW, where is Lash Lad? If this keeps up, I demand his super-expulsion!

Oops! Sorry EDE, I preempted you on the Whizzy issue

But you also included the "I wonder if she lives up to her name?" bit, so all is good!

Thank goodness Whizzy isn't the name of the super-HORSE!

Update! Due to lack of participation, Lash Lad has been expelled by the LMB. He has now joined the Substitute LMB, otherwise known as the FB LMBers.

Will he be given a bulky jet-pack?

Should we strip off his insignia?

Okay, so next week... I think it's best if we just finish off the remaining four stories in Archive One, and then start on Archive Two the following week.

So that'll give us:

Mon-- Kranyak!
Tues-- Dr. Landro's Hot Nurse!
Wed-- Spectrium Medallions!
Thurs-- Marvel Lad, or Legionnaire Lemon!

This is also a good opportunity to talk about plans for the future. A couple of readers have fallen off already, and there's been a couple of suggestions that we slow the pace down.

So... what do you guys think?

I couldn't help but read ahead, as Dr. Landro's Hot Nurse is my #1 proudest moment as a citizen of Legion World!

I personally would love the pace to continue briskly, but I do want to include as many reviewers as possible to join in on the fun. So how about a possible: Monday, Wednesday, Friday review timeline? Three stories a week, no weekends? Once they become issue long stories, that might be easier anyway.

I'm anxious to hear what others have to say. I just require a simply blood oath that reviewers promise to continuing reviewing comics all the way to the Space Circus of Death, lest the forfeit their entire post count, which will be set to -1,000.

Slowing the pace down might be a good idea to give more people a chance to respond. I take it we want to stay focused on the story at hand, and not jump back to previously discussed stories? Perhaps that policy (real or implied) is what's keeping some people from posting since not everyone can read a story and/or post each night.

(I have to say, though, that I couldn't wait to share my thoughts on Adv. 301. I wasn't sure if it was Eryk or Cobie who decided when it was time to move on to the next issue, so I patiently bit my tongue. )

I'm like you, HWW--I'm biting my tongue until the next morning sometimes to talk about the next issue being reviewed! Rereading these stories just has me real excited about talking comics.

I love the different perspectives and people honing in on different things.

And FYI, I usually just wait until the next morning to start. So whoever is up the earliest can go ahead. Usually its either FC or myself around 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM EST. But no hard and fast rules...anyone can kick things off.

It certainly wasn't intended that people couldn't pick up on discussions of previous issues, though I can see how too much of that might get a bit disruptive.

Another way to think about it is that we could do one Archive per month, and then map out the stories to spread out over that month.

I personally won't have much to say until we get to the 1970s comics. Before that time period I'm going off of distant memories of reading the Digest reprints my father had in his collection. Though if/when we decide to compare this stuff to what Marvel was doing at the time (Fantastic Four is in many ways the antithesis of the Legion) I will have a lot to say.

So, if everyone's cool with M W F, that would make next week:

Mon- The Subs!

Wed- Mystery Lad!

Fri- Lightning Lad returns... but his Adam's Apple doesn't!

Are we still on Archive #1?

Monday begins Archive #2 at the revised, slower pace!

It's the perfect jumping on point for new re-readers!

I've been rather useless as far as this first archive is concerned. XD! I will try to do better in the next round!

Next week we've got:

Mon-- A mission too dangerous for a girl (but not a fat guy)! (Adv. 309)

Wed-- A mission too dangerous for the entire Legion! (Adv. 310)

Fri-- A mission to dangerous for those meddling, incompetent Substitute-Heroes! (Adv. 311)