Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes What I found today at my LCS!

Well, no old Legion stuff because I didn't have time to look around. However, I did get Hawkman #4. Since Carter is time trippin' through all his past lives, I'm hoping he might trip to the 31st century and be a character that somehow interacts with the legion, but not a legionnaire. Only team I think he really belongs with is the JSA.

Titans...what the hell? It went from Roy and Donna at bay against a bunch of thugs to a brand new team in the midst of some other thing. I thought I had missed an issue, but no.

No clue what's happening there.

Nightwing....here comes the amnesia. sigh. really?

Aquaman...believe it or not, this is the book I'm most looking forward to lately. The rath thing was a little slow, but still compelling. Now Mera leads Atlantis and Arthur is cut loose to do what he do.

Anyway, maybe next week.

How bout you guys?

I didn't mean the thread just for me, ya'll tell us what you got.

Well, my most recent Legion purchases include several of the issues of LSH v4 when it was just Tom McCraw flying solo, the ones leading up to End of an Era. From what I've heard, McCraw had to severely compress his Legion On the Run/Weber's World storyline because of EOAE. Knowing that makes a lot of the pacing and structural flaws in these issues easier for me to forgive. And I can see that McCraw was trying to pull off the difficult trick of bringing the Legion back to basics while still moving it forward. Most or all the weird and creepy stuff (underage Ayla, sex-kitten Mysa) I am inclined to blame -- directly or indirectly -- on the Bierbaums. Immonen's art is the big let-down here. When he wasn't giving it his all, his style was very...spartan, I guess?

In some other universe, I'd like to think that McCraw had a nice long run and that the artwork improved. I've a lot of respect for the guy to begin with, and if the working conditions been more favorable...who can say?

I picked up Tempest #2 and I'll check to see if there's another appearance by Alan Moore's take on the Legion in it. Impossible Inc and it's Mayavale train carriage was the fun buy of the last few days.

Yesterday: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes number 219...the Plunder Ploy of the Fatal Five". Had this issue years ago, still loved reading it today. Stunning art by Grell, and somehow the colorist really made UB's uniform pop. Duplicate Boy's green uniform as well. I also found a copy of 220 on top of that. Great stuff.

The Legion of Super-Heroes annual #1, featuring the creation of the New Invisible Kid and the return of Computo. Never had it before. Good read. Patterson's inks really set of Giffen's best style. But honestly, Carl Gafford's coloring made their work really stand out. Outstanding art.

As well, I picked up JLoA #201, a rather disappointing return of Ultraa, #189, first part of a Starro return, and Flash #311.

I'm slowly slowly slowly rebuilding my legion collection. I seem to be missing an entire box of books from the move years ago that I only found out about recently.

Found a lot of replacement issues today. First up... a really..uncomfortable read.... Karate Kid #4. A much more fun read was DC Comics Presents # 80 starring Supes and the Legion of Super-Heroes. From the time when UB, EL, PG, CB, and SV were lost. Story by Kupperberg and Swan. Then, Legion 286 through 288, 291, 292. I have 290 and 291, but these were replacement issues anyway. Next up is Tales of the Legion 318 by Levitz, Shoemaker and Kesel. Shoemaker was a a fine artist that seems vastly under-rated. Sad. And finally, Tales of the Legion #318.

Beyond Legion, I found some old Detective, 463 to 466, a couple of Flash's, #203 and 291. An old issue of The Secret Society of Super Villains, #5 (not the best storytelling, but I liked Captain Comet.) This guest starred Hawkman and GL. I also found Brave and Bold #139 guest-starring Hawkman again (though it could have been just about anyone that flew. Not a great story for him.), and Hawkman #11 from the Shadow War era.


Not bad for just over $10 dollars. (( raid the discount backissue bins and it was a black friday sale as well.)

That's a great haul for the price. I completely agree about Shoemaker. It's the opening part of a story I really like too, and that no doubt played a part in me reading the Legion longer term.

On the opening page of #318 Shady puts her hand on Lar's shoulder as they talk, and it's a possible lead into this week's issue (v3 23) on the reread thread, where his serum no longer works. I remember most of Karate Kid being a bit painful. Still, it's another Legion related comic off the checklist.

Well, this is actually last week, but...whatchagonnado?

Superman #327...Kobra has Superman's parents inna time bubble thingy. I had this years ago and it fell apart, but I got it more for the Mr. and Mrs. Superman from Earth-2 backup.

DC Superstars #7 Presents Aquaman. *In all honesty, haven't had a chance to read it yet.

Adventure #476 featuring Aquaman, Plastic Man and Paul Levitz writing Steve Ditko's Starman. *dingdingding Legion Connection, writer AND artist!

Brave and Bold #142 with Batman and ...Aquaman. Anyone noticing a theme for last weeks?

And finally, Iron Man #176, part of the "Lets make Tony a drunken bum!" storyline.

Nothing old today, unfortunately. Did get GL 2 and Hawkman 7, though.

Rick, I'm a fan of that short-but-sweet "Starman" run, and I mentioned it (and the Levitz/Ditko/Wood "Stalker") in my eulogy to Ditko:

http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=953139#Post953139

Very nice, Ann. Yeah, there were a lot of small, throwaway characters done by some really great creators back in the 70's. I'm mindfull of Manhunter by Archie Goodwin.

Goodwin's Manhunter is excellent. I was lucky to find a reasonably priced copy of the Baxter Format one-shot collection, some 25 years ago!

Wow. Didn't even know there was one. I'll have to look for it. Thanks.

I spent a fun 10 minutes in the comic boxes of a charity shop last weekend. The guy already looking through them had a couple of Comics Journals in his paw. But he switched them for both issues of Alan Moore’s Big Numbers.

I let him finish before having a chat about what a good find that was. Then I picked up the Journals. I’ve skimmed one and it was at the time when Image had started up and had a couple of issues under their belt (with delays creeping in).

There’s an interview with Todd McFarlane, one with Chris Claremont who had left the X-Men after Harris sided with Lee over him. And there’s an article with Alan Moore. He’s asked about Image too, despite having been quick to point out that he’d not actually read any of them.

I also got a couple of issues of the Legion under Shooter’s run, some singles of v6 (I got the TPB for some of those) and 10 issues of an early Lenore series!

After quickly reading the Lenore ones, I gave them to my dad who liked them. So, I’ll be digging out my other issues to give him those. Yay!

Don't bury the lead. Which Shooter Legion issues did you get?

I got the last two. I also got one of the Legion DC 1000000 issues.

I picked up Action 858 through 863. It was Johns Legion run in Action.

Well, they had a lot of stuff but it was mostly stuff I already had. Still, I found two legion books... 227 and 290 that I picked up. As well, the final issue of Mister Miracle, # 18 of the Jack Kirby original run. Another set from a book I try to find when I have a chance....The Secret Socity of Super-Villains number 9 and 11. Then there was Superman number 236. All that for just 3 dollars. Love me some old discount bin finds.

I went to a market a week ago and picked up a couple of 3boot trades for a few quid each. One with Supergirl on the front. I also picked up a trade of The Golden Age. I have it, but generally never have all the issues in one place for some reason. The opening of Ostrander's Suicide Squad and a couple of JLA ones.

I did pick up two New Mutants trades, at least one with Bill Sienkiewicz art. I picked up one issue of it waaay back and didn't connect with it. Hopefully this time will be better.




Wasn't that the series that had Captain Comet pretty much being a member of the JLA? before moving onto other things. He had lots of crossovers with JLA members and he was living on the satellite at one point. Not that you'd ever have known this form reading other books.

I was at the Ithacon yesterday and picked up a few Legion books: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #220 (1976) and SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #21 (2006). Also in attendance were Roger Stern and Walt & Louise Simonson.

Thoth, yes, i believe it was. it was from the seventies and it was a delieriously loopy run. I love it now, but never really saw it way back when because it wasn't on the spinner rack I bought from at the zippy mart.

Malvolio...excellent haul on the legion. Great catch on the creators. Loved Walt's Orion run. And he was a very classy guy talking about it with us fans on the old boards.

I picked up some of the Comet issues when I was looking at the Justice League Detroit. I'd forgotten how closely connected to the team he was, almost behind the scenes. I know SSoSV also brought in the Freedom Fighters as it tried to find a sales angle.



I've just read some of Stern's Avengers run where the Vision tries to take over the world. Not being a big Marvel fan, I'd not read much of his work. An so-so Power of the Atom in the '80s. But the issues I've read of his Captain America with Byrne were good and these issues were good. I have a some issues where Buscema and Palmer were on the art chores and I like those too.

My LCS is going out of business!

They're actually a satellite of the original store, which is still gonna be around, and is bigger and has a better selection, but it's an hour and a half drive from where I live!

That's the bad news.

Good news: Because they're closing, I got Marvel's complete Steranko SHIELD run from the late Silver Age in one softcover volume, at 50 percent of the cover price!

Yeah, it's dated, sexist, racist, what have you. I don't care. It's fun. If a modern comic had the same attitudes, *then* I'd have a problem, but the pop culture of the past is what it is. No reason to make it P.C. And if you don't like it, then don't read it or watch it. Simple azzat.

It's also quite notable, with hindsight, how much Steranko's SHIELD went on to influence TV cartoons from the 80s (G.I. Joe, et al.)

Steranko's SHIELD is one I've seen lots of covers of, and lots of design praise for. But I've never read it. Are the stories decent?

Not really, Thoth. It's definitely style over substance. But if you're really into 60s spy-movie kitsch, I'd recommend it. Otherwise, no.