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While #12 has a bit of the Quarantine story, I think most of it is concluding the return of the Legion? There's a big splash page and everything. So, I'd have had #12 in Vol 26.

I would vote 12 as well. I think the scuttled hardcover that was supposed to collect the beginning of 5YL was going to go thru either 12 or 13, by the way.

Some research shows it was supposed to collect 1-12 and Annual 1.

12 thirded.



Eh? When was this?

It was supposed to come out this summer. But when DC decided to cut back on their collection releases, this book was one of many casualties.

Amazon still lists it but with a release date of 2080 (rather more than five years later).

you can find it if you search for "Legion of Super-Heroes: Five Years Later Vol. 1"

Thanks, guys.

Alas for that collection; I was disappointed that it was cancelled. Or put off until 2080.... cool to think of the Legion still being read in 2080, but we still read Sherlock Holmes, so why not?

We'll end this volume with #12 then. Thanks for the input!

Also, I figure we could do one issue a week for the time being, given the density of each issue. We might want to cover The Quiet Darkness as a single arc and possibly combine some of the later (ahem! crappier) issues in multiples, but that's down the road.

I fully agree.



Oh, definitely! I think "Silent But Deadly" would've been a more apropos title for that stinker!



"The Terrible Mosaic" would be unbearable if we didn't combine it into at least two or three multiples.

Sorry, I'll keep the little devil in me at bay until the appropriate time.

I looked through issues going forward re: where to put the Annual. It had a September date (according to the internet, I couldn't find a date on the issue itself) so that would put it concurrent with #11. However, the content stands on its own enough that it could be addressed after #12 (the end of this Archive) or even start off the next volume.

Any preferences? After #11, after #12 or starting Volume 27?

I would say keep volume 26 through issue # 14. Issues 12 and 13 feature the introduction of Kent Shakespeare, and a semi-helpful attempt to reconcile the continued existence of Superboy and the Time Trapper with Valor and Glorith in Legion history. Issue 14 is effectively a continuation of issue # 11, and pretty much features Tenzil's return to the Legion, at least in intent. At this point, you have the stage primarily set for the next two years or so of Legion stories, and there are no specific story threads cut off by breaking between issues 14 and 15.

Oh, and I'd put Annual # 1 to review either right before or right after issue # 8, since they're effectively flip sides of the same story - one ends with the disappearance of Tinya, and the other begins with the appearance of a certain Durlan.

Thought about this and like the idea to do the Annual next instead of following published chronology. In any published collection, it would establish a solid base to explain to readers just what was going on with this new timeline.

Okay, we've got Volume 27 on the horizon, and I consider the first few DTMK issues ("D" as in new editor Dan Raspler) to be the high point of this era, even though the creators found Raspler's sensibilities to be "too mainstream," or whatever.

So I'm pretty pumped.

How's about we cover issues 13-20, with Adventures of Superman #476-478 right in between 18 and 19, and somewhere in there we can fit Annual 2 (the Valor spotlight...what, another one so soon?)

Cramey, if you don't have the Superman tie-ins, I'll be happy to review them.

Great, you do the Superman issues, Ann & thanks. (I don't have them and had to look up what they were about.)

You're very welcome, Cramey. It's always fun to deputize.

Heads-Up:

After next week, when I participate in the discussion of LSH v4 #18 and, as promised above, review the Adventures of Superman tie-ins which lead into issue 19...I'm taking a long hiatus from the Re-Reads. Most likely until we reach the Postboot.

I feel that I've gotten far too negative and too obviously disdainful, and I worry that perhaps it is becoming off-putting to other Legion Worlders.

There's just no way around it -- I don't like TMK, as creators or as people. But I had initially hoped that maybe I would come away from the Re-Read with greater respect and appreciation for their efforts.

Nope. Didn't happen.

I tried. And I don't know what else to say.

What I really hope is that...perhaps other people, who can appreciate and respect TMK more than I can, will start chiming in. As great as Cramey's and Thoth's reviews are, it would be nice to see other Legion Worlders adding extra spice to the mix.

This is Annfie, signing off. See you after End of an Era.

Next week is #20, then Annual #2 (Valor's story).

The next volume begins with the 4-issue Quiet Darkness. Any objections to doing all 4 issues in one week ? I scanned through and don't feel like there's that much of a story to occupy a month.

Volume 28 would comprise #21 - #31 and Annual #3 (Timber Wolf).

Thoughts? Suggestions? Coffee?

Taking a break next week, then Volume 28. I'm going to do The Quiet Darkness (4 issues) as one, simply because it's one of my least favourites of the 5YL era and I don't want to drag it out over a month.

Next volume 29: propose issues 32 to 38. It's short, but 38 is the end of Earth. Open to suggestions, comments.

Well, if the planet I'm on gets blown up, it's going to be hard to review #39.

That's a very short volume. Alternate suggestion: through LSH # 41, which leads into the Legionnaires series, plus Legionnaires 1-6, the Fatal Five story.

This sounds good. I was wondering what to do with the Legionnaires run, whether reviewed entirely separately or mixed in with LSH issues.



You've been given advance warning. Evacuate to Ventura.

After next week, we start Volume 30. I propose we go back to the LSH book and see what the old folks are up to.

This would include LSH #42-48, plus Annual #4 - which I believe comes before #48. This wraps up the Mordru/Mysa/Amethyst story.

Can't say I'm particularly fond of these issues and never even read Annual #4, part of the Bloodlines series with the dreadful Jamm, so it will surely be a journey of discovery.

Any comments, suggestions about the issues to be included are welcome.

I suggest we do these issues (most of which are the Mysa vs Mordru story arc) as we did The Quiet Darkness, The Magic Wars, and Conspiracy. Just one big multi-issue review. Maybe so that the whole volume isn't just one review, we can tack on individual reviews of 49 (Tenzil) and 50 (T + M's last.)