Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill This Thread XVIII - Road to 30

"Behold! I bring you the Superman", taunted Nietzsche, "in my copy of Action Comics #1."

"Gott und dammerung!" cursed Wagner. "How could you show off your comic collection? You know mine was incinerated in that unfortunate fire in Vallhalla."

Muttering that a new collection would rise in the place of the old, Wagner went off to keep his new comics in safer locations, free of foreshadowed cataclysm, such as New Genesis and Hellboy's Earth.

An avid DC collector, Nietzsche would ensure his former friend was remembered. Readers will note the appearances of Wotan and Firebrand in the first All Star Squadron arc.

Alas, what Wagner failed to realize was that Nietzsche was trying to gift him an extra copy of Action Comics #1...

I recently realized that Adventure 247 could be read as Adventure Twenty-four Seven.

I've thought for awhile that could be a tagline/slogan for the Legion.

24/7 Adventure sounds tiring.

You can sleep in the time bubble.

You can sleep after Keith Giffen writes you.

I sleep better knowing that Giffen will never again write the Legion.

That makes 2 of us.

Permanent sleep?

I have never had my hair permed, which is probably why it's still so healthy even as I approach the big 5-0. Narcissistic, moi?

Congratulations!

And here I know people in their 30s whose hair is a disaster!

Thanks, Ibby.



I chalk it up to a combination of worldwide pollution and a lowering of standards by companies who make hair-care products.

Could also be stress, and people not taking care of themselves as much!

The musical Hair had nude scenes

The musical Avenue Q had full-frontal puppet nudity!

The original Muppets TV series (1976-1981) is, in my opinion, one of the best comedy shows ever made.

I also really like their first movie, "The Muppet Movie" (1979.)

I loved the Muppet Christmas Carol!

Haven't seen that one, but I generally like Michael Caine. I can definitely see him making a good Ebenezer Scrooge.

Reminds me of Uncle Scrooge. I loved Ducktales.

Ducktales was just a little bit after my time, but as a kid I loved reading reprints of the Carl Barks comic book stories that inspired it.

These days, Barks tends to be labeled a racist, a misogynist, and a reactionary. And while I think there's a grain of truth there (especially his attitudes towards women,) I think "tolerant misanthrope with a sense of humor" would be a fairer summation.

And he was a superb draftsman.

I don't know enough about the Barks background to comment on that... but I also think there's no harm in enjoying his work for what it is. It's not like Barks committed horrible crimes against humanity, after all.

It can be difficult for people to separate the work from the person, and there's plenty of discussion on whether this should be the case or not.

To each his/ her own..

I am firmly on the "should" side.

It's ridiculous, in my opinion, to expect creative people to be upstanding citizens.

I recommend reading the writings of one of my heroes, the late art critic Robert Hughes.

And to paraphrase something Ibby said, if they don't harm other people, then they're not causing any real harm.