LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #12 - Previews and Spoilers

Re: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #12 - Previews and Spoilers Sarcasm Kid #997504 01/25/21 12:06 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,847 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive
thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,847 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M...	Thanks for the links stile & Catonyx. It's always good to get other views, and ones that don't necessarily match my own. Some bits and pieces:- Sook's art is really good. I could do without all the large group panels. I'm not sure whether Sook gets them, so that original art sells for more, or if Bendis has asked them all to go in, and onto which he adds spots of dialogue to give some characters a voice. I like the little visual stories that go on. Lu's costume; the Dawny/ Jo match. I hadn't thought about the previous Super-punches in the Legion. I was thinking of Infinite Crisis and some Event before that. The villain is immune to one super person bludgeoning him to bits. But if two should punch, it's all over. My ultra-quibble voice tells me that Darkseid wasn't defeated by his punches, making them less a silly plot conclusion. I also thought that Gold Lantern's page per issue plot progression is interesting. And nice work on why the Kryptonians might not attack the villain, stile. Plot acrobatics is a Legion World super skill! "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #12 - Previews and Spoilers Eryk Davis Ester #998484 02/14/21 02:58 AM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 258 Old Lyme, CT Evolution Has Failed Active
Evolution Has Failed Active Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 258 Old Lyme, CT	Originally Posted by Eryk Davis Ester I'd forgot about the Cosmic Boy bit. Blok suddenly showing up as Mordru's slave seemd a bit weird as well. He'd been teleported into space last issue, and I really figured he'd take awhile in making it back. But apparently Mordru decided to use him for some reason? His line at the end ("Hey! This is Blok! You're missing the libations!") really didn't sound much like anything classic Blok would say. Doctor Fate's reappearance was a bit weird as well, as it seemed almost like he planned to fake his death and return, which didn't feel like it matched up with his "death" last issue very well. Yeah, the Cosmic Boy thing falls into the category of egregious jarring error!!!. Honestly, I found the story fairly enjoyable otherwise, but this was so jarring, it kind of ruined it for me. That and the fact that it is really hard to see what is going on the battle scenes. If you try to draw everything in every panel you essentially end up drawing nothing... Also the Dr Fate resurrection is just lazy story-telling. No set up, no explanation of how he cleverly anticipated and escaped, just - "nope, even though you saw me die, I didnt'". AND, btw, my suspicion is that the artist or writer got confused about which character was kidnapped i the previous issue.. if it had been Blok kidnapped, everything would have made sense "I like stuff that doesn't exist."