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A bad buddy cop movie, lovers in dangerous times, and yet another retelling of Superboy meeting the Legion for the first time... we look at Adventure Comics #3 & 4 and Superman: Secret Origin #2

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Adventure Comics #3 or #506 We're going to be jumping around a little bit this week, moving from the backups in Adventure Comics to yet another retelling of the first time Clark met the Legion in Superman: Secret Origin. Hope there's no whiplash as I'm trying to cover these in (kinda) publishing order. This 10-page Legion tale was written by Geoff Johns and Michael Shoemaker and drawn by Clayton Henry. We're on Tharr this issue, Polar Boy's home world, and also the hottest planet in the universe. People are lounging by a pool, at what appears to be a resort, and Sun Boy is being Sun Boy. Which means, of course, that he's hitting on a couple of women. Sun Boy pulls Polar Boy into his efforts and the two women sitting at the bar immediately start ripping poor Brek apart. They ask him if he started the "Legion of Rejects" and wonder if he's subbing for someone right now. Polar Boy is more than a little upset. After all, he not only joined the Legion, ...
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The Legion is back... as the back-up feature to support Superboy! We look at Adventure Comics #0, 1 & 2

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Adventure Comics #0 Fresh off the success of Legion of 3 Worlds, even if it didn't really make a lick of sense, the Legion move into Adventure Comics. Much like some parts of the 60s and 70s, the Legion are the back up feature for all new tales of the recently resurrected Superboy. For these reviews, I'll be rereading the Legion stories only. It's not that I don't care about Superboy. It's that there are only so many hours in a day. For reasons that, to be honest, I don't really understand, DC has decided to reprint Adventure Comics #247, the very first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes, in Adventure Comics #0. Because there is no better way to entice a younger audience to care about old characters than to print a story that is, at the time of publishing, 51 years old. You would think they could've picked something from the 70s or 80s, something with artwork and writing similar to what they're used to. You would think they'd pick something by ...
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We get the Titans back together, the promise of new Lanterns... oh, and some Legionnaires show up as well... We look at Legion of 3 Worlds #4 & 5

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Legion of 3 Worlds #4 Let's go back to the wondrous days of 2009. Final Crisis is ripping through the DC universe. Writer Geoff Johns has brought back the Green Lantern Corps, turned them into a prominent DC book, and has been given the keys to the kingdom. Penciler George Perez is... well, he's on the Mount Rushmore for comic artists. In 2009, he showed that his artwork was just as stunning as it'd ever been. And inker Scott Koblish established himself as one of the best, able to work over anyone and elevate their pencils. Let's recap, shall we? Superboy-Prime has been brought to the 31st Century by the Time Trapper and he's planning on destroying everything connected to Superman. This includes the Legion of Super-Heroes, who've brought Superman to the 31st Century to help them fight against Prime and the entire Legion of Super Villains. We've seen the return of two 21st Century heroes, Sodam Yat (a Daxamite Green Lantern) and Kid Flash (Bart Allen and XS...
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Two surprise guest stars in two issues... Is this some kind of a record or do they just not want to focus on the Legion?? We look at Legion of 3 Worlds #2 & 3

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Legion of 3 Worlds #2 First, the recap. R.J. Brande is dead. The Legion is scattered. Earth still hates aliens and the U.P. hates Earth. The Time Trapper has brought Superboy-Prime to the 31st Century, and the evil Kryptonian has massacred tens of thousands of beings to free everyone on Takron-Galtos. The Legion has pulled Superman to the future to help stop him. And Superman's plan? To talk to him and get Superboy-Prime to remember that he used to be good. Yep, that's gonna work. This issue is written by Geoff Johns, pencilled by George Perez, and inked by Scot Koblish. We begin in the void. Shikari is flying through an empty void, in limbo, where nothing exists. But she can sense a path to freedom coming. One that will allow her Legion to be found. That's right, I had almost forgotten that the reboot Legion had been dumped into limbo at the end of the Legion/Titans crossover. What I didn't forget was that Shikari wasn't stuck in limbo. She went to the Threeboot un...
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