Long Live the Legion

Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #12 Whew... last week was a rough one. Getting through whatever Legion Lost #11 tried to be was like slamming my head into the wall. There are very few times when I want to throw a comic against the wall, but that's where we are. I'm also starting to picture Pete Woods, tied to his art table, begging to get a good script, and being told over and over again that he signed a contract and has to finish that horrible series. But I digress. And it's not like LSH #11 was stellar either. Brainiac 5 and Dream Girl were captured by the Dominators. The Legion was ordered by the U.P. to not rescue anyone, so Star Boy put together a team of... let's be nice and say third stringers... to save his girlfriend (who seems to have more chemistry with Brainy). They, to no one's surprise, fail, and it's revealed that Comet Queen has betrayed the team and is working with the enemy I'm assuming that we're going to finally get what we've need...

Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #11 If someone had asked you to create the worst possible Legion rescue team, could you do better than a Star Boy who can't walk, Bouncing Boy, Duplicate Damsel, Comet Queen, and two people who aren't even in the Academy yet? Well, that's where we are. This sextet is heading to Dominator space to rescue Brainiac 5 and Dream Girl, who were kidnapped two issues ago. Why isn't the Legion doing anything? Because, once again, when the U.P. tells them to do something that goes against their morals and judgment, they blindly follow. Oh, and so the title of this book makes sense, let's not forget that last issue, Dream Girl had one of her patented flashes of a prediction - she knows someone on the rescue team is going to betray them but she doesn't know who. Wouldn't it be great if Nura's powers developed at all since she joined the team? Or if her premonitions weren't insanely vague? "Betrayal" is written by Paul Lev...

Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #10 I hope everyone pre-ordered Legion of Super-Heroes #1 from your local comic shop. If you didn't, why not? "Choices" is written by Paul Levitz, pencilled by Francis Portela & Andres Guinaldo, and inked by Dan Green and Portela. I'm assuming we're going to get a dramatic shift in art styles for no other reason than they've let us know who did which pages in the credits. No trusting us to be able to figure it out, right? We're in Metropolis and Cosmic Boy is nearing some weird building... the Dominators' embassy. What? The Dominators have an actual embassy on Earth? Does that make any sense whatsoever? Rokk causes a huge spike in power, wrecking everything around him, and then just slips inside. He's looking for evidence behind the kidnapping of Dream Girl and Brainiac 5 last issue so that the Legion can go and save them. In case you forgot, Earthgov told them not to interfere, so the still-unable-to-walk Star Bo...

Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #9 If you haven't yet, I urge you to go down to your local comic shop and place an order for Legion of Super-Heroes #1. You've got until August 10th to get that pre-order in. We want to do everything we can do to send a simple message to both the comic shops and DC Comics - we want a monthly Legion comic! Anyway, last issue of LSH was kind of a placeholder. Cosmic Boy and Night Girl look like they're back together and, more importantly, someone's trying to put the Fatal Five back together! "Capture" is written by Paul Levitz with art by Francis Portela. In Metropolis University, Harmonia, Brainiac 5, and Circadia Senius are discussing whether time travel is possible or not. Brainy refuses to believe that it's been shut down and is certain they can get to the past. Dream Girl has shown up just to let us know that she foresaw something important happening there today... she couldn't have called? A black circle opens up behi...