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It's the grand finale! It's the end of everything! It's Earth Two! Let's read Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #23

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  Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #23 We've reached the end of yet another Legion book. There's a part of me that's happy it's being put out of its misery and a part of me that's sad that it's come to this. Let's get started and then I'll do a bit of a postmortem on the whole run at the end. "Aftermath" is written by Paul Levitz with art by Kevin Maguire. Wow - Maguire is handling the art chores for the final issue. After a bit of research, because I couldn't understand why you'd hire a big name artist with a big name page rate to handle the last issue of book, I'm guessing he's doing this because he was let go from pencilling Justice League 3000, which is DC's replacement for the Legion. We'll talk more about this later. We begin on Shanghalla, where Polar Boy and Invisible Kid are standing at Sun Boy's memorial. Which, and this should come as no surprise, is the smallest one we can see. Man, the guy can't get an...
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We reach the end of this story and I have so many questions... anyone want to place bets on when they told the creative team this book was cancelled? Let's look at Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #21 & 22

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Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #21 There are a couple of things that are breaking my brain as I get ready to read these two issues. One, I can't believe that we're almost at the end of the New 52 Legion. The fact that it didn't even last two years is kinda shocking to me. And two, this issue came out 13 years ago and we've had less than 40 more Legion-related comics since then. How did we go from the Legion being one of the best-selling books DC had to a super-team that they effectively buried for 8 out of 13 years? Here's your speedy recap: The Legion is down multiple members while the Fatal Four (I'll call them Five when they introduce the last one) is basically destroying the entire galaxy in the most backwards way possible. Tharok has taken control of a Promethean Giant but pretty much done nothing with them. He's also jumping from planet to planet, shutting down their quark relays, so technology has ceased to work on a number of planets (Earth, Rimbor, ...
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The battle with the Fatal Four ramps up, we get a maiming, and Phantom Girl is completely ruined... let's look at Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #19 & 20

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Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #19 We always start with a recap, so here goes. Sun Boy died and was cooked and eaten by aliens. Star Boy died because Brainiac 5 didn't want anyone to rescue him and fired off the cruiser's rockets (I don't know how else you can read that moment). The Fatal Five is back, minus one, and Tharok is shutting down quark relays so technology is dying all over the galaxy - if you thought this was similar to The Magic Wars, you're not alone. They promised Validus was going to show up but we haven't seen him yet. They promised the Emerald Empress would do the unthinkable. Oh, and the Fatal Five is targeting the Legionnaires' home worlds but we've really only seen Earth and Rimbor. "World's End is written by Paul Levitz ("with a nod to Keith Giffen, Consulting Destructionist" yes, that's literally what the credits read), with art by Scott Kolins (pages 1-10) and Jeff Johnson (pages 11-20). I should also mention th...
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We're back to only focusing on one book and, unfortunately, it's this one... it's a spoiler-free headline for my reread of Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #17 & 18

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Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #17 Here's your recap: Phantom Girl was just elected Legion leader. Validus isn't on Takron-Galtos and the Persuader's axe isn't... wherever it was being kept. I was also wrong, again... the Legion Lost characters don't seem to be coming back to the future any time soon, so I imagine this means we're going to get a steady diet of Chemical Kid, Brainiac 5, and Phantom Girl and the rest of the Legionnaires will stand around in the background. "The Beginning of the End" is plotted and scripted by Paul Levitz, plotted and pencilled by Keith Giffen, and inked by Scott Koblish. Giffen being back on the Legion can only mean one thing - DC is desperately trying to figure out how to get readers back and, yet again, that means the Legion goes back 30 years to try to recapture their old magic. I know that if I was trying to get younger readers to check out my titles, the first thing I'd do is hire creators in their 50s and 60s a...
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It's the end of Legion Lost and I feel better than fine... let's take a look at Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #16 & Legion Lost (vol 2) #16

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Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 7) #16 All we need to know for the recap is that the Fatal Five is reforming and Chameleon Boy is investigating. We'll cover anything else as we go. "Choose wisely" is written by Paul Levitz with art by Scott Kolins. Ugh. We're back to the boxey, Steve Ditko-inspired artwork that just doesn't work for either this book or this era of comics. What's weird is that I know Kolins is capable of doing much, much, much better work. Why did he change his style for this? Was he spending too much time reading old issues of Shade, the Changing Man and thought it was the best way to handle the Legion? Ultra Boy and Phantom Girl arrive at Legion HQ and Jo has the unenviable task of letting us know what's going on. The leadership election is happening... again... and he's not pleased with the process. He figures Tinya should be leader. She's smart, right? But she doesn't want to be noticed at all and would rather not be leader. Not...
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