Long Live the Legion

Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #5 Let's recap what happened last issue. Earth-Man had a falling out with his other xenophobic allies and is going to absorb Sensor Girl's powers to figure out what they're up to. Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl rescued their twin boys from an Avalonian who's obsessed with Darkseid (and Imra may have killed him). Shadow Lass is spending more time with Earth-Man. Cosmic Boy called an election for the new Legion leader. And the Titanians, who lost their home when a bunch of scientists at the Time Institute (including Professor Harmonia Li) looked back at the beginning of the universe, are living in camps on Earth while the United Planets try to find them a new home. This issue was written by Paul Levitz, pencilled by Yildinay Cinar and Francis Portela, and inked by Wayne Faucher and Portela. Wow - five issues in a row for the art team. Nicely done! We begin at one of the Titanian camps, where a starliner that was supposed to take the refuge...

Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6) #4 Whenever I write these columns, I'm always struggling with how nitpicky I should be. For example, should I point out that Lightning Lass has toothpick arms or not?Or that Saturn Girl's right arm is anatomically... questionable? Yep, we're leaning into nitpicky this week. The lightning-fast recap: Garth, Imra, and Ayla have headed to Avalon, which is a medieval planet that's been taken over by Darkseid. Or is worshipping Darkseid... Or really likes stone-faced dictators... Earth-Man has thrown away his Green Lantern ring, Saturn Girl was defeated by a really powerful Sensor Girl, and Shadow Lass is single. This issue is brought to you by writer Paul Levitz and artists Yildiray Cinar, Francis Portela, and Wayne Faucher. The trio who've gone to Avalon are just a little bit surprised that everyone on the planet is worshipping Darkseid. We're going back to the Great Darkness saga because, why not? They even reference it as Imra me...

There's a website called Writing Battle  that has monthly competitions for short story writers. Each time, they assign you three story elements that you use to create your prose.   This is the second story I wrote for one of the competitions and wanted to post it here. Please enjoy! The story elements I was assigned: Genre: Swashbuckler Character: Volunteer Object: Typewriter  The Crossing Guard by Jay McKiernan   "Okay, tell me what happened." "That man is crazy! I was just walking with my girlfriend, minding my own business, and this old man comes up and start flirting with Jenny. She's fifty years younger than him and he's asking her out and wanting to buy her dinner. I step up and tell him to leave us alone, as polite as I can be. Then he starts whacking me with his stop sign! I didn't fight back because I'd kill 'im. But there's only so much a man can take, you know?”   "Okay, tell me what happened." "It's...