Long Live the Legion

Legion Secret Origin #3 Welcome back, everyone. I don't know if we really need a recap for this series. After all, they're basically just retelling the Legion origin story. I guess we could talk about how Brainiac 5 is being written like an eccentric idiot. Or how there's a trio called the Security Directorate who I originally thought was working behind the scenes, but now are out in the open, and originally were pro-Legion, but now seem to be anti-Legion... well, the human, Mycroft, is. The Coluan, Zarl, and the Naltorian, Anisa, seem to view them as a good thing... or a sign of the bad things to come...  At this point, I'm just leaning back, enjoying the amazing artwork by penciller Chris Batista and inker Marc Deering, and trying to get through the confusing story by Paul Levitz. Let's take a look at this issue, called "Connections." Onboard a U.P. military vessel, "parked" at Metropolis Starport, some of the soldiers are panicked and trying t...

Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 7) #3 Yay! Another Chris Sprouse cover! Any chance he could provide some artwork for the new Legion series? Anyway, the quick recap is that the Dominators are attacking the Legion. Do you need anything else? Welcome to "Shadow War," which I'm going to assume will involve Shadow Lass heavily... right? right?, and it's written by Paul Levitz with art by Francis Portela. Right off the bat, we've got the two things that have been annoying me this whole series. First, dialogue that doesn't make sense: Chameleon Boy: "Renegade doesn't appear to be bluffing -- I've never heard of the Dominators sending a fleet so close to United Planets' territory..." Who's "Renegade"? Is this a proper noun and a person's name? Is Cham starting to talk like R.J. Brande, using broken Interlac? Is this another name for Res-Vir, the Daxamite who's taken over Panoptes and the U.P. armed garrison there that's s...

Legion Lost (vol 2) #2 Here's your quick recap - a bunch of Legionnaires are trapped in the 21st Century. They went back through time to stop Alastor, a shape-shifting alien who wants to spread a contagion in the past and destroy the Earth. After facing off against Alastor, kind of (only Timber Wolf fights him and stops him), and failing completely at their task (the contagion is let loose), the Legionnaires decide to just head back to the future. While in their Time Bubble, Alastor explodes, destroying it and possibly killing Gates and Yera. Let's see where the creative team of writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Pete Woods takes us in a tale called: "The Dawn of the Hypersapiens." We're back in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, at a memorial for the 24 people who died when Alastor attacked last issue. There's tension in the air, and not just because Wildfire is flying a half mile above it, which you would think would draw the attention of the air force. Wildfire is ni...

Legion Secret Origins #1 Three... three Legion books a month... Ah-ah-ah-ah... Let's file this under "things that I can't believe DC approved." I mean, just before the New 52, Legion and Adventure Comics were losing readers at a rapid pace. So let's approve a third title, post-New 52, to... clean up the origin story? I'm not complaining. More Legion is almost always a good thing. I'm also very excited to see penciller Chris Batista back on a Legion book. He's joined by inked Marc Deering and writer Paul Levitz for a tale called "From the Wreckage." Continuing our flashback to the reboot Legion, Tom Feister is handling covers. You might remember him when he teamed with Tony Harris to provide the covers of the second half of The Legion. However, we have one credit on this book that leaves me scratching my head: editor Kwanza Johnson. Not because I have anything against Mr. Johnson's abilities. I just don't understand why three different...