Long Live the Legion

  Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #19 Another excellent cover - artist Barry Kitson really knows how to grab your eye and make you want to check out the book. My only quibble - no green blood? Our creative team this issue - Mark Waid on pencils and Barry Kitson handling the artwork. I do love when an artist handles pencils and inks because you know you're seeing exactly what they want to present to the reader. Kitson being supremely talented doesn't hurt, either. This issue begins in a Science Police interrogation room and a couple of officers are trying to break suspected murder Reep Daggle. Or Chameleon, as most people know him better. It's, I'm guessing, a bad cop/bad cop scenario as we get a bunch of hatred for both Durlans and the Legion and Reep gets to be suitably naive about the whole process. He actually tells the S.P. that if they just let him go, he could find the murderer. The story begins as Cham tells his side of the story. He infiltrated the S.P...

Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #17 Is this all a dream? Have we entered Supergirl's mind and we're in deep REM sleep? Does the sight of Ultra Boy leering at Supergirl on the cover fill me with dread? Is Micro Lad hitting on Shadow Lass? We answer some of these questions this week as we continue rereading the Threeboot Legion. This issue is brought to you by writer Mark Waid, penciller Barry Kitson, and inker Mick Gray. We begin somewhere dark. A robot comes to life, surrounded by other robots, and they start talking about carbon reduction. Is this the DC version of Ultron? The S.P.s and the Legion burst inside, both groups intent on stopping this new threat before it starts. Phantom Girl gets to be the sarcastic team member this issue, ripping apart the Science Police and the officer criticizing her. As the robot changes into a huge electrical threat, the Legionnaires start to realize that they may be in big trouble. Supergirl shows up, unplugs the robot, saves the da...