Long Live the Legion

Adventure Comics #0 Fresh off the success of Legion of 3 Worlds, even if it didn't really make a lick of sense, the Legion move into Adventure Comics. Much like some parts of the 60s and 70s, the Legion are the back up feature for all new tales of the recently resurrected Superboy. For these reviews, I'll be rereading the Legion stories only. It's not that I don't care about Superboy. It's that there are only so many hours in a day. For reasons that, to be honest, I don't really understand, DC has decided to reprint Adventure Comics #247, the very first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes, in Adventure Comics #0. Because there is no better way to entice a younger audience to care about old characters than to print a story that is, at the time of publishing, 51 years old. You would think they could've picked something from the 70s or 80s, something with artwork and writing similar to what they're used to. You would think they'd pick something by ...

Legion of 3 Worlds #4 Let's go back to the wondrous days of 2009. Final Crisis is ripping through the DC universe. Writer Geoff Johns has brought back the Green Lantern Corps, turned them into a prominent DC book, and has been given the keys to the kingdom. Penciler George Perez is... well, he's on the Mount Rushmore for comic artists. In 2009, he showed that his artwork was just as stunning as it'd ever been. And inker Scott Koblish established himself as one of the best, able to work over anyone and elevate their pencils. Let's recap, shall we? Superboy-Prime has been brought to the 31st Century by the Time Trapper and he's planning on destroying everything connected to Superman. This includes the Legion of Super-Heroes, who've brought Superman to the 31st Century to help them fight against Prime and the entire Legion of Super Villains. We've seen the return of two 21st Century heroes, Sodam Yat (a Daxamite Green Lantern) and Kid Flash (Bart Allen and XS...

Legion of 3 Worlds #2 First, the recap. R.J. Brande is dead. The Legion is scattered. Earth still hates aliens and the U.P. hates Earth. The Time Trapper has brought Superboy-Prime to the 31st Century, and the evil Kryptonian has massacred tens of thousands of beings to free everyone on Takron-Galtos. The Legion has pulled Superman to the future to help stop him. And Superman's plan? To talk to him and get Superboy-Prime to remember that he used to be good. Yep, that's gonna work. This issue is written by Geoff Johns, pencilled by George Perez, and inked by Scot Koblish. We begin in the void. Shikari is flying through an empty void, in limbo, where nothing exists. But she can sense a path to freedom coming. One that will allow her Legion to be found. That's right, I had almost forgotten that the reboot Legion had been dumped into limbo at the end of the Legion/Titans crossover. What I didn't forget was that Shikari wasn't stuck in limbo. She went to the Threeboot un...

Action Comics #864 Thanks to Reddit user Patient-Reputation56 pointing out that there are Legion-related stories that I missed, I'm going to take a look at two issues before I jump into Legion of 3 Worlds. I've been told these provide some background before I get into Final Crisis so I'm hoping I'll figure out what's going on. Also, I'm going to ignore anything that isn't Legion-related and skip over anything I don't really care about, so fingers crossed that makes this easier. First, we get a Kevin Maguire cover... drawing Dawnstar, Wildfire, and Mon-El? And Earth-Man, but who cares about him... I would love to see Maguire draw some Legion comics... This issue is written by Geoff Johns, pencilled by Joe Prado, and inked by Jon Sibal. We begin as Batman enters the Fortress of Solitude to see Lightning Lad and Superman reminiscing about the time Wildfire was magnetized and stuck to Cosmic Boy (I think, they actually don't make this part clear). Bruce ...