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taichara: May 9, 2013; c:\>erase c:\reality.sys copy a:\gigacity\*.* c:

There's a good reason my Legion of Super-Heroes collection has gaps in it, and I've been following the team since the early eighties. There's also a good reason DC hasn't really been engaging me for some years now.

They just happen to be the same reason, and I'm occupying myself with other interests, comics-related or no. It hasn't been hard -- and one of these days an interesting Legion book might even happen again.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2019 08:37

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 19:55

taichara: May 9, 2013; c:\>erase c:\reality.sys copy a:\gigacity\*.* c:

After catching up on this thread ...

... Uh, this is where I keep in mind the advice I got here of, more or less, "don't expect to see anything for the Legion at least until Doomsday Clock is over" and start upgrading it to "pray they never bring the Legion back ever because the alternative is bound to be horrific", isn't it.

*sigh*

# ¿ Jun 3, 2019 15:53

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Teenage Fansub posted:

Don't you have any faith in Jonathan Hickman?

Not particularly, no.

# ¿ Jun 4, 2019 09:19

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Dawgstar posted:

https://twitter.com/BRIANMBENDIS/status/1136094139584397312

Young Justice isn't bad. So... maybe yay?

I DIDN'T MEAN TO BAIT THE MONKEY'S PAW I SWEAR

# ¿ Jun 5, 2019 23:38

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Roth posted:

Legion is officially back this September

https://www.newsarama.com/45584-legion-of-super-heroes-return-with-millennium-new-ongoing.html?utm_source=notification

Written by Bendis though

And he's putting every single DC future story into one continuity.

Never mind one finger curling in, I think I just got slapped by the entire monkey's paw at once.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2019 17:57

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enigmahfc posted:

I know nothing of them either, but I like that Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad both have the alt-right 'Heil and Tight" haircut, but Lightning Lad has a little redneck mullet going on too.

I'm not thrilled with seeing that element in either of their designs.

I'm even less thrilled at seeing the creative team decide to not only go right back into the 70s with the " horribly yikes Native American Stereotypes" details with Dawnstar, I think they've rocketed right past it and gotten worse. "Spirit wings", really guys? Really?

# ¿ Jul 10, 2019 16:24

taichara: May 9, 2013; c:\>erase c:\reality.sys copy a:\gigacity\*.* c:

I love how Bendis' idea of writing the Legion is to be writing a book with as much present day DCU and DCU references as he can possibly fit into it.

No, wait, I mean the other thing.

God forbid the 31st Century develop a(nother) take on its own.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2020 04:37

taichara: May 9, 2013; c:\>erase c:\reality.sys copy a:\gigacity\*.* c:

People complain (reasonably) about DiDio pulling Cass Cain as Batgirl and putting Steph into the role, forgetting that it's also, IIRC, DiDio who was all in on the misogynistic mess that was making Steph Robin just to slaughter her and cause Batman manpain. Because he didn't like the character.

Also Identity Crisis. Just, Identity Crisis.

Lot of bodies praising his inclusivity now, but to me it just looks like at some point he learned which way the wind was blowing. And I'm glad he's finally bloody gone.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2020 04:36

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Two Tone Shoes posted:

Steph Batgirl was good, though, and Cass had being The Black Bat to go to.

I have the Steph Batgirl trades sitting right here; I'm very fond of them and of Steph as Batgirl. But it's just as understandable that fans of Cass (I've never had much of an opinion either way, myself) were irked when it happened.

Sometimes I think DC pits fannish groups against each other like that deliberately. The whole Green Lantern thing *waves hands vaguely* is a great example.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2020 15:23

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Skwirl posted:

Is Connor the Superboy from Death and Return? I coulda sworn he was a (genetically modified) clone from the start.

He is, but the other DNA donor wasn't originally Luthor; it was, iirc, Paul Westfield (the head of the project at Cadmus).

Geoff Johns decided to retcon Kon-El's origin to include Luthor when he added Superboy to the Teen Titans -- and it's probably not a coincidence that he'd had a letter published in the bygone years before that elaborating on his grand theory of Luthor being involved. It's just another example of Johns changing continuity to suit his own personal wankery.

# ¿ Nov 11, 2020 19:48

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 19:55

taichara: May 9, 2013; c:\>erase c:\reality.sys copy a:\gigacity\*.* c:

Well I either picked a bad time or a passable time to tune back in ...

Another LSH? Is this a book(?) relaunch of the same (Bendis) take, or another reboot, or we don't know yet?

# ¿ Jan 21, 2022 13:41

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