Legion Obscura #105
Jef Peckham
I've been posting these over on email lists at Yahoogroups the past few
years. I'm identifying appearances of Legionnaires (from any version) that
appear in new DC books other than the Legion's own title, everything from
major guest appearances to the single panel appearances that other obssesive
Legion fans might otherwise miss. Without further ado...
One new book this week. Details follow the
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SUPERGIRL (V) 45
Part 2 of The Hunt For Reactron. As Supergirl and fellow Kryptonians
Nightwing and Flamebird continue to hide from Kryptonian hunters, Mon-el
gets a couple panels worth of cameos from the newspaper Lana Lang is
reading. (Lana BTW has some sort of health problem first appearing right
here.)
Honorable mention:
SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN 1 has come out. It looks like it has fully
restored the Silver Age Superman origin except for the physical appearance
of Jor-El, Lara, and the Kents. The other details are spot on from what I
remember.The last panel promises a Legion appearance in the second issue by
using the 1970s logo from when the Legion took over Superboy's title.
Until next time,
Jef Peckham
j1peckham#earthlink.net
(replace the #, dummy!)
grinningdemon
<j1pe...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>SUPERGIRL (V) 45
>
>Part 2 of The Hunt For Reactron. As Supergirl and fellow Kryptonians
>Nightwing and Flamebird continue to hide from Kryptonian hunters, Mon-el
>gets a couple panels worth of cameos from the newspaper Lana Lang is
>reading. (Lana BTW has some sort of health problem first appearing right
>here.)
Actually, Lana's mysterious health problem has been an ongoing subplot
in the book for a while now.
YKW (ad hoc)
news:xJ6dnSkuRcCkcCfX...@earthlink.com:
> SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN 1 has come out. It looks like it has fully
> restored the Silver Age Superman origin except for the physical
> appearance of Jor-El, Lara, and the Kents. The other details are spot
> on from what I remember.
Except for the whole Lana-knows-Clark-is-super-powered thing. Bit of a
divergence. Plus his powerset is fading in slowly over years, hitting him
hardest in puberty rather than appearing full-blown as an infant.
> The last panel promises a Legion appearance in
> the second issue by using the 1970s logo from when the Legion took
> over Superboy's title.
The cover in solicits is something of a giveaway, too.
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grinningdemon
<FluffyM...@foxnews.com> wrote:
>"Jef Peckham" <j1pe...@earthlink.net> wrote in
>news:xJ6dnSkuRcCkcCfX...@earthlink.com:
>
>> SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN 1 has come out. It looks like it has fully
>> restored the Silver Age Superman origin except for the physical
>> appearance of Jor-El, Lara, and the Kents. The other details are spot
>> on from what I remember.
>
>Except for the whole Lana-knows-Clark-is-super-powered thing. Bit of a
>divergence. Plus his powerset is fading in slowly over years, hitting him
>hardest in puberty rather than appearing full-blown as an infant.
Both improvements as far as I'm concerned...but you can definitely
tell that Geoff is a fan of Smallville from all the nods to the show
(I'm kind of surprised he didn't throw Chloe into the mix)...I just
wish they didn't have Clark actually suiting up as Superboy...I know
I'm in the minority around here but I never liked Clark officially
running around as Superboy...never liked him with the Legion either.
>> The last panel promises a Legion appearance in
>> the second issue by using the 1970s logo from when the Legion took
>> over Superboy's title.
>
>The cover in solicits is something of a giveaway, too.
Given Johns' other Superman stories of late, I'd say it was a given
anyway.
Unknown
"grinningdemon" <grinni...@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:o03ub5ti6tmu5fai9...@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:47:01 GMT, "YKW (ad hoc)"
> <FluffyM...@foxnews.com> wrote:
>
>>"Jef Peckham" <j1pe...@earthlink.net> wrote in
>>news:xJ6dnSkuRcCkcCfX...@earthlink.com:
>>
>>> SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN 1 has come out. It looks like it has fully
>>> restored the Silver Age Superman origin except for the physical
>>> appearance of Jor-El, Lara, and the Kents. The other details are spot
>>> on from what I remember.
>>
>>Except for the whole Lana-knows-Clark-is-super-powered thing. Bit of a
>>divergence. Plus his powerset is fading in slowly over years, hitting him
>>hardest in puberty rather than appearing full-blown as an infant.
>
> Both improvements as far as I'm concerned...but you can definitely
> tell that Geoff is a fan of Smallville from all the nods to the show
> (I'm kind of surprised he didn't throw Chloe into the mix)...I just
> wish they didn't have Clark actually suiting up as Superboy...I know
> I'm in the minority around here but I never liked Clark officially
> running around as Superboy...never liked him with the Legion either.
Take a look at the names of Pete's cast. Chloe is one of them.
grinningdemon
Ah, so she is...and the Smallville references keep on coming.