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coprime ([personal profile] coprime) wrote2005-01-16 02:27 am

Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #001-020

So while LJ's been down, I dove into Legion of Super-Heroes v4. And... you all get the running commentary. I'm rather shaky on who's who and what's what, so expect a lot of "Um, huh? What's happening?" Don't expect anything deep. ::snicker:: Now, don't you feel lucky?

LSH v4 001:
So... I'm thinking this series starts up immediately after the five year gap? I'll admit I am very confused by the continuity for this title. But, okay, I'll go with it being the end of the gap, since there's no Legion at the moment and the comic starts with the words "Five years later...."

Hee, I think I like the lady with the scar (Vi). She's ornery.

Why would the Coalition of Human-Humanoid Preservation want to blame a race for the collapse of the economy? Unless the Khunds aren't humanoid. Or perhaps the only humanoids they're interesting in preserving are themselves. Eh, whatever. Smile and nod.

LSH v4 002:
Haha, Jo is the spokesman for Straight Buddies of Rimbor? I don't know what they do, but it makes me laugh.

Okay, the super-polite thugs are freaky. ...And kinda funny. "Your head seems to be aflame." "Excuse me, excuse me, but I must put this out."

Is the yellow lady supposed to be Tinya? I don't think so, but.... And her powers make no sense. She can move mass from one object to the other, what?

...I don't want to know what kind of extra-curricular activities Boofer offers Shvaughn to help keep her sane.

LSH v4 003:
Why does the old emperor guy have a Green Lantern ring? And it seems to me that, if you had one of those rings, you would not destroy it. I mean, you're only limited by your imagination! Maybe that's the problem-- he has no imagination.

Hee, Ayla/Vi. Mostly naked ladies running through the forest!

Every time I see Cham being referred to as Reep, I think of Reepicheep from The Chronicles of Narnia. Which I don't think is intended. And I'm beginning to annoy myself.

Ahaha, Jo hugging with ultra-strength!

Aww, the rock person died before I got a chance to know him.

Hmm, the bit about the Validus Plague is interesting. I will admit that I have always been fascinated by diseases, even though I could never go into a medical field.

LSH v4 004:
...I don't know why, but Mon-El's lead poisoning has always struck me as odd. Like, how did it come about? If he's basically got the same powers as Superman, why is he vulnerable against lead? (Maybe it ties in with how Superman can't see through lead, but...) It seems odd and incongruous. Mind you, my confusion in no hinders my enjoyment that he's back and cured.

Hee, Brainy can solve any problem! Horrible plague ravaging Winath? Get Brainiac on the problem! In imminent danger of your body being taken over by the evil person you'd thought dead? Talk to Brainiac!

...Wow. Go Tasmia, you didn't really do anything helpful in that fight.

Okay, huh? Mon-El just destroyed the Legion as he knows it? That doesn't scream "great start" to me.

LSH v4 005:
I wonder if this Mordru thing is how they're going to resurrect Lyle. If they resurrect him. I hope so 'cause I like him.

Oh, this is some really bad poetry. "The knights of the 30, under the sign of the jewel, united they stood 'gainst the death-cloud so cruel"? Oy.

What is with all the mostly naked people standing out in the snow? They should be far colder than they seem to be.

LSH v4 006:
That is a grisly cover. People's torsos stuck on some guy's fingers? Eww.

Mon-El destroys the Legion as we know it and all is set right in one issue? That was... fast.

Oh! The old emperor guy in #003 is Mordru! Stuff is starting to come together. Sort of.

Hmm. So Jan's supposedly killing all visitors to Trom. Makes me wonder whether this is a portent of what happened in Legion Lost. ::reads more:: Okay, so Jan's not crazy. In fact, he seems rather personable, and I can understand why he'd be upset, what with people scavenging the graves of the entire rest of his race. I would be too. And he's kind of hot.

LSH v4 007:
Why does this mystery guy have a shadow covering his face all of the time? The lighting is such that there shouldn't be a shadow there, and yet there it is. ::reads more:: So he has mystical abilities. I suppose that can explain the shadow, but that's a stupid use for mystical abilities. "Look at me; you can't see my face!"

Ohh, Mordru has a captive Green Lantern. That's where he got the ring in #003. And why he destroyed it, I assume. Can't risk a Lantern getting their ring back.

Eww. I've been wondering why the captive Green Lantern has no mouth. And now that I've seen it, eww. Where did his eyes go? ::reads more:: Oh, wait. nevermind. (Hee, I like Cham.)

The ProbeCB is creepy. I mean-- "A ProbeCB is a biologically grown humanoid ... But the ProbesCB are also genetically structured to be completely loyal and 100% dedicated to the job ... And this assistant will never complain about making that pot of hot Kono!" It just sounds so much like these things (And I don't think "thing" is the best term, but they aren't acknowledged as people either.) are bred for a life of slavery and degradation.

LSH v4 008:
Huh? Why don't people like Durlans? Reep certainly seems nice enough. ::read more:: R. J. Brande is a Durlan? I thought he was human. So confusing. ::reads yet more:: No, this still doesn't make sense, sorry.

::snicker:: "Pink? I thought I asked for pale scarlet!" Oh, Rokk. You and your pink uniform are certainly something.

I wonder why Doyle never tried to blackmail R. J. by threatening to expose him as a Durlan. It couldn't have been a less effective method than the death threats.

Hee! I know; I've said it before. But-- I like Reep! He's... nifty.

LSH v4 009:
Okay, this guy in the poncy clothes and lipstick has shown up in several issues so far. And I still have no clue who he is. I only vaguely know what he's doing-- trying to kill all the leftover ex-Legion people for the yellow guys with the freaky teeth. ...Huh. Apparently I know more about what he's doing than I thought.

Ahaha, "anti-lead serum." Is lead really that commonplace in the 30th century? ::reads more:: Apparently.

Ohh, Brainy. Purple, green, and yellow really don't look good together. I think you'd have to be drunk to decide that's a good color combination. (And I maintain that alcohol was involved in choosing those as the official colors of Mardi Gras.)

You'd think that if you were going someplace incognito, you'd have the shape-shifter shift into a shape other than his easily-identifiable Durlan shape. I mean, police gear only goes so far, especially when it doesn't hide your antennae.

Wait, the poncy guy is Roxxas? Okay, now I'll admit that I have no clue what's going on in regards to him. I... have an idea, but it's complicated, and I'm not sure it's correct.

Ohh, Vi. This promises to be interesting.

LSH v4 010:
Everyone's clothes look... oddly historical. Especially considering this takes place in the future.

Bah. I'm ready for this stuff with Roxxas to get resolved.

Eep! Cham!

Something about the way blood is drawn doesn't fit with the art style, for me. Odd.

LSH v4 011:
::looks at cover:: What in the world? Is he... a dentist-turned-policeman or something? ::reads:: Ahahahahahaha, no, it's Matter-Eater Lad! Winner of the "Most Bizarrely Sexual Superpower Ever" Award! And he's hosting a show on the History Channel. Whoo boy, I got myself into a weird fandom this time.

Is that--? I think the archaeologists have discovered Batman's giant souvenir penny. Hee. Except now, they think it's an "Abraham Lincoln manhole cover." ::continues reading:: Yep, they have definitely discovered the archaeological remnants of the Batcave, even if they don't realize it. Somehow, I doubt Bruce would be pleased.

"Thank the muses"? Huhn. Interesting phrase there, Brainy.

I'm still waiting for them to do something more with the fact that Mon-El destroyed history as we know it and then the new universe tried to set things right. (But it didn't sound like they succeeded there...) Except by now, it doesn't look like they will. So those two issues feel useless; they didn't change anything in this universe, at least not that I can see.

LSH v4 012:
...Celeste is a secret Green Lantern, what? ::reads:: The Green Lantern magic can rip your top to shreds but still hold it together enough to be decent. Huh, good to know, I guess.

I thought it was fairly obvious that the fur-covered creature was Brin. But apparently not? If that's his shameful secret he doesn't want the other Legionnaires to find out. And, ooh, he's nekkid.

Interesting. Out of all of them. Jan's probably got the most reason to want Roxxas dead. And he's the one arguing to let him live.

...I find Jo's ponytail sexy. Let's move on now.

Hey! I think the yellow guys with the freaky teeth are Khunds! Go me, for finally spotting what was probably very obvious to lots of others.

Yay! I do believe that the Legion can, finally, be considered back.

LSH v4 013:
I'm still not sure who's fighting the Persuader. It's Kent Shakespeare, but I haven't a clue who he is. And something about him reminds me of Superman.

Ahahaha! "It's a million-to-one shot, but right now... that's what I'm down to." But everyone knows that if it truly is a million-to-one shot and you say something like that, then you're guaranteed success. (...That was a Discworld reference, for the curious.)

Nevermind, the yellow guys with the freaky teeth are not Khunds. I am left clueless.

Aw, poor Kent. Ivy isn't being very supportive.

::snicker:: "My God! He's eating that man's head!"

Aw, poor Vi and Rokk. This is something I'd like to see explored in fic.

Time Trapper needs a new threat. It didn't work with Mon-El, and it didn't work with Glorith. Also? Glorith kind of reminds me of Glory from Buffy.

Ahh, so they haven't completely dropped the parallel universe from #005.

LSH v4 014:
Ahaha, Evillo, the prince of Tartarus? I just-- Evillo?

::snicker:: "Hey, I'm a Legionnaire. When trouble strikes, we put on costumes." Tenzil amuses me.

LSH v4 015:
::looks at cover:: Brainy fighting? Huh. He seemed like the kind of person who avoided getting physical with his enemies if he could help it.

Mr, biologic warfare never sits well with me.

Eee, Tasmia's back!

Oy, I think Jo's gonna end up creating a paradox in time. It is so difficult to do time travel well. Hee, he's growing on me.

LSH v4 016:
Wait, what? When'd Brainy get injured?

Wow, the writers have made it really easy to hate the Khunds. Sexism, killing innocents, devil worship, biologic warfare....

Yeah, I saw this attack coming from a mile away.

Ahahaha, okay, I'll admit. I didn't see the "Glorith as the Demon Mother" twist coming.

Dang, there's Jacques. Which means no Lyle. (No, I'm not in any way biased....)

LSH v4 017:
"Once you crack the combination of technology the Khunds are using... there are all kinds of interesting things you can do with it." Dude, I am glad Brainy's on our side.

So, wait. Where did Mon-El come from again? I thought he erased himself out of existence when he destroyed the Time Trapper. ...Smile and nod.

Yeah, Glorith definitely reminds me of Glory. "Finally the chance to grab everything I desire! And what better way to get it than to convince these neanderthals I'm their wicked demon mother!"

Heh. Go Mysa!

Okay, I thought I knew who was in the Flash family, but what? Did they just executed Bart's dad and aunt? Except then... who's the guy with the Flash outfit? He seems to be Bart's dad. ::reads more:: So it is Bart's dad and aunt, but... they seem to have been fake-executed to make everyone think they're dead. I think? I'll go with that for now.

LSH v4 018:
That's... an odd place to point a scanner if you're interested in Vi's leg there, doctor.

Ohh, Mon-El and Tasmia are married. I'd forgotten that.

You know, since the Black Circle cult apparently originated on a planet where everyone can divide into three, it would make more sense for them to adopt the triangle as their symbol.

Wow, Mon-El's kinda scary. ::reads more:: Holy fuck, the Arch-Khana is far scarier than Mon-El. Also? Triangles have appeared, so I feel vindicated. ::reads on:: ...So it's really the Arch-Khana's guards who are scary. Got it.

Eek, Jo! Poor baby, all alone. And have the writers forgotten about Jan? Where'd he get to?

LSH v4 019:
I know the Dominion wants to take over Earth. But I am... confused as to how they're going about that. They've been controlling Earthgov for the past three years. They hired Roxxas to kill the Legionnaires but also hired the reporter lady to investigate Roxxas. And instead she found that the Dominion hired Roxxas. Now they're doing an overt takeover? Except that something went wrong somewhere. Or something.

Hee, nekkid Jo in ancient Egypt. ::reads:: Oh, Jo. I'm sorry things suck. ::reads more:: I'm gonna say right now that I don't trust that lady; she's far too convenient.

So Mordru is an Egyptian priest. Okay.

Whoah. So Jo's Egyptian lady is, like, the alien from Alien times three. I knew he shouldn't trust her. And, eek, poor Jo.

LSH v4 020:
Wait, Superman? Shouldn't he be dead by this time? Or maybe it's more time-travel.

Wow, the Dominion people on Earth are really incompetent. Because that is a lot of screw-ups they've made recently.

Whoah, Superman destroyed the moon? I'm going to assume there's a reason he did 'cause... it's Superman, for Pete's sake.

Hee, Ayla and Vi are cute together.

::snicker:: Jo's looking at Rorschach inkblots. "Me making Brainy emit rude noises with my ultra-ventriloquism...." Hee!

Ooh, I finally get to find out exactly how Rokk lost his magnetic powers. And ick. I see why Vi was so nervous about facing him after everything.

Hey, Jan's back! Yay. Or, at least I now know where he is.

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