imo Five Years Later is a better place to start than Great Darkness Saga - the latter assumes more knowledge of DC and LSH history and characters - but you're definitely better off starting from #284 than the original GDS collection that kicks in at #290 or so
― donald failson (sic), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
I disagree with the idea that 5YL is a good entry point into the Legion (and having recently revisited it, I don’t think it’s aged very well); but any entry is better than none, I suppose.
― morrisp, Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
Being the stupid completist that I am, I still haven't made my way through the Showcase phone books yet. I'm guessing the actual literal entry point, while possessing a certain mid-century charm, isn't the ideal entry point.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 April 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
^^I picked up a copy of the first Showcase volume at a sidewalk sale (my first impromptu/cash purchase in many a pandemic moon). These early Superboy & Supergirl stories, by Otto Binder or Jerry Siegel, are – excuse me – the dumbest fucking stories I’ve ever read.
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Monday, 15 June 2020 06:02 (four years ago) link
Looking at some old Legion comics today, I found this cover.
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/6/64/Superboy_and_the_Legion_of_Super-Heroes_Vol_1_222.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20090102193121
― earlnash, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:21 (four years ago) link
haaaaaa.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:23 (four years ago) link
Does anyone know more about this Australian publisher that reprinted DC (and other) content, but apparently couldn’t use the titles? (Seems like it may be up sic’s alley.)http://legionofsuperbloggers.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-legion-in-australia.html
― we don't have to be around all these coffee shops (morrisp), Thursday, 1 July 2021 03:41 (two years ago) link
was hoping to see MURRAY THE CAT when clicking through but idk anything about their strategies
my guess would be that they generally kept changing titles in order to keep newsagents interested, and in the case of Super-Heroes Album that they thought "Legion" was too fancy a name for sun-addled shirtless sprogs in the seventies to find appealing
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 1 July 2021 03:57 (two years ago) link
These early Superboy & Supergirl stories, by Otto Binder or Jerry Siegel, are – excuse me – the dumbest fucking stories I’ve ever read.I’m now reading this volume with my kid, and it’s kind of fun… turns out he has the ability to recognize & laugh at the absurdity of these old strips (I’ve never seen him enjoy something “ironically” before). I’m also getting kind of a nerdy thrill at introducing him to the LSH.
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Saturday, 14 August 2021 06:04 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Qt7FUx5_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=mediumSuperboy still not giving Lana a tumble
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Saturday, 14 August 2021 06:05 (two years ago) link
:D
never seen him enjoy something “ironically” before). I’m also getting kind of a nerdy thrill
:D :D
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 14 August 2021 06:55 (two years ago) link
Reading these Legion first appearances, you wouldn’t know it was the beginning of a beloved, decades-long storyline. Interesting that the only Legionnaire whose real name & backstory have been revealed so far is Thom Kallor (Star Boy) – even the main three are just stock characters in these early issues. (Though when Supergirl first encounters them, they tell her they’re the “children” of the Legionnaires that Superboy met… I assume this was never mentioned again.)
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Saturday, 14 August 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
By the way – my understanding is that the BendisBoot is dunzo? R.I.P. to the Legion once again.
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Sunday, 15 August 2021 06:00 (two years ago) link
Still making our way thru the early Superboy/Supergirl stories in this Showcase volume… the plotting and dialogue are just so bad (good art, tho). And Otto Binder wrote some of those great sci-fi stories in the ‘50s… IDGI.The Legionnaires are also such scrubs here. Like real screw-ups. If it weren’t for Pocket Universe Superboy, they’d be up the creek.
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Thursday, 19 August 2021 03:51 (two years ago) link
Apparently Bendis says they’re coming back, whoopee
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 1 October 2021 05:51 (two years ago) link
Keith Giffen R.I.P.
His final Facebook post:
https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:auto/h:auto/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_4104.jpeg
― Chavez video on MTV, July 1995 (morrisp), Thursday, 12 October 2023 00:55 (eight months ago) link
... wow
― Nhex, Thursday, 12 October 2023 01:04 (eight months ago) link
Levitz tribute:
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lmieio72lgit7a5ts43iiyks/bafkreiez22fkucpu56ttzqavdv3gwszhbbhknoximr2wyephyngcvpnoxu@jpeg
― Chavez video on MTV, July 1995 (morrisp), Thursday, 12 October 2023 01:50 (eight months ago) link
That’s so lovely and bittersweet. Lol at “many thankfully never saw print”
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:04 (eight months ago) link
Rest In Peace.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:51 (eight months ago) link
Aw, damn.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 12 October 2023 15:45 (eight months ago) link