tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post8511649953099256548..comments2024-03-28T05:58:47.833-04:00Comments on Weird Science DC Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #7 ReviewJim Wernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-43401785728835813052020-12-04T16:24:40.987-05:002020-12-04T16:24:40.987-05:00That's Monster Boy, a new member of the Legion...That's Monster Boy, a new member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.Eric Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608213100601078621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-61726297271748380682020-12-04T11:32:05.310-05:002020-12-04T11:32:05.310-05:00who was the kid with the medusa hair I have not be...who was the kid with the medusa hair I have not been able to find him in the internet<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505984868442071070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-79465495470309301502020-07-30T13:56:41.413-04:002020-07-30T13:56:41.413-04:00Don't worry Jim, you've been far more pati...Don't worry Jim, you've been far more patient than I have. At this point, I only read it for the art, that's all its good for now. Honestly, this doesn't surprise me once they race-swapped Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy in the same year. You can see previous covers of Bendis' Superman series had the original Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy just when Year-of-the-Villain was kicking off. With shaved heads for some reason. Then Bendis changed their races and made the 2 young men inept who can't stand up for themselves while Saturn Girl seems to have all the answers and has more presence in the entire series. <br /><br />When it comes to General Cruz, I couldn't agree more. It's like Bendis doesn't want to use any of the established villains, like Mordru and General Zod, and wants to push either his own new villains or towering muscular meatheads as villains. Mordru was meant to be a galactic threat who threatened even the Time Trapper and now he's essentially a delivery boy under Bendis' watch. Not a great sign of things to come. I'm calling it now, the Fatal Five will show up as another meathead villain's minions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-40528929000037913132020-07-30T01:42:09.465-04:002020-07-30T01:42:09.465-04:00Well Rocky, you knew this was going to be a woke b...Well Rocky, you knew this was going to be a woke book with the ridiculous and unnecessary introductions of Black Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz, not a descendant of Jefferson Pierce) and Chinese Cosmic Boy. As a faithful reader of the LSH for over 50 years I gave it 5 issues before saying no mas. I'm not a knee-jerk Bendis-critic either. I like most everything he's done on the Superman titles and in his Jinxworld books. This version of the Legion is awful. Even worse than Giffen's mods and rockers leather-jacketed look-alike group in the 80s. You mentioned Cosmic Boy's speech about the different cultures and languages that make up the Legion. How ludicrous that sounds when every member from all of these planets across the galaxy sounds exactly alike, speaks with exactly the same voice, and is dealing with the same exact teen issues of every 16 year old in 2020 New Jersey. These woke reinventions should be classified as Elseworlds stories. The publisher and writer are not improving the canon when they decide "Brande was a man, let's make him a woman. Lightning Lad was white, let's make him black. Cosmic Boy was white, let's make him Asian. This person was straight, let's make him/her gay." Long-time readers waiting a decade for the return of their favorite characters must surely be disappointed. Sales number and ratings are sure to indicate this new Legion is going nowhere fast. More's a pity because the artwork is all you could want. Interesting as it sounds, I don't expect much from the ballyhooed two-parter coming up next. I hope they don't have Mike Grell drawing flashback sequences of Black Lightning Lad like he's always been there. I'm holding out hope for a Legion meets the Legion crossover when the one-true Legion returns permanently.GreenWinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324569744419530860noreply@blogger.com