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X-Men: Legacy #251 Review by Peteparker 4/5

Marvel Comics' X-Men: Legacy #251 Video Review by Peteparker 4/5 [read more]

TOP TEN: Under-Appreciated Team Leaders

Or – “Why The Best Leaders Aren’t Always Obvious…” I’m a firm believer that it’s never a good idea to try and fully apply real world thought processes to the adventures of our four-color imaginary friends.  (Faithful Spoilerites who pay … Continue reading [read more]

REVIEW: Adventure Comics #524

ACThumbOr – “Fast Times At Thirtieth Century High…” With one bad decision under their belts, it’s much simpler for the kids of the Legion Academy to make a few more bonehead plays…  Is there any chance of them making it … Continue [read more]

REVIEW: Legion Of Super-Villains #1

LSVThumbOr – “V-I-L-L-A-I-N.  ‘Villian’ Is Not A Word, Folks.” The Legion of Super-Villains has gone through a lot of membership changes in it’s decades (our time) of service.  The last LSV consisted of nearly every member of every incarnation of … Continue [read more]

DCU in 2011: Phil Jimenez Signs Exclusive to DC to Draw ‘ADVENTURE’

Phil Jimenez has come home. To DC Comics, naturally! Phil returns to DC after signing an exclusive contract, and I have the pleasure and privilege of working with him. You see, Phil will be drawing and co-plotting an arc of ADVENTURE COMICS starring the “Legion Academy”—with characters he had a hand [read more]

REVIEW: Adventure Comics #520

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Or – “Also Known As Adventure Comics #306 1/2.” One of the transformative moments in the history of the Legion of Super-Heroes came in the form of their first loss, the death of Lightning Lad at the hands of Zaryan the Conqueror.  Far [read more]

REVIEW: Legion of Super-Heroes #5

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Or – “When The Whole World Has Been Turned Upside-Down!” The first four issues of this book have set multiple plots in motion and focused more on Earth-Man than on any of the other Legionnaires, leading to some consternation on the part of fandom.  As [read more]

REVIEW: Legion of Super-Heroes #4

Who You Eyeballin', Tough Guy?

Or – “The Further Adventures Of People Who Look Vaguely Like Characters We Used To Love In The 80′s!” After a so-so launch, the second and third issues of the latest volume of Legion of Super-Heroes left me on [read more]

REVIEW: Legion Of Super-Heroes #3

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Or – “All This Fuss Over Absorbency Boy???” The resurgence of the Legion has it’s positives and it’s opportunities for me, not the least of which comes in the form of Earth-Man, the buzzcut neo-Nazi xenophobic schmuck who has dominated the first two [read more]

Review: Legion of Super-Heroes #2

Or – “In Which A Fave-Rave Makes A Somewhat Lukewarm Return…” Everybody has their favorite Legionnaire, even if they don’t know it…  Mine is Blok, but Matter-Eater Lad is in the top five, as is another much-maligned Legionnaire who makes his unheralded return this [read more]

Review: Adventure Comics #12/#515

Or – “I’m Almost Tempted To Mark This One As A Retro Review…” I really didn’t intend to review two Legion-related books back-to-back, but c’est la guerre, I guess.  We all know the story of how three kids from the future changed Clark Kent’s [read more]

Library comics Pt. 5: Superman #693-#697

These comics are so strange, I’m not even really sure where to start with them.Obviously, they’re part of the Superman family of books DC publishes, and these are different from the Superman family of books DC was publishing up until recently in tw... [read more]

10 Legion Characters You’ve Probably Never Heard Of…

Or – “Eighty Hero Histories Hasn’t Finished The Job Yet???”                             Any super-team quickly accrues baggage as the creative teams change, as the years roll on, as the days go by… GLYCERINE!!  Uh…  wait.  Side-tracked for a second there.  In any case, recent off-the-books discussions between the M.S. crew has led to [read more]

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