ACTION COMICS #859
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank and Jonathan Sibal
Johns is trying his best to make this return of the Legion easier for the people, like me, that have never followed them before. Having dozens of new characters that you don't know thrown at you in a story can be quite overwhelming and that is my only real complaint with this issue.
Johns spends most of this issue bringing the reader up to speed on why the future is so out of whack in this storyline. Apparently, some washed out tryouts from the Legion, all of which were Earthlings, discovered Superman's Fortress of Solitude and perverted the facts about Superman's past to turn the entire population of Earth into a xenophobic, alien hating culture that hunts down any and all aliens and has ceded from the all treaties with other races. To accomplish this, he used a school setting with random children answering history lesson questions. It felt a little forced and out of place to be honest, but got the job done.
The remainder of the issue introduced us to the defenders of this future Earth in the form of the previously mentioned Earth based Legion washouts. I'm not really sure what to make of them, as I mentioned, I know nothing about the Legion outside what is given to me in this story. So, I'm not even sure if they are a credible threat or how powerful they really are, but the Legion seems to be in trouble and most of the members are already captured or are in prison camps.
However, I feel this issue was a much better offering than the first one and, with a few exceptions, Frank's art is much better thist ime around.
Verdict - Check It. Legion fans might view this as a Must Read, but coming in fresh, it's a bit overwhelming for me and I'm sure anyone else who is not a Legion faithful. Still a solid read that's worth checking out at the very least.
Johns spends most of this issue bringing the reader up to speed on why the future is so out of whack in this storyline. Apparently, some washed out tryouts from the Legion, all of which were Earthlings, discovered Superman's Fortress of Solitude and perverted the facts about Superman's past to turn the entire population of Earth into a xenophobic, alien hating culture that hunts down any and all aliens and has ceded from the all treaties with other races. To accomplish this, he used a school setting with random children answering history lesson questions. It felt a little forced and out of place to be honest, but got the job done.
The remainder of the issue introduced us to the defenders of this future Earth in the form of the previously mentioned Earth based Legion washouts. I'm not really sure what to make of them, as I mentioned, I know nothing about the Legion outside what is given to me in this story. So, I'm not even sure if they are a credible threat or how powerful they really are, but the Legion seems to be in trouble and most of the members are already captured or are in prison camps.
However, I feel this issue was a much better offering than the first one and, with a few exceptions, Frank's art is much better thist ime around.
Verdict - Check It. Legion fans might view this as a Must Read, but coming in fresh, it's a bit overwhelming for me and I'm sure anyone else who is not a Legion faithful. Still a solid read that's worth checking out at the very least.
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