ACTION COMICS #860Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank
I really feel like I'm missing half the story whenever I read a new chapter in this Legion storyline. I've never followed their exploits, for the most part, and every issue seems to throw more and more new, to me, characters into the mix. Whenever something happens or there's a fight, I need a little cheatsheet to keep track of everyone and I'm left wondering if so and so character was important or just some throwaway in terms of the story.
Despite that, I'm still enjoying this arc. Frank's art is still a little odd compared to his Supreme Power and earlier work, but good none the less. I'm quite interested in finding out what caused all these problems and why Brainiac 5 is now a badguy.
But, for the reasons in the opening paragraph, I still feel like I'm being left on the outside looking in with the overwhelming amount of characters being introduced. On top of that, I have no idea where this fits in established continuity and the number of times the Legion has been rebooted. Heck, the current Legion series doesn't seem to sync up with this one and I don't even think this is the same Legion from the JLA / JSA Lightning Saga from earlier in the year. So, I can't even really look up any information or backstory on these characters as it's most likely wrong.
This month's issue just has Superman and the Legion free some of their friends and finding out that Brainiac already escaped. From here, they head to the underground Legion base where the evil JLA tracks them down. Before they can capture them, the Legion makes their escape as they head to Brainiac's homeworld to find him. There, they find him and he's apparently evil, ending our issue.
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