LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #39Written by Jim Shooter
Art by Francis Manapul and John Livesay
As I said in my Post-Crisis Previews, I started picking up this title on a recommendation over my misgivings with the Legion in Action Comics and, while I'm probably the least knowledgable Legion reader around, I'm really liking this book. I started with the soft relaunch by Shooter a couple issues back and, while it's not the best title, this is still very fun stuff. I'm not sure how it lines up with older Legion fans or the first 36 or so issues, but coming on this for the first time, I'm having no problems assimilating and they aren't throwing a million Legion members at me all at once, so it's easy to get into as a noob. If you have any interest in the book or characters and always found it too intimidating to get in, you might want to try this title. I'm glad I did.
Enough gushing. I feel like a kid talking about his new toy. The actual story for this issue is mostly dealing with the aftermath of the events from the last few issues.
I really like Princess Projectra and her fall from grace now that she's no longer a princess and has no planet. She channels a lot of Emma Frost-esque attitude and even has the white hair to boot. Again, I'm new, so I don't know if this old ground being retread or a drastic change in character for her, but it's new to me and it looks good to me storywise.
The bulk of the issue, though, jumps from Legion field team to team, showing us how they are wrapping up their various missions. One scene that really sticks out to me, being new to the Legion and all, is a panel where some officals dealing with the Legion are reading a "Guide to The Legion of Super-Heroes" book as they name off a few abilities for us. Small thing, but got a chuckle out of me, as I feel like I could use one of those sometimes.
Lastly, it looks like Brainiac, or at least I assume it's him, is checking up on Lightning Lad's rather sloppy leadership skills throughout this issue, as a shadowed figure is seen commenting on the various mission logs before disappearing as Lighning Lad, who forgot to put some pants on, comes in at the end to a now empty room.
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