#5yl legion

[comfortfoodcontent]

1992 The Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #38 DC Comics House Ad

#legion #legion of super heroes #legion of super-heroes #the legion of super-heroes #the legion of super heroes #keith giffen #jason pearson #tom and mary bierbaum #dc #dc comics house ads #comic ads #print ads #5yl #5yl legion #dc comics #comic house ads #house ads #1992 #90s #1990s

[smartshipfriday]

There are SO MANY legionnaires on the cover for Blue Beetle #7 i’m going crazy.

Terra Mosiac from 5YL is also recommended reading going into this???

Also the Legionnaires are in their silver age/sw6 uniforms so i might lose my mind

I can’t tell but it also looks like Laurel Gand in the back?

I’m so excited i have no idea what’s coming

#dc comics #losh #legion of super heroes #5yl #sw6 #using those tags for new content is very weird

[splooosh]

The End.

Keith Giffen

Al Gordan

#Legion of Super Heroes #5YL #5 Years Later #keith giffen #al gordon

[kingnd]

My in depth reasons for liking Kent Shakespeare

#kingnd rambles #dc comics #legion of super heroes #5YL #kent shakespeare #impulse #not that one #Small time Legionnaires nobody but me cares about.

[dabruzzy]

More Legion redesigns feat. the Espionage Squad

Thought process for my redesigns under the read more:

So for Lyle I didn't want to change too much because I like his Reboot costume the best, though I think it's a bit bland. A bland design works well for him but he's my fave so I wanted him to have a better costume lol. I decided to go all in on the spy look, it's not like it's a secret anyway so he might as well look the part even more than he already does.

Tinya I wanted to make her look like a ghost, so it's basically a mix between her cartoon design and her Young Justice design. I like how in YJ she's wearing a hoodie, it feels like what a teenage superhero would wear, so I incorporated it into the cape.

Vi is mostly a mix between Retroboot and the cartoon, but I gave her shorts and combat boots as a bit of a callback to 5YL Vi because I love her. Also I wanted her to be visibly shorter than everyone else but I probably overdid it. She's really tiny.

Now you might be wondering, what the hell is going on with Cham's costume? Yeah, me too. He's the one I had the hardest time designing. I don't particularly like most of his costumes, I think a lot of them are pretty generic so I wanted to try something different but I don't think I accomplished what I wanted to do. I thought a really asymmetrical costume would fit a shapeshifter pretty well, and I also wanted to give it a water-like look to it since water doesn't have a shape. Something like Inque from Batman Beyond. But I didn't know how to do make it look good and also make him look like he belonged to the same team as everyone else so it's a bit meh.

And for Luornu I mainly took from the cartoon, now with more triangles. I also decided to stick to the Reboot's color scheme of purple and orange because her powers are more effective if she can trick people into thinking she hasn't split, and that's not doable if each duplicate is a different color. Plus Luornu Neutral is the balance between Orange and Purple and I like the idea of visually representing that by making her both orange and purple.

#legion of super heroes #lyle norg #invisible kid #tinya wazzo #phantom girl #salu digby #shrinking violet #reep daggle #chameleon boy #luornu durgo #triplicate girl #my art

[orange-s-mario]

5YL LEGION!???

#legion of super heroes #tuesday spoilers #losh

[lemonyinks]

just to be sure i'm not missing anything as i do my read through, how many legion comics are there?

I know theres the original continuity, 5yl, pre zero hour, post zero hour, jim shooters run, and then the bendisboot.

I seen some talking about silver and gold age, are those also reboots i need to read? or do they refer to specific parts of one of the comics?

#legion of super heroes #losh #i just got confused when i looked this up on google

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

iirc those are from the 5 Years Later Legion incarnation which is the Legions's most notable semi-reboot.

It got erased during Zero Hour and when the "original" legion was brought back they ignored 5YL

...legion lore is confusing and it's coie's fault

Ah. Tbh, I only read the issues with the twins in it and I did not understand wtf was going on. It was super dark and gritty and everyone was dying and I was sad.

I went and read some cute Legion short stories as a pick me up.

Dawn and Jenni are just absolutely adorable together (although I have no idea when in the timeline this would take place as Dawn dies while Jenni is still an infant) BUT IT'S ADORABLE NONETHELESS

Also the Brainiac nursery was in that one. Little bubble babies. I can't believe Dox has been obsessed with Superman since his bubble days.

#Dox is so cute here in a creepy serial killer kinda way #Dawn and Jenni are absolutely adorable #i needed to read something not sad after that

[actuallyadcfan]

I've been rereading the dna legion run recently and it made me be even more upset at bendisboot. Like I hate bringing negativity this way, but it's so bad, you do different "darker" takes on the legion like dna like 5yl and you don't loose its spirit, but when you give every character the same stupid personality and have them all be jon kent supports....it just makes me fucking pissed

#not to mention we havent had a legion ongoing in years #even threeboot and retroboot at its worse werent that bad #the designs were the only thing that saves it somewhat #excusing val's of course #still mad about that one #losh #legion of super heroes #dc

[spandexinspace]

what do you think of the threeboot? I haven't gotten to it yet, but from what I recall it wasn't super popular with legion fans

It's pretty different from previous Legion runs. Mostly in that it's edgier and tries for a grittier take on the Legion, but in a more Image Comic sort of way than 5YL. Which is why a lot of Legion fans don't like it.

I'm not a huge fan of it. It had some neat ideas and concepts, but often strayed too far away from what I'd like the Legion to be. I also dislike many of the character changes, like turning Lyle, who'd seen a lot of character concept growth in the Reboot, into a mostly clueless and unskilled audience surrogate. Shooter's part of the run included some particularly weird ideas that really should have stayed inside his head (and that's after editorial forced him to scrap most of them).

It also has some hilariously rough designs, especially early on before someone came to their senses and did some redesigning.

Though overall I don't despise the Threeboot. I've read it, got some enjoyment out of it and own all the trades. I would probably have felt differently about it if I'd been reading it month to month like I did with the Bendisboot, but I didn't and so I don't. And unlike the Bendisboot it still fundamentally feels like the Legion even if it is more of a fringe take on them.

#dc comics #losh #Honestly my opinion was harsher before the Bendisboot happened #The Threeboot isn't so bad in comparison #Also it's very funny sometimes

[fourcolour-ace]

Headcanons about Colu, Coluans and the Brainiacs

Because the DC Database articles are hella dry and my imagination knows no bounds when driven by Querl Dox.

I suppose the lack of strictly canon information on the planet is mostly due to DC's lack of diligence regarding their timeline(s) and universe(s). What is provided can essentially be boiled down to the following: Colu is a planet with a highly advanced society, home of Brainiac, and ruled by the Computer Tyrants until the late 20th century. I'm not sure how canon it is nowadays that Vril Dox II destroyed the tyrants, but for my purposes I will consider it to be. Coluans are also cited as having ridiculously long lifespans,(as in thousands of years) which I'm fine with to an extent. Oddly no mention is made of Coluans sharing in a kind of mental collectivity, so I must assume that was popularized by non-comics media.

Okay, staying on track.

Colu itself is supposedly 50/50 land and water. Seems dubious that it would be split so evenly, but it's not really a problem. The planet also has six moons, which is kind of a lot. Eclipses would be common. Colu is often depicted as having little to no natural environment left, likely because that's what people thought an advanced society looked like back in the 1960s. My take is that Coluans have totally withdrawn from their world's natural space, creating an artificial environment to live in that is self-contained. So by the 30th century Colu's surface has reverted to a wilderness, with only a few scattered research bases for studying the native animals and plants.

One headcanon I have that runs contrary to canon info is that Colu is not particularly populous. It is acknowledged in canon that such a long-lived race wouldn't reproduce much, to the point that there may be only one child on the planet at a time(poor lonely New 52 Querl). I have a preference for the 5YL timeline's "age cohort" concept, especially since I perceive Coluans as highly social.

The Coluan mental network has gone by many names in canon, most of them terrible(still mad about "Big Brain") but I am a fan of the concept. I see it a kind of constant baseline telepathy, linking Coluans who are within a certain distance of each other. On Colu, nearly all are linked and this results in a kind of forum, where participants are always available to consult on each other's research. An omnipresent peer-review board of sorts. This is not an innate ability, but achieved instead through implanted technology, and can be turned off by force. It probably emerged sometime after the destruction of the Computer Tyrants, as a way of coping with newfound free will. The network is the result of a culture based on sharing individual discoveries for the advancement of society at large, and prior to its invention this would have been carried out via public discourse. As to whether Brainiac 5 would be a part of this, based on his relationship with his people across incarnations, he likely was cut off from it in adolescence or severed the connection himself. It is possible that being a 12th-level in a network with an average of level 8 would cause problems. I'd imagine being isolated in that way to be traumatic, even if Querl did it to himself.

After a reference to "sterile environment" in Waid's Legion(2005), I believe Coluans have a bit of a thing about cleanliness. Their cities, contained under domes, have closely regulated environmental parameters and anything that enters must be sterilized according to procedure. This is just one of many factors that make Colu one of the less friendly planets in the UP. Another expression of this cultural obsession(that has already appeared in my writing), I've decided Coluans remove all their hair. This follows the depiction of Colu in Superman and the Legion of Superheroes(one of my favourites), where everyone is bald. My excuse for Brainiac 5 having hair is that he's an eccentric, but also that he left Colu at a young age. Coluans are mammals and grow hair more or less as humans do, and that is enough about that.

Coluans have a vendetta against AI due to their history, and have been shown to actively oppose the development of thinking machines. I genuinely feel like Querl develops things that he knows his people will dislike out of spite. Vril Jr. is remembered on Colu as a hero, but throughout most of the galaxy he's become a symbol of manipulation and power-mongering. Lyrl's misdeeds have been lost to time, though on Colu physical scars remain.

I have thoughts as to how Coluans evolved to be so damn smart, but I'm no evolutionary biologist so they begin and end with "highly complex environment", and eventually lead to a concept of a diverse jungle, filled with clever and brightly-coloured creatures that would have challenged the ancestors of the Coluan species to devise myriad ways to escape them. I get carried away with this in my personal work, especially since encountering Lyrl Dox(certified jungle boy).

I've run out of steam. Thank you for reading this, please keep in mind these are just headcanons, affecting my own work mainly.

#dc comics #headcanons #rambling #long post #brainiac 5 #legion of superheroes

[comfortfoodcontent]

5 Years Later Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 Pull Out Poster from The Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #13 by Keith Giffen and Al Gordon

#keith giffen #al gordon #giffen #rip keith giffen #legion #the legion of super-heroes #the legion of super heroes #legion of super-heroes #legion of super heroes #five years later legion #5yl legion #5yl #dc #dc comics #posters #pull out poster

[radioactive-earthshine]

So I read Uncanny Spider-Man earlier today and then went back and read Legion of X and parts of Sins of Sinister. Spurrier writes a good Kurt and I love the way his (and David's) inner and not so inner conflicts are discussed, but some parts were a bit fuzzy because post Hox/Pox X-Men is the way it is.

I'm also trying to finish the original Omega Men run again, though it's a bit of a slog at the moment. It's one of those books that reads a lot denser than it looks, kinda like 5YL, and sometimes it just gets caught up in itself when it should be moving forward and struggles a lot with the pacing.

Regrettably I know virtually nothing about Marvel comics or Spider-Man but I have heard mixed reviews of Spurrier but yours is an opinion I trust. I'm looking forward to getting to know his writing from The Flash. Just from what you've read, does he seem like the type of writer that really did research and knows what he is talking about? Flash is one of those franchises that has 50+ years of lore, but only the last 30 are relevant now in regards specifically to Wally, Barry, Bart, and Max (not exclusive list).

Keep reading on comic warrior!

[the-coin-operator]

Gonna do a follow up to that reading list suggestion commentry thing now that i've read the issue. (Also in an attempt to use this blog i've had for like a decade)

While overall I think the issue was pretty good, i maintain it was probably not in the runs favour to make me think of Blue Beetle 2006 since that book really is better. Not that this ones bad just, well comparing anything to blue beetle 2006 is unfair.

Other big thing, issue should have been longer, only spending three pages per era makes it feel very rushed, Ambush Bug, and the Heckler only got a panel each, ah well.

Also I miss sleezy but ultimately good Maxwell Lord IV, if Bustos could draw the JLI forever however that would be ideal.

The Legion being the 5YL one makes sense that was giffens creation, all four of the characters that showed up there were his creations, kono was missing though. Also knowing that the wirter is a fan of the 5YL era, does confirm that the christmas Bunker story was a reference to that.

Hamner got to draw more of Blue Beetle 2006, i have no complaints.

Very Ambush Bug pacing when JonniDC, the continuity cop showed up though.

Ted being time magiked out of a wheelchair was lame, but the opening was right, he would be a workaholic even in a wheelchair. Ted should be in a wheelchair going forward most of the time.

I do almost wonder if this issue would be better if it wasn't a tribute issue, because that lays expectations i dunno.

#blue beetle #spoilers

[kingnd]

It's weird having gotten into an argument on Reddit regarding the DnA years of the Reboot LSH's quality. While yes it's not exactly perfect there are a bunch of plot points mentioned & dropped (anyone remember the Jo Tinya & Imra debacle? Or Cub's age problem?) & some creative choices I was never happy with (Kinetix) But otherwise The era kicked ass. While I love the Archie years they were becoming a bit stagnant in it last year of story with Elements of Disaster being alright & the Rock of Eternity story was just....bad. Legion of The Damned was the necessary shaking of the status quo introducing a great set of Villains in the Blight & bringing the Legion to a low point that we want to see crawl out of. Legion Lost was a bold direction for the team, Gave us an interesting redux of Dawnstar in Shikari, The best Wildfire design, Carrying over Umbra's arc, & poignancy with Jan's turn into the Peogenitor than most villain turns. Legion Worlds being a good insight on what happened to everyone else & setting up for the ongoing with The Legion providing the epic scope of stories.

I also don't get the "dystopian" people claim came from that era. Yeah the Blight messed up Earth & destroyed the Space highway but within a year Society seemed to just pick itself up again fine & dandy. It's not like 5YL where there was a cavalcade of crap that happened that turned the 31st Century into hell. The DnA era was more about going for these big event like stories & Earth & the Universe still stood at the end & The Legion were far more triumphant in all the endeavors during this era & never really lost hope. That sure doesn't seem very dystopian to me.

#kingnd rambles #dc comics #legion of super heroes #reboot legion #dan abernett #andy lanning #legion lost #legion of the damned #legion world #the legion

[dabruzzy]

#legion of super heroes #i'm bored #reboot sweep btw