Comments on: Legion Blogpost #2 http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Fri, 24 May 2013 21:54:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Baal http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/comment-page-1/#comment-456705 Baal Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:43:52 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10324#comment-456705 Guess not. Guess not.

]]> By: Baal http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/comment-page-1/#comment-456030 Baal Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:18:13 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10324#comment-456030 Any chances of a third installment? Any chances of a third installment?

]]> By: Daryll B http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/comment-page-1/#comment-454674 Daryll B Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:25:09 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10324#comment-454674 and once again in their infinite wisdom..DC has never collected this nor the zero hour/end of an era issues in trades....sigh sometimes, sometimes powers that comic are soooo out of touch with fans... and once again in their infinite wisdom..DC has never collected this nor the zero hour/end of an era issues in trades….sigh sometimes, sometimes powers that comic are soooo out of touch with fans…

]]> By: CATR's Chris http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/comment-page-1/#comment-454668 CATR's Chris Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:43:42 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10324#comment-454668 This era of the Legion was so amazing. There was so much depth put into the characters and they were so inspiring. I remember reading somewhere that this incarnation was so depressing, yet I wholeheartedly disagree. Rokk was anything about hope, he would never give up and that's how he put back together the Legion. I so want to re-read the entire run, now, heehee! This era of the Legion was so amazing. There was so much depth put into the characters and they were so inspiring. I remember reading somewhere that this incarnation was so depressing, yet I wholeheartedly disagree. Rokk was anything about hope, he would never give up and that’s how he put back together the Legion.

I so want to re-read the entire run, now, heehee!

]]> By: Trailsong http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/comment-page-1/#comment-454590 Trailsong Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:04:19 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10324#comment-454590 Heh. I like your thinking, Ricardo. But the question is, how do you write your way around "End of an Era", then...? Heh. I like your thinking, Ricardo. But the question is, how do you write your way around “End of an Era”, then…?

]]> By: Ricardo Amaral http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/comment-page-1/#comment-454584 Ricardo Amaral Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:51:25 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10324#comment-454584 After the 5-year-gap era, reading any Legion rehash is quite painful. Hopefully, Giffen will return and toss aside all these Silver Age nostalgia for some solid risky stories. After the 5-year-gap era, reading any Legion rehash is quite painful. Hopefully, Giffen will return and toss aside all these Silver Age nostalgia for some solid risky stories.

]]> By: Trailsong http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/comment-page-1/#comment-454559 Trailsong Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:58:46 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10324#comment-454559 Amen, Simon, amen. Michael, you picked a heck of an issue to use for the backbone of the article. This was one of the hallmarks of the Bierbaum/5YL run: slight format tweaks that made the Legion of the era more than a comic book-- it was truly a graphic novel played out in long form. The interposing text/art pages that were in both this issue and in issue #38 ("The End") enhanced and drove the stories perhaps even more effectively than any four-color panel alone could have. I think I have to agree with you, too: Rokk is quite simply the greatest Legionnaire penned. Geoff even made some note of that in L3W, mentioning how he gave up pretty much everything in life so the rest of his friends could -have- one outside of the Legion. (I don't entirely agree with this; pairing him with Lydda in classic Legion was spectacular or, in ZH Legion, pairing him with XS or Jazmin/Quantum would've been an absolute delight.) Even when faced with the weight of the galaxy or the universe on his shoulders, he stood tall and proud and took up the burdens of the world in order to insure that there was a future. Good call, Michael. Amen, Simon, amen.

Michael, you picked a heck of an issue to use for the backbone of the article. This was one of the hallmarks of the Bierbaum/5YL run: slight format tweaks that made the Legion of the era more than a comic book– it was truly a graphic novel played out in long form. The interposing text/art pages that were in both this issue and in issue #38 (“The End”) enhanced and drove the stories perhaps even more effectively than any four-color panel alone could have.

I think I have to agree with you, too: Rokk is quite simply the greatest Legionnaire penned. Geoff even made some note of that in L3W, mentioning how he gave up pretty much everything in life so the rest of his friends could -have- one outside of the Legion. (I don’t entirely agree with this; pairing him with Lydda in classic Legion was spectacular or, in ZH Legion, pairing him with XS or Jazmin/Quantum would’ve been an absolute delight.) Even when faced with the weight of the galaxy or the universe on his shoulders, he stood tall and proud and took up the burdens of the world in order to insure that there was a future.

Good call, Michael.

]]> By: Simon DelMonte http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/15/legion-blogpost-2/comment-page-1/#comment-454555 Simon DelMonte Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:24:11 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=10324#comment-454555 Long Live the Five Year Gap Legion!!! Long Live the Five Year Gap Legion!!!

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