Legion of Super-Heroes #1

Here's review #25, which turned out not to be a review at all... What am I going on about now? Read on and find out...

The Legion of Super-Heroes #1:

What Happened: Stuff happens, that's what happened. See, I picked up this issue thinking this was going to be a reboot of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Had that happened, this would have been the FORTH reboot of the series, which is a lot of reboots. However, DC BIZARRELY decided to instead continue the prior Legion series(the one that was ongoing BEFORE Flashpoint), but renumbered it as if it HAD been rebooted/changed up after Flashpoint... It took me a few pages, but as soon as I caught on to DC's dirty trick, I stopped reading this issue and will be taking it off of my pull list as soon as I walk into the comic shop on Wednesday. You may have tricked $3 out of me this time, powers-that-be behind DC comics, but I'll be WAY more careful with what I pick up next time...

The Good: Nothing.

The Bad: As far as I'm concerned, everything!

The Verdict: I think I summed up my feelings about this issue pretty well in the “What Happened” section of this post. I will add one more thing before I cut out though... The stuff that I DID read in this comic was boring, so even if I finished this issue, I'd probably have decided to drop it anyway.

Score: 0 out of 10.Wait a minute, this is the OLD Legion and not some rebooted version!? Man, sometimes DC makes it really easy to hate them...

A Quick Look at Adventure Comics #1(or #504 if you prefer)

The writer for both the main Superboy story and the Legion Second Feature is comic book GOD, Geoff Johns. Francis Manapul covers the art for the first story while Clayton Henry takes care of the second.

-We open by learning that Superboy has completely changed from the surly teen he was prior to his "death" to a kinder, gentler Teen of Steel. He does all the chores around the farm for Ma Kent and he loves living in Smallville now.

-Over the course of this comic, SB goes about doing the types of things Superman did back when he was SB's age. Lived with the Kents, check. Went to Smallville High School, check. Joined a team of super-heroes, check. Helped folks out, check.

-Eventually SB heads to the dilapidated house Lex Luthor grew up in, and stands there, looking around. Superman walks in and inquires what SB is doing there. SB explains that he just wanted to see what it was like, stating it wasn't what he expected to find. Supes tells SB to steer clear of Lex, and SB tells Supes that he has no intentions of running into Lex any time soon.

-This story ends with SB checking off his list of Superman related accomplishments. After checking off his good acts, Superboy writes in "What would Lex Luthor do?", and puts a check mark under "Lies to Superman".

-The Legion story follows Starman as he meets up with fellow Legionnaire Tellus. Tellus tries to fix Starman's mind, but only manages to right things momentarily. From there Starman screams about watching out for the Black Witch, and this story ends with a bunch of glimpses into the future of the Legion.

Wow. I didn't like this comic at all... I'm shocked! I didn't like/get the Superboy story one bit. Nice level-headed SB is about as far from the Superboy I followed through his own series, Young Justice and the Teen Titans. SB is impulsive, hot-headed and a bit of a jerk... Or at least he was. Now SB does all his chores, loves Smallville and is sugary sweet? Huh??? I also didn't really like the idea that Superboy HAS to be Supes(and Lex Luthor?). Why does he feel obligated to follow in Supes footsteps? SB was his own character for a good 10 years. Now I'm afraid Geoff is going to transform him into Superman Jr.

The Legion story was even worse than the main one! First off, I can't stand this version of Starman... Jack Knight this bozo is not! Secondly, I've already gone on record saying that the original version of the Legion has outlived their purpose. Give me the re-boot or three-boot versions of the Legion, not the weird old version. Oh, and the second Bouncing Boy shows up I drop this title! For a score, I'll give this comic a 6 out of 10. I almost can't believe Geoff Johns was responsible for this comic. I'm sure there are plenty of people who wholeheartedly disagree with me here, so I open the floor up to those dissenters.

Retro Review: Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes TPB.

This trade collects Action Comics #858-863 and is written by Geoff Johns.

-Here's the quick version of what was in this trade. Superman is brought to the future by Brainiac 5 in order to help the Legion of Super-Heroes deal with the rising feelings of xenophobia amongst the citizens of the planet Earth. Legion reject Earth-Man, along with others who were turned away from the Legion wound up joining forces to form the Justice League, and have claimed that they found evidence showing that Superman was actually an Earthling, and not from Krypton. These findings have caused Earth to withdraw from the United Planets conglomerate, and have also royally pissed off the other UP members.

-Upon arriving in the future, Supes discovers the Earth's sun has turned red thanks to Earth-Man, meaning his superpowers are gone. So, for the majority of this story, Supes only has his Legion flight ring to fix the mess. Ultimately, Supes reunites the Legion, defeats Earth-Man and his Justice League and prevent the furious UP from declaring war on the planet Earth, all before returning to the 21st century.

OK, now that the review is out of the way, here's my take on this TPB. I have to admit that I was mildly disappointed by this trade. After reading the Up, Up, and Away trade and the Lost Son storyline, I have to say this collection was definitely inferior. Even I was surprised by that fact, because I love the Legion, and everybody must know about my respect for the works of Geoff Johns by now. I just couldn't bring myself to rally behind Supes and the Legion in this trade... I kept finding myself rooting for Earth-Man and the JL, even though they were obviously supposed to be the villains of the story. I mean really, why couldn't Earth withdraw from the UP? So what if the people of Earth wanted to believe Supes was one of them. What right did the UP have to launch an attack on the Earth anyway? I have to say, Earth-Man and his crew(although crazy)were way more interesting than the bland and almost interchangeable Legionnaires. Nobody from the Legion really stood out to me, while the members of the Justice League all had distinct(and pretty funny)personalities.

Now, even with all those complaints, I still enjoyed this trade, and couldn't wait to discover how it would end. I guess that may sound kind of contradictory, but when I read something written by Geoff, I expect perfection. So, although this story was very good and quite enjoyable, it was not perfect. For a score, I'll give this trade a 9 out of 10. Like I said, I'd easily recommend this trade to anybody, but Geoff has definitely written better Superman stories than his work here. Plus there was no Lex Luthor! Geoff should be obligated to put Lex into every Superman comic he writes. Nobody does Lex better than Geoff!

Batwitches!

The other day in my Literature class, my professor was talking about the epitaph adorning the grave of William Shakespeare. For those who don't know, the inscription basically warns people to leave his bones alone, or incur his wraith and suffer a curse. That got me thinking, what inscription would I want adorning my gravestone? What sage words should mark the site of my final resting place? After some thought, I've decided that I want Brainiac 5's comment from the picture below inscribed on my grave. It's perfect! So, we now know I want to be buried dressed like this, with Brainiac 5's words inscribed on my tombstone... I'm one strange person...

Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #3(of 5)

Overall- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH............ :-)

It's hard to put into words what I just read in this comic book, so I'm going to be quite brief with the beginning of this comic book, because, quite frankly, to me, NOTHING that happened in this comic book meant a thing until the last few pages. The story itself was the original Legion along with Superman battling an group of villains led by(in his mind)Superboy Prime. When things looked the bleakest for Superman and the Legionnaire's, the Legion of Super-Heroes from the reboot and threeboot era's arrived to even out the odds. With the villains now occupied, the three Brainiac 5's along with all 3 Lightning Lad's and all 3 Light Lass' meet up with Xs and a Cosmic Treadmill at the headquarters of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Superboy Prime begins to realize that the Legion is up to something that he really doesn't want to deal with, so he abandons the battle against the Legionnaire's and attacks the Legion headquarters. Xs gets on the Cosmic Treadmill and begins to run, while the Lightning Lads/Lass' hold up lightning rods, and things start to get crazy in Brainiac's lab, as lightning begins to shoot everywhere. Finally, Xs seems to find what the Brainiac 5's wanted her to find, and she stops running. An energy form stands there stating that it(the energy)feels much better now. Superboy Prime breeches the layer of the Brainiac 5's and rushes into the room just in time to see the energy take it's true form, that of Kid Flash!

Wooooooo-boy... Where to start? I'll start at the obvious. IF, and let me emphasise that, IF, that Kid Flash is Bart Allen, then I'll be doing frigging backflips, because, believe it or not, Bart Allen IS my favorite DC character. I proudly own Bart's first appearance in the Flash comic book, as well as his other early appearances in Flash, every single issue of Impulse(including the annuals and specials)the whole Young Justice series, all of Bart's run on the Teen Titans, and the Flash: Fastest Man Alive series that starred the adult Bart as the Flash. So, if this Kid Flash is who I hope it is, then this mini-series will go down as one of my favorites of all-time, solely due to the fact that it brought Bart back to life.

Now, there is a tiny little piece of me that is worried that this isn't the Bart Allen I've spent so much time reading about. The only reason I have any doubt that this isn't Bart, is the fact that the Kid Flash at the end of this comic book had blue eyes, and Bart had yellow eyes... Most likely this was just a coloring snafu, because EVERYTHING in this comic pointed to this Kid Flash being Bart Allen returned to life. The fact that Superboy Prime feared Kid Flash as much as he did leads me to believe that this Kid Flash HAS to be Bart, since it was Bart who posed such problems for Superboy Prime during Infinite Crisis.

Besides Bart's apparent rebirth, I have to say that I also enjoyed the antics of Superboy Prime. Yes, SuperBOY Prime. I loathe calling him SuperMAN Prime, due to his childish behavior/antics. I was also kind of pissed that out of all of the Legionnaire's present, Superboy Prime manages to kill the Sun Boy from my threeboot Legion. What the hell?!? As I've already stated previously, the threeboot Legion is the one I am most familiar with, so I was disheartened to see one of the Legionnaire's I cared about killed in such an offhanded manner.

Honestly though, that was the ONLY complaint I had about this comic. To me, a huge fan of Bart Allen, this comic book was practically perfect. Although Sun Boy's unnecessary death really bothered me, the return of Bart Allen trumps that by leaps and bounds. As such, for a score, I'm going to give this issue the score every comic book desires, a perfect 10 out of 10! This comic righted a wrong that has bothered me since I read the end of the Flash: The Fastest Man Alive series, which chronicled Bart's death. If this truly is Bart Allen returned from the dead and de-aged back to his Kid Flash days, then this comic will forever hold a special place in my heart. I CAN NOT wait for the next issue of this series!!!

The March to Valentine's Day: My beloved poor Legionnaires

With the Legion of Super-Heroes cancelled, I figured I take a look back at some of the happier moments from this comic book series.

First up is Shadow Lass and Karate Kid
Here we have Timber Wolf and Princess Projectra in a cozy situation...Triplicate Girl and Element LadSupergirl and Cosmic BoyAnd finally one more of Supergirl and Cosmic Boy

LONG LIVE THE LEGION!

An explanation would be really nice...

I'm still kind of stunned/pissed off after reading issue #50 of The Legion of Super-Heroes(you can read my thought here, if you haven't read it already). I just figured I'd ask anyone who reads this blog to let me know if they know why Jim Shooter didn't finish his work on this comic series.

I read an article from Newsarama here, and in this article it plainly states that Jim Shooter had every intention at the time, of writing the final issue of this series. If any one can help shed some light as to what the hell DC did here and why they did it, I'd be really appreciative. Thus far, I can't find any explanation for the bizarre way this great series came to a screeching halt. Like I said, I'd appreciate anyone who can shed some light onto why this series ended in the manner it did... Damn DC, first the Final Crisis debacle, and now this...

Legion of Super-Heroes #50, WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED HERE???

I am dreading opening this comic book up... This series has been one of my favorites monthly, and knowing that this is the last I'll be reading about these great characters really hurts... Oh well, why delay the inevitable. Here's the review of LoSH #50, the final issue...

Overall- Hmph. I'm going to try my damnedest to review this comic book before I start to editorialize about what happened here. We discover the Invader Planets are from a virtual 4D world that borders our own 3D world. The leaders of the 4D world scan people and objects they deem interesting from our 3D universe which sends them to the 4D world, but in doing this, the people/objects are destroyed in our 3D world. Whew. Confused yet? Well you will be soon...

Anyway, Brainiac 5 figures out a way to send a team of Legionnaires to the 4D realm to try to defeat the invaders in their own realm, which the 4D creatures would never expect. While the small strike force of Legionnaires attack the 4D world, the 4D leaders are pressing their attack on our 3D universe, destroying everything they can. Every member of the Legion is out battling the Invaders all over our 3D universe, while the Legionnaires in the 4D realm run into harsh resistance. Before things fall apart completely, Invisible Kid has a brainstorm and sends Brainiac 5 data which allows Brainy to take over the landscape of the virtual 4D world and destroy all of the forces there. He then manages to send everyone of the Invaders here in our 3D universe back to their own 4D universe, before sealing them up in their own dimension, thereby defeating the Invaders.

The story ends a week later with Brainiac healing the Legionnaires who went to the 4D realm, since they were messed up by the Invaders in our 3D world before Brainy turned the tide of battle. Besides returning the Legionnaires to our world, Brainy also manages to return Dream Girl to life to the shock of the Legionnaires. Dream Girl then invites them all to her wedding to Brainy, thus proving that Brainy really was in contact with Dream Girl, and ending this comic series on a very happy note.

OK... That was a bare bones review of how the LoSH, one of my favorite comic book series has ended. All I have to say after reading this comic is simply, WHAT THE F### WAS THAT?!?!?! First of all, I was so dumbfounded after I read this comic book, I had to go back to make sure that Jim Shooter, who has been writing this comic book for the last year and a half or so was still writing it, because this issue didn't resemble anything like what he had been building towards... I was absolutely shocked to discover that he didn't write this comic. Why the f### not??? Jim has been building this storyline for the better part of 6 months, and then someone else(Justin Thyme)finishes writing the last issue? HUH???

I'm literally in a state of shock right now... Why didn't Jim finish this series off? Most of the stuff that has been going on in this comic book lately has been completely ignored this issue! What the hell happened with Princess Projectra??? She had become a very major player in this comic book leading up to the final issue, and she wasn't in this comic book at all!!! Not at all! On top of that, I was under the impression that Cosmic Boy was supposed to return this issue, and that a Legionnaire was going to die. At least that's what the last page of issue #49 stated. Well, not only was Cosmic Boy a no-show, nobody died(which I'm fine with, I hate to see characters killed off unnecessarily)and Dream Girl came back to life. How? Why now? If Brainy could bring her back to life why the f### didn't he do it prior to this point???

ARRRGGHHH!!! I just don't know what happened here... Before I forget, I will say that Justin Thyme, whoever he is, did an admirable job of trying(which is the key word here)to finish up this series, but I wanted Jim Shooter to finish this story! He was the one who crafted it, he should have been the one who finished it! This was all just bizarre... There were SO many story elements that were just dropped in this issue. The situation with Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad was seemingly forgotten... I already mentioned Projectra, but what happened to Timber Wolf, who was conspicuous by his absence. What about Phantom Girl, who after getting messed up by Projectra last issue seemed just fine this issue?

I don't know what I expected to read here, but this issue just totally blew my mind, and NOT in a good way. Before I end this post, allow me to say a big F### you to DC for making this a regular 22 page issue... It was not only the 50th issue of this series, it was the LAST issue of this series... This book deserved at least 48 pages. Why DC didn't give this comic a proper 48 page send off, I don't know, but that fact really pisses me off. Usually for a milestone comic like #50, or a last issue, you give the fan's a double sized comic. This whole situation really sucks... Anyway, for a final score for the final issue of this series, I'll go with a score of 7 out of 10, and that's a VERY generous score. This comic had no flow to it, felt extremely rushed, and was a very disappointing end to one of my favorite DC books. Still though, now and forever, no matter how badly DC disrespects these characters I've grow so very fond of, LONG LIVE THE LEGION, LONG LIVE THE LEGION, LONG LIVE THE LEGION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Final Crisis #7... Already??? But what about Legion of Three Worlds?

I'm not complaining, but wow, DC sure isn't wasting any time releasing Final Crisis #7 are they? With that said, I have one simple question... What ever happened to Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds??? Being a huge fan of the Legion of Super-Heroes, I've really been looking forward to issue #3 of this Final Crisis tie-in. If I'm correct, Legion of Three Worlds was supposed to run 5 issues. If the main Final Crisis storyline is ending this week(January 28), I was wondering where this leaves Legion of Three Worlds. I know the last installment of Final Crisis: Revelations is coming out with FC #7, but I was just curious if anybody knows what the status of Legion of Three Worlds is...

Legion of Super-Heroes #49

Overall- I've made my strong feelings for this series known for a long time now, but in case you're new/forgotten/or ignored me, The Legion of Super-Heroes is one of my favorite comics every month, and might possibly be my favorite team book. But none of that matters anymore, because issue #50 is the final issue of this series... Because of that, a lot of the storylines in this issue are kind of rushed, but irregardless, Jim Shooter(writer)is still crafting a great final story here.

The majority of this story dealt with Princess Projectra continuing down her path of insanity, as well as the threat of the Intruder Planet. I'll start with Projectra. Projectra, along with a few survivors of her destroyed homeworld, have been plotting against the United Planets, as well as the Legion, who Projectra(erroneously)blames for allowing her home planet to be destroyed.

Along with becoming more and more unhinged mentally, Projectra has been becoming increasingly violent. Her bad behavior climaxes when she nearly kills Phantom Girl for not reading Projectra a story when she was asked to. Phantom Girl is critically wounded in the attack, but does manage to survive. Saturn Girl, probes Phantom Girl's mind and discovers Projectra was the attacker. Projectra confronts Saturn Girl, and the two wage a telepathic battle of wills, which is ultimately won by Projectra. Projectra forces Saturn Girl to forget what she learned, and after finishing with Saturn Girl, Projectra causes Phantom Girl to believe that she fell down, as opposed to being attacked by Projectra.

While Projectra was acting up, Brainiac 5 decided to sneak onto the Intruder Planet to gain some knowledge about the Intruder Planet and its Destroyer robots. Brainy gains information about the Destroyers, but is unable to gain any useful info about the Intruder Planet itself. While Brainy is trying to figure out what the purpose of the Intruder Planet and the Destroyers is, Lightning Lad, the Legion's leader, is contacted by the President of the United Planets, who tells him that billions of Destroyers were attacking every inhabited United Planet system.

I'll admit right now that my review didn't do this comic justice, mainly because I'm just so bummed that this series is coming to an end. There were so many other storylines going on here as well, but it's actually kind of depressing to even write about them, knowing that in 1 more month, this team will, for all intents and purposes, cease to exist.

I'm guessing/hoping issue #50 will be double sized, and will be able to wrap up most of the dangling storyarcs. The blurb at the end of this issue promises the death of a longtime Legionnaire in the next issue, which seems kind of unnecessary to me. Why kill someone off? It's the last issue. I would have liked the series to end on a happy note, but I guess that's not to be... For a score, I'll give this issue a 8 out of 10. It was a good comic, but thanks to the impending series conclusion, the story seems a little bit too rushed for my liking. If Jim had the chance, I think he could have milked the events in this comic for at least another 5 issues. Well, as always, LONG LIVE THE LEGION!!!

What else you got?

Besides the 3 comics I've read and posted earlier tonight, JSA#22, Teen Titans #66 and Avengers: The Initiative #20, here's the rest of the stuff that arrived today.

Final Crisis: Secret Files- Don't know what it's all about, but since it says Final Crisis on it, I was compelled to buy it.

What If? Secret Wars- It's a What If?, and Dr. Doom is on the cover... Nuff said.

Legion of Super-Heroes #49- After this issue, there is only one issue of this comic series left. I can't even express in words how sad that makes me. This comic is one of my monthly favorites, and I'm really going to miss reading about these characters...

Justice League of America #28- Hoo boy, I'm not looking forward to reading this comic!

Guardians of the Galaxy #8- Now this comic on the other hand I can't wait to dig into! GotG is one of those little known gems Marvel is putting out.

Batman #684- It's Batman! Why wouldn't I buy it?

1,000 years and no progress...

You'd think that by the 31st century somebody would have invented some new type of underwear! I mean, cars can fly, people can teleport instantaneously between planets and rings have been created that allow people to breathe in outer space, but there were no advancements in the field of undergarments? Not that I'm complaining, but it just seems strange, that's all... Alright, before this post gets any weirder, I'll stop.

Legion of Super-Heroes #48

Overall- I like this comic book so much... I really like all of the characters, from the condescending Braniac 5 to the spiritual Element Lad. Each and every character(and there are alot!)have been explored just enough to cause me to care about them over the past 48 issues. From Mark Waid's relaunching of this series, to Tony Bedard, to Jim Shooter, each writer of this series has added some great stories. I am really dreading the end of this series, which has been confirmed to come at issue #50. I will really miss this comic book and these great multi-faceted characters. The end of the Legion comic book probably bothers me even more than the impending end of the Flash series/Wally West or the cancellation of She-Hulk. Well, I might as well get to reviewing this comic.

Visitors from the Intruder Planet, which nearly destroyed our solar system, arrive on Earth to meet with one of the bigwigs of the United Planets. The Visitors seem unable to speak Interlac, the official language of the United Planets. On top of that, the U.P. hasn't been able to decode the language of the Visitors, so the meeting is somewhat awkward. The U.P. Secretary of Diplomacy decides to take the Visitors on a tour of the Earth since communication is impossible. One of the Visitors has a small device which she occasionally fires at objects. The U.P. figures the device is akin to a camera, so they don't worry about it too much.

However, Brainiac 5 discovers that the device the Visitor is using is a miniature version of the data-rippers the Destroyers have been using throughout the galaxy as of late. Brainiac 5 also deducts that the Visitors are not actually real, but are some kind of virtual reality constructs. Even more vexing is the fact that Brainiac 5 is unable to determine exactly where these "avatars" are being beamed to Earth from. So, according to Brainiac 5, these beings don't actually exist in the physical universe, but come from some kind of virtual universe(for those of us more familiar with Marvel Comics, I guess this is most comparable to our universe and the Negative Zone universe.).

Brainiac 5 has also figured out that the data-rippers capture the essence of a person or thing, basically killing anything shot by the data-ripper. The data-ripper seems to capture a duplicate of a person, which the Visitors can use to study something/someone to their heart's content. While Brainiac 5 is trying to explain all of this to Lightning Lad, the Visitors fire the mini data-ripper at the U.P. Secretary, killing her, before fading away.

Also in this issue, the Legion holds try-outs to bolster their roster, and wind up welcoming aboard the girl from Triton, Gazelle, whom Invisible Kid has a pretty obvious crush on. The recruits who don't make the Legion are welcomed onto a new reserve team of Legionnaires. Sun Boy also returns to the team after realizing that he would never be able to reform the members of Terror Firma. The return of Sun Boy seems to put Princess Projectra in a rage, since it was Terror Firma who destroyed her homeworld many issues ago.

What can I say? I love this comic book. Brainiac 5 is easily one of my favorite characters in all of comic books. I love his know-it-all attitude, as well as the way he looks down on practically all of his teammates. Even though Brainiac 5 seems to be very nasty, deep down it is obvious that he cares deeply for the Legion and especially Dream Girl.

There's really nothing left to say... As much as I'm looking forward to the next issue of this comic to see what happens, I'm also dreading it, since the next issue is nearly the end of the series. Jim Shooter did his usual great job writing this comic, and cut out alot of the future speak that was driving me crazy! As for this comic, I'll give it a score of 8 1/2 out of 10. LONG LIVE THE LEGION!!!!

Princess Projectra and Timber Wolf from The Legion of Super-Heroes.

Just figured I throw out an image from one of my favorite comic books, The Legion of Super-Heroes. This is such a good comic book... I wish other people were reading it...

Legion of Super-Heroes #47

Overall- It's hard for me to explain why I enjoy the Legion so much, but I really do enjoy reading this comic. Basically, this comic dealt with Brainiac 5 and Dream Girl, who although she is dead on the physical plane of existence, lives on in Brainiac 5's dreams. Brainiac 5 is pretty much nasty, gruff and acts intellectually superior to everybody except for Dream Girl, who he seems to really care for.

Brainy decides to find a clairvoyant, so he can bring Dream Girl to this plane of existence in the body of the clairvoyant. Anyway, the clairvoyant succeeds and Dream Girl possesses the clairvoyant's body. Brainy and Dream Girl have their date, and we find out that Brainy is quite the wild man in bed, who'd of thought that?

After returning back to the Legion base, Brainy falls asleep so he can see Dream Girl again. While there, he drops to one knee and proposes to Dream Girl, who readily accepts. Before they can embrace, they are attacked by some monstrous creatures that represent the more evil aspects of Brainy's personality. The evil creatures beat on Brainy and Dream Girl, before Brainy realizes that this is his mind, and re-exerts his control, forcing the nightmare creatures back to the recesses of his mind.

He rushes over to Dream Girl who reveals to Brainy that the creatures hadn't killed her, but did rob her of her special power, which was to see into the near future. Later in the issue, we discover that it was Princess Projectra, a fellow Legionnaire who using her powers of magic and illusions, set the creatures loose in Brainy's mind for the express purpose of killing Dream Girl, since Dream Girl might have been able to see what nefarious plan the Princess was concocting. Projectra was satisfied that Dream Girl lost her second sight and would be unable to warn Brainy and the Legion of whatever evil plan she is up to. The comic ends with one of the creatures from Brainy's mind escaping into the real world.

As always. I truly and thoroughly enjoyed this comic book. It was nice to see Brainy actually acting human, as opposed to disconnected and aloof as he usually is. Projectra turning evil is a mild surprise, but it was obvious that since the destruction of her home world, she had been suffering.

She seems to have become obsessed with an old Superman comic book in which Brainiac(the original one)loses his home world, and tries to take the Earth over to replace his lost world. Obviously, Projectra, along with a few survivors from her home world seem to be intent on perfecting Brainiac 1's failed world conquering scheme.

I've heard that the Legion comic might be on it's way out, and I really hope that isn't the case. With that being said, I'll give this comic a score of 8 out of 10. I've always liked Brainiac 5, maybe more then the rest of the team, and was glad to see him as the focus of this issue.

Final Crisis:Legion of Three Worlds #2

Overall- I liked this comic a lot... I think. Superboy Prime, and his Legion of Super Villains murdered the "last"Green Lantern, and began to make there way towards the planet Earth, so Prime could continue to destroy all Superman holds dear.

On the Legion's front, Braniac 5 sent out a large group of Legionnaires along with Superman to meet Prime and his reverse Legion, while sending two Legion members to retrieve the body of the fallen Green Lantern and return it to Oa, since Brainiac 5 had an idea that help was located there.

A guy named Sodam Yat was indeed there, but I haven't the slightest idea as to who he is and what his appearance means... Brainiac 5 also sent some Legionnaires back to the 21st century for some mysterious reason, and he also managed to transport every member of the other 2 Legion teams from their respective dimensions to his dimension, gathering a variable Legion of Super Heroes army. After the arrival of the dozens of Legionnaires, Braniac 5 explained to them what was happening in his dimension would have catastrophic consequences in their own home dimensions if Prime wasn't stopped.

There was plenty going on here and I am very optimistic that this series is going to turn out to be one of the best Final Crisis crossovers. The interaction between the 3 Braniac 5's was pretty funny stuff. Geoff Johns is spinning a very good tale thus far, but I still feel that Prime is well past the point of redemption, and quite frankly, if this storyline ends up with anything other then his death, I'll be mildly disappointed. I understand Superman's unwavering moral compass, but after the multitude of deaths Prime has been responsible for, including Superboy, when does Superman get to the point where he says enough is enough?

Anyway, I know I'll be looking forward to the next issue of this series, and I'll score this issue a 7 1/2 out of 10.

Final Crisis:Legion of Three Worlds #1

Before I say anything about this comic, the only Legion of Super-Heroes I know or care about are the ones from the current series. I know there have been at least 3 different teams of LoSH, but the only ones I am familiar with are the ones from the current Legion books. So with that out of the way;
Overall- The initial issue of this series dealt with one of the contingents of the Legion that I was unfamiliar with. They were apparently the ones who gave Superman his Legion Flight Ring. Apart from the Legion's troubles with politicians who wanted them to disband, Superboy Prime was transported to the 31st century, and after visiting a Superman museum in Smallville, was enraged to find that his statue was located in a isolated corner of the museum. Apparently, the museum curators didn't think much of Prime, which drove him into one of his characteristic rages. Before destroying the museum, he learned about the Legion of Super Heroes, and decided he would destroy them out of his spite for Superman. Prime travels to a prison planet, and releases every super powered criminal there, with the promise of killing every last member of the Legion, thereby eliminating any trace of Superman's influence on the future.

Back on Earth, the Legion learned of the threat of Prime, and transported Superman himself to the 31st century to help them deal with Prime. Brainiac 5 also said that it might be a good idea to call in members of the Legion from other dimensions. Superman agreed to help the Legion, stating that he wouldn't stop until Prime has been redeemed, believing Prime to be a good person deep down, gone insane. Considering the horrible things Prime has done, I'm not so sure he's redeemable, but Superman is ever the optimist...

I liked this story, even though it didn't deal with "my" Legion. The fact that Geoff Johns was the writer sure didn't hurt matters either. For a score, I'll give this a 7 out of 10, but I can see this series has the potential to become either something really lousy, or unbelievable great.

Birds of Prey 122, Flash 244, Legion of Super Heroes 46, Teen Titans 63

Let's get started here. I'll start off with Birds 122. The Good- Pretty much the whole comic. The story is really coming together, and I can't wait for the confrontation next month between Oracle and Joker. Joker is the reason Oracle is wheel chair bound, so I'll be interested on how the writer(Tony Bedard)plays this angle up. The Bad- I still hate Misfit. It's that simple. She hasn't grown on me(and I've been reading Birds since Misfit first showed up)and I just want her gone. All she does is annoy me to no end. She doesn't belong on the team, with the team or anywhere near the team, PERIOD. So, in case I haven't made myself perfectly clear, I want Misfit to fall to the depths of comic book limbo, never to be seen or heard from again. Overall-I'd definitely recommend this comic, regardless of my seething hatred of Misfit.

Flash 244:The Good-This comic was a LOT less convoluted than the prior Flash comics had been. Maybe it was due to the fact that there was a new creative team, but this comic was much easier to follow. The story was good, I didn't have a problem with the villain introduced and I liked that Flash and his wife were going to restrict their kids from super heroics(10 is a little too young to be a Super Hero methinks). The Bad-Since it seems that Barry Allen has come back during Final Crisis(I have all the Final Crisis comics that have come out thus far, but I'm waiting to read them until I have the whole series. I always liked reading a whole mini-series in one sitting, as opposed to little by little over the course of several months.)I have been dreading what DC has in store for the current Flash, Wally West. I hope the occurrences in this comic(Wally's powers kept fading on him) aren't leading towards Barry becoming the Flash again. Overall-Another good comic. It was the beginning of a new storyline and thus far I am optimistic.

Legion 46:The Good-I have been collecting this series from its onset, and have always enjoyed it. This issue was no different. Another good story, that saw some plot threads start to come together, Lightning Lad discovering what happened with Saturn Girl and Ultra Boy, Brainiac 5 trying to figure out what's up with those alien destroyers, the stuff with Projectra, etc.) The Bad- I really wish the writer(Jim Shooter) would stop using so much of that future speak between the characters. An example of this is the way he keeps using words like "Florg" and "Zeezeed". Why can't he just have the characters say "$%@#" if something angers them enough that they need to use profanity? In the past couple of issues its become really noticeable. Yes, I know that's a petty complaint, but it's my blog and I can be as petty as I want, so there! Overall-No complaints about this comic at all. So far I can say I've enjoyed practically every issue in the whole series.

Teen Titans 63:The Good-They seem to be developing the current storyline around Wonder Girl, which always makes me happy. The stuff with Bombshell was fine with me as well. For the most part this was a set up issue, since it was the first part of a new storyline, and it went rather smoothly. The Bad- To put it bluntly, for the most part, I just don't care about this comic any more. I am in no way condemning writer Sean McKeever, because it's not his fault and as a matter of fact, I like alot of his past work. The blame lays solely in the laps of the editors in charge of DC. For a little backround, the first DC series I ever read was Young Justice, which was the precursor to Teen Titans, because I was angered at the way Marvel was doing things, as well as the fact that it's written by one of my all time favorite writers, Peter David. I brought the whole series off of eBay, and read every issue, enjoying every single one so much that I returned to eBay and wound up buying the complete runs of Superboy and Impulse(who were founding members of Young Justice.). Therein lies the problem. Superboy died in Infinite Crisis, while Impulse kicked the bucket in Flash: The Fastest Man Alive. During this run of the Teen Titans, Impulse/Kid Flash was far and away my favorite character, followed by Superboy, then Wonder Girl, Ravenger and Robin. The current lineup of the Teen Titans only has Wonder Girl and Robin out of my group of favorites. To me it just doesn't feel the same without Impy's impulsive behavior and Superboy's cocky attitude. Red Devil(who's OK) and Blue Beetle(who I don't really like) just can't fill the shoes of the characters that have departed the book. Boy, I sure went off on a tangent there... Overall-The story in this comic was good, but the series is sorely lacking(if that makes any sense.). The roster needs a transfusion of new (or old)blood badly. I know I'll keep reading Teen Titans, that's just how I am, but I hope they shake things up really soon. Either that or PLEASE bring back Bart Allen!!!!!! PLEASE!!!