Any love for the Legion around here?
Favorite stories? Legionnaires? Rogues?
>>77297095
Is the Great Darkness Saga any good?
>>77297095
I've never gotten into 'em, but lately there's been at least one Legion storytime every day, so I think you're in good company.
>>77297095
is that a giant snake? is there a guy who is just a giant, presumably sentient snake?
>>77297154
>guy
That's Princess Projectra. And yes, she and her species are giant alien snakes.
>>77297095
Literally a bunch of fucking nobodies
>>77297124
Yes
Most of the material right before and after it was great too, I enjoyed Levitz era a lot
>>77297124
Yes, though personally I prefer Universo Project. But I'm a huge Saturn Girl-fag, so take that with a grain of salt.
>>77297589
It's kind of amazing how the majority of Legion material is perfectly readable and entertaining.
Despite the other problems(dead fanbase, the all too frequent reboots), the Legion doesn't really have any infamously bad stories.
>>77297095
I'm planning to finally read The Great Darkness Saga trade that I bought along with the first two Levitz 80s ongoing trades once my stuff arrives in Alaska.
I picked up TGDS after the other two trades, which I loved. The Star Trek crossover was pretty nice as well.
>>77297139
Legion storytime resumes Sunday night, 7 PM central time
>>77298078Hey, Storyteller.
>>77298156
hey anon, it's a beautiful day today
>>77297095
I'm partial to that era's XS, Gates and Ferro.
>>77298185
I'm kinda dreading Threeboot. I've heard so much good, bad, or just plain weird.
On the one hand, drill sergeant Lydda. Unf.
On the other, Threeboot's version of Triad and Cargg in genral. Just... what?
>>77298278
I can barely believe we're almost to Threeboot, I gotta hurry up and find all of what we're reading in the interlude
I'm also reading that giant X-Thread, and if a good percentage of that stuff anon is posting is true, there really will be bricks shat, that's some fucking horrible plotting.
>>77297589
>>77297765
Sweet. I was thinking of picking it up along side w/ COIE deluxe ed.. But ya, if I like it i'll likely pick up more of them.
Okay /co/, What is your favorite legacy super-hero?
>>77298220
>XS
Jenni a cute. We were kinda lucky that most of the new characters made for reboot were actually pretty good.
Not a huge Gates fan, but you just gotta love that bitchy little commie.
>>77298373
The X-Men have become such a massive clusterfuck. It's no wonder Marvel is trying in vain to replace them.
>>77297765
I'm with you on that, Universo Project is my favorite Legion story. Imra is so badass in that one.
>>77298375
If you like GDS there's one hardcover right after it titled "The Curse" that picks up after it. The actual Darkseid parts of that story don't actually get finished in the collection though (annual #2 from 1986 has the end, not sure why they didn't include it).
>>77298278
>On the one hand, drill sergeant Lydda. Unf.
That's from retroboot
>>77298920
>I'm with you on that, Universo Project is my favorite Legion story. Imra is so badass in that one.
I love Imra so much. I don't even ind that Reboot had her do a Jean Grey a few times, since she actually had to face the consequences of her questionable actions.
>>77297765
5YL has a deservedly bad reputation, although it's not much in the great scheme of awful comic stories
>>77299387
Bierbaums indeed. Honestly, the first half of 5YL, while depressing as fuck, was actually pretty good. Then the Bierbaums took over and started projecting their weird fan-fic-y bullshit into it.
The Proty thing and turning Mysa into a carbon copy of Nura(not to mention Nura herself in that run, ugh), are particular highlights.
>>77298278
Drill sergeant Lydda is Retroboot which is after Threeboot.
>Good thing about Threeboot
Lyle is a worse dork than usualI thought him and Brainy would end up being together at one point because damn he wanted him bad. Hung out with him worse than Reboot. Lyle was pretty gay in all versions.
>Bad thing
Triad, Cargg, Brainiac 5. He's Vril 2.0. but doesn't do it like Vril. No XS and No Gates. Brainy's outfit is also....bad. His other outfit is a LOT better but his first outfit is horrible.
>>77298078
Yo.
>>77297095
>Favorite stories?
Most of Reboot
>Legionnaires
Saturn Girl, Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg) Brainiac 5, Princess Projectra (Reboot) Gates and XS. I like Lyle because he thinks he's cool but he's gay and dorky as hell.
I read all of them but Levitz and Reboot are my favorites.I only dislike the fact that IK is dead in Original and Retroboot.
I also write stuff.Writing gay Threeboot porn.
>>77299637
Making Brainy into a Vril clone is a terrible idea. It just kind of degrades both characters in a way.
>No XS and no Gates
Booo. Speaking of Jenni though, she should totally be in the Flash TV show. No reason not to.Also backdoor pilot for Legion TV series? Please?
>>77299387
>>77299494
Gotta be honest, I was more pissed about Giffen destroying the earth with that plot ooze than making Nura fat or taking away Dawny's wings.
>>77299759
That's what happens when editors don't pay any attention.
Same thing happened much later with JLU. Nobody was paying attention, and Lemire had the Legion hijack the book. Granted JLU was a total slog up till then, and it was funny as hell, but that should never have been allowed to happen.
>>77299713
There was nothing Brainy about Threeboot Brainy that I can recall. Sure he had snark but he was too much like his ancestor. It's hard to write him in fanfiction. I'm trying thoughby making him obvious to romance and stuff so he's stuck marrying IK.
As far as I know there isn't Gates or Xs in Threeboot. Not sure about Ferro. Threeboot also triggered my Emetophobia at points. It's not bad but I have to prep myself up to read it.
>>77299713
>Spoiler
I want that bad or a Movie. I just want to see more Legion. Well maybe not Grandpa Brainy because he needs to get laid.
>>77299494
>The Proty thing
I'm triggered just thinking about it
literally why
>>77300121
>literally why
Because the Bierbaums have a huge boner for him? I don't know.
>>77300063
A movie could work, but given the huge number of Legionnaires, a TV series would probably be best, give everyone a decent amount of screentime. Maybe even go full-on anthology format with it.
>>77300207
They could do the same thing they did with the cartoon maybe. Have episodes with various member and one member being the highlight.
>>77299759
Yeah I think the book started sliding downhill just before Giffen left, it didn't go completely to hell until after he'd gone
The first chunk of 5YL is bretty good, depressing and occasionally mean spirited as it was
For anyone who wants to pick up the Legion there isn't a starting point. Just pick any 'run' and read that run. That's it. They are not in conjunction with each other so if you read Retro you don't have to read Threeboot unless you want to read it. You can stick with one arc if you like too. Same with the cartoons (which are different than the comic books as well.)
>>77300561
>mean-spirited
The world is better without Karate Kid.
>>77301209
Hey Karate kid wasn't that bad in Threeboot.
>>77301209
Quiet Keith.
Brainy is my fav
>>77301706
Right on!
Personally for me:
Reboot>Original (young one)=SW6 version>Threeboot>Retro=adult Original recipe one>5YL (Just known as 5)
>Legion is literally an army
>No fighting game
I got some of the Archive's so I'm rereading the Silver Age stuff.
I love when they're just a bunch of dumbass kids
>>77302518
Hahaha what the fuck. Man I forgot how silly Original Legion was. I need to reread this stuff.
>>77302518
If I want to read original again where do I start at and where does it end?going to check for torrents and desu.
>>77303078
I think it's kind of rough before Shooter (Adventure 346, I think is when he starts)
>>77303609
Adventure comics 346? Thanks anon.
I tried to read along with the JSA threads but started getting behind and just got out of control to where I had no clue what the fuck was happening.
I've tried to start again from Waid's Legion, from the first Legion #1, from the beginning of Levitz, but I honestly think Legion is the ONE series where it actually is a good idea to read literally everything from the beginning. I got the Showcase Presents collections and have been blowing through them.
One thing that confuses me: the Legion were very popular among Superboy (who was also very popular) readers, right? And then they stayed big into the 60's and 70's as they became more separate from Superboy, right? And by the late 70's they were a sensation and eventually they were DC's biggest hit behind New Teen Titans, right? So in theory, throughout DC's history there has been this huge Legion fanbase.
But if that's true, how come nobody now knows who the fuck they are? Where did all those fans go? Is it just because it only appealed to existing Legion fans and did little to attract new readers as the decades went on? Is it just because they never had a show in the 70's and 80's or appeared with the Superfriends?
>>77303834
Lots of reboots ever since COIE fucked their continuity, and the lack of crossover potential probably hurt them too.
>>77303834
>by the late 70's they were a sensation and eventually they were DC's biggest hit behind New Teen Titans
NTT was early/mid 80s
but yeah looking at it from an outsider perspective (and I have kept up with the JSA storytimes so you can see when DC would pull stunts to try and turn the LOSH around again), I think sometime during 5YL there must have been some major slump. Apparently after Giffen left a lot of readers went with him, and the Bierbaums had a very limited time left on the book, Tom Bierbaum has an LJ where he wrote a ton of stuff about being on the book and they basically knew sales had slipped and they were going to get kicked off and of course that happened, but even after that it wasn't much longer until Zero Hour and the reboot.
There's an anon who compiled some sales data for LOSH books but I don't remember how reboot started out, but of course eventually it still didn't work out after a few years and we got Threeboot, which also didn't work out so they just said fuck it all and went back to the original continuity, but sales were still pretty low. LOSH could still carry two books going into Flashpoint but sales weren't that great on either of them
I didn't know shit about the Legion until the JSA story times and I'd always kind of avoided it because I didn't know what the fuck reboot and threeboot were or where to start reading or who in god's name are all these people how am I supposed to keep track of this???
It feels like the long decades of original continuity, multiple hard reboots, and massive cast eventually lead to a quagmire that older fans just weren't into and was impenetrable to new readers, plus the past decade or so of shoddy quality books certainly hasn't helped
>>77303834
>how come nobody now knows who the fuck they are?
I blame DC in this case. There wasn't a lot of publicity to my knowledge of the LOSH. No cartoon until the 90s. No Movies. No TV series. Only appeared in cameos in other series. Nothing. When Zero Hour happened they nuked Legion because it wasn't as popular so you have a lot of old pissed off fans who just left and then you have the 'new' generation who read Reboot. Then it happened again. Then again with them trying to appeal to the Levitz fans again but by then it was too late. Not sure what the hell they are doing now.
All DC had to do was make a cartoon during that run and make that one anime cartoon but their excuse is that Legion isn't good as a stand alone series. It didn't stop them from making a GoTG movie which broke the bank.
>>77304123
Legion has a very complex balance between nostalgia and innovation, as well. It's not unlike the X-Men in that way, I think, wherein lots of the appeal is the large cast and the extensive continuity and capacity for references and callbacks, but when handled badly you get "Oh, this story again?" Both also have the problem wherein characters develop and age in the course of a significant run, but are then too popular to really let them go off and change profoundly (I think the X-books have that worse, to be fair).
>>77304165
>Legion isn't good as a stand alone series
What? Their most popular eras were the ones where they ran Superboy out of his own book.
>>77303834
>Is it just because it only appealed to existing Legion fans and did little to attract new readers as the decades went on?
From reading the Legion reboot here on /co/ I think it's a mixture. They tried to bring in new readers while also throwing in old plots, characters, and winks and nods for the older readers and ended up just stuck in the middle of the road. Nothing about it felt satisfying
I'm expecting the same from Threeboot
![IMG_0545[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/dulEwIv.jpg "IMG_0545[1].jpg")
>>77304123
See >>77301162
The highest selling book was Legion of 3 worlds which ironically had all of the previous Legions in it. Also Threeboot at the beginning was the second highest. Not sure about Reboot at the beginning because the graph didn't have Reboot when it first started. Just around Legion Lost v.1.
Oh and my Iphone case came in. It's out of focus but not bad for 1 dollar. I'm going to use it I guess. Came with free screen protectors too.
>>77297095
I understand why people like the legion but there's just to many of them for me. 22 pages a month is not enough to do such a large cast justice. I was enjoying the futuristic aspects of JL3000 but the cast in that has bloated heavily as well
>>77304259
I really enjoyed Archie Legion but it was in that way of enjoying cute and well-written competently done stuff, but it never set the world on fire. Great character interplay, though.
>>77297095
She-Hulk really let herself go
The only LoS stories I read were those ones that came out a few years ago with Supergirl. They were really good.
>>77304381
That was Threeboot. It went to shit after Waid left sadly.
>>77304249
>What? Their most popular eras were the ones where they ran Superboy out of his own book.
I know right? I'm saying this is what I believe DC feels. They were given the option to make a cartoon using the Legion in picture related but didn't because they claim that the Legion isn't good as a stand alone series so they did TT for the batfamily appeal and probably because the Batman animated series was still hot. Then they did LOSH later on CW and it was cancelled because CW didn't want to make a season 3.
Outside of ONE cartoon there's no tv series, no movie, nothing. It's the only longest standing series that I know of with little to nothing.
>>77304455
>>77304296
This is probably why a lot of people don't read the legion but this could be solved in a similar fashion as the cartoon: have issues with one or two members in highlights.
I mean there's a crapload of Avengers but people know them over the Legion. It was at the point that there was over 50 of them.
>>77304455
I have a lot of fondness for the LOSH cartoon, but I'll admit it kind of goofed up focusing on a small cast for most of the beginning.
>>77304581
Yeah, a lot of people go into Legion assuming that "oh shit, they have over 25 characters in every story!" but most stories focus on a small handful of characters at a time.
Matter-Eater Lad will always be the best Legionnaire.
>>77304381
That's Threeboot. We are going to read that next. It's the one that people like or hate.
>>77304581
>>77304641
Or at least back up spotlights. could you even do a comic with a 16 page story and 6 page back up nowadays?
>>77297257
I'd still.
>>77304773
Hey, she's a classy snake.
>>77304767
Maybe? Compression really would be the way to go with the Legion.
>>77304599
It wasn't a bad cartoon but honesty >>77304455 and >>77304549 look a lot better and more interesting. Plus Koko is love.
And why did nobody tell me my picture was sideways?
>>77304767
I think the format now is 20 page story with an 8 page backup and a higher price tag
>>77297095
I've read fairly little but I like Matter Eater and Ultra Boy and would waifu Dawnstar and Dream Girl
>>77304886
that's a pretty cute case
>>77305001
Thanks. I'm thinking about making another one using that one Pulsar Stargrave picture with Superboy.
Or maybe that one with Dreamy/Imra.
Best girl
>>77304669This happened in threeboot didn't it? Top kek.
>>77304835
Legion also suffers very badly from modern decompression, and you need an artist who can/is willing to do the detail and number of characters it demands.
I'm shocked at how shafted Wildfire and other 70s-80s Legionnaires get in reboots. He's the best!
Also that's like 70% of my favorite team members. Good thing the Legion has the deepest bench in comics
>>77305094
L.E.G.I.O.N. is best Legion
>>77304886
I am excite to see how mine turned out when I finally get home
>>77305155
I want Tom King to write a L.E.G.I.O.N. book once Omega Men gets cancelled because his Vril would be the full magnificent bastard husbando
>>77305155
I'm so grateful that the JSA storytimes introduced me to it. It's such a hidden gem of both DC and the 90's
I went out and got all the Alan Grant single issues
>>77305094
I fucking agree.
>>77305155
I read this shit like three times. I love it. If >>77305196 happened I would buy every single damn issue. Hell I would buy it now depending anyway.
>>77305140
Who else gets shafted a lot besides Wildfire?
>>77305281
>Who else gets shafted a lot besides Wildfire?Karate Kid
>>77305281
Mysa gets regressed or changed pretty hard; Blok is ignored; Dawny doesn't seem to fare too well either
>>77305322
run, Keith is coming for you (again)
>>77305208
I got the whole series (plus R.E.B.E.L.S. v1) all at once on ebay about a year ago.
God damn that made for a few good weeks of reading.
>>77305196
>Tom King L.E.G.I.O.N.
No way is our Earth good enough for this to exist.
>>77305281
Dawnstar got a pretty raw deal
There was that version that had her wings ripped off and in the DnA run they had a the bug girl stand in from Legion Lost. I liked her, but she was clearly just Dawnstar with some adorable dialogue
> Let Mascara run, the coward!
>>77305281
Pretty much all the 70's-80's Legionnaires like Dawnstar, Blok, White Witch, or Quislet. Wildfire happened to be popular enough to get appearances in all three Legions, regardless how you might think of those incarnations.
>>77305281
I wanna say Sun Boy, if only because of all that shit in 5YL.
>>77305343
>>77305208
hnnng, I want L.E.G.I.O.N. floppies, they never seem to turn up in the bins I go scavenging in
>>77305344
Also, Shikari was way weirder looking, which is a definite bonus.
>>77305094
>tfw your dad had L.E.G.I.O.N issue 2 as a kid
>tfw you went out and bought a ton of issues because you enjoyed that one issue years later
>tfw you ended up reading that Vril and Stealth part and liked it as a preteen
>>77305408
> the childbirth issue
>>77305322
>>77305408
That's not even the freakiest issue.
>>77305406
I hope the next launch gives the cast more alien designs.
I liked Saturn Girl's look in the show.
>>77305281
Blok, Tellus, Dawny, Timber Wolf, Mysa, Quislet. Basically whoever wasn't around at the start of the Levitz run.
also the poor Academy kids who just don't get used
>>77305406
I am all for more alieny Legionnaires. and traditional Dawny has a lot of gross Native America Stereotype stuff that you avoid making her a bug.
>>77305386
Sun Boy probably gets it worse out of the early cast. Even Lyle gets Reboot.
>>77297095
Lightning Lad for one reason, I always have a soft spot for electricity heroes.
>>77305491
Like, Sun Boy gets treated well in Threeboot, but he's not even recognizable as Sun Boy.
>>77298415
Terry-bats or Bart allen
>>77305491At least Sun boy isn't ded. Lyle ded again. I'm never going to get some science buddies ever again.
>>77305470
>>77305432
What's ironic is that normally I don't like stuff like that but I enjoyed the hell out of everything in L.E.G.I.O.N.
>Old man tripping on that one planet gave me feels
>Childbirth issue made me actually reread it several times to figure out Stealth's past
>The whole thing with the baby talking made me kek out loud
>Vril talking to Phase made me wish there was more issues so a cat fight would happen
>Vril on a drug trip
>>77305542
I miss the Legion's top slut. He's so cheerful and unapologetic about it, you know he's a good time.
>>77305470
What's the context for this scene.It looks like Dream Girl is embracing her innner psycho.
I want so badly for Jeff Parker's new DC project to be the Legion.
It's probably a JLU relaunch (which would be totally fine too), but a man can dream.
>>77305542
>Traitor that everyone hates in 5YL
>becomes burned up skeleton man who lives briefly in unending agony
>finally gets the sweet release of death
>lol Wildfire's been living in his horrible remnant of a body
>Reboot happens
>Benched for all of reboot except like two arcs
I mean I guess at least nothing that bad happened to him in reboot but still...
being Dirk is suffering
>>77305647
That's Stealth, and she's about to rape and murder (possibly not in that order) Vril Dox
>>77305595
>Vril talking to Phase made me wish there was more issues so a cat fight would happen
Why would there be a catfight?
>>77305647
When her species goes into heat they brutally murder/rape their "mate."
>>77305686
You don't remember? Stealth was getting feelings for Dox again and he talked with Phase a lot more in that run. Jealously and confusion among other things might of happened but we will never know because the run ended not too soon after.
>>77305806
I know that, I just didn't get any romantic vibes from Phase over Vril. Him talking to her came off as "you're the only normal person here and it's not like I can write to an advice columnist, what do I do?"
>>77305878
Oh no I wasn't saying that Phase/Vril would happen just that I can image Stealth getting jealous over nothing.
>>77306261
Yeah, I can see that. And I always did find Vril's love for his megalomaniac baby pretty sweet.
>>77305340
>>77305491
Delicious Mysa. I miss when her magic operated on D&D rules.
>>77305678
Geez, you rape an murder a guy ONE TIME, and he never lets you hear the end of it.
>>77305432
This is the single issue I want to own the most. I should get on that.
>>77305595
as much as I enjoy it from Reboot I fucking love those old Ghost in the Legion HQ stories and ya need ded lyle for them
well not really i guess
>>77305661
>becomes burned up skeleton man who lives briefly in unending agony
I think that was the point I just learned to laugh at 5YL.
>>77306775
Ferro Lad got the most ghost screen time.
>>77306816
This might have been mine. Or at least the moment where I realized that the Bierbaums had no idea how to write anyone that wasn't Matter Eater Lad.
>>77307287
>that Mysa plot in 5YL
>mfw
The fuck were they thinking with this?
>>77307330
My theory was that the original idea was something like "Mysa marries Mordru as a political move/attempt to keep an eye on him, vastly underestimated how powerful he had become", and the Bierbaums misread it as "Mysa marries Mordru because he's her true love <3!"
>>77307410
It did seem like she married Mordru to spy on him or sabotage him or something and it backfired, but then they spun it into "she actually DID love him in spite of the abuse" and didn't really imply that she may have been manipulated into feeling that way, then to make matters worse they had this little number >>77307287 where she decided her love for him was the source of her power somehow even though that was clearly not the case.
And apparently they intended to have her reclaiming her power and acting as a witch again after that arc but they got booted off the book so it never happened, we just got oddly slutty SW6 Mysa instead.
>>77307492
>oddly slutty SW6 Mysa
God that was bizarre. And a little creepy.
>>77304357
Pretty sure that's actually the Hulk in drag.
>>77307720
No, it's Monstress.
>>77307410
Nah, Bierbaum penned Mysa was clearly suffering from some psychotic Stockholm's Syndrome. Thing is, Mordru also had a freaky ass obsession with her. Guy was fucking Yandere as hell.
>>77307851
>Bierbaum penned Mysa was clearly suffering from some psychotic Stockholm's Syndrome
She came off as a more or less typical domestic abuse victim, but they leaned pretty heavily on the idea that she did actually love him at some point
>>77308046
Which was of course absurd for them to do. I mean,Mordru?!? An evil spell would have been a far better explanation for her "love"...
>>77307743
woah no need to throw around hurtful words like monstrous, it's just the Hulk in drag
>>77308254
That joke really doesn't work in a text-based conversation.
>>77307410
>True love
What the hell were they smoking.
I read all of R.E.B.E.L.S. v.2 and I hope we get to that soon.it feels rushed as hell but I still like it.
>>77309368
Whatever it was, it also made them think that the retcon that Lightning Lad had been dead for decades and Garth had really been Proty parading around in his dead skin like a fucking skinwalker was a good idea.
>>77309767
5yl started off pretty good,but turned into a checklist of how miserable can we make all of the characters.
>>77309601
It did have to tie-up in time for Flashpoint. I don't remember most of it though. I followed while it was coming out and haven't reread it yet.
>reminder that one has to read Telos written by Worst King to get a cosmic DC fix now
>>77309767
>>77309897
The hell were they thinking? I don't even remember that and now I wish I didn't.
>>77309946
I just want to see Stealth and Vril drama again. Their relationship was weird as hell. Did he like her? Did he not like her? Did she like him? Did she not like him? Would they ever be happy? Was he going to get raped again?
>>77310462
I feel like a lot of their relationship in R.E.B.E.L.S. v1 was mostly for the twisted sitcom family dynamic.
>>77310758
It was great too. Especially with Dox being somewhere between good and bad. Every time someone got butthurt over Dox's plans I would end up laughing.
>>77311292
What I liked was how fucked up Vril was during R.E.B.E.L.S. Like, even more than usual.
>>77312166
One of the greatest baby villains ever. Surprise Brainiac 5 didn't try to take over the galaxy.
>>77312272
...Because he's not Lyrl?
>>77312370
Well he's not exactly sane in Reboot so I was honestly surprised he didn't go all bad guy-y or whatever and take over Colu. 5YL and Levitz I think ran when L.E.G.I.O.N did it's run.
I hope Lyrl comes back again. I miss that kid no matter how evil he was.
>>77313280
He's sane in Reboot, he's just an asshole.
>we actually meet Braniacs 2-5
>each and every one of them is an asshole
>>77315959
But they're all assholes in their own special way. And wait, are you saying Brainiac 1 wasn't an asshole?
>>77316051
Braniac 1 being an asshole goes without saying.
It's just amusing and slightly shocking that all the Braniacs are jerks, and indeed manage to be unique int their dickishness.
>>77316144
Not really shocking. Maybe if you only read Silver Age Legion and remember Brainiac 5 being pretty nice most of the time, it might be.
>>77316373
In hindsight, Brainy being a genuinely nice guy is weird.
>>77303834
>But if that's true, how come nobody now knows who the fuck they are?
No idea. Best guess is that DC sucks at advertising. The current lack of an ongoing and alt-media support doesn't help.
I wonder if they'll ever do s Legion movie.
I wonder how massively disappointing it'll be.
>>77321143
>I wonder if they'll ever do a Legion movie.
You'd think after Guardians of the Galaxy made bank, that DC would at least have something Legion related in the running in order to get in on that delicious space money.
>I wonder how massively disappointing it'll be.
Consider that one of the appeals of the Legion is the massive and diverse cast. There's no way all of them would get a fair showing in a movie where the main lineup is inevitably the founders plus Brainy.
This is why a TV series would work better.
>>77321143
>>77321464
Yeah, LoSH doesn't lend itself well to a movie. Just in setting up all the characters and such wouldn't be satisfying in a short amount of time. And the origin with the founders saving Brande isn't enough of a story on its own.
L.E.G.I.O.N. could maybe.
>>77321464
I bet they'd use Blok.
>Talking trees are for losers. Talking rocks are where it's at!
>>77321503
>And the origin with the founders saving Brande isn't enough of a story on its own.
Hell, that's only like 5-8 minutes of opening scene.
>L.E.G.I.O.N. could maybe.
Gracious. Is the world at large ready for Vril Dox? Or Stealth?
>>77321685
Is anyone ever ready for Stealth?
LoSH is a thinly written soap opera/teen drama with very little in the way of compelling science fiction.
They'd be better advised to go with a Teen Titans movie, which has a wider fanbase in any case.
The (very) few arcs with emotional or dramatic weight to them are payoffs to long familiarity with the characters. And the only two Legionaires that anyone outside of comics would be familiar with (Superboy, Supergirl) are tied up with other works.
>>77321726
Nope. She's... an instance unto herself.
I doubt this would even cause any serious shitsorm online. if a L.E.G.I.O.N movie ever used the Stealth subplot, I full expect a collective "..... Huh." from viewers.
>>77321464
>You'd think after Guardians of the Galaxy made bank
Reminder that this was a thing.
>>77321807
If you're talking about a movie obviously you'd set it in MoS universe. Superboy/man wouldn't be tied up. You just have Imra do the memory thing after the adventure is over so he doesn't remember it.
>LoSH is a thinly written soap opera/teen drama with very little in the way of compelling science fiction.
There's not really that much drama actually. But it is about the characters interacting more than it is a lot of weird science stuff.
>>77299759
When was Nura ever fat?
>>77321845
Well if it happened on the big screen you'd see some people bitching about it being commentary that means women are only concerned with having babies, or something dumb like that. Alas.
>>77321932
She got chubby in 5YL
>>77321932
5YL
>>77304357
That's Monstress before she was orange.
>>77321869
>Superboy/man wouldn't be tied up. You just have Imra do the memory thing after the adventure is over
Reminder that Clark Kent in the MoS universe was a neurotic loner well into his 30's and not the inspiration for anything, let alone a Superboy.
Did you not see the film or were you just not paying attention to the plot? (can't blame you there)
>>77308487
Did they ever reveal what she looked like before she got her powers.
>>77322022
>not believing in story > continuity
Wew, they would just write him as if he was worthy of inspiring them. It doesn't matter.
I do think LoSH would work better as a TV show though. There you just hint at his existence like Supergirl and just don't show him. Not that big of a deal.
>>77322029
Yeah, Legion Lost showed a flashback. I don't have it saved though.
>>77322080
It'd fly if they would somehow work Batman into it.
>>77322129
>>77322185
>>77322129
Nah. Part of the appeal(for me at least), is the the Legion is for the most part self contained. Superboy connection aside, shoehorned crossovers happen far less often due to time travel requirements. They are allowed to be their own thing.
>>77322194
Are these archaeologists hacks or did the titan presidents actually exist?
>>77322274The joke is that they've found the remnants of the Batcave and they're misinterpreting what Batman's old shit is
>>77322274
The guy in the sunglasses is Matter-Eater Lad. He's a bit of a chucklefuck. There were no "titan presidents".
Now, the actual Saturnian moon of Titan I believe is ruled by a council of sorts.
>>77322204
Agreed, but also I wish we got to see more than just Superman and Flash (and sort of GL, and that one time Captain Marvel got one) legacies play out in the long term.
>>77322296
Wow.This makes it even funnier.
>>77322325
I feel you. We never do see what became of Themyscira or Atlantis a thousand years later for example. Weird.
RJ Brande in Reboot was heavily implied to be Martian Manhunter though.
>>77297257
Oh man.
I need more information on this snake lady.
I googled Princess Projectra but I'm not turning much up.
>>77322464
Princess Projectra was a human originally, when LOSH got rebooted she got rebooted into a giant snake with illusion powers and little robot arms
Reboot LOSH is the only place she shows up in I'm pretty sure
>>77322495
oh and I think they changed her name to Jeka, not Projectra
>>77322495
She might have been in Lo3W too, but I can't remember for sure.
>>77322464
Try "Sneckie", it's a fandom nickname.
>>77322495
>Reboot LOSH is the only place she shows up in I'm pretty sure
Yes, sadly. Sneckie is such an adorable sweetheart.
>>77322556
Damn I checked and it's the awful "evolved" version with the arms and not based Sneckie
Alas
>>77303834
The real reason is that they're very, very lame.
>>77322558
>Try "Sneckie", it's a fandom nickname.
Only image I found was this
>>77322603
no bully pls
>>77322662
We Ricken posting now?
>tfw Ricken will never do the art for a Legion ongoing
>>77322718
Why live?
>>77322718
>Ricken finally got to do a DC book
>it was Pfeifer/Lobdell era Titans
JUST
>>77322801
She did an issue of DCU presents with Arsenal, too
but yeah she'll never get to draw anything actually good ;_;
>>77322801
There's no justice in this world.
>>77322801
I bet she's gonna be the regular artist on the new Legion book.
Oh
I made myself, like, weirdly sad just now, because that'll never happen.
>>77323086
>tfw no LoSH ongoing currently
>tfw their last notable appearance was in Lemire's JLU
>tfw they didn't even show up on JL3K even though it was their time zone
>tfw it feels like DC has given up on the Legion
>>77323994
The problem is that DC is kind of troubled in general right now, the only news for ongoings that has come out are guaranteed sellers like the Johns Aquaman thing and JL/A crossover. The other DC news is just minis or OGNs. I don't know if they're decided what they're doing after DCYou yet. The digital line is also kind of being culled. Seems like an interesting time for decisions corporately/editorially.
Still holding out hope that the inevitable Supergirl relaunch involves the Legion, otherwise I don't know why the Superbooks haven't mentioned her at all.
>>77321807
Teen Titans is more of a trainwreck than Legion ever was.
>>77322029
What Legionnaire in hiding should kid Toyman on Supergirl turn out to be. Just not a founder or Brainy imo
>>77324543
Yeah, but it's still easier to adapt.
>>77324721
Now this is a good idea.
Lyle is the easy answer I guess. But any of them could pull off being smart by 21st century standards so scientific background isn't required I guess.
>>77324818
>many many teenagers in THE FUTURE!!! become superheroes in a time when superheroes aren't a thing anymore
Eh. It's a pretty simple concept, really.
>>77324818
Not necessarily, considering most of the characters have backgrounds of being other character's sidekicks.
>>77324818
you mean it's the one you like better
>>77321861
>Reminder that this was a thing.
They are making another one that's either a sequel or a reboot anon.
>>77324721
Lyle Norg because he's dorky enough or Bouncy Boy.
Too bad we can't story time the cartoon.
>>77324818
Not really. They would have to cover other crap from the other DCU considering that most of them are sidekicks to superheroes while with Legion they can just do a clean slate and maybe minor cameos or mentions with Superman.
You forgot the Superman vs Batman movie controversy didn't you?
If they did a movie, what would the plot be?
I'd want to see the Sun-Eater used.
>>77326379
Anything but Mordru or Retroboot being used. Anything.
>>77326884
Johns Retroboot wasn't bad. Honestly the Earth Man story in itself would work pretty well as a movie. It was a good re-introductory arc.
Just ignore all the Levitz.
>>77326884
Superman & The Legion of Super-Heroes would be the basis for the sequel.
>>77326957
>Johns Retroboot wasn't bad.
Lightning Saga kinda sucked, but let's blame that on Meltzer/Benes.
>Just ignore all the Levitz.
I maintain that the Legion Academy stuff was okay.
>>77327048
Honestly there's ok stuff in the pre-nu52 volume that's essentially a long story of the Redemption ofEarth Man
>>77326957
I don't have a problem with Retroboot just thatLyle is ded in Retroboot. I want to see Lyle doing dorky spy stuff and being part of the humor in the movie. I like Foccart but he ain't Norg.
>>77327048
>>77326959
I honestly just want to see anything with Legion as long as it's not >>77326884
>>77327124
>Correction. As long as it's anything in >>77326884
>>77327048
Actually I'll agree with you on both parts. I usually ignore Lightning Saga.
>>77327124
They can coexist imo, just whip up a resurrection story.
>>77326884
I'm sure they'd steer clear of magic in general.
>"Sci-Fi AND magic? Audiences will never buy it."
>>77327194
>They can coexist imo, just whip up a resurrection story.
I agree but for some reason Lyle Norg is the Sun boy of Original recipe and fans like to see him suffer/don't care for him. I like them both but for some reason writers don't make them coexist. One of them is either dead/dying and/or suffering.
>>77297095
>Legion has literally been storytimed daily for months
>Any love for the Legion around here
?
What would you do if you wrote the Legion?
Projectra using her powers to hide the fact that she's a giant snake alien seems obvious, but I'd be all over that.
And even after it's revealed, Karate Kid has a weird boner for her.
Lyle would secretly get his BFF Jacques onto the team with Invisible Parent Trap shenanigans.
Dumb fanfictiony ideas seem to really go hand-in-hand with the Legion.
More than the average comic, at any rate.
>>77327408
We love the Legion anon! I guess it goes back to what anon >>77304296 and the other anon saying how they think that it's too daunting/too many cast members so it scares people off.
>>77315959
Brainy 417 wasn't really an asshole
>>77327688
I call Morrison and get him to ghostwrite for me
>>77327761
>Brainy 417 wasn't really an asshole
That blue chick from Winick's Outsiders who turned out to be a Brainiac wasn't an asshole, either.
Just easily mind-controlled and into freaky sex stuff.
>>77327688
It's a bad idea to ask me to write the Legion.
>Projectra using her powers to hide the fact that she's a snake
>Karate Kid and her hook up, screw Xenophobia it's the 31 century
>Picture related
>OT3 founders drama that eventually ends up being OT3
>legion of substitute heroes with Polar boy being a sub Legionnaire when he has to on missions
>Legion of villains so Mekt is a bad guy again
>Gates/Brainy bromance
>CK is back and adds drama since he likes Lyle
>Jacques joins the Legion. Neither of them die
>Imra/Dreamy end up as leaders at one point
>Gim/Violet hook up
>Something with Mysa and Dawnstar
>What that one anon said about Brainy's mom being a reoccurring villian
>Dark circle drama
>Brainiac 1 takes over COMPUTO
>>77327688
>Ayla is a founder instead of Garth
>eventually revealed to be a lie
>shortly after the team was founded Garth went crazy and evil and became Lightning Lord, and Ayla was brought in to replace him and cover up the team's connection to a major super-villain
>only he's not evil, he's possessed by the lightning ghost or whatever of Mekt, who was "killed" by the lightning beast
>subs become official substitute Legionnaires and instructors at the academy; wacky adventures with the trainees ensue
>Ekron is an ancient god of destruction they manage to stop with the help of a pod of space whales Ultra Boy gets together
>the Legion is founded as a more heroic and awesome alternative to the still-existing L.E.G.I.O.N., which Brainy is initially a leader of
>>77328677
I really like the last two ideas the most.
>>77327255
That's a pretty garbage attitude, execs.
I'm taking the "read everything" approach, but since I care rarely get into Silver Age writing I'm kinda skimming for the most part.
I'm on Adventure #357.
>>77330446
That's how I did it anon. I should stop being lazy and re read Silver Age too but I don't feel like hunting down for downloads.
>>77330446
If you're more comfortable with Bronze Age writing, you can go with the Disco Legion starting in Superboy starring the Legion of Super-Heroes #197
>Looking for fanart
>found some really bad Threeboot pages
Oh lord I can't wait until we storytime that.
>>77323994
>didn't show up on JL3K
Not strictly true.
>>77334098
God damn it, I forgot about that.
Why are you so cruel, Giffen?
>>77326289
>we will never see seet robo-husbando brainy again
why live
>>77334827
dammit meant see cute
>>77334098
Seriously? That's just mean.
>>77334160
Both Levitz and Giffen these days seem a bit bitter at the series they helped define.
>>77334827
>>77335017wonder would I get banned for posting slightly lewd cartoon Brainy.
>>77335303
>at the series they helped define
Jim Shooter looking menacing.jpeg
>>77334098
>This is fine Jpg
>>77335861
doo it anon
>>77335967
He's in the same boat as them after his Threeboot run
>>77343449
It's been up for more than 24 hours, I say this thread has run its course.
>>77335861
be the hero we needor at least post them in aco
>>77344734
>aco
>implying
There's virtually no good Legion porn. That's what happens when your relatively obscure franchise has its fanbase mostly die out in the early 2000s.
>>77344760
i just want those cute robo brainy lewds dammit
I like Wildfire and Dawnstar. Haven't read anything Legion related, they were in Futures End or something and I like them.
>>77344816
Well you better learn how to draw, or convert a prominent artist into a Legion-fag, because you ain't getting those lewds otherwise.
>>77344829
Dawny is a pretty good waifu
>>77346861
She tends to get shat on though. Maybe it's because of her origins, or she's seen as one of the "lame" Legionnaires.
>>77349112
I don't know if it's the origin. I mean it's some weird space Indians shit but I feel like it doesn't get brought up a lot. Might just be from not being a silver age Legionnaire. I don't think the cartoon really used anyone post-Shooter, the Reboot Legion didn't introduce a character similar to her until almost the end, and Threeboot didn't last long enough to get to her either.
>>77322464
>>77322515
She wasn't called "Projectra" at all in Reboot continuity, she was "Sensor". She also later mutated into a naga-form, trading "cute" for "hot" in the process
http://www.comicvine.com/sensor/4005-9972/
>>77350438
That change was bad and dumb.
>>77350868
>changing Sneckie from a qt snake to an ansgty naga
Why?
>>77297095
What are some good LSH fanfics?
