tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post1638572974138654329..comments2024-03-28T17:36:06.132-04:00Comments on The Legion of Super Bloggers! : TOS: Adventure Comics #356MetropolisKid41http://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-19133978335074027422018-09-15T16:33:01.145-04:002018-09-15T16:33:01.145-04:00I find it weird that Brainiac 5 says he's from...I find it weird that Brainiac 5 says he's from the planet "Yod." Was "Colu" not identified as such yet? The other planets are all accurate.Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110849730431679786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-70877233381730815152018-09-11T15:15:37.311-04:002018-09-11T15:15:37.311-04:00I had read on the defunct Studio Sanning website t...I had read on the defunct Studio Sanning website that the author was E. Nelson Bridwell. I don't know their source of information.<br /> Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184950390585208722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-90452116930619578092018-09-11T13:41:31.965-04:002018-09-11T13:41:31.965-04:00This marks the third time that Legionnaires have b...This marks the third time that Legionnaires have been infantilized. Dream Girl did it back in Adventure 317 to Lightning Lad, Bouncing Boy, Shrinking Violet, and Ultra Boy. In Adventure 338, it was Glorith doing the babification trick to Element Lad, Chameleon Boy, Light Lass, Matter-Eater Lad, Invisible Kid, Saturn Girl, and Ultra Boy (again). This time it's Element Lad (again), Superboy, Mon-El, Brainiac 5, and Dream Girl (getting a little payback). <br /><br />One thing to come out of this story is Brainiac 5's revelation that the bottle city of Kandor would eventually be restored to full size.emsley wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905667921221387365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-36733328475357438552018-09-11T09:08:55.511-04:002018-09-11T09:08:55.511-04:00There is, literally, a fatal flaw with the Baskhia...There is, literally, a fatal flaw with the Baskhian's plan. Consider: their planet's environment has become toxic to all offspring. Even having other babies is impossible due to the poisoned atmosphere. That means that the Baskh population will eventually die out and become extinct (since, as far as they know, the planetary condition is permanent). Yet they far less concerned about that as they are mourning the loss of their children. And what if they continued with gathering orphans from other worlds, youthening them, and repopulating their world in that manner? The original Baskh people would still be extinct, with a mixed-race multi-generational population replacing them. Didn't really think this through, did they?<br /><br />(I'm guessing planetary relocation was unfeasible, due to a large adult population in the billions, or an unwillingness to relocate.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-9167608845028454142018-09-11T08:39:55.800-04:002018-09-11T08:39:55.800-04:00There's a moment in this story that has always...There's a moment in this story that has always irked me. When the five Legion orphans are having sandwiches ands moping, Dream Girl tries to help by mentioning that they still have relatives. But then, she says "but Element Lad is the last member of his race, Mon-El."<br /><br />Now think about that for a moment. Dreamy just casually blurts out that Element Lad's entire race was wiped out, AND HE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE !! How insensitive can you get?!? And look at Jan's face as she's talking - the perfect mixture of stifled anger and pain. (Kudos to Swan for portraying that.) Plus, why is she saying this to Mon-El? He already knows all about it.<br /><br />Okay, I understand that this was simply to explain why Element Lad was part of this group, but I still believe it could've been presented better than that. Personally, I think this beats out Brainy's "pleasant surprise/child-death plague" remark for tactlessness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com