tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post8461860231327038847..comments2024-03-27T22:03:05.230-04:00Comments on The Legion of Super Bloggers! : Action Comics # 858MetropolisKid41http://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-75936178537223151402016-11-29T16:55:12.025-05:002016-11-29T16:55:12.025-05:00How about the return of Absorbancy Boy, Tusker, Go...How about the return of Absorbancy Boy, Tusker, Golden Boy, Storm Boy and Eye Full Ethel !<br /><br />I hadn't seen most of them since the 1960's or 1970's .<br /><br />A great concept !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-15667236109609269312016-11-29T16:51:06.729-05:002016-11-29T16:51:06.729-05:00I really liked the storyline but like you just hat...I really liked the storyline but like you just hated Franks artwork !<br /><br />I'd have enjoyed this story more with Alan Davis and Mark Farmer doing the art or quite "Frankly" just about anyone else !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-25870816678812366842016-03-23T03:18:01.483-04:002016-03-23T03:18:01.483-04:00Gary Frank really overdid the whole tracing style ...Gary Frank really overdid the whole tracing style of art. It isn't just the faces, it's also some of the body poses. And is it just me, or is he going overboard trying to make Superman look like Christopher Reeve? <br /><br />"And while it was nice to get the Retroboot Legion"<br /><br />Yes and no...it isn't exactly the pre-Crisis Legion, more like the Johnsverse Legion, sort of. wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-78880271779106362602016-03-21T13:31:32.761-04:002016-03-21T13:31:32.761-04:00Emaciated serial killers... so true! Especially wh...Emaciated serial killers... so true! Especially when somebody tries smiling. RicGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15402490648983811985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-1444000028925784112016-03-21T12:26:42.883-04:002016-03-21T12:26:42.883-04:00Oh my God, Frank's art nearly killed this whol...Oh my God, Frank's art nearly killed this whole story for me. Everyone looks like emaciated serial killers or something. And those costume redesigns! While a few were good, most were definitely not and yet we got stuck with them for the next however many years.<br /><br />And while it was nice to get the Retroboot Legion, the story had too many of Johns' awful writing tics for me to enjoy it 100%.Patrick Wynnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-34916271586998958372016-03-21T09:35:45.491-04:002016-03-21T09:35:45.491-04:00Having somehow missed the Lightning Saga storyline...Having somehow missed the Lightning Saga storyline, this issue was my first intro to the Retroboot Legion. I must say, that I literally cheered to see Colossial Boy, Dawnstar and Wildfire. The original Legion was back, though something had changed too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com