tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post1437961400310486455..comments2024-03-28T17:36:06.132-04:00Comments on The Legion of Super Bloggers! : Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) #38MetropolisKid41http://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-8102893520376032262020-09-07T17:24:19.303-04:002020-09-07T17:24:19.303-04:00That’s really helpful to know, Myk-El. I’m reading...That’s really helpful to know, Myk-El. I’m reading these stories and I’m unable to figure out why the Trapper wants to kill the Legion when they’re already likely dead at “the end of time.” Also, he’s “entropy incarnate.” Why does he care about the Legion at all. And if he did, then just kill their parents and there would be no Legion. Creating a pocket universe and their inspiration/best super-pal seems like a roundabout way to destroy one’s enemies. This was just a Crisis caused mess that needed to be cleaned up like the endless Donna Troy fixes.Coolroberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11991432225184340732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-59438232015087076432019-09-04T22:48:50.240-04:002019-09-04T22:48:50.240-04:00Indeed a touching story. I liked the panels where...Indeed a touching story. I liked the panels where some Legionnaires say what Superboy meant to them. Mon-El saying the he treated him like a brother (well, except for banishing him to the Phantom Zone for a thousand years).emsley wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905667921221387365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-64213754139518283272016-09-17T00:18:54.783-04:002016-09-17T00:18:54.783-04:00This mini series should be part of new Superman se...This mini series should be part of new Superman sequel...It would be awesome expanding of DC Universe.PShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14950427756037389159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-25377177073118437312015-10-20T11:07:47.867-04:002015-10-20T11:07:47.867-04:00Nope - or I would have read it by now.Nope - or I would have read it by now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-2824901492707861362015-10-18T22:53:06.026-04:002015-10-18T22:53:06.026-04:00IIRC in issue # 4 of the 5YL series, the Time Trap...IIRC in issue # 4 of the 5YL series, the Time Trapper explains that he manipulated events to create the Legion so that the team could prevent Mordru from fulfilling his destiny of ruling the universe. Part of that scheme included the creation of the Pocket Universe Superboy as the team's inspiration. The Trapper's battles with the Legion were a ruse to keep Mordru from suspecting anything. Now, I'm not sure whether this was Levitz' original idea or just something Giffen made up on his own Either way, though, it makes for a very compelling story.Myk-Elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634990475032451286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-65286446391402010522015-10-17T14:12:22.001-04:002015-10-17T14:12:22.001-04:00Yes, that panel as well as the panel with Lana and...Yes, that panel as well as the panel with Lana and Pete, and later the page with Mon-El are all very well done. But yes, Mon should have had an even bigger role in this story, as Superboy and the Kents really were his foster family, AND if you think about it, he alone watched the Pocket Universe grow for 1,000 years so he *really* knows what we're losing. This time paradox should have really played with his head...oh, wait, I guess it did. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03712278452970289276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-67257272181407135082015-10-17T14:09:05.332-04:002015-10-17T14:09:05.332-04:00As badly as it was done, it still makes me teary-e...As badly as it was done, it still makes me teary-eyed to re-read it. You did eventually get a copy, right? ;-) Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03712278452970289276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-87857730556649840942015-10-15T18:54:45.721-04:002015-10-15T18:54:45.721-04:00Thank you.
I never got a chance to read this issu...Thank you.<br /><br />I never got a chance to read this issue. I subscribed at the time and the screwball at the comic store missed this one on my pull list. By the time I got to the store they were sold out, as were the other 3 comic shops in town. Though I prefer my legion without kryptonians present, it's not the same if you try to wash out the influence entirely. The flaws pointed out were entirely valid, but it still would have been nice to get a look when it came out. (That's why I HAVE a pull list you idiots!)Beau Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-49344059353123326932015-10-14T14:09:29.012-04:002015-10-14T14:09:29.012-04:00The panel reproduced above with Ma and Pa is prett...The panel reproduced above with Ma and Pa is pretty darn heartbreaking too. "Don't cry Ma, he might hear us" It's like they know their son is going to die saving the world but they don't want him to worry about them on top of everything else. <br /><br />For all the flaws in the story, moments like this just make Byrne's later massacre of the pocket universe even worse.<br /><br />Way too many weird/bad art choices: Like why is Mon-El holding Ultra-Boy back instead of the other way around? I know Jo spent a brief time in the 20th century too but still. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134862258728096913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-88813332094887362012015-10-13T20:36:51.533-04:002015-10-13T20:36:51.533-04:00Yes, I remember the story you are referencing, Sup...Yes, I remember the story you are referencing, Superboy and Karate Kid for sure died...I think of the Time Trapper as one of those great villains that writers just didn't know what to do with. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03712278452970289276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-25990645153249165202015-10-13T14:54:07.097-04:002015-10-13T14:54:07.097-04:00I'm pretty sure that the Time Trapper's re...I'm pretty sure that the Time Trapper's reason for doing all this was to prevent the Legion from getting into contact with the actual 20th century. Why he wanted to do that is another question, but fooling them into thinking they'd already done it makes Brainiac 5 stop trying to do it.<br /><br />Why was that important? Who knows, the Trappers motives are always inscrutable. There was one story where he tried to kill five specific legionairres because they would, in the future, be critical to his defeat, but nobody ever followed that up, which was a bit of a shame. (I think that most of them actually did end up dying, so there could have been a real story there if anyone had bothered...)Jeff R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358424612424285729noreply@blogger.com