tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post4286242835783227749..comments2024-03-28T17:36:06.132-04:00Comments on The Legion of Super Bloggers! : TOS: Adventure Comics #355 MetropolisKid41http://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-67907583953869461092018-09-05T10:20:33.114-04:002018-09-05T10:20:33.114-04:00One possible source of the Legion's coolness t...One possible source of the Legion's coolness toward Lana may trace way back to Adventure 282 where she "blackmailed" Star Boy into dating her to make Superboy jealous.emsley wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905667921221387365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-39419794324912525492018-09-04T20:33:13.371-04:002018-09-04T20:33:13.371-04:00True about Lana being overlooked. But, by that poi...True about Lana being overlooked. But, by that point, the feature was more "Legion" and less "Superboy", so Lana's involvement was diminished. Pete Ross' featuring in the Pocket Universe story simply made sense narratively, as the crisis (pun intended) needed someone who knew Clark's secret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-58287565052998363742018-09-04T17:11:49.178-04:002018-09-04T17:11:49.178-04:00But remember they all but ignored her during their...But remember they all but ignored her during their time in Smallville during the Reflecto and Pocket Universe stories.Russell Burbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756652514507714383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-4679100461829502352018-09-04T12:31:54.921-04:002018-09-04T12:31:54.921-04:00They really DID like Pete. Don't forget that o...They really DID like Pete. Don't forget that one issue had Ultra Boy going into the past to hang out with him on his birthday. Perhaps Lana's status was "upgraded" off screen after her actions in the Mordru two-parter perhaps not. I mean, they ARE teenagers and can occasionally be real jerks.emsley wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905667921221387365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-19243155223425100432018-09-04T11:18:52.421-04:002018-09-04T11:18:52.421-04:00So you're saying that they didn't like Lan...So you're saying that they didn't like Lana or Kid Psycho, or only sorta liked them, but they really, really liked Jimmy and Peter. To coin a phrase: even to guy like me, that's COLD. lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-47577691299108068182018-09-04T10:37:24.519-04:002018-09-04T10:37:24.519-04:00Wow. A lot here to comment on. First off, I neve...Wow. A lot here to comment on. First off, I never noticed before that the old "Rocket Accident" clubhouse is featured on the cover. Kind of a surprise given that elaborate complex that we were shown last issue. Maybe it's been restored as a nostalgia item or something.<br /><br />I rather liked the LSH/LSV pairings: the master of sound vs the master of magnetism, etc. Luthor and Mxy in their armor suits kind of reminded me of Sir Prise and Miss Terious, but that's OK. It may be a year for us but it's a lot longer for the Legion.<br /><br />I wasn't surprised that Lana walked away from finding out Superboy's secret identity. She wants to solve it herself, not have the answer handed to her.<br /><br />There's been a lot of discussion, particularly with reference to the voting in "The Legionnaire who killed, on the subject of "Honorary member" vs. "Reservists". I think that, rather than being two distinct categories, they're classes within a single category. All honorary members are reservists, but not all reservists are honorary members. But it's all kind of arbitrary, like the rules of any club. If they really like you they give you the honorary membership. If not, you're in the reserves, pal.emsley wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905667921221387365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-71280611792146872632018-09-04T08:49:26.476-04:002018-09-04T08:49:26.476-04:00To say that the Adult Legion story is a "let-...To say that the Adult Legion story is a "let-down" is an understatement. This Legion makes a pretty poor showing of itself overall. They have a mysterious intruder invading and vandalizing their HQ at will, yet when help arrives in the form of Superman (who they called in), they show no sense of urgency as they play catch-up with Kal. As for battle prowess, these people have their butts handed to them constantly, from a single intruder twice and by their long-standing rivals. And, each time they need to be rescued by outsiders. Maybe Levitz's decision to make this an alternate world was for the best; I wouldn't want to see the "real" Legion end up like that. <br /><br />Now, some stray thoughts on the Insect Queen story (one of my favorites):<br /><br />I agree that Lana's suddenly turning away was uncharacteristic, but maybe this was a turning point for her. I don't know what Lana's relationship with Clark/Superboy was at this point over in his own mag, but this could have been the point when she was FINALLY growing up and putting aside her ingénue busybody ways. From this point on, at least in Legion stories, Lana is less a Lois Lane clone and more a friend/girlfriend to Clark/Superboy.<br /><br />Anyone know who the other rejects were who Lana had to sit with?<br /><br />I never knew that the Bio-Ring could make Lana as small as the insect she was mimicking. Before, she was always a human-sized hybrid. But, hey.... comics.<br /><br />On the subject of flight rings: why didn't Violet simply FLY AWAY from the fly-trap? She's shown flying on the previous page. And it's a "Venis" fly-trap, which explains why it has a face.<br /><br />I like how the point that a Legionnaire's powers must be natural is driven home, not just by Lana's losing her ring, but that the villain was defeated by the team's resident metamorph, Chameleon Boy. Yeah, I also dig the winged octopus. <br /><br />Russell, maybe Shrinking Violet WAS helping to look for the ring, just in her tiny form so she could look for it in small cracks or crevices in the ground, so you can't see her.<br /><br />Are honorary Legionnaires the same as Legion Reservists, or is that a separate designation? When Jimmy Olsen was inducted as an honorary, he claimed he couldn't be because he had no powers, but his Elastic Lad abilities were accepted as qualification. But Pete Ross was also an honorary, yet he had no powers, unless you count super-integrity as such. But, are they to be considered Reservists? I mean, Jimmy has fought alongside the team on occasion and Pete has aided the group several times (unlike, say, Kid Psycho, who only showed up for Legion ceremonies before being killed off). Shouldn't their status be Reservists as well? <br /><br />"The Six-Legged Legionnaire" was also reprinted in the 1977 "Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes" paperback published by Tempo.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com