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I know I normally don't do comic reviews, but I decided to make this a
monthly thing to go along with the other articles I do. I know my editor is
going to love someone doing a monthly review of the new Legion of
Super-Heroes comic for her magazine.
Anyway, I came to this comic by sheer curiosity. You see, our editor is a
big Legion of Superheroes fan and when she found out that DC Comics was
coming out with a new version of the Legion she nearly went bonkers. There
was a black and white preview of the comic at Wizard World Texas in the DC
booth and she must have read it five times while she was there. I, not
wanting to be spoiled, stayed away from it and waited the month plus for it
to come out in color. My editor would go on and on about the Legion during
our on-line chats so I decided to see what all the hub-bub was about. I,
knowing nothing about the Legion, decided to go ahead and buy issue #1 and
see what it was all about.
I was blown away.
I have been out of comics for nearly a decade, and was expecting something
interesting and well done since this is DC Comics and they have been doing
comics for well over 60 years. First, let me compliment Barry Kitson for
doing some of the best art I have seen in a comic in the past ten years.
Every Legion member has a distinct look, and that is something some of the
more modern artists have yet to master. Just for jollies, I picked up an
X-Force issue that was on my bedroom floor (I think it was #3) and there was
one panel in there that had all the members of the X-Force lined up and they
looked like they had come from the same exact genetic cookie cutter. They
looked the same in head and face right down to slight wave in their hair and
dour look on their face. The Legion looks nothing like this.
Mark Waid must be complimented as well for his masterful writing of
teenagers. The Legion is made entirely of teenagers from all over the
universe, and mister Waid must tap into his inner teenager to write about
the Legion. The Legion is filled with teenagers that say, "Screw the system
and the adults. We're teenagers and we have super powers, and we are going
to use them." They say this while being in a so-called 31st Century utopia.
Waid also writes the 31st Century utopia where technology has taken over so
people communicate via technology rather than face to face. The people of
the future are so used to it, that there are two of the exact same
conversations going on in one room at the same time.
Overall, the Legion of Super-Heroes should be on your pull list every month
because of the work of these two men alone. Plus it is just a good read
month after month.
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