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Title: Legion of Super Heroes: The Beginning of Tomorrow by Mark Waid, Tom McCraw, Tom Peyer ISBN: 1-56389-515-3 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: yes, I think it is worth reading
Comment: I started reading the Legion books back in the 70's and in my mind this period will always be the definitive, but having just recovered my fan status I decided to buy this book and see what the actual Legion is all about. At first I thought it was kind of childish (I'm in my late 30's) but I have to admit it has grown on me. I bought some of the 90's pre-boot Legion books and found a little dificult to follow the stories, so I understand why the re-booting. At first I thought it looked kind of cartoonish, but I started to enjoy more and more as I read the stories, in fact, I did so much that I have bought all the post-boot issues and now I'm a fan of this period. I like some of the new names (I think it was a little silly all the "boy" "girl" "lad" "lass" names) like Spark, Umbra, Sensor, etc. I still have in my mind the 70's Legion as the definitive one but if You want to have some fun and laughs (characters are far more expresive) with a good comic, don't dismiss the actual Legion.
Rating: 4
Summary: Your Mileage May Vary...
Comment: Granted - this book is not for everyone. The Legion Of Super-Heroes started out as a gimmick in the original (i.e. 50's/60's) Superboy and attained such popularity that it eventually kicked Superboy out of his own comic (twice)! Since those simpler (sigh!) times, the tales of teen-aged heroes from many exotic worlds with unique powers protecting a future United Planets has undergone many changes to keep in step with the zeitgeist. This book reprints the early stories of the latest Legion re-boot (i.e. all the stories before just didn't happen) and relaunch of the title. The difference between this change of editorial direction and previous incarnations was that the writer(s) made an attempt to rid the title of some of its darker elements and heavy tone that had invaded the title. The thought appeared to be to make the stories more light-hearted; to try to capture the youthfulness of a group of teens. Now, I'm far removed from teenagerdom, but it did strike me as successful (at least at first). I'm still fonder of the earliest version of this idea, but I'm willing to accept this as a decent if slightly underwhelming attempt to recapture the magic that was the Legion of Super-Heroes!
Rating: 1
Summary: A shameful end to an once great book
Comment: It is simply for continuity sake that this awful lot was released in paperback. One of the weakest stories in one of the weakest eras of the LSH, the authors manage to ruin the whole 30-year history for "continuity sake". Not deciding if the book should aim more mature readers (as Keith Giffen did) or infants (as Tom McCraw and Tom Peyer did), this story put an end to the first LSH saga. After this one, the book was started from scratch and any one over 13 should skip what the Legion has become. In fact, unless you do not understand what is going on currently with the book is that you may grab it. Go grab any of the Archives or better, buy older issues of the Legion of Super Heroes (before 95). You'll be pleased.
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Title: Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga by Paul Levitz, Richard Bruning ISBN: 0930289439 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Legion Of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 12 by Shooter/Bates ISBN: 1563899612 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman, George Perez ISBN: 1563897504 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (Vol. 6) by DC Comics ISBN: 1563892774 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 14 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Ultimate X-Men: Return of the King (Ultimate X-Men) by Mark Millar, David Finch, Adam Kubert ISBN: 0785110917 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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