tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post1113929580855913920..comments2023-10-05T10:13:55.217-05:00Comments on The Legion Omnicom: Annotated "Legion of Three Worlds" #5Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15001530336692435773noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-13157553304207375012020-09-14T10:39:56.061-05:002020-09-14T10:39:56.061-05:00On the first page that Polar Boy panel is the Who&...On the first page that Polar Boy panel is the Who's Who entry I believe. I know that was from ten years ago, but if you care haAdam Crouchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389592171425449105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-27254659411405371182009-08-11T02:10:11.873-05:002009-08-11T02:10:11.873-05:00A Mac? No, not with a distinct CPU tower.A Mac? No, not with a <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TEoH2Eg8LgA/Snfk0Ws3uuI/AAAAAAAABqg/GTXMfaejO2A/s1600-h/mot05.jpg" rel="nofollow">distinct CPU tower</a>.MaGnUshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351888054411049033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-38360202116352710752009-08-11T02:05:42.170-05:002009-08-11T02:05:42.170-05:00On page 3, the "Green Lantern Corps" are...On page 3, the "Green Lantern Corps" are all green and glowing, so definitely ring constructs. <br /><br />On page 10, the only one I know with a silver hand with no fingers like that is Rom: Spaceknight. Doubtful! The legs and green body suit at the top of column 2 is a late 1960s Shrinking Violet; you can tell by the scale, since she's small but in front of Power Boy. In column 3, that is L1 Ferro Lad; L2 has bumps on his faceplate. And in column 4, that's the SW6 Inferno; L2 Inferno is female.<br /><br />On page 15, panel 5, you like totally missed Comet Queen.<br /><br />Page 20: Lori and Jerri, vs. Laurie and Jerry? Two typos, or a clue that this ain't quite the right Earth?<br /><br />Page 22, panel 13: that's Legion HQ being rebuilt.<br /><br />Page 25, panel 2: between L3 Val and Lu being here and Duplicate Damsel's comment about her other self dying, please put a stake through the heart of the idea that it was the L3 KK/DD who died in Countdown!<br /><br />Page 32: at least Prime has the wherewithal to use a Mac!Jim Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987446462436563788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-91883958655311017642009-08-08T02:20:38.369-05:002009-08-08T02:20:38.369-05:00Just checked, and her name is indeed Laurie, not L...Just checked, and her name is indeed <a href="http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Laurie_Lemmon" rel="nofollow">Laurie</a>, not Lori. On issue five they also call Shikari "Shakari". Check my next column at <a href="http://thedissector.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Dissector</a>. :)MaGnUshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351888054411049033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-58700590352532719002009-08-07T22:48:24.495-05:002009-08-07T22:48:24.495-05:00Well, I typed "Issue 4" but I meant to t...Well, I typed "Issue 4" but I meant to type "Issue 5" -- heck, maybe I'm from an alternative universe also! :-) ::lol::<br /><br />But I definitely mean to type "Issue 5".<br /><br />BooxGACNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721317665347150211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-22689355828851476862009-08-07T21:50:28.951-05:002009-08-07T21:50:28.951-05:00Boox: I didn't notice that, I'll check it ...Boox: I didn't notice that, I'll check it and note it in my column, with props to you.MaGnUshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351888054411049033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-36348827195337231782009-08-07T15:42:12.016-05:002009-08-07T15:42:12.016-05:00Hi. I found your site by accident a short while af...Hi. I found your site by accident a short while after Issue 5 came out, and I have a few thoughts that have been mulling over in my head.<br /><br />Do you think that the Superboy-Prime we are left with at the end of the series is the one who started it off?<br /><br />Something I noticed about Prime's girlfriend -- In issue 3 he called her "Laurie" (Superman called her Laurie also), but by issue 4 he is calling her "Lori", not "Laurie", "Lori". <br /><br />It may just be an innocent lettering mistake, but you never know with these parallel universes.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Boox909<br />Usually found on the Golden Age Comics Download site.GACNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721317665347150211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-86367236349792465882009-08-06T23:56:24.592-05:002009-08-06T23:56:24.592-05:00Scott Koblish has posted a piece of George Pérez&#...Scott Koblish has <a href="http://koblish.blogspot.com/2009/07/back-from-con.html" rel="nofollow">posted</a> a piece of George Pérez's original drawing. It shows the three Legionnaires (making the total 102) obscured by the decorative caption on the pgs. 10-11 spread (left to right):<br /><br />Nightwind, Kid Quantum I (labeled as "Quantum Kid"), and Dawnstar (labeled as "Just Before Zero Hour") ... thus <i>without her wings.</i><br /><br />You can guess that this last character's being hidden didn't really bother <i>me</i> very much. {rueful smile}Greybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08354419872076408284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-38804317760502363732009-07-31T01:09:25.229-05:002009-07-31T01:09:25.229-05:00On Earth-1: See TRINITY #52. The new Earth-1 is ba...On Earth-1: See TRINITY #52. The new Earth-1 is basically the same as the old Earth-One.WhiteDwarfStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429495994674889025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-58668089163710106562009-07-28T02:58:12.757-05:002009-07-28T02:58:12.757-05:00Since DC has been completely mum on identifying th...Since DC has been completely mum on identifying the post-52 Earth-1, is it possible that the pre-Crisis Earth-Prime is the recreated post-52 Earth-1?<br /><br />Just trying to avoid 52+New Earth+Anti-Matter Earth+Earth-Prime.<br /><br />Note Brainy's hair in FC #6 is a LITTLE bit shorter.<br /><br />Anyone else think the art on pages 25-29 seemed rushed?<br /><br />And I agree with Jonathan Miller, and Tenz, excellent ID on Torquemeda.Crappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219135587690011937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-10568774643800678612009-07-27T19:16:28.489-05:002009-07-27T19:16:28.489-05:00@ Jonathan Miller: I think that's EXACTLY what...@ Jonathan Miller: I think that's EXACTLY what Brainy had planned. He knows that S-Prime was mentally unstable and the incusion of those three (Conner, Bart, Sodam) would be enough to throw him off his game.Mike A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18130804182413754566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-80685108478944662442009-07-26T19:53:08.997-05:002009-07-26T19:53:08.997-05:00Great job, man!
I wish one of the alternate Quisl...Great job, man!<br /><br />I wish one of the alternate Quislets had spoken, but I'm glad we saw him... and Geoff Johns told me personally that he has plans for Quislet!!!<br /><br />Oh, I didn't notice it was Mygg instead of Myg... and they call "Shikari" "Shakari".MaGnUshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351888054411049033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-88003360176195019372009-07-25T16:05:48.752-05:002009-07-25T16:05:48.752-05:00Great, GREAT work, Michael!
I have only two rheto...Great, GREAT work, Michael!<br /><br />I have only two rhetorical questions left:<br /><br />Why didn't Ferro stay on New Earth since he comes from the same continuity that XS did?<br /><br />And why did Superboy's Earth-Prime return intact when Power Girl's Earth-2 did not?jefhamlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136638607172622104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-47976438454401544172009-07-25T05:02:36.832-05:002009-07-25T05:02:36.832-05:00Oh, one more thing:
"L2 Dragonmage (new cost...Oh, one more thing:<br /><br />"L2 Dragonmage (new costume?)"<br /><br />That costume actually looks like the costume the L1 Dragonmage who was in the SW6 Legion wore.Tenzel Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700095767891130437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-58994428803882522202009-07-25T04:50:44.793-05:002009-07-25T04:50:44.793-05:00A few characters that are not named earlier in the...A few characters that are not named earlier in the annotation for issue five show up on page 25:<br /><br />In panel 1 we see L3 Phantom Girl and L3 Shadow Girl<br /><br />In panel 2 we see L3 Princess ProjectraTenzel Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700095767891130437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-73649855109494703792009-07-24T20:09:33.440-05:002009-07-24T20:09:33.440-05:00Was Superboy-Prime really powerless at the end of ...Was Superboy-Prime really powerless at the end of the story? I thought his eyes glowing red implied he was still powerful (in some fashion), and his threat "Remember what I did to Lori?" indicated his parents were powerless against him (as would be the police).Asteroid Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-50687053364005742252009-07-24T18:52:33.293-05:002009-07-24T18:52:33.293-05:00Page 16, panel 6: That's Telepath of L.E.G.I.O...Page 16, panel 6: That's Telepath of L.E.G.I.O.N., not Evolvo Lad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-85384800490859135202009-07-24T17:02:58.750-05:002009-07-24T17:02:58.750-05:00"If memory serves, the "unknown gold con..."If memory serves, the "unknown gold container" next to Mon-Elis a version of Computo, from the Polar Boy as leader/new chunky costumes/pre-Magic War v1 era."<br /><br />Personally I think it looks extremely much like a miscolored "Unknown" from the Legion Academy.<br /><br />As for the unidentified character along with GL Alan Scott and Raven at the end that would be the Green Lantern magic named Torquemeda (who was seen along with Alan Scott in the Origins and Omens story in Green Lantern Corps I belive)<br /><br />Also as for Valor, based on the costume he is wearing I think he should actually be named M'Onel (the name he took for himself) as he appears in this issue.Tenzel Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700095767891130437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-34286254523076495802009-07-24T15:32:28.601-05:002009-07-24T15:32:28.601-05:00Bart and Conner freaked S-P out and threw him off ...Bart and Conner freaked S-P out and threw him off balance? That'd be my guess as to Brainy's thinking. Additionally, Brainy knew that Bart, Conner and Sodam Yat had all been instrumental in S-P's defeats in the past; note that he specifically brings those three together again.<br /><br />Just a guess, though.Jonathan Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-41333929796477389842009-07-24T14:09:37.083-05:002009-07-24T14:09:37.083-05:00Darnit! Bryan-Mitchell raised a really good point ...Darnit! Bryan-Mitchell raised a really good point about the plot of the series: Given the way the SBP story resolved, did they really need Bart and Conner at all? I guess Conner at least helped reveal the nature of the Trapper by scarring his chest, but couldn't one of the Mon-El's have done that instead? And what did Bart contribute? <br /><br />In other words, I don't see how Bart and Conner contributed to Brainy's plans if all that was needed was to get enough firepower from all the remaining LSH's to knock TT out long enough to bring him into contact with SBP.<br /><br />Interesting. It seems that their presence here really was more about the rest of the DCU than about what was needed to resolve the SBP storyline here. <br /><br />Or am I missing something?brainypiratehttp://profiles.yahoo.com/brainypiratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-53236828399342191512009-07-24T11:41:10.740-05:002009-07-24T11:41:10.740-05:00Cassie is the new Wonder Girl. Donna is still Donn...Cassie is the new Wonder Girl. Donna is still Donna.<br /><br />Donna hasn't been Wonder Girl since 1989 when she changed her name to Troia. Cassie Sandsmark picked up the mantle, she's been a member of Young Justice and the Teen Titans.<br /><br />Here's a whole <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Girl" rel="nofollow">Wonder Girl history</a>.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001530336692435773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-46320315875674170832009-07-24T11:30:41.367-05:002009-07-24T11:30:41.367-05:00"Wonder Girl's real name is Cassie Sandsm..."Wonder Girl's real name is Cassie Sandsmark."<br /><br />Not Donna Troy? OK, I'm out of touch.<br /><br />But then who is the blond girl that Supergirl addresses as "Cassie" on page 28 and that Superboy is embracing on page 29? Is that Wonder Girl? Then who is the brunette that looks like Donna Troy on those pages?<br /><br />Thanks and sorry for the confusion.Jim Davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-24454283846276456492009-07-24T11:03:50.909-05:002009-07-24T11:03:50.909-05:00Amazing annotations as always, Michael! Just a few...Amazing annotations as always, Michael! Just a few additions/observations:<br /><br />Page 2<br />• Panel 1: L1 Atmos is shown in the cosmic rift next to the Time Trapper's boot. Dagon the Avenger (v1) is shown in the one next to Superman.<br /><br />Page 6<br />• Panel 3: I think Terrus' insect make-up is a result of Mysa's magic. I seem to remember her doing something like that back in the Giffen era.<br />• Panel 5: I don't think the implication is that the LSV has been brought back to life (fast forward to Imra's concern that they've broken the Legion code after the Primes punch each other out of reality). The Legions had simply beaten them into submission, with Mordru's magics reviving their strength.<br />• Panel 6: that's definitely L3 Timber Wolf getting blasted.<br /><br />Pages 10-11: (apologies if others have noted some of these already)<br />• The "unknown blue pants" are definitely the blue skin & boots of L1 Shadow Kid.<br />• The "unknown fire guy" is absolutely L1 Fire Lad in his Giffen-era Subs uniform (all the rest of the Subs are shown here in their costumes from the Subs Special as well). <br />• Celeste's Green Lantern-powered codename is Neon.<br />• That sure looks like Comet Queen's flight path to me. Starshine!<br />• I'm going to assume that the black cape seen at the bottom left behind the ""unknown silver hand" and v4 Laurel Gand belongs to a member of the Mallor family (possibly even Lyrissa or Lydea from L.E.G.I.O.N.). Does that make 103?<br />• If memory serves, the "unknown gold container" next to Mon-Elis a version of Computo, from the Polar Boy as leader/new chunky costumes/pre-Magic War v1 era.<br />• I agree that it's L1 Magnetic Kid over Kent Shakespeare rather than another L1 Cosmic Boy (it would make sense as all 4 of the other "new recruits" are shown in this spread too). <br />• I also agree that's L1 Ferro Lad rather than L2 Ferro (the other L1 dead Legionnaires are also all here).<br />• Where's Mentalla? Where's Lamprey? Where's Nightwind? Where's Antenna Lad? Where's Double-Header? Where are the modern-era Subs (especially Rainbow Girl)?<br /><br />Page 14<br />• Panel 3: the "unknown glowing girl" is Beauty Blaze and I'm pretty sure that's Ol-Vir in the purple (with mis-colored hair) instead of Tusker (who looks much more stocky/brutish now than he did in v1.)<br /><br />Page 15<br />• Panel 5: the "unknown" next to Blok is some version of Shadow Lass.<br />• Panel 6: the "unknown woman" is Kinetix in her original costume (note the green blast)<br /><br />Page 25:<br />• Panel 2: who's that with the long white hair and cape with his/her back to us on the L2 Legion's treadmill? Also, who's that kneeling helping Gear?<br /><br />Page 29:<br />• Panel 7: what horrible deed has Prime done to Lori that he's also threatening to do to his parents?Shadow Kidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-52162844589622474502009-07-24T10:58:27.825-05:002009-07-24T10:58:27.825-05:00I disliked it a great deal. There were good bits l...I disliked it a great deal. There were good bits like getting a one panel revival of the TMK era and Superboy-Prime hating his future self. But there were more bad than good. Tons of non-sensical retcons. The storyline going from trying to redeem Superboy to pretty much just a big fight. Why would the Legion bother to revive Connor and Bart? What role did they play in the story? For that matter what role did Superman play?Bryan-Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186471352854473743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18787738.post-35045360630081155672009-07-24T10:55:26.561-05:002009-07-24T10:55:26.561-05:00yup. stumpy is one of quislet's avatars, p19 &...yup. stumpy is one of quislet's avatars, p19 & 20.<br /><br />ti-grrl had time for a costume change between the cover and the book; inside she's bare (red) legged with gold boots w/ a swirly cutout. in her three big panels. four if you count the voting board.<br /><br />in this gem of an issue we also get to thrill to:<br />• energy boy (who i had forgotten about - conflating him with the westerner)<br />• dev-em's bad self<br />• SPACE FISHIES! (who i had also forgotten about - conflating them with urk)<br />• shady's perm-helmet, which is AWESOME because steve lightle is AWESOME!<br />• overheard at dinner (p11): "please, sir-- i prefer my bear."<br /><br />LLL! YAY!peter vandenengnoreply@blogger.com