Well, Jim Shooter is off and running with the Legion. He's already bringing some really neat ideas and concepts to his stories. It feels as if there's a growing animosity towards the Legion festering out there in the United Planets. Lightning Lad had conceded some of their freedom to the Government in exchange for their cooperation. But, it appears the the Legions idea of cooperation, and the United Planets, are two entirely different things. The Government already has it's various representatives doing everything in their power to bog down the Legion in paperwork and politics. I might add that neither of these seem to be Garth's strong points. They've even gone to the point of rescinding Princess Projectra's royal title, because . . . well her planet was destroyed. Therefore it stands to reason, she has no more subjects. How can you be a royal over a land that doesn't exist, and with subjects that don't exist? We still don't know what's up with Brainiac sending all these various teams in all these different directions. It's almost as if he doesn't want anybody to know what he's up to so he's filling their lives with minutia. Speaking of which, at the Legion Headquarters, on the bridge when Brainy usually sits pondering over the duty roster, like he's looking at a championship game of chess . . . it appears as if somebody else is playing around with it. Somebody that's not supposed to be there. We get a shadow, but we don't actually find out who it is, this issue. So Jim's only about 3 issues in to this title, and already he's got the threads of about 5 or 6 storylines going here. Fantastic! I also have to say that Francis Manapul's artwork really looks good. It fits the story, and these characters perfect. As I said in my Action comic blog, it's great to see this team getting so much exposure of late. It's a fantastic group of characters that' been around for quite a while. It's about time they got some of the spotlight. Long live the Legion!
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