Legion of Super-heroes #41 - DC

I think Jim Shooter is doing a fantastic job with this book. His stories are fantastic, and I love what he's doing with each and every on of these characters. He is obviously somebody who loves this team and know them inside and out. That being said . . I'm wondering how the Crisis special, Legion of Three Worlds, is going to affect this title. I would assume that Jim and Geoff Johns have discussed the future of the Legion and how that story will affect this. But I guess we'll have to wait and see. Aaron Lopresti fills in for Francis Manapul this issue on the art. I really like the feel that Francis has been bringing to this series, but, I gotta say, you can't really complain about someone like Aaron doing a fill-in. He's a great artist and he draws some fantastic characters. The Legion stories, lately, have seemed a bit hectic and convoluted, but . . I think that's to get us to feel what the Legion is feeling right now with the UP breathing down their throats, and overwhelming them in a pile of paper-work and red-tape. However, this issue, Saturn Girl's mother fills her in on what's really going on in the government. But more on that next issue. Also while the government has been keeping them busy, they've put together their own super-squad. They're calling it the United Planet's Young Heroes, UPYH, for short. They consist of, from what we know, the Legion wannabes who tried out an issue or 2 ago. Remember? They were the ones the UP were trying to shove down their throats. Also this issue, Brainy and Lightning Lad overstep their authority and send Invisible Kid in to the operating theatre where they are dissecting one of the alien destroyers that they fought last issue. That's where the UPYH come in to play, because they're serving as security and they capture our young voyeur. However, as is the usually the case, just as the team is starting to figure something out, or get a whiff of some conspiracy, they are asked to go off-world and take care of some Earth-shattering event. This time they're off to Rimbor to stop some alien attack. Ultra Boy is really riled up about it because that's his home-world. To top everything off, one of the kids who works in the infirmary has gotten ahold of a Legion flight-ring and is trying to sell the tech to Intergalacticorp, and it's CEO Caulfield Zander. Which is why, in the back of the book, they give us a 3 page extra on the history of the flight rings. I love the Legion, and I think this book is getting better and better all the time. Jim Shooter is the perfect writer for this series, and he's just going to take them to greater heights. Long live the Legion!