I’ve been watching Young Justice. I’ve turned into a YJ addict. Everytime a new episode comes out, my brother and I download it religiously into the holy hard drive, and then we make a procession of setting it up and watching it on tv. It’s awesome. I know, there are tonnes more awesome, age-appropriate stuff to watch. But next on my list is Ika Musume so no complaining.
Anyway, I’ve always been team Marvel. No interest in DC. Thanks to YJ, my brother and I are working to rectify this. We’ve purchased 3 TPs in as many weeks, all pre-new 52 though. One of them was Legion of Superheroes #1 : Teenage Revolution .
Like I said, I know very little of the DC universe, what more the 30th century (is it 30th?) DCU. So basically teenagers galaxies over are rebelling against the stagnant peacefulness and rigidity that is their life, and they band together to help people and fight boredom under the name Legion of Superheroes. They all have flight rings, so they can all fly, solving the mass transportation problem.
While they’re doing their good samaritan thing, they discover that there is a greater evil that threatens all of the, uh, terrestrials (is that racist towards aliens with no feet? Speciest?) and all that, and the person behind it some mysterious dude whom Dream Girl saw in a dream. That’s about it for the first issue.
This is a re-imagining of the original LSH, who were lamer and didn’t have an acceptable excuse for their lame names (the excuse here is pretty good: since they idolise the heroes of the past, they choose to name themselves according to their customs. So everyone is This Lass or That Boy or Whatever Girl). The personal stories of some of the Legionnaires revealed in the TP were interesting – especially Triplicate Girl’s. A bit sad too. Phantom Girl’s doesn’t really make sense though. After they revealed that she exists in two dimensions at once, and people can see her in one dimensions doing whatever she is doing in the other, I kept wondering how she peed. Did she ever get any privacy to use the washroom? I’m sorry but urinary comfort is very important to me.
It was okay, I guess, but I wouldn’t pick up the next TP. The characters are too unfamiliar to me. I’ll stick with the JSA-ers for now.
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