Comments on Again With the Comics: Legion of Superheroes: the Polar Boy Years

Yeah, I liked the 5YL LSH - but I LOVED the whole ...

2009-10-11T09:12:20.797-06:00

Yeah, I liked the 5YL LSH - but I LOVED the whole era just beforehand that killed Karate Kid and ushered in Sensor Girls.

*Sigh* - those were the days!

Oh, hell yeah. What's kind of sad, in the Five Ye...

2009-04-20T10:58:00.000-06:00

Oh, hell yeah. What's kind of sad, in the Five Years Later run, most of the Subs became competant, effective heroes...except for Polar Boy.

Another vote for the "Five Years Later" Legion. P...

2009-04-20T06:18:00.000-06:00

Another vote for the "Five Years Later" Legion. Probably THE best era of fantastic comic. I eagerly await future blogs on this subject. Long Live the Legion!

Matthew was correct in that Projectra presided ove...

2009-04-18T13:00:00.000-06:00

Matthew was correct in that Projectra presided over the last four issues of this particular series, but then Polar boy came back as leader in time to see the
Legion fall into disfavor with Earthgov and to disband the Legion during the Five-year gap.

All of this inspired me to pull out and re-read the excellent-but controversial "Five-Years -Later" LSH series, which is never a waste of time. I may have to blog about those, soon.

Remember "Tenzil for the Defense"?

I think that in retrospect a half dozen or so rebo...

2009-04-18T11:19:00.000-06:00

I think that in retrospect a half dozen or so reboots down the line, this stands as the best of them by a mile. All of them since have been in the service of being "new reader friendly" with the unintended effect of dumbing down the book and being a jumping off point for long time readers. This one was unapologetically dense and rewarding to those of us who refer to the characters by their ..unusual names without batting an eye. Technically not a reboot, as it didn't change the past, I agree whole heartedly that it was mind-blowingly awesome, and think that the uniforms were among the best ever. The variations on a theme, like second generation X-Men uniforms were, well, uniform. This variations theme continued in the next iteration of the Legion as well. And the pockets and pouches! I can buy that Superman can compress his suit down to fit in a pocket in his cape, but what the heck does he do with his shoes, glasses, wallet and keys!?

"nd beginning a grim deterioration of the team tha...

2009-04-17T23:39:00.000-06:00

"nd beginning a grim deterioration of the team that preceded Keith Giffen's notorious "Five Years Later" Legion reboot."

I think you mean "Giffen's MIND-BLOWINGLY AWESOME five years later reboot".

And mark me down for liking the costumes.

Actually I think Sensor Girl was leader by the tim...

2009-04-17T12:15:00.000-06:00

Actually I think Sensor Girl was leader by the time the Magic Wars came around. But Polar Boy was back in charge as acting leader during the Five Year Gap when government pressure forced him to disband the Legion.

The costumes of that era were among the very worst. Wildfire and Dawnstar in particular.