Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (raise your fists if your confused)
W: Mark "Weezy" Waid
P: Barry "Very Marry" Kitson
Before picking this book up I had to preconceived notions. One: This book is going to suck if it doesn’t explain why the hell Supergirl is 1001 years (that’s right OYL+1000, and I hate math) into the future. Two: This book will kick ass if they explain something, anything, from OYL, or in the least leave it less of a mystery for the readers. Nope. I was wrong on one and two. I liked the book and it doesn’t explain spit about how Supergirl got there. They do not explain a thing from OYL and instead leave it open for a second or a inverted double mystery orgy fest! I swear DC has a shovel marked “confusion” and they just keep wailing away on my face!
Like I said, I liked it. I told Omar that if it left me guessing that I was gonna be pissed and hate the book. I don’t hate the book. Don’t get me wrong I’m still pissed off about it. We basically have to wait a year to have the complete mystery revealed very very slowly, when Supergirl could just say, “Oh I _______” (You fill in the rest, I like to put in inappropriate words but that’s just me). I don’t like having to wait so long to know the whole story. Now for Supergirl she could have spent the last year traveling in space and the questions could be resolved in Infinite Crisis, which I believe is what Johns divulged.
As for the second mystery I like to call “Mystery Brain Orgyfest 2006” you cannot guess the last page where this mystery is revealed. It was stunning for a moment, and then you read it again, and say “WTF?”
The best advice I can give for reading this book is to just read it. Ignore the little 1001 years later logo (say that three times fast…yeah I could do it too, its funny people will do that just from mere suggestion); enjoy the homage cover, which remind jaded readers of a better time. Take in the classic banter and the goofy beginning. Enjoy the subtle things and the great action. If you get hung up on knowing what the hell is going on and why your big toe is suddenly warm then you may start to get a little pissed off.
The are work was alright, a little too boring for me (woohoo crazy acid trippie art), but not worth knocking it down a grade because I know lots of people enjoy that style. It was still clean and clear and worked well with the book. Waid did a good job as writer. One of the chief Crazy Ass Orgy Masters of DC (or CAOMDC) Waid did a good job at not making me want to set my face on fire with bacon grease and a “Frankie Say Relax” Zippo. I really like Supergirl; she can be in my orgy any time she wants, that goes for the other Legionnaires too! Oh yeah grade, uh F no just kidding B+. I was pleasantly surprised!!!
I was a bit confused by the ending of this issue as well. But it's got me wanting to read the next. So I guess in a way that gimmick worked.
So your fist is raised too huh? Who else has a raised fist that has read this book? Still good though, even if they did hook us.
Finally got a chance to read my books, this was a good one. The ending had me doing a HUH, and then a you mean all of this whole entire comic could just be that person's..., well you read it so you know what I am talking about. I am kinda bummed they left out the Letters to Legion of Super-Heroes thing, they had in the past issues before this current one, they were a nice little extra I guess.
I WANT to ignore the 1001 years later logo, but if this is LSH (not Supergirl), then does it mean they're now in the 41st century?
Your guess is as good as mine Sam.