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Legion #1-5
Legion: Trauma (Legion
Collects Legion #1-5.
David Haller, the son of Professor Charles Xavier, has always had trouble containing the multiple personalities in his mind. And with each personality comes a wild and dangerous mutant power. But now, a terrifying new personality is threatening to absorb all of these powers and take over David — body and soul! In a desperate attempt to save himself from Lord Trauma, David seeks out the help of renowned young psychotherapist Dr. Hannah Jones to delve into his fractured mind and fight back this dark voice inside. But unknown to Legion, Dr. Jones brings her own demons with her! The only way for David to survive this ordeal may be to recruit his biggest, baddest self to help!
David Haller, the son of Professor Charles Xavier, has always had trouble containing the multiple personalities in his mind. And with each personality comes a wild and dangerous mutant power. But now, a terrifying new personality is threatening to absorb all of these powers and take over David — body and soul! In a desperate attempt to save himself from Lord Trauma, David seeks out the help of renowned young psychotherapist Dr. Hannah Jones to delve into his fractured mind and fight back this dark voice inside. But unknown to Legion, Dr. Jones brings her own demons with her! The only way for David to survive this ordeal may be to recruit his biggest, baddest self to help!
112 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 31, 2018
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Peter Milligan
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Peter Milligan is a British writer, best known for his work on X-Force / X-Statix, the X-Men, & the Vertigo series Human Target. He is also a scriptwriter.
He has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd.
His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix.
Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC Vertigo. These include: The Extremist (4 issues with artist Ted McKeever) The Minx (8 issues with artist Sean Phillips) Face (Prestige one-shot with artist Duncan Fegredo) The Eaters (Prestige one-shot with artist Dean Ormston) Vertigo Pop London (4 issues with artist Philip Bond) Enigma (8 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) and Girl (3 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo).
Series:
* Human Target
* Greek Street
* X-Force / X-Statix
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Peter Milligan is a British writer, best known for his work on X-Force / X-Statix, the X-Men, & the Vertigo series Human Target. He is also a scriptwriter.
He has been writing comics for some time and he has somewhat of a reputation for writing material that is highly outlandish, bizarre and/or absurd.
His highest profile projects to date include a run on X-Men, and his X-Force revamp that relaunched as X-Statix.
Many of Milligan's best works have been from DC Vertigo. These include: The Extremist (4 issues with artist Ted McKeever) The Minx (8 issues with artist Sean Phillips) Face (Prestige one-shot with artist Duncan Fegredo) The Eaters (Prestige one-shot with artist Dean Ormston) Vertigo Pop London (4 issues with artist Philip Bond) Enigma (8 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo) and Girl (3 issues with artist Duncan Fegredo).
Series:
* Human Target
* Greek Street
* X-Force / X-Statix
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April 12, 2022
In David's powerful fractured mind a new nemesis has emerged, Lord Trauma. And David being a deep thinker seeks help from a celebrity psychologist! So there's a primary character who is a Black English woman, but that's the only difference in this volume, as this Limited Series is yet another internal war in the head of David Haller. 5 out of 12... sorry!
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September 2, 2018
What a waste of a Legion comic.
I mean, first of all, you have to ask: how can we have a Legion comic when he erased himself from reality at the end of the previous volume ... and there's no particularly good answer for that. It's part of Milligan's general inability to write David Haller, as this often feels more like a Shade the Changing Man comic than a Legion comic.
I have to generally guess that Milligan just didn't do much research on the character, because he goes straight back to a classic trope: traveling through David's mindscape to try and fix things. It's been done before, and done well! But Milligan's repeat of this used plot is really, really boring. That's in large part because his traveler is a psychologist that we care nothing about, and who ends up being the biggest focus of these comics (not David himself!). Pair that with some really bland "alters" and you have a comic that's just not that interesting.
In the end, the mind-problem is solved (again) and David can move on (again). Yawn.
I mean, first of all, you have to ask: how can we have a Legion comic when he erased himself from reality at the end of the previous volume ... and there's no particularly good answer for that. It's part of Milligan's general inability to write David Haller, as this often feels more like a Shade the Changing Man comic than a Legion comic.
I have to generally guess that Milligan just didn't do much research on the character, because he goes straight back to a classic trope: traveling through David's mindscape to try and fix things. It's been done before, and done well! But Milligan's repeat of this used plot is really, really boring. That's in large part because his traveler is a psychologist that we care nothing about, and who ends up being the biggest focus of these comics (not David himself!). Pair that with some really bland "alters" and you have a comic that's just not that interesting.
In the end, the mind-problem is solved (again) and David can move on (again). Yawn.
March 27, 2019
Me divertí bastante leyendo esta historia de principio a fin, Peter Milligan escribe por primera vez a un personaje que hace que me pregunte porque se demoró tanto en ponerle las manos ya que tiene muchas identidades diferentes dentro de la cabeza viviendo al mismo tiempo y Milligan se maneja muy bien con tema de la identidad como ha demostrado en su carrera como por ejemplo en Blan Humano. Básicamente la historia va de como es una sesión de terapia con un mutante que sufre de identidad múltiple, es un viaje por la mente de Legion muy interesante que habla sobre el funcionamiento sicológico, se puede esperar lo que tiene un buen guión de Milligan, momentos Freak que van de la mano con personajes muy bien escritos que se sienten naturales a pesar de toda la locura que les rodea. El arte de Wilfredo Torres me pareció excelente para este relato ya que dibuja a los personajes de una forma realista lo que siento que les da los personajes más credibilidad, sin rasgos caricaturescos y de manera minimalista, como que dibuja lo preciso para hacer reconocible al personaje lo que me da la impresión de un estilo moderno y esa simplicidad al estar carente de masas negras le da una gran importancia al color que me pareció bastante bueno, que complementa el minimalismo de los dibujos de Torres, aunque si me hubiera gustado una experimentación con el color que me parece que la historia daba harto para eso, ya que el color se mantiene muy estable en el tomo. Lee Ferguson, el dibujante de ayuda que dibuja un numero tambien hace una gran labor y no choca su estilo con el del dibujante principal, algo que se agradece porque las verdad es un poco molesto que un dibujante no haga el tomo completo. Al final este comic me dejó con ganas de leer otro volumen de Legion escrito por Milligan y ojala tambien sea con Torres, y si es así que por favor Marvel se preocupe de que un solo artista se encargue del volumen entero.
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November 9, 2018What a world, where a Peter Milligan miniseries about a minor X-Man is less out-there than the mainstream TV show in which he stars. It's a natural writer/subject match, and even Haller's haircut recalls Hewligan's (one of the covers looks a lot like an homage), but while this is a lot better than much of Milligan's recent work, there's still something not right – odd repetitions, clunkinesses and mistaken word-choices, little glitches like that. And the voyage through Legion's fractured psyche just feels like it's been done before, even if this time it is a celebrity shrink taking the trip rather than a gaggle of mutants. It possibly doesn't help that both the artists feel like flatter versions of Bachalo, leaving the end result inevitably suggesting a poor man's Shade.
December 31, 2024
A fun if faulted graphic expression of an outrageously powerful mutant.
Legion: Trauma is essentially a character study of David Haller a.k.a. Legion who has greater telepathic potential than his father, Professor Charles Xavier, but also multiple personalities. This is a familiar and somewhat overdone character trope but Legion was first created in the mid eighties when such ideas were new and thrilling.
Milligan does his best to recapture the dynamic appeal of Legion in this trade paperback, giving him a palpable threat in the form of Lord Trauma, an alternative identity that is attempting to take over Legion's mind. Fortunately help is at hand from Dr Hannah Jones, an ambitious psychiatrist with a glamorous celebrity client list, whom Legion seeks out and inserts into his troubled mindscape. Dr Jones struggles through this like Alice in Wonderland, assisted by Legion's less-dominant identities who are forced to band together to deal with Lord Trauma.
The plot is uniquely introspective and mainly serves to explain how Legion's mind works. And yet he himself has little to do with this internal battle, willingly allowing Dr Jones to do the hard work. As such Legion doesn't come out looking too good in this tale: putting an innocent woman in psychic jeopardy. Of course, he does reward her by the end, though I didn't like the final twist. It underplayed Legion's telepathic power and suggested a lack of remorse to his actions. Some may refer to him as an anti-hero but the way he resolves this plot was a little too selfish for my tastes.
Regardless Milligan's creative approach to a troubled but formidable mind kept me intrigued, from Bitter-Sweet Spores to Paranoia Storms. Torres did an admirable job of keeping the ensuing madness clean and colourful though I found the linework a little faint.
As far as soft reintroductions of comic book characters to contemporary readerships go, Legion: Trauma excelled. It probably won't go down as one of the most mind-blowing superhero stories ever written but it certainly caught my interest. I recommend it to those who have seen the TV show or simply would like to see what Professor X's rebellious son is like.
Legion: Trauma is essentially a character study of David Haller a.k.a. Legion who has greater telepathic potential than his father, Professor Charles Xavier, but also multiple personalities. This is a familiar and somewhat overdone character trope but Legion was first created in the mid eighties when such ideas were new and thrilling.
Milligan does his best to recapture the dynamic appeal of Legion in this trade paperback, giving him a palpable threat in the form of Lord Trauma, an alternative identity that is attempting to take over Legion's mind. Fortunately help is at hand from Dr Hannah Jones, an ambitious psychiatrist with a glamorous celebrity client list, whom Legion seeks out and inserts into his troubled mindscape. Dr Jones struggles through this like Alice in Wonderland, assisted by Legion's less-dominant identities who are forced to band together to deal with Lord Trauma.
The plot is uniquely introspective and mainly serves to explain how Legion's mind works. And yet he himself has little to do with this internal battle, willingly allowing Dr Jones to do the hard work. As such Legion doesn't come out looking too good in this tale: putting an innocent woman in psychic jeopardy. Of course, he does reward her by the end, though I didn't like the final twist. It underplayed Legion's telepathic power and suggested a lack of remorse to his actions. Some may refer to him as an anti-hero but the way he resolves this plot was a little too selfish for my tastes.
Regardless Milligan's creative approach to a troubled but formidable mind kept me intrigued, from Bitter-Sweet Spores to Paranoia Storms. Torres did an admirable job of keeping the ensuing madness clean and colourful though I found the linework a little faint.
As far as soft reintroductions of comic book characters to contemporary readerships go, Legion: Trauma excelled. It probably won't go down as one of the most mind-blowing superhero stories ever written but it certainly caught my interest. I recommend it to those who have seen the TV show or simply would like to see what Professor X's rebellious son is like.
March 7, 2021
I've loved Peter Milligan's work for a long while (Thargs Future Shocks, Batman, Shade the Changing Man, Enigma, etc, etc) and though Legion is a hard subject to tackle, I had high hopes for PM, but I was let down. The story rambles on and on and worse still, it's been done before - this exploration of disassociative personality disorder - and I might add, done much more expertly. Crazy Jane and Cliff Steele in Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol is one example that works. The story here just doesn't work.
January 9, 2019
This is an odd run to read because of our natural tendency to fit familiar characters into familiar bins. This story has the surreal feel and absurd mindscape of the FX series by the same name. That is a good thing since it delves into the issues of what it might be like to help a mutant with a serious mental illness. This is not the same David Haller of the TV program but the well-established X-Men character of the comics. He has a long back-story with specific events that he is still dealing with (such as the Muir Island Saga).
Legion is the illegitimate son of Professor X. He is a powerful mutant with schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder. Each of his different powers is associated with a different personality (called alters). One of those alters begins to forcibly consolidate the different personalities in an attempt to control David's body.
The premise isn't new ground for Legion. What separates this from other similar stories is that we see this from the perspective of somebody unaware of his David's condition. Legion reaches out to Dr. Hannah Jones from her multiple media appearances. She is the psychotherapist to the stars and agrees to help him.
I would argue that Dr. Hannah Jones is the real focus of the story that deals more with the price of hubris and unchecked ambition. It makes for a solid read if taken as a stand-alone story with both the FX Series and the comics in mind.
Legion is the illegitimate son of Professor X. He is a powerful mutant with schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder. Each of his different powers is associated with a different personality (called alters). One of those alters begins to forcibly consolidate the different personalities in an attempt to control David's body.
The premise isn't new ground for Legion. What separates this from other similar stories is that we see this from the perspective of somebody unaware of his David's condition. Legion reaches out to Dr. Hannah Jones from her multiple media appearances. She is the psychotherapist to the stars and agrees to help him.
I would argue that Dr. Hannah Jones is the real focus of the story that deals more with the price of hubris and unchecked ambition. It makes for a solid read if taken as a stand-alone story with both the FX Series and the comics in mind.
September 11, 2018
David Haller hears voices – a lot of them. That would be enough of a problem for some people. Even more troubling is the fact that the voices are actual individual personalities, each with its own form of powers. So it should be no surprise that David goes by the name Legion.
David (who happens to be the mutant son of Professor X) is considered to be suffering dissociative identity disorder because of his multiple personas, which is why he is often in hospitals or with counselors. This miniseries throws readers right into the craziness of David’s life and, soon after, the more extreme craziness of his mind and all who inhabit it. He’s trying to fight off the powerful influence of a personality dubbed Lord Trauma who is trying to take over David and all of his other personas. David engages the help of a celebrity psychotherapist, who gets pulled into his world all too literally.
This is a wild ride, but it’s not all that satisfying for fans who know David’s earlier storylines. It’s still pretty engrossing and, considering it’s a miniseries, not a huge time investment.
David (who happens to be the mutant son of Professor X) is considered to be suffering dissociative identity disorder because of his multiple personas, which is why he is often in hospitals or with counselors. This miniseries throws readers right into the craziness of David’s life and, soon after, the more extreme craziness of his mind and all who inhabit it. He’s trying to fight off the powerful influence of a personality dubbed Lord Trauma who is trying to take over David and all of his other personas. David engages the help of a celebrity psychotherapist, who gets pulled into his world all too literally.
This is a wild ride, but it’s not all that satisfying for fans who know David’s earlier storylines. It’s still pretty engrossing and, considering it’s a miniseries, not a huge time investment.
January 4, 2019
Initially I wasn't quite sure how to feel about this Legion mini-series as the last book tied to him had done a pretty interesting job of exploring his unique psychic landscape of multiple personalities. But this book found a new angle to approach with David actually seeking professional help for his condition, albeit also motivated by a new personality known as Lord Trauma who seemed to be intent on taking over David entirely.
The efforts to apply some of the usual terms we encounter in therapy sessions and turn them into visual manifestations that David and his doctor Hannah end up encountering in his head quite the interesting surreal experience. And while initially overwhelmed by the circumstances she gets thrust into, the good doctor does eventually figure out how to apply her professional skills to help with dealing with David and perhaps some of her own trauma as well.
The efforts to apply some of the usual terms we encounter in therapy sessions and turn them into visual manifestations that David and his doctor Hannah end up encountering in his head quite the interesting surreal experience. And while initially overwhelmed by the circumstances she gets thrust into, the good doctor does eventually figure out how to apply her professional skills to help with dealing with David and perhaps some of her own trauma as well.
January 1, 2025
I loved the opening premise of this story right from the get-go.
From the credits page of Issue #1: “Born the illegitimate sone of famed mutant activist Charles Xavier, David Haller’s past is marred by trauma. Both physical and psychological . . . but he doesn’t bear this weight alone. Hundreds of unique personas, all with separate mutant abilities, live within his mind. He is many. He is LEGION.”
The story begins in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Legion is loose, wandering the Amish countryside before collapsing due to extreme mental pressure and confusion. An Amish farmer discovers him and drops him off at an emergency room, where the hospital staff mistakenly assume he’s had an epileptic seizure.
David Haller’s self-diagnosis from the opening page is more accurate: “I’m insane. I don’t mean insane as in weird, or eccentric, or a ferocious party animal. . . I mean certified, bona fide schizophrenic with dissociative identity disorder . . . That’s what the doctors label me, anyhow. Schizophrenic. But really - - they don’t have name for what I’ve got.”
Who better to write about this character than Peter Milligan, a master of psychological drama in comics? A dream team would be to have this illustrated by Michael Allred, but perhaps he wasn’t available. Art is by Wilfredo Torres - his style is similar to Allred but not as expressive or inventive.
The conflict occurs when one of Legion’s personas, calling itself Lord Trauma, begins to assert itself and take charge. Legion seeks the help of a famed celebrity psychotherapist, Dr. Hannah Jones. She attempts to insert her consciousness into Legion’s mind to come up with a fix. She encounters various other interesting and quirky personas. The deeper she goes, the more unraveled and confused she becomes, risking insanity herself. Lord Trauma senses this and manifests in the real world alongside Legion, where he hopes to disconnect the monitors and destroy her physical body.
Back inside Legion’s mind, Dr. Jones uses her knowledge of human character to persuade some of the alter personas to team up with her against Lord Trauma. It begins to succeed until Trauma pulls a character from Jone’s background (Bessie Doll) to torment and weaken her. At this point, this is as much Jone’s story as it is Legion’s. They’re both front and center.
Jones has to put her own physical and mental health at risk to combat Lord Trauma. The closer she gets to battling him inside Legion’s mindspace, the more her own trauma begins to manifest itself.
Do they succeed? Anything can happen in a Milligan story. Suffice to say I was satisfied with the ending, but that’s not a guarantee that others will be.
From the credits page of Issue #1: “Born the illegitimate sone of famed mutant activist Charles Xavier, David Haller’s past is marred by trauma. Both physical and psychological . . . but he doesn’t bear this weight alone. Hundreds of unique personas, all with separate mutant abilities, live within his mind. He is many. He is LEGION.”
The story begins in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Legion is loose, wandering the Amish countryside before collapsing due to extreme mental pressure and confusion. An Amish farmer discovers him and drops him off at an emergency room, where the hospital staff mistakenly assume he’s had an epileptic seizure.
David Haller’s self-diagnosis from the opening page is more accurate: “I’m insane. I don’t mean insane as in weird, or eccentric, or a ferocious party animal. . . I mean certified, bona fide schizophrenic with dissociative identity disorder . . . That’s what the doctors label me, anyhow. Schizophrenic. But really - - they don’t have name for what I’ve got.”
Who better to write about this character than Peter Milligan, a master of psychological drama in comics? A dream team would be to have this illustrated by Michael Allred, but perhaps he wasn’t available. Art is by Wilfredo Torres - his style is similar to Allred but not as expressive or inventive.
The conflict occurs when one of Legion’s personas, calling itself Lord Trauma, begins to assert itself and take charge. Legion seeks the help of a famed celebrity psychotherapist, Dr. Hannah Jones. She attempts to insert her consciousness into Legion’s mind to come up with a fix. She encounters various other interesting and quirky personas. The deeper she goes, the more unraveled and confused she becomes, risking insanity herself. Lord Trauma senses this and manifests in the real world alongside Legion, where he hopes to disconnect the monitors and destroy her physical body.
Back inside Legion’s mind, Dr. Jones uses her knowledge of human character to persuade some of the alter personas to team up with her against Lord Trauma. It begins to succeed until Trauma pulls a character from Jone’s background (Bessie Doll) to torment and weaken her. At this point, this is as much Jone’s story as it is Legion’s. They’re both front and center.
Jones has to put her own physical and mental health at risk to combat Lord Trauma. The closer she gets to battling him inside Legion’s mindspace, the more her own trauma begins to manifest itself.
Do they succeed? Anything can happen in a Milligan story. Suffice to say I was satisfied with the ending, but that’s not a guarantee that others will be.
March 10, 2022
2/5
Honestly, pretty disappointing. I had higher hopes. For a comic with Legion in the title, David doesn’t get as much attention as he deserves. And the story is very generic. I also can’t figure out where it’s intended in the timeline of David’s life, it just doesn’t seem to fit anywhere. His alters also all share some of his characteristics now (which is a change from previous years) and we don’t get to see much of their potential powers.
Also, the big thing that confused me, in X-Men Legacy, David erased himself from existence. Which was a pretty big deal, so when I went on to read this comic I kind of expected some sort of explanation, any explanation, but no. Just some generic Legion story that doesn’t go anywhere. In all honestly, this could fit into David’s life after Muir Island (or maaybe after Legion quest) as long as we pretend David just sort of, is functioning again, (cause he was brain dead, then he was causing an apocalyptic timeline, then he was out of comission for a while, so when did this happen???).
But anyway, another thing that annoyed me, the ending! Whyyy?! Seriously why? Is it simply for the shock value? It was certainly a shock but not a good one. Just made me rather annoyed.
Anyway, the reason this is 2/5 and not 0/5: I crave all David content, so anything is still kinda better than nothing. And the art!!! I quite like the art! Some panels made me cringe but most others delighted me with the art!! And his heterochromia!!! I have yet to notice any other artist draw his heterochromia since his first appearance in New Mutants. I was very happy to see it!!
Honestly, pretty disappointing. I had higher hopes. For a comic with Legion in the title, David doesn’t get as much attention as he deserves. And the story is very generic. I also can’t figure out where it’s intended in the timeline of David’s life, it just doesn’t seem to fit anywhere. His alters also all share some of his characteristics now (which is a change from previous years) and we don’t get to see much of their potential powers.
Also, the big thing that confused me, in X-Men Legacy, David erased himself from existence. Which was a pretty big deal, so when I went on to read this comic I kind of expected some sort of explanation, any explanation, but no. Just some generic Legion story that doesn’t go anywhere. In all honestly, this could fit into David’s life after Muir Island (or maaybe after Legion quest) as long as we pretend David just sort of, is functioning again, (cause he was brain dead, then he was causing an apocalyptic timeline, then he was out of comission for a while, so when did this happen???).
But anyway, another thing that annoyed me, the ending! Whyyy?! Seriously why? Is it simply for the shock value? It was certainly a shock but not a good one. Just made me rather annoyed.
Anyway, the reason this is 2/5 and not 0/5: I crave all David content, so anything is still kinda better than nothing. And the art!!! I quite like the art! Some panels made me cringe but most others delighted me with the art!! And his heterochromia!!! I have yet to notice any other artist draw his heterochromia since his first appearance in New Mutants. I was very happy to see it!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 23, 2018
More like 4.5 stars.
I didn't realize there was a series about Legion that preceded this one, so I didn't understand quite how Lord Trauma came to be - but it does have little footnote cells directing you to previous comics where it happens, and a quick read of the Wikipedia page about Legion/David Haller will tell you the basics. Even without the prior information, though, it's still readable for absolute beginners. (My only knowledge of Legion is from the FX series, though I didn't get through all of season 2 for Busted PVR Reasons.)
One nice thing about this omnibus is that the artwork, even though another artist contributed to issues #4 and #5, stayed consistent. Sometimes when multiple artists work on a comic omnibus (Ms. Marvel comes to mind), their styles can differ greatly, and it can be distracting on an aesthetic level - but not here. Probably Torres was the primary artist, but it's still nice to see consistency.
I didn't realize there was a series about Legion that preceded this one, so I didn't understand quite how Lord Trauma came to be - but it does have little footnote cells directing you to previous comics where it happens, and a quick read of the Wikipedia page about Legion/David Haller will tell you the basics. Even without the prior information, though, it's still readable for absolute beginners. (My only knowledge of Legion is from the FX series, though I didn't get through all of season 2 for Busted PVR Reasons.)
One nice thing about this omnibus is that the artwork, even though another artist contributed to issues #4 and #5, stayed consistent. Sometimes when multiple artists work on a comic omnibus (Ms. Marvel comes to mind), their styles can differ greatly, and it can be distracting on an aesthetic level - but not here. Probably Torres was the primary artist, but it's still nice to see consistency.
April 17, 2023
2.5 rounded up to 3 stars.
This was the definition of an 'alright' comic, but the artwork didn't really work for me, and the storyline with someone trying to 'fix' David's mind has happened multiple times before and has been done better over the years.
Also, it felt weirdly like David was the only person who knew what a mutant was - when all the battles were happening, everyone was saying it was like some kind of supernatural thing happening, not mutant powers. Usually, characters will either question if it's mutants, or if it's superheroes of some description, here nobody did that, which was just plain weird to me.
But overall, this did hit the spot in terms of me wanting some more Legion in my life, after spending a long time without reading/watching him.
TW for mental health issues, coma, mentions of bleeding, injury, violence, hints at self harm.
This was the definition of an 'alright' comic, but the artwork didn't really work for me, and the storyline with someone trying to 'fix' David's mind has happened multiple times before and has been done better over the years.
Also, it felt weirdly like David was the only person who knew what a mutant was - when all the battles were happening, everyone was saying it was like some kind of supernatural thing happening, not mutant powers. Usually, characters will either question if it's mutants, or if it's superheroes of some description, here nobody did that, which was just plain weird to me.
But overall, this did hit the spot in terms of me wanting some more Legion in my life, after spending a long time without reading/watching him.
TW for mental health issues, coma, mentions of bleeding, injury, violence, hints at self harm.
May 27, 2018
This particular cover is awful. They should have gone with the Sienkiewicz one, seen here: http://comics.gocollect.com/uploads/c....
This was a slightly better version of Legion, more knowledgeable and confident. However, he was a spectator to the story of the psychologist whose name I can't even remember. That should tell you something about your characters.
I'm also over the "Legion is fighting his own mind!" shtick that has been going on for more than 30 years. If you have no other story to tell, you aren't being creative or thoughtful enough. Generating more multiples is not the way to be creative.
Torres is an amazing artist, and I would love to see him doing a LEGION monthly.
This was a slightly better version of Legion, more knowledgeable and confident. However, he was a spectator to the story of the psychologist whose name I can't even remember. That should tell you something about your characters.
I'm also over the "Legion is fighting his own mind!" shtick that has been going on for more than 30 years. If you have no other story to tell, you aren't being creative or thoughtful enough. Generating more multiples is not the way to be creative.
Torres is an amazing artist, and I would love to see him doing a LEGION monthly.
June 19, 2018
Considering Milligan's pedigree with slighlty off-kilter personalities, particularly Shade and Enigma, I was expecting a bit more from this. It could've been deeper, darker... the art was a little too simple; I've like Torres' work on the Jupiter books, but maybe it just wasn't a good fit for the material here. And Legion himself gets sidelined for much of the book as a protector of the new character, the psychologist. Which isn't, I think what fans were hoping for? Why couldn't he have been on the trip, going through his subconscious, for example? So that your main character would have a more active role. This would've been okay as a later arc in an ongoing, but as a standalone book it's an odd choice.
May 27, 2018
This was...not great. And I usually really like Milligan. I loved the art though.
The story was just a mess. I wish people would stop writing about psychological issues when their only knowledge of it is a wikipedia article. A celebrated psychotherapist would never cite Freud as repeatedly as he was cited in this, l o l.
My masters degree in psychology might not be in clinical work but I still know a thing or two and this comic was a mess. I felt like it undid all of the good that Legacy did for David. And the ending? DUMB. Yikes. The writing also got repetitive, there are better ways to bring back info from earlier issues that isn’t directly quoting the last comic.
The story was just a mess. I wish people would stop writing about psychological issues when their only knowledge of it is a wikipedia article. A celebrated psychotherapist would never cite Freud as repeatedly as he was cited in this, l o l.
My masters degree in psychology might not be in clinical work but I still know a thing or two and this comic was a mess. I felt like it undid all of the good that Legacy did for David. And the ending? DUMB. Yikes. The writing also got repetitive, there are better ways to bring back info from earlier issues that isn’t directly quoting the last comic.
May 14, 2019
I wish I liked this more, but it kind of fell flat for me, especially at the end. Legion’s always been one of those characters that can star in really, really good stories, or really, really bad ones. I think he’s usually better when his mental problems are the focus of the story, except when they’re depicted a bit too superhero-y, like punching your internal demons is actually a thing we could do, and that would somehow help us. I also think this story was cut short as the early issues alluded to something having happened in Paris, but this is never mentioned again by issue 3.
I like Milligan a lot, but this wasn’t one of his best.
I like Milligan a lot, but this wasn’t one of his best.
February 8, 2022
This was another Processing Trauma miniseries, which was weird to read right after Rogue Gambit: Ring of Fire. And this probably lost something in comparison to that series which was stronger. And also when compared to Si Spurrier's excellent Legion arc of X-Men: Legacy. So, yeah, this was good, but not the best X-series about trauma that year, and not the best Legion story either.
July 20, 2019
2.5 Stars. Very disappointing and a missed opportunity. Peter Milligan is like Casey at bat. When he swings, he either knocks it out of the park or he whiffs pretty big.
This is a much less ambitious than Si Spurrier's excellent run and even less ambitious than the tv show. The last comic literally ended with Legion taking himself out of existence. This is feeling of rehashed plot. I was expecting something along the lines of Terminal Hero, but alas.
Wilfredo Torres is a hell of an artist, but also is not the best line-up.
A twist we've seen before at the end.
This is a much less ambitious than Si Spurrier's excellent run and even less ambitious than the tv show. The last comic literally ended with Legion taking himself out of existence. This is feeling of rehashed plot. I was expecting something along the lines of Terminal Hero, but alas.
Wilfredo Torres is a hell of an artist, but also is not the best line-up.
A twist we've seen before at the end.
June 14, 2020
A truly fascinating look into the world of mental health struggles and how not only the outside world deals with those suffering from it but how those suffering from it deal with the world around them and within them. Adding this into the world of the X-Men, a group of people already facing judgment, hatred, and violence on an everyday occurrence, makes this read even more powerful as Legion seeks out help in stopping one of his alters from taking over completely. A masterful story in the larger world of the X-Men.
July 24, 2023
Me pareció siempre un personaje interesante, y creo que es un arco interesante y con un personaje adecuado para hablar de la salud mental.
Aunque me gustaría ver que le parece esta obra a alguien que sufra este problema (trastorno de identidad disociativo, aunque en este caso parecen convinarse con paranoia) .
PD: Leí la edición de Panini en castellano, pero parece que no aparece entre las versiones disponibles. Aunque creo que hay alguna errata en la edición que leí, desconozco si fue por tirada o edición.
Aunque me gustaría ver que le parece esta obra a alguien que sufra este problema (trastorno de identidad disociativo, aunque en este caso parecen convinarse con paranoia) .
PD: Leí la edición de Panini en castellano, pero parece que no aparece entre las versiones disponibles. Aunque creo que hay alguna errata en la edición que leí, desconozco si fue por tirada o edición.
November 10, 2023
Desde que conocí la serie de Fox, Legión se ha vuelto uno de mis mutantes favoritos
Lastimosamente, la forma de ilustración no ha sido mi favorita, a pesar de que la historia me gustó, eso ya le quita bastante para mí a este cómic
Legión luchando con uno de sus alter ego más fuerte. Y ese final? no me lo imaginaba, aunque si es cierto, esperaba un poco más de la historia, y sin querer entrar en conflictos, siento que la historia se concentró más en la psiquiatra que en el propio David...
Mi calificación: 3.5
Lastimosamente, la forma de ilustración no ha sido mi favorita, a pesar de que la historia me gustó, eso ya le quita bastante para mí a este cómic
Legión luchando con uno de sus alter ego más fuerte. Y ese final? no me lo imaginaba, aunque si es cierto, esperaba un poco más de la historia, y sin querer entrar en conflictos, siento que la historia se concentró más en la psiquiatra que en el propio David...
Mi calificación: 3.5
April 10, 2025
Découverte pour ma part du personnage de Legion, qui ouvre des portes intéressantes en termes de psychologie des personnages, avec un méchant qui s’attaque aux autres en réveillant leurs traumas. L’exploration ne va pas assez loin à mon sens et c’est bien dommage car le fait de l’avoir effleuré était prometteur. Les dessins ne sont pas dingues non plus. Pour autant, ça m’a donné envie d’en lire plus sur ce personnage
July 31, 2018
Ah! This was so disappointing. I mean, I love Legion, and Peter Milligan writing him! that sounds like it'll be AWESOME. But. I just want to yell at Marvel, "Get on with it!" The big bad in this one is David's alter called Lord Trauma, which is... so lame. He's trauma, get it? Ah! And he's shirtless. And tattooed. With long black Metaldude hair. AH! So anyway, lame villain, and the entire conflict of these 5 issues was with him. not even like, Legion has some problem to deal with (like the death of his dad, or fighting new mutants or the shadow king or whatever), and in addition to that he has to deal with psychological problems, nope. He (or rather, his psychiatrist) just has to deal with this lame, superlame, the lamest, alter, Lord Shirtless. Hopefully, after Legion: Trauma, they have got that problem squared away though, and this new Legion (I hope! argh) has got his alters in order and then he can finally DO THINGS. Legion Portrayal: 1/5
August 3, 2018
Not even slightly as good as the TV show. Not even close...
December 10, 2018
the art was cute i guess
February 3, 2019
Generic alter egos, but that twist ending though.
June 30, 2019
Trip and different.
I assume fans of the show will love this (I've only seen one episode.)
I assume fans of the show will love this (I've only seen one episode.)
April 22, 2024
Disappointingly unsubtle. I've enjoyed Milligan in the past, but this feels like shoving your hand into the toybox of tropes.
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