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Post-Zero Hour Reboot Legion #Lost
Legion Lost
The Legion of Super-Heroes finds itself stranded in a distant galaxy, on the home planet of the vicious alien race known as the Progeny. While some of our heroes struggle to repair their damaged spaceship, the rest attempt to forge an alliance with the peaceful Kwai. But can the Legion help the Kwai defeat their oppressors and still make their way back home to Earth?
296 pages, Hardcover
First published June 21, 2011
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October 16, 2018
One of my favorite Legion stories. A small group of Legionnaires are thrown into another galaxy while saving the United Planets. Now they must find their way home like Star Trek: Voyager. The galaxy they are thrown into is much darker and dangerous. The races more alien. DnA do a fantastic job of making the cast feel lost and adrift. There's a ton of great character moments. The ending is just freaking awesome. Olivier Copiel is still refining his art. Here it's very moody and dark.
December 26, 2012
1.5 stars
I thought this was supposed to be some Awesome-Must-Not-Miss-It! Legion story.
Not so much, in my opinion.
Maybe other people will really like it, but I found it to be a massive hunk of boring with fairly large chunk of bad art thrown in for good measure.
Stop! If anyone feels the need to point out that this story was first published over ten years ago, and therefore I need to overlook the art....Just stop!
The fact that it's older doesn't make my eyes hurt less.
I kept putting this down over and over again, because it was so...um? I guess not interesting is the only way to describe it.
Still, I kept plugging away at it,because I am an idiot because I thought the payoff at the end would be worth it.
It wasn't.
Long, pointless, depressing, and boring.
Yay!
I'm so glad I spent three weeks trying to finish this...
I thought this was supposed to be some Awesome-Must-Not-Miss-It! Legion story.
Not so much, in my opinion.
Maybe other people will really like it, but I found it to be a massive hunk of boring with fairly large chunk of bad art thrown in for good measure.
Stop! If anyone feels the need to point out that this story was first published over ten years ago, and therefore I need to overlook the art....Just stop!
The fact that it's older doesn't make my eyes hurt less.
I kept putting this down over and over again, because it was so...um? I guess not interesting is the only way to describe it.
Still, I kept plugging away at it,
It wasn't.
Long, pointless, depressing, and boring.
Yay!
I'm so glad I spent three weeks trying to finish this...
February 7, 2017
3.5 stars rounded up.
One of the biggest strengths AND Biggest weaknesses of the Legion is the vast cast of characters, each of which hail from vastly different cultures.
With this maxiseries, Abnett & Co. jettison most of the Legion, and focus on a handful of Legionaires that are lost in time and space. This turned out (IMO) to be a smart move.
With this format, we really get to focus on the CHARACTERS, and what really drives them (and by extension, the League itself!)
It also makes it more poignant to understand these characters, so that when the BAD STUFF (those who've read this know what I'm talking about!!) happens, the reader us really invested in it.
One of the biggest strengths AND Biggest weaknesses of the Legion is the vast cast of characters, each of which hail from vastly different cultures.
With this maxiseries, Abnett & Co. jettison most of the Legion, and focus on a handful of Legionaires that are lost in time and space. This turned out (IMO) to be a smart move.
With this format, we really get to focus on the CHARACTERS, and what really drives them (and by extension, the League itself!)
It also makes it more poignant to understand these characters, so that when the BAD STUFF (those who've read this know what I'm talking about!!) happens, the reader us really invested in it.
November 20, 2012
It's terrific that DC reprinted this, because it's easily one of the top Legion stories ever, right up there with the Great Darkness, Earth War, and others. To start with you have the Legion in a totally different environment that lets DnA push hard on the SF element of the series, which has too often been neglected. But they go beyond that by offering terrific characterization, even focusing each of the 12 issues on one particular member of the cast. (In reading this in the floppies a decade ago, I hadn't noticed just how precisely constructed it was.)
Beyond that you have at least two major and very welcome surprises and an incredibly epic ending.
This is DnA at their best. It makes me want to go back and read the rest of their run.
Beyond that you have at least two major and very welcome surprises and an incredibly epic ending.
This is DnA at their best. It makes me want to go back and read the rest of their run.
April 27, 2025
“In the face of death, life flashes past you. It’s been quite a life.
I remember when we became the Legion of Super-Heroes.
I was glad I was there when we became it again.
Because we weren’t lost at all, were we? Not where it counted.
Inside.”
Abnett April brings me back to the heady days of 2000-2001, where the team “DnA” take on one of the post Zero Hour LOSH titles and then…promptly run the sprock away with it and make it 12 damn compelling issues, loaded for bare with some tremendous early Olivier Copiel artwork.
It’s funny, I had NO idea this existed. I knew Legion Lost did because I was vaguely familiar with the New 52 “reimagining” of this series but I never thought to go back and try to find it back then.
But thanks to Abnett April and my local library, I basically burned through this and I’m absolutely glad I did. It’s funny and shocking and sprawling and a wonderful encapsulation of what the Legion does really well when it’s really singing and boy oh boy does this really sing.
I guess my only disappointment is not getting to experience the other LOSH titles that this was operating from, Legion Worlds and The Legion. It would have been even cooler to experience this whole line but honestly, this stood pretty strong enough on its own. I feel like this might be one I come back around to a lot more now that I know just how good it is.
I remember when we became the Legion of Super-Heroes.
I was glad I was there when we became it again.
Because we weren’t lost at all, were we? Not where it counted.
Inside.”
Abnett April brings me back to the heady days of 2000-2001, where the team “DnA” take on one of the post Zero Hour LOSH titles and then…promptly run the sprock away with it and make it 12 damn compelling issues, loaded for bare with some tremendous early Olivier Copiel artwork.
It’s funny, I had NO idea this existed. I knew Legion Lost did because I was vaguely familiar with the New 52 “reimagining” of this series but I never thought to go back and try to find it back then.
But thanks to Abnett April and my local library, I basically burned through this and I’m absolutely glad I did. It’s funny and shocking and sprawling and a wonderful encapsulation of what the Legion does really well when it’s really singing and boy oh boy does this really sing.
I guess my only disappointment is not getting to experience the other LOSH titles that this was operating from, Legion Worlds and The Legion. It would have been even cooler to experience this whole line but honestly, this stood pretty strong enough on its own. I feel like this might be one I come back around to a lot more now that I know just how good it is.
December 27, 2021
THE BIG 3 DO IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!
Amazing!!!!!!
Amazing!!!!!!
October 10, 2014
Aside from Braniac 5, the team was composed of characters I was unfamiliar with, which made for a slow start to the story. Toward the end it sped up, but the sheer scale of the big bad made for a trite story.
January 27, 2019
I wanted to read this one after I watched the old animated series of this one, and It was good. Of course, at the beggining I was a little bit lost, but I get the jest as it progressed. Just like in the show, Live Wire was my favourite.
The art was ok, it had moments when I thought it was great and other were the years were notable. (I´m sorry but I have a hard time reading older comics. That's the reason I don't read some storylines, because the art bother me so much. I guess I'm too acostummed with the art today. :/)
The art was ok, it had moments when I thought it was great and other were the years were notable. (I´m sorry but I have a hard time reading older comics. That's the reason I don't read some storylines, because the art bother me so much. I guess I'm too acostummed with the art today. :/)
August 27, 2025
Astonishing. First issues of the first volume of this arc made me quit reading the Legion after 25 years. Glad I finally finished both volumes as they’re better than expected.
Still not the optimistic & hopeful future I want with my LSH (at least not until the end) but a good story with intriguing takes on the characters
Alas, making a favorite character & morphing him into villainy, while well done & understandable, saddened me a lot.
Still not the optimistic & hopeful future I want with my LSH (at least not until the end) but a good story with intriguing takes on the characters
Alas, making a favorite character & morphing him into villainy, while well done & understandable, saddened me a lot.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 29, 2024
Llegué tarde a esta miniserie. Cuando comencé a leer a la Legion de forma regular lo hice en la serie homónima lanzada después de esta y de otra miniserie llamada "Legion Worlds" que se enfocó en lo que pasó con los Legionarios que no se perdieron en el espacio. Al estar leyendo esa serie regular me fui enterando de algunas cosas que habían pasado en esta, pero en esa época yo era una persona completamente diferente. Aunque algunas me llamaban la atención, la verdad es que otras, como la muerte de Monstress sencillamente no me interesaban. Yo "conocía" a la Legion de una serie de tarjetas que había sacado DC a la venta a principios de la década de los noventas y los personajes que para mi eran "nuevos"* me disgustaban, me parecían "usurpadores". Yep, el yo de veintantos años era muy particular y quisquilloso. Como en ese entonces ni existía este compilado (que saldría editado muchos, muchos años después de que se terminara de publicar la serie regular a la que hago mención) y conseguir los números sueltos era imposible (por lo menos para mi que solo podía adquirir cómics en las pocas tiendas especializadas que había en México), me tarde un poco en leer esta serie y debo decir que en ese entonces aún no estaba tan familiarizado con la mayoría de los personajes y solo me gustó mucho el arco de Saturn Girl, pero los demás honestamente no. Eran personajes que en muchos casos no conocía y de otros aún no estaba tan "enamorado". Pasaría el tiempo, leería mucho mas de la Legion, tanto de esta encarnación como de la llamada por los fans "threeboot" escrita en un principio por Mark Waid y después por Jim Shooter y después en la versión publicada después de Infinite Crisis que estuvo a cargo de Paul Levitz quizás el escritor mas importante de este equipo**, además de algunas historias antiguas como "The great darkness saga" (que tengo que volver a leer para escribir una reseña aquí, aunque no creo hacerlo pronto), y entonces, entre mis relecturas volvió a entrar esta miniserie. Y me gustó mas. De hecho la calificación de cuatro estrellas que tenía aquí en Goodreads era de esa relectura. Pasaron muchos mas años y hace un par me dieron ganas de leer el periodo denominado 5YL. En aquel, al principio la Legion esta compuesta por adultos en un universo post-apocaliptico. Si yo fuera a hacer una película de la Legion me basaría justamente en esa encarnación. Sin embargo me dio la impresión (aunque no he encontrado demasiada información) que no funcionó como se esperaba y de repente aparecieron otra vez Legionarios adolescentes que denominaron "The Batch SW6 Legion" que terminarían siendo clones de los originales. Pero al estar leyendo a estos jóvenes me dieron ganas de leer todo, TODO lo publicado después de Zero Hour y es que, aunque ya había leído mucho, no lo había hecho en su totalidad (o en el caso de Legion, la serie que comenzaré a leer la próxima semana con la que inicié mi gusto por este equipo, no lo he hecho en mas de veinte años).
Pero bueno, ya llevo un párrafo (enorme además) y no he hablado nada de esta serie. Debo decir que no creo que le pudiera gustar a una persona que no conozca a la Legion. Me parece que tiene bastantes referencias para personas que tenían años leyendo a estos personajes y que si no es así, no logras identificarte tanto con ellos. No se cual fue la intención de DC publicando esto y cancelando las dos series regulares que lo habían precedido. Y es que usualmente cuando lanzan un nuevo número uno es justamente para atraer lectores nuevos, pero insisto, creo que siendo un lector novato no lo aprecias del todo. Como me pasó en su momento con la serie que lo precedió si sientes que hay algunas cosas de las que te perdiste. Como si hubieras querido ver primero "The Empire Strikes Back" antes de ver la primera (ahora llamada "A New Hope"). Pero si ya había leído algo o en mi caso todo lo publicado desde Zero Hour, wow, WOW. Es una historia que te deja sin palabras, que cada número que pasa va siendo mas impactante que el anterior. Y si ya eras un lector veterano, aún mas. Por ejemplo la actitud de Shikari, llamando a los Legionarios por su físico (Brainy=Green Legion) o por su actitud (Saturn Girl=Fair Legion) me hizo recordar justamente lo que pasaba en 5YL donde los personajes no utilizaban su nombre de batalla sino su nombre real.
Un detalle que me gustó mucho fue el hecho de que, aunque obviamente es un título de equipo, los escritores decidieron enfocar cada número en un personaje diferente, dándonos información que no sabíamos de algunos de ellos (como el origen de Monstress) o adentrándonos en sus miedos y sus traumas (como Umbra o Saturn Girl) e incluso en casos como el de Wildfire que aún no se sentía al 100% un miembro.
Pero quizás lo mas impactante (y por lo cual decidí ocultar este texto) son las perdidas. Y es que no nada mas está el hecho de la muerte de Monstress, también hay "desapariciones" de personajes como Apparition, de las cuales tardaríamos todavía un rato en saber que es lo que había pasado con ella pero también en un buen juego de palabras la perdida (que quizás no muerte, en este punto no se sabe) de otros como Live Wire o Element Lad. En realidad el título hace referencia no nada mas al tiempo que el equipo pasó "perdida" en el espacio (aunque igual, al final de la misma no sabemos si lograrán regresar a la Tierra o si todavía existía una Tierra a la cual regresar, ni cuanto tiempo había pasado), sino a las perdidas en el equipo. De diez Legionarios que se pierden al final de la serie anterior solo siete terminan regresando***. Ahora, regresando a las muerte de Monstress, toda, TODA la indiferencia que me había generado hace veinte años ahora se transformó en una tristeza espantosa. Y eso que ya sabía que sucedería. No me puedo imaginar lo que han de haber sentido los fans de hace veinte años que tenían un tiempo siguiendo a Candi, queriéndola, viendo que era un personaje tan lindo y como de un plumazo la desaparecieron. Si hubiera sido, no se, Umbra la que hubiera muerto, creo que no pegaría tan fuerte su muerte.
Quizás el punto mas flojo sea el arte. Los números dibujados por Olivier Coipel son soberbios, en particular los últimos dos. Pero los dibujados por Pascal Alixe son todo lo contrario. De hecho, aunque a mi no me molesta, sentí que sexualizaba demasiado a las mujeres. Lo comenté en un breve comentario en el número enfocado en Saturn Girl. Pero independientemente de eso, siento que su arte se ve demasiado sucio y eso en general jamás me ha gustado.
Insisto, creo que no es el mejor punto de partida para nuevos seguidores, pero para gente quizás no completamente adentrada en esta encarnación de la Legion, pero si con algunos conocimientos previos, me parece que es una historia digna, que a casi veinticinco años de su publicacion original sigue sintiéndose increíble.
*Técnicamente todos eran nuevos para mi, ya que como lo he comentado en otras ocasiones jamás había leído a la Legion, solo sabía quienes eran los "clásicos" pero solo de nombre por esa colección de tarjetas que menciono. De hecho algunos "clásicos" como Bouncing Boy o Princess Projectra que no aparecían en esa colección de tarjetas yo no los conocía y obviamente tampoco me importaban un carajo cuando supe de su existencia años después (ambos salían en la serie que menciono arriba pero con encarnaciones muy diferentes).
**O segundo mas importante después de Jim Shooter, dependiendo de a quien le preguntes.
***Tomando en cuenta a Element Lad.
Pero bueno, ya llevo un párrafo (enorme además) y no he hablado nada de esta serie. Debo decir que no creo que le pudiera gustar a una persona que no conozca a la Legion. Me parece que tiene bastantes referencias para personas que tenían años leyendo a estos personajes y que si no es así, no logras identificarte tanto con ellos. No se cual fue la intención de DC publicando esto y cancelando las dos series regulares que lo habían precedido. Y es que usualmente cuando lanzan un nuevo número uno es justamente para atraer lectores nuevos, pero insisto, creo que siendo un lector novato no lo aprecias del todo. Como me pasó en su momento con la serie que lo precedió si sientes que hay algunas cosas de las que te perdiste. Como si hubieras querido ver primero "The Empire Strikes Back" antes de ver la primera (ahora llamada "A New Hope"). Pero si ya había leído algo o en mi caso todo lo publicado desde Zero Hour, wow, WOW. Es una historia que te deja sin palabras, que cada número que pasa va siendo mas impactante que el anterior. Y si ya eras un lector veterano, aún mas. Por ejemplo la actitud de Shikari, llamando a los Legionarios por su físico (Brainy=Green Legion) o por su actitud (Saturn Girl=Fair Legion) me hizo recordar justamente lo que pasaba en 5YL donde los personajes no utilizaban su nombre de batalla sino su nombre real.
Un detalle que me gustó mucho fue el hecho de que, aunque obviamente es un título de equipo, los escritores decidieron enfocar cada número en un personaje diferente, dándonos información que no sabíamos de algunos de ellos (como el origen de Monstress) o adentrándonos en sus miedos y sus traumas (como Umbra o Saturn Girl) e incluso en casos como el de Wildfire que aún no se sentía al 100% un miembro.
Pero quizás lo mas impactante (y por lo cual decidí ocultar este texto) son las perdidas. Y es que no nada mas está el hecho de la muerte de Monstress, también hay "desapariciones" de personajes como Apparition, de las cuales tardaríamos todavía un rato en saber que es lo que había pasado con ella pero también en un buen juego de palabras la perdida (que quizás no muerte, en este punto no se sabe) de otros como Live Wire o Element Lad. En realidad el título hace referencia no nada mas al tiempo que el equipo pasó "perdida" en el espacio (aunque igual, al final de la misma no sabemos si lograrán regresar a la Tierra o si todavía existía una Tierra a la cual regresar, ni cuanto tiempo había pasado), sino a las perdidas en el equipo. De diez Legionarios que se pierden al final de la serie anterior solo siete terminan regresando***. Ahora, regresando a las muerte de Monstress, toda, TODA la indiferencia que me había generado hace veinte años ahora se transformó en una tristeza espantosa. Y eso que ya sabía que sucedería. No me puedo imaginar lo que han de haber sentido los fans de hace veinte años que tenían un tiempo siguiendo a Candi, queriéndola, viendo que era un personaje tan lindo y como de un plumazo la desaparecieron. Si hubiera sido, no se, Umbra la que hubiera muerto, creo que no pegaría tan fuerte su muerte.
Quizás el punto mas flojo sea el arte. Los números dibujados por Olivier Coipel son soberbios, en particular los últimos dos. Pero los dibujados por Pascal Alixe son todo lo contrario. De hecho, aunque a mi no me molesta, sentí que sexualizaba demasiado a las mujeres. Lo comenté en un breve comentario en el número enfocado en Saturn Girl. Pero independientemente de eso, siento que su arte se ve demasiado sucio y eso en general jamás me ha gustado.
Insisto, creo que no es el mejor punto de partida para nuevos seguidores, pero para gente quizás no completamente adentrada en esta encarnación de la Legion, pero si con algunos conocimientos previos, me parece que es una historia digna, que a casi veinticinco años de su publicacion original sigue sintiéndose increíble.
*Técnicamente todos eran nuevos para mi, ya que como lo he comentado en otras ocasiones jamás había leído a la Legion, solo sabía quienes eran los "clásicos" pero solo de nombre por esa colección de tarjetas que menciono. De hecho algunos "clásicos" como Bouncing Boy o Princess Projectra que no aparecían en esa colección de tarjetas yo no los conocía y obviamente tampoco me importaban un carajo cuando supe de su existencia años después (ambos salían en la serie que menciono arriba pero con encarnaciones muy diferentes).
**O segundo mas importante después de Jim Shooter, dependiendo de a quien le preguntes.
***Tomando en cuenta a Element Lad.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 26, 2022
Trapped on the far side of the universe, a handful of Legionnaires attempt to make their way home with no power, no allies, and very little hope. They are the Legion Lost.
Following on from the end of the last volume, this twelve part maxi-series manages to pare the Legion down to ten or so characters, allowing us to focus in on everyone specifically rather than grappling with the cast of thousands that we're used to. Each issue is narrated by a different Legionnaire as well, so we get to see things from each of their perspectives as the story goes on.
The earlier issues of this story seem inconsequential, or side stories at best, but it's only once the veil is drawn back in issue 10 that everything comes into focus. Nothing is unimportant, right up until the end, where a triple gut punch of reveals ends the series on a high. I didn't expect to be so invested in this by the time it ended, but I very much was.
On art for the most part is still Olivier Coipel, in the same kind of DC house style. It's fine, it does the job, nothing to complain about. Pascal Alixe also does a few fill-ins, and he adds FAR too many lines to character faces so they're all very squinty. I want to knock like half a star off for the art, but we're rounding up today.
Legion Lost was an unexpected delight to read. I knew it was meant to be good, but I think I underestimated just how much I'd enjoy it.
Following on from the end of the last volume, this twelve part maxi-series manages to pare the Legion down to ten or so characters, allowing us to focus in on everyone specifically rather than grappling with the cast of thousands that we're used to. Each issue is narrated by a different Legionnaire as well, so we get to see things from each of their perspectives as the story goes on.
The earlier issues of this story seem inconsequential, or side stories at best, but it's only once the veil is drawn back in issue 10 that everything comes into focus. Nothing is unimportant, right up until the end, where a triple gut punch of reveals ends the series on a high. I didn't expect to be so invested in this by the time it ended, but I very much was.
On art for the most part is still Olivier Coipel, in the same kind of DC house style. It's fine, it does the job, nothing to complain about. Pascal Alixe also does a few fill-ins, and he adds FAR too many lines to character faces so they're all very squinty. I want to knock like half a star off for the art, but we're rounding up today.
Legion Lost was an unexpected delight to read. I knew it was meant to be good, but I think I underestimated just how much I'd enjoy it.
September 1, 2024
This was so good. I've never been a big fan of the Legion (too many characters and too corny) but this was contained to just a handful of Legionnaires stranded in space and time and how they deal with. Its full of emotion. The sadness and desolation is palpable. There were multiple big twists I didn't see coming that had a serious affect on the characters. This is a must read for Legion fans. To me, the only drawback was the art. Olivier Coipel goes on to be a great artist but here in his first mainstream work, it was rough. Overall, probably the best Legion story I've ever read.
February 24, 2021
Yes.. I do give this FIVE STARS~!
I enjoyed it for the story that it is.
We are introduced to characters that we think that we know, but in a new way.
The art shows just how the Future might look... it's not all sunshine and rainbows...
Maybe the Treat I had before I read this had an impact on my review, but if that's the case... then you should Partake before reading any LSH~!
I enjoyed it for the story that it is.
We are introduced to characters that we think that we know, but in a new way.
The art shows just how the Future might look... it's not all sunshine and rainbows...
Maybe the Treat I had before I read this had an impact on my review, but if that's the case... then you should Partake before reading any LSH~!
October 25, 2019
Had not read a Legion of Superheroes story in a long time. A buddy at the comic shop suggested that I try reading Legion Lost. It was a pretty solid read and had pretty solid art. My only complaint is that the story has no real ending. We are left with a cliffhanger.
June 22, 2018
Legion Lost is one of the quintessential LoSH stories.
June 28, 2018
This book is a slow burn, but I feel the reveals are worth it. The art could be better. Not a great jumping on point for non-Legion readers.
June 28, 2021
Some inspired use of Elemental Lad, and certainly got a charge out of Live Wire
October 19, 2021
forgot just how messy this was
December 21, 2022
Just when this was feeling too drawn out, a few unexpected turns towards the end really breathed some excitement and emotion into the story.
April 13, 2023
Banger
March 6, 2025
Long live the Legion
20yrs later and it still holds up. Compelling story from writers Abnett and Lanning, with amazing art from penciler Coipel.
20yrs later and it still holds up. Compelling story from writers Abnett and Lanning, with amazing art from penciler Coipel.
April 2, 2015
This is a hard novel for me to rate – even though it is rare for me to be at a loss for words. I think my problem comes from the fact, on one level I thought this was a well-written series with plenty of twists and turns and solid attempts at character development. On the other level, it was just hard for me to embrace this as a Legion of Super-Heroes story. So I’ll break down some of the good and less good.
Art – I am not a big fan of Olivier Coipel and while this book did make me appreciate him a whole lot more I was still irritated how he drew the Legion (especially Live Wire and Brainiac 5, as if they were 11 year olds. Especially when the tone of the story is so very dark. Tone of the story…this is very much a horror story and with that in mind the authors do an amazing job of setting the tone and keeping up the sense of desperation throughout the series. But perhaps this is also why it was hard for me to see this as a LoS story – I am old school but I managed to adjust to some of the superficial changes of names but less so to the personality change of Ultra Boy who reminded me of Timber Wolf (from my era). I really appreciated the idea to spotlight a different member of the group for each chapter/issue in the 12 issue series. I often complain there is not enough character development in comics these days but the writers did not skimp in this area. The story itself? Well…I thought it was inconsistent. There were times I loved it and it was executed very well but some of the twists and reveals didn’t make much sense (e.g. Saturn Girl’s deception) or didn’t fit in with the original premise (a super strong alien discovers his world was an illusion – not sure where that fits in with the main plot). And even though it the authors tried to justify the first plot point – the progeny, a group of aliens, are out to destroy any aliens not like them…deviants – I just didn’t see the logic behind it. Good start but the payoff didn’t make sense to me. From my perspective the writers needed the big bad guy to be a huge menace so they had to get him to be a threat, even though I didn’t feel the big baddy had a motivation to do what he did. You wipe out all life just because you can? We are Gods to ants but I don’t spend all my time squashing ants.
A last positive thing to say – this was a very original story and very original storytelling so even though the ending wasn’t as much fun as the journey, and the art was unappealing, and as an old school LoS fan it didn't read like a LoS story, I still consider this a better than average series. And I will say it definitely was a great horror story.
Art – I am not a big fan of Olivier Coipel and while this book did make me appreciate him a whole lot more I was still irritated how he drew the Legion (especially Live Wire and Brainiac 5, as if they were 11 year olds. Especially when the tone of the story is so very dark. Tone of the story…this is very much a horror story and with that in mind the authors do an amazing job of setting the tone and keeping up the sense of desperation throughout the series. But perhaps this is also why it was hard for me to see this as a LoS story – I am old school but I managed to adjust to some of the superficial changes of names but less so to the personality change of Ultra Boy who reminded me of Timber Wolf (from my era). I really appreciated the idea to spotlight a different member of the group for each chapter/issue in the 12 issue series. I often complain there is not enough character development in comics these days but the writers did not skimp in this area. The story itself? Well…I thought it was inconsistent. There were times I loved it and it was executed very well but some of the twists and reveals didn’t make much sense (e.g. Saturn Girl’s deception) or didn’t fit in with the original premise (a super strong alien discovers his world was an illusion – not sure where that fits in with the main plot). And even though it the authors tried to justify the first plot point – the progeny, a group of aliens, are out to destroy any aliens not like them…deviants – I just didn’t see the logic behind it. Good start but the payoff didn’t make sense to me. From my perspective the writers needed the big bad guy to be a huge menace so they had to get him to be a threat, even though I didn’t feel the big baddy had a motivation to do what he did. You wipe out all life just because you can? We are Gods to ants but I don’t spend all my time squashing ants.
A last positive thing to say – this was a very original story and very original storytelling so even though the ending wasn’t as much fun as the journey, and the art was unappealing, and as an old school LoS fan it didn't read like a LoS story, I still consider this a better than average series. And I will say it definitely was a great horror story.
February 25, 2013
Abnett and Lanning had a FANTASTIC run with the Guardians of the Galaxy a few years back, which I still can't believe was cancelled, but I digress. So, when I came upon a Legion of Superheroes story with their names on it, twas a no-brainer. Who better who introduce me to characters I actually do want to learn more about?
From the get-go I was hooked. Masterful storytelling, characters with such charm and humanity you forget you're reading a comic book about kids in space, and I found myself wrapped up in the inner-dialogue, and playful banter. Nice work DnA, nice work.
From the get-go I was hooked. Masterful storytelling, characters with such charm and humanity you forget you're reading a comic book about kids in space, and I found myself wrapped up in the inner-dialogue, and playful banter. Nice work DnA, nice work.
September 16, 2019
This one's the best Legion story to date. The art's great, yes, but best of all, Abnett and Lanning provide a powerful story that breaks the characters down to their lowest ebb and then shows the heart and heroism that make them the Legion of Super-Heroes, and that make the Legion a truly fascinating and wonderful franchise.
++++++++++++
Reread this for the fourth or fifth time, including a few passes while it was being serialized, and its power never wavers - a certifiable, undeniable classic.
++++++++++++
Reread this for the fourth or fifth time, including a few passes while it was being serialized, and its power never wavers - a certifiable, undeniable classic.
August 8, 2013
"Somewhere, we may be counted as super-heroes... but out here, we're just a bunch of lost kids with funky powers and abilities. We have big hearts, good intentions. We're still brave by any standards you care to measure us... but we've become a bunch of loose, rattling, clashing elements... without the unity that being The Legion of Super-Heroes used to give us. And that, plain and true, is why we're really lost. A legion lost." - Wildfire
May 3, 2018
In a foreign galaxy beyond the reach of help, a small group of legionnaires awaken to find their ship broken, their spirits down, and their friends missing. "Legion Lost" is a superb piece of work from the minds of Abnett and Lanning that blends exciting storytelling with beautiful artwork. With only 21 issues, the legionnaires are running out of time, and finding a way home may have to wait when a new evil begins searching for them...
February 17, 2012
This was better than I expected. Without knowing about the Legion of Superheroes, like me, the story arc is contained enough so that a newcomer is not completely lost. If you actually are/were a fan of the Legion, then this book would probably have been even more enjoyable because of the unexpected yet plausibly written things that happen to the characters.
May 16, 2012
I like graphic novels. This was a collection of one years worth of stories about the Lost Legion. A futuristic Justice League update. Are there more stories with these characters? I really don't Know. This copy was a reprint from 2000-2001. DC Comics published this work. Standout art work by Oliver Copiel.
October 25, 2014
This is one of very few legion books I've read if it isn't the only one that I've read. This was so good. The story kept my interest the whole way and had really cool plot twists that were a joy to read! Any comic fan even if they don't know the characters should check this book out.
August 11, 2011
Fun light reading. Safe DC comic book.
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