>LoSH Red pill me. Where do I start? Whats worth reading?

Superman and Legion of Superheroes by Johns is where I started, it was a good introduction. Legion of 3 Worlds is the next story after that and you can read it then, but make sure you also read it again after you finish backreading because it's basically continuity porn.

Beyond that you can just kind of start at the beginning of any run. There are a couple of different eras of course, but most of it is a good read (only poor runs I'd really say are 5 Years Later by the Beirbaums, mid/late 00s Shooter, and the last arc or so of the new 52 stuff). I basically marathoned through and I don't really regret it.

All of it is good. It's wild like that. Except leave Volume 4 when Giffen does

>>87210232
I should probably add that the Levitz/Giffen stuff is probably the most noteworthy. I'd recommend starting around Bates though if you're going to hit that bronze age stuff.

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>>87210059
>I've never heard of them until rebirth
What a casual! Alas, you are clearly not cut out for the life of a comic book reader. You are better giving up right now, kid.

>>87210059
You don't, you just pretend to care.
I can't wait for the new run and see it barely sell after the first issue.

>>87210059
How did she manage to make the little parts of the star? The ones that are smaller than her finger?

>>87210404
obviously used her fingernail

>>87210232

>only poor runs I'd really say are 5 Years Later by the Beirbaums, mid/late 00s Shooter, and the last arc or so of the new 52 stuff

This is the perfect answer to the question I wasnt but should have been asking. Thanks!

Opinions on Legion of the Damned run? Someone recommended that but it looked like a re-imaging of classic LoSH

>>87210059
I miss when Batman comics were good and not used to shill new OC or hipster trash

>>87210518
>Legion
>hipster trash
Just admit you're a casual already.

L I G H T N I N G S A G A

Then Johns stuff

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>>87210059
Start with the tv show.

>>87210464
That version of the Legion (colloquially referred to as the Reboot Legion) was a reboot that started with Zero Hour, but you can start there then read the other DnA stuff (in order I think it's Legion Lost and Legion Worlds then The Legion). Kind of a big tonal shift there actually between it and the stuff that came before in the Reboot. I think that arc and Legion Lost are really good but Legion Worlds and The Legion are kind of a step down (neither is bad but just kind of "ok"). Not a bad place to start though some of the characters only exist in that Reboot Legion and not the other versions.

>>87210232
>>87210566
so why is Superman everywhere?

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>>87210765
They are friends with him.

>>87210837
Source?

>>87210765
Because they were introduced in Superman comics focusin on when he was a boy.

Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl came back from the future to meet Superman when he was their age. Superman paved the way for people from different planets working together and using their unique abilities for the betterment of all.

They have an adventure with the Superboy, and return to their distant future. On occasion they come back and bring young Clark to the future to have adventures with the Legion and make him a member.

They even help a friend of Clark's, the Daxamite Garr Land who Clark had to trap in the Phantom Zone to prevent lead poisoning from killing him. Clark adopts him into his extended family and grants him the name Mon El. Healed by the Legion in the Future, Garr Land goes by the name Valor and Joins the Legion to lead by example against his own species's xenophobia.

The Legion's stories are Scifi tales set in the distant future. With an expansive cast of optimistic young heroes ready to work together and show the universe that everyone is better together.

Long Live the Legion!

>>87211072
Sounds corny as all hell

>>87211108
Yes, and?

>>87211043
short story in Action 900

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>>87211108

Just like any superhero. I haven't read much of the Legion like the rest of /co/ but they're solid characters. You could read Superman Secret Origin for a nice little introduction to them, or Superman and the Legion of Superheroes for a story where many of them are a focus.

http://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Superman-Secret-Origin/Issue-1?id=7534

Here's a full story arc with them. 858 - 863

http://readcomiconline.to/Comic/Action-Comics-1938/Issue-858?id=26308

>>87211108
Because it is and is glorious.

LoSH is Start Trek with Capes.

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>>87211455
Why is Imra so perfect?

>>87210350
Well darn, guess I better take Batman off my pull list since I'm too casual to be reading it.

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The LoSH 2010 has some amazing art by Cinar and Portela.

downloading some legion stuff now. Is New 52 and Legion Lost worth reading?

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>>87211531

Only Grant would randomly do an Adult Legion story in his Superman origin for the entire relaunch of DC

>>87212453
Nope.

>>87212453
The New 52 ongoing is a direct continuation of the pre-Flashpoint stuff. If you want to do backreading then the last Adventure Comics arc that introduces the new kids would be the place to go. But ultimately it doesn't really do much story-wise and the last arc was pretty bad so I don't know if I'd recommend it beyond just being curious as to how their last ongoing went.

New 52 Legion Lost was bad because the writer left early on and it got pulled into crossovers with Teen Titans and shit. The old Legion Lost is good though.

>>87212561
>>87212534
ok thanks for the info

>>87212025
No, the only thing casual is complaining that Legion is for Hipsters. Seriously where the blueberry muffin fuck did that sentiment even come from.

>>87210566

The STAS had a Legion episode, JLU also had one.

L.E.G.I.O.N.(1989-1994)
http://freetexthost.com/i1wp2ii0yu

LEGIONNAIRES (1993-2000)
http://pastebin.com/0J3YCe5C

LoSH v3 (1984-1989):
http://pastebin.com/CqsVyG0V

LoSH v4 (1989-2000)
http://pastebin.com/StTYc76e

REBELS v2 (2009-2011)
http://pastebin.com/qnd6SdhW

Remember that time Karate Kid killed an entire universe by sneezing?

>>87217631
No Rebels v1?

Either way thanks got some reading to do

>>87211531
Can you storytime this, anon?

I would be very interested.

>>87210284
>the Levitz/Giffen stuff is probably the most noteworthy
Can confirm. I'm reading it these days and it's lovely.

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>>87211531
>Why is Imra so perfect?
Because she's imperfect. Compassionate, yet kinda creepy at times, she's the team mom who does her best to keep everyone together, sometimes through manipulation. Ruthlessly pragmatic, she abhors abusing her powers, but she'll do what it takes to get the job done. Hell, the very first story that's actually about her demonstrates this well, and just kinda caught on.

Moral complexity can make for an enjoyable character.

I hate their codenames; why can't they use their names instead?

>>87210059
this is a terrible page to be honest

>>87212499

Morrison and Quitely should do a All-Star Superboy & The Legion of Super-Heroes, it would be a prequel to their All-Star Superman.

>>87217811
Post-Zero Hour (1995) changed the Legionnaires codenames, Colossal Boy became Leviathan and so on.

I like their codenames, its whinsical and for kids.

>>87210059
can someone explain this page to me? I'm assuming she is a member of the legion, who is stuck on present day Earth?

>>87218228
Lel sounds like such a tryhard thing to do.

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>>87218377
Yeah, it's Saturn Girl, one of the Founders. She appeared in the Rebirth #1 special, apparently looking for Superman. That little cameo in the OP is the first tie she's appeared since. We don't know what's going on, but Johns seems to be hinting that the Legion are important to the overall story of Rebirth somehow.

>>87218419
thanks

So why was she in a Batman comic? The Legion has zero ties with Batman and I doubt the majority of Batman readers would even recognize that symbol

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>>87218403
Well, yeah. It was the 90s after all. Ironically though, 90s Legion was relatively grounded, and often known as "Archie Legion". Personally, I think that's mostly due to Jeff Moy's art actually making the characters look like, y'know, teenagers.

>>87210059
Doe? As in Jane Doe? What does she have to do with Imra?

>>87210837
>me in the bottom right corner

>>87218431
Presumably to foster interest. If the Legion really is important to whatever's going on with Dr. Manhattan, expect Imra and friends to start showing up in various books they'd otherwise have fuck all to do with.

>>87218431
I think it was just a cameo appearance and that since Batman is part of the League, being an ally of Superman, he could recognize the symbol (if it wasn't Nu52 era).

The only odd thing about is that every other inmate is a criminal yet she hasn't done anything wrong, they just believe she's crazy, right?

>>87217811
Idk if it's actually canon or if I've just decided that it is but I think that they once stated that it's a traditional thing. Heroes from the heroic era, i.e. current DC, had those kinds of names so they do too (same with the spandex etc.). Except they are looking at the heroic era through the lense of 1000 years of history so it's kind of an abridged version of it all.

>>87218419
she's in cadmus prison?

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Will Brainiac 5 spill his spaghetti when he meets Superman?

>>87218722
They think she's insane, so she's in Arkham.

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>>87218733
One can only assume.

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>>87218733
Nah. Brainy only spills his spaghetti over statuesque blonde girls.

>>87218671
That's precisely the case. The Legion are taking inspiration from the superheroes of old, since for some reason capes aren't really a thing in the future until they bring it back.

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>>87218733
Probably, he's into quite a lot of people.

Lyle/Brainy OTP though.

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>>87218814
Personally, I prefer the idea of Brainy/Laurel/Lyle as a reluctant threesome. But whatever.

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>>87218793
Sure thing

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>>87218838
I don't think their personalities match all that well, and Lyle and Laurel don't really get along IIRC.. But it could probably still be a pretty interesting hate/love dynamic.

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>>87218916
I always thought Andromeda was under-utilized.

>>87218764
she's going to be a villain with Arkham being a bad place full of corruptive caretaker.

>>87218542
It's a name they give to women whose identity they don't know, like John Doe for guys

Not a reference to that villain lady with no skin

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>>87218952
I mostly thought she was annoying, a lot of the it kind of felt like they wanted to make her both very unlikable and sympathetic at the same time and it didn't work.

>>87217785
That sounds an awful lot like Bendis Jean Grey, anon.

Didnt he at some point said if he was DC he would like to do a Legion run? now we know how his Saturn girl would be like.

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>>87219154
>That sounds an awful lot like Bendis Jean Grey, anon.
The difference is that Imra has the good fortune of being handled by competent writers most of the time. She's pretty much like if Jean wasn't an asshole, and had respect for boundaries.

>Didnt he at some point said if he was DC he would like to do a Legion run?
I believe so. Thank fuck that never happened and most likely never will.

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>>87218998

Legion is the best thing about DC

>>87210059
>>87210350
>I've never heard of them until rebirth
In all serious, that is a bit sad. The Legion used to be frequent top seller.

>>87221156
What fucked Legion?

I think it was Zero Hour.

>>87217769
No you have to read the whole Morrison run to make sense of it all and it's like 19 issues

So is there a torrent that has ALL of the Legion's stuff? Yes, even the shitty stuff?

>>87221191
No, it was probably the frequent reboots in general, not helped by Threeboot being highly divisive. Retroboot was pretty solid until the Nu52 happened, then everything became a total clusterfuck and they just kind of faded away until now.

>>87217769

You're looking for Nu52 Action Comics vol. 1, 2, and 3.

I dunno if any pirate sites have them, your local library might have them, too.

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>>87218733
>implying Brainy is capable of NOT spilling spaghetti

>>87221304
In the JLU final season Kara stay inthe future with Legion and Brainiac.

>>87221287
There was one a year or two ago but I don't have a link and some of the torrent sites getting taken down since then might make it harder to find. Good luck though.

>>87221683
That episode was great, pure fanservice.

>>87221970
>That episode was great, pure fanservice.

JLU was pure fanservice 100% of the time, that's why it was so good.

>>87221287
Here is a torrent of Legion don't know if it is all of it.
http://www.mediafire.com/cosmicdc#lxdr53gx94o53

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>>87221304

>>87222101
Damn, that was harsh.

Poor Brainiac.

>>87222101
>>87222146
To be fair, the "no getting married" policy was utterly fucktarded. As is the case with many Legion policies.

>>87222396
Didn't Bouncing Boy married Triplicate Girl?

>>87222422
Yeah, and they were forced to retire and were listed as reserve members.

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>>87221304

>>87222885
It kind of looks like he's smiling in that panel, like he's trying to flirt with her instead of being the most socially handicapped person in the universe.

>>87210765
be glad it's not batman

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>>87222814
Those two (3? 4?) retiring would have been a good idea under any circumstances.

>>87223334
Brainiac is thirsty of superpussy.

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>>87223361
Remember that time he built his own Supergirl robot in his sleep?

>>87223334
>Those two (3? 4?) retiring would have been a good idea under any circumstances.
Anon, don't be a pleb.

I liked the Threeboot version of Vi, they should incorporate her combat skills into the next reboot. Not necessarily the brain destroying or myth parts but the kicking ass while utilizing her powers well part.

>>87224282
What Vi?

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>>87224356
Assuming that you aren't being a tool; this Vi. Shrinking Violet.

>>87224356
They called her Atom Girl in that version iirc, if that helps

>>87224399
A badass dual wielding grrrl!

>>87210464
>Superman and Legion of Superheroes by Johns is where I started, it was a good introduction. Legion of 3 Worlds is the next story after that and you can read it then, but make sure you also read it again after you finish backreading because it's basically continuity porn.
>Beyond that you can just kind of start at the beginning of any run. There are a couple of different eras of course, but most of it is a good read (only poor runs I'd really say are 5 Years Later by the Beirbaums, mid/late 00s Shooter, and the last arc or so of the new 52 stuff). I basically marathoned through and I don't really regret it.
Legion of the Damned is proto-Annihilation Conquest. But it's solid, and a nice intro to Legion Lost.

>>87224282
I feel like that kind of picked up from the 80s stuff. Like after she had been impersonated she was written harder especially into 5YL and all?

>>87224811
That's possible, I still haven't read much of 5YL because I'm not very fond of it but it seems like a plausible thing there.

I wonder what Hickman's legion pitch was. He's been talking about going to DC offices lately so I bet he pitched LOSH

>>87225386
Something without wasted pages and panels; oh, and an ending.

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I'll be quite disappointed if Rebirth Legion doesn't have my boy T'Julk among its ranks.

>>87210059
Personally, I started with the Great Darkness Saga. Great storytelling, though you might need the occasional google search to remember who everyone is.

If you know anything about Star Trek, the TOS crossover was really fun.

>>87225386
I think any recent meetings would be about something else. His pitch has been rumored for several years now.

>>87225586
Johns liked him enough to bring him to the Retroboot so it's possible.

>>87224811
>>87224836

yeah 5YL Vi was a hardened military vet.

>>87219154
>>87219227

man I still wanna see what a Bendis/Jim Lee Legion would look like. I know it'd be horrible but i still want it

>>87226096
>Bendis waifu (Jazmin? Trip?) becomes leader of the Legion
>Everyone becomes meme

>>87226172
Would definitely be Colossal Boy, Bendis can't resist a Jew

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>DC still hasn't reprinted the rest of the DnA run or Waid's Supergirl and the LoSH

>>87226299
Isn't Supergirl and the LoSH fully collected though? Most of the trades aren't even that expensive.

>>87226398
Sorry, I meant the digitals.

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So who's your favorite Legionnaire? I'll go with the obvious and say Brainiac 5.

>>87227270
Same, but also Vi, Cham, Gates and Lyle.

>>87227270
Dreamy or Imra, but I flip between the two. Jeckie, Brainy, and XS probably in the next group. Most of the characters are good though, can't think of one I actively dislike but there's a couple I could take or leave.

>>87227366
What are they even doing with their hands in the middle panel

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>>87227270
My gal Imra Ardeen AKA Saturn Girl.

Mysa, Brainy, Nura and Dawnstar come close though.

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I like how they are clearly trying to hide Cos' awful uniform behind other Legionnaires in this spread.

WHERE IS MY LIVE ACTION LOSH TV SERIES WB

>>87228630
>slut Cos
>awful

fight me 1v1 irl

>>87228680
If it's forced to tie into the CW shows I don't want it.
>Mon-El not named after Monday

dropped.jpg

>>87228723
>forced to tie into the CW shows
Why should it be?

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>>87228680
THAT'S A DAMN GOOD QUESTION, ANON.

>ring appears twice
>Mon-El in Supergirl
The fuck is with all this damn teasing?

>>87228760
Because that's what they're doing these days, couldn't even let Supergirl stand on its own

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>>87228778
>we will have a live action LoSH in Supergirl

>>87228790
You're aware that the same happens in her comics.

>>87228825
What does being aware matter? The CW shows are shit and any live action LoSH would be connected and likely also shit so I don't want it.

>>87228865
Nice company war, bro.

>>87228875
I literally have no idea what you're talking about now. We are only talking about one company here, to be fair Berlanti is the issue rather than the network though. He just doesn't get superheroes but thinks throwing in name drops to distract people from that will work.

>>87210059
soon legion rebirth
soon

>>87227334
why is he so great?

>>87227334
>>87227403
>>87230304
I will never understand why Tenzil is considered "lame". He can literally eat ANYTHING. Anything. This is considered a lame power.

Like even casuals can't be that stupid.

>>87217631
so just read this in order?

>>87230371
That's the thing. Nobody actually considers Matter Eater Lad lame, they just consider him weird. It's a power that would sound lame because it's just doing something anybody can do extra, but it's really powerful and easy to make versatile. So he gets to show off how strong he is and prove himself, but never was in any real danger of irrelevance.

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>his favorite Legion is Bouncing Boy

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>>87232179
>not liking Chuck
Luornu seems to like him.

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You will never be as cool as Stone Boy

>>87210059
There a team of teenage superheroes from the distant future of the thirtieth or thirty-first Century.

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>>87233955
Based Subs.

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SOON

>redpill
>Haven't heard of legion
You are everything wrong with this board.

>>87233955
That was so hyped.
>>87234094

>>87233955
arm fall off boy is better

>>87234190
>I've never heard of Legion but I want to read about them
>fuck off faggot

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>>87233955
That page naming the Subs and their powers is the most glorious page of all time.

>>87233955
Stone Boy has got a badass entrance

>>87233955
>Only power is to become an inanimate object
>Makes sure to strike a "fuck you" pose before crashing a bus into the station
Fucking Stone Boy.

>>87218204
Hell yeah, we need this.

>>87210464
>Opinions on Legion of the Damned run?
It's damn good. But really intense and dark, same goes for Legion Lost.
Especially if you're used to the earlier silver age or "Archie"Legion runs.