Analysis Notes
| Cover |
Andromeda is above Brainiac 5, but she does not appear
in the story. |
| 1:1 |
This is R.J. Brande, the originator and financier of the
Legion. |
| “M-2 Era”: second millennium, specifically
the late 20th and early 21st centuries. |
| 2 |
Although we know better, this truthfully isn’t an
unsupportable claim. Progenitor did come from the Legion,
after all. |
| The blue-haired Kwai Credo is Herros. The ice bear
is Brek. The other one is new. |
| 4:1 |
Durlan antennae are the means by which they sense and record
the forms of other objects and creatures. The clamps on Reep’s
antennae prevent him from changing shape, and may prevent him from passively
recording shapes even while being prevented from changing. |
| 5:1 |
Good body language on Gates and Chameleon. |
| 5:2 |
This Garth-in-Jan’s-body is similar to Proty/Garth
from the Bierbaum/Giffen era of the preboot. |
| 6 |
Enter the Espionage Squad! |
| 6:4 |
Recall Vi’s comment to Rokk in the previous issue. |
| 7:1 |
Cosmic Boy is Kid Quantum’s de facto deputy leader. |
| 7:3 |
That is a miscolored Kinetix next to Leviathan. |
| 8:2-3 |
In one of their first issues, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
refined Star Boy’s powers to include his being able to sense minute
gravity fluctuations. Here, they are giving him the ability to reduce
an object’s mass, the traditional Light Lass power. It’s
been an obvious potential power of his for decades; it’s nice to
see it finally brought into use. |
| 9:2 |
It’s possible that Umbra could create a darkness
which would foul Shikari’s senses, but she isn’t trying to
do so here. |
| 9:3 |
Only Triad-Purple is behind Karate Kid; the other two are
present but unseen here. |
| 10:4 |
Notice the “mental powers”
lines around R.J. Brande’s head. This is the first use of
his telepathic powers in years, since Legionnaires #< >. |
| Herros’ leg is in the upper-right corner, and Brek
is next to Invisible Kid. |
| 11:1 |
M’Onel has tossed the Credo who are tumbling through
the air in the center of the panel. |
| 11:3 |
One would think their suits would have independent breathing
apparatus, but apparently not. |
| 12:1 |
Crawl-tanks as opposed to hover-tanks, for example. |
| 12:4 |
This is the same fissure Superboy and Ultra Boy opened. |
| 13:3, 14:1 |
These are the lyrics to the theme song for the animated
Teen Titans cartoon. Superboy, of course, is also a member
of the current DC Universe Teen Titans. |
| 13:4 |
It isn’t clear whether Sensor typically uses her
tail as club or as a whip. Perhaps she can do both. |
| 13:5 |
Leviathan’s legs are behind Brek. |
| 14:2 |
Conspiracy theorists who believe that R.J. Brande is really
the Martian Manhunter (or some other 21st century hero still alive in
the 31st century) might take the “…” in this panel as
an actual pause, with Brande’s first reaction being that he is seeing
Superman and then mentally correcting himself a second later, before he
speaks. |
| 15:1 |
No, no. Gates is the insect. |
| 16:1 |
The “see-through energy” Credo seen in the
previous issue appears next to Brande. |
| 16:2 |
“Destabilize my form”: Singularity is going
to convert himself to pure energy for a final attack. |
| 17:1 |
What a lousy army, one which isn’t prepared to die
in service to the cause. (Or is it just one which isn’t prepared
to let itself get blown up and waste the lives of all involved?) |
| 17:2 |
Based on his pose, similar to that on page 11, Cosmic Boy
should still be seen with the “magnetic rings” power effect. |
| 17:4 |
The robot Credo here has not been seen before. |
| 18, 19:1 |
It isn’t clear whether Garth has wrapped Singularity
in tromium – kind of like how he preserved the Legionnaires when
returning to the real universe in Legion Lost – or physically
transformed Singularity. The latter might have killed Singularity,
but between his powers and his approaching transformation into energy,
it’s impossible to say for sure, short of transforming him back
again. |
| 19:5 |
I don’t buy that the hate has been knocked out of
the Credo. Remember that they are overcoming millennia of dealing
with the Progenitor underneath the programming of Singularity. Expect
a mixed bag of results. (Possibly to someday include Brek joining
the Legion?) |
| 20:1 |
I always love panels like this were we see what relationships
the creators want to promote between the characters. Notable connections
here are Chameleon and Sensor, which goes back several years; M’Onel
introducing Superboy and Brande, with Ferro right there, too, since three
and maybe all four of them are from the M-2 era; Timber Wolf watching
Apparition and Ultra Boy; and Spark and Live Wire, since they are brother
and sister. |
| 20:2 |
Similarly here: could this be Spark and Timber Wolf coming
together, echoing the preboot? |
| 21:1 |
This is the Legion Lost statue, honoring those believed
lost in the Rift collapse. In the end, only Monstress and Element
Lad were truly lost. |
| Only one of Mantis Morlo’s Porteans survived their
attack on Legion Headquarters, and it was subsequently adopted as a pet
by Lori Morning. The second one here must be the equivalent of a
child, undoubtedly produced by budding (or some similar method); we will,
naturally, dub it “Proty II.” |
| 22 |
“Legion Memorial Plaza”: these analyses have
previously identified this as an unnamed “Weisinger Plaza.”
We will adopt the new name now (and backdate it to Legion Worlds
#6 (story #2), when the statue was dedicated and thus when the plaza was
renamed), but we’ll assume that Weisinger Plaza was the original
name. |
