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Legion Lost #1

By Leroy Douresseaux
September 22, 2011 - 12:25

Legion Lost #1 cover image

With the re-launch of the DC Comics’ superhero line, “The New 52,” Legion Lost is a new ongoing comic book series with a new cast:  Chameleon Girl, Dawnstar, Gates, Tellus, Timber Wolf, Tyroc, and Wildfire.  To stop a terrorist act, they travel from the 30th (or 31st) century back to the 21st Century, but the rules of time traveling are changing in a post-Flashpoint DC Universe.

As Legion Lost #1 opens, seven members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (LoSH) arrive via a Time Bubble in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota – 21st century Earth.  Their mission is to stop Alastor, a shape-shifting terrorist from Rimbor, from infecting Earth with a deadly virus.  However, adjusting to a new Earth proves to be difficult for some of the Legion Lost, making a dangerous mission all the more perilous.

THE LOWDOWN:  After one issue, Legion Lost seems as if it could offer an interesting spin on the team comic book.  There is a lot of setup here, but writer Fabian Nicieza digs into the lynchpin of the central plotline – the threat of a pathogen, while offering nice character moments (such as Dawnstar’s troubles).  I’ve never thought of Nicieza as a great comic book writer, but he’s good at writing fast-paced superhero comics.

The art by Pete Woods is all over the place, and sometimes it seems as if Woods believes he is supposed to churn out impressionistic drawings.  Some of the visual storytelling is not clear and some of the character drawing is ugly.  Brad Anderson’s coloring manages to save some of Woods’ worst moments, so Legion Lost may be worth a second or maybe even a third look.

POSSIBLE AUDIENCE:  Legion of Super-Heroes fans may want to try Legion Lost.

B-

 

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