Legion of Super Bloggers review of Legion of Super Heroes #297 - Cosmic Boy is out for revenge to the fireballers who hurt his family, a healed Matter Eater Lad returns to his home planet, and a powerless Chameleon Boy returns to Earth.
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It surprised me how little mileage DC got out of signature powers like magnetic control and telepathy, only to see them really shine over at Marvel, in the hands of characters like Magneto and Jean Grey.
That said, it also annoyed me when Legion characters started getting conflated with more popular Marvel characters. Phantom Girl suddenly disrupting electronics when she phased through stuff in the 2010s Adventure series, decades after it was one of Kitty Pryde's signature moves, for instance. Timber Wolf growing claws and regenerating. Ugh.
Still, Rokk went with that one storyline from 'the kind of boring, dependable one' to a bit more of a wild card. That was neat, and was presented as a kind of organic character development rather than 'X character suddenly has a breakdown from the stress of a job he's had, like, three times before! Space Fatigue! Lotus Fruit!'
I think one of the most interesting thing about the Legion is the members' vow to never kill. Several members were confronting with that temptation, as Cosmic Boy was here. At least one that I can remember actually gave in to her urge and murdered her husband's killer.
This was an amazing issue. Loved the spotlight on Cos.
Legion of Super Bloggers review of Legion of Super Heroes #298 - Wildfire leads a team (all the new kids on the block) on a call from a UP Consul who turns up dead, a powerless Chameleon Boy decides to go back to his home planet Durla, and Duplicate Boy confronts new lovers Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet.
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Again, Levitz's strength is putting these characters together for missions and watching the personalities clash. Wildfire's team fed off each other quite well and was very entertaining. Levitz did a great job of writing for the White Witch and using her powers in interesting ways.
I never understood Element Lad's anger at Dream Girl. All she did was decide to run for leader, which is the right of any full time member. He should've been angry with all the members that voted for her since he had been Deputy for so many terms.
This issue begins the mystery of what's going on with Shrinking Violet. Element Lad and Shvaughn make a cute couple from the beginning.
And of course, this issue will always be remembered for this amazing image: