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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?
- Sales Rank: #551029 in Books
- Published on: 2011-06-21
- Released on: 2011-06-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.47" h x .75" w x 6.90" l, 1.68 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 296 pages
About the Author
Dan Abnett lives and works in Maidstone, Kent. After graduating from Oxford, he worked for a while as an editor of comics and children's books before turning to writing full time. In the dozen or so years since then, he has written for such a diverse range of characters - including Scooby Doo, Thunderbirds, Conan the Barbarian, the X-Men, Johnny Bravo, BATMAN, Rupert the Bear, Dr Who, Mr Men, The Terminator and Postman Pat - that he is now clinically bewildered. He created the popular series Sinister Dexter, which he continues to write, along with other strips, for 2000 AD, and has recently helped rejuvenate the LEGION OF SUPERHEROES for DC Comics. His work for the Black Library, particularly the best-selling Gaunt's Ghosts and Inquisitor Eisenhorn novels, is often cited as damning evidence of just who it was that let the galaxy burn. Andy Lanning is a British comic book writer and inker. He has co-written (with Dan Abnett) such titles as THE LEGION, Forceworks, RESURRECTION MAN, and several space-themed comics for Marvel. His smooth inking style has been in much demand, and has been seen on various titles including WONDER WOMAN, Avengers, OTHERWORLD, THE LEGION, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Legion Lost... and Found!
By Axel
This is a mean (not in the good sense) collection by DC comics of an excellent twelve issue maxi-series originally published around 2000-2001 and is collected here for the first time. It's a basic, as in bare minimum, collection, although the hardcovers and binding are reasonably good quality and the paper stock is pretty good as well. There are just no extras of any sort. No foreword by writers Abnett and Lanning, no sketches or commentary at the end by Coipel, one of comics most popular artists at the moment... there's nothing. Oddly, this treatment of a fairly important story for DC is not surprising. Despite strong fan reaction and appreciation since its release, DC has treated Legion Lost pretty shoddily, waiting some ten years to finally collect it. (The poor treatment of the work is however, somewhat perplexing, given that Abnett and Lanning have returned to the DC fold to write a re-launched "Resurrection Man" after a substantial absence.) The collection is almost completely a result of direct fan demand, as the series became a cult favorite that eventually blossomed into a well-regarded and much sought after series long after it was released, similar in many respects to the way some movies find a new and larger audience on dvd or blue-ray after only modest success in the cinema.
Whatever the case, Legion Lost represents a well told, wonderful story by Abnett and Lanning with excellent sci-fi and slight horror elements. In "Lost," the Legionnaires find themselves far from home in an unknown sector of space and are confronted by an adversary who represents the very antithesis of what the Legion stands for. Known only as the "progenitor," their enemy is a powerful unseen entity with a mysterious connection to the Legionnaires themselves, and whose minions track down and destroy any alien races they regard as "variant." Desperate to survive, the lost Legionnaires must evade the hostile forces of the Progenitor and find a way back home. In the process, they discover a new ally, and are heartbroken by the loss of not one, but two of their own.
In "Lost," Abnett and Lanning display a solid command of their characters. The stories here are a fluid, lyrical blend of action and character and move along at a brisk, compelling clip. The stakes for the Legionnaires are always high and the writers manage to keep things relatively interesting with some nice twists, many of which are unexpected. In terms of art, Coipel acquits himself well, despite an annoying tendency at this point in his career to occasionally produce overly scratchy art with pointless lines on many of his characters noses and to not let his panels breathe a bit. For two issues, Pascal Alixe handles art chores but fails generally to capture Coipel's fluidity and energy. It also doesn't help that he isn't quite as strong a draftsman.
As other reviewers have noted, Legion Lost took place at a time during which the Legion of Superheroes had been "rebooted", which is to say arbitrarily restarted for what was probably the second time. Although it had its fans, this reboot occasionally struggled to find its place with wider fandom despite supporting two books. Some derisively referred to it as the "Archie Legion," due to DC's unfortunate choice of general art style for most of the series. By issue 12X or so, the series was floundering and DC handed over the reins to Abnett and Lanning and Coipel, who immediately infused the series with strong, careful characterizations, a strong science fiction element and higher, more desperate stakes. It also didn't hurt that Coipel, not yet a superstar and not quite as in command of his style as he would eventually become, was at least a solid artist with a good design sense that could also draw characters someone could take seriously on the page.
With their first story, "The Blight," published across both "Legion of Superheroes" and "Legionnaires," Abnett and Lanning gave the series something it had been sorely lacking for many years - a sense of real peril and danger. This 4 parter, which I highly recommend and was recently reprinted, found the Legion overrun by a new and dangerous alien species known only as "the Blight." Using the United Planet's own technology against them, the Blight had arrived and conquered earth before the Legion knew what hit them, managing in the process to corrupt some Legionnaires and turn much of the population of earth into slaves. In a desperate battle to free earth and themselves of the Blight forever, the Legionnaires rebel against their captors, striking at the heart of the very source of the Blight's power - the system of star-gates throughout the UP. But at the last moment, when victory is nearly guaranteed, the unthinkable happens. A rift in space opens, and several Legionnaires get pulled in, presumed dead by all they know and love.
This is actually where Legion Lost begins, as it chronicles the story of how the "lost" Legionnaires find their way in a part of space that is so far away they have no way of getting back home. DC provides no real background to why the Legionnaires got to where they are at the start of the story in this collection, so it would be interesting to find out how readers who did not read the original 4 parter would react to the opening chapter here. Because I was intimately familiar with the Blight story, and because I had obviously read Legion Lost before, everything I was reading was familiar and there was no confusion on my part. I once lent my single Legion Lost issues to a non-Legion fan and I think he found it impenetrable - he had not read the story of how they got lost in the first place, and I don't think he was ever able to locate himself in relation to who these characters were and what their plight was. I suspect therefore that this collection will probably be best appreciated by Legion readers who were reading the books at the time and who either own or have the inclination to track down the original 4 part Blight story. Casual Legion fans or fans looking for an introductory Legion story may be better served looking elsewhere, which is unfortunate. But for some editorial foresight on DC's part, this situation could have been easily remedied, with a detailed "what came before" page or perhaps even including the 4 extra issues in this collection, or perhaps pointing out to buyers of the volume that the story that immediately preceded "Lost" is available as a very affordable collection in most comic stores.
As you can probably tell, I'm a real fan of Legion Lost. I have deliberately avoided going into too much detail on the story itself, opting in this review to give more context and background, in the hopes that new Legion fans or long-time fans who didn't pick up "Lost" the first time, might be wooed in with some critical background they might have missed. Despite their best efforts, Abnett and Lanning were never able to really save the "Archie Legion," as the series eventually floundered again and was eventually rebooted, yet again. To a certain extent, this had nothing to do with the excellent work by the writers, and more to do with DC's ridiculous policy of simply rebooting/restarting any series they didn't think was working. (A policy I see they are still determined to stick to, despite years of evidence that the policy is misguided.) With each reboot, DC had simply succeeded in cannibalizing the Legion's fanbase. Although some wonderful stories were produced about the Archie Legion, and many new characters and concepts emerged, it was always haunted by one simple problem - the concept, world and characters of the original Legion were so strong, so compelling, and so deeply ingrained in the consciousness of random fandom that every version which came after, struggled to compete. (A good example of this is the fan reaction to the creation of the character of "Shikari" in Legion Lost. Despite being a wonderfully original character in her own right, her apparent purpose in providing an analog for the character of Dawnstar from the original Legion, caused a split among fans that nearly broke the DC Message Boards in half at the time. New fans loved her but old fans were just reminded of what they'd lost and complained accordingly. This was typical after the reboot.) Despite their best efforts therefore, Abnett and Lanning couldn't serve two masters, and were ultimately doomed to failure.
It appears, with the late collection of this story, that executives at DC at the time probably put the blame squarely on their shoulders. After they left Legion, DnA as they are affectionately known, appeared to take a long hiatus from DC, although they occasionally worked on a story or character here or there. The truth is though that they were more probably the scapegoats of a misguided effort on DC's part to constantly reinvent what was not in need of reinvention. (Would Marvel ever be stupid enough to "reboot" the X-Men? Please.) Thankfully, some ten years later, the excellent work by these two writers speaks for itself. Trust me, this is good stuff.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Epic Tale That Focuses on Plot and Characters
By Kevin M. Derby
"Legion Lost" was a maxiseries published in 2000-2001 with the rebooted version of the Legion of Superheroes. It may tell you something about the comic business that, since that time, the powers that be at DC pulled the plug on this version, launched yet another reboot (often called the "threebooted" Legion) before ending it, launched yet another reboot tied to the first version and will reboot everything all together later this year. So many readers will not know the situation and this incarnation of the Legion and its main characters. This could be a bit of a problem as the story goes out of it way to show the dramatic emotional impact members of the Legion face in "Legion Lost."
Despite this, "Legion Lost" is a great story with a profound message and solid action scenes. The Legion is far from home and many of them are doubting themselves--and each other. It has interesting threads on heroism, loyalty, relationships, diversity and the responsibilities of power. The art seems a bit off for such a dark tale but it does help alleviate what is often a very grim story. The character development is excellent though, with all the boots and reboots, readers may be a bit thrown off. This is one of the few Legion tales which may be better for readers who are not as familiar with the team than those who are. Either way, it is a very good story that will entertain and make readers reflect.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Loved it!!!
By Scott Yeats
I was a Legion junkie back in Levitz-Giffen glory days... early- to mid-80s... but then I tuned out til recently and am catching up. My impression is that the Legion has seen big highs and lows in terms of quality - but I heard Legion Lost was a highlight. Indeed it is!
I was not familiar with this version of the "D-n-A" Legion but that didn't matter. I was instantly drawn into their plight - stranded in a different galaxy (universe?) with no way home, and a dangerous alien race on their trail. Each character is well-developed and I was invested in their survival. The desperation and hopelessness was palpable. Lots of twists I didn't see coming! Art by Coipel is gorgeous. Overall, I was sad to see it end.
FYI, there are numerous mentions in the book to a recent event called "The Blight", and I saw on Amazon that this Legion storyline had been recently reprinted. I had to do some hunting... it's not a TPB, it's a regular comic that came out with a June 2011 date, called "DC Comics Presents 100 Page Spectacular Legion of Super-Heroes". You can find it for sale here on Amazon.com. It reprints Legion of Superheroes 122/123, and Legionnaires 79/80, the Blight storyline, which originally came out shortly before Legion Lost. It's a good primer. Beware, there are 2 versions of this comic! The 1st version reprinted the 4 issues out-of-order. A corrected version came out a month later.
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