Legion of Super-Heroes

elijahdprophet wrote:I liked the issue, but the entire set up with Earth Man being forced on the team is really bad. This guy led a terrorist group that must have killed countless people, the idea that they would let him out of jail AND put him on the Legion seems pretty unbelievable to me. I'll keep reading it though, because it has potential.

Zeroskull21 wrote:LordD3r3k- There is no stipulation on the morality of a Green Lantern, all that is required of them in the ability to overcome great fear.

The issue was pretty decent, never have read any Legion stories however, so I'm going to have to check out the Final Crisis storyline that I saw out there. Anyone else have a good suggestion for Legion arcs or whatever?

elijahdprophet wrote:I liked the issue, but the entire set up with Earth Man being forced on the team is really bad. This guy led a terrorist group that must have killed countless people, the idea that they would let him out of jail AND put him on the Legion seems pretty unbelievable to me. I'll keep reading it though, because it has potential.

LordD3r3k wrote:

elijahdprophet wrote:I liked the issue, but the entire set up with Earth Man being forced on the team is really bad. This guy led a terrorist group that must have killed countless people, the idea that they would let him out of jail AND put him on the Legion seems pretty unbelievable to me. I'll keep reading it though, because it has potential.

And he gets a Green Lantern ring? I thought GL's had to be inherently good? Maybe the protocol has changed.

I think I'll at least check out the first arc.

Aussiemandias wrote:One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter and it was made clear in the issue that Earth Man still has significant political support on Earth and those political forces have manoeuvred things to get him on the team. I don't think that's illogical. Political forces do sometimes get their way in order to placate them and the results aren't always in the best interest of everyone.

As for the ring - well, we don't know anything about the entity that has offered Earth Man the ring so I don't think it's safe to assume that any previous protocols are at play here. Anyway, I'm not sure Sinestro is inherently good.

LordD3r3k wrote:

Aussiemandias wrote:One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter and it was made clear in the issue that Earth Man still has significant political support on Earth and those political forces have manoeuvred things to get him on the team. I don't think that's illogical. Political forces do sometimes get their way in order to placate them and the results aren't always in the best interest of everyone.

As for the ring - well, we don't know anything about the entity that has offered Earth Man the ring so I don't think it's safe to assume that any previous protocols are at play here. Anyway, I'm not sure Sinestro is inherently good.

I thought of Sinestro, but IIRC, he didn't become a killer until after he was exiled. Sure, he was a dictator, but ruling through fear is different that actually killing the masses.

Definitely curious to see how it plays out at least

Aussiemandias wrote:Anyway, not a big deal. The point is the ring in this case has been offered to a complete asshole!

superdoug wrote:

Aussiemandias wrote:Anyway, not a big deal. The point is the ring in this case has been offered to a complete asshole!

Yeah, like that's never happened before. Like, in COIE, when Guy Gardener was offered his ring (which he would have gotten earlier had he not been in a terrible accident saving some kids on a field trip. Yeah. Chew on that. Guy Gardener originally was a SCHOOL TEACHER).

Aussiemandias wrote:Anyway, not a big deal. The point is the ring in this case has been offered to a complete asshole!

Aussiemandias wrote:He would have been that teacher all the kids hated!!!

There are a number of people that could be descended from/related to Mon-El, Superman, or any modern-day Kryptonian males.

Here's what I think is what, after giving it lots of thought.


Laurel Kent -- Most likely the descendant of Conner Kent, whose DNA is the most likely to 'blend' with human DNA. This would explain the dilution of super-powers to invulnerability alone in 1000 years.

Kent Shakespeare -- I think THIS is the descendant of Mon-El and Billie Harper. I think that 'Kent' becomes a family name, and eventually ends up with a human in the 31st century with most of that powerset.

Laurel Gand -- Probably the descendant of Mon-El and the blonde Daxamite we saw in Action Comics. This makes the most sense, although I doubt she'd divulge that information to him right away, especially with his memory of 21st century shenanigans being all broken and stuff.

Lydda Gath -- WHAT? I hear you scream 'YOU'RE CRAZY!', but hear me out. I think that Lydda Gath is actually the descendant of Lor-Zod, aka Chris Kent aka the Nightwing. The Phantom Zone business and the link to the Nightwing could account for Lydda having dormant super-powers that her father activated somehow, and why her powers are only effective at night or in deepest shadow. We -know- that she's only second to Mon and Kal in those instances. And Chris could have been spit out at any point in the timestream, since we never see him emerge in the 31st century with Mon. If Chris was ejected with the same sort of memory loss, he could have easily been adopted by a Gath ancestor and contributed to the genetic line.

superdoug wrote:In a discussion over at DC Message Boards, we were talking about Laurel Kent and her possible connections to the 21st century. That got me thinking, and I posted the following thoughts. Let me know what you guys think:

There are a number of people that could be descended from/related to Mon-El, Superman, or any modern-day Kryptonian males.

Here's what I think is what, after giving it lots of thought.


Laurel Kent -- Most likely the descendant of Conner Kent, whose DNA is the most likely to 'blend' with human DNA. This would explain the dilution of super-powers to invulnerability alone in 1000 years.

Kent Shakespeare -- I think THIS is the descendant of Mon-El and Billie Harper. I think that 'Kent' becomes a family name, and eventually ends up with a human in the 31st century with most of that powerset.

Laurel Gand -- Probably the descendant of Mon-El and the blonde Daxamite we saw in Action Comics. This makes the most sense, although I doubt she'd divulge that information to him right away, especially with his memory of 21st century shenanigans being all broken and stuff.

Lydda Gath -- WHAT? I hear you scream 'YOU'RE CRAZY!', but hear me out. I think that Lydda Gath is actually the descendant of Lor-Zod, aka Chris Kent aka the Nightwing. The Phantom Zone business and the link to the Nightwing could account for Lydda having dormant super-powers that her father activated somehow, and why her powers are only effective at night or in deepest shadow. We -know- that she's only second to Mon and Kal in those instances. And Chris could have been spit out at any point in the timestream, since we never see him emerge in the 31st century with Mon. If Chris was ejected with the same sort of memory loss, he could have easily been adopted by a Gath ancestor and contributed to the genetic line.

LordD3r3k wrote:I'm really interested in seeing what happens with Earth-man and his GL ring, but I'm not really diggin' Levitz's writing. Maybe he just needs to find his groove, but right now its alittle stale

Aussiemandias wrote:It was always a possibility considering he hasn't written a whole lot for a while. I suspect it may take him some time to really get into it.