Comic Book Consideration: Dc's Batman '66 meets the Green Hornet # 4

Hello and welcome to another issue of Comic Book Consideration. This week we turn DC Comics and Batman '66 meets the Green Hornet #4

First Issue Bust? Justice League: 3000 # 1

           With the cancellation and end of the Legion of Super-Heroes the vision of D.C's future for 40 years was shifted to Earth 2 and so D.C to fill the void of the future for the new 52 created Justice League 3000.

Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 7 Wrap Up

           While this series was enjoyable to me it faced many problems that helped to lead to it being cancelled. First, in what was supported to be a way for new readers to get into reading comics the series needed too much on knowing past Legion history and stories for parts that made it very unfriendly to new leaders. In my opinion the series would have been helped by instead of having a separate mini series on the Origin of the team published along with the early series they instead used the issues to establish the characters so people could better understand them.

Legion of Super-Heroes #23

           The Comic starts on Shanghalla. The Burial ground of the Heroes of the 31st century. Polar Boy and Invisible Kid are at the grave of Sun Boy and talking. Polar  Boy the first one to speak says. I STILL can't believe Dirk's gone. Invisible Kid adds. Without even a BODY to bury... Everything since the clash is a cauchemar.

Legion of Super-Heroes #22

          The comic starts at the remains of the Legion H.Q on Earth in the 31st century. Tharok to a new arrived Saturn Girl and Lighting Lad says. Everything you CARED about is in RUINS around you, Legionnaires. Your deaths will FINISH my conquest! Saturn Girl to this says. Better men than you have CHOKED on that Boast, THAROK!

Legion of Super-Heroes #21

         The comic starts on a Legion Space Cruiser on route to Earth in the 31st century. Brainiac Five and Element Lad are seeing the end of the last issue. Element Lad to it says. Brainy, the quark relays are connecting again-- We've got POWER! We're back in touch with Headquarters in METROPOLIS-- Or what's left of it!

Legion of Super-Heroes #20

         The comic starts on the sorcerers' world in the 31st century. Ultra Boy(Jo NAH) having just appeared on the world from last issue says. If you had the power to teleport between worlds.. why haven't you used it before, Glorith? Glorith to this says. It only leads HERE, Legionnaire, Where I am forbidden to be. But banned or not, It's a wise child who knows the way home. Suddenly, their is a RRRUMMBLE and Glorith adds. But the unsettled ground-- That is NOT as it should be. Chameleon Boy(Reep Qaggle) in bird form to help carry Glorith says. You got us out of the disaster on RIMBOR. Now let's see if the witch can figure out what is happening there. Glorith to this says. If she cannot keep our own world from being unsettled. I fear the REST may be beyond reach... Ultra Boy to this says. Trust a magician-- ominous and INCOMPREHENSIBLE all at the same time. What does that MEAN, Glorith..? Suddenly, their is a RRRUMMBLE.

Legion of Super-Heroes #19

         The comic starts at Weber's World the artificial globe and heart of the United Planets. A unknown person speaking says. Can you hear us, Anyone? With the quark relays down, Our planet is powerless, isolated, And useless-- We're LITERALLY falling apart! Inside death and destruction is happening. The voice adds. There's no sign of the fleet, SCIENCE POLICE reinforcements. The Legion... Even a food delivery. The towers are collapsing onto us! With a THOOM this happens and with a WHAMMM kills many people. The voice adds. Death is raining on to us from above, and our monitors can't even show us what's happening! Tell the families of our S.P.s that they went out bravely, fairing at the unknown-- and DYING. With a green krackle SP troops are vaporized

Legion of Super-Heroes # 18

        The comic starts at Legion Headquarters Metropolis, Earth in the 31st century. Legion HQ is on a fire and a voice says. Get back, All of you! The whole stupid universe may be failing apart, But it's not the Legion's fault- There's nothing we can do!

Legion of Super-Heroes # 16

      The comic starts in Metroplis, Earth, in the 31st century. Ultra Boy and Phantom Girl are getting ready to land at the Legion HQ and are talking. Ultra Boy says. Still think it's dumb to keep electing new leaders. Remember when they voted ME in-- Everybody thought it was a gag? You should be leader-- You're leader. Phantom Girl to this says. Big guym no one notices me-- And that's exactly how I like it.

    Soon inside we see all Kinds of Legion members talking. Off to one side Cosmic Boy and Sun Boy are talking. Cosmic Boy says. you never campaign, Dirk, But you'd be a natural leader. Sun Boy to this says. Keep it, Boss man-- I don't like the extra hours. Cuts into play time. On the other side Element Lad asks Dream Girl a question. Running again, Nura? Dream Girl to this says. I don' run, Jan but I AM available. In front of them eating and Chatting is Chemical Kid and DragonWing. Chemical Kid talking first says. I'm voting for Element Lad-- He's so smart, and so underrated. You should-- DragonWing to this says. Not as smart as Brainy-- Course HE had to remind me of that, And tell me how much the Legion needed him. Pushy... At this same time Harmonia and Brainiac 5 wlak by and hearing this he makes faces. DragonWing adds. It's my first election, And I'm making up my own mind. Chemical Kid to this says. Maybe I can PERSUADE you...? Give me a chance, Marya.
   Walking out after Harmonia's gets her hot drink and after thinking Brainiac says. Children, No perspective, or wisdom. Harmonia to this says. Would you like me to speak to Marya? Advice from a common back-ground... Brainiac gives her a look and says. Common? She studied Confucius and you knew him... You do realize how totally UNCOMMON you are? Harmonia only drinks her hot drink. As they round a corner Brainiac sees Glorith and says. Ah, Glorith-- You've been avoiding me! Come...
      The scene shifts to the prison planet of Takron-Galtos where Mon-EL is talking to someone. Come on, You took a cruiser to tarkon-Galtos without asking? And I ALREADY checked on Validus. It is to Chameleon Boy who has Lighting Lass and Shrinking Violet with him and to this says. So you said. I haven't. There's a reason we're not getting anywhere in this search for this new FATAL FIVE Mon-EL. You tend to the election, Leader, And I'll discover it. At the box of the monster it goes THUNK THUNK THUNK and Gravity Kid says. You can go home. He's sealed in inertron, Tight. Chameleon Boy to this says. So you say.

      He add's we'll check. Gravity Kid to this says. You can see on the monitor-- He's sealed in. No way out .. or in. Chameleon Turns his head and says. Violet. Shrinking Violet to this says. Ready, Cham. As they shrink with a WHEEP Chameleon Boy says. I can keep up-- In IMITATION. Gravity Kid to this says. B-but you can't-- It's against the rules... Lighting Lass next to him to this says. He's not very goo at rules, Tel. Relax.
        Traveling inside Shrinking Violet says. Sounds like an Earthquake. Chameleon Boy to this says. Nothing that peaceful. Validus is as close to pure destruction as anything we ever encountered. Shrinking Violet to this says. And you want to pay him a visit? There are times, Cham, When I think they're right when they say you're crazy. Chameleon Boy to this says. When don't you?
      As Validus KRAKLES and then ays. ARRRGGHHHH! Chamelon Boy says. Prison hasn't made him any pleasanter. Shrinking Violet adds. Validus isn't a him, only a beast in a cage.

 

      As both jump put of the way of his hand Chameleon Boy turning into a bug says. Zoos treat their specimens better. Shrinking Violet adds. He should have been put down long ago. He's a murderous monster. Above Vaildus says/yells. ARRGHHH!
     Outside Gravity Kid to Lighting Lass says. Validus will kill them-- Why are they doing this? Lighting Lass to this says. Cham's not any more human than that monster, Tel, Don't worry about him... ANd my little VI can take CARE of herself. Gravity Kid then says. B-but you're one of the most powerful Legionnaires- shouldn't you get in there, DO something? Lighting Lass to this says. I can't blast my way through interton, Tel-- Raw power isn't always what it's about.As they watch Validus yell ARRRGGHHH! she adds. This is THEIR mission.
       Back at Legion HQ to a walking Star Boy Polar Boy says. mission-Ready, Thom? You're moving well again. Star Boy to this says. Finally. Than as they walk. Those last couple of fights while I should have been on the sick list didn't help the recovery. Wish I could get Nura to call it quits.. As they walk into the hall of hero's he adds. Before i end up in polished Bronze. To this Polar Boy says. Morbid  Witching this on a screen Shadow Lass says. I know how he feels.

     In the room now Mon-EL puts his hand on her arm and says. You're still mourning Niedrigh... It's time to get past him. Shadow Lass to this says. Because you hated him? Wasn't his sacrifice enough to show you he was a good man, Deep down? Mon-EL to this says. I'm not talking about him-- I'm concerned about you. Holding some of her hair he adds. You need to get back to being yourself- We need you. Shadow Lass with the look of anger on her face to this says. I'll be there when the LEGION needs me, Don't worry. As she walks out she adds. And you still have my vote as leader.. But not as lover, Not again... (Mon-EL looks stone faced to this)
      In Brainiac Lab he is testing Glorith in a device and says. Don't more.. Don't argue.. And don't annoy me.. Glorith to this says. Why-- Brainiac to this says. Quiet. Then adds. Your simply showing up in Barcelona triggered a timestorm, and Earth gov's ready to blame me. As stuff happens he adds. They though getting the time institute off world would stop such incidents. Suddenly as a device falls with a HRAK Harmonia says. Your measuring device is falling. With a WHOOSH she uses he powers to send it his way and he says. Excellent Catch--  It would have taken hours to rebuild completely
      As he sets it on a desk he says. If i have to recalibrate it... WHEW.. Every setting is desynchronized... Peculiar... The fall couldn't have done this.. It's usually quite stable, Absent interference from outside chrono-forces... He then adds. Variations are very consistent, too... 79% cross-correlated. (As they talk Glorith get's up and leaves) As Brainiac turns to look at where she once was he says. Glorith...? Something very odd about...

    

      Back at the prison on a monitor a voice says. odd. Validus says. ARRRGHH. Shrinking violet to this says. odd to be standing here waiting to get squashed? Chameleon Boy to this says. No. Validus. As he starts to transform Shrinking Violet says. What are you doing? Chameleon Boy now looking like Validus says. Testing a theory. Shrinking Violet can only say. It's your hide.
      Chameleon Boy to this says. Funny, But I don't think I'm in any danger... Am I, Big Fella? As he touches Validus it disappears with a POOF and he says. No. Shrinking Violet then asks. Now how'd you..? I mean didn't he fool Mon-EL's super-vision? Chameleon Boy to this says. It takes a fake to spot one, VI. The real questions are. How'd they do it, And where is Validus now?
     At the Legion HQ the last part of Chameleon Boy's.. Is Validus now? is heard and Mon-EL says. It's impossible... I should've spotted it... Cosmic Boy who has walked in causes Mon-EL to say to him. Maybe you were right.. We should have held the election earlier. This has all been too much for me. Cosmic Boy to this says. I know how it feels. Back when we founded the Legion, It felt simpler.. Smaller problems, Easier answers. A little heroics here and there. Then people started dying.. And it wasn't so easy anymore. The bronze status in the hall started to line up... But the ones who didn't die because of what we did? The civilians... There are whole planets of them. And you saved more than your share.

     As the two grab and shake hands Cosmic Boy adds. Each term as leader has a price tag.. And its victories. I'm glad you're still standing as your's ends, Pal. As Invisible Kid appears on the monitor he asks. Am I too late, messierus? I wish to cast my Ballot.. Cosmic Boy to this says. You're the last, Jacques. Invisible Kid to this says. Bien and then votes. The winner of the election comes up and it is Phantom Girl(Guess she has been seen eh?) Cosmic Boy to this says. That's a surprise!

      The Comic ends far away with the narrator saying. A complex quark relay performs its appointed function... Until suddenly.. It doesn't. And the universe may never be the same.

comments

This election issues was pretty good. The story was well paced and the winner was very neat to see in the end. As for the fatal five ark it is heating up nicely. However, one of the things I really liked about the artwork for this issue is the great use of facial remarks. They help to tell a thousand words more and were very well done.

Legion Lost # 16

     The comic starts in Arizona, the present. Harvest is helping the captain Adym to his time bubble and says. Your time bubble awaits, CAPTAIN ADYM. I do hope you won't allow the recent UNPLEASANTNESS to taint your impressions of the 21st CENTURY. The captain to this says. Are you referring to the SUPER_POWERED PSYCHO trying to destroy the Earth-- or the rouge LEGIONNAIRES who turned against me? Harvest to this says. Take your pick. DAGGOR is following his nature and the LEGIONNAIRES are too squeamish to accept the wisdom of your plan. Only a man of TRUE VISION can sacrifice a few MILLION lives to save untold QUINTILLIONS. The captain to this says. Sarcasm doesn't become you, HARVEST. Harvest adds. I have one last gift, Captain. Giving a green object to him the captain asks. What is it? Harvest to this says. A most precious TOOL whose use will reveal itself at the proper time. The captain at this standing next to the bubble says. I don't get it, HARVEST. You're supposed to be some kind of BIG BAD-- A monster responsible for the deaths of hundreds, maybe thousands, of innocent children. Why help me? Harvest to this says. Isn't it obvious? We share a common goal-- The preservation of EARTH! Now GO! The fate of this world and countless others is in your hands.

Legion of Super-Heroes # 15

      The comic starts in Metroplis, Earth, in the 31st century. Glorith is in bed when something takes control of her causing her to say. unnnnh. A voice then says. Rise... Follow me... As a portal opens it adds. Come.. Come... She then steps in.

Legion Lost # 15

      The comic starts in Arizona the present with the narrator talking. His real name is BRIN LONDO, but the people of the 31ST CENTURY call him TIMBER WOLF-- A member of the LEGION OF SUPER HEROES who possesses enhanced senses along with super-human strength, speed, agility and recuperative abilities. He is the quintessential WARRIOR-- A man honed in the heat of battle and the blood of countless enemies! Facing an ALIEN ARMY that outnumbers him and his fellow LEGIONNAIRES by more than a hundred to one, BRIN is currently flanked by-- the clone called SUPERBOY, An anomaly that he knows shouldn't exist in this time period-- And CAITLIN FAIRCHILD, A women who can increase her mass, muscle and durability and leads a team of renegade RAVAGERS. Fighting Superboy says. KILL! MAIM! DESTROY! Timber Wolf to this says. Your friend is quite the conversationalist, Caitlin. Fairchild at this says. Not his fault. HARVEST did something to him.(Last issue) The narrator adds. Timber Wolf merely grunts in response, knowing full well that the man-monster called HARVEST and these ROBOT DRONES are only distractions-- From the TRUE MENACE!

Legion of Super-Heroes # 14

          The Comic starts at Legion Headquarters in Metropolis on Earth in the 31st century. Brainiac 5, Element Lad and Chemical Kid are in a lab. Chemical Kid asks. Are you sure this will work, Braniac? Brainiac 5 at this says. There's really no point in interrupting me to ask my help if you doubt its efficacy, is there?

Legion Lost# 14

         The comic starts in Arizona in the present. The narrator states, His real name is TROY STEWART, But the people of the 31ST CENTURY call him TYROC-- A member of the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, His reality-warping SCREAMS can stroke CONCUSSIVE FORCE to shatter a mountain range. An ancient LEGEND predicted he would DIE nearly a thousand years before he was BORN. A legend he never truly believed until NOW! Tyroc then let's off an attack with a AHHRRRRR!
         The narrator then adds. Barely an hour has passed since TYROC sent WILDFIRE to investigate the DEATH-SCREAM of a distant planet only minutes since CAPTAIN ADYM arrived from their future to give the team a new assignment. Just seconds since WILDFIRE was hurled from the heavens by a mysterious pair of predators. As he attack hits Lord Daggor Timber Wolf yelling says. Sprok 'EM HARD and NASTY, Tyroc! Not only did those ywo take down WILDFIRE, they murdered at least one inhabited world. Gates adds.

Legion of Super-Heroes #13

     The comic starts on a asteroid mine in the 31st century. Cosmic Boy, Chemical Kid and Element Lad are fighting and Chemical Kid watching Cosmic Boy launching an attack says.  WHY are we doing this, exactly? Cosmic Boy to this says. Because it needs doing, Hardu.

Legion Lost #13

        The Comic Starts with the narrator stating. In a distant Solar System-- The fifth planet of an unnamed star brims with intelligent life. Over the course of nearly four billion years, the UTARI evolved from a single-cell organism-- to a race of TOOL-MARKERS, HORTICULTURALISTS and BUILDERS. Given enough time, they would eventually develop RADIO- And perhaps, even SPACE TRAVEL. Unfortunately, Time ENDS for the Utari-- In a single searing MOMENT.

Legion of Super-Heroes #0

           The comic starts on the planet Colu, In the 31st century, Shortly after the founding of the Legion. Cosmic Boy, Lighting Lad and Phantom Girl are fighting Strange Monsters and Phantom Girl says. Okay, I see why they called for the Legion.. Unless Colu is always this UNPLEASANT.

Legion Lost # 0

       The comic starts on the planet Zuun in the Early 31st century... The narrator states. INERTON-JACKETED PROJECTILES and ENERGY WEAPONS flare in the night as a lone figure EXPLODES from the shadows. An Alien pointing a gun at this figure saying. I-it's that sprooking LONE WOLF vigilante--! BLAST HIM! We can't let this rabid dog harm his lordship. This Lone Wolf then says. You CAN'T stop me.

Legion of Super-Heroes #12

             The comic starts at the Dominator's world in the 31st century. A dominator says. Rule the fourth, And ultimately we are all food. A dominator somewhere says. Faster-- The moment grows near for Primus Dom to celebrate. Bring forth the Coluan whose genes will aid our new caste! The dominator from last issue the says. The Coluan is mine to gift to Primus Dom, And these others as well, overreachine one. This other dominator then says. I abase myself, Master!