Longbox Review

For the second Tales of the Legion Project, we discuss Legion of Super-Heroes (v3) Annual #1 (1985).

Timestamps:

(00:28) Preamble (06:24) Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1 synopsis, cover comparisons, and general thoughts (32:37) Main discussion on the cast of characters, Laurel Kent, and the mystery villain (1:06:48) Additional thoughts on the various inkers, as well as other story points (1:30:38) Feedback on the previous Tales episode (1:33:28) Outro

Links:

• Music: "Spy Glass" by Kevin Macleod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-mO61jr2To
• Original Cover Art for Annual # 1: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=84025
• Original Interior Pages Art for Annual # 1: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1311271

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Long Live the Legion!

Nerd Goggles podcast host MJ and I continue our discussion of Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds, issues 58 through 61, by Gail Simone, Ed Benes. Alex Lei, Rob Lea, Hi-Fi, John E. Workman, Jared Fletcher, and Lysa Hawkins. If you haven't listened to Part 1 of the discussion yet (where I interview MJ for a bit before we discuss issues 56 and 57 of the series), you can find it at https://wp.me/pZkAx-1Pd.

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Links:

• Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds on Comixology
• Nerd Goggles podcast: http://nerdgogglespodcast.blogspot.com/
• MJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mj_starchilde

Nerd Goggles podcast host MJ joins me to discuss (among other things) her podcast and comic book origin story, plus the pitfalls of social media and the role of criticism in Art.

Then (at the 41:51 mark) we begin our discussion of Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds, issues 56 and 57, by Gail Simone, Ed Benes. Alex Lei, Rob Lea, Hi-Fi, John E. Workman, Jared Fletcher, and Lysa Hawkins. Please join us next episode for our discussion on issues 58-61.

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Links:

• Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds on Comixology
• Nerd Goggles podcast: http://nerdgogglespodcast.blogspot.com/
• MJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mj_starchilde

We peruse the April 2019 Previews catalog for items shipping starting in June.

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Links:

• Livestream for the Cure: https://www.livestreamforthecure.com
• Dead Beats Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tylerchintanner/dead-beats
• George on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/George-Tony-Entertainment-591652040911328/
• George on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorgeandTony

This episode, I talk about some newer Marvel, Boom, Dynamite, and Image titles I've been reading:

• Fantastic Four
• Superior Spider-Man
• Unstoppable Wasp
• Firefly
• James Bond 007
• Criminal

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Presenting a joint podcast production with Peter from The Daily Rios podcast (where you can also listen and subscribe to The Legion Project), where we will discuss, issue by issue, the 1984 Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 3) series affectionately known as the "Baxter run".

In this episode we discuss Legion of Super-Heroes #15, "Hostage on a Hostile Star". Witness the astonishing debut of the newest Legionnaires in action! And Dr. Regulus is a broken record. Again. Plus, Who's Who entries and we announce our first contest winner!

Timestamps: (00:44) Preamble, updates, and the winner of our first ever contest is announced! (08:52) Legion of Super-Heroes #15 synopsis and general thoughts (25:16) Baxter vs the Tales cover comparison and discussing new regular penciller, Greg LaRocque (48:56) LSH #15 main discussion (1:47:30) Who's Who issue #8 Legion entries: Fatal Five, Ferro Lad, Fire Lad, and the Silver Age Flash (2:07:55) Wrap up and outro

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Intro theme: "Lost City" by RhoMusic

• https://twitter.com/ItsRhoMusic
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm2l0TFmixfahHLxpdyV5Uw/videos

This episode I talk about visiting my daughter for her birthday and how much I love my granddaughter (again). Also, podcast and movie recommendations that include How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Marvel's Captain Marvel (and Ready Player One and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse [again]! Finally, I talk about a Rick Springfield concert I went to where I had The Best Time!

Links:

• Conviction podcast
• The 4:30 Movie podcast
• Rick Springfield's YouTube channel

Previous The Gutters posts: https://longboxreview.com/podcast/the-gutters/

This episode, I talk about several newer DC Comics titles I've been reading:

• The Dreaming
• House of Whispers
• Justice League Dark
• Justice League Odyssey
• Catwoman
• Heroes in Crisis
• Wonder Woman
• The Green Lantern
• Martian Manhunter
• Detective Comics
• Freedom Fighters

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We peruse the March 2019 Previews catalog for items shipping starting in May.

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Links:

• Livestream for the Cure: https://www.livestreamforthecure.com
• George on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/George-Tony-Entertainment-591652040911328/
• George on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorgeandTony

Travis (https://www.youtube.com/user/oddfellowsthoughts and https://twitter.com/the_gaunt_man) joins me to discuss all the comic book news from January and February 2019 that caught our attention.

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Video version: https://youtu.be/uqq9LP-AGf0