So I’ll break down some of the good and less good.Īrt – I am not a big fan of Olivier Coipel and while this book did make me appreciate him a whole lot more I was still irritated how he drew the Legion (especially Live Wire and Brainiac 5, as if they were 11 year olds. On the other level, it was just hard for me to embrace this as a Legion of Super-Heroes story. I think my problem comes from the fact, on one level I thought this was a well-written series with plenty of twists and turns and solid attempts at character development. This is a hard novel for me to rate – even though it is rare for me to be at a loss for words. I knew it was meant to be good, but I think I underestimated just how much I'd enjoy it. Legion Lost was an unexpected delight to read. I want to knock like half a star off for the art, but we're rounding up today. Pascal Alixe also does a few fill-ins, and he adds FAR too many lines to character faces so they're all very squinty. It's fine, it does the job, nothing to complain about. On art for the most part is still Olivier Coipel, in the same kind of DC house style. I didn't expect to be so invested in this by the time it ended, but I very much was. Nothing is unimportant, right up until the end, where a triple gut punch of reveals ends the series on a high. The earlier issues of this story seem inconsequential, or side stories at best, but it's only once the veil is drawn back in issue 10 that everything comes into focus. Each issue is narrated by a different Legionnaire as well, so we get to see things from each of their perspectives as the story goes on. They are the Legion Lost.įollowing on from the end of the last volume, this twelve part maxi-series manages to pare the Legion down to ten or so characters, allowing us to focus in on everyone specifically rather than grappling with the cast of thousands that we're used to. Trapped on the far side of the universe, a handful of Legionnaires attempt to make their way home with no power, no allies, and very little hope.

Legion by Dan Abnett