You know, we're dang lucky this lasted as long as it did. Tony Bedard and his artists put together a fantastic run on a book that I thought would be done by issue 12, tops. This was clearly a labor of love for Bedard, and while his focus quickly shifted away from his Legion of Super-Heroes (or villains) inspired team to one made up of more popular and marketable characters, Vril Dox owned this book. Dox is not a nice guy, he's barely a step up from a super-villain, so having him anchor this series is quite the accomplishment.
Bedard brings everything home nicely, letting Lyrl Dox (Brainiac III) do the dirty work in defeating Starro. I'm not sure I understand why things play out the way they do with Smite, though. The guy was a pretty bad dude, and he didn't seem to have problems following Starro, so having Lobo and the rest of the REBELS be so forgiving seemed weird. Adam Strange gets a nice good-bye with his family, although Starfire and Captain Comet end up the only way they could. There's no way Starfire could end up with a C-tier character like Comet while Nightwing is waiting in the wings. The rest of the team gets that wonderful hopeful farewell that cancelled comics like to throw out; sure, the book is cancelled, but LEGION lives on. Hope for a sequel post-Flashpoint?
Claude St. Aubin did solid work for much of this run. His work was effective and clear, I really enjoyed it every month.
Let's hear it for this dollar-bin goldmine of a series.
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Just read the previous two issues last night. Both declared on the opening splash that they were "Part 3" of the current arc. I really hope this issue was also Part 3.
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