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Legion of Super Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #3
Legion of Super Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3
The 1960s stories of the Legion of Super-Heroes continue in the pages of Adventure Comics and Action Comics, as written by prolific Legion writer Jim Shooter and illustrated by comics legends including Curt Swan, as collected in this massive volume!
In the third omnibus collection of the Legion of Super-Heroes' Silver Age stories, the future super-team's mission continues in the pages of Adventure Comics and Action Comics. Classic tales from creators including prolific Legion writer Jim Shooter and legendary comics artists including Curt Swan and Win Mortier are collected in this massive volume.
Meet the team of villains who never lose--"The Unkillables"! Witness "The Revolt Of The Super-Pets"! Discover "Chameleon Boy's Secret Identity"! And unravel the mystery of "The Legionnaires Who Never Were"!
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 collects stories from Adventure Comics #361-380, Action Comics #378-392, Superboy #147, and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #106.
In the third omnibus collection of the Legion of Super-Heroes' Silver Age stories, the future super-team's mission continues in the pages of Adventure Comics and Action Comics. Classic tales from creators including prolific Legion writer Jim Shooter and legendary comics artists including Curt Swan and Win Mortier are collected in this massive volume.
Meet the team of villains who never lose--"The Unkillables"! Witness "The Revolt Of The Super-Pets"! Discover "Chameleon Boy's Secret Identity"! And unravel the mystery of "The Legionnaires Who Never Were"!
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 3 collects stories from Adventure Comics #361-380, Action Comics #378-392, Superboy #147, and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #106.
683 pages, Hardcover
Published June 23, 2020
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Jim Shooter
1,026 books85 followersJames Charles Shooter was an American writer, editor and publisher in the comics industry. Beginning his career writing for DC Comics at the age of 14, he had a successful but controversial run as editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, and launched comics publishers Valiant, Defiant, and Broadway.
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August 13, 2021
No denying that Jim Shooter's impact on the Legion looms larger than any other creator - his work developing the individual personalities and breaking the team into smaller, more usable segments - set up the foundation of everything Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen and a dozen more built upon. Most of these stories hold up fairly well, with certain anachronisms for the mores of the time they were written during. The art's generally pretty good too, with Win Mortimer giving them some teenage hormones. All in all, I don't know if you NEED to read these comics, but if you like superhero comics and scifi world-building, there's plenty of good reasons to do so.
March 28, 2021
Avoid this collection at all costs!
Wowie was this a slog to get through. I thought with Jim shooter (a teenager at the time) writing these they would be good stories but oh my gosh - nothing could be further from the truth. In fact the stories became a little more enjoyable (not much) when he stopped writing near the end of this collection. Jim Shooter started strong in the last Omnibus with the introduction of the Fatal Five - the Death of Ferro lad and a push to start giving each member a distinct personality. But that trend does not continue in this volume. Aside from the romances of Duo Damsel and Superboy (which goes nowhere) and the other little romances all the characters are flat and uninteresting and the adventures are insanely stupid. Most of the time the heroes are fighting problems they started themselves. Or going to ridiculous lengths to stop crooks just because only three members are around (Mon-el - the most powerful legionnaire is barely there at all). One example of this is when there are crooks nobody can stop the Legion go on a spree of their own - collecting money for all the good deeds they do on the many worlds they visit!! And then spend the money!! And then the crooks rob from them! But it is all a plan because the different types of money from different worlds combine to make an explosive and blow up the crooks. What an insane, twisted plot for a silly ending.
Even the one classic which introduces Mordu (a powerful wizard who is a powerful nemesis of the Legion) makes no sense when you read it over. And we also get the introduction of the Miracle machine - a plot device which allows miracles to be performed whenever the Legion are in a big jam. I think there are 3 separate times it is used to bring Legionnaires back from the dead.
I got this because I am a LoSH fan and wanted to finally read these classics but other than the fact I am happy to have the collection as a collector - I give it a HUGE thumbs down as a comic reader. If you want to see the Legion done right get the (early) issues written by Paul Levitz and drawn/plotted by Keith Giffen. they finally cracked the code of how to do Legion stories right.
Wowie was this a slog to get through. I thought with Jim shooter (a teenager at the time) writing these they would be good stories but oh my gosh - nothing could be further from the truth. In fact the stories became a little more enjoyable (not much) when he stopped writing near the end of this collection. Jim Shooter started strong in the last Omnibus with the introduction of the Fatal Five - the Death of Ferro lad and a push to start giving each member a distinct personality. But that trend does not continue in this volume. Aside from the romances of Duo Damsel and Superboy (which goes nowhere) and the other little romances all the characters are flat and uninteresting and the adventures are insanely stupid. Most of the time the heroes are fighting problems they started themselves. Or going to ridiculous lengths to stop crooks just because only three members are around (Mon-el - the most powerful legionnaire is barely there at all). One example of this is when there are crooks nobody can stop the Legion go on a spree of their own - collecting money for all the good deeds they do on the many worlds they visit!! And then spend the money!! And then the crooks rob from them! But it is all a plan because the different types of money from different worlds combine to make an explosive and blow up the crooks. What an insane, twisted plot for a silly ending.
Even the one classic which introduces Mordu (a powerful wizard who is a powerful nemesis of the Legion) makes no sense when you read it over. And we also get the introduction of the Miracle machine - a plot device which allows miracles to be performed whenever the Legion are in a big jam. I think there are 3 separate times it is used to bring Legionnaires back from the dead.
I got this because I am a LoSH fan and wanted to finally read these classics but other than the fact I am happy to have the collection as a collector - I give it a HUGE thumbs down as a comic reader. If you want to see the Legion done right get the (early) issues written by Paul Levitz and drawn/plotted by Keith Giffen. they finally cracked the code of how to do Legion stories right.
January 21, 2025
Jim Shooter ages 14 to 16? Something around there.
By the end of this book, we've got all the major Legionnaires save Wildfire and Moonstar (though my knowledge of "major" is restricted to pre-Crisis Legion). Mordru fleshes out their major rogues. Characters are developing characterization and backstories. We're shaking off some of DC's Silver Age limitations.
This is fun.
And for the continuity addict, it's crack.
By the end of this book, we've got all the major Legionnaires save Wildfire and Moonstar (though my knowledge of "major" is restricted to pre-Crisis Legion). Mordru fleshes out their major rogues. Characters are developing characterization and backstories. We're shaking off some of DC's Silver Age limitations.
This is fun.
And for the continuity addict, it's crack.
March 10, 2024
Well, this was a hard one to get by. I think it would be a 2.5 if not for Win Mortimer's art which I love.
We come from volume two when Jim Shooter comes onboard and shifts everything, giving us absolute classic stories and characters and even introducing most of the actual names of the legionnaires. The magic dies down on this volume.
Most of the stories become a variant of "this team member will die!" or "this team member is a traitor!" or "we will do this random thing that doesn't make sense and is completely out of character! or "this story will be a two part but part two doesn't have anything to do with part one" and so on, you get the idea.
Yes, Mordru is introduced here (is a really non sensical story) as well as the Wanderer's, the Tornado Twins and the Mircacle Machine, but the stories are just bad, it's really difficult to get through them. And I'm not even getting into how things just didn't age well on how female characters are treated. It seems like there was actually a regression in that department.
Anyway, as I said, the art is really top notch. We have Win Mortimer's beautifully sixties looking art that manages to create some amazing pages, like Brainy's tripping moment in Adventure 377. Of course Curt Swan is always awesome (the Mordru stories look astounding) and everything inked by Jack Able looks perfect. And to top it all, we have super cool Neal Adams' covers.
So, this is for Legion hardcore fans like myself. If not, I would skip this one.
We come from volume two when Jim Shooter comes onboard and shifts everything, giving us absolute classic stories and characters and even introducing most of the actual names of the legionnaires. The magic dies down on this volume.
Most of the stories become a variant of "this team member will die!" or "this team member is a traitor!" or "we will do this random thing that doesn't make sense and is completely out of character! or "this story will be a two part but part two doesn't have anything to do with part one" and so on, you get the idea.
Yes, Mordru is introduced here (is a really non sensical story) as well as the Wanderer's, the Tornado Twins and the Mircacle Machine, but the stories are just bad, it's really difficult to get through them. And I'm not even getting into how things just didn't age well on how female characters are treated. It seems like there was actually a regression in that department.
Anyway, as I said, the art is really top notch. We have Win Mortimer's beautifully sixties looking art that manages to create some amazing pages, like Brainy's tripping moment in Adventure 377. Of course Curt Swan is always awesome (the Mordru stories look astounding) and everything inked by Jack Able looks perfect. And to top it all, we have super cool Neal Adams' covers.
So, this is for Legion hardcore fans like myself. If not, I would skip this one.
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