Reboot Review 12: Legion of Super-Heroes #71 & Legionnnaires #28 (Aug. 1995)

Tragedy strikes the 30th Century in this episode of I'm the Gun's Reboot Review! I continue my recapping of the adventures of the Legion of Super-Heroes, as the team begins taking the fight to the specist group, The White Triangle - but that horribly misguided group takes the violence to the next level, and an entire world pays the price! Plus, the introduction of (possibly) a new team member!

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Greetings on Trom

1st meeting of the Espionage Squad

Tragedy on Trom

Double page destruction

Espionage Squad in disguise

VR interrogation

Shanna Showcase 14: Marvel Comics Presents #s 74-77 (Apr.-May 1991)

This episode of I'm the Gun finishes up my recap coverage of Shanna's longest adventure to date, the 10 part serial 'The Bush of Ghosts' which ran through the anthology title Marvel Comics Presents.

This time out, I'll be covering chapters 7-10, which finds Shanna in final confrontation with would-be master of African magic, Sir Guy Cross-Wallace.  This is a great Shanna story, one of her best, and it's criminal that it hasn't been collected (though that might have disqualified it for I'm the Gun treatment)!

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Africa crumbles & bleeds

The wedding get-up is a little ridiculous

The most graceful dive I've ever seen depicted in comics

Complementary juju rituals

This odd coloring choice doesn't reproduce very well

Shanna's panther power kicks in

Reboot Review 11: Legion of Super-Heroes #70 & Legionnaires #27 (July 1995)

The 1st year of reboot Legion stories hurtles toward an explosive conclusion!  The issues covered in this episode of Reboot Review contain a confrontation between super-girl Andromeda & super-genius Brainiac 5!  A Legion traitor revealed!  Cosmic Boy v. Bureaucratic Red Tape!  And the reintroduction of one of the Legion's greatest foes!

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Laurel's nice child drawing - punching out a Durlan; notice the astromech hanging out in the White Triangle settlement

Amateur psychology from Brainiac 5

Those darn drones

Laurel gets a tongue lashing from Roxxas

Fashion flashback in a nice easter egg panel

Shanna Showcase 13: Marvel Comics Presents #s 70-73 (Feb.-Mar. 1991)

Some pretty horrific imagery in this episode of Shanna Showcase, courtesy of Gerard Jones & Paul Gulacy.  Ants crawling all over faces and barbecued reporter were plot points in chapters 3-6 of a 10-part Shanna The She-Devil serial running through Marvel Comics Presents 25 years ago.

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Shanna's organic alarm system

Shanna holds her own, Akulia chokes a chicken & Vincent Price makes a call

What turns her on?

My skin crawls just looking at this image

What could possibly go with barbecued reporter? Animal blood, of course

Shanna Showcase 12: Ka-Zar: Guns of the Savage Land (1990) & Marvel Comics Presents #s 68-69 (1991)

In this episode of Shanna Showcase, I'll be having a very brief look at the She-Devil's appearance in the graphic novel, Ka-Zar: Guns of the Savage Land. Then, I'll be recapping the 1st two chapters of a Shanna solo serial running through the anthology title, Marvel Comics Presents! This is a really great Shanna story that deserves another look, and I'm happy to oblige!

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A difficult scene to read - Shanna eventually gets through to the big lunk

He's bull-something

You can almost hear the John Williams score

Pair of rhinos gorgeously illustrated by Gulacy & Martin

Another zoo killing - another call to adventure

Sir Guy's juju

Shanna stalks her prey - uncharacteristically, with a gun

Reboot Review 10: Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #6 (1995) & Showcase '95 #6 (June 1995)

In this episode of Reboot Review, I'll be taking a look at LSH Annual #6, a kind of stock-taking issue which shines the spotlight on two of the newer Legionnaires, XS & Kinetix, and long-time member, Leviathan.

Also, a couple of short stories are dusted off, from the anthology title, Showcase '95.  Have a listen by downloading this episode HERE & take a look at some images from these issues below.

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Is that a Micronaut above Imra's head?

Can Do No Wrong (pt. 1): Stuart Immonen

I think this the big reveal of Jenni's lineage

Keep your mind on the test tubes, Brainy

If I wasn't told any differently, I would have guessed this was drawn by Joe Staton

Can Do No Wrong (pt. 2): Alan Davis

Double page HQ spread

Can Do No Wrong (pt. 3): Colleen Doran