A review by depreydeprey
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1: Millennium by Brian Michael Bendis
3.0
Legion of Super-Heroes stories are always challenging. First there is all the science fiction world building for stories set 1,000 years in the future that are semi obsessed with our modern world but nothing really that comes after our age. Then there is the fact that there are roughly 150 powered characters in the Legion to introduce and keep track of. Historically, these have been challenging stories for me to follow and rarely provide a point of entry for new readers. All that said, I liked this.
Like reading a sci fi or fantasy novel you have to get through a lot of world building and character introduction before you get to the meat of the book but, for me at least, it was worth it. You can tell Bendis really loves these characters and this world and willing to change the bad, Karate Kid is no longer a white guy and Dawnstar's insane, boob forward costume is a thing of the past, while sticking with the interpersonal soap opera dynamics that have historically made the Legion of Super Heroes a hybred between the Justice League and the X-Men.
This book, probably like this review, still took too long to get going but I still think that I'll stick with it a while now that I've paid my dues.
Like reading a sci fi or fantasy novel you have to get through a lot of world building and character introduction before you get to the meat of the book but, for me at least, it was worth it. You can tell Bendis really loves these characters and this world and willing to change the bad, Karate Kid is no longer a white guy and Dawnstar's insane, boob forward costume is a thing of the past, while sticking with the interpersonal soap opera dynamics that have historically made the Legion of Super Heroes a hybred between the Justice League and the X-Men.
This book, probably like this review, still took too long to get going but I still think that I'll stick with it a while now that I've paid my dues.