Spoilers Ho!
We’re four episodes into the new season of Legion of Super-Heroes, and up until this week I haven’t been too impressed. Sure, the season opener set the stage for the overarching plot this season: minor B-villain from the comics Imperiex is transplanted from the 41st century to the 31st, along with a clone of Superman. Pretty basic set up, done relatively well. The credit sequence spoiled the eventual death of one of Triplicate Girl’s personalities, and I think in general that her loss was glossed over. There was a very nice sequence with her remaining bodies using a mirror to form a triad, which almost made up for ignoring it the rest of the episodes.
After the initial two-part season opener, a fairly flat story dealing with Timber Wolf’s father came next. There wasn’t anything too interesting about the story, really. I loved Timber Wolf in the comic, but the animated version doesn’t do anything for me. The only interesting thing to me was Phantom Girl’s loyalty to Timber Wolf and her rather impressive fighting style.
The four episode, though, was terrific. "Chained Lightning" gave us the origin of Lightning Lad and his brother Mekt, while also updating the story of their sister, Ayla. It was both exciting and poignant. Plus, Shrinking Violet snorting when amused is just about the cutest thing I’ve seen so far this season. Her interactions with Brainiac 5 were also great fun.
They really need to do a Legion Espionage Squad episode, now that they have Chameleon Boy and Shrinking Violet around.
Overall, I am enjoying the new season, but the immediacy of Imperiex’s invasion seems to have waned quite a lot, and the new Superman seems more wishy-washy every time he appears (one week, he’s "We have to get Imperiex" and the next episode, Imperiex can wait. But I’ll keep watching.
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