There's a plot point in later
Star Trek, that will probably turn up again on
Starfleet Academy but is currently in new series
the Last Starship: after the intergalactic disaster "the Burn" killed billions and ruined interstellar travel, earth went through another period of being xenophobic and weird. And also weirdly jingoistic and full of propaganda; which, given today's political climate; I don't wanna see that, man. I
love future stories where earth has all sorts of friendly alien weirdoes around; like we have something that struck these guys as cool enough to hang around for, whether food, music, art, commerce, or crime...uh-oh. From 2008,
the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #12, "Lone Wolf" Written by Matthew Manning, art by Ethen Beavers.
It's National Legion Day! There's going to be a ceremony, the President (presumably of the United Planets and not just measly earth!) was going to be there; but Timber Wolf will not. Phantom Girl wonders if it was because T-Wolf didn't feel like he was part of the team, since he wasn't their mightiest member; but it really just sounds like he thought was it lame and bailed. He then stops a random mugging, that's tied to a planned bombing of the Legion ceremony! (Killing the Legion is also the main target; the bombers don't seem interested in if they get the President or anybody else!)
Timber Wolf trails the bombers, eventually making his way to the bomb, which he disposes of in the sewers. (They skip the obvious Wolverine
homage!) He then shows up after Phantom Girl's speech, and while she's glad he made it...he could've maybe showered first. (PG's speech had been to the effect that the Legion meant no one had to stand on their own; while across several continuities T-Wolf has usually been most effective tearassing off on his own; it's a mixed message.)
This was from the
2006-2008 Legion cartoon, which I liked; but probably should've broke from typical animated format and included more Legionnaires here and there as more than just one-offs or cameos. (Along with Superboy, there's maybe 7 we see regularly!) For some reason, between a couple shops, I have grabbed a ton of
Legion books lately--some of which, like this one, I didn't already have!
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I remember watching that series but it honestly didn’t last very long. I wonder why 🤔 I’m guessing the ratings just weren’t there to justify renewing it for another season. It certainly had potential, so I’m not sure exactly what about the show wasn’t exactly connecting with audiences. I guess that also speaks to how, regardless of the creative teams, most modern iterations of the Legion don’t retain enough consistent reader support to stay published for very long, unlike the days of yesteryear when they were definitely more popular. I wonder what changed (besides the numerous reboots)
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