Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Bechdel Test: Legion Lost v2

I can't believe I forgot this one.  Yikes.  I didn't give the series a full reading but it's not a memorable one.  LL v2 feature a smaller set of Legionnaires with only 2 females, Chameleon Girl and Dawnstar.  That could be a hindrance to it passing.  Let's find out.  

So to refresh  your memory, this series starts out written by Fabian Nicienza for 6 issues.  Tom Defalco has a co-writing credit for issues 6 and takes over solo after that.  How did they do?

Niciena - 17%

Fabian only succeeds in the first issue.  Yera is presumed dead as of issue 2 but resurfaces a few issues later.  Her absence doesn't help.

Defalco -42%

Tom's contribution has a lot of crossovers with Titans.  Because we see Ravage, Caitlin Fairchild and others, he starts off strong with 5 issues in a row.  After that, not so much.  The 0 issue is a Timber Wolf spotlight.  Tom's run tried to do some stuff and it's hard to say whether the crossover's helped or hurt.  

I don't have much else to say about this.  There was a little too much infighting going on with the characters for me to enjoy this.  Yera seemed to have some moments of development but she was depicted as having a failed relationship with Colossal Boy.  That contradicted Gim's story in v7.  

Again, we have a lack of female supporting characters that doesn't help interactions either. The interaction, when they happen, are overall positive, i.e. not discussing a man. I guess we can give the full series a dismal 





No comments:

Post a Comment