Legion Five Years Later Post Cards

The midseason forced hiatus of the Supergirl show has been maddening. I am going to be honest.

I have been missing the adventures of Kara, her fight with Reign, and the Legion of Super-Heroes being live and in action on the small screen. In particular, Supergirl comic fans are waiting for things to heat up between Kara and Brainy.

With the show off the air, I have been thinking about the two and the Legion a lot. And with today being an open blog spot (no new episode to review), I thought I would mine the relationship a little bit by looking once more at the 5YL Legion. And thanks to blog friend Paul Hicks of the Waiting For Doom podcast, I have the 5YL postcard set in my collection.

Remember, in that post-Crisis incarnation of the Legion, 'Supergirl' was Laurel Gand, a Daxamite. The muscle of the team, she was big, bold, beautiful, and brutal. And yes, she had a history with Brainiac 5.

I loved Laurel, especially in the early issues. She was definitely a worthy analogue of Supergirl. And I love this picture of her on the postcard, ripping her way through a wall or a ship of some sort.

The text on the back list her as noble and heroic. Sounds like Supergirl!
 

And the set also has a Brainiac 5 card as well.

Again, this is a great picture of Brainy surrounded with screens and tech, even holding up his own personal tablet. He is immersed. You get the sense of how driven he is with his not looking at the camera. He can't be bothered with us.

His text is pure Brainy. He is brilliant, a 12th level intelligence, only the fifth Coluan to earn the title Brainiac. (Interesting that it isn't a generational number here.)

But he also hasn't the foggiest notion of human interaction.

That's perfect.

This is a spectacular set of post cards. For someone like me, who loved the 5YL Legion, specifically the first 3 years, this is an awesome addition to my Legion collection. All thanks to Paul.

Here are my three faves on the team. Of course, I love the Ayla Ranzz card. Lightning Lass is my second favorite Legionnaire on the team as well as my Legion crush.

I also Vi, strong and independent and determined. I love this sort of relaxing take on the character.

But there's more. Kono, Jan Arrah, Cham, and Celeste Rockfish.

Kent Shakespeare, Mysa, Bounty, and Jo Nah.

Brainu, Devlin O'Ryan, Furball, and (of course) Rokk.

I love this period of Giffen's work. I love this book. I love this era.

Now I want to see Brainy and Kara be awkward on television just like Querl and Laurel stumbled around each other in this book.

Feel free to head to Legion of Super-Bloggers and look for my 5YL reviews if intrigued!

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