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Best of the Legion OutpostRelated
Posted: Wednesday, July 6
By: Jason SacksEditor: Glen Cadigan
Publisher: TwoMorrows
The Legion Outpost is one of the oldest and most well-respected of all the comics fanzines. In 2004, as a sister title to their Legion Companion volume, TwoMorrows released an anthology of the best articles from the legendary zine. What is presented has some good, some bad and some odd aspects to it.
BEST OF THE LEGION OUTPOST (Nov 2004)
THE GOOD: Like all good fanzines, The Legion Outpost was driven in great part by passion and enthusiasm for the subject matter. Legion fans are justifiably famous for their love and encyclopedic knowledge of the longtime series. Thus we get articles about politics on the planet Bismoll (home of Matter-Eater Lad, don'tcha know?) or a look at the astrological signs of the heroes. While those articles are fun, only a few of them go a long way for the casual fan.
The nicest feature of the book is the plethora of commissioned art. The book includes art by such luminaries as Curt Swan, Dave Cockrum, Walt Simonson, George Perez, Sergio Aragones and many more. It's a joy to see all this wonderful art, and it really enlivens the book.
THE BAD: The low points of the book to me are some of the interviews. While some, like the interview with Jim Shooter, are very revealing, others are obscure and impossible to follow for the non-initiate. For instance, there's a nine-page interview with Roy Thomas. Thomas is a great and important figure in comics history, but he wrote maybe a half dozen Legion stories. What purpose is served by running a long interview with such an unimportant figure in Legion history?
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