Comments on: Hero History: Saturn Girl

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:56:59 +0000

Hey, I just managed to retrieve all the information from my dead laptops!

This means awesome!

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:01:09 +0000

Did I mention I’ve now had a SECOND laptop die a horrible death?

By: Stephen Schleicher

Stephen Schleicher — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:48:11 +0000

Let’s just see if Matthew can finish the last three members first :D

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:11:01 +0000

This is such an awesomely splendid series of articles. I’ve been reading them nonstop for several days now.
Any chance that you’ll cover some of the non-Legion civilians? I daresay Chronarch, Dr. Gym’ll, and R.J. Brande could all use some of your lovin’ treatment… as well as the Wanderers, the Heroes of Lallor…
Or am I asking too much? :)

By: Snap Wilson

Snap Wilson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:10:52 +0000

I’ve loved reading every single one of these Legion Hero Histories. I must admit, I’m looking forward to seeing Cosmic Boy. I’ve never really been sold on the character as the “heart and soul” of the Legion. It always seems to me (in every iteration of the team) that he’s just selected by the writers to fill that role, but I’ve never found him all that interesting or compelling. Definitely eager to see your take on what makes the character special, Matthew.

By: Mela

Mela — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:05:49 +0000

Thank you SOOOO much for putting in my favorite Imra moment (”I’ve never been afraid of the darkness…”). That one scene sums her up to me.

By: Matthew E

Matthew E — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:28:22 +0000

Steve: That was me, here:

http://legionabstract.blogspot.com/2009/01/legionnaires-saturn-girl.html

Thanks for the mention.

By: shamon

shamon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:58:53 +0000

BIg BIG thanks and I hope to see and read more

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:08:33 +0000

Another blogger pointed out something else wonderful about Imra: She has never gone over to the dark side. No Dark Saturn Girl anywhere or anything close. Sure, Archie Imra had her slips but the things she subconsciously did were all for the benefit of those around her and Threeboot Ms Ardeen was a little liberal in invading other’s minds but this was always done with careful consideration and control. I remember his hypothesis being that there was such a strong through line to Saturn Girl’s character that it was never considered by writers (or if considered tossed out immediately) that this character would ever lose the control necessary to suffer the fate of nearly every other powerful lead female character in comics at one point or another.

By: Slappy

Slappy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:24:35 +0000

Mr. Peterson, may I come over next Thanksgiving? (every Thanksgiving, we emotionally and verbally abuse each other until someone has a nervous breakdown, and then we have pie)
I LOVE pie. I think I would fit in very nicely. I have been known to bring people to tears before, and that is with my pants up.

Seriously though I once again really enjoyed this hero history. I see that you had to get a picture of the rock boy in the funky blue and red pants in, but I can deal with that. I do wish that you mentioned the nickname 5YG Kono gave Imra though “Iron Butt”. It is really fitting when viewed from the perspective of an adolescent girl.

Looking towards the History of Gazelle and the magnet lad guy.

Long Live the Legion!!!!!!

By: ~wyntermute~

~wyntermute~ — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:08:54 +0000

“Time travel sure will have been hard to have once been writing about, doesn’t it used to be?”

That right there? That is friggin awesome, that’s what that is. The whole thing, actually, is a few shades of awesome. Yaaaayyy for histories filled with heroics!

By: Sanlear

Sanlear — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:29:50 +0000

Ah, Legion profiles, how I have missed you. Good to see them back. :)

By: Eye-Roller Lass

Eye-Roller Lass — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:40:05 +0000

Thanks heavens for Saturn Girl, by far my favorite example of a strong female comic character! She was probably the first woman to lead a superteam – and did so without the stereotypical flakiness attibuted to silver age heroines, but with a cool, competent and no-nonsense attitude from the very beginning.

SG is so badass, she gets to wear that amout of pink, and is still taken seriously as an effective @**kicker! Who else pulls that off? Only Miss Piggy and Cosmic Boy (yet, he’s not nearly as fabulous!)