tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post6980690687670111882..comments2024-03-09T13:14:56.299-08:00Comments on Silver Age Comics: The Continuing Dilemma of Brainiac 5Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-56473396168611031952012-01-19T20:58:44.979-08:002012-01-19T20:58:44.979-08:00CMN, definitely TARDIS technology at work there! ;...CMN, definitely TARDIS technology at work there! ;)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060349239296193385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-1849154179930482162012-01-19T11:43:13.255-08:002012-01-19T11:43:13.255-08:00I see your point. Since we're talking about th...I see your point. Since we're talking about the Legion, what about the Clubhouse? Did it have underground rooms or was it like Dr. Who's phone booth - bigger on the inside than it was on the outside?SM Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158601926579208041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-62860467895570480022012-01-19T09:31:17.101-08:002012-01-19T09:31:17.101-08:00Pete, Smallville (along with Bayport) was the smal...Pete, Smallville (along with Bayport) was the small-town crime capital of America! If Superboy ever left there, the town would be overrun with mobsters.<br /><br />CMN, it looks like there was quite a bit of confusion on that score. The artists seemed to be under the impression that it was 100 years hence. For example, in Action #267, as Supergirl flies into the future, the time rings behind her read 2057, 2058, 2059. But the text in the next panel says clearly that she arrives 1000 years in the future, in 30th century Metropolis. The same thing happens in Action #276 (except that the time rings now read 2058, 2059, 2060).<br /><br />The second panel of Adventure #300 tells us that the Legion exists in the 21st century, and when Superboy heads to join the Legion, he thinks "21st century, here I come!"<br /><br />As I have pointed out before, unfortunately you can't always trust the archive editions to be true to the original stories.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060349239296193385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-26102287361118457452012-01-19T04:58:41.436-08:002012-01-19T04:58:41.436-08:00I have the first 3 archives and my impression is t...I have the first 3 archives and my impression is that the stories always took place in the 30th century but thru some editorial oversight some stories began by saying it was the 21st century.SM Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158601926579208041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-51457472476958314842012-01-19T04:29:22.698-08:002012-01-19T04:29:22.698-08:00Great post. Of course in comparison to the mess t...Great post. Of course in comparison to the mess that more contemporary writers have made of the Legion's continuity Weisenger and his writers did rather well!Bill Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-91312645110030195832012-01-19T00:15:06.032-08:002012-01-19T00:15:06.032-08:00Because the 30th century is a nice place to visit,...Because the 30th century is a nice place to visit, but he wouldn't want to live there? Superboy can leave Smallville whenever he wants - it's not like he needs to get the car keys from his parents and drive for a hour to get anywhere interesting.<br /><br />Was the "5" issue patched sometime in the modern age with the idea that "Brainiac" had become a some sort of position or title, like we speak today of a "Czar" (more than a thousand years later from the original "supervillian" named Julius Caesar)? So there might have been a title-holder only once every couple of hundred years. Or they may have only started that position relatively recently. A lot can happen in a thousand years.Seth Finkelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948189729759099429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-36954637163962718962012-01-18T13:21:02.830-08:002012-01-18T13:21:02.830-08:00I used to wonder, when reading these stories first...I used to wonder, when reading these stories first time around, why Superboy didn't just stay in the 30th century permanently. 3K technology was certainly nearer to that of his home planet, he had lots of contemporary super-kids to hang out with and there was no snoopy Lana Lang getting in his hair. 1920s Smallville must have been terribly dull place to be.Pete Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-70199087518437165042012-01-18T10:40:30.896-08:002012-01-18T10:40:30.896-08:00Good post....the really freaky Weisinger mistake w...Good post....the really freaky Weisinger mistake was the Adult Legion story in 1966 or '67....made no sense on a bunch of levels !Tmdessnoreply@blogger.com