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This was really fun (and thank you, Marvel for making it a one-shot and not a drawn out 5-issue mini), but man, AMAZING was insane this week. What a week for Spider-Man fans. 

This was an astounding win (esp. in the face of the Legion book which was outstanding). Poor George Perez in all his might, just couldn't compete against this heartfelt farewell. Hard to believe I was a full decade younger when Courtney showed up on the scene, but the perspective by placing her as the dominant character in this piece is stunning. I hope anyone who joined JSA in this volume ...

Requiem might be the best book DC has put out in a while. For such a cluster#$# that FC was, it was solid stuff.  "He was my favorite martian." "Mine, too."  SNNNNNNIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! 

This book was amazingly well-done. God, I lament that Wally isn't center-stage anymore, but I could've said the same about Kyle pre-GL:Rebirth and I'm perfectly fine with that now. I trust that ultimately Geoff is gonna do right by him.   My only criticism of the book would be that the PERIL for everybody notch isn't quite as up as it was with GL: Rebirth (and Parallax/Sinestro) and...

- Why does he feel like the Legion is so important to the Superman mythos?   - What does he think of the recent state of Hawkman/Hawkgirl after he went to so much trouble to clean them up?  - Related, why the killing Hector & Lyta Hall (Dr.Fate/Silver Scarab & Fury) after restoring them to the DCU from Vertigo in his first JSA run (esp. given newest incarnation of Dr. ...

Glad you guys mentioned Bad Dog. Solid, solid stuff.

Great pick! I am impressed more by this book every issue. Cornell handles a stable of obscure characters deftly and Kirk's work is finally getting the respect it deserves (I feel like his work on Peter David's Supergirl run and JSA were very strong/unsung). Top notch storytelling here.

The prophecized war has actually already been referred to as "The War of Light" , I think.

If you're enjoying Abnett/Lanning here, you should consider checking out "Legion Lost" and the storeis that immediately followed it.  Some earlier work of theirs that mines similar territory to this and was one of the best Legion stories of the past decade.

Great pick! Josh, have you read The Light Brigade? It's a WWII story  Snejbjerg drew (Pete Tomasi wrote). Kinda fantastical (in an Indiana Jones supernatural way), but worth a look.