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Who Watched the Watchmen? Si Spurrier’s Brief Homage in X-Men: Legacy

August 4, 2022 by David Bowen Leave a Comment

It is often said that Watchmen is the most influential comic ever to be released. That comics wouldn’t be where they are without it, for good and for ill. But how did we get here, exactly? More to the point, just what influence did Watchmen provide to the larger world of comics? What, ultimately, is the legacy of Watchmen? Who watched the Watchmen?

[covers by Mike Del Mundo and Dave Gibbons, respectively]

X-Men: Legacy #9’s Double Homage to Alan Moore’s Watchmen

In X-Men: Legacy #9 by Si Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat, there’s an obvious homage to Watchmen #9 and then there’s a rather subtler homage to Watchmen‘s mystery villain, revealed in the 11th hour, quite literally in the frame of Moore’s narrative, to be an erstwhile superhero, Ozymandias, world’s smartest man. Let’s look at the Watchmen #9 homage first. [Read more…] about Who Watched the Watchmen? Si Spurrier’s Brief Homage in X-Men: Legacy

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Legion of Super-Heroes Reading Order!

May 15, 2019 by Dave 1 Comment

The Legion of Super-Heroes is a glorious early Silver Age DC Universe concept, frankly never adequately replicated across any version of the distinguished competition. The legion is a superpowered collection of galactic teenagers (generally) ensuring justice for the late 30th and early 31st centuries! [Read more…] about Legion of Super-Heroes Reading Order!

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Legion (David Haller, X-Men) Reading Order! Best Legion Comics Guide

December 12, 2016 by Dave Leave a Comment

Legion is one of the most complex and powerful mutants in the Marvel Comics Universe.

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